- CHAPTERS
- 1. When Formula Drift Went Bankrupt
当Formula Drift*时
- 2. Russian Drift Pilots
俄罗斯飘移飞行员
- 3. Not Stopping
永不停止
This is a lengthy feature on the Russian Drift Series, especially tailored for those who wish to understand how it’s run, its milestones to date, and an introduction to its top drivers and their cars for the 2019 season.
You can think of it as 101 of drift culture in Russia, starting with how the championship initially came to be.
这是俄罗斯漂移系列的一个很长的特色，特别适合那些希望了解它如何运行的人，迄今为止的里程碑，以及2019年赛季顶级车手及其赛车的介绍。
您可以将其视为俄罗斯的漂移文化之一，从最初的冠军方式开始。
Just like in Japan, drifting in Russia started on the street. Around 2004, local Moscow enthusiasts congregated late at night at a place called Sparrow Hills, close to Moscow State University. This was a straight piece of road, but it did have a u-turn area where those that took part could hone their basic skills.
It wasn’t a safe spot and crashes happened, so in order to avoid trouble with the police, enthusiasts began to search for more suitable locations. Eventually they moved to large car parks, and within the space of a few more years the motorsport was legitimized locally.
就像在日本一样，俄罗斯的漂移开始在街上。2004年左右，当地莫斯科爱好者深夜聚集在靠近莫斯科国立大学的麻雀山（Sparrow Hills）。这是一条直路，但它确实有一个掉头区域，那些参与的人可以磨练他们的基本技能。
这不是一个安全的地方，发生了撞车，所以为了避免与警察的麻烦，爱好者开始寻找更合适的地点。最终他们搬到了大型停车场，在几年的时间里，赛车运动在当地合法化。
2007 was the year of the first official competition, an event held during Japfest and surprisingly named ‘Formula Drift’, but with no affiliation to the actual Formula Drift. There’s a Russian proverb that states ‘The first pancake is a blob’, and that rang true for the country’s inagural drift series, which within the space of two years, was bankrupt.
On the back of this failure, Timofey Kosharniy, Dmitriy Semenyuk and Aleksandr Smolyar created the Russian Drift Series (RDS).
2007年是第一次正式比赛的一年，这是在Japfest期间举办的一项活动，令人惊讶地命名为“Formula Drift”，但与实际的 Formula Drift无关。有一句俄罗斯谚语说“第一个煎饼是一团”，而这个国家的错误漂移系列在两年内*了。
在这次失败的背后，Timofey Kosharniy，Dmitriy Semenyuk和Aleksandr Smolyar创造了俄罗斯漂移系列（RDS）。
The series started to gain some real traction when Dmitriy Dobrovolskiy took ownership of the RDS in 2016. He unified the championship (prior to this the series was split into regions: West, East, Siberia, Ural) and created what is now known as the Russian Drift Series Grand Prix (RDS GP).
Bringing in international drivers and judges and running the events on world-class tracks made the championship what it is today. Dmitriy often says that “every round must be better than the previous one,” and this motto really works.
当Dmitriy Dobrovolskiy在2016年获得RDS的所有权时，该系列开始获得一些真正的牵引力。他统一了冠军（在此之前该系列被分成了区域：西部，东部，西伯利亚，乌拉尔）并创造了现在所知的俄罗斯漂移系列大奖赛（RDS GP）。
引入国际车手和评委，并在世界级赛道上举办赛事，使得今天的锦标赛成为现实。德米特里经常说“每一轮都必须比前一轮好”，这个座右铭确实有效。
CHAPTER TWO
Russian Drift Pilots
俄罗斯漂移飞行员
Yes, it’s quite common to call a racing driver a pilot in Russia. Got it, comrade?
I contemplated which drivers to profile in order to give you the widest variety that RDS GP offers, and in the end went for the highest-ranking, most experienced, and biggest personalities.
是的，将一名赛车手称为俄罗斯的飞行员是很常见的。知道了吗，同志？
我考虑了哪些驱动程序可以为您提供RDS GP提供的最广泛的类型，并最终获得最高排名，最有经验和最大的个性。
Georgy ‘Gocha’ Chivchyan
Gocha needs little introduction – hailing from Siberia he’s the current FIA Intercontinental Drifting Cup champion, as well as a two-time RDS GP champion. In 2013, he participated in Japan’s D1 Grand Prix series, and to everyone’s surprise made it straight through to the Top 8 before having to retire with technical issues.
