2022 Russian Circuit Racing Series Explained

The 2022 SMP Russian Circuit Racing Series was the ninth season of the Russian Circuit Racing Series, organized by SMP Racing. It's the eighth season with TCR class cars. In 2022, the competition's held in eight classes: Touring, Touring Light, Super Production, S1600, GT4, CN, Historic LADA Cup and Time Attack Unlimited.

Teams and drivers

Yokohama is the official tyre supplier.

Touring / TCR Russian Touring Car Championship

TeamCarDriversRounds
STK TAIF MotorsportAudi RS3 LMS TCR4 Dmitry BraginAll (6)
17 Pavel KalmanovichAll
LADA Sport Rosneft[1] LADA Vesta NG TCR11 Kirill LadyginAll
12 Vladimir Sheshenin2—6
30 Mikhail MityaevAll
Carrville Racing[2] Hyundai i30 N TCR25 Maksim Soldatov1—4
Audi RS3 LMS TCR13 Vasily Gryazin1—3, 5
VRC Team21 Roman Sharapov2—5
Lukoil Racing Team[3] Hyundai i30 N TCR19 Zakhar SlutskiyAll
91 Artem SlutskiyAll
Audi RS3 LMS TCR50 Egor OrudzhevAll
RUMOS Racing[4] Hyundai i30 N TCR47 Lev TolkachevAll
A.M.G. MotorsportLADA Vesta Sport TCR78 Egor Fokin1—5

Super Production

All teams and drivers are Russian-registered.

TeamCarDriversRounds
Balashikha DOSAAFHonda Civic EP37Vladimir Strelchenko4—5
LADA Sport RosneftLADA Vesta NG8Ivan ChubarovAll (6)
53Leonid PanfilovAll
Sofit Racing Team[5] Subaru BRZ18Ekaterina BoyarinovaAll
44Samvel IskoyantsAll
51Irina SidorkovaAll
51Pavel Pastushkov5
NEVA MotorsportHonda Civic EP333Roman GolikovAll
MEPhi RHHCC Racing TeamVolkswagen Scirocco80Aleksandr Garmash1, 3—6
444Sergey Gorbatenko2, 4—5
Honda Civic EP388Hikolay VikhanskiyAll

Touring Light

All teams and drivers are Russian-registered.

TeamCarDriversRounds
YUKA TeamHyundai Solaris7Aleksandr Salnikov1—2, 4—5
66Aleksey Savin1—2, 4—5
LADA Sport RosneftLADA Granta10Andrey Petukhov1
11Vladimir Sheshenin1
Rally AcademyVolkswagen Polo LB12Nikolay KaramyshevAll (5)
Volkswagen Polo HB17Vladimir CherevanAll
SpeedWay Ranch[6] Peugeot 208 R216Tatiana Eliseeva1—2
19Rodion Shushakov1, 5
B-Tuning Pro RacingVolkswagen Polo HB20Artemy MelnikovAll
Dudarev DmitryKia Rio X-Line33Dmitry DudarevAll
FAS MotorsportVolkswagen Polo HB52Nikita Galishev1—2, 4—5
89Artem Fridman1—2, 4—5
ICL Tutaev TeamVolkswagen Polo LB49Ivan Tverdokhlebov5
Hyundai Solaris80Oleg KravtsovAll
Lukoil Racing Rally Academy[7] Volkswagen Polo HB55Petr Plotnikov1—2
Volkswagen Polo LB4—6
93Andrey MaslennikovAll

S1600

All teams and drivers are Russian-registered.

