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.

2016 Russian Circuit Racing Series

Champions:
Touring: Dmitry Bragin
Super Production: Maksim Chernev
Touring-Light: Dmitry Bragin
National: Vladimir Sheshenin
National-Junior: Anton Gavrichenkov

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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. "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. "Туринг Пилоты" [Touring Class drivers]. raf-rcrs.ru (in Russian).
3. "Дмитрий Брагин переходит в класс Туринг" [Dmitry Bragin switched to Touring class]. vk.com (in Russian). 12 April 2016.
4. "Пилоты выступающие при поддержке AMG Motorsport" [The pilots acting with the support of AMG Motorsport]. vk.com (in Russian). 20 April 2016.
5. "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. "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.

External links

• Russian Circuit Racing Series Official website