Drifting as a sport was born in Japan, and so it's not much of a surprise that some of its most brilliant drivers come from the country of the rising sun. Therefore, at the second round of the King of Europe Championship, supported by Motul for the second consecutive year, it was the Japanese man Tetsuya Hibino who clinched the best performance in the event held on 10 and 11 June at the Castelloli circuit, Spain. He was just ahead of Frenchman Benjamin Boulbes, who seemed to have the best chance of winning until the last round. When practised with talent, this sport gives rise on the track to extremely elegant figures as though the cars are dancing! It of course requires perfect mastery of the steering wheel and above all hundreds of horse power hidden under the bonnet of specially tuned cars.
At Castelloli, a telemetry system allowed the precise measurement of some data taken into account in the standings, such as the best attack speed (180 km/h for Tetsuya Hibino), best attack angle (49° for Marco Blasutta), best line (Benjamin Boulbes) and best average speed (169 km/h for Alberto Canedo). The figures given here correspond to Round 2. At the end, to decide between the best, they competed two by two on the track, giving rise to spectacular fights and some cars even came off the track.
The next King of Europe meet is scheduled on the runway of Piestany airport, Slovakia, from 29 June to 1 July.
Standings
1// Benjamin Boulbes, BMW E36 M5, 180 pts
2// Francesco Conti, BMW E92 M3, 160 pts
3// Roman Kolesar, BMW E46 M3, 150 pts
