December 2010 : Keiichi Tsuchiya and Daijiro Inada are resigning from D1 corporation due to disagreement with D1 corporation management. It is a sad day for drift fans as both are strong personnel in drifting scene. Daijiro Inada founder of D1 and Keiichi Tsuchiya the drift king and main man in creating and promoting drift. There is another sad news for D1 is that Yokohama follow bridgestone foot step had decided to pull out from D1 next season. Below is the official announcement from Keiichi Tsuchiya official website. An announcement 9th December 2010 Thank you so much for always supporting D1. Today I have an announcement to make. I, keiichi Tsuchiya, and Daijiro Inada, the founder of D1GP will resign from the D1 Corporation. This decision was made due to the irresponsible management such as ignoring fans, participants and sponsors. In order to make the D1GP beneficial to everyone, we have persistently asked for improvement but they have rejected our demands and have come