The 2018 SMP Russian Circuit Racing Series was the fifth season of the Russian Circuit Racing Series, organized by SMP Racing. It was the fourth season with TCR class cars.

Teams and drivers Yokohama is the official tyre supplier.

Touring / TCR Russian Touring Car Championship All teams are Russian-registered. All drivers, excepting Belarusian driver Vladislav Gorlach, raced under Russian racing license. Team Car Drivers Class Rounds STK TAIF Motorsport Audi RS3 LMS TCR SEQ 1Dmitry Bragin All 87Marat SharapovT 1–3 89Timur ShigabutdinovT 2–5 STK Chingiskhan 76Irek MinnakhmetovT 1–6 Lukoil Racing Team SEAT Léon TCR DSG43Andrey Maslennikov4–7 77Ivan Lukashevich 1–3 Audi RS3 LMS TCR SEQ4–7 3Aleksey Dudukalo All 14Klim Gavrilov 1–3 LTA Rally Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR SEQ 4–7SEAT León TCR DSG 80Andrey AbaluevT 5–7 UMMC Motorsport Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR DSG 5Roman GolikovT All RUMOS AMG Motorsport SEAT León TCR DSG 7Mikhail StepanovT All SEAT / CUPRA León TCR SEQ 47Lev TolkachevT All Green Racing Team SEAT / CUPRA León TCR DSG 8 Vladimir GorlachT 2–3, 5 NEVA MotorsportSEAT León TCR DSG 9Oleg KharukT 1–3Honda Civic Type R TCR FK84–7SEAT / CUPRA León TCR DSG / SEQ 17Pavel YashinTAllCUPRA León TCR DSG46Efim GantmakherT5–6 Rally AcademySEAT / CUPRA León TCR DSG / SEQ 10Anton BadoevT All LADA Sport Rosneft LADA Vesta TCR 11Kirill Ladygin All 19Vladimir Sheshenin All 27Mikhail Grachev All AG TeamSEAT León TCR DSG 18Thomas JohnsonT 7 AKHMAT Racing Team Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR 88Vitaliy Dudin 1, 5–7 SEAT / CUPRA León TCR 95Magomed DaghievT 1, 4–7 Carville Racing SEAT León TCR DSG 91Grigoriy Burlutskiy 2–6Key Teams claimed for team points.TSMP RCRS Trophy

Super Production & Touring-Light All teams and drivers are Russian-registered. All drivers raced under Russian racing license. Team Car Drivers Rounds Super Production Balashikha training center of DOSAAF Honda Civic Type-R Mk710Vladimir Strelchenko7 55 Vladislav Kubasov 5 Mikhail Putyatin LADA Granta Cup 11 Mikhail Putyatin 4 LADA Sport Rosneft LADA Vesta 1.6T 30 Mikhail Mityaev All 50 Vladislav Nezvankin All LADA Granta Cup 45Evgeniy Meites2 Autoproduct Match TV GTE Racing Team3–784Philipp Tuponosov 3–7GTE Racing TeamMazda 3 1Andrey EmelinMazda 337Andrey Emelin7 NEFIS Racing Division LADA Granta Cup 44 Ilsur Akhmetvaleev All 58 Aleksandr Marushko 1–4 Delphi Technologies RHHCC R.T.ALAS Volkswagen Scirocco 54 Aleksandr Garmash 1–2, 4–7 Honda Civic Type-R Mk73 88 Nikolay Vikhanskiy AllNeva Motorsport Honda Civic Type-R Mk8 77 Dmitry Dobrovolskiy 5 Touring-LightSUVAR MotorsportRenault Twingo Sport4Ildar Rakhmatullin1–68Timur Boguslasvskiy 697Aleksandr Malinin2–5LTA RallyOpel Adam1Hyundai Solaris RB19Rodion Shushakov1, 3–5Ford Fiesta Mk67SMP RacingOpel Adam7Nikita Volegov2Rally AcademyVolkswagen Polo R2 Mk513 Igor SamsonovAllPodmoskovie MotorsportVolkswagen Polo R2 Mk517Vladimir CherevanAllFord Fiesta Mk543Andrey MaslennikovAllB-Tuning PRO Racing Volkswagen Polo R2 Mk522Anton Zakharov5Carville RacingPeugeot 208 GTi27Andrey RadoshnovAll91Grigoriy BurlutskiyAllKey Teams claimed for team points.

