Royal Drift Series Shanghai: TTSPORT Sweeps the Podium
Drivers running TTSPORT drift calipers took all three podium spots and the qualifying pole at the Royal Drift Series' 2026 China opener, held April 11-12 at Shanghai's Tianma Circuit. Six teams fielded cars on TTSPORT front and rear setups across the weekend.
A Clean Sweep at Tianma Circuit
The Royal Drift Series, a Russia-founded competition, opened its 2026 China campaign at Tianma with a stacked field of domestic and international drivers. TTSPORT-equipped cars dominated from the qualifying runs straight through to the tandem final.
In the tandem final, TTSPORT drivers locked out the podium:
- Champion: Jylhä Jarkko, #63 (Zero KM Lubricants ZM Drift Team / Nuoyu GOLD CORE Drift Team)
- Runner-up: Zhang Shengjun, #90 (Zero KM Lubricants ZM Drift Team)
- Third place: Wang Qi, #82 (Guansu Sports DRS Drift Team)
The qualifying pole went to another TTSPORT car. From precise pace control in qualifying to the wheel-to-wheel pressure of the final, the braking package held its line the whole weekend.
Six Teams, All-In on TTSPORT
Past the podium, the common thread across the paddock was the same core spec: TTSPORT DR6 six-piston drift calipers up front, paired with TTSPORT DR4+2 dual-circuit six-piston drift calipers at the rear. Six teams ran this combination or a close variant of it.
Zero KM Lubricants ZM Drift Team
The whole team ran matched front-six/rear-six TTSPORT calipers across its cars, giving every driver the same braking baseline to work from corner to corner.
DRS Drift Team
Also running front-six/rear-six TTSPORT calipers, the DRS lineup leaned on consistent, repeatable braking to hold its own against a strong field.
Leideng 441 B.W. UPDRIFT Drift Team
Driver Ye Zhicheng paired his car with the same front-six/rear-six TTSPORT setup, using its precise lockup and control under extreme angles to run a clean, professional line all weekend.
No.1 Racing OPS Drift Team
Qian Hongsheng ran his Nissan GT-R with TTSPORT TT7640 six-piston calipers up front and a TTSPORT DR4+4 dual-caliper drift setup at the rear. Even with the GT-R's big power output, the car stayed composed through every extreme angle.
Shanghai APEX Drift Team
Drivers Zhu Yuanlu and Gan Bin both ran front-six/rear-six TTSPORT drift calipers, tuned to match their setups and hold consistent pedal feel through high-intensity stints.
Shanghai Chezhen Drift Team
Rounding out the field, Chezhen also trusted the front-six/rear-six TTSPORT combination, turning in stable runs under heavy competitive pressure all weekend.
The Engineering Behind the Sweep
Drift racing puts a different demand on brakes than road-course lapping does. Drivers aren't chasing minimum stopping distance — they're using the brake to break rear traction on entry, then relying on it again and again through a full run to reset angle and manage speed. That means repeated hard applications with no real cool-down window, and any drop in pedal feel from heat or flex costs a driver the precise entry point they need.
Up front, the TTSPORT DR6 six-piston drift caliper is built for that repeated hard-braking cycle, holding bite and response through the initiation of each run. At the rear, the TTSPORT DR4+2 uses a dual-circuit hydraulic layout that keeps clamping force consistent even as the caliper heats up, so the driver can keep dialing in the same tail behavior late in a tandem battle as they could on the first pass.
podium spots at Shanghai, all TTSPORT
teams running TTSPORT drift calipers
the front/rear caliper spec shared across the field
The DR6 front caliper is the setup drivers reach for when they need sharp, repeatable bite for aggressive drift entries.
The dual-circuit DR4+2 rear caliper is what lets drivers keep the same tail feel from the first tandem pass to the last.
Looking Ahead
The Shanghai opener wrapped with TTSPORT on the pole, the podium, and across six competing teams. That kind of turnout doesn't happen by accident — it's drivers and crews choosing the same hardware round after round because it holds up when the runs get long and the margins get thin.
Want the same braking setup the Shanghai podium ran. Talk to TTSPORT about DR6 and DR4+2 drift caliper builds for your car.