2018 Russian Circuit Racing Series Explained

The 2018 SMP Russian Circuit Racing Series was the fifth season of the Russian Circuit Racing Series, organized by SMP Racing. It was the fourth season with TCR class cars.

Teams and drivers

Yokohama is the official tyre supplier.

Touring / TCR Russian Touring Car Championship

All teams are Russian-registered. All drivers, excepting Belarusian driver Vladislav Gorlach, raced under Russian racing license.

TeamCarDriversClassRounds
STK TAIF MotorsportAudi RS3 LMS TCR SEQ1Dmitry BraginAll
87Marat SharapovT1–3
89Timur ShigabutdinovT2–5
STK Chingiskhan76Irek MinnakhmetovT1–6
Lukoil Racing Team[1] SEAT Léon TCR DSG43Andrey Maslennikov4–7
77Ivan Lukashevich1–3
Audi RS3 LMS TCR SEQ4–7
3Aleksey Dudukalo[2] All
14Klim Gavrilov1–3
LTA RallyVolkswagen Golf GTI TCR SEQ4–7
SEAT León TCR DSG80Andrey AbaluevT5–7
UMMC Motorsport[3] Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR DSG5Roman GolikovTAll
RUMOS AMG MotorsportSEAT León TCR DSG7Mikhail StepanovTAll
SEAT / CUPRA León TCR SEQ47Lev TolkachevTAll
Green Racing TeamSEAT / CUPRA León TCR DSG8Vladimir GorlachT2–3, 5
NEVA MotorsportSEAT León TCR DSG9Oleg KharukT1–3
Honda Civic Type R TCR FK84–7
SEAT / CUPRA León TCR DSG / SEQ17Pavel YashinTAll
CUPRA León TCR DSG46Efim GantmakherT5–6
Rally AcademySEAT / CUPRA León TCR DSG / SEQ10Anton BadoevTAll
LADA Sport Rosneft[4] LADA Vesta TCR11Kirill LadyginAll
19Vladimir ShesheninAll
27Mikhail GrachevAll
AG TeamSEAT León TCR DSG18Thomas JohnsonT7
AKHMAT Racing TeamVolkswagen Golf GTI TCR88Vitaliy Dudin1, 5–7
SEAT / CUPRA León TCR95Magomed DaghievT1, 4–7
Carville RacingSEAT León TCR DSG91Grigoriy Burlutskiy2–6
Key
Teams claimed for team points.
TSMP RCRS Trophy

Super Production & Touring-Light

All teams and drivers are Russian-registered. All drivers raced under Russian racing license.

TeamCarDriversRounds
Super Production
Balashikha training center of DOSAAFHonda Civic Type-R Mk710Vladimir Strelchenko7
55Vladislav Kubasov5
Mikhail PutyatinLADA Granta Cup11Mikhail Putyatin4
LADA Sport RosneftLADA Vesta 1.6T30Mikhail MityaevAll
50Vladislav NezvankinAll
LADA Granta Cup45Evgeniy Meites2
Autoproduct Match TV GTE Racing Team3–7
84Philipp Tuponosov3–7
GTE Racing TeamMazda 31
Andrey EmelinMazda 337Andrey Emelin7
NEFIS Racing DivisionLADA Granta Cup44Ilsur AkhmetvaleevAll
58Aleksandr Marushko1–4
Delphi Technologies RHHCC R.T.
ALAS
Volkswagen Scirocco54Aleksandr Garmash1–2, 4–7
Honda Civic Type-R Mk73
88Nikolay VikhanskiyAll
Neva MotorsportHonda Civic Type-R Mk877Dmitry Dobrovolskiy5
Touring-Light
SUVAR MotorsportRenault Twingo Sport4Ildar Rakhmatullin1–6
8Timur Boguslasvskiy6
97Aleksandr Malinin2–5
LTA RallyOpel Adam1
Hyundai Solaris RB19Rodion Shushakov1, 3–5
Ford Fiesta Mk67
SMP RacingOpel Adam7Nikita Volegov2
Rally AcademyVolkswagen Polo R2 Mk513Igor SamsonovAll
Podmoskovie MotorsportVolkswagen Polo R2 Mk517Vladimir CherevanAll
Ford Fiesta Mk543Andrey MaslennikovAll
B-Tuning PRO Racing Volkswagen Polo R2 Mk522Anton Zakharov5
Carville RacingPeugeot 208 GTi27Andrey RadoshnovAll
91Grigoriy BurlutskiyAll

National

All teams are Russian-registered. All drivers raced under Russian racing license.

