The 2017 SMP Russian Circuit Racing Series was the fourth season of the Russian Circuit Racing Series, organized by SMP Racing. It was the third season with TCR class cars, competing alongside the Super 2000 TC2 cars.

Dmitry Bragin became TCR Russia champion for a second year in a row, Mikhail Mityaev won Russian Cup in Super-Production category. Denis Bulatov became Champion of Russia in Touring-Light, and Aidar Nuriev won Russian Cup in National category. Maxim Kornilkov become the winner of National-Junior category. Irek Minnakhmetov became first ever SMP RCRS Trophy winner.

Teams and drivers All teams and drivers were Russian-registered except Vladislav Seredenko from Ukraine who performs in the National Junior class. Yokohama was the official tyre supplier.

Touring / TCR Russian Touring Car Championship

Team Car Drivers Class Rounds STK TAIF Motorsport SEAT León TCR 1 Dmitry Bragin TCR 3–5 Audi RS3 LMS TCR 1–2, 6–7 87 Marat Sharapov TCR TAll 89 Timur Shigabutdinov TCR T 2–3, 5–7 STK Chingiskhan 76 Irek Minnakhmetov TCR T All Lukoil Racing Team SEAT León TCR 2 Aleksey Dudukalo TCRAll 12 Nikolay Karamyshev TCR All Lukoil Racing + 4 Roman Golikov TCR All 14 Klim Gavrilov TCR T All NEVA Motorsport SEAT León TCR 5 Pavel Yashin TCR T All 10 Oleg Haruk TCR T 5–7 B-Tuning PRO Racing Team SEAT León Supercopa Mk2 T 2 Innocenti-AMG Motorsport SEAT León TCR 7 Denis Grigoriev TCR T All 15 Lev Tolkachev TCR T 1–4, 6–7 Maxim Andrakhanov SEAT León TCR9 Maxim Andrakhanov TCR T 5–7 LADA Sport Rosneft LADA Vesta TCR 11 Kirill Ladygin TCR All 19 Vladimir Sheshenin TCR All Anton Badoev SEAT León TCR 51 Anton Badoev TCR T 1–2, 4–5TimerkhanSEAT León Supercopa Mk2 61 Rais Minnikhanov T 4 AKHMAT Racing Team SEAT León TCR 95 Vitaliy Dudin TCR AllKey Teams claimed for team points.TCRTCR RussiaTSMP RCRS Trophy

In the Trophy class, pilots who are not prize-winners of foreign racing series and who are not prize-winners of the Russian Championship participate.

Super Production Team Car Drivers Rounds Demfi LADA SPORT LADA Granta Cup 17 Vitaly Primak 1–5 27 Mikhail Grachev 6–7 ALAS DELPHI RHHCC Racing Team Honda Civic Type R Mk7 21 Artem Kabakov All 54 Aleksandr Garmash All 55 Vladimir Strelchenko 1–2 Honda Civic Type R Mk8 88 Nikolay Vikhansky 1–5, 7 89 Maxim Belotsky 6 LADA Sport Rosneft LADA Vesta 1.6T 30 Mikhail Mityaev All 50 Vladislav Nezvankin All Arloid-TPV RUS LADA Granta Cup 33 Sergei Shalunov 1–4 63 Maksim Simonov 1–4 Uspenskiy Rally TecnicaOtkritie Subaru BRZ 46 Efim Gantmakher All 52 Maxim Chernev All Aimol NEVA Motorsport Honda Civic Type R Mk7 51 Sergei Golubev 1–6 Honda Civic Type R Mk8 77 Dmitry Dobrovolsky All Aleksandr Marushko LADA Granta Cup 58 Aleksandr Marushko AllKey Teams claimed for team points.

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Team Car Drivers Rounds Suvar Motorsport Renault Twingo Sport 4 Ildar Rakhmatullin All 44 Ilsur Akhmetvaleev All SMP Racing RussiaSMP Power Volkswagen Polo R2 Mk5 7 Aleksey Basov All 10 Vladimir Atoev All 11 Anton Ladygin 7 22 Denis Bulatov All 37 Nerses Isaakyan 5–6 47 Matevos Isaakyan 4 72 Nikita Zlobin 1–2 Rally Academy Volkswagen Polo R2 Mk5 13 Igor Samsonov All Podmoskovie Motorsport Volkswagen Polo R2 Mk5 17 Vladimir Cherevan All Ford Fiesta Mk5 43 Andrey Maslennikov All TEAM 80 Hyundai Solaris RB 19 Rodion Shushakov 15 Carville Racing Peugeot 208 GTI 27 Andrey Radoshnov All 91 Grigory Burlutskiy All LTA Rally Peugeot 208 GTI 33 Artur Muradyan 7 Kia Rio R2B 97 Aleksandr Malinin 1–2 Opel Adam 3, 5–7 NEFIS Racing Division Peugeot 208 GTI 77 Timur Boguslavskiy AllKey Teams claimed for team points.

