The 2015 Russian Circuit Racing Series season was the second season of the Russian Circuit Racing Series , organized by SMP Racing. It was the first season with TCR class cars, competing alongside the Super 2000 TC2 and the Super Production cars.[ 1] It is also included Touring Light, National and Junior's championships, with all of them have their own races during the RCRS weekends. Aleksey Dudukalo won the drivers' championship, driving a SEAT Leon Cup Racer , and Lukoil Racing Team won the teams' championship.
All teams and drivers were Russian-registered, excepting Mika Salo, who raced under Finnish Racing license.
Touring Absolute (United S2000)[ edit ] Team Car Driver Rounds B-Tuning Volkswagen Polo 1 Mika Salo 7 24 Igor Samsonov All 25 Anton Zakharov 3–7 42 Maksim Bronin 1 VAZ-2101 77 Mikhail Zasadych 1–2,5–6 Lada Sport Lada Kalina 2 Andrey Petukhov 4–7 5 Aleksandr Samokhvalov 4 6 Mikhail Mityaev 4 7 Sergey Pluzhnov 4 8 Pavel Aleshin 5 9 Yury Arshanskiy 5 17 Vitaly Primak 1–4,6–7 21 Pavel Kalmanovich All Spets-Avtoplast Motor Sport Lada Kalina 20 Egor Sanin 1–3,5,7 3 Roman Agoshkov 1–5 Kia Rio 6–7 STK «Taifmotorsport» Lada Kalina 4 Dmitry Bragin All 87 Marat Sharapov 1,4 89 Timur Shigabutdinov 4 48 Aydar Nuriev 1–5,7 Kia Rio 6 SMP Racing Russian Bears Lada Kalina 10 Mikhail Maleev 1–3 91 Bulat Fatkhullin 1–4,7 PSM-Team80 Kia Rio 11 Rafael Fattakhov 3 Almax Racing Lada Kalina 19 Vladimir Sheshenin All 50 Aleksandr Marushko All Bauman Motorsport Lada Kalina II 26 Ivan Lyagusha 1–3,6 Azarenkov A. Lada Kalina 27 Aleksandr Azarenkov 4,6–7 Goltsova Racing Lada Kalina 37 Natalya Goltsova All Lada Kalina II 46 Efim Gantmakher All Parus Lada Kalina 43 Igor Alekseev 7 56 Vasily Korablev 1–2,4–5,7 59 Anatoly Korablev 7 ZAO TD Kurganskie pritsepy Lada Kalina 45 Aleksandr Tupitsyn 5 Syzran Racing Team Lada Kalina 53 Vyacheslav Staroverov All 63 Maksim Simonov All Sergey Drebenets Lada Kalina 57 Sergey Drebenets 1–2,5–6 SK «Timerkhanн» Kia Rio 73 Rais Minnikhanov 4 STK «Chingizkhan» Lada Kalina 76 Irek Minnakhmetov 4 Sharafiev E. Lada Kalina 82 Eduard Sharafiev 4 Golovanov A. Lada Kalina 84 Aleksandr Golovanov All Gaynullin A. Lada Kalina 85 Albert Gaynullin All RHHCC Racing Team Volkswagen Polo 95 Aleksandr Garmash 3 Lada Kalina 1–3,5–7 96 Dmitry Karnaukhov 1–3,5,7 Todua O. Lada Kalina 97 Oleg Todua 4
Calendar and results [ edit ] The 2015 calendar consists in seven rounds, with all events scheduled to be held in Russia. The fifth round was scheduled to be held in Autodrom Moscow , but it was later moved to Smolensk Ring . The seventh round was scheduled to be held in Sochi Autodrom , but it was later moved to Kazan Ring .[ 3]
Championship standings [ edit ] Scoring system
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Pole FL Points Round 1–6 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1 1 1 Points Round 7 37,5 27 22,5 18 15 12 9 6 3 1,5 1,5 1,5
