Russian Touring Car Championship
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The Russian Touring Car Championship (RTCC) is a national Russian racing series created in 2004. It incorporates four classes: Touring, Super-Production, Touring-Light and the national class.

since 2004, is the promoter of the Championship Sergey Krylov

Circuits

  • Autodrom Moscow
    Autodrom Moscow
    The Raceway ADM is a race track located near Moscow, 13 km from Moscow Circuit Road and 31 km from the city center. The track is constructed in the Miachkovo Airport area which has been in use for motor racing since 2001. After the total reconstruction in 2005, it was the only racing facility in...

    , Moscow
    Moscow
    Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

     (2004–2007)
  • Neva Ring, Saint Petersburg
    Saint Petersburg
    Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...

     (2004–2006)
  • Red Ring, Krasnoyarsk
    Krasnoyarsk
    Krasnoyarsk is a city and the administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located on the Yenisei River. It is the third largest city in Siberia, with the population of 973,891. Krasnoyarsk is an important junction of the Trans-Siberian Railway and one of Russia's largest producers of...

     (2009–2010)
  • NRING Circuit
    NRING Circuit
    The NRING Circuit is a race track located near Nizhny Novgorod in Russia. The track opened in 2010 as a professional racing venue. It includes three road courses from 2.009 km to 3.222 km in length...

    , Nizhny Novgorod
    Nizhny Novgorod
    Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg...

     (2010–2011)
  • Lipetsk
    Lipetsk
    Lipetsk is a city and the administrative center of Lipetsk Oblast, Russia, located on the banks of the Voronezh River in the Don basin, southeast of Moscow.-History:...

     (2009–2011)
  • Kursk
    Kursk
    Kursk is a city and the administrative center of Kursk Oblast, Russia, located at the confluence of the Kur, Tuskar, and Seym Rivers. The area around Kursk was site of a turning point in the Russian-German struggle during World War II and the site of the largest tank battle in history...

     (2008–2011)
  • Vorobyovy Gory
    Sparrow Hills
    Sparrow Hills, Vorobyovy Gory is a hill on the right bank of the Moskva River and one of highest points in Moscow with an altitude up to 220 m ....

    , Moscow (2006)
  • Dmitrov
    Dmitrov
    Dmitrov is a town and the administrative center of Dmitrovsky District of Moscow Oblast, Russia, located to the north of Moscow on the Yakhroma River and the Moscow Canal. Population: -History:...

     (2009)
  • Orlovsky Ring, Oryol
    Oryol
    Oryol or Orel is a city and the administrative center of Oryol Oblast, Russia, located on the Oka River, approximately south-southwest of Moscow...

     (2008)
  • Luzhniki Olympic Complex
    Luzhniki Olympic Complex
    The Luzhniki Olympic Complex is a sport facilities complex located in Moscow, Russia.- Venues :*Grand Sports Arena*Luzhniki Palace of Sports*Luzhniki Small Sports Arena*Olympic Pool...

    , Moscow (2008, 2011)
  • Smolensk Ring
    Smolensk Ring
    The Smolensk Ring is a circuit in western Russia near the city of Safonovo, Smolensk Oblast in the settlement of Verkhnedneprovskiy. It's located 90 km east of its namesake city of Smolensk and about 250 km west of Moscow....

    , Smolensk (2011)
  • Kazan Ring, Kazan
    Kazan
    Kazan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. With a population of 1,143,546 , it is the eighth most populous city in Russia. Kazan lies at the confluence of the Volga and Kazanka Rivers in European Russia. In April 2009, the Russian Patent Office granted Kazan the...

     (2011)
  • Autodrom Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg
    Saint Petersburg
    Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...

     (2011)

Touring

The international category where cars with two-liter motors and some set of alterations concerning "the civil" version of the car act. The championships in a class of Touring (Super 2000) are spent in most of the European countries, also are played the Cup of Europe ETCC and the World championship WTCC
World Touring Car Championship
For the video game, known as World Touring Car Championship in Japan, see TOCA World Touring CarsThe FIA World Touring Car Championship is an international Touring Car championship sanctioned by the FIA.-History:...

.

Typical representatives: BMW 320
BMW 320
The BMW 320 was a saloon car manufactured by BMW from 1937 to 1938. It replaced the 319-based BMW 329.The 320 was built on a shortened BMW 326 chassis and used a 326 engine with a single carburettor and an output of...

, Audi A4
Audi A4
The first generation Audi A4 debuted in 1994, with production starting November 1994. It was built on the Volkswagen Group B5 platform, which it shared with the fourth generation Volkswagen Passat . It had a front-mounted longitudinal engine and front-wheel drive...

