2016 Russian Circuit Racing Series

The 2016 Russian Circuit Racing Series was the third season of the Russian Circuit Racing Series, organized by SMP Racing. It was the second season with TCR class cars, competing alongside the Super 2000 TC2 and the Super Production cars.

Teams and drivers

All teams and drivers were Russian-registered. Yokohama was the official tyre supplier.

Touring Absolute (United S2000)

  • Are highlighted riders participating in TCR Russia.
Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Touring (TCR Russian Touring Car Championship)
Lukoil Racing Team[1] SEAT León Cup Racer[1] 1 Aleksey Dudukalo[1] All
2 Roman Golikov[2] All
12 Nikolay Karamyshev[2] All
STK TAIF Motorsport[3] SEAT León TCR[3] 4 Dmitry Bragin[3] All
87 Marat Sharapov[4] All
B-Tuning PRO Racing Team SEAT Leon Supercopa Mk2 7 Oleg Kharuk 4-7
14 Klim Gavrilov 3
Timerkhan SEAT Leon Supercopa Mk2 16 Rais Minnikhanov 7
Ralf-Car Team Renault Megane RS 22 Andrey Artyushin 5-6
Neva Motorsport[5] SEAT León Cup Racer[5] 23 Pavel Yashin[5] All
Innocenti-AMG Motorsport[6] SEAT León Cup Racer[7] 25 Lev Tolkachev[7] All
STK Chingiskhan[4] SEAT León TCR[4] 76 Irek Minnakhmetov[4] 1-2, 4-7
Super Production
Neva Motorsport Honda Civic Type R 31 Sergey Golubev 7
Shalunov Sergey Lada Granta Cup 33 Sergey Shalunov 2
Mikhail Loboda Mazda 3 37 Mikhail Loboda 1-2
Lada Granta Cup 3-5
Andrey Yushin Honda Civic Type R 38 Andrey Yushin 1-6
Kurganskie Pritsepy Lada Granta Cup 45 Aleksandr Tupitsyn All
URT Racing
URT Subaru team Lukoil 		Subaru BRZ URT 46 Efim Gantmakher All
52 Maksim Chernev All
62 Aleksey Titov 7
72 Vitaly Larionov All
Innocenti-AMG Motorsport Subaru BRZ URT 47 Denis Grigoryev All
Lada Sport
Demfi Lada Sport 		Lada Granta Cup 50 Vladislav Nezvankin All
63 Maksim Simonov All
Anton Badoev BMW 320i E46 51 Anton Badoev All
ALAS
DELPHI RHHCC Racing Team 		Honda Civic Type R 54 Aleksandr Garmash All
55 Vladimir Strelchenko 1-5, 7
96 Artem Kabakov 6-7

Touring Light

Team Car No. Driver Rounds
Lada Sport Rosneft Lada Kalina NFR 1 Dmitry Bragin All
3 Mikhail Mityaev All
SK «Suvar-Motorsport» Renault Twingo Sport 2 Ilsur Akhmetvaleev All
4 Ildar Rakhmatullin 1-6
8 Timur Boguslavskiy 7
B-Tuning Pro Racing Team Volkswagen Polo R2 Mk5 4-5
14 Klim Gavrilov 5-6
22 Denis Bulatov All
30 Andrey Nikolaev 1-2
83 Andrey Sevastianov 3-4, 6-7
PSM-Team80 Ford Fiesta Mk6 10 Rodion Shushakov 1, 3
SEAT Ibiza Mk4 2, 4
Kia Rio R2B 5
13 Igor Samsonov 1-6
Podmoskovye Motorsport Volkswagen Polo R2 Mk5 17 Vladimir Cherevan 1-6
Peugeot 207 7
Kia Rio R2B 43 Andrey Maslennikov 1-3
Ford Fiesta Mk5 4-7
Carville Racing Peugeot 208 GTI 19 Grigory Burlutskiy All
27 Andrey Radoshnov 6-7
Andrey Radoshnov Kia Rio R2B 1-2, 4
Volkswagen Polo R2 Mk5 3, 5
Aydar Nuriev Kia Rio R2B 48 Aydar Nuriev 7
LTA Rally Kia Rio R2B 89 Aleksandr Malinin 6-7

