The Drifting contenders completed four hours of free practice today at Circuit Ricardo Tormo as they continue to build towards Sunday’s gold medal match-up.
Using a bespoke course that has been constructed within the venue, a record field of 33 entrants are present in Valencia. They will undertake a further free practice run tomorrow afternoon, followed by qualifying at 15:30.
Rather than racing, entrants compete to impress a panel of three judges who consider the angle of drift, line, and style, adding scores from these criteria for a maximum of 100 points in qualifying.
On Sunday, Tandem Practice is scheduled for 10:30, while the Top 32 and Final begins at 14:15. In these contests, each driver will be in the leading vehicle for one run and in the chasing vehicle for the other.
The leading driver’s objective is to replicate what would be a perfect qualifying run, while the chasing driver must do their best to mirror the run of the leader while remaining as close as possible.
Ukraine won the inaugural gold medal in 2019, followed by Latvia in 2022. Both are back for the third FIA Motorsport Games hoping to recalim top spot.