, Honda Civic
Honda Civic Type R
The first Civic to receive the 'Type R' name was based on the 6th generation 'EK' Civic. The contributing base model was the JDM Civic 3 door hatchback called SiR, code named EK4...

 and Accord
Honda Accord
The Honda Accord is a series of compact, mid-size and full-size automobiles manufactured by Honda since 1976, and sold in a majority of automotive markets throughout the world....

, Chevrolet Lacetti and Cruze
Chevrolet Cruze
The Chevrolet Cruze is a General Motors automobile, spanning two unrelated models. The original iteration, a subcompact crossover SUV, was manufactured by Suzuki in Japan between 2001 and 2008 under joint venture with GM...

, Seat León II
SEAT León
The SEAT León is a small family car built by the Spanish car manufacturer, and Volkswagen Group subsidiary SEAT, S.A. since October 1998.The two León generations are, or have been built upon two differing variants of the Volkswagen Group A platform, and they also share many other components with...



Specifications:
  • Engine: 2000 cm³
  • Power: 290 HP
  • Minimum weight: 1110 kg
  • Speed: 200 km/h

Touring-Light

This class still name "easy Touring", and it is not casual. Small cars with the motor in volume in 1600 cubic Here act see, but this quite serious apparatuses. Similar classes too are in many countries - they serve as good showdown for those who in the future is going to pass in "big" Touring.

Typical representatives: Ford Fiesta
Ford Fiesta
The Ford Fiesta is a front wheel drive supermini/subcompact manufactured and marketed by Ford Motor Company and built in Europe, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Venezuela, China, India, Thailand and South Africa...

, VW Polo, Lada Kalina
Lada Kalina
The Lada Kalina is a supermini produced by the Russian automaker AvtoVAZ and sold under the Lada brand. It began production in November 2004 as the 2004 year model in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Belarus, although dealership availability for foreign markets started only in September 2005.The...

, Citroën Saxo
Citroën Saxo
The Citroën Saxo is a supermini produced by the French manufacturer Citroën from 1996 to 2003. It was also sold in Japan as the Citroën Chanson. It shares many engine and body parts with the Peugeot 106 , the major difference being interiors and body panels...



Specifications:
  • Engine: 1600 m³
  • Power: 180 HP
  • Minimum weight 1000 kg
  • Speed: 170 km/h

Super-Production

International category where cars with the two-liter engine which arrivals by tradition unite with races of Touring act. These cars are similar outwardly, but a little less powerful are let out, as a rule, hardly earlier, and. The fastest pilots "Super-Production" almost always have possibility to be overcome on a line with representatives of "Touring".

Typical representatives: Honda Civic
Honda Civic
The Honda Civic is a line of subcompact and subsequently compact cars made and manufactured by Honda. The Civic, along with the Accord and Prelude, comprised Honda's vehicles sold in North America until the 1990s, when the model lineup was expanded...

, VW Golf, Opel Astra
Opel Astra
The Opel Astra is a small family car engineered and manufactured by the German automaker Opel since 1991.It is branded as Vauxhall Astra in the United Kingdom, the Buick Excelle XT in China and the Chevrolet Astra/Vectra in Latin America...

, BMW 320
BMW 320
The BMW 320 was a saloon car manufactured by BMW from 1937 to 1938. It replaced the 319-based BMW 329.The 320 was built on a shortened BMW 326 chassis and used a 326 engine with a single carburettor and an output of...

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Specifications:
  • Engine: 2000 cm³
  • Power: 240 HP
  • Minimum weight: 1110 kg
  • Speed: 185 km/h

National class

Simple for first steps in races. Cars made in Russia only. Cars are equipped by engines of identical level of preparation, identical brakes, suspension bracket and electronics elements for all cars. Not the highest capacity is compensated by high reliability.

Typical representatives: Lada Kalina
Lada Kalina
The Lada Kalina is a supermini produced by the Russian automaker AvtoVAZ and sold under the Lada brand. It began production in November 2004 as the 2004 year model in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Belarus, although dealership availability for foreign markets started only in September 2005.The...

, Lada 110
Lada 110
The Lada 110 is a Russian sedan car built by AvtoVAZ since 1995. It also spawned two close derivatives - the 111 estate and 112 hatchback...

, Lada Riva
Lada Riva
The VAZ-2105, VAZ-2104 and VAZ-2107 are a series of medium-sized family cars built by Russian car manufacturer AvtoVAZ, introduced in 1980 in the Soviet Union, and progressively in other European markets through the early 1980s and sold in both saloon and estate versions...

