Unique cars, drifting and Agutin: what and when to see at GARAGE FEST 2023
Mikhail Dubovsky July 29, 2023, 11:45 Moscow time Audio version: Your browser does not support the audio element.
From drag racing to racing lectures and collecting.
The festival of speed, driving and music GARAGE FEST Igora Drive 2023 will be held at the Igora Drive autodrome in Saint Petersburg on August 5-6. We tell you why you should visit this large-scale event.
On Saturday, a four-hour endurance race as part of the third stage of the Russian Endurance Series of the 2023 season will give fans of high speeds an intense fight for the podium in several classes at once: from powerful sports prototypes and GT supercars to democratic cars of national classes and eternal “classics”. Likewise, the rivalry will develop in the desire to lead the general classification of the season.
The rivalry will develop in the desire to lead the general classification of the season.
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REC Series Endurance Race at Igora Drive
One of the main stars will be the driver and manager of the G-Drive Racing team Roman Rusinov. Roman is the current overall winner of the Russian Endurance Series in the 2022 season. And he sets out to repeat last year’s success both in the championship and in the St. Petersburg stage, where he won alongside former Formula 1 driver Daniil Kvyat .
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The motoring festival will continue on Sunday. Festival guests will see the performances of Russia’s strongest racers as part of the fourth stage of the RDS Europe 2023 interregional drifting championship. You won’t have to wait for high speeds during the races, but there will be plenty of spectacle. controlled drifts on asphalt.
More than 50 participants from all over Russia and neighboring countries will compete for the title of best drifter on the special track Igora Drive. Further immersing yourself in the world of drifting will allow access to the service park. Everyone will be able to learn more about the race equipment, chat and get autographs from the drivers during a photo session on the track.
How to get to GARAGE FEST Igora Drive 2023The address of the Igora Drive autodrome: Russia, Leningrad region, Priozersky district, Priozerskoye highway, 3, building 5.
On August 5-6, in connection with the GARAGE FEST Igora Drive 2023, PJSC Russian Railways increased the number of flights from the Finlyandsky station to the Sosnovo station.
For festival ticket holders, a transfer will be organized from the Sosnovo railway station square to the Igora bus stop and vice versa.
You can also get from the Sosnovo station to the autodrome by taxi (5–10 minutes) or by buses no. 651, 859, 960, 897 in the direction of St. Petersburg to the Igora stop (15–20 minutes).
From the Parnassus metro station to the “Igora” stop – bus route No. 960.
From the Devyatkino metro station (Northern Bus Station) to the Igora stop – bus routes No. 859, 897.
And that’s not all. Do you want to see and hear the real monsters of the racing tracks? Welcome to the exhibition of unique dragsters and promotions participating in the RDRC Russian and World Drag Racing Championships. It is worth taking this opportunity to look under the hood of exclusive cars equipped with 500 hp engines.
In another location on the territory of “Igora Drive” it will be noticeably quieter. A special thematic zone “Autoculture” is an exhibition of unique representatives of the automotive industry and a community of lovers of cars and everything connected with them. Everyone can use the audio guide to learn more about the exhibits featured.
Everyone will be able to use the audio guide to learn more about the exhibits featured.
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Thematic area “Self-cultivation”
Renowned automotive and motorcycle industry representatives from across the country will participate in various discussions. And on August 6, festival goers will have a chance to see many of the rare cars in a special race parade, which will take place on the Autodrome Motorway Ring Track, Car Slalom and Endurance Race.
It is also worth paying attention to the international engineering and sports event “Formula Student”. Within its framework, students from leading technical universities will present formula cars built by themselves to the guests. The members of the jury will give a professional assessment to the developments, and the audience will be able to appreciate the work of the engineers between applause during the tests of the cars on the track.
The members of the jury will give a professional assessment to the developments.
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One of the participants of the “Formula Student”
The icing on the cake will be the evening concerts. On the first day of the festival, thousands of spectators will hear the voices of Leonid Agutin and Vladimir Presnyakov. And on Sunday, the area in front of the stage will turn into an incendiary dance floor with the songs of the pop and social media star Marie Kraimbreri.
You can buy tickets for GARAGE FEST Igora Drive 2023 on the festival’s official website.
