Lada Sport is the Tolyatti-based performance and motorsport company for Lada-branded cars and a wholly owned subsidiary of AvtoVAZ.

History

AvtoVAZ had a minor involvement in motorsport from the 1970s, producing racing cars for various series. In the 1990s, a small company called TMS produced sportier versions of street-legal Lada cars. The Lada Sport company was established in 2011, and the first performance-focused, street-legal Lada car it produced was 2011/2013 Granta Sport.

AvtoVAZ entered the World Touring Car Championship in the 2009 season by giving official support to the Russian Bears Motorsport team, branded as Lada Sport, and left at the end of the season. The team had already entered the previous season running a non-factory Lada 110. The Lada Sport company competed from 2013 to 2016 with WTCC-spec Grantas and later Vestas.

Models produced Since its establishment, Lada Sport produced, among others, the following models:

Car Market introduction year Type Lada Granta Sport/Cup 2011/2013 Racing/street car Lada Granta 1600T (WTCC) 2013 Racing car Lada Granta TC1 (WTCC) 2014 Racing car Lada Kalina Sport 2014 Street car Lada Kalina NFR 2015 Street car Lada Vesta TC1 (WTCC) 2015 Racing car Lada Kalina NFR R1 (rally) 2016 Racing car Lada Granta Drive Active 2016 Street car Lada Kalina Drive Active 2016 Street car Lada Vesta TCR (touring car racing) 2017 Racing car Lada Granta R1 (rally) 2019 Racing car Lada Vesta Sport 2019 Street car Lada Niva Sport T2 I (rally raid) 2022 Racing car Lada Vesta NG TCR (touring car racing) 2023 Racing car Lada Vesta NG 1.6T (touring car racing) 2023 Racing car Lada Niva Sport T2 II (rally raid) 2023 Racing carSources:

Complete World Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Car No Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points TC Points 2008 Russian Bears Motorsport Lada 110 2.0 27 Kirill Ladygin BRA1 BRA2 MEX1 MEX2 ESP1 ESP2 FRA1 FRA2 CZE1 CZE2 POR1 POR2 GBR1 GBR2 GER1 GER2 EUR1 EUR2 ITA1 ITA2 JPN1 JPN2 MAC1 MAC2 – 0 6th* 46* 28 Viktor Shapovalov BRA1 BRA2 MEX1 MEX2 ESP1 ESP2 FRA1 FRA2 CZE1 CZE2 POR1 POR2 GBR1 GBR2 GER1 GER2 EUR1 EUR2 ITA1 ITA2 JPN1 JPN2 MAC1 MAC2 – 0 29 Jaap Van Lagen BRA1 BRA2 MEX1 MEX2 ESP1 ESP2 FRA1 FRA2 CZE1 CZE2 POR1 POR2 GBR1 GBR2 GER1 GER2 EUR1 EUR2 ITA1 ITA2 JPN1 JPN2 MAC1 MAC2 – 0 2009 LADA Sport LADA 110 2.0 18 Jaap Van Lagen BRA1 BRA2 MEX1 MEX2 MAR1 MAR2 FRA1 FRA2 ESP1 ESP2 CZE1 CZE2 POR1 POR2 GBR1 GBR2 – 0 4th 83 LADA Priora GER1 GER2 ITA1 ITA2 JPN1 JPN2 MAC1 MAC2 LADA 110 2.0 19 Kirill Ladygin BRA1 BRA2 MEX1 MEX2 MAR1 MAR2 FRA1 FRA2 ESP1 ESP2 CZE1 CZE2 POR1 POR2 GBR1 GBR2 – 0 LADA Priora GER1 GER2 ITA1 ITA2 JPN1 JPN2 MAC1 MAC2 LADA 110 2.0 20 Viktor Shapovalov BRA1 BRA2 MEX1 MEX2 MAR1 MAR2 FRA1 FRA2 ESP1 ESP2 CZE1 CZE2 POR1 POR2 GBR1 GBR2 – 0 LADA Priora GER1 GER2 ITA1 ITA2 JPN1 JPN2 MAC1 MAC2 36 James Thompson BRA1 BRA2 MEX1 MEX2 MAR1 MAR2 FRA1 FRA2 ESP1 ESP2 CZE1 CZE2 POR1 POR2 GBR1 GBR2 GER1 GER2 ITA1 ITA2 JPN1 JPN2 MAC1 MAC2 17th 6 2012 TMS Sport Lada Granta WTCC 69 James Thompson ITA1 ITA2 ESP1 ESP2 MAR1 MAR2 SVK1 SVK2 HUN1 HUN2 AUT1 AUT2 POR1 POR2 BRA1 BRA2 USA1 USA2 JPN1 JPN2 CHN1 CHN2 MAC1 MAC2 – 0 – 0 2013 Lada Sport Lukoil Lada Granta WTCC 8 Mikhail Kozlovskiy ITA1 ITA2 MAR1 MAR2 SVK1 SVK2 HUN1 HUN2 AUT1 AUT2 RUS1 RUS2 POR1 POR2 ARG1 ARG2 USA1 USA2 JPN1 JPN2 CHN1 CHN2 MAC1 MAC2 – 0 2nd 601 10 James Thompson ITA1 ITA2 MAR1 MAR2 SVK1 SVK2 HUN1 HUN2 AUT1 AUT2 RUS1 RUS2 POR1 POR2 ARG1 ARG2 USA1 USA2 JPN1 JPN2 CHN1 CHN2 MAC1 MAC2 14th 41 11 Aleksey Dudukalo ITA1 ITA2 MAR1 MAR2 SVK1 SVK2 HUN1 HUN2 AUT1 AUT2 RUS1 RUS2 POR1 POR2 ARG1 ARG2 USA1 USA2 JPN1 JPN2 CHN1 CHN2 MAC1 MAC2 – 0 2014 Lada Sport Lukoil Lada Granta 1.6T 11 James Thompson MAR1 MAR2 FRA1 FRA2 HUN1 HUN2 SVK1 SVK2 AUT1 AUT2 RUS1 RUS2 BEL1 BEL2 ARG1 ARG2 BEI1 BEI2 CHN1 CHN2 JPN1 JPN2 MAC1 MAC2 15th 22 3rd 425 12 Robert Huff MAR1 MAR2 FRA1 FRA2 HUN1 HUN2 SVK1 SVK2 AUT1 AUT2 RUS1 RUS2 BEL1 BEL2 ARG1 ARG2 BEI1 BEI2 CHN1 CHN2 JPN1 JPN2 MAC1 MAC2 10th 93 14 Mikhail Kozlovskiy MAR1 MAR2 FRA1 FRA2 HUN1 HUN2 SVK1 SVK2 AUT1 AUT2 RUS1 RUS2 BEL1 BEL2 ARG1 ARG2 BEI1 BEI2 CHN1 CHN2 JPN1 JPN2 MAC1 MAC2 16th 11 2015 Lada Sport Rosneft Lada Vesta WTCC 10 Nick Catsburg ARG1 ARG2 MAR1 MAR2 HUN1 HUN2 GER1 GER2 RUS1 RUS2 SVK1 SVK2 FRA1 FRA2 POR1 POR2 JPN1 JPN2 CHN1 CHN2 THA1 THA2 QAT1 QAT2 12th 41 3rd 360 12 Robert Huff ARG1 ARG2 MAR1 MAR2 HUN1 HUN2 GER1 GER2 RUS1 RUS2 SVK1 SVK2 FRA1 FRA2 POR1 POR2 JPN1 JPN2 CHN1 CHN2 THA1 THA2 QAT1 QAT2 10th 103 14 Mikhail Kozlovskiy ARG1 ARG2 MAR1 MAR2 HUN1 HUN2 GER1 GER2 RUS1 RUS2 SVK1 SVK2 FRA1 FRA2 POR1 POR2 JPN1 JPN2 CHN1 CHN2 THA1 THA2 QAT1 QAT2 NC 0 15 James Thompson ARG1 ARG2 MAR1 MAR2 HUN1 HUN2 GER1 GER2 RUS1 RUS2 SVK1 SVK2 FRA1 FRA2 POR1 POR2 JPN1 JPN2 CHN1 CHN2 THA1 THA2 QAT1 QAT2 17th 6 46 Jaap van Lagen ARG1 ARG2 MAR1 MAR2 HUN1 HUN2 GER1 GER2 RUS1 RUS2 SVK1 SVK2 FRA1 FRA2 POR1 POR2 JPN1 JPN2 CHN1 CHN2 THA1 THA2 QAT1 QAT2 15th 16 47 Nicolas Lapierre ARG1 ARG2 MAR1 MAR2 HUN1 HUN2 GER1GER2 RUS1 RUS2 SVK1 SVK2 FRA1 FRA2 POR1 POR2 JPN1 JPN2 CHN1 CHN2 THA1 THA2 QAT1 QAT2 16th 8 2016 Lada Sport Rosneft Lada Vesta WTCC 2 Gabriele Tarquini FRA1 FRA2 SVK1 SVK2 HUN1 HUN2 MAR1 MAR2 GER1 GER2 RUS1 RUS2 POR1 POR2 ARG1 ARG2 JPN1 JPN2 CHN1 CHN2 QAT1 QAT2 9th 147 3rd 536 7 Hugo Valente FRA15 FRA27 SVK112 SVK2Ret HUN16 HUN29 MAR1Ret MAR24 GER16 GER210 RUS14 RUS27 POR1Ret POR29 ARG1Ret ARG2Ret JPN1Ret JPN213 CHN16 CHN212 QAT1Ret QAT2Ret 12th 78 10 Nick Catsburg FRA1 FRA2 SVK1 SVK2 HUN1 HUN2 MAR1 MAR2 GER1 GER2 RUS1 RUS2 POR1 POR2 ARG1 ARG2 JPN1 JPN2 CHN1 CHN2 QAT1 QAT2 7th 175

* 2008 in Yokohama Teams' Trophy

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

References

External links Official Lada Sport Page