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. 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.

Teams and drivers

All teams and drivers were Russian-registered, excepting Mika Salo, who raced under Finnish Racing license.

Touring Absolute (United S2000)

TeamCarNo.DriversRounds
Touring
Lukoil Racing TeamSEAT Leon Cup Racer2Aleksey DudukaloAll
4Roman GolikovAll
7Rustam AkiniyazovAll
AMG MotorsportBMW 320i11Anton BadoevAll
BMW 320si27Vitaly LarionovAll
Ralf-Car TeamRenault Megane RS22Andrey Artyushin6–7
Super Production
Ralf-Car TeamRenault Clio RS22Andrey Artyushin2–3
Shalunov RacingLada Granta33Sergey Shalunov4, 6
Neva MotorsportHonda Civic37Pavel YashinAll
42Aleksey Belogolov2, 5
Yushin RacingHonda Civic38Andrey YushinAll
Innocenti Lada SportLada Granta43Vladislav NezvankinAll
47Lev TolkachevAll
48Vitaly Primak4
Podmoskovie MotorsportHonda Civic44Vladislav Kubasov2, 6
ZAO TD Kurganskie PritsepyLada Granta45Aleksandr TupitsynAll
Zagumennov RacingLada Granta51Sergey Zagumennov2–6
737
Subaru RussiaSubaru BRZ46Efim Gantmacher6–7
52Maksim ChernevAll
55Vadim Meshcheryakov6
56Sergey Pluzhnov7
Balashihinskaya UC DOSAAF RussiaHonda Civic54Denis Kachalkov7
Syzran Racing TeamLada Granta63Maksim SimonovAll

Touring Light

TeamCarNo.DriverRounds
SK «Suvar-Motorsport»Renault Twingo Sport2Ildar RakhmatullinAll
11Ilsur Akhmetvaleev1,3–4,6–7
Volkswagen Polo R2 Mk55
B-TuningVolkswagen Polo R2 Mk53Andrey NikolaevAll
10Sergey Ryabov3–4
83Andrey SevastyanovAll
Lada Sport RosneftLada Kalina NFR4Dmitry BraginAll
30Mikhail MityaevAll
Zenit MotorsportFord Fiesta Mk65Maksim Belotskiy6–7
Ford Fiesta Mk54–5
21Pavel Sorochinskiy1
44Sergey KoronatovAll
PSM-Team80Kia Rio R2B7Aleksandr Salnikov1–2,4
12Nikolay Karamyshev1–2
24Vasily Krichevskiy4
Podmoskovye MotorsportVolkswagen Polo R2 Mk517Vladimir Cherevan1–5
SEAT Ibiza Mk46–7
Ford Fiesta Mk543Andrey MaslennikovAll
Orenburg RacingKia Rio R2B19Rodion Shushakov7
27Andrey RadoshnovAll

National

TeamCarNo.DriverRounds
B-TuningVolkswagen Polo1Mika Salo7
24Igor SamsonovAll
25Anton Zakharov3–7
42Maksim Bronin1
VAZ-210177Mikhail Zasadych1–2,5–6
Lada SportLada Kalina2Andrey Petukhov4–7
5Aleksandr Samokhvalov4
6Mikhail Mityaev4
7Sergey Pluzhnov4
8Pavel Aleshin5
9Yury Arshanskiy5
17Vitaly Primak1–4,6–7
21Pavel KalmanovichAll
Spets-Avtoplast Motor SportLada Kalina20Egor Sanin1–3,5,7
3Roman Agoshkov1–5
Kia Rio6–7
STK «Taifmotorsport»Lada Kalina4Dmitry BraginAll
87Marat Sharapov1,4
89Timur Shigabutdinov4
48Aydar Nuriev1–5,7
Kia Rio6
SMP Racing Russian BearsLada Kalina10Mikhail Maleev1–3
91Bulat Fatkhullin1–4,7
PSM-Team80Kia Rio11Rafael Fattakhov3
Almax RacingLada Kalina19Vladimir ShesheninAll
50Aleksandr MarushkoAll
Bauman MotorsportLada Kalina II26Ivan Lyagusha1–3,6
Azarenkov A.Lada Kalina27Aleksandr Azarenkov4,6–7
Goltsova RacingLada Kalina37Natalya GoltsovaAll
Lada Kalina II46Efim GantmakherAll
ParusLada Kalina43Igor Alekseev7
56Vasily Korablev1–2,4–5,7
59Anatoly Korablev7
ZAO TD Kurganskie pritsepyLada Kalina45Aleksandr Tupitsyn5
Syzran Racing TeamLada Kalina53Vyacheslav StaroverovAll
63Maksim SimonovAll
Sergey DrebenetsLada Kalina57Sergey Drebenets1–2,5–6
SK «Timerkhanн»Kia Rio73Rais Minnikhanov4
STK «Chingizkhan»Lada Kalina76Irek Minnakhmetov4
Sharafiev E.Lada Kalina82Eduard Sharafiev4
Golovanov A.Lada Kalina84Aleksandr GolovanovAll
Gaynullin A.Lada Kalina85Albert GaynullinAll
RHHCC Racing TeamVolkswagen Polo95Aleksandr Garmash3
Lada Kalina1–3,5–7
96Dmitry Karnaukhov1–3,5,7
Todua O.Lada Kalina97Oleg Todua4