TeamCarDriversRounds
ICL Tutaev TeamHyundai Solaris4Samvel Iscoyants4
27Vitaly Larionov1—2
28Anvar Tutaev3, 5
49Ivan Tverdokhlebov1—4
Kia Rio54Mikhail Pochenkov1—2, 6
79Aleksandr Pochenkov3—4, 6
ShonX MotorsportLADA Granta FL10Andrey Petukhov4—5
AKHMAT Racing TeamHyundai Solaris18Rustam FatkhutdinovAll (6)
LADA Granta FL56Vasiliy Korablev1—2
Kia Rio X-Line3—6
Volkov ArtemLADA Granta FL21Artem Volkov2
Kia Rio3—5
ALGA MotorsportKia Rio24Kirill ZinovievAll
RUMOS RacingKia Rio X-Line25Daniil HarashunAll
32Aleksandr ChachavaAll
77Ivan Ekelchik4
Alliance MotorsKia Rio36Evgenyi Ushmaev3
LADA Granta FL44Ruslan Nafikov3—4
Dralin MikhailLADA Granta FL58Mikhail Dralin1—5
Innostage AG TeamHyundai Solaris70Ilya RodkinAll
Kia Rio X-Line78Artem AntonovAll
88Ilya Sidorov1—5
100Stanislav Novikov1—5
Buyanov AlexeyKia Rio81Timofey Buyanov2
GTE Racing TeamLADA Granta FL84Filipp Tuponosov1—4
96Vasiliy Vladykin1—5
97Anton NadeshkinAll
Ershikov AnatoliyKia Rio99Anatoliy Ershikov4

GT4

All teams and drivers are Russian-registered.

TeamCarDriversRounds
Capital Racing TeamMercedes-AMG GT45Ivan Samarin6
15Boris Shulmeyster6
MotorSharks Capital Racing Team13Denis Remenyako2, 4—5
27Vitaliy Larionov6
83Anton NemkinAll (4)
Rally AcademyPorsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport7Ilya Gorbatskiy4—5
YADRO MotorsportMercedes-AMG GT48Rinat Salikhov2, 4—5
44Sergey Stolyarov2, 4—5
VRC TeamToyota Supra GT410Alexey Denisov4—5
Spora GTToyota Supra GT423Eugeny Rumyantsev4
41Aleksandr Vartanyan5—6
Motorsport PromotionBMW M4 GT426Marat Khairov4
ISKRA MotorsportPorsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport37Andrey Solukovtsev2, 4—5
RSCar MotorsportPorsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport46Svetlana Gorbunova2, 4—5
Mercedes-AMG GT461Andrey Kremlev2, 4—5
63Vadim Mescheryakov2, 4—5
KTM X-Bow GT477Andrey Goncharov2, 5
Anastasiadis DmitryToyota Supra GT447Dmitry Anastasiadis4—5
Pogosyan DavidToyota Supra GT474David Pogosyan2, 4—5
Ural Logistics VRTMercedes-AMG GT487Danila Ivanov2, 4—5
BMW TimeBMW M4 GT498Oleg Semenov2, 4—5

Sports prototype CN

TeamCarDriversRounds
DOSAAF Motorsport SchoolLegends 6005Sergey Lapitskiy5
Dobrynina TatianaShortcut 5277Tatiana DobryninaAll (4)
NRG MotorsportShortcut 5278Nikita Nikitin5
103Aleksey Krylov5
CSKAShortcut 52710Sergey IevlevAll
18Sergey PeregudovAll
73Sergey AglishAll
Chernov AlekseyShortcut 52711Aleksey Chernov5
ArtLine EngineeringLegends EVO12Shota Abkhazava1, 4—5
22Vitaliy Larionov4
31Aleksey KhairovAll
33Georgiy Kudryavtsev4—5
47Matevos Isaakyan1
78Aleksandr Abkhazava5
221Artem KabakovAll
Legends 60014Pavel Gribov5
58Efim Lev4—5
72Vladimir Strelchenko5
Balchug Racing TeamShortcut 52713Kirill Dolenko1, 4
16Yuri SunyaevAll
21Kirill KirakozovAll
130Mikhail Loboda5
ISKRA MotorsportShortcut 52715Amir Feyzulin3—4
25Kirill Budovskiy5
Gromov VladislavShortcut 52719Andrey GromovAll
Rumyantsev EvgeniyMitjet 2L23Evgeniy Rumyantsev3
Krekoten EvgeniyMitjet 2L27Evgeniy Krekoten1, 3—4
BlackthornShortcut 52730Aleksandr VinopalAll
Orekhov SergeyShortcut 52755Sergey OrekhovAll
Yachnich NadezhdaShortcut 52757Nadezhda Yachnich4
Tlekhurai TemirShortcut 52766Temir Tlekhurai4—5
Skorik MaksimShortcut 52767Maksim SkorikAll
B-Tuning Pro Racing TeamShortcut 52769Stepan Krumilov1, 4—5
Goncharov AndreyShortcut 52771Andrey Goncharov4
Dostavalov MikhailShortcut 52777Mikhail DostavalovAll
Viktorov ArtemShortcut 52788Artem ViktorovAll
Eliseev DmitryShortcut 52796Dmitry Eliseev All
ICL Tutaev TeamShortcut 527113Denis Karelin All

