The Physics Of Drifting, Explained

Car drifting is both a pastime and profession. For hobbyists and professionals, the basic principles of drifting are the same. Toss the car sideways and hang on. We wanted to take a deeper look into the activity. We asked Leona Chin, a professional motorsports athlete, physics-afficianado, and "The Queen of Drift" for a break down of the science concepts behind getting a car to slide sideways on the track.

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The Physics Of Drifting, Explained

[bretclaar]

After a month of delivering pizza I have become an expert

[DN]

" go right to go left"

-Lighting McQueen

[ryuk-grimreaper]

I knew it! He's going too fast! There's no more room to slow down!
Nani?!
KANSEI DORIFTO!

[szymonfituch]

Fun fact, the first driver shown in this video (Bartosz Ostałowski) has no arms. He operates the steering wheel with his foot.

[JakeTheBeastPrez]

Me: I’m gonna look up how drifting really works.
YouTube: here’s the top recommendation by BUSINESS INSIDER.
Me: what?

[clarckkim]

3:51 an addition to this: u dont need actually to know how much angle u need to turn the wheel... they follow how much throttle u give starting the moment back tyres starts to slide (as soon as u feel the slide, u let go the wheel, it will follow the drift direction, u control how fast it turn by throttle, and u catch the wheel if u want to keep that angle).

You can see her wheel in 3:28 turn fast...thats what im talking about.

[punjabijattful]

Next video: How to solve a Differential equation!

[Hyperion]

"Do you know what DQ stands for ?"

"Dairy Queen !?"

"No you idiot, Drift Queen"

[krispykrep]

We all know that in order to master drifting, one must master the tofu. It's common knowledge.

[royasturias]

The business related parts are...
Tofu delivery
and the product stickers on the stock cars

[G]

That's Leona Chin, Malaysia's drift Queen.

[Rtcmanga_YouTube_Channel]

Thanks for the good explanation! The animations are really professional! Awesome!!:)

[davidhenry]

I love drifting it’s about style and creativity

[nicholasmcdougald]

Why do people drift...

Cause they like a little risk in there life

[TheChristenberry]

-Business Insider-
*Anything for some views Insider*

[Rtcmanga_YouTube_Channel]

Thanks for the explanation! Very well done with the animation! I am preparing my own explanation video.. :D

[prateektopinkatti]

Alright guys. I'm gonna try this on my Tofu delivery runs every morning now.

[alantis]

That explanation clicked everything for me, tysm

[scrubysponge]

*Deja vu! I have been in this mart before, time to take a cart and start sliding around the aisles*

[KaiUndMoritz]

insane how 1:15 truely shows how insane drifting is. lets assume she just entered the drift. now to continue the donut drift she needs to keep the centrifugal force builds up with steering to the left by steering to the right sadly the video does not continue there but its impressive to try to understand drifting from a third party perspective with amateurish knowledge of physics