National

Team Car No. Driver Rounds
Vladimir Gunyko Lada Kalina 2 Vladimir Gunyko 2
Zenith Motorsport Ford Fiesta Mk6 4 Sergey Koronatov 7
52 Anna Aleksandrova 1-2
Lada Sport Lada Kalina II 11 Vladimir Melnikov 5
17 Vitaly Primak All
Lada Kalina 10 Andrey Petukhov All
34 Vsevolod Gagen All
39 Vasiliy Krichevskiy 6
LTA Rally 5
Carville Racing 2
Pavel Krichevskiy 1
Vladimir Sheshenin LBIT Sestritsa Lada Kalina 19 Vladimir Sheshenin All
Sergey Schegolev Lada Kalina 24 Sergey Schegolev 2, 7
B-Tuning Pro Racing Team Volkswagen Polo 25 Gleb Kuznetsov All
33 Anton Zakharov 7
88 Ivan Demuh 6
Bauman MSTU Lada Kalina II 26 Ivan Lyagusha 2
Oleg Todua Lada Kalina 27 Oleg Todua 2, 5
Goltsova Racing Lada Kalina 37 Natalya Goltsova 1-2, 4, 6-7
Lada Kalina II 46 Efim Gantmakher All
Igor Shin Lada Kalina 38 Aleksey Shin 1-4, 7
Podmoskovie Motorsport Ford Fiesta Mk6 43 Andrey Maslennikov 6
Lada Kalina 96 Dmitry Karnaukhov 6
Ruslan Nafikov Kia Rio 44 Ruslan Nafikov 3, 5, 7
Aleksandr Marushko Lada Kalina 50 Aleksandr Marushko All
Akademiya Rally Volkswagen Polo 55 Ivan Kostyukov All
Parus Lada Kalina 56 Vasily Korablev 1, 5-7
AKHMAT Racing Team 2
Volkswagen Polo 32 Islam Barzankaev 3-5, 7
95 Vitaly Dudin 3-6
Kia Rio 85 Roman Agoshkov 2-7
Spets-Avtoplast Motor Sport 1
IZhAvtoSport, Ltd. Lada Kalina 49 Ildar Fattakhov 7
Sergey Drebenets Lada Kalina 57 Sergey Drebenets 1-2, 6
Vyacheslav Staroverov Lada Kalina 63 Vyacheslav Staroverov 2-5
Kia Rio 7
Timerkhan Kia Rio 73 Rais Minnikhanov 7
ALAS Lada Kalina 77 Pavel Gavrilushkin All
Sergey Golovanov Lada Kalina 80 Sergey Golovanov 1-2, 4-7
Aleksandr Golovanov Lada Kalina 84 Aleksandr Golovanov 1-2, 4-7
Aleksandr Malinin Lada Kalina 97 Aleksandr Malinin 1-5
Yuliya Strukova Kia Rio 99 Yuliya Strukova All

Junior

Team Car No. Driver Rounds
Dmitry Gavrichenkov Lada Kalina II 17 Anton Gavrichenkov All
Sergey Kornilkov Lada Kalina 25 Maxim Kornilkov 7
Viktoria Belotsvetova Lada Samara 36 Kirill Havronin 2, 7
Andrey Gusev Lada Kalina 90 Vladislav Gusev All

Calendar and results

The 2016 schedule was announced on 11 November 2015, with all events scheduled to be held in Russia.[8] Updated on 10 March.[9] 21 July announced that due to the reconstruction of ADM Raceway stage 6 moved to Smolenskring.[10]

