Thanks for the support everyone, as you can see from the video I’m so excited for what’s to come! We will keep the videos flowing this year, so much happening! 🙌
This is what separates Vaughn from virtually everyone else. Vision for the sport outside of being behind the wheel himself. A true leader can move pieces on the chess board where they need to be without being in the middle of the action themselves. Can’t wait to see what James and the team at RTR do this season.
Agreed. Making moves not only good for RTR and Fun-Haver but good for drifting as a whole. Also - your IG content is fire (this is not a paid endorsement 👍)
Its absolutely mind boggling how you were able to hop in such a different atmosphere and pick up on your natural instincts within no time. Left hand drive, v8 engine, 1300hp, no turbo, bigger car, hundreds of extra pounds, less steering feedback, coms taking away your hearing, helmet not fitting, seat and wheel in less than ideal conditions, random test track, new team, and so much more variables that I'm sure you didn't name.
@@justincasiere9598 I know right! His first practice lap on a new chassis or new track is like another drivers' top qualifying lap. Its incredible to see him dial in the line more and more with each lap, noticeably making big changes and committing deeper every time. Absolute monster with the wheel.
Well James is actually skilled and didn't buy his way into a sport unlike Adam did. He didn't win 3 FD championships from buying his way into the sport. He won them from straight up talent.
@@R0B__ What Adam did was a lot actually. Bringing all the pre-teen RUclipsr fans into the RTR fan club is worth 1000x more than actually doing good in Formula Drift.
@@bennyb.1742 ....unfortunately Benny boy... Vaughan didn't think so and he's been officially replaced by the real deal. James will bring another FD championship to the RTR. Adam just wasted everyone's viewing time with empty promises. James Dean is a true legend. He will get the job done if Vaughn lets him install a Samsonas sequential trans on those POS Ford crap. It just proves that Adam bought his way into FD and not with talent.
In no way can I express how happy I am to hear this news. It has really made my day, I love RTR and more importantly, James Deane, and I am looking forward to exciting times ahead.
Unbelievable. I cannot express in words how excited I am for you to come back to FD. And with such a professional team. Surreal. Great things to come. Congratulations!
RTR are so lucky to have you as a driver, you jumped into a 1300BHP left hand drive mustang and drove it like you have been in one your whole life. It’s literally insane how talented you are! This is huge for everyone and so exciting.
No shortage of talent from his neck of the woods or on the rest of this island north and south💯🤣 it's James's passion for the sport that stands out for me as well as his driving. It's great that we are getting to share these experiences via the RUclips channel, you get a cracking insight into the sport in general and how the lads set things up, work things out etc etc. The Mustangs look serious too😎👌
Massive congratulations!!!!! Watching you run that car and the tandems with Vaughn were so much fun to watch. Team RTR is seriously a force to be reckoned with and you,,,,, geeeezus what an absolute machine behind the wheel.
Well this is gonna make for a hell of an interesting FD season. When Vaughn announced there'd be a new RTR team member joining, certainly wouldn't have guessed it was you. Really looking forward to seeing you in competition in the Spec 5-D! This is a big move for RTR, congrats, James.
I never clicked into anything so fast in my life haha Congratulations James and best of luck ❤️ I cannot wait to see it 🙌 Ill be buying merch as soon as hits irish shores
You just made me look forward to this FD season, hopefully the judges get an upgrade but you and RTR is something I didn't know I wanted to see. Good move
James is one of those rare beasts where everyone is just really happy for you. Looking forward to this next chapter. Edit: The filming and the editing was unreal too
I love how when James gets in his head a bit, you just guide him towards the knowledge that "This is just how you break things down" basically, very supportive
Congratulations! Definitely looking forward to seeing you in action this season alone - being in my favorite chassis with my favorite team is the cherry on top.
Hearty congratulations to you James! RTR could not have chosen a better candidate for its team and you have most likely joined the best team as well. Fingers crossed for you and yours in the coming season. Keep up the good work ❤️
The unfortunate thing is, not many people get better with less seat time. I wonder if this is a plan between Adam and Vaughn to kind of phase Adam out of RTR so Adam can concentrate on trying to go his channel. Adam's channel can help grow, in a small way, FD but FD isn't gonna grow Adam's channel at all. Adam probably gets more views for his FD content than FD does during the FD season.
