# 2024 Drift Masters season

The 2024 Drift Masters season is the tenth full season of the Drift Masters series. The season began on May 11 at Circuit Ricardo Tormo and concluded on September 14 at PGE Narodowy custom built track after six events.
Lauri Heinonen, driving his Nissan 180SX, won his first-ever Championship.
Ireland won their 3rd Nations Cup in a row and 5th overall.
Conor Falvey won the Rookie Of The Year award finishing 17th overall.

## Entries

| No. | Car | Driver | Rounds |
| 5 | BMW E36 | Adam LZ | 2–6 |
| 29 | Toyota GT86 | Adam Zalewski | All |
| 738 | BMW M2 | Alex Holovnia | All |
| 71 | Toyota GT86 | Ali Makhseed | 1 |
| 93 | BMW E92 | Benediktas Cirba | All |
| 96 | Nissan S14A | Clint van Oort | All |
| 412 | Nissan S15 | Conor Falvey | All |
| 79 | Toyota GT86 | Conor Shanahan | All |
| 56 | Nissan S15 | Dawid Sposób | All |
| 111 | BMW E92 | Diogo Correia | All |
| 25 | Nissan 180SX | Duane McKeever | All |
| 113 | BMW F22 Eurofighter | Edgars Kroģeris | All |
| 88 | Toyota GT86 | Fionn Roche | All |
| 95 | BMW E46 | Itay Sadeh | All |
| 59 | Toyota GT86 | Jack Shanahan | All |
| 225 | Nissan S14.9 | Jakub Król | All |
| 86 | Toyota GR86 | Jakub Przygoński | All |
| 130 | Nissan S14 | James Deane | 2–6 |
| 41 | Nissan S14.5 | Joakim Andersson | All |
| 33 | Toyota GR Supra | Joshua Reynolds | All |
| 13 | Chevrolet Corvette C6 | Josiah Fallaise | All |
| 89 | BMW E92 M3 | Juha Pöytälaakso | All |
| 200 | Toyota GR86 | Juha Rintanen | All |
| 11 | BMW M2 | Kevin Pesur | All |
| 300 | BMW E92 | Kevin Piskolty | All |
| 18 | Nissan 180SX | Lauri Heinonen | All |
| 19 | BMW E36/BMW E92 | Manuel Vacca | All |
| 55 | BMW F22 M2 | Marco Zakouril | 1, 3, 5–6 |
| 84 | Nissan S13.5 | Max Heidrich | All |
| 850 | BMW E92 M3 | Michal Reichert | All |
| 46 | BMW F22 | Mikka Keski-Korpi | All |
| 94 | Nissan S13 | Nasser Alharbali | All |
| 129 | BMW E36 | Nikolass Bertans | 1 |
| 36 | BMW E46 | Oliver Randalu | All |
| 12 | Toyota Soarer | Orjan Nilsen | All |
| 74 | Nissan S14A | Paweł Korpuliński | All |
| 78 | Nissan S15 | Piotr Kozłowski | All |
| 215 | Toyota GR Supra | Piotr Więcek | All |
| 77 | BMW E46 | Pontus Hartman | All |
| 69 | Nissan S15 | Ryusei Akiba | All |
| 320 | Mercedes Benz S203.5 | Teemu Peltola | All |
| 498 | Nissan 200SX S13 | Tor Arne Kvia | All |
| 91 | Toyota GR Supra | Yves Meyer | All |
James Deane initially planned to compete only in selected rounds as a wildcard, but was later added as a full-time driver.

## Schedule

| Round | Circuit | Location | Date | Qualifying winner | Qualifying showdown winner | Winner | Car |
| 1 | Circuit Ricardo Tormo | Valencia, Spain | 10–12 May | Ali Makhseed | Ali Makhseed | Kevin Pesur | BMW E46 M2 |
| 2 | Mondello Park | Kildare, Ireland | 15–16 June | James Deane | James Deane | James Deane | Nissan S14.9 |
| 3 | PowerPark Huvivaltio | Alahärmä, Finland | 5–6 July | Conor Shanahan | Lauri Heinonen | Lauri Heinonen | Nissan 180SX |
| 4 | Bikernieku Trase | Riga, Latvia | 2–3 August | Piotr Więcek | James Deane | Conor Shanahan | Toyota GT86 |
| 5 | Rabocsiring Máriapócs | Máriapócs, Hungary | 23–25 August | Piotr Więcek | Piotr Więcek | Lauri Heinonen | Nissan 180SX |
| 6 | PGE Narodowy | Warsaw, Poland | 13–14 September | Duane McKeever | Duane McKeever | Duane McKeever | Nissan 180SX |

### Schedule changes

* The championship went to Spain for the first time in its history. The round took place on Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia.
* After getting removed from the calendar in 2018 after just one event, Rabocsiring Máriapócs returned to the calendar.
* Due to disagreements about ticket prices, Ferropolis was removed from the calendar.
* The Swedish round taking place at Drivecenter Arena was removed from the calendar.

