With regret, we must announce a change of venue from the O2 arena to the Wimbledon Stadium for the Drift Allstars European Series Round 2. Over the past month a great strain has been placed on venues in London by outsider event producer LOCOG, who looks after the Olympic builds. With the old home of London drift events in Wembley unusable for this period and the O2 arena increasingly squeezed for space, it was no longer viable to run our London event as originally planned.
Luckily, we have secured Wimbledon Stadium instead. One of the UK’s very first oval tracks and still the biggest in the UK, Wimbledon Stadium has been hosting racing since 1928 and has fantastic facilities with a 8,000 seater grandstand, restaurants and a dedicated VIP/Corporate area. It’s even bigger than previous Wembley layouts, making this the biggest London drifting event ever. With a fresh map, we’ve relished the chance to design a new course and our Round 2 layout, bringing fans even closer to the action.