Touring and Super Production [ edit ] Driver NIZ SMO SOC KAZ SMO MSC KAZ Touring 1 Aleksey Dudukalo 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 337 2 Roman Golikov 8 2 2 3 4 1 3 4 4 Ret 3 3 1 2 225,5 3 Rustam Akiniyazov 7 Ret 3 2 3 Ret 1 2 3 DSQ 4 4 2 1 202,5 4 Vitaly Larionov 1 3 4 4 2 3 Ret 3 2 Ret 2 2 Ret 4 188.5 5 Anton Badoev Ret Ret 7 5 5 4 4 5 5 3 Ret 5 4 5 128 6 Andrey Artyushin Ret 14 10 11 7 Ret 13 13 7 Super Production 1 Maksim Chernev 5 5 5 11 6 5 10 6 6 NC 8 6 9 6 194.5 2 Andrey Yushin 9 4 9 8 Ret Ret 11 8 7 2 12 9 7 12 124.5 3 Vladislav Nezvankin 2 Ret 6 7 7 9 8 Ret Ret 4 Ret 14 5 11 115.5 4 Maksim Simonov 4 8 Ret 12 8 8 5 7 8 DSQ 5 15 10 14† 114.5 5 Lev Tolkachev 6 Ret 10 6 9 6 7 DSQ 9 Ret 13 13 6 9 105 6 Pavel Yashin 10 6 8 15 Ret 10 Ret 11 9 5 11 7 14† 8 97 7 Efim Gantmacher 10 11 8 7 63 8 Aleksander Tupitsyn 11 7 11 10 Ret Ret 9 9 11 6 14 12 Ret Ret 56 9 Sergey Shalunov 6 Ret 6 10 37 10 Sergey Zagumennov Ret 9 DNS 7 Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret 28.5 11 Denis Kachalkov 11 10 24 12 Vadim Mesheryakov 9 16 12 13 Vitaly Primak DNS 10 10 14 Sergey Pluzhnov 12 DNS 6 15 Aleksey Belogolov WD WD Ret 7 5 16 Vladislav Kubasov Ret 13 DNS Ret 2 Driver NIZ SMO SOC KAZ SMO MSC KAZ
Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)
Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
Teams' Championship[ edit ] Driver NIZ SMO SOC KAZ SMO MSC KAZ 1 Lukoil Racing Team 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 594 7 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 Ret 3 3 2 2 2 Ralf-Car Team Ret 14 10 11 7 Ret 13 13 6 S2000 and Super Production teams inelegible for points AMG Motorsport 1 3 4 4 2 3 4 3 2 3 2 2 4 4 0 Ret Ret 7 5 5 4 Ret 5 5 Ret Ret 5 Ret 5 Innocenti Lada Sport 2 Ret 6 7 7 6 7 10 10 4 13 13 5 9 0 6 Ret 10 6 9 9 8 Ret Ret Ret Ret 14 6 11 Yushin Racing 9 4 9 8 Ret Ret 10 8 7 2 12 9 7 12 0 Syzran Racing Team 4 8 Ret 12 8 8 5 7 8 DSQ 5 15 10 14† 0 Subaru Russia 5 5 5 11 6 5 11 6 6 NC 8 6 8 6 0 9 11 9 7 Neva Motorsport 10 6 8 15 DNS 10 Ret 11 9 5 11 7 14† 8 0 WD WD Ret 7 Shalunov Racing 6 Ret 6 10 0 ZAO TD Kurganskie Pritsepy 11 7 11 10 Ret 12† 9 9 11 6 14 12 Ret Ret 0 Zagumennov Racing DSQ 9 DNS 7 Ret Ret DNS Ret 14 12 Ret Ret 0 Balashihinskaya UC DOSAAF Russia 11 10 0 Podmoskovie Motorsport Ret 13 DNS Ret 0 Driver NIZ SMO SOC KAZ SMO MSC KAZ
Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)
Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
