2021 Driftmasters European Championship: Round 1 Finals Highlights

📺 Watch Driftmasters European Championship live on Red Bull TV: One of the rising stars on the drifting circuit Conor Shanahan claimed his second-ever podium finish in round one of the 2021 Drift Masters European Championship, placing second to Poland’s Piotr Więcek in the first of two rounds at the PS Racing Centre in Greinbach, Austria. Round one of the Drift Masters European Championship saw 46 drivers enter, with only the top 32 progressing through to the main race. Among those to advance were Shanahan and Joe Hountondji (Germany), one half of the Red Bull Drift Brothers. Shanahan’s first opponent in the Top 32 was Denmark’s Mikkel Overgaard, who the young Irishman beat to set up a Top 16 contest against Sweden’s Felix Lindvall. As the competition ramped up to the finals, Shanahan – who only turned 18 one month ago – beat Finland’s Juha Rintanen in the Top 8, before securing his place in the final by beating highly-rated Polish opponent Adam Zalewski in the Top 4 round