Formula DRIFT Long Beach 2024 Press Conference [FULL]

Odi Bakchis, Matt Field, Simen Olsen, James Deane, Fredric Aasbo, Ben Hobson, and Conor Shanahan speak ahead of RD1 of the 2024 Championship here in Long Beach.

Welcome to Formula DRIFT, the Official home of Formula Drift on Youtube. Judged on execution and style, rather than who finishes the course in the fastest time, Drifting is where Action Sports meet Motorsports, and is often compared to the freestyle nature of skateboarding and motocross.

[thtsgio]

miss Denofa already and it hasn't even started.

[Greasy_Johnson]

Odi roasting Ben and Simen's other cars is funny af

[stephaniet.]

Best of wishes to all Drivers! Finally 2024 season begins! ❤

[j.son_]

So, so hyped for all of ya! I haven't seen Ben not smiling yet! He's so happy!

[zdoomboy]

Sorry not to be a hater, audio was so rough to listen.

[DriftDweeb]

I thought James was wearing some sick gradient jeans and then I realized it’s just his race suit 😂

[hollismedley]

Great panel but please hire someone who knows how to run direct out off the mixer next time. Mic quality was not great. Not a hard thing to do, worth the extra cost.

[iloveseaglass]

Excited to see all the. Drivers!! Excited for the event

[migol]

I love you, Aasbo!!!! hahaha Good luck!✨🖤

[RyanFender]

This press conference is really interesting. Used it like a podcast while setting up for work in the morning. Any chance you can look into recording the audio straight from the mics just to get rid of some of the echo and make the audio clearer?

[chaosknight]

I am so excited for tomorrow. Gonna get to watch some amazing drivers driving

[JohnnyAnderson-dq]

So excited for this so many awesome changes and more awesome drivers !!!!

[sakuraharuno]

James Deane mind omg my car is not ready

[niallgrew]

So who's the best...Deane or Aasbo...??

[JawnCoaltrain]

This many grown men in a room wearing skinny jeans should be considered a war crime.

[stevesaldana]

I think this sport needs more personality. I wanna see the behind the scenes stresses and drama behind the sport if there is any.

[Bziiit.]

27:52 he looks and act like he is not happy to be here...

[jasonpickens]

Well, Ben I've got bad news for you. Seeding bracket means you are guaranteed to have to face one of the heavy hitters ranked 1-8 in your top 32. Oh and it gets better, you will be stuck in seeding until you do beat a top 8 driver. This could easily be fixed by only locking in 16 drivers. As it is now you are at a significant disadvantage.

[BroghammerAutohausInc]

Can you guys not Get an Audio engineer? Trash production value…

[RmonteiroHQ]

No higa on the press conference? No thumbs up...