Driver NIZ SMO SOC KAZ SMO MSC KAZ 1 Dmitry Bragin 1 3 2 9 Ret DSQ 1 1 1 2 1 2 6 10 217 2 Ildar Rakhmatullin 6 2 7 3 1 3 4 6 3 8 5 3 1 8 198 3 Mikhail Mityaev 5 1 6 6 6 6 2 Ret 10 1 2 DNS 8 1 177,5 4 Andrey Nikolaev Ret 7 4 2 2 5 6 3 2 3 6 10 3 6 165,5 5 Andrey Maslennikov 2 Ret 3 1 10 2 3 10 6 7 9 1 4 11 154 6 Andrey Sevastyanov 4 10† 1 4 5 Ret 3 2 9 5 8 7 9 4 132 7 Vladimir Cherevan 3 5 9 Ret 3 9 5 7 7 4 4 4 5 7 126 8 Andrey Radoshnov Ret 6 8 7 4 1 Ret Ret Ret Ret 3 8 2 12 102,5 9 Ilsur Akhmetvaleev 10 Ret 9 8 11 Ret 4 6 10 5 10 3 63,5 10 Maksim Belotskiy 10 9 5 DNS 7 6 Ret 5 42 11 Sergey Koronatov 7 9 Ret Ret 8 7 12 8 8 9 11 9 DNS 9 33 12 Sergey Ryabov 7 4 9 4 32 13 Nikolay Karamyshev Ret 4 5 5 32 14 Rodion Shushakov 7 2 28,5 15 Vasily Krichevskiy 7 5 16 16 Aleksandr Salnikov 8 DNS 10 8 Ret Ret 9 17 Pavel Sorochinskiy 9 8 6 Driver NIZ SMO SOC KAZ SMO MSC KAZ
Driver NIZ SMO SOC KAZ SMO MSC KAZ 1 Dmitry Bragin 1 1 3 Ret Ret 1 5 16 1 3 4 3 11 5 188 2 Vladimir Sheshenin 5 6 2 7 8 8 1 14 2 2 Ret 16 4 4 160,5 3 Aydar Nuriev 3 5 7 2 5 Ret 4 13 Ret 4 1 2 3 10 154,5 4 Albert Gaynullin 7 3 4 6 16 2 9 1 3 1 5 14 14 6 153 5 Pavel Kalmanovich Ret 10 1 3 4 7 3 2 5 5 12 1 6 11 152,5 6 Roman Agoshkov 2 Ret 11 Ret 1 4 Ret 3 Ret 13 DSQ Ret 1 1 150,5 7 Egor Sanin 4 2 15 1 18 3 Ret 6 5 2 120 8 Vasily Korablev 13 9 10 4 2 6 4 Ret 2 12 80 9 Natalya Goltsova 6 4 5 10 3 6 16 5 6 DSQ Ret Ret 8 13 79 10 Efim Gantmakher 11 7 6 12 7 11 11 4 9 8 13 4 13 9 58 11 Igor Samsonov 15 12 8 14 2 5 Ret 12 8 Ret 16† 7 5 Ret 45,5 12 Aleksandr Golovanov 21 Ret 17 8 10 12 7 17 7 7 3 DNS Ret 16 39 13 Andrey Petukhov Ret Ret 19 9 2 Ret 7 8 38 14 Maksim Simonov 9 Ret 18 5 11 19 10 8 12 11 14 5 15 Ret 31 15 Vitaly Primak 8 8 Ret 13 12 10 12 9 7 15 22 17 19 16 Anton Zakharov 9 9 Ret Ret Ret 18 6 6 Ret DSQ 18 17 Marat Sharapov 16 11 Ret Ret 9 7 15 18 Timur Shigabutdinov 6 Ret 8 19 Vyacheslav Staroverov 10 15 13 11 Ret 13 19 10 11 Ret 15 8 17 15 7 20 Rafael Fattakhov 8 Ret 4 21 Sergey Drebenets 18 17 16 16 17 14 9 9 4 22 Aleksandr Marushko 14 16 Ret Ret 14 17 13 20 20 DSQ 8 12 Ret 22 4 23 Mikhail Maleev Ret 13 9 9 15 14 4 24 Pavel Aleshin 10 10 2 25 Mikhail Zasadych 12 Ret 12 17 14 12 10 11 1 26 Bulat Fatkhullin 20 Ret 14 DNS Ret Ret 18 11 16 18 1 27 Aleksandr Garmash 19 Ret 19 19 17 16 15 16 11 10 19 19 1 28 Igor Alekseev 12 14 0 29 Dmitry Karnaukhov 22 18 20 15 13 15 16 17 20 21 0 30 Yury Arshanskiy 13 15 0 31 Ivan Lyagusha DNS Ret DNS 18 Ret 18 Ret 13 0 32 Irek Minnakhmetov 14 Ret 0 33 Aleksandr Azarenkov 20 15 Ret Ret 21 0 34 Rais Minnikhanov 15 Ret 0 35 Maksim Bronin 17 14 0 36 Oleg Todua 17 Ret 0 37 Aleksandr Samokhvalov 21 18 0 38 Anatoly Korablev 18 20 0 39 Aleksandr Tupitsyn 18 Ret 0 40 Sergey Pluzhnov Ret 19 0 41 Eduard Sharafiev Ret DNS 0 Guest drivers inelegible for points Mika Salo Ret 3 – Mikhail Mityaev 8 7 – Driver NIZ SMO SOC KAZ SMO MSC KAZ
Driver NIZ SMO SOC KAZ SMO MSC KAZ 1 Gleb Kuznetsov 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 3 1 1 129,75 2 Yuliya Strukova 3 2 3 2 1 1 2 2 5 3 96,75 3 Sergey Golovanov DNS DNS 2 3 4 4 4 1 2 4 72,5 4 Aleksey Shin 4 4 5 3 3 Ret 3 2 56,75 5 Vladimir Gusev 2 3 2 Ret 4 5 39