National Team Car Drivers Rounds Redmond Drive Kia Rio 3 Igor Lvov All Sergey Schegolev Lada Kalina NFR R1 4 Sergey Schegolev 2–5 Aleksandr Dudarev Kia Rio 55 Aleksandr Dudarev 4 Rally Academy Volkswagen Polo Aleksandr Dudarev 1–3, 5–6 5 Gleb Kuznetsov All 7 Tatiana Dobrynina 1–5 71 Ivan Kostukov 1–4, 6–7 B-Tuning Pro Racing Team 33 Artur Muradyan 1–2, 6 ALASDELPHI RHHCC Racing Team Volkswagen Polo 7 Tatiana Dobrynina 6–7 99 Ivan Demuh 1–3, 5 88 Maxim Gordushkin 7 Lada Kalina NFR 21 Egor Kiryakov All Grigory Zavyalov Kia Rio 8 Grigory Zavyalov 4 LADA Sport Lada Kalina NFR R1 10 Andrey Petukhov All LADA Sport Rosneft 19 Vladislav Ustiugov 1–4 20 Egor Sanin All 51 Vsevolod Gagen 5–7 SK V-Power Lada Kalina NFR 11 Rafael Fattakhov All 34 Andrey Maslennikov 5–7 73 Anton Ladygin 1–4 AKHMAT Racing Team Volkswagen Polo 12 Magomed Daghiev 3–6 64 Halid Alviev 1 95 Islam Barzankaev 1–2 32 Vitaly Dudin 1–2 Kia Rio 6 85 Roman Agoshkov 1–5, 7 Roman Shusharin Kia Rio 15 Roman Shusharin All Yury Zhironkin Lada Kalina 16 Yury Zhironkin 3, 5–6 Goltsova Racing Lada Kalina 17 Kirill Plekhov 1–5, 7 Zenit Motorsport Ford Fiesta 22 Sergey Koronatov 5, 7 Zorro Racing Team Kia Rio 24 Vasily Krichevsky 1–3 Dmitry Zabolonsky Lada Kalina 26 Dmitry Zabolonsky 3 AG Team Kia Rio 28 Anvar Tutaev 4, 6–7 Andrey Emelin Kia Rio 35 Andrey Emelin 6 Aliance VIP-Auto Kia Rio 36 Eugeny Ushmaev 4 UMMC Motorsport Lada Kalina 37 Natalia Goltsova All 72 Vitaly Larionov All IzhAutoSport Lada Kalina 43 Roman Kozyavin 1–4, 6–7 49 Ildar Fattakhov 3–4 Ruslan Nafikov Kia Rio 44 Ruslan Nafikov All Radik Garifianov Lada Kalina 45 Radik Garifianov 2 Yulia Strukova Kia Rio 46 Yulia Strukova 1–6 FEREKS Racing Team Kia Rio 48 Aydar Nuriev All Parus Lada Kalina 56 Vasily Korablev 1–5, 7 59 Anatoly Korablev 4, 7 Sergey Drebenets Lada Kalina 57 Sergey Drebenets 3–7 Timerkhan Kia Rio 61 Rais Minnikhanov 4 Arloid-TPV RUS Lada Kalina 63 Maxim Simonov 3–4 TEAM80 Hyundai Solaris 74 Rodion Shushakov 6–7 Aleksandr Maslennikov Ford Fiesta 77 Aleksandr Maslennikov 1 Kia Rio 3–4 Aleksandr Shuvalov Lada Kalina 80 Aleksandr Shuvalov 3–4, 7Key Teams claimed for team points.