SMP LADA Historic Touring Cup

TeamCarDriversClassRounds
Semenov GlebVAZ 21019Gleb SemenovA54
Tashaev IgorVAZ 210112Igor TashaevA54
Rally AcademyVAZ 2101317Vladimir CherevanA5All (3)
Kramar MotorsportIZH 41219Denis MysachevMoskvich 20004
VAZ 210167Sergey SereginA1All
74Igor ShunailovA1All
VAZ 2101171Dmitry KorolevA54
Tarakanov IvanVAZ 210726Ivan TarakanovA1All
Legacy MotorsportIZH 41228Mikhail ZasadychMoskvich 20004
IZH 2715143Vladislav ShevelMoskvich 20004
Moskvich 408IE77Vladislav DonetsMoskvich 20004
80Dmitry KozlovMoskvich 20004
Tseplyaev PavelVAZ 210129Pavel Tseplyaev A51
Kozlov AndreyVAZ 210733Andrey KozlovA1All
Artyushin AndreyVAZ 2101354Andrey ArtyushinA5All
Kutyaev AlexeyVAZ 210579Alexey KutyaevA14
Tsygankov AndreyVAZ 2107481Andrey TsygankovA1All
Agnivin VladislavVAZ 2105567Vladislav AgnivinA55

SMP Time Attack Unlim

TeamCarDriversRounds
Innostage AG TeamMitsubishi Lancer Evo98Vladimir GorlachAll (3)
Dudarev DmitryMitsubishi Lancer Evo933Dmitry Dudarev2
Brutsky DmitrySEAT Leon Cupra71Dmitry Brutsky4
Pismarov EugenyPorsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport444Eugeny Pismarov4—5

Calendar and results

The first version of the schedule was announced on January 26, 2022, and included 8 events, 4 of which were to be held in a two-weekend format.[8] On March 23, 2022, a modified schedule is presented that includes 4 events and all events scheduled to be held in Russia.[9] The final version of the calendar is presented on April 15 and includes 5 rounds.[10]