TeamCarDriversRounds
Bragin Racing Team
AAC Syzran Sport
LADA Kalina20Egor Sanin1–4
Kia Rio5–7
Hyundai Solaris12Mikhail Simonov5–6
LADA Kalina1–2, 4, 7
1Aydar Nuriev[5] 3
AG Team[6] Kia Rio7
7Tatiana Dobrynina1–2
18Thomas Johnson1–6
34Vsevolod Gagen4
71Arkady Illeritskiy5
Hyundai Solaris17Pavel KalmanovichAll
28Anvar TutaevAll
Sergey SchegolevLADA Kalina NFR R14Sergey Schegolev2–5
Rally AcademyVolkswagen Polo5Gleb KuznetsovAll
55Denis Mavlanov1–6
Aleksandr Maslennikov7
NEVA KARTVolkswagen Polo1-4
B-Tuning Pro Racing TeamVolkswagen Polo5-6
21Egor Kiryakov1–6
Redmond DriveHyundai Solaris8Igor LvovAll
Kia Rio46Julia Strukova5–7
Zener Racing Team1–3
Hyundai Solaris88Vasiliy Krichevskiy1–6
LADA Sport Rosneft UMMCLADA Kalina NFR R110Andrey PetukhovAll
AKHMAT RacingVolkswagen Polo11Vladislav Seredenko1
63Ibraghim Akhmadov1, 4–7
64Khalid Alviev1
73Ivan Kostukov7
Kia Rio X-Line44Ruslan NafikovAll
95Roman AgoshkovAll
Andrey VasilyevVolkswagen Polo14Andrey VasilyevAll
Roman ShusharinKia Rio15Roman ShusharinAll
Rafael FattakhovLADA Kalina16Rafael Fattakhov3
Aleksandr SalnikovHyundai Solaris27Aleksandr Salnikov1–6
Dmitryi DudarevLADA Kalina33Dmitryi Dudarev3
Oleg KulakovLADA Kalina45Oleg Kulakov3
ParusKia Rio56Vasiliy KorablevAll
Sergey DrebenetsLada Kalina57Sergey Drebenets2–3, 5
LTA RallyHyundai Solaris70Yuriy Gavrilov1–3
UMMCLADA Kalina NFR R177Efim Gantmakher1–3

National Junior

All teams and drivers are Russian-registered. All drivers raced under Russian racing license.

TeamCarDriversRounds
AR Junior:
Rally Academy 1
Rally Academy 2
Volkswagen Polo5Irina SidorkovaAll
7Anastasia GrishinaAll
35Pavel KuzminovAll
55Petr PlotnikovAll
B-Tuning Pro Racing:
Anton Zakharov's Racing Academy 1
Anton Zakharov's Racing Academy 2
Volkswagen Polo9Aleksey SakharovAll
11Nikita Dubinin7
21Pavel ParshutinAll
22Ilya DoschechkinAll
33Artem LyakinAll
Zorro GepardVolkswagen Polo10Egor FokinAll
Salavat FathutdinovVolkswagen Polo18Rustam FathutdinovAll
Goltsova RacingLADA Kalina27Sergey MalovAll
77Virsavia Goltsova2, 4
88Daniil Velmyakin1–2
Eduard VelmyakinLADA Kalina4
LTA RallyLADA Kalina56Dmitriy Prikhnenko1–2
Akhmat RacingVolkswagen Polo63Dzhabrail Akhmadov7

Calendar and results

The 2018 schedule was announced on 12 October 2017, with all events scheduled to be held in Russia.[7] [8]

