Russian Circuit Racing Series

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Russian Circuit Racing Series
Category Touring cars
CountryRussia
Inaugural season1998
Constructors BMW, LADA, SEAT, Renault, Ford, Kia, Volkswagen, Honda, Subaru, Peugeot
Tyre suppliers Yokohama
Drivers' champion Flag of Russia.svg Dmitry Bragin
Teams' championTAIF Motorsport
Official website raf-rcrs.ru
Motorsport current event.svg Current season

The Russian Circuit Racing Series (RCRS) is a national Russian racing series created in 2004. It started with four classes: touring, super-production, touring-light, and national class; and national-junior was added in 2015. Sergey Krylov was the championship's promoter beginning in 2004, until Oleg Petrikov became promoter of the series in 2014.

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Circuits

CircuitCityFirst HeldMost recent
Autodrom Moscow Moscow 2002 2019
Neva Ring Saint Petersburg 19982006
Red Ring Krasnoyarsk 20092010
NRING Circuit Bogorodsk 2010 2022
Lipetsk Lipetsk 20092011
Kursk Ring Kursk 20082011
Vorobyovy Gory Moscow20012006
Dmitrovsky Autopolygon Dmitrov 19982009
Orlovsky Ring Oryol 20082008
Luzhniki Olympic Complex Moscow 20032011
Smolensk Ring Safonovo 2011 2022
Kazan Ring Kazan 2011 2022
Autodrom Saint Petersburg St Petersburg 20112011
Moscow Raceway Volokolamsk 2012 2022
Sochi Autodrom Sirius 2014 2021
Fort Grozny Grozny 2016 2022
Igora Drive Novozhilovo 2020 2022

Classes

RTCC, 2011 Grid-girl.jpg
RTCC, 2011
RTCC 2010 RTCC Natsional'nyi klass.jpg
RTCC 2010

Champions

SeasonTouringTouring-LightSuper-ProductionS1600S1600 JuniorSMP GT4 RussiaCN Sportprototype
Drivers' ChampionTeams' ChampionDrivers' ChampionTeams' ChampionDrivers' ChampionTeams' ChampionDrivers' ChampionTeams' ChampionDrivers' ChampionTeams' ChampionDrivers' ChampionTeams' ChampionDrivers' ChampionTeams' Champion
Russian Circuit Racing Series
2021 Kirill Ladygin LADA Sport Rosneft Ivan Chubarov LADA Sport Rosneft Vadim AntipovSofit-Racing TeamPetr PlotnikovInnostage - AG TeamArtem AntonovRUMOS RACINGDenis RemenyakoCapitalRT MotorSharksSergey IevlevNone
2020 Kirill Ladygin LADA Sport Rosneft Vladimir Sheshenin LADA Sport Rosneft Vladislav Nezvankin LADA Sport Rosneft Petr PlotnikovAKHMAT Racing TeamEgor FokinRally AcademyDenis RemenyakoCapital Racing TeamPavel KuzminovNone
2019 Dmitry Bragin TAIF MotorsportVladimir CherevanRally AcademyAndrey Petukhov LADA Sport Rosneft Mikhail Mityaev LADA Sport Rosneft Petr PlotnikovRally AcademyNot held
2018 Dmitry Bragin Lukoil Racing Team Grigory BurlutskiyCarville Racing Mikhail Mityaev LADA Sport Rosneft Pavel KalmanovichAG Team Irina Sidorkova Rally AcademyNot held
2017 Dmitry Bragin LADA Sport Rosneft Denis Bulatov Podmoskovie Motorsport Mikhail Mityaev LADA Sport Rosneft Aydar Nuriev Rally Academy Maxim Kornilkov Rally AcademyNot held
2016 Dmitry Bragin Lukoil Racing Dmitry Bragin LADA Sport Rosneft Maksim Chernev URT Subaru Team Lukoil Vladimir Sheshenin B-Tuning Pro Racing Team Anton Gavrichenkov NoneNot held
2015 Aleksey Dudukalo Lukoil Racing Dmitry Bragin LADA Sport Rosneft Maksim Chernev Innocenti Lada Sport Dmitry Bragin STK Taifmotorsport Gleb Kuznetsov NoneNot held
2014 Mikhail Grachev AMG Motorsport Boris Shulmeyster Sports Racing Technologies Andrei Maslennikov Ralf-Car Team Vladimir Sheshenin Lukoil Racing Team Lada Not held
Russian Racing Championship
2013 Mikhail Grachev AMG Motorsport Pavel Kalmanovich Lukoil Racing Team Lada Vladimir Strelchenko Ralf-Car Team Egor Sanin KGOO STK MX-AutosportNot held
2012 Aleksandr Frolov TNK Racing Team Mikhail Grachev PSM Team80 Vasiliy Krichevskiy Khimki Motorsport Vladimir Sheshenin AvtoVAZ PROONot held
Russian Touring Car Championship
2011 Aleksandr Frolov Orenburg Racing Aleksandr Sotnikov Lukoil Racing Viktor Kozankov Honda Cheryomushki Vadim Meshcherjakov Autoclod-afsoNot held
2010 Mikhail Ukhov TNK Racing Mikhail Kozlovskiy Lukoil Racing Viktor Kozankov Honda Cheryomushki Vasiliy Mezentsev Krasnoe koltsoNot held
2009 Vladimir Strelchenko Khimki Motorsport Aleksey Dudukalo Lukoil Racing Mikhail Zasadych Prology Racing Team Aleksey Filimonov NoneNot held
2008 Aleksey Basov RED WINGS Aleksey Dudukalo Lukoil Racing Pavel Fedorov Prology Racing Team Aleksandr Zheltov TAXI-2 Technical ConsultingNot held
2007 Aleksandr Lvov Golden Motors Aleksandr Sotnikov Dinamo Autosport Aleksey Basov STK Rally Podmoskovie Nikita Vasilyev JackpotNot held
2006 Vladimir Labazov AVTODOM Racing Anton Markin Dinamo Autosport Vladimir Cherevan Korus Autosport Igor Fillipov Kaluga MotorsportNot held
2005 Vladimir Nechaev AVTODOM Racing Aleksandr Sotnikov Dinamo Autosport Ilya Burenko Forza Sport Artem Kazyavin SKPNot held
2004 Grigoriy Komarov MTS AC Racing Vladimir Labazov Dinamo ASSTI Not held Roman Kozyavin SPK TolyattiNot held
Russian Automobile Circuit Racing Championship
2003 Mikhail Ukhov MTS AC Racing Anton Smekalkin NoneNot held
2002 Grigoriy Komarov MTS AC Racing Vladimir Nechaev NoneNot held
2001 Aleksandr Lvov Master-Pilot Mikhail Ukhov NoneNot held
2000 Mikhail Ukhov MTS AC RacingNot held
1999 Vladimir Sukhov AC RacingNot held
1998Oleg KesselmanAvtostil Azart MSPNot held

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