2021 FIA Intercontinental Drifting Cup - DAY TWO & FINALS HIGHLIGHTS

Irish ace James Dean beat local 16-year old sensation Nikolass Bertans to clinch his maiden FIA Intercontinental Drifting Cup in Sunday’s final held at the Bikernieki track in Riga (Latvia). Ukraine’s Max Miller secured himself third place. Following a downpour on Saturday, the second day of the 2021 FIA IDC greeted the Top 16 competitors with a dry track, allowing several close fights. Irishman Deane, despite making his FIA IDC debut, once again proved that Riga is his happy hunting ground, having won at the venue multiple times, including his last year’s DriftMasters triumph. The new FIA IDC champion started off his journey to glory by a bye-run and then went against the likes of Marco Zakouril, Alex Golovnya and Kristaps Bluss before facing teenager Bertans in the final. 16-old local driver Nikolass Bertans (LAT) was the surprise of the weekend: Before facing the new champion in the final, Bertans won the head-tohead battles against Ivo Cirulis, Benediktas Čirba and Max Miller, who rounded up the podium.