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- ↑ "World Touring Car Championship News and European Touring Car Championship News with Try My Sport". Archived from the original on 2007-12-17. Retrieved 2009-02-01. 19-YEAR OLD RUSSIAN JOINS GR ASIA
- ↑ http://www.fiawtcc.com/fiawtcc/brands-hatch/2007/sport_sto1321131.shtml Krylov Replaces Sadredinov.
