Viktor Shapovalov

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Viktor Shapovalov
NationalityRussian
Born (1965-03-04) 4 March 1965 (age 60)
Sterlitamak, Bashkir ASSR, Soviet Union
World Touring Car Championship career
Debut season 2007
Current teamLada Sport
Car number20
Starts31
Wins0
Poles0
Fastest laps0
Best finish29th in 2009
Previous series
2007
2006
2005–06, 2006–07
1998
Dutch Supercar Challenge
Russian Touring Car Championship
Dutch Winter Endurance Series
Russian Touring Car Cup
Championship titles
1998Russian Touring Car Cup 1600

Viktor Shapovalov (born 4 March 1965) is a Russian auto racing driver. Most of his career has been in touring cars, competing in the Russian Touring Car Championship as well as the Dutch Supercar Challenge. In 1998 he won the 1600 Class Russian Touring Car Cup with a Lada Samara. [1]

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Shapovalov in a Lada 110 at Brands Hatch in the 2008 WTCC Viktor Shapovalov 2008 Brands Hatch.jpg
Shapovalov in a Lada 110 at Brands Hatch in the 2008 WTCC

In 2007 he first competed in the World Touring Car Championship for his own Russian Bears Motorsport team in a BMW 320i. The team entered just four rounds at Zandvoort and Valencia, with little success. He returned for the 2008 season with the surprising entry of a Lada 110, [2] competing in fourteen rounds. His best finish this year was an eighteenth place at Brno. For the 2009 season he returned with full manufacturer backing from Lada. [3] Halfway through the 2009 season Shapovalov retired from driving duties to concentrate on running the LADA Sport operation as they run James Thompson in the new Lada Priora model.

Racing record

Complete WTCC results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

YearTeamCar123456789101112PositionPoints
2007 Russian Bears Motorsport BMW 320i CUR Flag of Brazil.svg ZAN Flag of the Netherlands.svg VAL Flag of Spain.svg PAU Flag of France.svg BRN Flag of the Czech Republic.svg POR Flag of Portugal.svg AND Flag of Sweden.svg OSC Flag of Germany.svg BRA Flag of the United Kingdom.svg MON Flag of Italy.svg MAC Flag of Macau.svg -0
19232021
2008 Russian Bears Motorsport Lada 110 2.0 CUR Flag of Brazil.svg PUE Flag of Mexico.svg VAL Flag of Spain.svg PAU Flag of France.svg BRN Flag of the Czech Republic.svg EST Flag of Portugal.svg BRA Flag of the United Kingdom.svg OSC Flag of Germany.svg IMO Flag of Italy.svg MON Flag of Italy.svg OKA Flag of Japan.svg MAC Flag of Macau.svg -0
20RetDNQRet18Ret2419202023RetDNSRet22
2009 LADA Sport LADA 110 2.0 CUR Flag of Brazil.svg PUE Flag of Mexico.svg MAR Flag of Morocco.svg PAU Flag of France.svg VAL Flag of Spain.svg BRN Flag of the Czech Republic.svg POR Flag of Portugal.svg BRA Flag of the United Kingdom.svg OSC Flag of Germany.svg IMO Flag of Italy.svg OKA Flag of Japan.svg MAC Flag of Macau.svg 29th0
132319192217171520211620
LADA Priora Ret24

References

  1. "Fia WTCC". Archived from the original on November 15, 2008. Retrieved January 16, 2009. Career at fiawtcc.com
  2. http://www.crash.net/motorsport/wtcc/feature/9099-0/are_lada_set_for_the_the_last_laugh.html Are Lada set for the last laugh?
  3. "TouringCarTimes - WTCC: Lada confirms three cars for the premiere". Archived from the original on February 27, 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2009. Lada confirms three cars for the premiere