CircuitDateSupporting
11Fort Grozny Autodrom, Grozny14 AprilKlim GavrilovVladislav NezvankinGrigoriy BurlutskiyEgor SaninIrina Sidorkova
215 AprilRoman GolikovVladislav NezvankinIgor SamsonovAndrey PetukhovPavel Kuzminov
23Smolensk Ring, Smolensk5 MayDmitry BraginMikhail MityaevAndrey MaslennikovGleb KuznetsovIrina SidorkovaSMP F4 Championship
46 MayKirill LadyginVladislav NezvankinAndrey RadoshnovAndrey PetukhovIrina Sidorkova
35NRING Circuit, Bogorodsk2 JuneDmitry BraginMikhail MityaevIgor SamsonovPavel KalmanovichNot conducted
63 JuneIvan LukashevichMikhail MityaevIldar RakhmatullinGleb Kuznetsov
47Kazan Ring, Kazan21 JulyAleksey DudukaloVladislav NezvankinIgor SamsonovRuslan NafikovPavel Kuzminov
822 JulyKirill LadyginVladislav NezvankinAndrey MaslennikovIgor LvovRustam Fathutdinov
59Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk11 AugustKlim GavrilovMikhail MityaevIgor SamsonovGleb KuznetsovPetr PlotnikovSMP F4 Championship
1012 AugustAleksey DudukaloMikhail MityaevIldar RakhmatullinPavel KalmanovichSergey Malov
611Sochi Autodrom, Sochi1 SeptemberKlim GavrilovMikhail MityaevGrigoriy BurlutskiyGleb KuznetsovNot conducted
122 SeptemberDmitry BraginMikhail MityaevTimur BoguslavskiyEgor Sanin
713Fort Grozny Autodrom, Grozny5 OctoberKirill LadyginVladislav NezvankinAndrey RadoshnovAndrey PetukhovRustam Fathutdinov AKHMAT Race 2018
146 OctoberAleksey DudukaloEvgenii MeitesAndrey MaslennikovGleb KuznetsovPetr Plotnikov

Championship standings

Scoring systems

Touring / TCR Russian Touring Car Championship

In the Russian Championship only pilots with a Russian racing license earn points, foreign pilots take part only in TCR Russia.

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DriverGROSMONRGKAZMSCSOCGRO
1Dmitry Bragin125161722337162223
2Aleksey Dudukalo5253DNSRet115713271190
3Kirill Ladygin6771365118†166914174
4Ivan Lukashevich4152581136622755174
5Klim Gavrilov184144314Ret1416108169
6Anton Badoev16†6821010634Ret4436141
7Mikhail Grachev2101271158101179823138
8Vladimir Sheshenin34982448Ret12554Ret138
9Roman Golikov813106139556Ret10814123
10Lev Tolkachev936492101682017†15910101
11Andrey Maslennikov74258313988
12Irek Minnakhmetov1413139583Ret98RetRet65
13Pavel Yashin101117†171215DSQ1217†131011127
14Grigoriy Burlutskiy111179157Ret14111844
15Mikhail Stepanov13DNS101216121114101113Ret151144
16Magomed Daghiev17†9Ret1115912121615
17Vitaly Dudin7DSQRet10DSQ17111224
18Timur ShigabutdinovRet131411129Ret1721
19Oleg Haruk11141618151616131618151418Ret
20Marat Sharapov1512141513Ret11
21Efim Gantmakher1215141310
22Andrey Abaluev141916161413
23Vladimir Gorlach1516Ret1413Ret
24Thomas Johnson17160
DriverGROSMONRGKAZMSCSOCGRO
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Touring / TCR Russian Touring Car Championship Team's Standing

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TeamGROSMONRGKAZSMOMSKKAZ
1Lukoil Racing Team42238114612255349
51555DNSRet7157237139
2LADA Sport Rosneft247124511118†6823303
310127115810716994Ret
3TAIF Motorsport1251617223Ret7162245
1512141513Ret129317RetRet
4RUMOS AMG Motorsport93649210148111315910145
13DNS101216121116102017†Ret1511
5Carville Racing1471416108115
15RetRet1411181413
6Neva Motorsport10111617121516121613131412765
111417†181516DSQ1317†1815Ret18Ret
7AKHMAT Racing Team791591212111249
17†DSQRet10DSQ171615
TeamGROSMONRGKAZSMOMSCKAZ