## Wildcards
### Round 1

| No. | Car | Driver |
| 201 | BMW E92 | Igor Derenko |
| 209 | Subaru BRZ | Jason Banet |
| 204 | Nissan S13 | Joan Caballer |
| 205 | BMW E46 | Joao Vieira |
| 202 | Nissan Skyline R33 | Marc Huertes |
| 208 | BMW E82 | Ole Peter Vatn |
| 206 | BMW E92 | Òscar Ruiz Trave |
| 203 | BMW E36 | Ruben Bolaños |
| 207 | Toyota GT86 | Steve Biagioni |

### Round 2

| No. | Car | Driver |
| 900 | Nissan S13 | Tomás Kiely |
| 901 | Nissan S14A | Steven McConnell |
| 902 | BMW E36 | Ruben Bolaños |
| 903 | Nissan S15 | Kevin Quinn |
| 904 | BMW E92 | Victor Joensuu |
| 905 | Nissan S14A | Chris Brady |
| 204 | Nissan S14 | Alan Hynes |
| 130 | Nissan S14 | James Deane |
| 207 | Toyota GT86 | Steve Biagioni |

### Round 3

| No. | Car | Driver |
| 907 | Nissan 350Z | Niklas Wik |
| 908 | Nissan S15 | Niklas Määttälä |
| 909 | BMW E92 | Tobiasz Puścian |
| 910 | BMW E36 M3 | Kristiina Aalto |
| 911 | BMW E92 M3 | Toni Ojatalo |
| 912 | Mercedes Benz CLK | Mårten Stångberg |
| 913 | Volvo 745 | Kevin Brunberg |
| 914 | Toyota Chaser | Jarkko Jylhä |
| 915 | Nissan S14 200SX | Ville Kaukonen |
| 130 | Nissan S14 | James Deane |

### Round 4

| No. | Car | Driver |
| 921 | BMW E36 | Aleksandrs Vlasovs |
| 918 | Nissan 200SX | Dmitriy Illyuk |
| 914 | Toyota Chaser | Jarkko Jylhä |
| 920 | Nissan 350Z | Karel Piiroja |
| 917 | BMW E92 Eurofighter | Kristaps Bluss |
| 916 | Nissan S14.5 | Rolands Berzins |
| 919 | BMW E36 | Sandra Janušauskaitė |
| 900 | Nissan S13 | Tomás Kiely |

### Round 5

| No. | Car | Driver |
| 930 | BMW E82 | George Christoforou |
| 922 | Mazda RX7 | Luca Fuschini |
| 928 | Nissan S15 | Enver Haskasap |
| 918 | Nissan 200SX | Dmitriy Illyuk |
| 929 | BMW E46 | Natalia Iocsak |
| 927 | Nissan S15 | Thanupat Lerttaweevit |
| 923 | BMW E92 | Robert Petri |
| 699 | Toyota Supra A90 | Kalle Rovanperä |
| 910 | BMW E36 M3 | Kristiina Aalto |
| 313 | Toyota GT86 | Steve Biagioni |

### Round 6

| No. | Car | Driver |
| 935 | BMW E46 | Sebastian Kraszewski |
| 932 | Nissan S14 | Łukasz Tasiemski |
| 934 | Toyota GR Supra | Mateusz Suski |
| 931 | Nissan S15 | Karolina Pilarczyk |
| 123 | Mazda RX7 | Mike Whiddett |
| 933 | BMW E92 | Bartosz Ostałowski |
| 936 | BMW F22 | Elias Hountondji |
| 937 | Nissan S15 | Bartosz Stolarski |
| 927 | Nissan S15 | Thanupat Lerttaweevit |
| 902 | BMW E36 | Ruben Bolaños |

## Championship standings
### Qualifying stage

| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th |
| Qualifying points | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Qualifying showdown points | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | – |

### Competition stage

| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th–8th | 9th–16th | 17th–32nd |
| Points | 100 | 88 | 76 | 64 | 48 | 32 | 16 |