, Renault Logan

Specifications:
  • Engine: 1600 m³
  • Power: to 125 HP
  • Minimum weight: 1000 kg
  • Speed: to 140 km/h

Previous champions

Season Touring Touring-Light Super-Production National Cup
Drivers' Champion Teams' Champion Drivers' Champion Teams' Champion Drivers' Champion Teams' Champion Drivers' Champion Teams' Champion
2010 Mikhail Ukhov TNK Racing Mikhail Kozlovskiy Lukoil Racing
Lukoil Racing
Lukoil Racing team is the leading Russian motorsport organization; its operations including management, driver training and support, engineering expertise and a quality technical environment, which enables continuous development, building, testing and race preparation.-Racing team:Team was created...

Viktor Kozankov Honda Cheryomushki Vasiliy Mezentsev Krasnoe koltso
2009 Vladimir Strelchenko
Vladimir Strelchenko
Vladimir Strelchenko is the current mayor of Khimki, a Russian town in Moscow Oblast, in the vicinity of Moscow. He had made his career in the Soviet and Russian army, participating in the Soviet war in Afghanistan in the late 1980s and retiring in 1999 as Colonel. Subsequently, he worked as an...

Khimki Motorsport Alexey Dudukalo
Alexey Dudukalo
-Career:Dudukalo started his racing career in 1995 in autocross racing. Five years later he switched to single-seaters. Dudukalo competed in Russian Formula 1600, where he was third in 2004...

Lukoil Racing
Lukoil Racing
Lukoil Racing team is the leading Russian motorsport organization; its operations including management, driver training and support, engineering expertise and a quality technical environment, which enables continuous development, building, testing and race preparation.-Racing team:Team was created...

Mikhail Zasadych Prology Racing Team Alexey Filimonov none
2008 Alexey Basov RED WINGS
Red Wings
-Birds:* Redwing, a type of bird in the thrush family* Red-winged blackbird, a New World blackbird abundant in North America- Places :Canada* Redwing, SaskatchewanUnited States* Redwing, Kansas* Red Wing crater, North Dakota* Red Wing, Minnesota...

Alexey Dudukalo
Alexey Dudukalo
-Career:Dudukalo started his racing career in 1995 in autocross racing. Five years later he switched to single-seaters. Dudukalo competed in Russian Formula 1600, where he was third in 2004...

Lukoil Racing
Lukoil Racing
Lukoil Racing team is the leading Russian motorsport organization; its operations including management, driver training and support, engineering expertise and a quality technical environment, which enables continuous development, building, testing and race preparation.-Racing team:Team was created...

Pavel Fedorov Prology Racing Team Alexander Zheltov TAXI-2 Technical Consulting
2007 Alexander Lvov
Alexander Lvov
Alexander Lvov is a Russian auto racing driver.-Career:He is twice champion of the Russian Touring Car Championship. First in 2001 with an Opel Astra, and again in 2007 with a Honda Accord...

Golden Motors
Golden Motors
Golden Motors is a Russian auto racing team based in Saint Petersburg. They are best known for their efforts in the FIA World Touring Car Championship.-Team history:...

Alexander Sotnikov Dinamo Autosport Alexey Basov none Nikita Vasilyev
Nikita Vasilyev
Nikita Valeryevich Vasilyev is a Russian professional football player. Currently, he plays for FC Rostov. He made his Russian Premier League debut for FC Rostov on 22 June 2011 in a game against FC Tom Tomsk....

Jackpot
2006 Vladimir Labazov AVTODOM Racing Anton Markin Dinamo Autosport Vladimir Cherevan Korus Autosport Igor Fillipov Kaluga Motorsport
2005 Vladimir Nechaev AVTODOM Racing Alexander Sotnikov Dinamo Autosport Ilya Burenko Forza Sport - -
2004 Grigoriy Komarov MTS AC Racing Vladimir Labazov Dinamo ASSTI - - - -
Before RTCC
2003 Mikhail Ukhov MTS AC Racing Anton Smekalkin none
2002 Grigoriy Komarov MTS AC Racing Vladimir Nechaev none
2001 Alexander Lvov
Alexander Lvov
Alexander Lvov is a Russian auto racing driver.-Career:He is twice champion of the Russian Touring Car Championship. First in 2001 with an Opel Astra, and again in 2007 with a Honda Accord...

Master-Pilot Mikhail Ukhov none
2000 Mikhail Ukhov MTS AC Racing
1999 Vladimir Sukhov AC Racing
1998 Oleg Kesselman Avtostil Azart MSP

Official partners of the RTCC

  • 2004-2010 Yokohama
    Yokohama Rubber Company
    is a tire company based in Tokyo, Japan. The company founded and started in 1917 in a joint venture between Yokohama Cable Manufacturing and B.F. Goodrich. In 1969 the company expanded to the United States as Yokohama Tire Corporation. The Aspec A300 was the driving force behind its tremendous...

  • 2010 Alfa-Bank
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