Rnd. Circuit Date Touring winner SP winner TL winner National winner Junior winner Supporting
1 1 Smolensk Ring, Smolensk 14 May Dmitry Bragin Maksim Chernev Dmitry Bragin Roman Agoshkov Anton Gavrichenkov TCR Trophy Europe
2 15 May Aleksey Dudukalo Maksim Chernev Mikhail Mityaev Vitaly Primak Vladislav Gusev
2 3 NRING Circuit, Bogorodsk 28 May Dmitry Bragin Maksim Simonov Andrey Maslennikov Gleb Kuznetsov Kirill Havronin
4 29 May Aleksey Dudukalo Maksim Simonov Dmitry Bragin Vladimir Sheshenin Vladislav Gusev
3 5 Fort Grozny, Grozny 18 June Dmitry Bragin Vladimir Strelchenko Ildar Rakhmatullin Vsevolod Gagen Not conducted
6 19 June Dmitry Bragin Maksim Chernev Denis Bulatov Ivan Kostukov
4 7 Sochi Autodrom, Sochi 2 July Dmitry Bragin Anton Badoev Mikhail Mityaev Roman Agoshkov Not conducted TCR International Series Sochi Round
8 3 July Nikolay Karamyshev Vladislav Nezvankin Ildar Rakhmatullin Vitaly Dudin
5 9 Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk 23 July Dmitry Bragin Maksim Chernev Denis Bulatov Vladimir Sheshenin Not conducted Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
SMP F4 Championship
10 24 July Aleksey Dudukalo Mikhail Loboda Andrey Maslennikov Roman Agoshkov
6 11 Smolensk Ring, Smolensk 27 August Nikolay Karamyshev Maksim Chernev Dmitry Bragin Vladimir Sheshenin Anton Gavrichenkov
12 28 August Dmitry Bragin Maksim Chernev Mikhail Mityaev Ivan Kostukov Anton Gavrichenkov
7 13 Kazan Ring, Kazan 17 September Dmitry Bragin Maksim Simonov Dmitry Bragin Vladimir Sheshenin Maxim Kornilkov
14 18 September Nikolay Karamyshev Vladislav Nezvankin Dmitry Bragin Gleb Kuznetsov Vladislav Gusev