### Drivers standings

| Pos. | Driver | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Points |
| 1 | Lauri Heinonen | 2$^{33}$ | 10$^{33}$ | 1$^{31}$ | 10$^{24}$ | 1$^8$ | 5$^7$ | 437 |
| 2 | Duane McKeever | 12 | 2$^6$ | 2$^8$ | 4$^{42}$ | 22 | 1$^{11}$ | 412 |
| 3 | James Deane | | 1$^{11}$ | 3$^7$ | 2$^{31}$ | 17$^{33}$ | 2$^{32}$ | 409 |
| 4 | Conor Shanahan | 34 | 11$^{44}$ | 5$^{13}$ | 1$^8$ | 6 | 7 | 293 |
| 5 | Paweł Korpuliński | 18$^8$ | 8 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 265 |
| 6 | Kevin Pesur | 1 | 19 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 17$^{44}$ | 250 |
| 7 | Kevin Piskolty | 5$^6$ | 15 | 18$^6$ | 14 | 4 | 6 | 246 |
| 8 | Jack Shanahan | 25 | 5 | 4$^5$ | 18 | 7 | 14 | 228 |
| 9 | Tor Arne Kvia | 27 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 9$^{23}$ | 225 |
| 10 | Benediktas Cirba | 4$^{22}$ | 26 | 7 | 32 | 12$^5$ | 10 | 222 |
| 11 | Orjan Nilsen | 10$^5$ | 3$^7$ | 17$^{42}$ | 11$^6$ | 23 | 11 | 221 |
| 12 | Piotr Więcek | 17$^{44}$ | 12$^8$ | 41 | 9$^{13}$ | 9$^{11}$ | 4$^5$ | 209 |
| 13 | Adam Zalewski | 3 | 25 | 22 | 12 | 15 | 28 | 188 |
| 14 | Juha Rintanen | 29 | 4 | 20 | 29 | 14 | 12 | 176 |
| 15 | Oliver Randalu | 15 | 7 | 32 | 23 | 29 | 8 | 176 |
| 16 | Mika Keski-Korpi | 14 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 176 |
| 17 | Conor Falvey | 42 | 17$^5$ | 16 | 5$^5$ | 8 | 26 | 168 |
| 18 | Jakub Król | 7 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 160 |
| 19 | Itay Sadeh | 37 | 24 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 144 |
| 20 | Adam LZ | | 44 | 13 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 140 |
| 21 | Jakub Przygoński | 19 | 9$^{22}$ | 19 | 17$^7$ | 10$^{22}$ | 49 | 134 |
| 22 | Clint van Oort | 6$^7$ | 30 | 28 | 46 | 18$^6$ | 18$^6$ | 120 |
| 23 | Juha Pöytälaakso | 24 | 33 | 9$^{24}$ | 25 | 28 | 16 | 120 |
| 24 | Dawid Sposób | 8 | 21 | 38 | 31 | 32 | 31 | 112 |
| 25 | Marco Zakouril | 20 | | 12 | DNC | 13$^7$ | 19$^8$ | 99 |
| 26 | Pontus Hartman | 21 | 32 | 8 | 36 | 25 | 33 | 96 |
| 27 | Max Heidrich | 16 | 16 | 36 | 34 | 27 | 21 | 96 |
| 28 | Joakim Andersson | 23 | 18 | 29 | 24 | 26 | 23 | 96 |
| 29 | Alex Holovnia | 11 | 31 | 24 | 22 | 33 | 35 | 80 |
| 30 | Teemu Peltola | DNC | 27 | 25 | 38 | 31 | 15 | 80 |
| 31 | Tomás Kiely | | 29 | | 7 | | | 64 |
| 32 | Diogo Correia | 26 | 28 | 10 | 35 | DNC | 34 | 64 |
| 33 | Fionn Roche | 28 | 13 | 34 | 27 | DNC | 42 | 64 |
| 34 | Jarkko Jylhä | | | 14 | 16 | | | 64 |
| 35 | Michal Reichert | 22 | 42 | 30 | 19 | 49 | 48 | 48 |
| 36 | Steve Biagioni | 36 | 22 | | | 20 | 32 | 48 |
| 37 | Yves Meyer | 31 | 48 | 26 | 26 | 43 | 36 | 48 |
| 38 | Josiah Fallaise | DNC | 40 | 31 | 30 | 35 | 27 | 48 |
| 39 | Ali Makhseed | 9$^{11}$ | | | | | | 44 |
| 40 | Kalle Rovanperä | | | | | 11$^{44}$ | | 38 |
| 41 | Jason Banet | 13 | | | | | | 32 |
| 42 | Nasser Alharbali | 42 | 41 | 43 | 28 | 37 | 25 | 32 |
| 43 | Ryusei Akiba | 41 | 35 | 40 | 39 | 41 | 22 | 16 |
| 44 | Kevin Quinn | | 23 | | | | | 16 |
| 45 | Łukasz Tasiemski | | | | | | 29 | 16 |
| 46 | Edgars Kroģeris | 30 | 39 | 45 | 33 | 47 | 37 | 16 |
| 47 | Luca Fuschini | | | | | 30 | | 16 |
| 48 | Manuel Vacca | 32 | 38 | 33 | 37 | 38 | 40 | 16 |
| NC | Piotr Kozłowski | 35 | 47 | 42 | 44 | 36 | 47 | 0 |
| NC | Joshua Reynolds | 47 | 43 | 39 | 45 | 44 | 46 | 0 |
| NC | Nikolass Bertans | 40 | | | | | | 0 |
In-line notation :
| Blank | Didn't participate |
| | Place in qualifying (Did not qualify) |
| $^{Superscriptnumber1}$ | Place in qualifying (Top 8) |
| $^{Superscriptnumber2}$ | Place in qualifying showdown |
| Bold | Top qualifier |
| DNC | (Did Not Compete) Showed up at the event but wasn't able to run any qualification laps due to issues |