Gocha几乎不需要介绍 - 来自西伯利亚的他是现任国际汽联洲际漂移杯冠军，以及两届RDS GP冠军。2013年，他参加了日本的D1大奖赛系列赛，并且令所有人惊讶的是，他们在退出技术问题之前直接进入了前8名。
For as long as anyone can remember, Gocha has drifted the same yellow Nissan Silvia S15. He purchased the car from a Japanese auction house around 15 years ago, and in the time since has continued to develop it.
In 2011, the car lost all hope of being street legal and became a real tuning experiment of what this chassis is capable of, and in its current form is equipped with a 700hp SR20VET engine that revs beyond 9,000rpm.
只要有人记得，Gocha已经漂移了同样的黄色日产Silvia S15。他在大约15年前从一家日本拍卖行购买了这辆车，并在此后继续开发它。
2011年，该车失去了街头合法的所有希望，并成为该底盘能够实现的真正调整实验，并且目前的形式配备了700马力的SR20VET发动机，转速超过9,000rpm。
Arkadiy Tsaregradtsev
Arkadiy is Gocha’s childhood friend, but also a fierce competitor. He’s a three-time RDS Siberia champion, but before those titles was already regarded as the godfather of Siberian drifting for organizing the first events and pushing drift culture to the masses.
He’s not only loved for his aggressive drifting style, but also for active involvement in drift-related projects, as well as being an honest (often sarcastic) and fun car show host.
Arkadiy是Gocha的童年朋友，也是一个激烈的竞争对手。他是三届RDS西伯利亚冠军，但在此之前，这些头衔已被视为西伯利亚教父的漂移，用于组织第一次活动并将漂移文化推向大众。
他不仅喜欢他咄咄逼人的漂移风格，还积极参与漂移相关的项目，以及作为一个诚实（通常是讽刺）和有趣的车展主持人。
Of all the cars on the RDS GP grid, Arkadiy’s is the most powerful. Think 1,200hp and even more torque.
From 2009 to 2016, Arkadiy campaigned an R32 Nissan Skyline GT-R, but from 2017 he switched to an R34 Skyline with a R35 VR38DETT engine swap – without a doubt the most advanced R34 drift project in the world.
Without going into too many details, the engine features twin Garrett GTX3071R Gen II turbochargers and is managed by Link Thunder ECU. A Samsonas sequential gearbox runs into a carbon fiber driveshaft before driving 18-inch wheels fitted with Toyo Proxes R888R rubber.
在RDS GP网格中的所有车型中，Arkadiy是最强大的。想想1,200hp甚至更大的扭矩。
从2009年到2016年，Arkadiy竞选R32日产Skyline GT-R，但从2017年起，他改用了R34 Skyline，配备R35 VR38DETT发动机 - 毫无疑问是世界上最先进的R34漂移项目。
在没有太多细节的情况下，该发动机配备了两台Garrett GTX3071R Gen II涡轮增压器，由Link Thunder ECU管理。在驾驶装有东洋Proxes R888R橡胶的18英寸车轮之前，Samsonas顺序变速箱进入碳纤维传动轴。
Fedor Vorobyev
If you’re searching for the quintessential Russian drifter, look no further than Fedor Vorobyev.
Fedor is a simple guy with a simple Russian name who pilots a Lada 2105. Originally developing his skills in circuit racing, Fedor moved to drifting in the early days. In 2018, he had a big crash in Krasnoyarsk at the Russian version of the Ebisu Minami course, but the car lives on and Fedor is pumped for the new season.
如果您正在寻找典型的俄罗斯飘移者，那么Fedor Vorobyev就是您的最佳选择。
费多尔是一个简单的家伙，有一个简单的俄罗斯名字，驾驶拉达2105.最初发展他的赛道技能，费多尔在早期移动漂移。在2018年，他在俄罗斯版本的Ebisu Minami球场遇到了克拉斯诺亚尔斯克的一次大崩溃，但是这辆赛车依然存在，Fedor正在为新赛季抽水。
In the early days, Fedor was able to win events with the Lada’s tuned Soviet engine in place, but as the competition grew the car was upgraded with a Nissan SR20DET. Then in 2016 a 2JZ was fitted in the chassis, and from that moment on there was definitely no power disadvantage – perhaps only an aerodynamic one.
The Toyota Aristo-sourced engine produces 700 horsepower and 800Nm of torque, and is connected to a BMW ZF320 gearbox. The sedan sits on a mix of Clubturbo and Nissan front and rear suspension, and features a 180SX steering rack and an S14 subframe with R32 GT-R brakes.