National All teams are Russian-registered. All drivers raced under Russian racing license. Team Car Drivers Rounds Bragin Racing TeamAAC Syzran Sport LADA Kalina 20Egor Sanin 1–4 Kia Rio 5–7 Hyundai Solaris 12Mikhail Simonov5–6 LADA Kalina 1–2, 4, 7 1Aydar Nuriev 3 AG Team Kia Rio 7 7Tatiana Dobrynina1–2 18Thomas Johnson1–6 34Vsevolod Gagen 4 71Arkady Illeritskiy 5 Hyundai Solaris 17Pavel Kalmanovich All 28Anvar Tutaev AllSergey Schegolev LADA Kalina NFR R14Sergey Schegolev2–5 Rally Academy Volkswagen Polo 5Gleb Kuznetsov All 55Denis Mavlanov 1–6 Aleksandr Maslennikov 7 NEVA KART Volkswagen Polo1-4 B-Tuning Pro Racing Team Volkswagen Polo5-6 21Egor Kiryakov 1–6 Redmond Drive Hyundai Solaris 8Igor Lvov All Kia Rio 46Julia Strukova 5–7 Zener Racing Team 1–3 Hyundai Solaris 88Vasiliy Krichevskiy 1–6 LADA Sport Rosneft UMMC LADA Kalina NFR R1 10Andrey Petukhov All AKHMAT Racing Volkswagen Polo 11Vladislav Seredenko 1 63 Ibraghim Akhmadov 1, 4–7 64Khalid Alviev 1 73Ivan Kostukov 7 Kia Rio X-Line 44Ruslan Nafikov All 95Roman Agoshkov All Andrey Vasilyev Volkswagen Polo 14Andrey Vasilyev AllRoman Shusharin Kia Rio 15Roman Shusharin All Rafael Fattakhov LADA Kalina 16 Rafael Fattakhov 3Aleksandr Salnikov Hyundai Solaris 27Aleksandr Salnikov 1–6 Dmitryi Dudarev LADA Kalina 33 Dmitryi Dudarev 3 Oleg Kulakov LADA Kalina 45 Oleg Kulakov 3 Parus Kia Rio 56Vasiliy Korablev All Sergey Drebenets Lada Kalina 57Sergey Drebenets 2–3, 5 LTA Rally Hyundai Solaris 70Yuriy Gavrilov 1–3UMMC LADA Kalina NFR R1 77Efim Gantmakher 1–3Key Teams claimed for team points.

National Junior All teams and drivers are Russian-registered. All drivers raced under Russian racing license. Team Car Drivers RoundsAR Junior:Rally Academy 1Rally Academy 2Volkswagen Polo5Irina SidorkovaAll7Anastasia GrishinaAll35Pavel KuzminovAll55Petr PlotnikovAllB-Tuning Pro Racing:Anton Zakharov's Racing Academy 1Anton Zakharov's Racing Academy 2Volkswagen Polo9Aleksey SakharovAll11Nikita Dubinin721Pavel ParshutinAll22Ilya DoschechkinAll33Artem LyakinAllZorro GepardVolkswagen Polo10Egor FokinAllSalavat FathutdinovVolkswagen Polo18Rustam FathutdinovAllGoltsova RacingLADA Kalina27Sergey MalovAll77Virsavia Goltsova2, 488Daniil Velmyakin1–2Eduard VelmyakinLADA Kalina4LTA RallyLADA Kalina56Dmitriy Prikhnenko1–2Akhmat RacingVolkswagen Polo63Dzhabrail Akhmadov7Key Driver claimed for team points.

Calendar and results The 2018 schedule was announced on 12 October 2017, with all events scheduled to be held in Russia.