Junior

TeamCarNo.DriverRounds
B-TuningVolkswagen Polo25Gleb KuznetsovAll
Shin I.Lada Kalina38Aleksey Shin1,4–5,7
Strukov S.Lada Kalina46Yuliya StrukovaAll
Golovanov G.Lada Kalina84Sergey GolovanovAll
Gusev A.Lada Kalina90Vladimir Gusev1,4,7

Calendar and results

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.

Rnd.RaceCircuitDateTouring winnerSP winnerTL winnerNational winnerJunior winner
11NRING Circuit, Bogorodsk16 MayVitaly LarionovVladislav NezvankinDmitry BraginDmitry BraginGleb Kuznetsov
217 MayAleksey DudukaloAndrey YushinMikhail MityaevDmitry BraginGleb Kuznetsov
23Smolensk Ring, Smolensk30 MayAleksey DudukaloMaksim ChernevAndrey SevastyanovPavel KalmanovichGleb Kuznetsov
431 MayAleksey DudukaloLev TolkachevAndrey MaslennikovEgor SaninGleb Kuznetsov
35Sochi Autodrom, Sochi20 JuneAleksey DudukaloMaksim ChernevIldar RakhmatullinRoman Agoshkov
621 JuneRoman GolikovMaksim ChernevAndrey RadoshnovDmitry Bragin
47Kazan Ring, Kazan11 JulyRustam AkiniyazovMaksim SimonovDmitry BraginVladimir ShesheninYuliya Strukova
812 JulyAleksey DudukaloMaksim ChernevDmitry BraginAlbert GaynullinYuliya Strukova
59Smolensk Ring, Smolensk1 AugustAleksey DudukaloMaksim ChernevDmitry BraginDmitry BraginGleb Kuznetsov
102 AugustAleksey DudukaloAndrey YushinMikhail MityaevAlbert GaynullinSergey Golovanov
611Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk5 SeptemberAleksey DudukaloMaksim SimonovDmitry BraginAydar Nuriev
126 SeptemberAleksey DudukaloMaksim ChernevAndrey MaslennikovPavel Kalmanovich
713Kazan Ring, Kazan19 SeptemberRoman GolikovVladislav NezvankinIldar RakhmatullinRoman AgoshkovGleb Kuznetsov
1420 SeptemberRustam AkiniyazovMaksim ChernevMikhail MityaevRoman AgoshkovGleb Kuznetsov

Championship standings

Scoring system

Position1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10thPoleFL
Points Round 1–625181512108642111
Points Round 737,52722,51815129631,51,51,5

Touring and Super Production

Pos.DriverNIZSMOSOCKAZSMOMSCKAZPts.
Pos. Driver NIZ SMO SOC KAZ SMO MSC KAZ Pts. 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 Pos. Driver NIZ SMO SOC KAZ SMO MSC KAZ Pts.Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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
Touring
1Aleksey Dudukalo31111221111133337
2Roman Golikov822341344Ret3312225,5
3Rustam Akiniyazov7Ret323Ret123DSQ4421202,5
4Vitaly Larionov134423Ret32Ret22Ret4188.5
5Anton BadoevRetRet75544553Ret545128
6Andrey ArtyushinRet1410117Ret13137
Super Production
1Maksim Chernev55511651066NC8696194.5
2Andrey Yushin9498RetRet11872129712124.5
3Vladislav Nezvankin2Ret67798RetRet4Ret14511115.5
4Maksim Simonov48Ret1288578DSQ5151014†114.5
5Lev Tolkachev6Ret106967DSQ9Ret131369105
6Pavel Yashin106815Ret10Ret119511714†897
7Efim Gantmacher10118763
8Aleksander Tupitsyn1171110RetRet991161412RetRet56
9Sergey Shalunov6Ret61037
10Sergey ZagumennovRet9DNS7RetRetDNSRetRet8RetRet28.5
11Denis Kachalkov111024
12Vadim Mesheryakov91612
13Vitaly PrimakDNS1010
14Sergey Pluzhnov12DNS6
15Aleksey BelogolovWDWDRet75
16Vladislav KubasovRet13DNSRet2
Pos.DriverNIZSMOSOCKAZSMOMSCKAZPts.
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints classification
BlueNon-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired, not classified (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
BlankDid not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Teams' Championship