@@fearfulclone5486 Adam loves driving tho he doesn’t really care for the views tbh or the growth he gets from fd he said a long time ago I wanna be known for my driving not me on the internet Being on yt
@@Kion2Faded But having drivers that only do a half season doesn’t benefit RTR in the least. All it is, is potential points being taken from Chelsea while he chases a championship. The only way Chelsea would be cool with this if there’s a bigger plan in place and Adam said he doesn’t want to drive a full season. It’s pretty much all spelled out.
@@fearfulclone5486 yes it does, the amount of merch sales and eyeballs adam brings to RTR is huge. Having 2 fulltime drivers capable of winning the championship and a part time driver that has a huge social following is just an amazing business decison, its win/win all around, RTR can compete for the title and make money, Adam gets to compete in FD and level up as a driver and still do everything else he wants to do. I wouldnt be surprised if VGJ jumps in and drives the third car in the rounds that Adam wont be there so the Boss gets to have fun too
Can’t wait, this will be the ultimate test. If James can be competitive in a new chassis, and end up top he will be the JOAT. This will be great for RTR engineering to get input from a guy who has done an insane amount of different series and chassis.
Can't believe you 3 FD legends were in my neck of the woods this week! I live like 20 mins from VIR, lol. Can't wait to see how you get on in FD with the RTR team!! This season is gonna be epic, I just know it. Welcome back to the US and FD, bro!
After watching your documentary last year where you mentioned Vaughn wanted you to join RTR, then hearing on the LZ video a few weeks back it all seemed to add up. I can't wait to watch FD again
It's a pleasure to have you on the rtr team I know your a great driver an it's going to be sick but they need to get you a sequential box for your car...
You, sir (and I use that title genuinely) are one of the most humble people I’ve never met. Your talent, dedication, work ethic and commitment is on another level, and yet you are always so grateful for the things that come your way, and seemingly never look down on anyone. I have much respect for you, Sir.
Incredible to see this happening and so well deserved James 👏 delighted you've shared all this footage with us...don't think I've ever clicked on a video so fast ☺Can't wait to see more of what you do this year!
I knew it. I called it when Adam said he was going to drive less and Vaughn said he had a great driver coming to the team. All the best James you'll fit in perfectly and your gonna kill it.
The FD season Just improved EXPONENTIALLY. What an awesome addition to this team. Huge Talent. Jazus you were owning that car. Fantastic Driving imho .. I wont miss a race. :)
Congrats on joining my favorite team in FD. What I have seen from the team they will support you 100% and make you feel at home. I have nothing but respect for Vaughn and Chelsea and I think you will have a great time with the RTR team. Best of luck mate and can't wait to see you shred. Funny by the way how Jimmy had the same thing getting used to rhd cars when he was in Ireland. You can share the experience🤣 and you all can go party at the LZ compound. 2023 is going to be awesome!👍💪
Hi James, a big fan of yours. Such a big news to see you back in FD and join the RTR team, cant wait to see you on the whole season and obviously you will tackle all the challenges
Let’s gooooo!!!!!! Heck yea bud!!! So pumped ur back. U got more fans in the USA than u think brotha. Congrats and can’t wait to see you compete again!
Thanks for the support everyone, as you can see from the video I’m so excited for what’s to come! We will keep the videos flowing this year, so much happening! 🙌
Will the car you compete in be right hand drive
Will your mustang be rhd?
Make the Car Right hand Drive
Ever since I saw your documentary I’ve known if you came back it would be under rtr and honestly can’t wait to see you come back to fd
Can’t wait to see you at englishtown
It's crazy to see James be able to hop into anything and immediately rip it!!!
Agreed him and Chelsea is gunna be epic
True, his talent is amazing
That's why he called the machine bruh 😁
He’s a true professional
@@nofearcbr shake and bake lol
I haven’t been this excited about an FD season in a long time! LOVE RTR, mustangs and huge fan of Deane and Chelsea. Best season ever!
Yessur. Two of my favorite drivers!
with james forest and kristaps ...fd is going to be exciting
@@allanbuckleynyainda I forgot about Kristaps holy shit!!!
@@KentaElZeroM is kristaps in fd this year?
@@liampaine6980 yup!
This is what separates Vaughn from virtually everyone else. Vision for the sport outside of being behind the wheel himself. A true leader can move pieces on the chess board where they need to be without being in the middle of the action themselves. Can’t wait to see what James and the team at RTR do this season.
Agreed. Making moves not only good for RTR and Fun-Haver but good for drifting as a whole. Also - your IG content is fire (this is not a paid endorsement 👍)
@@SidewaysTK I really appreciate it! I’m glad you dig my work!
That's what LZ was excited about in his video at the factory! Congratulations, looking forward to seeing you light them up!