在早期，Fedor能够通过Lada调整的苏联发动机赢得赛事，但随着比赛的增长，赛车的日产SR20DET升级。然后在2016年，2JZ安装在底盘上，从那一刻开始，肯定没有动力劣势 - 也许只有空气动力学的缺点。
丰田Aristo采购的发动机可产生700马力和800Nm的扭矩，并连接到BMW ZF320变速箱。这款轿车采用Clubturbo和日产前后悬架混合设计，配备180SX转向齿条和带R32 GT-R制动器的S14副车架。
Evgeniy Losev
Evgeniy Losev should be familiar to Speedhunters readers – he’s the snow and ice drifting ace, and three-time champion of the Winter Drift Battle in Siberia. For the 2019 RDS GP series, he’s the Fail Crew teammate of Arkadiy. Evgeniy is a serious competitor, always driving on the edge and ready to slay his opponents.
对于Speedhunters读者来说，Evgeniy Losev应该很熟悉 - 他是冰雪漂移的王牌，并且是西伯利亚冬季漂移战的三次冠军。对于2019年的RDS GP系列赛，他是Arkadiy的Fail Crew队友。Evgeniy是一个严肃的竞争对手，总是在边缘驾驶并准备*死他的对手。
His Toyota Mark II (JZX81) is one of the old guns of the series having been used since 2013, but those years of development have resulted in a razor-sharp package with a stroked, single BorgWarner turbocharged 2JZ engine producing 850hp at its heart. Backing it up is a TTi sequential gearbox and Silvia S15 suspension.
他的丰田Mark II（JZX81）是该系列自2013年以来一直使用的旧枪支之一，但经过多年的开发，采用了一款锋利的单一BorgWarner涡轮增压2JZ发动机，其发动机功率为850hp。支持它的是TTi顺序变速箱和Silvia S15悬架。
Damir Idiatulin
Damir has always been a consistent driver and right now he’s making a comeback. He missed the 2018 season, but given that he was the only driver able pressure and catch Kristaps Blušs in his Eurofighter BMW at Moscow Raceway, he hasn’t lost his touch.
This pair received two OMTs and in the end Damir came on top and continued on to the third step of the podium.
达米尔一直是一个稳定的车手，现在他正在卷土重来。他错过了2018赛季，但考虑到他是唯一能够在莫斯科赛道上驾驶欧洲战斗机宝马的KristapsBlušs的车手，他并没有失去理智。
这对搭载了两个OMT，最终达米尔登上了领奖台的第三步。
The Toyota Altezza has for a long time been Damir’s choice of drift machine, and for this year he built a new one, complete with a 750hp 2JZ. Even though he has a lot of experience building drift cars, Damir was surprised that his new one emerged “so perfect” from the workshop.
Furthermore, this particular Altezza has an emotional attachment; it was a drift project of Andrei Chubenko, who sadly passed away before finishing it. He was a big fan of Damir, so the fact that it’s now being used in competition is pretty cool.
丰田Altezza很长一段时间以来都是Damir选择的漂移机器，而今年他又建造了一台新的，配备750马力的2JZ。虽然他在制造漂移车方面有很多经验，但Damir很惊讶他的新车从车间出现“非常完美”。
此外，这个特别的Altezza有一种情感依恋; 这是Andrei Chubenko的一个漂移项目，他在完成之前遗憾地去世了。他是达米尔的忠实粉丝，所以它现在用于比赛的事实非常酷。
Sergey Kabargin is the series wildcard; when he’s on it he’s fighting for a podium position, while on other occasions he could ram a Top 32 competitor and call it a day.
At 55 years of age he’s the oldest driver in the RDS GP, but he’s loved by many mostly for his strong jokes and honest way of speaking in his weekly YouTube vlogs.
Sergey Kabargin是系列通配符; 当他上场的时候，他正在争夺一个领奖台位置，而在其他场合他可以争夺前32名的竞争对手并称之为一天。
在55岁的时候，他是RDS GP中最年长的车手，但他很多人都喜欢他在每周的YouTube视频博客中强有力的笑话和诚实的说话方式
The mad creator has always had top-notch cars. For many years Sergey was driving heavily modified Toyota Supras, then he got a Chevrolet Corvette from HGK that American fans also saw in Formula D competition.
‘Flanker F’ is his latest creation.
Initially a collaboration with the Zenvo hypercar brand, the Flanker F features a carbon fiber/Kevlar monocoque chassis based around Corvette C6 mounting points with a longer wheelbase, and it’s produced in Sergey’s own facility. The engine is built around an RHS aluminum LS V8 race block and displaces 7.6 liters.
