Yu - Gi - Oh ! 5D ' s - Ride 009 " The D1 Grand Prix Begins ! ! " , known as " Start ! ! D1 Grand Prix ! ! " in the Japanese version , is the ninth chapter of the " Yu - Gi - Oh ! 5D ' s " manga . It was first printed on April 21 , 2010 in the 06 / 2010 issue of the " V Jump " magazine . It was later reprinted in the American " Shonen Jump " magazine , and in volume 2 of the . Summary . The D1 Grand Prix begins . The contestants are lined - up , including Greiger , Bolt Tanner , Andre , Sherry LeBlanc , Tetsu Trudge , Akiza Izinski , Hunter Pace and a number of unidentified characters . Akiza notices that Yusei is not there . A hologram of Rex Goodwin appears and introduces himself as the main sponsor of the tournament and New Domino ' s director of the Public Security Maintenance Bureau . He welcomes the contestants and explains that the D1 Grand Prix is a contest for ultimate honor and riches . Hunter Pace smiles at the thought of the riches . However there is a huge wall that they must overcome first , Goodwin explains . As he says this , Jack Atlas races out on the Phoenix Whirlwind . Goodwin introduces Jack and tells the contestants that the winner of the D1 Grand Prix shall face him . Carly Carmine is seen cheering in the stands as Jack arrives . Jack looks around and recognizes most of the contestants . He says to Rex that the D1 Grand Prix is a fine name for a tournament , but all he sees is a bunch of people that he remembers ; the D1 Grand Prix must be nothing more than a consolation tournament . Crow Hogan and Kalin Kessler both appear , with Kalin asking if Jack is the only person who can satisfy him . Jack smiles and invites all the contestants to come after him if they want to lose . He claims that he will not be defeated by any kind of opponent . He points his finger up and declares that there is only one person standing at the top and that is him . The crowd cheer for the king , saying that there is no Turbo Duelist better than him . Goodwin continues ; The first stage of the tournament will be played in a two game - elimination secret tournament format . With this format , the winners stay and the losers go home . There are no tournament pairing listings , meaning players won ' t know who their opponent is until just before their Duel . This prevents anyone from adjusting their Decks to gain an advantage over their opponent . There are three ways to win , he says : Lower the opponent ' s Life Points to 0 , get to the goal first or make the opponent ' s Duel Runner unable to run . The pairing for the first match appears on screen . Greiger is to face Yusei Fudo . Greiger sees that he shall be the one to raise the curtain . Hunter Pace is disappointed that it isn ' t him . Jack realizes that Yusei is also participating and walks down a corridor . Akiza is also in the corridor . She stops Jack when he reaches her , greeting him and pointing out that it has been a while since they last met . Jack remarks that it must be nice being revered as the flower of the academy and asks why she is stalking around here . Akiza insists that she is not the same as back then and her pride shall keep her from losing . Jack looks back over his shoulder to her , smirks at the word " pride " and asks her to climb her way up to him . Greiger waits alone at the starting line . Lazar , Jack Mina and Goodwin watch from their box room . Lazar laughs that Yusei isn ' t coming , but Jack tells him to shut up . The announcer says that if the Duel does not start in sixty seconds , Yusei will be disqualified . A countdown starts and Hunter smiles that Greiger will be lucky . Crow comments that Greiger ' s Duel Runner is huge , it makes no sense . The countdown reaches 5 and Yusei speeds in on his Duel Runner . With one second left , he makes it to the starting line and the Duel begins . The crowd are annoyed at Yusei for arriving late . Akiza , on the other hand , smiles , glad that he made it . Yusei apologizes to Greiger for being late and the two race for the first corner . Yusei passes it first , allowing him to go first . Yusei Set s a card in his Spell & Trap Card Zone and Summon s " Jackie Jumper " . He activate s " Junk Ball " , discard ing " Lefty Driver " to Special Summon 2 " Junk Token s " . He tunes his 3 monsters to Synchro Summon " Lightning Warrior " . Akiza remembers this as Yusei ' s ace monster from their One - Shot Run . Greiger ' s fans see that Yusei is able to Summon a powerful monster quickly and cheer for Greiger not to lose to him . Crow smiles intrigued that Yusei uses Synchro Summons , just like him . Yusei ends his turn . Greiger activates " Fusion Charge " , fusing " Roar Vulcan " and " Vanguard " from is hand to Fusion Summon " Ignition Beast Volcanon " . Yusei notes that " Lightning Warrior " still has more ATK . However Greiger uses " Volcanon ' s " effect to destroy itself and " Lightning Warrior " and inflict damage to Yusei equal to " Lightning Warrior ' s " ATK , which is 2400 . Yusei ' s Life Points drop to 1600 . The crowd are impressed at Greiger quickly inflicting this much damage and cheer for him to kick out the " late guy " . Riding closely behind Yusei , Greiger tells Yusei that this is for his rematch with Jack and vows to crush Yusei right here and right now . Yusei realizes that he and Greiger have the same goal . Featured Duel : Yusei Fudo vs . Greiger . Turn 1 : Yusei Yusei Set s a card in his Spell & Trap Card Zone and Normal Summon s " Jackie Jumper " . He activates " Junk Ball " , discarding " Lefty Driver " to Summon 2 " Junk Token " s . He then uses his 3 monsters to Synchro Summon " Lightning Warrior " . Turn 2 : Greiger Greiger activates " Fusion Charge " , sending " Roar Vulcan " and " Vanguard " from his hand to the Graveyard to Fusion Summon " Ignition Beast Volcanon " . Greiger uses its effect to destroy it and " Lightning Warrior " . ( Yusei : 4000 → 1600 Life Points ) . " Duel continues in the next Ride . " Featured cards . The following cards appeared in this chapter . Cards in italics debuted here .