Circuit Date Supporting 1 1 Fort Grozny Autodrom, Grozny 14 AprilKlim GavrilovVladislav NezvankinGrigoriy BurlutskiyEgor SaninIrina Sidorkova 2 15 AprilRoman GolikovVladislav NezvankinIgor SamsonovAndrey PetukhovPavel Kuzminov 2 3 Smolensk Ring, Smolensk 5 MayDmitry BraginMikhail MityaevAndrey MaslennikovGleb KuznetsovIrina Sidorkova SMP F4 Championship 4 6 MayKirill LadyginVladislav NezvankinAndrey RadoshnovAndrey PetukhovIrina Sidorkova 3 5 NRING Circuit, Bogorodsk 2 JuneDmitry BraginMikhail MityaevIgor SamsonovPavel Kalmanovich Not conducted 6 3 JuneIvan LukashevichMikhail MityaevIldar RakhmatullinGleb Kuznetsov 4 7 Kazan Ring, Kazan 21 JulyAleksey DudukaloVladislav NezvankinIgor SamsonovRuslan NafikovPavel Kuzminov 8 22 JulyKirill LadyginVladislav NezvankinAndrey MaslennikovIgor LvovRustam Fathutdinov 5 9 Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk 11 AugustKlim GavrilovMikhail MityaevIgor SamsonovGleb KuznetsovPetr Plotnikov SMP F4 Championship 10 12 AugustAleksey DudukaloMikhail MityaevIldar RakhmatullinPavel KalmanovichSergey Malov 6 11 Sochi Autodrom, Sochi 1 SeptemberKlim GavrilovMikhail MityaevGrigoriy BurlutskiyGleb Kuznetsov Not conducted 12 2 SeptemberDmitry BraginMikhail MityaevTimur BoguslavskiyEgor Sanin 7 13 Fort Grozny Autodrom, Grozny 5 OctoberKirill LadyginVladislav NezvankinAndrey RadoshnovAndrey PetukhovRustam Fathutdinov AKHMAT Race 2018 14 6 OctoberAleksey DudukaloEvgenii MeitesAndrey MaslennikovGleb KuznetsovPetr Plotnikov

Championship standings

Scoring systems Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th Points 25 20 16 13 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 1

Touring / TCR Russian Touring Car Championship In the Russian Championship only pilots with a Russian racing license earn points, foreign pilots take part only in TCR Russia. Driver GRO SMO NRG KAZ MSC SOC GRO 1 Dmitry Bragin 12 5 1 6 1 7 2 2 3 3 7 1 6 22232 Aleksey Dudukalo 5 2 5 3 DNS Ret 1 15 7 1 3 2 7 11903 Kirill Ladygin 6 7 7 1 3 6 5 1 18† 16 6 9 1 41744 Ivan Lukashevich 4 15 2 5 8 1 13 6 6 2 2 7 5 51745 Klim Gavrilov 1 8 4 14 4 3 14 Ret 1 4 1 6 10 81696 Anton Badoev 16† 6 8 2 10 10 6 3 4 Ret 4 4 3 61417 Mikhail Grachev 2 10 12 7 11 5 8 10 11 7 9 8 2 31388 Vladimir Sheshenin 3 4 9 8 2 4 4 8 Ret 12 5 5 4 Ret1389 Roman Golikov 8 1 3 10 6 13 9 5 5 6 Ret 10 8 1412310 Lev Tolkachev 9 3 6 4 9 2 10 16 8 20 17† 15 9 1010111 Andrey Maslennikov 7 4 2 5 8 3 13 98812 Irek Minnakhmetov 14 13 13 9 5 8 3 Ret 9 8 Ret Ret6513 Pavel Yashin 10 11 17† 17 12 15 DSQ 12 17† 13 10 11 12 714 Grigoriy Burlutskiy 11 11 7 9 15 7 Ret 14 11 184415 Mikhail Stepanov 13 DNS 10 12 16 12 11 14 10 11 13 Ret 15 114416Magomed Daghiev 17† 9 Ret 11 15 9 12 12 16 1517Vitaly Dudin 7 DSQ Ret 10 DSQ 17 11 122418 Timur Shigabutdinov Ret 13 14 11 12 9 Ret 172119Oleg Haruk 11 14 16 18 15 16 16 13 16 18 15 14 18 Ret20Marat Sharapov 15 12 14 15 13 Ret1121Efim Gantmakher 12 15 14 131022Andrey Abaluev 14 19 16 16 14 1323Vladimir Gorlach 15 16 Ret 14 13 Ret24 Thomas Johnson 17 160 Driver GRO SMO NRG KAZ MSC SOC GRO Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap † – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Touring / TCR Russian Touring Car Championship Team's Standing Team GRO SMO NRG KAZ SMO MSK KAZ 1 Lukoil Racing Team 4 2 2 3 8 1 1 4 6 1 2 2 5 5349 5 15 5 5 DNS Ret 7 15 7 2 3 7 13 92 LADA Sport Rosneft 2 4 7 1 2 4 5 1 11 18† 6 8 2 3303 3 10 12 7 11 5 8 10 7 16 9 9 4 Ret3 TAIF Motorsport 12 5 1 6 1 7 2 2 3 Ret 7 1 6 2245 15 12 14 15 13 Ret 12 9 3 17 Ret Ret4 RUMOS AMG Motorsport 9 3 6 4 9 2 10 14 8 11 13 15 9 10145 13 DNS 10 12 16 12 11 16 10 20 17† Ret 15 115 Carville Racing 14 7 1 4 1 6 10 8115 15 Ret Ret 14 11 18 14 136 Neva Motorsport 10 11 16 17 12 15 16 12 16 13 13 14 12 765 11 14 17† 18 15 16 DSQ 13 17† 18 15 Ret 18 Ret7 AKHMAT Racing Team 7 9 15 9 12 12 11 1249 17† DSQ Ret 10 DSQ 17 16 15 Team GRO SMO NRG KAZ SMO MSC KAZ

