FIA Intercontinental Drifting Cup at Serres: record driver field

The FIA Intercontinental Drifting Cup is heading to Greece. The sixth edition of the drifting competition runs from 13 to 15 November 2026 at the Serres circuit, with an entry list that tops last year's record of 45 drivers in Riga, according to the FIA. The exact number has not been given.

A record and first-time field

Fourteen entered drivers have already won a national title. Thirteen nations take part in the Nations Cup: Greece, Ukraine, Turkey, France, Switzerland, Romania, Latvia, Georgia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Egypt, Italy and Hungary. Each enters several drivers.

Another first: Eva Ivanov and Alice Ene are the first women to take part in the event. Names to watch include Benediktas Cirba (Lithuania, BMW G42), Yves Meyer (Switzerland, 2018 runner-up), Mathias Locatelli (France, 2026 French Elite champion) and Stavros Gryllis (Greece, BMW M2).

The schedule

• Friday 13 November: the first of two free practice sessions.
• Saturday 14 November: qualifying.
• Sunday 15 November: tandem practice, then the Top 32 knockout battles and the crowning of the winner.

Qualifying and the Top 32 battles are streamed live on the FIA IDC YouTube channel.

How it works

In qualifying, each driver runs alone and is scored on line, angle and style. The best 32 then face off in tandem: the chaser must copy the leader's line and angle, without contact, and the judges decide by majority. The Nations Cup adds up the results of each country's two best drivers.

A title to defend

Latvia's Nikolass Bertāns defends the title he won in 2025 in Riga. Past winners also include Masato Kawabata (2017), Georgy Chivchyan (2018 and 2019) and James Deane (2021). The FIA has also launched a FIA Central Asia Drifting Cup, whose first edition was scheduled for 25 to 27 September 2026 at the Sokol International Circuit in Kazakhstan. Organised with the Hellenic federation OMAE, the Serres edition makes Greece the third host country, after Japan and Latvia.