CircuitDate
110–12 JuneR1: Egor Orudzhev
R2: Kirill Ladygin
R1: Leonid Panfilov
R2: Leonid Panfilov
R1: Andrey Maslennikov
R2: Andrey Maslennikov
R1: Rustam Fatkhutdinov
R2: Rustam Fatkhutdinov
not heldR1: Shortcut: Sergey Ievlev
       Legends: Shota Abkhazava
       Mitjet: Evgeniy Krekoten
R2: Shortcut: Stepan Krumilov
       Legends: Matevos Isaakyan
       Mitjet: Evgeniy Krekoten
R1: A5: Andrey Artyushin
       A1: Andrey Kozlov
R2: A5: Vladimir Cherevan
       A1: Andrey Kozlov
not held
2NRING Circuit, Bogorodsk8–10 JulyR1: Egor Orudzhev
R2: Zakhar Slutsky
R1: Samvel Iskoyants
R2: Irina Sidorkova
R1: Nikolay Karamyshev
R2: Artem Fridman
R1: Rustam Fatkhutdinov
R2: Artem Antonov
R1: Vadim Mescheryakov
R2: Vadim Mescheryakov
R3: Denis Remenyako
not heldnot heldR1: Dmitry Dudarev
R2: Dmitry Dudarev
3Kazan Ring, Kazan30–31 JulyR1: Kirill Ladygin
R2: Lev Tolkachev
R1: Roman Golykov
R2: Roman Golykov
not heldR1: Rustam Fatkhutdinov
R2: Daniil Kharashun
not heldR1: Shortcut: Sergey Ievlev
       Legends: Artem Kabakov
       Mitjet: Evgeniy Rumyantsev
R2: Shortcut: Sergey Ievlev
       Legends: Artem Kabakov
       Mitjet: Evgeniy Rumyantsev
not heldnot held
4Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk19–21 AugustR1: Pavel Kalmanovich
R2: Artem Slutsky
R1: Roman Golykov
R2: Ivan Chubarov
R1: Nikolay Karamyshev
R2: Artem Fridman
R1: Rustam Fatkhutdinov
R2: Ilya Sidorov
R1: Denis Remenyako
R2: Denis Remenyako
R3: Vadim Mescheryakov
R1: Shortcut: Stepan Krumilov
       Legends: Artem Kabakov
       Mitjet: Evgeniy Krekoten
R2: Shortcut: Artem Viktorov
       Legends: Artem Kabakov
       Mitjet: Evgeniy Krekoten
R1: A5: Andrey Artyushin
       A1: Andrey Kozlov
       : Vladislav Shevel
R2: A5: Vladimir Cherevan
       A1: Andrey Kozlov
       : Denis Mysachev
R1: Dmitry Brutsky
R2: Dmitry Brutsky
5Igora Drive, Priozersk9–11 SeptemberR1: Dmitry Bragin
R2: Kirill Ladygin
R1: Samvel Iskoyants
R2: Ivan Chubarov
R1: Petr Plotnikoov
R2: Nikolay Karamyshev
R1: Artem Antonov
R2: Rustam Fatkhutdinov
R1: Aleksandr Vartanyan
R2: Aleksandr Vartanyan
R3: Anton Nemkin
R1: Shortcut: Sergey Ievlev
       Legends: Aleksandr Abkhazava
R2: Shortcut: Mikhail Loboda
       Legends: Aleksandr Abkhazava
R1: A5: Vladimir Cherevan
       A1: Andrey Kozlov
R2: A5: Vladimir Cherevan
       A1: Andrey Kozlov
R1: Vladimir Gorlach
R2: Vladimir Gorlach
6Fort Grozny
Grozny
6–8 OctoberR1: Pavel Kalmanovich
R2: Dmitry Bragin
R1: Nikolay Vikhanskiy
R2: Irina Sidorkova
R1: Andrey Maslennikov
R2: Dmitry Dudarev
R1: Artem Antonov
R2: Rustam Fatkhutdinov
R1: Aleksandr Vartanyan
R2: Aleksandr Vartanyan
R3: Aleksandr Vartanyan
not heldnot heldnot held

Championship standings

Scoring systems
Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th11th12th13th14th15th
Qualifacation108642
Race 1 Points302419161412108765432111
Race 2 Points25201613111098765432111

Touring / TCR Russian Touring Car Championship

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DriverSMONRGKAZMSCIGOGRO
1 Dmitry Bragin243431362142 1 237
2 Egor Orudzhev1816482104838226
3 Kirill Ladygin7152147351Ret7201
4 Artem Slutskiy372775817343195
5 Pavel Kalmanovich534Ret1331Ret8214182
6 Zakhar SlutskiyRetRet61511362652168
7 Mikhail Mityaev4993675511128†6135
8 Vladimir Sheshenin115261246565129
9 Egor Fokin6610910124Ret39102
10 Lev Tolkachev710Ret111211179117994
11 Maksim Soldatov828811910870
12 Vasiliy Gryazin95Ret1091010758
13 Roman Sharapov7128299DNS1057
DriverSMONRGKAZMSCIGOGRO
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 Standings

