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  • Interview with Victoria

    Victoria is a digital artist and 3D designer with strong appeal towards car culture. She works a lot with Corvettes, but is passioned about every car. We discussed her work, her dreams and hobbies. – Where are you from? – Estonia – What are you working on? – I create digital artworks and renderings, 3D models and visualisations, car graphics and corporate identity, including logo and apparel design. – How would you describe yourself? – Purposeful – What inspires you? – Love of life – What else you like to do in life except working on a computer? – Learn…

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  • Interview with Fredric

    Fredric Aasbo is the 2015 Formula Drift champion and most known ambassador of Gatebil. I had the opportunity to talk with him during the Gatebil festival at Rudskogen. We discussed his plans for the rest of the season, what he thinks about the FIA drift event in Japan, going to Mars and his prediction for Formula D champion 2017. – Where are you from? – Ski, Norway – You’re having a hard, but at the same time successful season, what keeps you awake? – I feel that I’ve gone through all stages of a drifting driver: total nobody who had…

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  • Interview with Gocha / Интервью с Гочей

    (English version below) Желтая NGK Сильвия известна Старому Свету уже много лет, а после выхода фильма “Гоча. Япония.” на английском языке и недавнее выступление пилота в Formula D, пилота узнают дрифт-фанаты со всего мира. Мне посчастливилось перекинуться парой продуктивных э-мейлов с Гочей и поговорить о его планах на 2017 год, впечатлениях об Америке и дружбе с Аркашей Цареградцевым. – Где ты родился и живешь сейчас? – Я родился в Красноярске и проживаю тоже здесь. Мне очень нравится. – Над чем работаешь в данный момент? – На данный момент плотно занимаюсь развитием нашего Autoparts Group, также участвуем в RDS, который сейчас…

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  • Interview with Ola

    Ola Jæger is the latest addition to the Norwegian plan of conquering Formula D. Long-time friend of Fredric Aasbo will compete in PRO2 series in Fredric’s old FD prepped Toyota Supra. I had a chance to discuss his preparations, we talked about Gatebil and his goals for the upcoming season. – Where are you from? – I am from Norway – What are you working on at the moment? – At daytime I work as a salesman for Volvo & Kia cars at a dealer and after work I plan my upcoming drifting season, working with sponsors and so on.…

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  • Interview with Teemu

    Teemu Peltola is building and drifting diesel Mercedes estates for years now. Team Black Smoke Racing is familiar to any drift fan, because of their ‘just do it’ approach. I had a chance to speak with Teemu about telescopic handlers, Gatebil and finnish attitude to life. – Where are you from? – Finland – What is the best place to go in Finland? – Lapland – What are you working on at the moment? – With my own company since 2011. I have 5 telescopic handlers. – What motivates you? – Fans – Why do you think fans follow what…

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  • Interview with Fredrik

    Fredrik Sørlie got Internet exposure while hooning his plucky Toyota Cressida at Gatebil events and at the Nurburgring. The guy is actually tied deep in Norwegian automotive culture, being an ex-racing driver, a drifter, a precision driver and driving a badass black Mercedes with a Russian Arm on top of it. We talked about his highlights of 2016, his Honda NSX and driving skills. – Where are you from? – I am from Oslo, Norway – Do you enjoy living in Norway? Never thought of going anywhere else? I’m just from Estonia myself and I know that cold winters, short…

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  • A year in Wovka’s life

    Year 2016 has 8784 hours in it and that’s 24 hours more than previous 3 years, so you can’t really blame the time for not managing to do something. These 366 days ended really fast for me and they don’t seem to slow down. I’ve visited around 25 cities in 7 countries on 2 continents and photographed most powerful racing cars in different, but always demanding conditions. Truth is, for a freelance photographer from Northern Europe, racing season doesn’t last 12 months – roller coaster starts around March and finishes in October, winter months are for post-edit work, planning and…

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  • Interview with Taryn

    Taryn Kelly got famous with her blog “I Heart Stance” and later was invited to work for Speedhunters. Right now she’s establishing her project Japan Car Culture and work for Blackbird Automotive in Hong Kong. I had the opportunity to talk with her. We discussed Japan, car culture and inbound marketing. – Where are you from? – I was born in Papakura in Auckland, New Zealand, but the town of Whangarei (further up north where my parents now live) feels more like ‘home’. Three months ago I moved to Hong Kong where I’m living at the moment. – What was your…

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  • Interview with Caitlin

    Caitlin Ting is one of those people who show us what happens at World’s best drifting events via photography. She was involved in OMGdrift project until it closed down. I had the opportunity to talk with her. We discussed drifting, video games, Walt Disney and history. – Where are you from? Westlake Village, California – What are you working on at the moment? I’m currently working on plans for the Formula Drift 2017 season, plans for 2017 for myself and photography outside of drifting, editing photos from my most recent shoot, and planning some different lifestyle shoots. – How would you describe yourself?…

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  • Interview with Sergey / интервью с Сергеем

    Сергей Беднарук хорошо известный гоночный комментатор, журналист и ведущий. Мне выдалась возможность пообщаться с ним. Мы обсудили ДТМ, споттинг самолетов и автоспорт в целом. Sergey Bednaruk is a well-known voice of motorsport for Russian viewers. He is also a journalist and a track speaker. I had the opportunity to talk with him. We discussed DTM, plane spotting and motorsport in general. – Где ты родился и живешь сейчас? – Родился, вырос и живу в Москве. – Where are you from? – Born, raised and live in Moscow. – Над чем работаешь в данный момент? – Моя ежедневная работа – это Motorsport.com, русскоязычная…

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