Championship standings

Pos. Driver SMO NRI GRO SOC MSC SMO KAZ  Pts. 
Touring
1 Dmitry Bragin 1 3 1 7 1 1 1 3 1 5 3 1 1 9 1180
2 Aleksey Dudukalo 2 1 2 1 2 3 3 15 2 1 5 2 3 2 1160
3 Nikolay Karamyshev 3 2 Ret 2 6 2 2 1 4 3 1 11† 2 1 1136
4 Roman Golikov 4 6 3 6 3 7 4 2 3 Ret 2 3 4 3 1078
5 Pavel Yashin 5 7 7 3 7 6 4 5 5 2 8 12 7 Ret 996
6 Lev Tolkachev 6 5 4 4 5 4 7 Ret 7 Ret 7 4 6 7 992
7 Marat Sharapov 10 Ret 13 5 4 5 16 6 6 4 6 5 16 10 938
8 Irek Minnakhmetov 7 4 Ret 16 6 5 8 Ret 4 9 5 4 800
9 Oleg Haruk DNS DNS DNS 13 15 13 Ret 17 252
10 Andrey Artyshin DNS 15 18 15 180
11 Rais Minnikhanov 17 8 134
12 Klim Gavrilov DSQ Ret 0
Super Production
1 Maksim Chernev 8 8 16 9 Ret 8 12 9 8 18 9 6 13 19 1110
2 Anton Badoev 9 10 6 10 10 Ret 8 11 11 7 13 10 10 12 1110
3 Maksim Simonov 11 12 5 8 9 11 15 16 17 10 19 DNS 8 14 1052
4 Vitaly Larionov Ret 15 8 12 Ret 9 14 10 20 8 11 7 11 15 1030
5 Efim Gantmakher DNS Ret 9 14 11 12 13 8 14 17 10 8 12 20 1008
6 Aleksandr Tupitsyn 13 13 Ret 17 13 13 20 17 16 9 14 DNS 19 6 950
7 Denis Grigoryev 15 14 14 Ret 15 14 18 18 18 12 17 14 Ret 16 914
8 Andrey Yushin 12 11 15 15 12 15 11 12 12 14 12 DNS 906
9 Vladimir Strelchenko 16 DNS 10 13 8 10 19 14 15 11 14 18 890
10 Vladislav Nezvankin Ret 9 12 11 Ret 16 10 7 13 16 Ret DNS 18 5 868
11 Aleksandr Garmash 14 Ret Ret 18 14 17 17 19 19 Ret 16 DNS Ret Ret 592
12 Mikhail Loboda 17 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 13 10 6 446
13 Artem Kabakov DSQ DNS 9 11 192
14 Sergey Golubev 15 13 160
15 Sergey Shalunov 11 DSQ 70
- Aleksey Titov NQ NQ -
Touring-Light
1 Dmitry Bragin 1 3 5 1 3 3 7 9 2 7 1 5 1 1 1126
2 Mikhail Mityaev 6 1 7 Ret 2 4 1 3 4 4 10 1 4 4 1090
3 Denis Bulatov 2 5 4 3 7 1 11 5 1 2 7 4 8 DSQ 1062
4 Grigory Burlutskiy 5 11 3 6 10 2 9 6 3 5 2 2 7 6 1034
5 Vladimir Cherevan 11 4 2 8 6 5 4 4 Ret 12 5 9 10 5 984
6 Ilsur Akhmetvaleev 8 7 9 9 8 7 6 7 8 9 9 3 3 8 954
7 Andrey Radoshnov 3 8 Ret 2 5 6 Ret 8 Ret 10 4 7 11 3 904
8 Igor Samsonov 9 9 6 5 11 8 10 11 9 6 12 11 892
9 Ildar Rakhmatullin 4 2 8 Ret 1 Ret 3 1 6 8 6 DSQ 790
10 Andrey Maslennikov 10 Ret 1 7 Ret Ret Ret 2 10 1 3 6 6 Ret 780
11 Timur Boguslavskiy 8 10 5 11 2 2 494
12 Andrey Sevastyanov 4 10 2 12 8 Ret Ret Ret 402
13 Rodion Shushakov Ret 10 Ret НС 9 9 5 Ret 11 Ret 374
14 Klim Gavrilov 7 3 11 8 318
15 Aleksandr Malinin 13 10 9 9 286
16 Andrey Nikolaev 7 6 Ret 4 246
17 Aydar Nuriev 6 7 158
National
1 Vladimir Sheshenin 2 4 5 1 12 6 8 8 1 Ret 1 2 1 11 1070
2 Roman Agoshkov 1 2 2 13 6 Ret 1 2 5 1 18 7 Ret 13 1028
3 Ivan Kostyukov Ret 7 3 Ret 4 1 2 5 4 4 16 1 8 Ret 958
4 Vitaly Primak 8 1 9 6 11 12 7 3 6 20 8 5 7 Ret 958
5 Vsevolod Gagen 7 11 7 18 1 15 5 6 12 Ret 3 6 Ret 4 938
6 Gleb Kuznetsov Ret 8 1 Ret 5 3 3 4 2 16 Ret 14 13 1 844
7 Andrey Petukhov 3 5 4 2 Ret 4 11 Ret 3 18 4 11 3 Ret 916
8 Efim Gantmakher 5 3 6 12 DNS 7 10 10 9 6 11 9 14 Ret 908
9 Aleksandr Golovanov 16 Ret 19 7 4 7 11 5 5 4 2 Ret 782
10 Sergey Golovanov 12 12 10 3 Ret 4 20 12 17 12 20 7 744