DriverSMONRGKAZMSCIGOGRO
1 STK TAIF Motorsport23343312121 1 419
544Ret13136Ret8424
2 Lukoil Racing Team181148262632394
RetRet665113104885
3 LADA Sport Rosneft415214735165347
7993261241112Ret7
4 Carville Racing82889998107142
95Ret101110910DNS10
DriverSMONRGKAZMSCIGOGRO

Super Production

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DriverSMONRGKAZMSCIGOGRO
1Ivan Chubarov322Ret34215135244
2Samvel Iskoyants4Ret1Ret22461224238
3Roman Golikov 8 634111333 8 DNS237
4Nikolay Vikhanskiy5443Ret5646413209
5Leonid Panfilov11626310†Ret2642208
6Irina Sidorkova23Ret14632RetRet51176
7Ekaterina Boyarinova7DNS555Ret57DNS976105
8Aleksandr Garmash65DNSDNS78456789
9Sergey Gorbatenko7699DNSDNS34
10Vladimir Strelchenko85Ret827
11Pavel Pastushkov7719
DriverSMONRGKAZMSCIGOGRO
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Super Production Team's Standings

DriverSMONRGKAZMSCIGOGRO
1LADA Sport Rosneft112233212132452
326Ret6410†Ret5645
2Sofit Racing Team231122321221417
4RetRetRet4646RetRet54
3MEPhi RHHCC Racing Team5443116444 1  3 383
6576Ret5786567
DriverSMONRGKAZMSCIGOGRO

Touring Light

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DriverSMONRGMSCIGOGRO
1Nikolay Karamyshev26131DSQ31 3  2 232
2Andrey Maslennikov113103DSQ8215198
3Petr Plotnikov35422DSQ1353191
4Dmitriy Dudarev9865842421177
5Vladimir Cherevan54546241244139
6Artem Fridman772151Ret6129
7Aleksey SavinRetRet964510772
8Oleg KravtsovRetDNSRet7Ret37117759
9Aleksandr Salnikov811†887Ret6859
10Artemy MelnikovRet1011DNS9Ret5DNS6654
11Vladimir Sheshenin4238
12Nikita GalishevWDWD109106Ret1035
13Andrey Petukhov6328
13Tatiana Eliseeva1097Ret23
14Rodion ShushakovRetDNS9518
15Ivan Tverdokhlebov10912
DriverSMONRGMSCIGOGRO
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Touring Light Team's Standings

DriverSMONRGMSCIGOGRO
1Lukoil Racing Rally Academy11322DSQ1213381
354103DSQ3855
2Rally Academy24131231 3  2 371
56546DSQ41244
3FAS Motorsport772151Ret6164
WDWD109106Ret10
4YUKA Team811†864567137
RetRet987Ret108
5LADA Sport Rosneft4266
63
DriverSMONRGMSCIGOGRO

S1600

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DriverSMONRGKAZMSCIGOGRO
1Rustam Fatkhutdinov11171316141Ret1278
3Artem Antonov31061885161Ret14201
3Daniil Kharashun242Ret21615742Ret177
4Ilya Rodkin5Ret74374178238167
5Vasiliy Vladykin43929521435147
6Stanislav Novikov16†546441922Ret117
7Vasiliy Korablev11Ret121366145Ret99†292
8Kirill Zinoviev1411Ret12Ret91036DNS4390
9Ilya Sidorov98881417†1515785
10Mikhail Dralin13Ret5371311411Ret69
11Aleksandr Chachava159109101517101287765
12Anton Nadeshkin6Ret1316Ret1121†89106564
13Philipp Tuponosov127Ret105212Ret57
14Vitaly Larionov82DSQ1141
15Ivan Tverdokhlebov712RetDNS1114131240
16Artem Volkov111515187Ret10339
17Timofey Buyanov3538
18Andrey Petukhov8713630
19Aleksandr Pochenkov13122095DSQ28
20Mikhail Pochenkov106DSQDNSDSQ627
21Ivan Ekelchik3Ret19
22Anvar TutaevRet16†4Ret16
23Ruslan NafikovRet10161111
24Samvel Iskoyants9Ret7
25Eugeny Ushmaev12Ret4
26Anatoliy Ershikov18133
DriverSMONRGKAZMSCIGOGRO
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

