The 2021 SMP Russian Circuit Racing Series was the eighth season of the Russian Circuit Racing Series, organized by SMP Racing. It was the seventh season with TCR class cars. In 2021, the competition was held in seven classes: Touring, Touring Light, Super Production, S1600, S1600 Junior, GT4 and CN.

Teams and drivers Yokohama was the official tyre supplier.

Touring / TCR Russian Touring Car Championship

Team Car Drivers Rounds TAIF Motorsport Audi RS3 LMS TCR4 Dmitry BraginAll89 Timur Shigabutdinov2, 5 RUMOS Racing Audi RS3 LMS TCR 5 Eugeny Metsker1—5, 6 Hyundai i30 N TCR 47 Lev TolkachevAll LADA Sport Rosneft LADA Vesta Sport TCR 11 Kirill LadyginAll 30 Mikhail MityaevAll Carville Racing Audi RS3 LMS TCR 12 Matvey Furazhkin 1—2 73 Aleksandr Artemyev 3 Hyundai i30 N TCR 16 Artem Slutskiy 6—7 19 Zakhar SlutskiyAll 91 Grigoriy BurlutskiyAll Innostage AG Team CUPRA León TCR 17 Pavel KalmanovichAll Audi RS3 LMS TCR 48 Aidar Nuriev1—5 LV Racing Audi RS3 LMS TCR 21 Valter Zviedris7 Lukoil Racing Team Audi RS3 LMS TCR 50 Egor OrudzhevAll Hyundai i30 N TCR 62 Ivan LukashevichAll 71 Andrey MaslennikovAll A.M.G. Motorsport LADA Vesta Sport TCR 78 Egor FokinAllKey Teams claimed for team points.

Super Production All teams and drivers are Russian-registered.

Team Car Drivers RoundsDOSAAF BalashikhaHonda Civic7Vladimir Strelchenko3, 7LADA Sport RosneftLADA Vesta10Andrey PetukhovAll37Vladimir ShesheninAllLECAR Racing Team52Maksim ChernevAll RHHCC Racing TeamALASHonda Civic Type R13Igor Samsonov1—488Nikolay VikhanskiyAllVolkswagen Scirocco54Aleksandr GarmashAllBoyarinova Racing TeamMazda 318Ekaterina Boyarinova4—7Sofit Racing TeamSubaru BRZ22Dmitry LebedevAll44Samvel Iskoyants2—777Vadim AntipovAll78Pavel Pastushkov3—4NEVA MotorsportHonda Civic Type R39Yuri Arshanskiy1—5, 7Sergei SchegolevLADA Granta Cup41Sergei SchegolevAllGTE Racing TeamMazda 396Vasiliy Vladykin1Key Teams claimed for team points.

Touring Light All teams and drivers are Russian-registered.

Team Car Drivers RoundsIlsur AkhmetvaleevRenault Twingo4Ilsur Akhmetvaleev4—7Aleksandr SalnikovHyundai Solaris7Aleksandr Salnikov1—5, 7LADA Sport RosneftLADA Granta8Ivan ChubarovAll11Leonid PanfilovAllRally AcademyVolkswagen Polo17Vladimir CherevanAll55Petr PlotnikovAllSpeedway RanchPeugeot 20827Andrey RadoshnovAll73Roman GolikovAllRavon Racing Team Ravon Nexia R3 44Ruslan Nafikov1—366Aleksey Savin1—3Aleksey SavinHyundai Solaris4B-Tuning Pro Racing5—7Volkswagen Polo38Kirill Zakharov3—583Andrey SevastianovAllFAS-MotorsportVolkswagen Polo89Artem FridmanAllKey Teams claimed for team points.

S1600 All teams and drivers are Russian-registered except Thomas Jonsson.

