The sixth stage of the main championship of the country in drift-the Grand Prix of the Russian drift of the series (RDS GP)-ended in St. Petersburg. The weekend at the classic configuration of the Igor Drive autrod was held in difficult weather conditions, which forced to adjust the schedule of two competitive days. According to the results of the battles on the highway, the best with the absolute result – the victory in qualification, the victory in paired races and the victory in the team standings – was the leader of the Lecar Motorsport team Arkady Tsaregraders.
On Saturday, dense fog and low clouds that dropped at the Avtodrom in the Leningrad Region, forced to first postpone the start of the qualifications, and then interrupt the races several times until visibility improved. As a result, due to impending dusk and almost zero visibility on the highway, the organizers of the RDS GP moved half of the TOP-32 paired races to Sunday. All these difficulties did not affect Arkady Tsaregradtsev, who, with the best passage for 97 points, became the winner of the qualification, and then managed to conduct a duel with Sergey Sak (Avtoban) and secure a place in the top 16 on Saturday.
In Sunday races, the tsar consistently prevailed over Denis Sorok -Pudu (Vsteam) and Damir Idiyatulin (Fresh Racing), and with the latter the detection of the winner was required by the rejection (OMT). The duel of the two Siberian drift masters became a decoration of the stage, since both hit were incredibly dense and synchronous. According to the results of the battle, Tsaregraders went to the semifinals. There, Danila Racing Drift Team was waiting for him, the victory over which was provided by the leader of Lecar Motorsport, a place in the decisive battle of the day.
The final for Igor Drive, to the joy of the fans, turned into a classic Siberian derby – Arkady Tsaregradsev, George Chivchyan from Takayama Forward Auto, the four -time RDS GP champion, became the rival. The battle was not without blots from the side of Gochi, which eventually stopped again a step away from the anniversary 20th victory at the stages of RDS GP. For the first time in the 2025 season, Arkady Tsaregraders won paired races, which, against the backdrop of problems with the rivals, brought the “tsar” to the leaders of the personal standings before the final stage of the Russian Grand Prix of the Russian series on the Moscow Raceway.
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“The stage for our team has developed in the best way -“ Three Colas ”we were able to take away that for the first time for us. This is my first victory at the stage this year, the first victory in qualifications this season. In general, my car was in the condition of both Thursday and Friday, and on the wet, I retained this pace, which allowed me to be close and lead the leader good races. Now on the Moscow Raceway, I also need to try to win qualifications and go well in paired races in order to fix your gap from the pursuers. Otherwise, I have a gap from my second place 181 points – this is decent, ”said Arkady Tsaregraders.
The third place in paired races was taken by Danila Skorobogatov, securing the second podium in the RDS GP career and the first in Lukoil Racing Drift Team. In Top-32, Danila defeated Anton Dmitrienko, then Leonid Schneider from Timeup, and in the quarter-finals became the strongest in the in-corn derby with Grigory Gusev. The only defeat Danil suffered in a duel with Arkady Tsaregradsev.
A step away from the catwalk, Anton Klyamko stopped, who made his way into the semifinals in a brilliant style. On his home highway, the pilot from St. Petersburg surpassed Anton Kozlov’s top 32 of Carville Racing, and in the top 16 defeated Artem Shabanov from TimeUp, leaving two leaders of the personal test out of business at once. Then Klyamko broke the resistance of Maxim Grossman (Timeup), but in the semifinals, he was defeated by George Chivchyan, and then from Danila Skorobogatov in the race for “bronze”.
RDS GP 2025. Stage 6. “Igor Drive.” Personal offset. TOP-3:
Arkady Tsaregraders (Sochi, Lecar Office Motorsport) – 272 points George Chivchyan (Krasnoyarsk, Takayama Forward Auto) – 197 points Danila Skorobogatov (Tomsk, Lkoil Racing Drift Team) – 160 points
RDS GP 2025. Stage 6. “Igor Drive.” Team set -off. TOP-3:
Lecar Office Motorsport – 355 points Lukoil Racing Drift Team – 232 Takayama Forward Auto points – 204 points 
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“It seems to me that we used all our sunny days in past years, because such a rainy season. The key question is our confidence in what we are doing. We do not care what the next weather cataclysm will happen – the system is configured to work uninterruptedly. The pilots are simply superprofessional – these transfers did not stop anyone in any way, did not demotivate. It is professionalism in every sense – and organizational, pilot, and command, and engineering – gives us the opportunity not to pay attention to anything. The final on the Moscow Raceway will take place in any weather. We are tuned for this, ”said Dmitry Dobrovolsky, director of the Russian drift of the series.
According to the results of the weekend, which again turned out to be unsuccessfully for Anton Kozlov and Artem Shabanov, both pilots lost the championship in the individual standings. From St. Petersburg, the leader of the standings is leaving Arkady Tsaregraders, who burst into the first line. Damir Idiyatulin rose to the second position, shifting to the third Artem Shabanov. Anton Kozlov, who began the weekend in St. Petersburg as the leader in the personal standings, eventually turned out to be the fifth, even losing to George Chivchyan.
RDS GP 2025. Personal offset. TOP-3 (according to the results of six stages):
Arkady Tsaregraders (Sochi, Lecar obsessed with motorsport) – 893 points Damir Idiyatulin (Krasnoyarsk, Fresh Racing) – 712 points Artem Shabanov (Moscow, Timeup) – 671 points
In the team standings, the leader also changed – Takayama Forward Auto was first place. The second position is Timeup, and the third line of the protocols is Fresh Racing. However, the gaps are minimal. The final alignment of forces will be determined at the final stage in Moscow, since Lecar Obsessed Motorsport, which now occupies the fourth place, also has every chance to enter the three winners of 2025.
RDS GP 2025. Team set -off. TOP-3 (according to the results of six stages):
Takayama Forward Auto – 1353 TimeUp points – 1342 points Fresh Racing – 1208 points
The decisive battle, which will determine the owners of the titles of the Grand Prix of the Russian drift of the series in personal and command offices, will be held in Moscow. The “reverse” configuration of the Moscow Raceway highway on September 27–28 will receive the seventh stage of the RDS GP, which will become the final in the season-2025. After the finish of the main tournament of the country, the strongest pilots will fight for the Russian Cup on the “Superfinal RDS” on October 4–5-the Rostov Arena stadium in Rostov-on-Don will turn into a racing highway.