Pos.DriverNIZSMOSOCKAZSMOMSCKAZPts.
Pos. Driver NIZ SMO SOC KAZ SMO MSC KAZ Pts. 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 ineligible 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 Pos. Driver NIZ SMO SOC KAZ SMO MSC KAZ Pts.Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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
1Lukoil Racing Team31111111111111594
722232223Ret3322
2Ralf-Car TeamRet1410117Ret13136
S2000 and Super Production teams ineligible for points
AMG Motorsport134423432322440
RetRet7554Ret55RetRet5Ret5
Innocenti Lada Sport2Ret67767101041313590
6Ret106998RetRetRetRet14611
Yushin Racing9498RetRet108721297120
Syzran Racing Team48Ret1288578DSQ5151014†0
Subaru Russia55511651166NC86860
91197
Neva Motorsport106815DNS10Ret119511714†80
WDWDRet7
Shalunov Racing6Ret6100
ZAO TD Kurganskie Pritsepy1171110Ret12†991161412RetRet0
Zagumennov RacingDSQ9DNS7RetRetDNSRet1412RetRet0
Balashihinskaya UC DOSAAF Russia11100
Podmoskovie MotorsportRet13DNSRet0
Pos.DriverNIZSMOSOCKAZSMOMSCKAZPts.
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints classification
BlueNon-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired, not classified (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
BlankDid not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Touring Light

Pos.DriverNIZSMOSOCKAZSMOMSCKAZPts.
1Dmitry Bragin1329RetDSQ111212610217
2Ildar Rakhmatullin62731346385318198
3Mikhail Mityaev5166662Ret1012DNS81177,5
4Andrey NikolaevRet74225632361036165,5
5Andrey Maslennikov2Ret311023106791411154
6Andrey Sevastyanov410†145Ret32958794132
7Vladimir Cherevan359Ret3957744457126
8Andrey RadoshnovRet68741RetRetRetRet38212102,5
9Ilsur Akhmetvaleev10Ret9811Ret4610510363,5
10Maksim Belotskiy1095DNS76Ret542
11Sergey Koronatov79RetRet8712889119DNS933
12Sergey Ryabov749432
13Nikolay KaramyshevRet45532
14Rodion Shushakov7228,5
15Vasily Krichevskiy7516
16Aleksandr Salnikov8DNS108RetRet9
17Pavel Sorochinskiy986
Pos.DriverNIZSMOSOCKAZSMOMSCKAZPts.

National

Pos.DriverNIZSMOSOCKAZSMOMSCKAZPts.
1Dmitry Bragin113RetRet15161343115188
2Vladimir Sheshenin56278811422Ret1644160,5
3Aydar Nuriev35725Ret413Ret412310154,5
4Albert Gaynullin73461629131514146153
5Pavel KalmanovichRet1013473255121611152,5
6Roman Agoshkov2Ret11Ret14Ret3Ret13DSQRet11150,5
7Egor Sanin42151183Ret652120
8Vasily Korablev139104264Ret21280
9Natalya Goltsova64510361656DSQRetRet81379
10Efim Gantmakher1176127111149813413958
11Igor Samsonov151281425Ret128Ret16†75Ret45,5
12Aleksandr Golovanov21Ret1781012717773DNSRet1639
13Andrey PetukhovRetRet1992Ret7838
14Maksim Simonov9Ret1851119108121114515Ret31
15Vitaly Primak88Ret131210129715221719
16Anton Zakharov99RetRetRet1866RetDSQ18
17Marat Sharapov1611RetRet9715
18Timur Shigabutdinov6Ret8
19Vyacheslav Staroverov10151311Ret13191011Ret15817157
20Rafael Fattakhov8Ret4
21Sergey Drebenets181716161714994
22Aleksandr Marushko1416RetRet1417132020DSQ812Ret224
23Mikhail MaleevRet139915144
24Pavel Aleshin10102
25Mikhail Zasadych12Ret1217141210111
26Bulat Fatkhullin20Ret14DNSRetRet181116181
27Aleksandr Garmash19Ret191917161516111019191
28Igor Alekseev12140
29Dmitry Karnaukhov221820151315161720210
30Yury Arshanskiy13150
31Ivan LyagushaDNSRetDNS18Ret18Ret130
32Irek Minnakhmetov14Ret0
33Aleksandr Azarenkov2015RetRet210
34Rais Minnikhanov15Ret0
35Maksim Bronin17140
36Oleg Todua17Ret0
37Aleksandr Samokhvalov21180
38Anatoly Korablev18200
39Aleksandr Tupitsyn18Ret0
40Sergey PluzhnovRet190
41Eduard SharafievRetDNS0
Guest drivers ineligible for points
Mika SaloRet3
Mikhail Mityaev87
Pos.DriverNIZSMOSOCKAZSMOMSCKAZPts.

Junior

Pos.DriverNIZSMOSOCKAZSMOMSCKAZPts.
1Gleb Kuznetsov1111321311129,75
2Yuliya Strukova323211225396,75
3Sergey GolovanovDNSDNS2344412472,5
4Aleksey Shin44533Ret3256,75
5Vladimir Gusev232Ret4539

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