Team Car Drivers RoundsLADA Sport RosneftLADA Granta FL5Maksim Kadakov142Manuchar Chapodze471Dmitry Semenov399Vadim Gagarin2Rally AcademyVolkswagen Polo Se9Ilya Gorbatsky1, 3–5, 772Vitaly LarionovAllInnostage AG TeamHyundai Solaris90Artem Antonov7Kia Rio X-Line10Stanislav NovikovAll20Egor Sanin2—7Kia Rio122Thomas Jonsson3, 5, 7AG Team70Ilya RodkinAllHyundai Solaris30Nikita DubininAllSHONX MotorsportLADA Granta FL13Ilya Sidorov369Ivan Kazarin378Dmitry Kazarin3Lev YuditskyLADA Kalina14Lev Yuditsky2Roman ShusharinKia Rio15Roman Shusharin1—3Tatiana EliseevaKia Rio16Tatiana Eliseeva2—5Akhmat Racing Team 1Akhmat Racing Team 2Hyundai Solaris18Rustam FatkhutdinovAllKia Rio44Ruslan Nafikov654Marat Knyazev256Vasily Korablev1Kia Rio X-Line2—7Volkswagen Polo Se63Jabrail Akhmadov1—5LADA Granta FL95Mikhail GrachevAllDM RacingLADA Kalina NFR R121Artem Volkov2—4RUMOS RacingKia Rio X-Line32Aleksandr ChachavaAll50Boris ShulmeisterAllKia Rio2Efim Gantmakher7Bragin Racing Team641Ilya Yekushevsky1—5Kia Rio X-Line12Mikhail Simonov1—6Aleksandr VinopalKia Rio25Aleksandr Vinopal5Samvel IskoyantsKia Rio28Samvel Iskoyants5Dmitry DudarevKia Rio X-Line33Dmitry DudarevAllViktor KotovLADA Kalina46Viktor Kotov2Yaroslava KopytinaKIA Rio46Yaroslava Kopytina5Tutaev TeamHyundai Solaris49Ivan TverdokhlebovAllKia Rio80Oleg KravtsovAllMikhail DralinLADA Granta FL58Mikhail DralinAllGTE Racing TeamLADA Granta FL74David PogosyanAll84Philipp TuponosovAll96Vasily VladykinAllAnatoly ErshikovLADA Kalina77Anatoly Ershikov1, 3—4Mikhail DyachenkoLADA Kalina88Mikhail Dyachenko1—4Key Teams claimed for team points.

S1600 Junior All teams and drivers are Russian-registered.

Team Car Drivers RoundsRUMOS RacingVolkswagen Polo Sedan12Nikolay KalininAll (5)82Mark MetskerAllUMMC MotorsportVolkswagen Polo Sedan13Stepan Anufriev1—4Aleksey BuyanovVolkswagen Polo Sedan18Timofey BuyanovAllB-Tuning Pro RacingVolkswagen Polo Sedan19Konstantin Dubensky4—5Carville RacingVolkswagen Polo Sedan53Mark Novikov3Rally AcademyVolkswagen Polo Sedan51Artemy Pershin1, 3—4Innostage AG TeamVolkswagen Polo Sedan78Artem AntonovAllKey Teams claimed for team points.

GT4 All teams and drivers are Russian-registered.

Team Car Drivers RoundsAleksandr MaslennikovKTM X-Bow GT4 Evo11Aleksandr Maslennikov1, 3, 7Capital Racing Team Motor SharksMercedes-AMG GT413Denis RemenyakoAll83Anton NemkinAllA.M.G. MotorsportBMW M4 GT426Marat KhairovAllRSCar MotorsportPorsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport28Artem Soloviev246Svetlana Gorbunova4—561Andrei Kremlev1, 3—4Mercedes-AMG GT463Vadim MescheryakovAllIskra MotorsportPorsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport37Andrey SolukovtsevAllWicked Speed RacingMercedes-AMG GT488Aleksandr Vaintrub1Yadro Motorsport2—744Sergei StolyarovAllKTM X-Bow GT4 Evo77Andrey Goncharov1Andrey Goncharov2—7Danila IvanovMercedes-AMG GT487Danila Ivanov7Key Teams claimed for team points.

Sports prototype CN All teams and drivers are Russian-registered.

