Kristaps Blušs

Drift legend · Latvia

Kristaps Blušs at the wheel of the carbon-bodied HGK BMW E92 Eurofighter mid-slide

The carbon-bodied E92 Eurofighter.

The Latvian mastermind behind HGK Motorsport in Riga, Blušs is both a top-tier drift-car builder and the driver of the carbon BMW E92 "Eurofighter".

Kristaps Blušs works daily at HGK Motorsport, the Riga workshop widely regarded as one of the best drift-car builders in the world.

His signature creation is the BMW E92 "Eurofighter", a carbon-kevlar-bodied machine powered by a naturally aspirated 7.0-litre LSx V8, a design so successful that James Deane campaigned an HGK-built Eurofighter to the DMEC title.

As a driver, Blušs has been a long-running Formula Drift PRO competitor, taking his first FD win at Road Atlanta in 2018 and going wheel-to-wheel with the series' best.

At a glance

  • Role: Builder-driver
  • Region: Latvia

Source: Formula DRIFT