National Junior

Team Car Drivers Rounds Rally Academy:AR Junior Volkswagen Polo Mk5 5 Irina Sidorkova 1, 3–5, 7 7 Anastasia Grishina 3–5, 7 35 Pavel Kuzminov 1, 3–5, 7 B-Tuning Pro Racing Team:Anton Zakharov's Racing Academy 9 Aleksey Sakharov 1, 3–5, 7 33 Artem Lyakin 1, 3–5, 7 B-Tuning Pro Racing Team 22 Ilya Doschechkin 1, 3–5, 7 16 Nikita Aleksandrov 3 Zenit Motorsport 4 Goltsova Racing Lada Kalina 8 Efim Bulatov 1, 3–5, 7 25 Maxim Kornilkov 1, 3–5, 7 77 Virsavia Goltsova 4–5, 7 D. Gavrichenkov Lada Kalina II 17 Anton Gavrichenkov 1, 3–5 S. Fatkhutdinov Lada Kalina 18 Rustam Fatkhutdinov 1, 3 Volkswagen Polo Mk5 4–5, 7 V. Belotsvetova Lada Kalina 36 Kirill Havronin4 Arloid-TVP RUS 3 Lada Kalina 63 Mikhail Simonov 3 M. Simonov 4 A. Gusev Lada Kalina 90 Vladislav Gusev 3-4 AKHMAT Racing Team Volkswagen Polo Mk5 95 Khasbulat Ansarov 1 96 Vladislav Seredenko 1, 3–5, 7 A. Zimin Lada Kalina 99 Daniil Zimin 3–5, 7

Calendar and results The 2017 schedule was announced on 12 December 2016, with all events scheduled to be held in Russia.

Circuit Date Supporting 1 1 Fort Grozny, Grozny 13 May Kirill Ladygin Maxim Chernev Grigory Burlutskiy Aydar Nuriev Irina Sidorkova 2 14 MayDmitry BraginMikhail MityaevAndrey MaslennikovGleb KuznetsovMaxim Kornilkov 2 3 Smolensk Ring, Smolensk 27 MayDenis GrigorievMikhail MityaevTimur BoguslavskiyAndrey Petukhov Not conducted SMP F4 Championship 4 28 MayDmitry BraginMaxim ChernevIldar RakhmatullinAydar Nuriev 3 5 NRING Circuit, Bogorodsk 17 June Nikolay Karamyshev Maxim Chernev Grigory Burlutskiy Ivan Kostukov Irina Sidorkova Legends Russian Series 6 18 June Dmitry Bragin Maxim Chernev Ilsur Akhmetvaleev Igor Lvov Vladislav Seredenko 4 7 Kazan Ring, Kazan 1 July Kirill Ladygin Artem Kabakov Vladimir Atoev Roman Agoshkov Maxim Kornilkov 8 2 July Vladimir Sheshenin Mikhail Mityaev Denis Bulatov Andrey Petukhov Maxim Kornilkov 5 9 Smolensk Ring, Smolensk 5 August Vladimir Sheshenin Mikhail Mityaev Andrey Maslennikov Roman Agoshkov Maxim Kornilkov Legends Russian Series 10 6 August Klim Gavrilov Vitaly Primak Vladimir Atoev Egor Sanin Maxim Kornilkov 6 11 Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk 19 August Vitaly Dudin Maxim Chernev Ildar Rakhmatullin Gleb Kuznetsov Not conducted SMP F4 Championship 12 20 AugustDmitry BraginVladislav NezvankinGrigory BurlutskiyGleb Kuznetsov 7 13 Kazan Ring, Kazan 23 SeptemberKirill LadyginDmitry DobrovolskiyDenis BulatovRoman AgoshkovIrina Sidorkova 14 24 SeptemberDmitry BraginArtem KabakovVladimir AtoevEgor SaninMaxim Kornilkov