Team Car Drivers RoundsAleksandr NazarovLegends CAR5Aleksandr Nazarov3NRG MotorsportShortcut6Mikhail Mikhin340Sergei Aglish1, 3Tatiana DobryninaShortcut7Tatiana DobryninaAll (4)Artem ViktorovShortcut8Artem Viktorov1—3Ivan PugachevShortcut9Ivan PugachevAllCSKAShortcut10Sergey IevlevAllAleksandr ChernyakShortcut11Aleksandr Chernyak1—3ArtLine TechnologyLegends EVO12Shota Abkhazava3—431Aleksey KhairovAll73Daniil Shapka3—4Legends 600258Efim Lev2—472Vladimir Strelchenko377Pavel Gribov3Kirill KirakozovShortcut13Kirill KirakozovAllSvyatoslav ArsenovMitjet 2L17Svyatoslav Arsenov3—4Yadro MotorsportMitJet 2L18Vitaly Zubenko1, 488Anton Romanov1Anton Romanov2—4Nikita KhudovMitjet 2L24Nikita Khudov3—4Vintic&ShpunticShortcut27Maksim Vasiliev1—269Stepan Krumilov1, 4Aleksey BashmakovShortcut28Aleksey Bashmakov3Vyacheslav PaputskiyLegends CAR29Vyacheslav Paputskiy3Aleksandr VinopalShortcut30Aleksandr Vinopal2—4B-Tuning Pro RacingShortcut55Aleksandr Akimenkov3—4Sergei KuksShortcut67Sergei KuksAllDavid PogosyanShortcut74David PogosyanAllYuri SunyaevShortcut78Yuri SunyaevAllDmitry EliseevShortcut96Dmitry Eliseev4

Calendar and results The 2021 schedule was announced on 13 November 2020, with all events scheduled to be held in Russia.

Circuit Date 1 1 Smolensk Ring, Smolensk 15–16 MayKirill LadyginMaksim ChernevAndrey RadoshnovEgor SaninArtemy PershinAnton NemkinShortcut: Ivan Pugachev Legends EVO: Aleksy KhairovMitjet: Vitaly Zubenko 2Egor FokinVladimir ShesheninRoman GolikovEgor SaninArtemy PershinDenis RemenyakoShortcut: Ivan Pugachev Legends EVO: Aleksy Khairov Mitjet: Vitaly Zubenko 2 3 NRING Circuit, Bogorodsk 19–20 JunePavel KalmanovichVladimir ShesheninIvan ChubarovVasiliy VladykinTimofey BuyanovSergey StolyarovShortcut: Sergey Ievlev Legends EVO: Aleksy Khairov Legends: Efim Lev Mitjet: Anton Romanov 4Dmitry BraginVadim AntipovAndrey RadoshnovMikhail SimonovArtem AntonovDenis RemenyakoShortcut: Tatiana Dobrynina Legends: Efim Lev Mitjet: Anton Romanov 3 5Igora Drive, Priozersk 24–25 JulyMikhail MityaevNikolay VikhanskiyIvan ChubarovRustam FatkhutdinovTimofey BuyanovSergei StolyarovShortcut: Sergey Ievlev Legends EVO: Shota Abkhazava Legends: Pavel Gribov Mitjet: Nikita Khudov 6Kirill LadyginVladimir StrelchenkoPetr PlotnikovRustam FatkhutdinovTimofey BuyanovAnton NemkinShortcut: David Pogosyan Legends EVO: Shota AbkhazavaLegends: Vladimir Strelchenko Mitjet: Svyatoslav Arsenov 4 7 Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk 21–22 AugustPavel KalmanovichYuriy ArshanskiyAndrey RadoshnovVasiliy Vladykin Nikolay KalininSergey StolyarovShortcut: Sergey Ievlev Legends EVO: Shota Abkhazava Legends: Efim Lev Mitjet: Vitaly Zubenko 8Andrey MaslennikovDmitry LebedevPetr Plotnikov Rustam FatkhutdinovNikolay KalininDenis RemenyakoShortcut: David Pogosyan Legends EVO: Shota Abkhazava Legends: Efim Lev Mitjet: Vitaly Zubenko 5 9 Kazan Ring, Kazan 11–12 SeptemberZakhar SlutskyYuri ArshanskiyRoman GolykovEgor SaninArtem AntonovAnton Nemkinnot held 10Kirill LadyginMaksim ChernevIvan ChubarovEgor SaninMark MetskerVadim Mescheryakov 6 11 Fort Grozny Autodrom, Grozny 8–9 OctoberEgor OrudzhevAndrey PetukhovPetr Plotnikov Ilya Rodkinnot heldAnton Nemkin 12Dmitry BraginVladimir ShesheninLeonid PanfilovRustam FatkhutdinovDenis Remenyako 7 13 Sochi Autodrom, Sochi 30–31 OctoberMikhail MytyaevNikolay VikhanskiyIvan ChubarovEgor SaninAleksandr Maslennikov 14Pavel KalmanovichVadim AntipovIvan ChubarovMikhail GrachevDenis Remenyako

