Russian Circuit Racing Series
CategoryTouring cars
CountryRussia
Inaugural season2004
ConstructorsBMW, LADA, SEAT, Renault, Ford, Kia, Volkswagen, Honda, Subaru, Peugeot
Tyre suppliersYokohama
Drivers' championRussia Dmitry Bragin
Teams' championTAIF Motorsport
Official websiteraf-rcrs.ru
Current season

The Russian Circuit Racing Series (RCRS) is a national Russian racing series created in 2004. It incorporates four classes: touring, super-production, touring-light, national class and national-junior (since 2015). Sergey Krylov has been the championship's promoter since 2004, in 2014 Oleg Petrikov became promoter of the series.

Circuits

Circuit City First Held Most recent
Autodrom Moscow Moscow 2002 2019
Neva Ring Saint Petersburg 1998 2006
Red Ring Krasnoyarsk 2009 2010
NRING Circuit Bogorodsk 2010 2022
Lipetsk Lipetsk 2009 2011
Kursk Ring Kursk 2008 2011
Vorobyovy Gory Moscow 2001 2006
Dmitrovsky Autopolygon Dmitrov 1998 2009
Orlovsky Ring Oryol 2008 2008
Luzhniki Olympic Complex Moscow 2003 2011
Smolensk Ring Safonovo 2011 2022
Kazan Ring Kazan 2011 2022
Autodrom Saint Petersburg St Petersburg 2011 2011
Moscow Raceway Volokolamsk 2012 2022
Sochi Autodrom Sirius 2014 2021
Fort Grozny Grozny 2016 2022
Igora Drive Novozhilovo 2020 2022

Classes in detail

RTCC, 2011

Touring

The international category where cars with two-litre engines and some physical alterations compete. Typical representatives include: BMW 320, Audi A4, Subaru BRZ, Honda Civic and Accord, Chevrolet Lacetti and Cruze, SEAT León.

TCR Russian Series

In 2015 it was announced that cars under the new TCR regulations (as used in the TCR International Series) will be eligible to compete alongside the Touring class, but also have their standalone classification. Typical representatives include: SEAT León Cup Racer, Audi RS3 LMS TCR, LADA Vesta TCR and Renault Megane RS

Touring-Light

RTCC 2010

Cars with 1600cc engines compete in this class. Typical representatives include: Ford Fiesta, VW Polo, Lada Kalina, Kia Rio, Renault Twingo Sport, Peugeot 208 GTI.

Super-Production

This is an international category where cars with the two litre engine compete. Typical representatives: Honda Civic, Subaru BRZ, Lada Granta.

National class

1600сс engine category for cars assembled in the territory of the Russian Federation. Typical representatives: Lada Kalina, Lada 112, Lada Riva, Renault Logan/Sandero, VW Polo, Kia Rio.

National-Junior class

Category for drivers from 12 to 16 years old. Typical representatives: Lada Kalina, Lada Samara, VW Polo.

Champions

Season Touring Touring-Light Super-Production S1600 S1600 Junior SMP GT4 Russia CN Sportprototype
Drivers' Champion Teams' Champion Drivers' Champion Teams' Champion Drivers' Champion Teams' Champion Drivers' Champion Teams' Champion Drivers' Champion Teams' Champion Drivers' Champion Teams' Champion Drivers' Champion Teams' Champion
Russian Circuit Racing Series
2021 Kirill Ladygin LADA Sport Rosneft Ivan Chubarov LADA Sport Rosneft Vadim Antipov Sofit-Racing Team Petr Plotnikov Innostage - AG Team Artem Antonov RUMOS RACING Denis Remenyako CapitalRT MotorSharks Sergey Ievlev None
2020 Kirill Ladygin LADA Sport Rosneft Vladimir Sheshenin LADA Sport Rosneft Vladislav Nezvankin LADA Sport Rosneft Petr Plotnikov AKHMAT Racing Team Egor Fokin Rally Academy Denis Remenyako Capital Racing Team Pavel Kuzminov None
2019 Dmitry Bragin TAIF Motorsport Vladimir Cherevan Rally Academy Andrey Petukhov LADA Sport Rosneft Mikhail Mityaev LADA Sport Rosneft Petr Plotnikov Rally Academy Not held
2018 Dmitry Bragin Lukoil Racing Team Grigory Burlutskiy Carville Racing Mikhail Mityaev LADA Sport Rosneft Pavel Kalmanovich AG Team Irina Sidorkova Rally Academy Not held
2017 Dmitry Bragin LADA Sport Rosneft Denis Bulatov Podmoskovie Motorsport Mikhail Mityaev LADA Sport Rosneft Aydar Nuriev Rally Academy Maxim Kornilkov Rally Academy Not 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 None Not held
2015 Aleksey Dudukalo Lukoil Racing Dmitry Bragin LADA Sport Rosneft Maksim Chernev Innocenti Lada Sport Dmitry Bragin STK Taifmotorsport Gleb Kuznetsov None Not 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-Autosport Not held
2012 Aleksandr Frolov TNK Racing Team Mikhail Grachev PSM Team80 Vasiliy Krichevskiy Khimki Motorsport Vladimir Sheshenin AvtoVAZ PROO Not held
Russian Touring Car Championship
2011 Aleksandr Frolov Orenburg Racing Aleksandr Sotnikov Lukoil Racing Viktor Kozankov Honda Cheryomushki Vadim Meshcherjakov Autoclod-afso Not held
2010 Mikhail Ukhov TNK Racing Mikhail Kozlovskiy Lukoil Racing Viktor Kozankov Honda Cheryomushki Vasiliy Mezentsev Krasnoe koltso Not held
2009 Vladimir Strelchenko Khimki Motorsport Aleksey Dudukalo Lukoil Racing Mikhail Zasadych Prology Racing Team Aleksey Filimonov None Not held
2008 Aleksey Basov RED WINGS Aleksey Dudukalo Lukoil Racing Pavel Fedorov Prology Racing Team Aleksandr Zheltov TAXI-2 Technical Consulting Not held
2007 Aleksandr Lvov Golden Motors Aleksandr Sotnikov Dinamo Autosport Aleksey Basov STK Rally Podmoskovie Nikita Vasilyev Jackpot Not held
2006 Vladimir Labazov AVTODOM Racing Anton Markin Dinamo Autosport Vladimir Cherevan Korus Autosport Igor Fillipov Kaluga Motorsport Not held
2005 Vladimir Nechaev AVTODOM Racing Aleksandr Sotnikov Dinamo Autosport Ilya Burenko Forza Sport Artem Kazyavin SKP Not held
2004 Grigoriy Komarov MTS AC Racing Vladimir Labazov Dinamo ASSTI Not held Roman Kozyavin SPK Tolyatti Not held
LADA Cup
2003 Mikhail Ukhov MTS AC Racing Anton Smekalkin None Not held
2002 Grigoriy Komarov MTS AC Racing Vladimir Nechaev None Not held
2001 Aleksandr Lvov Master-Pilot Mikhail Ukhov None Not held
2000 Mikhail Ukhov MTS AC Racing Not held
1999 Vladimir Sukhov AC Racing Not held
1998 Oleg Kesselman Avtostil Azart MSP Not held

References

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