S1600 Team's Standings

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DriverSMONRGKAZMSCIGOGRO
1Akhmat Racing Team111713151419†1372
11Ret121366146Ret9Ret2
2Innostage AG Team31061344162214367
5Ret74475178Ret3 8 
3GTE Racing Team43925221435209
127Ret109512Ret11Ret
DriverSMONRGKAZMSCIGOGRO

SMP GT4 Russia

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DriverNRGMSCIGOGRO
1Anton Nemkin732236551222238
2Vadim Mescheryakov118DSQ21228200
3Aleksandr Vartanyan112111192
4Denis Remenyako951112977153
5Sergey Stolyarov42413614344140
6Rinat Salikhov211†5448433138
7David PogosyanDNS43753666106
8Danila Ivanov31010394712599
9Oleg Semenov57688Ret8Ret965
10Andrey Solukovtsev6676105DNSDNSDNS62
11Vitaly Larionov3 4  4 57
12Ivan Samarin44350
13Svetlana Gorbunova108910121311101348
14Andrey Kremlev11911Ret131215111234
15Dmitry Anastasiadis1211101481031
16Eugeny Rumyantsev97930
17Boris ShulmeysterRet5529
18Ilya Gorbatsky5Ret712RetDNS27
19Aleksey DenisovDNS14111391122
20Andrey Goncharov8DNSDNS10RetDNS14
21Marat Khairov11DNSDNS5
DriverNRGMSCIGOGRO
Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

SMP GT4 Russia Team's Standings

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DriverNRGMSCIGOGRO
1Motor Sharks Capital Racing Team731112551222448
952236977 3  4  4 
3Yadro Motorsport224448333278
411†513614444
3RSCar Motorsport118DSQ21228253
1089101213111012
DriverNRGMSCIGOGRO

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: LADA Sport ROSNEFT представила новинки гоночного сезона 2022. ladasportrosneft.ru. ru. LADA Sport Rosneft presented novelties for the racing season 2022. 27 May 2022.
  2. News: none. instagram.com. 27 May 2022. 27 May 2022.
  3. News: СМП РСКГ: Новый сезон. racing.lukoil.ru. ru. SMP RCRS: New Season. 3 June 2022. 3 June 2022.
  4. News: Состав команды Rumos Racing в сезоне SMP RCRS 2022. rumos-racing.ru. ru. Rumos Racing squad for the 2022 SMP RCRS season. 12 May 2022. 3 June 2022.
  5. News: Состав пилотов на сезон СМП РСКГ 2022. vk.com. ru. Lineup of pilots for the SMP RCRS 2022 season. 30 April 2022. 3 June 2022.
  6. News: no title. vk.com. ru. 7 June 2022. 8 June 2022.
  7. News: СМП РСКГ: Туринг-Лайт. racing.lukoil.ru. ru. SMP RCRS: Touring Light. 7 June 2022. 7 June 2022.
  8. News: Календарь СМП РСКГ 2022: Растянутое удовольствие. raf-rcrs.ru. ru. SMP RCRS Calendar 2022: Stretched Pleasure.. 26 January 2022. 8 March 2022. 4 October 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221004140605/http://www.raf-rcrs.ru/news/2840/. dead.
  9. News: СМП РСКГ-2022: Календарь сократился. raf-rcrs.ru. ru. SMP RCRS 2022: Calendar shortened. 23 March 2022. 23 March 2022.
  10. News: СМП RCRS 2022: Уточненный календарь. raf-rcrs.ru. ru. SMP RCRS 2022: Updated calendar. 15 April 2022. 16 April 2022. 16 April 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220416061351/http://raf-rcrs.ru/news/2904/. dead.