Russian Circuit Racing Series Explained

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.

Circuits

scope=col	Circuit	scope=col	City	scope=col	First Held	scope=col	Most recent
Autodrom Moscow		2002	2019
Neva Ring	Saint Petersburg	1998	2006
Red Ring	Krasnoyarsk	2009	2010
NRING Circuit	Bogorodsk	2010	2022
		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

• 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: 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

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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
Russian Automobile Circuit Racing Championship
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