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 Driver GRO SMO NRG KAZ SMO MSC KAZ 1 Dmitry Bragin 4 1 6 1 7 1 3 6 3 2 5 1 8 1 241 2 Vladimir Sheshenin 2 7 Ret 13 2 6 2 1 1 11 2 3 3 7 202 3 Aleksey Dudukalo 3 3 4 2 3 8 12 2 4 13† 4 2 15 5 187 4 Nikolay Karamyshev DSQ 4 3 6 1 7 4 8 5 4 3 6 5 3 172 5 Kirill Ladygin 1 6 15 Ret 4 4 1 DSQ 2 5 15 Ret 1 2 171 6 Irek Minnakhmetov 9 10 2 12 9 Ret 5 11 7 3 6 5 2 4 140 7 Klim Gavrilov 6 Ret 11 5 6 3 6 3 8 1 8 Ret 4 DSQ 133 8 Vitaly Dudin 5 2 9 14 8 2DNSDNS 6 Ret 1 4 6 11† 131 9 Roman Golikov 7 Ret 5 3 5 5 13 4 Ret 6 7 8 11 Ret 106 10 Denis Grigoriev 10 5 1 15 14 12 7 10 Ret 9 9 12 16† 9 90 11 Pavel Yashin 12 11 7 4 11 9 11 5 12 Ret 13 7 13 8 86 12 Marat Sharapov 13 9 14 7 12 11 9 12 9 8 12 9 9 Ret 47 13 Lev Tolkachev 8 12 12 10 10 13 10 9 10 14 7 12† 65 14 Timur Shigabutdinov 10 9 13 10 Ret 7 11 10 10 6 58 15 Anton Badoev 11 8 8 8 8 7 10 Ret 52 16 Maxim Andrakhanov 13 12 14 11 12 10 24 17 Oleg Haruk 13 11 11 10 16 13 14 13 24 18 Rais MinnikhanovDNS 13† 3 Driver GRO SMO NRG KAZ SMO MSC KAZ 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 LADA Sport Rosneft 1 6 15 13 2 4 1 1 1 5 2 3 1 2372 2 7 Ret Ret 4 6 2 DSQ 2 11 15 Ret 3 72 Lukoil Racing Team 3 3 3 2 1 7 4 2 4 4 3 2 5 3350 DSQ 4 4 6 3 8 12 8 5 13† 4 6 15 53 STK TAIF Motorsport 4 1 6 1 7 1 3 6 3 2 5 1 8 1315 13 9 14 7 12 11 9 12 9 8 12 9 9 Ret4 Lukoil Racing + 6 Ret 5 3 5 3 6 3 8 1 7 8 4 Ret239 7 Ret 11 5 6 5 13 4 Ret 6 8 Ret 11 DSQ5 Innocenti-AMG Motorsport 8 5 1 10 10 12 7 9 Ret 9 9 12 7 9155 10 12 12 15 14 13 10 10 10 14 16† 12† Team GRO SMO NRG KAZ SMO MSC KAZ

Super Production Driver GRO SMO NRG KAZ SMO MSC KAZ 1 Mikhail Mityaev 13 1 1 2 3 2 3 1 1 4 DSQ 3 Ret 4 221 2 Maxim Chernev 1 12† 2 1 1 1 11† Ret 7 DSQ 1 4 3 Ret 207 3 Efim Gantmakher 2 6 3 5 4 6 4 4 4 3 3 2 5 6 194 4 Vladislav Nezvankin 3 2 8 3 7 3 8† Ret 5 6 7 1 4 5 172 5 Artem Kabakov 12 9 5 7 10 8 1 2 8 Ret 2 5 Ret 1 157 6 Dmitry Dobrovolsky 4 3DNS 8 2 4 2 Ret 2 2 DNS Ret 1 2 157 7 Aleksandr Marushko 5 4 11 Ret 8 Ret 5 9 3 8† 4 6 6 3 129 8 Vitaly Primak 8 10 4 10 6 12† 9† 7 6 1 97 9 Nikolay Vikhansky 6 11 6 11 9 9 7† 3 9 6 7 Ret 94 10 Sergei Golubev 10 8 7 9 5 5 6 8 11† 5 DNS DNS 86 11 Aleksandr Garmash 9 5 9 Ret Ret 7 Ret 6 10 Ret 6 Ret DNS Ret 60 12 Mikhail Grachev 8† 7† 2 Ret 38 13 Maksim Simonov 11 7 10 6 Ret 10 DSQ Ret 36 14 Sergei Shalunov 7 Ret Ret 12 DSQ 11† 10† 5 35 15 Vladimir Strelchenko RetDNS 12 4 17 16 Maxim Belotsky 5 Ret 11 Driver GRO SMO NRG KAZ SMO MSC KAZ

Super Production Team's Standing Team GRO SMO NRG KAZ SMO MSC KAZ 1 Uspenskiy Rally TecnicaOtkritie 1 6 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 1 2 3 6401 2 12† 3 5 4 6 11† Ret 7 DSQ 3 4 5 Ret2 LADA Sport Rosneft 3 1 1 2 3 2 3 1 1 4 7 1 4 4393 13 2 8 3 7 3 8† Ret 5 6 DSQ 3 Ret 53 Aimol NEVA Motorsport 4 3 7 8 2 4 2 8 2 2 6 Ret 1 2273 10 8DNS 9 5 5 6 Ret 11† 5DNS Ret4 Demfi LADA SPORT 5 4 4 10 6 12† 5 7 3 1 4 6 2 3264 8 10 11 Ret 8 Ret 9† 9 6 8† 8† 7† 6 Ret5 ALAS DELPHI RHHCC Racing Team 12 9 5 4 10 7 1 2 8 6 2 5 Ret 1235 RetDNS 12 7 Ret 8 7† 3 9 Ret 5 RetDNS Ret6 Arloid-TPV RUS 7 7 10 6 Ret 10 10† 571 11 Ret Ret 12 DSQ 11† DSQ Ret Team GRO SMO NRG KAZ SMO MSC KAZ

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