11 Yuliya Strukova 14 17 13 Ret Ret 11 18 17 18 10 7 Ret 11 6 728
12 Aleksandr Marushko 6 Ret Ret 8 7 9 12 13 Ret 11 Ret 10 9 15 720
13 Pavel Gavrilushkin DNS 10 11 9 8 8 14 Ret 17 13 9 Ret 12 Ret 698
14 Vitaly Dudin 3 2 7 1 8 3 15 8 672
15 Vyacheslav Staroverov 12 16 2 10 9 9 14 8 6 Ret 664
16 Aleksey Shin 10 9 14 Ret 9 13 17 15 19 9 598
17 Vasily Korablev 15 6 Ret 6 13 7 13 17 Ret 2 590
18 Natalia Goltsova 4 16 8 11 15 16 10 Ret 10 DSQ 560
19 Aleksandr Malinin 9 13 15 4 Ret Ret 13 11 15 17 546
20 Islam Barzankaev 10 14 16 14 19 15 18 12 500
21 Ruslan Nafikov DSQ 17 7 2 4 14 412
22 Sergey Drebenets 11 14 16 15 12 15 386
23 Vasiliy Krichevskiy Ret 10 16 14 Ret 13 262
24 Andrey Maslennikov 2 3 188
25 Sergey Schegolev 17 14 16 Ret 182
26 Anton Zakharov 5 5 168
27 Vladimir Melnikov 10 9 146
28 Rais Minnikhanov 21 3 142
29 Sergey Koronatov 17 8 134
30 Ildar Fattakhov 15 10 134
31 Anna Aleksandrova 13 15 DNS DNS 128
32 Dmitry Karnaukhov 14 16 124
33 Vladimir Gunyko 18 17 114
34 Oleg Todua 20 Ret Ret 19 106
35 Ivan Demuh 6 Ret 80
36 Ivan Lyagusha DNS 19 54
- Pavel Krichevskiy NQ NQ -
National-Junior
1 Anton Gavrichenkov 1 2 3 1 1 1 4 3 782
2 Vladislav Gusev 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 776
3 Kirill Havronin 1 3 2 4 386
4 Maxim Kornilkov 1 2 196
Pos. Driver SMO NRI GRO SOC MSC SMO KAZ  Pts. 
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
The number of points after the deduction of the two worst results.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Лукойл Рейсинг приглашает профессионального пилота для участия в классе Туринг" [Lukoil Racing invites professional driver to participate in Touring Class]. racing.lukoil.ru (in Russian). 8 December 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Туринг Пилоты" [Touring Class drivers]. raf-rcrs.ru (in Russian).
  3. ^ a b c "Дмитрий Брагин переходит в класс Туринг" [Dmitry Bragin switched to Touring class]. vk.com (in Russian). 12 April 2016.
  4. ^ a b c d "Пилоты выступающие при поддержке AMG Motorsport" [The pilots acting with the support of AMG Motorsport]. vk.com (in Russian). 20 April 2016.
  5. ^ a b c "Павел Ящин пересаживается с Honda Civic на SEAT León" [Pavel Yashin switched from Honda Civic to SEAT León]. vk.com (in Russian). 24 February 2016.
  6. ^ "Заразился гонками сам – зарази другого" [Infect race itself — infect another]. vk.com (in Russian). 12 April 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Испанский десант на российских гоночных трассах" [Spanish landing force on the Russian racetracks]. vk.com (in Russian). 8 April 2016.
  8. ^ "Kalendar SMP RSKG 2016" [2016 SMP RCRS calendar]. raf-rcrs.ru (in Russian). 11 November 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
  9. ^ "4 etap SMP RSKG proidet sovmestno s TCR International Series" [Stage 4 SMP RCRS be held jointly with TCR International Series]. raf-rcrs.ru (in Russian). 10 March 2016.
  10. ^ "Smolenskoe kolco vmesto Myachkovo" [Smolenskring instead Myachkovo.]. raf-rcrs.ru (in Russian). 21 July 2016.