Super Production Driver GRO SMO NRG KAZ MSC SOC GRO 1Mikhail Mityaev 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 Ret 2 310 2Vladislav Nezvankin 1 1 2 1 3 Ret 1 1 6DNS 2 2 1 3 256 3Ilsur Akhmetvaleev DSQ 4 Ret 4 2 2 3 Ret 2 DSQ 3 4 2 6 163 4Nikolay Vikhanskiy 4 5 4 3 Ret 4 4 5 5 Ret 4 7 3 4 152 5Eugeny Meites 3 6 6 5 Ret 6 8 3 5 3 5 1 144 6Aleksandr Garmash 5 6 RetDNS DSQ 3 5 4 7DNS 6 5 6 5 112 7Aleksandr Marushko 3 3 Ret 5 4 7 6 Ret 75 8Philipp Tuponosov DNQ DNQ 5 6 Ret Ret Ret DSQ 7 6 4 Ret 53 9Dmitry Dobrovolskiy 3 2 36 10Vladislav Kubasov 4 4 26 11Mikhail Putyatin 7 3 25 12Andrey Emelin DSQ 7 9 13Vladimir Strelchenko Ret Ret 0 Driver GRO SMO NRG KAZ MSC SOC GRO

Super Production Team's Standing Team GRO SMO NRG KAZ MSC SOC GRO 1 LADA Sport Rosneft 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2566 2 2 2 2 3 Ret 2 2 6DNS 2 2 Ret 32 NEFIS Racing Division 3 3 Ret 4 2 2 3 Ret 2 2 3 4 2 6283 DSQ 4 Ret 5 4 7 6 Ret 3 DSQ DSQ 73 Delphi Technologies RHHCC RT 4 5 4 3 Ret 4 4 4 5 Ret 4 5 3 4243 5 6 RetDNS DSQ 3 5 5 7DNS 6 74 Autoproduct Match TV GTE RT 5 5 Ret 6 8 3 5 3 4 1171 6 6 Ret Ret Ret DSQ 7 6 5 Ret Team GRO SMO NRG KAZ MSC SOC GRO

Touring-Light Driver GRO SMO NRG KAZ MSC SOC GRO 1Grigory Burlutskiy 1 3 6 5 3 2 Ret 2 7 5 1 3 2 3 218 2Andrey Maslennikov DSQ 4 1 3 2 4 Ret 1 3 2 4 4 3 1 217 3Igor Samsonov 6 1 4 7† 1 7 1 5 1 7 3 6 5 4 214 4Andrey Radoshnov 3 2 3 1 Ret 3 Ret DNS 2 8 2 5 1 5 191 5Vladimir Cherevan 4 DNS 2 4 4 6 4 7 5 3 5 2 4 2 184 6Ildar Rakhmatullin 2 6 Ret Ret Ret 1 2 4 6 1 Ret DNS 128 7Aleksandr Malinin 5 5 5 2 5 5 Ret 3 8 6 109 8Rodion Shushakov Ret DNS Ret DNS 3 6 Ret 9 6 6 54 9Timur Boguslavskiy Ret 1 27 10Anton Zakharov 4 4 26 11Nikita Volegov 7 6 19 Driver GRO SMO NRG KAZ MSC SOC GRO

Touring Light Team's Standing Team GRO SMO NRG KAZ SMO MSK KAZ 1 Carville Racing 1 2 3 1 3 2 Ret 2 2 5 1 3 1 3409 3 3 6 5 Ret 3 Ret DNS 7 8 2 5 2 52 Podmoskovie Motorsport 4 4 1 3 2 4 4 1 3 2 4 2 3 1401 DSQ DNS 2 4 4 6 Ret 7 5 3 5 4 4 23 Suvar Motorsport 2 6 5 2 5 1 2 3 6 1 Ret 1243 Ret Ret Ret 5 Ret 4 8 6 Ret DNS Team GRO SMO NRG KAZ SMO MSC KAZ

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