If they want to win James should be racing every race
he did say full season at the end
@@thekid3999 i wonder if lz doing split season with vaughn
@@bingbong5939 no, it looks like adam will be the third car for 4 races (if i have understood it correctly)
Its absolutely mind boggling how you were able to hop in such a different atmosphere and pick up on your natural instincts within no time. Left hand drive, v8 engine, 1300hp, no turbo, bigger car, hundreds of extra pounds, less steering feedback, coms taking away your hearing, helmet not fitting, seat and wheel in less than ideal conditions, random test track, new team, and so much more variables that I'm sure you didn't name.
I'm noteven surprised by James anymore lol. You could hand him a tractor and he'd still podium
@@justincasiere9598 I know right! His first practice lap on a new chassis or new track is like another drivers' top qualifying lap. Its incredible to see him dial in the line more and more with each lap, noticeably making big changes and committing deeper every time. Absolute monster with the wheel.
@@justincasiere9598 you win with that comment 😂
Well James is actually skilled and didn't buy his way into a sport unlike Adam did. He didn't win 3 FD championships from buying his way into the sport. He won them from straight up talent.
YES! Finally something to be excited about when it comes to Formula Drift.
just wait for the judging
I can already see the whole RTR on the podium !!!!
@@cvddl3s😂😂😭😭
@@bevanvanwyk4769 I think Adam definitely has a way to go before podium, James is a top driver already and Chelsea is a contender to win though.
@@silviaonpc6069 Adam is no longer on the RTR team.
Love James and LZ and Chelsea i can't wait to see what the season is going to look like and how they are gonna combine all the drivers.
LZ is out. Adam did absolutely nothing for the RTR team except made excuses all season. Its time for the real A Team to join Vaughn's legacy.
@@R0B__ What Adam did was a lot actually. Bringing all the pre-teen RUclipsr fans into the RTR fan club is worth 1000x more than actually doing good in Formula Drift.
@@bennyb.1742 ....unfortunately Benny boy... Vaughan didn't think so and he's been officially replaced by the real deal. James will bring another FD championship to the RTR. Adam just wasted everyone's viewing time with empty promises. James Dean is a true legend. He will get the job done if Vaughn lets him install a Samsonas sequential trans on those POS Ford crap. It just proves that Adam bought his way into FD and not with talent.
@@R0B__ LZ is still in. He's just not doing all the rounds.
@@R0B__ Bro at least spell Vaughn's name right... Jesus christ dude.
This gives me a huge smile, I never thought this would happen but it has. 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
Also, Vaughn is some man, fair play to him.
In no way can I express how happy I am to hear this news. It has really made my day, I love RTR and more importantly, James Deane, and I am looking forward to exciting times ahead.
Let’s go! This changes everything in FD 🔥
Unbelievable. I cannot express in words how excited I am for you to come back to FD. And with such a professional team. Surreal. Great things to come. Congratulations!
Hell yes !!!!! This is going to be an epic season!!
Plus Wang is back.
RTR are so lucky to have you as a driver, you jumped into a 1300BHP left hand drive mustang and drove it like you have been in one your whole life. It’s literally insane how talented you are! This is huge for everyone and so exciting.
No shortage of talent from his neck of the woods or on the rest of this island north and south💯🤣 it's James's passion for the sport that stands out for me as well as his driving. It's great that we are getting to share these experiences via the RUclips channel, you get a cracking insight into the sport in general and how the lads set things up, work things out etc etc. The Mustangs look serious too😎👌
Massive congratulations!!!!! Watching you run that car and the tandems with Vaughn were so much fun to watch. Team RTR is seriously a force to be reckoned with and you,,,,, geeeezus what an absolute machine behind the wheel.
Well this is gonna make for a hell of an interesting FD season. When Vaughn announced there'd be a new RTR team member joining, certainly wouldn't have guessed it was you. Really looking forward to seeing you in competition in the Spec 5-D! This is a big move for RTR, congrats, James.
I never clicked into anything so fast in my life haha
Congratulations James and best of luck ❤️ I cannot wait to see it 🙌
Ill be buying merch as soon as hits irish shores
You just made me look forward to this FD season, hopefully the judges get an upgrade but you and RTR is something I didn't know I wanted to see. Good move
This was very unexpected. Welcome back to James 🎉🎉🎉
HUGE CONGRATS!! james so buzzed for the new season of FD!!!
James is one of those rare beasts where everyone is just really happy for you. Looking forward to this next chapter.