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 SMO NRG IGO MSC KAZ GRO SOC 1 Kirill Ladygin 1 2 6 2 3 1 3 7 7 1 9 2 4 62272 Dmitry Bragin 5 14 5 1 2 2 6 12† 5 3 3 1 13 23 Mikhail Mityaev 2 7 Ret 10 1 4 8 8 9 7 4 4 1 31754 Pavel Kalmanovich 8 6 1 8 5 8 1 5 DSQ 4 6 9 8 11725 Egor Orudzhev 7 13 3 15DNS 13 2 6 3 5 1 3 2 4 6 Andrey Maslennikov 3 4 7 4 4 5 7 1 10 9 2 7 6 117 Ivan Lukashevich 6 3 8 6 6 3 4 3 2 8 11 6 7 51648 Zakhar Slutskiy 4 10 4 5 7 7 5 2 1 6 10 8 5 129 Egor Fokin 13† 1 14 7 9 11 9 4 11 11 5 5 9 9 10 Grigory Burlutskiy Ret 5 2 13 9 6 10 11 4 2 7 Ret 14 711 Lev Tolkachev 10 8 10 9 10 9 11 Ret 8 10 8 10 10 78812 Aidar Nuriev 9 11 9 3 13 Ret 12 9 6 14 13 Eugeny Metsker 11 12 13 14 11 12 13 10 13 13 12 1314 Matvey Furazhkin 12 9 11 122015 Timur Shigabutdinov 12 11 12 121716 Artem SlutskyDNS Ret 3 Ret1617 Valter Zviedris 11 1018 Aleksandr Artemiev 12 10 Driver SMO NRG IGO MSC KAZ GRO SOC 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 Standings

Driver SMO NRG IGO MSC KAZ GRO SOC 1 LADA Sport Rosneft 1 2 6 2 1 1 3 7 7 1 4 2 1 3401 2 7 Ret 10 3 4 8 8 9 7 9 4 4 62 Lukoil Racing Team 3 3 3 4 6 3 4 1 2 8 1 3 2 4341 6 4 7 15DNS 13 7 3 10 9 11 6 7 53 Carville Racing 4 5 2 5 7 6 5 2 1 2 7 8 5 7276 Ret 10 4 12 9 7 10 11 4 6 10 Ret 14 124 Innostage AG Team 8 6 1 3 5 8 1 5 6 4 6 9 8 1235 9 11 9 8 13 Ret 12 9 DSQ 145 TAIF Motorsport 5 14 5 1 2 2 6 12† 5 3 3 1 13 2215 12 11 12 126 Rumos Racing 10 8 10 9 10 9 11 10 8 10 8 10 10 7136 11 12 13 14 11 12 13 Ret 13 13 12 13 Driver SMO NRG IGO MSC KAZ GRO SOC

Super Production

Driver SMO NRG IGO MSC KAZ GRO SOC 1 Vadim Antipov 1 6 3 1 9 10† DSQ 3 2 2 7 8 6 12002 Dmitry Lebedev 2 2 4 2 4 3 4 1 4 Ret 4 5 8 61983 Vladimir Sheshenin 9† 1 1 5 2 2 6 5 DSQ DSQ Ret 1 2 31934 Nikolay Vikhanskiy 4 8 6 9 1 Ret 2 9 3 4 5 6 1 101745 Samvel Iskoyants 5 3 5 8 5 4 5 3 3 2 3 21706 Maksim Chernev 3 4 2 7 3 9 Ret Ret DSQ 1 2 4 5 51627 Andrey Petukhov 6 3 8† 4 7 5 7 7 DSQ DSQ 1 3 7 41488 Yuri Arshanskiy 8 5 Ret 8 10 Ret 1 2 1 Ret 4 Ret1219 Aleksandr Garmash 5 7 Ret 10 6 4 Ret 6 8 7 RetDNS 9 79310 Sergey Schegolev 7 Ret Ret Ret 8 7DNSDNS 6 5 6 9 11 97611 Igor Samsonov Ret 9 7 6DNSDNS 3 Ret4312 Ekaterina BoyarinovaDNSDNS 7 6 Ret 7 10 84213 Pavel PastushkovDNS 6 8 82614 Vladimir Strelchenko Ret 1 RetDNS25- Vasiliy Vladykin Ret Ret0 Driver SMO NRG IGO MSC KAZ GRO SOC Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap † – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.

Super Production Team's Standings