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- 1 2 "Туринг Пилоты" [Touring Class drivers]. raf-rcrs.ru (in Russian).
- 1 2 3 "Дмитрий Брагин переходит в класс Туринг" [Dmitry Bragin switched to Touring class]. vk.com (in Russian). 12 April 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 "Пилоты выступающие при поддержке AMG Motorsport" [The pilots acting with the support of AMG Motorsport]. vk.com (in Russian). 20 April 2016.
- 1 2 3 "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.
- ↑ "Заразился гонками сам – зарази другого" [Infect race itself — infect another]. vk.com (in Russian). 12 April 2016.
- 1 2 "Испанский десант на российских гоночных трассах" [Spanish landing force on the Russian racetracks]. vk.com (in Russian). 8 April 2016.
- ↑ "Kalendar SMP RSKG 2016" [2016 SMP RCRS calendar]. raf-rcrs.ru (in Russian). 11 November 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Smolenskoe kolco vmesto Myachkovo" [Smolenskring instead Myachkovo.]. raf-rcrs.ru (in Russian). 21 July 2016.