Edit: The filming and the editing was unreal too
Goodluck james and thanks for the amazing videos that you post for us
I called it!!!!!! So glad to see deane back in fd!!!
Omg!!! Welcome to the team buddy 👍 some much needed quality driving 👍👍
This year is gonna be insane. This is awesome, was not expecting James Deane to be the RTR announcement at all, but LOVE IT!
Class! Well done James, best of luck
Ansioso pela temporada 2023, grande fã do James e equipe RTR, realmente uma notícia boa!
Best FD news in forever, can't wait to see you competing again!!!
I love how when James gets in his head a bit, you just guide him towards the knowledge that "This is just how you break things down" basically, very supportive
Congratulations! Definitely looking forward to seeing you in action this season alone - being in my favorite chassis with my favorite team is the cherry on top.
Hearty congratulations to you James! RTR could not have chosen a better candidate for its team and you have most likely joined the best team as well.
Fingers crossed for you and yours in the coming season.
Keep up the good work ❤️
Awesome news, I saw the FB post and came straight to YT, You gonna Rock FD,
I’m so fucking excited for FD this year!! I hope everything goes smooth
Class, time to get interested in FD again! Congratulations James 👍
RTR + Deane is going to be a winning combination for a drift team. This is such great news mate!
really hope you still drive in DMEC (dont know how the FD calendar interferes). DMEC is just so much more interesting to watch :D
After seeing Adam's video, I wasn't expecting you to come back to FD, and I'm all for it. I can't wait for the season to start
James , Congratulations !! So stoked your joining FD again!!
Falken leaves FD and James steps right into one of the best teams in drifting. Could we call this fate??
Good luck with your new session of fd
LOVE THIS 😅 Adam, Chelsea , James holy fucking shit the learning that Adam gonna get from this is gonna be insane…then when u add Von next year 😮💨
The unfortunate thing is, not many people get better with less seat time. I wonder if this is a plan between Adam and Vaughn to kind of phase Adam out of RTR so Adam can concentrate on trying to go his channel. Adam's channel can help grow, in a small way, FD but FD isn't gonna grow Adam's channel at all. Adam probably gets more views for his FD content than FD does during the FD season.
@@fearfulclone5486 well Vaughn said 3 or 4 cars when he comes back so Adam prob not going anywhere
@@fearfulclone5486 Adam loves driving tho he doesn’t really care for the views tbh or the growth he gets from fd he said a long time ago I wanna be known for my driving not me on the internet Being on yt
@@Kion2Faded But having drivers that only do a half season doesn’t benefit RTR in the least. All it is, is potential points being taken from Chelsea while he chases a championship. The only way Chelsea would be cool with this if there’s a bigger plan in place and Adam said he doesn’t want to drive a full season. It’s pretty much all spelled out.
@@fearfulclone5486 yes it does, the amount of merch sales and eyeballs adam brings to RTR is huge. Having 2 fulltime drivers capable of winning the championship and a part time driver that has a huge social following is just an amazing business decison, its win/win all around, RTR can compete for the title and make money, Adam gets to compete in FD and level up as a driver and still do everything else he wants to do. I wouldnt be surprised if VGJ jumps in and drives the third car in the rounds that Adam wont be there so the Boss gets to have fun too
Yess buzing to see you back in FD !
Can’t wait, this will be the ultimate test. If James can be competitive in a new chassis, and end up top he will be the JOAT. This will be great for RTR engineering to get input from a guy who has done an insane amount of different series and chassis.
Bro im so happy to see you pushing the other guys in FD again!!
Now If only Adam could drive his chassis this nice, we'd have a dominating team on our hands
Congratulations on the seat with RTR and look forward to watching this year's season. Here in the UK
Insane how you just jumped in and were able to do tandems that good. Crazy skills
Can't believe you 3 FD legends were in my neck of the woods this week! I live like 20 mins from VIR, lol. Can't wait to see how you get on in FD with the RTR team!! This season is gonna be epic, I just know it. Welcome back to the US and FD, bro!
After watching your documentary last year where you mentioned Vaughn wanted you to join RTR, then hearing on the LZ video a few weeks back it all seemed to add up. I can't wait to watch FD again
Best of luck to ya james. Onwards and upwards👍
You're a monster behind the wheel!
happy to see you in join RTR team and back in FD.
So happy for you! Can't wait for you to take over again 👌
It's a pleasure to have you on the rtr team I know your a great driver an it's going to be sick but they need to get you a sequential box for your car...
