Ah now, people question the judging everywhere, I think Mike has been very successful with his with sponsor shit from redbull and now some help from mazda so fair play to him.
I was watching a round of the NZ drifting, I just wasn't impressed, most battles were one by the other person making a mistake rather that winning with a great run v an ok run, just not much actual battling. That's why i do like FD, you see actually close battles. I get that mistakes are part of it too though, if you under a lot of pressure it's harder to do a good run.