2025 Formula Drift season


The 2025 Formula Drift season (officially titled and stylized as the Formula DRIFT PRO Championship) was the twenty-second season of the Formula D series. The season began on April 4 at Long Beach and concluded on October 18, also at Long Beach.

This was the first Formula Drift season in its 22-year history to not feature a final event at Irwindale Speedway after the track's announced permanent closure on October 29, 2024.[1][2]

James Deane won the Drivers' Championship with three round wins, becoming the first and only five-time Formula D Champion.

Entries

Team No. Car Tires Driver Round(s)
Austin Matta Motorsports 710 Nissan Silvia S14 Kenda Austin Matta[3]  R  All
Beechum Racing 999 BMW M3 E46 Kumho Trenton Beechum[4] All
Cash Racing 16 Cadillac XLR Kenda Jonathan Hurst[5] All
Drift Cave Motorsports 777 Chevrolet Corvette C6 GT Radial Matt Field[6] All
Drifting Department 17 117 Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano Nitto Federico Sceriffo[7] All
Feal Suspension Race Team 723 Nissan Silvia S15 GT Radial Aurimas Bakchis[8] All
Forsberg Racing 64 Nissan Z Kumho Chris Forsberg[9] All
Garagistic Racing 171 BMW 1 Series E82 Kumho Rome Charpentier[10] All
Jeff Jones Racing 818 Nissan 370Z Kumho Jeff Jones[11] All
Jerry Yang Racing 168 Toyota GT86 GT Radial Hiroya Minowa[12] All
87 Toyota GR86 GT Radial Daigo Saito[13] 1-4
530 Toyota GR86 GT Radial Wataru Masuyama[14] 6-8
Jhonnatan Castro Racing 17 Toyota GR86 Kenda Jhonnattan Castro[15] All
KGMS Toyota Gazoo Racing Greddy Performance with Kenda 21 Toyota GR86 Kenda Ken Gushi[16] All
LZMFG 5 BMW M3 E36 GT Radial Adam LZ[17] All
MspeK Performance 527 Nissan Silvia "S14.9" Kenda Daniel Stuke[18] All
Never Settle 85 BMW M3 E46 GT Radial Dmitriy Brutskiy[19] All
Noback Racing 54 BMW M3 E46 Kenda Nick Noback[20] All
O'Sully Racing US Army 107 BMW E46 GT Radial Connor O'Sullivan[21] R  All
Papadakis Racing 151 Toyota GR Supra Kenda Fredric Aasbø[22] All
411 Toyota GR Corolla Kenda Ryan Tuerck[23] All
RAD Industries 34 Toyota Supra MK IV GT Radial Dan Burkett[24] All
RTR Vehicles' Drift Team 130 Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-FD Nitto James Deane[25] All
25 Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-FD Nitto Vaughn Gittin, Jr.[26] ?
213 Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-FD Nitto Ben Hobson[27] All
Ryan Litteral Racing 909 Nissan Silvia S15 Kumho Ryan Litteral[28] All
Shanahan Seventy Nine 79 Toyota GT86 GT Radial Conor Shanahan[29] All
Simen Olsen Drifting 707 Toyota GR Supra Kenda Simen Olsen[30] All
Sorensen Motorsports 513 BMW M3 E92 Nitto Branden Sorensen[31] All
TLO Drift Team 233 Chevrolet Corvette C7 Kumho Tommy Lemaire[32] R  All
Team DHR 129 BMW M3 E46 GT Radial Dylan Hughes[33] All
Team Drift Wizard 98 BMW M3 E46 Kumho Andy Hateley[34] All
Team Hansen Drifting 119 Nissan 240SX S13 GT Radial Rudy Hansen[35] All
Team Infamous 27 Nissan Silvia S14 Kenda Derek Madison[36] All
59 Racing 59 BMW 1 Series E82 Kumho Jack Shanahan[37]  R  All
Source:[38]
R Eligible for Rookie of the Year

Driver Changes

  • 2024 PROSPEC champion Tommy Lemaire moved up to PRO.
  • Connor O'Sullivan, the 2024 PROSPEC runner-up, also advanced to PRO.
  • Austin Matta, who finished third in PROSPEC in 2024, moved up to PRO as well.
  • Luke Fink had planned to compete in the series but was forced to withdraw due to various issues with sponsors and car parts.
  • Mike Power, Forrest Wang, Alec Robbins, Robert Thorne, and Taylor Hull all elected not to compete in 2025 for various reasons.
  • Kyle Mohan also chose to sit out the season, stating that he is focusing on developing the car for a 2026 return
  • Daigo Saito faced visa issues during the season and had to withdraw from the championship. He was replaced by Wataru Masuyama.

Other Changes

  • Vitour and Nexen left the series.

Schedule

Round Title Circuit Location Date Winner Car
1 Streets of Long Beach Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California April 4 Fredric Aasbo Toyota GR Supra
2 Road to the Championship Road Atlanta Braselton, Georgia May 8 James Deane Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-FD
3 Scorched Orlando Speed World Orlando, Florida May 30 Hiroya Minowa Toyota GT86
4 The Gauntlet Englishtown Raceway Park Englishtown, New Jersey June 19 Adam LZ BMW E36
5 Crossroads World Wide Technology Raceway St. Louis, Missouri July 17 James Deane Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-FD
6 Throwdown Evergreen Speedway Monroe, Washington August 8 Matt Field Chevrolet Corvette C6
7 Elevated Utah Motorsports Campus Grantsville, Utah August 28 James Deane Ford Mustang RTR Spec 5-FD
8 Shoreline Showdown Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California October 17 Jack Shanahan BMW 1 Series E82
Sources:[39][40][41][42][43][44]

Championship Standings

Scoring system

The 20 highest classified drivers in the previous event are guaranteed a starting position at the next event and are seeded with the same results, so that the previous event winner is awarded the number 1 seed. This may change if there are 32 or less drivers at the event. In such instance only the top 16 are locked in.