Super Production

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DriverGROSMONRGKAZMSCSOCGRO
1Mikhail Mityaev221211221111Ret2310
2Vladislav Nezvankin11213Ret116DNS2213256
3Ilsur AkhmetvaleevDSQ4Ret4223Ret2DSQ3426163
4Nikolay Vikhanskiy4543Ret4455Ret4734152
5Eugeny Meites3665Ret6835351144
6Aleksandr Garmash56RetDNSDSQ3547DNS6565112
7Aleksandr Marushko33Ret5476Ret75
8Philipp TuponosovDNQDNQ56RetRetRetDSQ764Ret53
9Dmitry Dobrovolskiy3236
10Vladislav Kubasov4426
11Mikhail Putyatin7325
12Andrey EmelinDSQ79
13Vladimir StrelchenkoRetRet0
DriverGROSMONRGKAZMSCSOCGRO

Super Production Team's Standing

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TeamGROSMONRGKAZMSCSOCGRO
1LADA Sport Rosneft11111111111112566
22223Ret226DNS22Ret3
2NEFIS Racing Division33Ret4223Ret223426283
DSQ4Ret5476Ret3DSQDSQ7
3Delphi Technologies RHHCC RT4543Ret4445Ret4534243
56RetDNSDSQ3557DNS67
4Autoproduct Match TV GTE RT 55Ret6835341171
66RetRetRetDSQ765Ret
TeamGROSMONRGKAZMSCSOCGRO

Touring-Light

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DriverGROSMONRGKAZMSCSOCGRO
1Grigory Burlutskiy136532Ret2751323218
2Andrey MaslennikovDSQ41324Ret1324431217
3Igor Samsonov6147†1715173654214
4Andrey Radoshnov3231Ret3RetDNS282515191
5Vladimir Cherevan4DNS244647535242184
6Ildar Rakhmatullin26RetRetRet12461RetDNS128
7Aleksandr Malinin555255Ret386109
8Rodion ShushakovRetDNSRetDNS36Ret96654
9Timur BoguslavskiyRet127
10Anton Zakharov4426
11Nikita Volegov7619
DriverGROSMONRGKAZMSCSOCGRO

Touring Light Team's Standing

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TeamGROSMONRGKAZSMOMSKKAZ
1Carville Racing123132Ret2251313409
3365Ret3RetDNS782525
2Podmoskovie Motorsport44132441324231401
DSQDNS2446Ret7535442
3Suvar Motorsport2652512361Ret1243
RetRetRet5Ret486RetDNS
TeamGROSMONRGKAZSMOMSCKAZ

National

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DriverGROSMONRGKAZMRWSOCGRO
1Pavel Kalmanovich272191834314363210
2Gleb Kuznetsov31118311051Ret11191204
3Andrey Petukhov7181DSQ1776258818170
4Egor Sanin13149749137Ret9142156
5Igor Lvov5251426416210DSQ15†14152
6Roman Agoshkov11642Ret953DNS536210144
7Vasiliy Korablev9Ret335527119124169127
8Anvar Tutaev8Ret116438Ret4315Ret512106
9Denis Mavlanov1212RetRet921717†42291
10Ruslan Nafikov6412Ret10DSQ1Ret87169141388
11Aleksandr Maslennikov141513108Ret168108558683
12Roman Shusharin18964Ret11Ret10181411Ret121157
13Mikhail Simonov4Ret23515161315RetRet3755
14Vasiliy Krichevskiy138976Ret1114DSQDSQ7Ret53
15Julia Strukova15102213RetDNS1410Ret710544
16Egor Kiryakov171315111120129517141341
17Thomas Johnson16Ret10122016DNS11919†6Ret32
18Aydar NurievRet77431
19Vsevolod Gagen6230
20Vladislav Seredenko10517
21Aleksandr Salnikov19171618182113121913131217
22Andrey Vasiliev231920201413Ret18†20Ret1710131614
23Efim GantmakherRet207Ret191213
24Oleg Kulakov13109
25Ibraghim Akhmadov211814DNS151218Ret17159
26Sergey Drebenets1717151516117
27Ivan Kostukov11Ret5
28Arkadiy Illeritskiy12164
29Rafael Fattakhov12Ret4
30Sergey Schegolev1921161418†151718†3
30Yuriy Gavrilov2214181521183
31Tatiana Dobrynina201621160
32Dmitriy Dudarev17190
33Khalid Alviev24200
DriverGROSMONRGKAZMRWSOCGRO

