Pilot Charles NG brought the hypercar Flanker F the first victory in RDS GP qualifying

The representative of Hong Kong Charles NG scored 94 points in the first passage, the second brought an improvement to 95 points. And this result, with the equality of the best indicators, was enough for the STAR PЁR STARS AIMOL pilot to win the RDS GP qualification for the second time in his career. Thanks to this success, Charles NG credited the Flanker F with another achievement — the first victory in the RDS GP qualification. «p1″>But the protagonist of Saturday can rightfully be called Evgeny Losev, who started the stage in Krasnoyarsk with a serious accident in training on Thursday. The mechanics of SINTEC • Fresh Marketplace, who also had to change the engine on Damir Idiyatulin's car, performed a real miracle and restored both Toyota Supra A80s. Before the start of the qualification, there were problems with the engine on Losev's car, but, despite this, Evgeny brilliantly coped with the task and drove on five out of six cylinders in such a way that he secured a place in the TOP 32. Then the mechanics of SINTEC • Fresh Marketplace again proved themselves who managed to return the car to a combat state by the pair races. Losev thanked the team with a bright ride with Vladislav Shubaderov and reaching the TOP 16.

The teammates of Evgeny Losev also successfully made it to the TOP 16. Damir Idiyatulin easily overcame Evgeny Spirin (VSTeam), and Denis Migal sensationally left Arkady Tsaregradtsev (FailCrew x DarkSide) in the TOP 32 for the second stage in a row. In Krasnoyarsk, the standings again brought these pilots into a duel, the result of which the judges could only sum up after the re-run (OMT — one more time). As a result, Tsaregradtsev made an uncharacteristic mistake for him, going into a U-turn immediately after setting — and this deprived him of all hopes of reaching the TOP 16.

Vladislav Popov («FailCrew x DarkSide»), who lost to Dmitry Ermokhin (STAR ​​PЁR STARS AIMOL), could not get through to the next stage of duels either. And Ilya Popov («FailCrew x DarkSide») broke the resistance of Anton Klyamko and nevertheless ensured the presence of the team «FailCrew x DarkSide» in Sunday's duels. Nikolai Gorkovenko (Carville Racing) and Stepan Azarov (AUTOPROFI TEAM) were also there — both defeated TimeUp drivers Maxim Grossman and Danila Skorobogatov, respectively.

The LUKOIL Racing Drift Team entered the TOP 16 in full force for the second stage in a row. Grigory Gusev, as well as Leonid Schneider (TimeUp), Anton Kozlov (Carville Racing) and Charles NG (STAR ​​PЁR STARS AIMOL), secured a place in the next stage of the pair races through a mandatory pass without an opponent “bye run”. Andrey Astapov and Denis Sorokopud made it to Sunday's duels following the results of the battles with Anatoly Shcherbak and Ilya Fedorov (AUTOPROFI TEAM), respectively. TAKAYAMA FORWARD AUTO became the third team that brought all three pilots to the TOP 16. True, in the qualification the legendary Krasnoyarsk team made their fans worry — Roman Tivodar and Georgy Chivchyan nullified one of their attempts. But in the TOP 32, everything went much better. Timofey Dobrovolsky defeated Anton Dmitrienko without much effort. Roman Tivodar took over Nikita Shikov (Carville Racing). And in the pair of Georgy Chivchyan and Alexey Vakhtin (VSTeam), the athletes first had two races, but one had to be repeated due to a false start. And it is not known how this duel would have ended if technical problems had not taken Alexei Vakhtin out of the fight. Georgy Chivchyan made it to the TOP 16 through «bye run».

RDS GP 2023. Red Ring. TOP 16 participants:

• Charles NG — Timofey Dobrovolsky
• Nikolay Gorkovenko — Andrey Astapov
• Leonid Schneider vs Denis Sorokopud
• Evgeny Losev vs Denis Migal
• Anton Kozlov — Dmitry Ermokhin
• Roman Tivodar — Georgy Chivchyan
• Grigory Gusev — Ilya Popov< /li>
• Damir Idiyatulin vs. Stepan Azarov

Weekend Grand Prix of the Russian Drift Series at the Red Ring track will continue tomorrow, August 13th. The participants of the stage are waiting for pair races from the TOP 16 stage up to the final duel. Together with the spectators in the stands, the events on the track can be followed live on RDS TV.

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