疯狂的创造者总是拥有一流的汽车。多年来，谢尔盖驾驶着大量改装的丰田Supras，然后他从HGK获得了一辆雪佛兰Corvette，美国车迷也参加了D级比赛。
'侧卫F'是他的最新作品。
Flanker F最初与Zenvo超级跑车品牌合作，采用碳纤维/ Kevlar单壳体底盘，基于Corvette C6安装点，轴距更长，并由Sergey自己的工厂生产。该发动机围绕RHS铝制LS V8赛车挡而发动，排量为7.6升。
Katja is one of two female drivers competing in the RDS GP this year. She’s talented, but as it’s only her third season in the top-tier series her racing skills are still being developed. Katja is also the third driver in the Aimol Racing Team, making her a teammate to four-time RDS East champion Ilya Fedorov, and the renowned Daigo Saito.
What Katja lacks in drifting accolades she more than makes up with on the marketing side of her campaign – she has more fans than most of the RDS field of drivers. But that’s not to say Katja isn’t a highly capable driver – just last weekend she earned her first trophy for a third place finish in RDS West.
Katja是今年参加RDS大奖赛的两名女性车手之一。她才华横溢，但由于这是她在顶级系列赛中的第三个赛季，她的赛车技术仍在不断发展。Katja也是Aimol Racing Team的第三位车手，使她成为四次RDS East冠军Ilya Fedorov和着名的Daigo Saito的队友。
Katja在她的竞选活动的营销方面所弥补的漂移赞誉缺乏什么 - 她拥有比大多数RDS领域的车手更多的粉丝。但这并不是说Katja不是一个非常有能力的车手 - 就在上周末她获得了第一个在RDS West获得第三名的奖杯。
Her Toyota Altezza setup is fairly simple, revolving around a trusty 2JZ with 700hp. The interesting part about the car is that it previously belonged to Damir Idiatulin, so there’s no question it has what it takes to win.
她的丰田Altezza设置非常简单，围绕一个可靠的2JZ，700hp。关于这辆车的有趣部分是它以前属于Damir Idiatulin，所以毫无疑问它有什么需要赢得。
Nikita Shikov
尼基塔希科夫
Nikita does a lot for motorsport by producing detailed documentary series on the subject. He’s also the only factory-supported driver in the Russian Drift Series, having been backed by Toyota since 2018. If he didn’t coin the hashtag #motorsportindanger (#автоспортвопасности), he definitely popularised it as one of the key memes in Russian drifting.
It’s usually used when the competition is tomorrow but your car is still half built and you’re missing some parts – that’s motorsport in danger. Nikita often finds himself in such situations, but he never gives up.
尼基塔通过制作关于这一主题的详细纪录片系列为赛车运动做了很多工作。他也是俄罗斯漂移系列中唯一一家工厂支持的车手，自2018年以来一直得到丰田公司的支持。如果他没有标记#motorsportindanger（＃автоспортвопасности）标签，他绝对将其推广为俄罗斯漂移的关键模因之一。
它通常在明天比赛时使用，但是你的赛车仍然是半赛车而且你缺少一些部件 - 那是赛车运动的危险。尼基塔经常发现自己处于这种状况，但他从不放弃。
From 2015 his weapon of choice has been a 2JZ-powered Toyota 86 that produces around 900hp. The car has survived few big hits and even a fire in 2018, but after a lot of development, this year Nikita seems to really have a handle on it.
从2015年开始，他的首选武器是2JZ驱动的丰田86，产量约为900马力。这辆车在2018年经历了几次重击甚至火灾，但经过大量的开发，今年尼基塔似乎真正掌握了它。
FINAL CHAPTER
Not Stopping
永不停止
Russian drifting has always looked up to Japan, event organizers preferring technical tracks over those suiting high speed power-slides. The dream of fostering the best drifters on the planet has grown year by year, and I personally feel that Georgy Chivchyan’s trip to Tokyo in 2013 showed that it can be a reality.
Every driver and fan looked forward to the 2014 D1GP versus RDS event in Vladivostok where Russian drifters could meet and battle against the Japanese, and five years later the Russians took an historic win over the best drifters of Japan. Now we’re seeing Japanese drivers wishing to compete in Russia, not the other way around.
It really feels like the Russian Drift Series is on the right path, which means the best is still to come.
俄罗斯飘移一直盯着日本，赛事组织者更喜欢技术赛道，而不是那些适合高速动力滑梯的赛道。培养地球上最好的飘移者的梦想逐年增长，我个人觉得Georgy Chivchyan在2013年的东京之行表明它可以成为现实。
每位车手和车迷都期待着在符拉迪沃斯托克举行的2014年D1比赛与RDS比赛，俄罗斯的漂移者可以在这场比赛中与日本人交战，五年后，俄罗斯队取得了日本最佳漂移者的历史性胜利。现在我们看到日本车手希望在俄罗斯比赛，而不是相反。
这真的感觉就像俄罗斯漂移系列在正确的道路上，这意味着最好的仍然是未来。
