Drift ChallengeFor many, the highlight of the day is the afternoon's Drift Challenge, and this year saw spectacular drifting skills and some of the most extroverted winners to date. BMWs took the first five slots this year, but the outstanding performance came from the Swiss: Marc Fleury of Switzerland in his white E30 BMW 3 Series with M3 power. When he saw his perfect scores after the third run, Marc turned his car around and did a perfect drift in the opposite direction through Sachs Curve to enormous applause from the crowd.
The Swiss contingent swept the board with the first four places, and their supporters, complete with red shirts bearing white crosses, stood and cheered them on. The whole crowd erupted when the normally restrained Swiss drivers performed standing burnouts. Doing a burnout while standing half outside the car is impressive, but a Dutch driver, Paul Vlasblohm, went one better and got out to actually dance on the roof of his car. You don't see that in F1.