Russian Circuit Racing Series
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| Category | Touring cars |
|---|---|
| Country | Russia |
| Inaugural season | 1998 |
| Constructors | BMW, LADA, SEAT, Renault, Ford, Kia, Volkswagen, Honda, Subaru, Peugeot |
| Tyre suppliers | Yokohama |
| Drivers' champion |  Dmitry Bragin |
| Teams' champion | TAIF Motorsport |
| Official website | raf-rcrs.ru |
 Current season | |
The Russian Circuit Racing Series (RCRS) is a national Russian racing series created in 2004. It started with four classes: touring, super-production, touring-light, and national class; and national-junior was added in 2015. Sergey Krylov was the championship's promoter beginning in 2004, until Oleg Petrikov became promoter of the series in 2014.
Circuits
[edit]| Circuit | City | First Held | Most recent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Autodrom Moscow | Moscow | 2002 | 2019 |
| Neva Ring | Saint Petersburg | 1998 | 2006 |
| Red Ring | Krasnoyarsk | 2009 | 2010 |
| NRING Circuit | Bogorodsk | 2010 | 2022 |
| Lipetsk | Lipetsk | 2009 | 2011 |
| Kursk Ring | Kursk | 2008 | 2011 |
| Vorobyovy Gory | Moscow | 2001 | 2006 |
| Dmitrovsky Autopolygon | Dmitrov | 1998 | 2009 |
| Orlovsky Ring | Oryol | 2008 | 2008 |
| Luzhniki Olympic Complex | Moscow | 2003 | 2011 |
| Smolensk Ring | Safonovo | 2011 | 2022 |
| Kazan Ring | Kazan | 2011 | 2022 |
| Autodrom Saint Petersburg | St Petersburg | 2011 | 2011 |
| Moscow Raceway | Volokolamsk | 2012 | 2022 |
| Sochi Autodrom | Sirius | 2014 | 2021 |
| Fort Grozny | Grozny | 2016 | 2022 |
| Igora Drive | Novozhilovo | 2020 | 2022 |
Classes
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- Touring: The international category where cars with two-litre engines and some physical alterations compete. Typical representatives include: BMW 320, Audi A4, Subaru BRZ, Honda Civic and Accord, Chevrolet Lacetti and Cruze, SEAT León.
- TCR Russian Series: In 2015 it was announced that cars under the new TCR regulations (as used in the TCR International Series) will be eligible to compete alongside the Touring class, but also have their standalone classification. Typical representatives include: SEAT León Cup Racer, Audi RS3 LMS TCR, LADA Vesta TCR and Renault Megane RS
- Touring-Light: Cars with 1600cc engines compete in this class. Typical representatives include: Ford Fiesta, VW Polo, Lada Kalina, Kia Rio, Renault Twingo Sport, Peugeot 208 GTI.
- Super-Production: This is an international category where cars with the two litre engine compete. Typical representatives: Honda Civic, Subaru BRZ, Lada Granta.
- National class: 1600сс engine category for cars assembled in the territory of the Russian Federation. Typical representatives: Lada Kalina, Lada 112, Lada Riva, Renault Logan/Sandero, VW Polo, Kia Rio.
- National-Junior class: Category for drivers from 12 to 16 years old. Typical representatives: Lada Kalina, Lada Samara, VW Polo.