National Team's Standing

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TeamGROSMONRGKAZMRWSOCGRO
1AG Team27261334314353316
8Ret1119488Ret4315Ret612
2Rally Academy3111831105141281313
1212RetRet921717†Ret21196
3AKHMAT Racing Team6442109138636210232
11612RetRetDSQ5RetDNS716911Ret
4BRAGIN Racing Team13145749137159132220
4Ret239Ret7151613RetRetRet47
5Redmond Drive52514264162107105193
19171618182113121410RetDSQ15†14
6LADA Sport Rosneft UMMC7171191276258818183
Ret208RetDSQ171718†
7B-Tuning Pro Racing Team141313108201285855106
1715151111Ret16910171413
8ZENER Energy Team138976Ret111018147Ret121185
15102213RetDNSRet14DSQDSQ11Ret
TeamGROSMONRGKAZMRWSOCGRO

National-Junior

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DriverGROSMOKAZMSCGRO
1Irina Sidorkova1211312†9829163
2Pavel Kuzminov8177138332155
3Petr Plotnikov65510261661140
4Rustam Fathutdinov21221151611†14139
5Artem Lyakin5366442443136
6Ilya Doschechkin4633624298134
7Aleksey Sakharov3442853585127
8Sergey Malov78857DSQ517Ret93
9Pavel Parshutin1010114129775779
10Egor Fokin979910710910674
11Anastasia GrishinaRet9108981110111157
12Danil Velmyakin12111414111123
13Dmitriy Prikhnenko1112121217
14Virsavia Goltsova1313DSQ1012
15Dzhabrail Akhmadov121010
16Nikita Dubinin13127
DriverGROSMOKAZMSCGRO
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

National-Junior Team's Standing

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TeamGROSMOKAZMSCGRO
1Rally Academy 1111126'1'621315
82510312†9869
2Anton Zakharov's Racing Academy 13432622443276
4643853585
3Zorro Gepard2729515114213
912911107109106
4Rally Academy 26577138332200
Ret91089811101111
5Anton Zakharov's Racing Academy 25364444257200
10101161297798
6Goltsova Racing78857107Ret78
12111313DSQDSQ
TeamGROSMOKAZMSCGRO
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Notes and References

  1. News: Сезон СМП РСКГ-2018 будет жарким!. www.raf-rcrs.ru. ru. Season SMP RSKG-2018 will be hot!. 27 March 2018. 29 March 2018.
  2. News: Лукойл Рейсинг выставит три автомобиля в TCR Russia.. www.racing.lukoil.ru. ru. Lukoil Racing will bring three cars to TCR Russia.. 30 March 2018. 31 March 2018.
  3. News: Volkswagen Golf TCR выйдет на старт СМП РСКГ-2018. autosport.com.ru. ru. Volkswagen Golf TCR will take start in RCRS 2018. 19 October 2017.
  4. News: LADA Sport ROSNEFT:6 пилотов в новом сезоне СМП РСКГ. ladasportrosneft.ru. ru. LADA Sport Rosneft:6 drivers in a new SMP RCRS season. 6 March 2018.
  5. News: Entry list. 2 June 2018 . raf-rcrs.ru/ . 1 June 2018 . ru.
  6. News: Привет! Мы — AG Team / 1 Выпуск. youtube.com. ru. Hello, We are AG Team. 22 February 2018.
  7. News: Utverjden kalendar SMP RCRS – 2018. ru. SMP RCRS 2018 Calendar Approved. raf-rcrs.ru. 12 October 2017. 10 December 2017.
  8. News: В календарь СМП РСКГ внесены изменения. ru. SMP RCRS 2018 Calendar Changed. raf-rcrs.ru. 28 February 2018.