‘Best day of my life’: 10,000 pack Cork’s South Mall as Red Bull brings F1 and drifting home

SMALL CHILDREN WATCHED from their fathers’ shoulders, fingers jammed in their ears and grinning away, as the smoke rolled down Cork’s South Mall. On Saturday night, more than 10,000 people filled the street for Red Bull Homerun, a sold-out night of Formula 1 and drifting staged to celebrate local hero Conor Shanahan. For a few hours, one of the city’s main streets belonged to some of the world’s best car-control drivers.