I've never had such a huge grin on my face watching a youtube video, ever. Goat status when it comes to drifting.
Fantastic news and well deserved .
Best of luck James and wider team
Love the videos.
Pure professional 🖐️
Well damn good luck to everyone in FD, Think you are gonna kill it!
Congratulations Deane, I hope you can get it in right-hand drive.
Massive congratulations to you!!! You deserve this one!! Can't wait you shredding this season!!! Welcome back to FD Deane!
I'm glad you're joining into a favorite car of mine and I hope that you put your abilities and your skills to the test ❤️
I am so excited to see you back in FD. Can't wait to see you in person at Englishtown!
Yoooo, LZ and James Deane. Let's gooo! An epic FD season is coming, soo dope!
Now people can see why you're named the Machine ....unbelievable driving
This is pretty crazy. Can't wait to see you in FD again.
so hype for this james about to win fd mark my words
You, sir (and I use that title genuinely) are one of the most humble people I’ve never met.
Your talent, dedication, work ethic and commitment is on another level, and yet you are always so grateful for the things that come your way, and seemingly never look down on anyone.
I have much respect for you, Sir.
The lz compound is about to have a fun visit with Chelsea,James,lz!
Thats amazing. Have fun most of all , and you are always amazing. Gratz on the FD return! Best season of FD ,after years, to come !!!!!
I’ve honestly never clicked anything so fast in my lifeeeee, so happy for us!! Thank you James and VGlll!!!
The whole FD field has at the same time said "oh shit" the GOAT is back!!!!
This will be the best fd season in such a long time so happy ur back
You are the wheel man dam you shredded that thing like you got years in it cant wait. Congratulations hope you have an amazing season
Amazing for everyone involved. Vaughn looked absolutely buzzing .
Welcome to American James we are honored to have you here 😊
Incredible to see this happening and so well deserved James 👏 delighted you've shared all this footage with us...don't think I've ever clicked on a video so fast ☺Can't wait to see more of what you do this year!
Amazing chance. Good job you were the chosen one to join rtr team. Good luck for the future.
Excuse me but HOLY SHIT. This couldn't have been better news. The viewership you'll bring and excitement back to FD will be insane!
So happy for you! Can't wait for this season!!
I knew it. I called it when Adam said he was going to drive less and Vaughn said he had a great driver coming to the team. All the best James you'll fit in perfectly and your gonna kill it.
Mega shout out to #RTR and congratulations to James... All I'll say Dream Team... LZ and Deane
You just brought back so many viewers to Formula Drift. I am super excited for this, congrats James!
Best news I've heard in a long time for FD. You made the level raise so much when you were here.
Super exciting news! I can't wait for the 2023 season! I'll be seeing you at Irwindale!
🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 congrats!!!!! buzzing to watch your season this year!
Wow. Congratulations James!!! That was a special vid. Thanks for sharing it. I’m going to be glued to FD this year.
Congratulations dude ....look forward to watching you killing the competition once again
We love you James!! RTR is gonna have their best season yet! So sick!
Congratulations James. I am super excited. Welcome to the V8 LIFE.
The FD season Just improved EXPONENTIALLY. What an awesome addition to this team. Huge Talent. Jazus you were owning that car. Fantastic Driving imho .. I wont miss a race. :)
amazing job man congrats, happy for you and whats to come for RTR this year
To be able to jump into such a different car from the norm and kill it like you did is crazy!! Looking forwards to seeing more
Wow great news wish you all the best in new season of FD 💪
Congrats on joining my favorite team in FD. What I have seen from the team they will support you 100% and make you feel at home. I have nothing but respect for Vaughn and Chelsea and I think you will have a great time with the RTR team. Best of luck mate and can't wait to see you shred. Funny by the way how Jimmy had the same thing getting used to rhd cars when he was in Ireland. You can share the experience🤣 and you all can go party at the LZ compound. 2023 is going to be awesome!👍💪
Let's gooooo my fav team and driver!!!!!
This is going to be an amazing season with you joining FD.
Absolutely fantastic news! So pleased that your coming back to FD and with the RTR team no less. This season is going to be EPIC!!
Hi James, a big fan of yours.
Such a big news to see you back in FD and join the RTR team, cant wait to see you on the whole season and obviously you will tackle all the challenges
Full Deane angle on the 3rd attempt, love it!
Let’s gooooo!!!!!! Heck yea bud!!! So pumped ur back. U got more fans in the USA than u think brotha. Congrats and can’t wait to see you compete again!
This is brilliant! James you are going to kill it. Looking forward to this!