Drifting
Watch the world's best drifting movies now on Red Bull TV
From battered BMWs to custom Lambos, sit back and watch the world’s best drifters burn rubber in these epic drifting movies.
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In recent years drifting has gone from being a niche sport to one of the world’s most exciting and fastest growing forms of motorsport competition. Whether it be ‘Mad’ Mike Whiddett drifting a custom-built Lamborghini or ‘Drift Queen’ Becky Evans uncovering the multi-layered culture of the drifting world, it's all here on Red Bull TV, free and on demand. Here are six of the best:
1. Drift Lamborghini
'Mad' Mike Whiddett isn’t just one of the world’s most recognisable faces when it comes to drifting, but the New Zealander is also a pioneer when it comes to modifying all sorts of vehicles and generally challenging what's possible on four wheels. So it was no surprise when he decided to take a 200+mph Lamborghini Huracan and turn it into a drift supercar to showcase at the 2019 Goodwood Festival of Speed. See how he got on here:
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'Mad' Mike's drift Lamborghini
Get a close-up look at 'Mad' Mike Whiddett's drift Lamborghini that he worked so hard to build.
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2. Drift Queen
In late 2019 Becky Evans aka ‘Queen B’ completed her journey from documenting the wild and wonderful world of drifting to actually becoming a drift racer in her own right. Revisit Becky’s globetrotting journey in her Red Bull TV series Drift Queen where she zooms from Japan to the USA to get to the guts of the drifting world, revealing the personalities and their crazy machinery, whilst learning from the best how to get sideways and smoke those tyres.
3. Rob Meets Mike Whiddett
In one of the most exciting instalments of the Rob Meets series, the venerable ex-mountain bike racer caught up with drifting legend Mike Whiddett on his home turf in Waikato, New Zealand. Check out this great video, where we find out what makes Whiddett tick via an in-depth chat and see some spectacular shots of the man drifting, plus we go on a trip down Mad Mike's memory lane with his dear mother.
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Rob Meets Mike Whiddett
Rob Warner travels to Waikato, New Zealand, to meet with drifting legend Mike Whiddett.
4. The MAD Life
Want to find out a bit more about Mad Mike? This landmark documentary proved to be one of the first comprehensive insights into the sport of drifting and, rather fittingly, charts the career of Mike Whiddett, the man that has become a poster boy for not only drifting, but also for vehicle modification in general. The charismatic Kiwi started out his sideways life as a hobby, but it quickly became a 24/7 obsession. Find out how it happened by watching The MAD Life.
5. Red Bull Driftbrothers
The history of motorsport is dotted with legendary siblings who competed against each other. In Formula One there was the Schumacher brothers, the Rodriguez brothers and the Fittipaldis. In MotoGP™, there’s Marc Márquez and Álex Márquez and the Espargaro brothers and in karting, there’s the Mario Bros. Check out Red Bull Driftbrothers to catch up with the fascinating story of Elias and Johannes Hountondji as they tackle the 2018 Drift Masters European Championship and encounter the highs and lows of top level drifting competition together and against each other.
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The mother of invention
Join Elias and Johannes Hountondji as they battle at the 2018 Polish Drift Masters European Championship stop.
6. Nippon Dorifuto
Mike Whiddett’s bid for glory in the Formula DRIFT Japan 2017 series was the stuff of legend. The Kiwi drifter battled mechanical gremlins and atrocious weather conditions in his beastly 500+bhp Mazda RX-7. Nippon Dorifuto documents his victory at Okuibuki Motorsports Park and whether he's winning or fighting to fix his broken machine to remain in the title fight, there’s never a dull moment in this excellent documentary.
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Suzuka Twin Circuit
See how Mad Mike fares at the first stop of the Formula DRIFT Japan 2017 series.
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