Champions
[edit]| Season | Touring | Touring-Light | Super-Production | S1600 | S1600 Junior | SMP GT4 Russia | CN Sportprototype | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drivers' Champion | Teams' Champion | Drivers' Champion | Teams' Champion | Drivers' Champion | Teams' Champion | Drivers' Champion | Teams' Champion | Drivers' Champion | Teams' Champion | Drivers' Champion | Teams' Champion | Drivers' Champion | Teams' Champion | |
| Russian Circuit Racing Series | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Kirill Ladygin | LADA Sport Rosneft | Ivan Chubarov | LADA Sport Rosneft | Vadim Antipov | Sofit-Racing Team | Petr Plotnikov | Innostage - AG Team | Artem Antonov | RUMOS RACING | Denis Remenyako | CapitalRT MotorSharks | Sergey Ievlev | None |
| 2020 | Kirill Ladygin | LADA Sport Rosneft | Vladimir Sheshenin | LADA Sport Rosneft | Vladislav Nezvankin | LADA Sport Rosneft | Petr Plotnikov | AKHMAT Racing Team | Egor Fokin | Rally Academy | Denis Remenyako | Capital Racing Team | Pavel Kuzminov | None |
| 2019 | Dmitry Bragin | TAIF Motorsport | Vladimir Cherevan | Rally Academy | Andrey Petukhov | LADA Sport Rosneft | Mikhail Mityaev | LADA Sport Rosneft | Petr Plotnikov | Rally Academy | Not held | |||
| 2018 | Dmitry Bragin | Lukoil Racing Team | Grigory Burlutskiy | Carville Racing | Mikhail Mityaev | LADA Sport Rosneft | Pavel Kalmanovich | AG Team | Irina Sidorkova | Rally Academy | Not held | |||
| 2017 | Dmitry Bragin | LADA Sport Rosneft | Denis Bulatov | Podmoskovie Motorsport | Mikhail Mityaev | LADA Sport Rosneft | Aydar Nuriev | Rally Academy | Maxim Kornilkov | Rally Academy | Not held | |||
| 2016 | Dmitry Bragin | Lukoil Racing | Dmitry Bragin | LADA Sport Rosneft | Maksim Chernev | URT Subaru Team Lukoil | Vladimir Sheshenin | B-Tuning Pro Racing Team | Anton Gavrichenkov | None | Not held | |||
| 2015 | Aleksey Dudukalo | Lukoil Racing | Dmitry Bragin | LADA Sport Rosneft | Maksim Chernev | Innocenti Lada Sport | Dmitry Bragin | STK Taifmotorsport | Gleb Kuznetsov | None | Not held | |||
| 2014 | Mikhail Grachev | AMG Motorsport | Boris Shulmeyster | Sports Racing Technologies | Andrei Maslennikov | Ralf-Car Team | Vladimir Sheshenin | Lukoil Racing Team Lada | Not held | |||||
| Russian Racing Championship | ||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Mikhail Grachev | AMG Motorsport | Pavel Kalmanovich | Lukoil Racing Team Lada | Vladimir Strelchenko | Ralf-Car Team | Egor Sanin | KGOO STK MX-Autosport | Not held | |||||
| 2012 | Aleksandr Frolov | TNK Racing Team | Mikhail Grachev | PSM Team80 | Vasiliy Krichevskiy | Khimki Motorsport | Vladimir Sheshenin | AvtoVAZ PROO | Not held | |||||
| Russian Touring Car Championship | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Aleksandr Frolov | Orenburg Racing | Aleksandr Sotnikov | Lukoil Racing | Viktor Kozankov | Honda Cheryomushki | Vadim Meshcherjakov | Autoclod-afso | Not held | |||||
| 2010 | Mikhail Ukhov | TNK Racing | Mikhail Kozlovskiy | Lukoil Racing | Viktor Kozankov | Honda Cheryomushki | Vasiliy Mezentsev | Krasnoe koltso | Not held | |||||
| 2009 | Vladimir Strelchenko | Khimki Motorsport | Aleksey Dudukalo | Lukoil Racing | Mikhail Zasadych | Prology Racing Team | Aleksey Filimonov | None | Not held | |||||
| 2008 | Aleksey Basov | RED WINGS | Aleksey Dudukalo | Lukoil Racing | Pavel Fedorov | Prology Racing Team | Aleksandr Zheltov | TAXI-2 Technical Consulting | Not held | |||||
| 2007 | Aleksandr Lvov | Golden Motors | Aleksandr Sotnikov | Dinamo Autosport | Aleksey Basov | STK Rally Podmoskovie | Nikita Vasilyev | Jackpot | Not held | |||||
| 2006 | Vladimir Labazov | AVTODOM Racing | Anton Markin | Dinamo Autosport | Vladimir Cherevan | Korus Autosport | Igor Fillipov | Kaluga Motorsport | Not held | |||||
| 2005 | Vladimir Nechaev | AVTODOM Racing | Aleksandr Sotnikov | Dinamo Autosport | Ilya Burenko | Forza Sport | Artem Kazyavin | SKP | Not held | |||||
| 2004 | Grigoriy Komarov | MTS AC Racing | Vladimir Labazov | Dinamo ASSTI | Not held | Roman Kozyavin | SPK Tolyatti | Not held | ||||||
| Russian Automobile Circuit Racing Championship | ||||||||||||||
| 2003 | Mikhail Ukhov | MTS AC Racing | Anton Smekalkin | None | Not held | |||||||||
| 2002 | Grigoriy Komarov | MTS AC Racing | Vladimir Nechaev | None | Not held | |||||||||
| 2001 | Aleksandr Lvov | Master-Pilot | Mikhail Ukhov | None | Not held | |||||||||
| 2000 | Mikhail Ukhov | MTS AC Racing | Not held | |||||||||||
| 1999 | Vladimir Sukhov | AC Racing | Not held | |||||||||||
| 1998 | Oleg Kesselman | Avtostil Azart MSP | Not held | |||||||||||
References
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