The remaining twelve seeding positions (21st through 32nd) are contested by up to 16 drivers, including those who finished 21st or lower in the previous round. Seeding within this group is determined by a Seeding Bracket, a knockout-style tandem drift competition similar in format to the main event. The winner of the Seeding Bracket is awarded the 21st starting position in the main event. If 32 or less drivers show up at the event, the drivers are contesting for places 17th through 32nd and drivers that finished 17th or lower at the previous event are included. Beginning in 2025, the series introduced a points system for the Seeding Bracket, awarding three points for each battle won. Consequently, the winner receives 12 points, finalists and Top 4 finishers receive nine points, while drivers eliminated in the Top 16 do not receive any points.

As in previous years, drivers in the main event advance through a series of competition heats. However, in 2025, points were awarded based on the number of battles won rather than the stage at which a driver was eliminated. Drivers received 10 points for each battle won, with the winner earning up to 50 points, potentially more if they also competed in the Seeding Bracket. Drivers eliminated in the Top 32 do not receive any points. The competition format didn't change, featuring progression through the Top 32, Top 16, Top 8, Top 4, and the Final. Final classification within each round is then determined by highest seeding position; for example, of the two drivers eliminated in Top 4, the driver who was seeded higher entering the event is awarded 3rd position and the final place on the podium.

In the event of a tie on points, the driver who classified higher in the most recent round will be awarded the higher position.

Seeding Bracket

Battles won 4 3 2 1 0
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th–8th 9th–16th
Points 12 9 6 6 3 0

Competition Stage

Battles won 5 4 3 2 1 0
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th–8th 9th–16th 17th–32nd 33rd–48th
Points 50 40 30 30 20 10 0 0

Pro Championship standings

Pos Driver LBH ATL ORL ENG WWT EVS UTA LBH2 Pts
1 James Deane 2 1 9 3 1 2 220
2 Fredric Aasbø 1 2 5 2 3 18 180
3 Matt Field 10 8 4 7 6 1 150
4 Adam LZ 3 9 10 1 5 3 150
5 Hiroya Minowa 9 7 1 5 10 6 130
6 Jhonnattan Castro 14 4 2 9 19 4 120
7 Aurimas Bakchis 5 3 3 6 17 229 109
8 Branden Sorensen 4 5 6 17 22 1412 92
9 Dylan Hughes 11 12 12 12 4 5 90
10 Chris Forsberg 8 11 7 10 11 10 80
11 Jack Shanahan  R  273 253 2212 2312 26 17 76
12 Ryan Tuerck 6 6 17 19 14 7 70
13 Rome Charpentier 20 16 8 11 7 9 70
14 Daniel Stuke 1512 18 15 8 18 16 62
15 Conor Shanahan 7 10 11 18 13 12 60
16 Connor O'Sullivan  R  30 229 33 43 9 20 52
17 Tommy Lemaire  R  283 29 256 169 12 11 48
18 Ken Gushi 12 13 13 13 19 32 40
19 Derek Madison 253 236 163 15 21 246 38
20 Simen Olsen 17 14 14 14 20 236 36
21 Trenton Beechum 13 17 19 21 153 13 33
22 Jeff Jones 18 15 18 20 8 19 30
23 Nick Noback 21 32 31 256 2312 15 28
24 Rudy Hansen 263 246 283 273 256 253 24
25 Wataru Masuyama 83 23
26 Andy Hateley 236 283 30 30 16 21 19
27 Ben Hobson 169 19 20 22 30 31 19
28 Dan Burkett 22 33 263 246 249 28 18
29 Dmitriy Brutskiy 246 34 273 263 263 29 15
30 Federico Sceriffo 33 30 239 33 29 273 12
31 Austin Matta  R  29 2112 32 31 27 30 12
32 Daigo Saito 31 263 246 283 12
33 Jonathan Hurst 19 20 21 32 28 263 3
34 Ryan Litteral 32 273 29 29 3
35 Vaughn Gittin, Jr. 31 0
In-line notation
 RY  Rookie of the Year
 R  Rookie
Superscript Number Seeding Bracket points

Auto Cup standings

Auto Cup points are awarded each round to the two drivers with the highest classified finish for each manufacturer. To be eligible, both the chassis and engine must have been constructed by that manufacturer.

Pos Manufacturer LBH ATL ORL ENG WWT EVS UTA IRW Pts
1 BMW 20 16 8 11 2 9 341
24 25 22 23 7 17
1 Toyota 1 2 2 2 3 7 340
6 4 5 9 14 18
3 Nissan 8 11 7 10 11 10 272
32 27 29 29    
4 Ford 2 1 9 3 1 2 239
16 19 20 22 30 31
5 Chevrolet 10 8 4 7 6 1 195
  29 25 16 12 11
6 Ferrari 33 30 23 33 29 27 12
               
7 Cadillac 19 20 21 32 28 26 3
               

Tire Cup standings

Tire Cup points are awarded each round to the two drivers with the highest classified finish for each tire manufacturer.

Pos Tire LBH ATL ORL ENG WWT EVS UTA IRW Pts
1 GT Radial 3 3 1 1 4 1 393
5 7 3 4 5 3
2 Kenda 1 2 2 2 3 4 354
6 4 5 8 14 7
3 Nitto 2 1 6 3 1 2 312
4 5 9 17 22 14
4 Kumho 8 11 7 10 2 9 178
13 15 8 11 7 10

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