### Nations Cup standings

From 2024 season Nation Cup points are awarded each round to the two drivers with the highest classified finish for each nation.
| Pos | Nation | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Points |
| 1 | Ireland | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 992 |
| 1 | Ireland | 25 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 992 |
| 2 | Finland | 2 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 691 |
| 2 | Finland | 14 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 691 |
| 3 | Poland | 3 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 590 |
| 3 | Poland | 7 | 8 | 21 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 590 |
| 4 | Norway | 10 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 446 |
| 4 | Norway | 17 | 20 | 17 | 13 | 23 | 11 | 446 |
| 5 | Estonia | 1 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 426 |
| 5 | Estonia | 15 | 19 | 32 | 23 | 29 | 17 | 426 |
| 6 | Hungary | 5 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 246 |
| 6 | Hungary | | | | | 39 | | 246 |
| 7 | Lithuania | 4 | 26 | 7 | 32 | 12 | 10 | 222 |
| 7 | Lithuania | | | | 40 | | | 222 |
| 8 | Sweden | 21 | 18 | 8 | 24 | 25 | 23 | 192 |
| 8 | Sweden | 23 | 32 | 29 | 36 | 26 | 33 | 192 |
| 9 | Czech Republic | 20 | 42 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 19 | 147 |
| 9 | Czech Republic | 22 | | 30 | | 49 | 48 | 147 |
| 10 | Israel | 37 | 24 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 144 |
| 11 | United States of America | | 44 | 13 | 21 | 21 | 3 | 140 |
| 12 | Netherlands | 6 | 30 | 28 | 46 | 18 | 18 | 120 |
| 13 | Germany | 16 | 16 | 36 | 34 | 27 | 21 | 96 |
| 13 | Germany | | | | | | 39 | 96 |
| 14 | Ukraine | 11 | 31 | 24 | 22 | 33 | 35 | 80 |
| 14 | Ukraine | 42 | | | | 45 | | 80 |
| 15 | Portugal | 26 | 28 | 10 | 35 | DNC | 34 | 64 |
| 15 | Portugal | 42 | | | | | | 64 |
| 16 | United Kingdom | 36 | 22 | | | 20 | 32 | 48 |
| 16 | United Kingdom | | 45 | | | | | 48 |
| 17 | Switzerland | 31 | 43 | 26 | 26 | 43 | 36 | 48 |
| 17 | Switzerland | 42 | 48 | 39 | 45 | 44 | 46 | 48 |
| 18 | Canada | | 40 | 31 | 30 | 35 | 27 | 48 |
| 19 | Kuwait | 9 | | | | | | 44 |
| 20 | France | 13 | | | | | | 32 |
| 21 | El Salvador | 42 | 41 | 43 | 28 | 37 | 25 | 32 |
| 22 | Italy | 32 | 39 | 33 | 37 | 30 | 40 | 32 |
| 22 | Italy | | | | | 38 | | 32 |
| 23 | Japan | 42 | 41 | 43 | 28 | 37 | 22 | 16 |
| 24 | Latvia | 30 | 39 | 45 | 33 | 47 | 37 | 16 |
| 24 | Latvia | 40 | | | 41 | | | 16 |