2025 Russian Circuit Racing Series
The 2025 SMP Russian Circuit Racing Series is the twelfth season of the Russian Circuit Racing Series, organized by SMP Racing. It is the eleventh season with international TCR class cars. In 2025, the competition is held in six classes: Touring, Touring Light, Super Production, S1600, GT4 and CN.[1] This season, the RCRS will also host races of the revived SMP Formula 4 series.
Teams and drivers
Yokohama is the official tyre supplier.
Touring / TCR Russian Touring Car Championship
Teams claimed for team points
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Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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Lukoil Racing Twins Team[2] | Cupra León VZ TCR | 1 | Mikhail Simonov | 1-2 |
16 | Artem Slutsky | 1-2 | ||
Hyundai Elantra N TCR | 14 | Zakhar Slutsky | 1-2 | |
G-Drive SMP Racing[3] | Cupra León VZ TCR | 2 | Aleksandr Smolyar | 2 |
Hyundai i30 N TCR | 1 | |||
10 | Vladimir Atoev | 1-2 | ||
TAIF Motorsport | Cupra León VZ TCR | 4 | Dmitry Bragin | 1-2 |
5 | Petr Plotnikov | 1-2 | ||
Innostage AG Team[4] | Hyundai i30 N TCR | 17 | Pavel Kalmanovich | 1-2 |
Cupra León Competición TCR | 18 | Rustam Fatkhutdinov | 1-2 | |
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) | 20 | Egor Sanin | 1-2 | |
LADA Sport Rosneft[5] | LADA Vesta NG TCR | 19 | Vladimir Sheshenin | 1-2 |
55 | Ivan Chubarov | 1-2 | ||
Iskra Motorsport | Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021) | 77 | Anton Badoev | 1 |
Super Production
Teams claimed for team points
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Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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ITECO Racing Team[6] | Subaru BRZ | 21 | Maksim Arkhangelsky | 1-2 |
50 | Maksim Turiev | 1-2 | ||
81 | Timofey Buyanov | 1-2 | ||
LADA Sport Rosneft[5] | LADA Vesta NG | 29 | Andrey Petukhov | 1-2 |
99 | Leonid Panfilov | 1-2 | ||
Neva Motorsport Race Hub | Honda Civic Type R FN2 | 33 | Roman Golykov | 1-2 |
Honda Civic Type R EP3 | 88 | Nikolay Vikhansky | 1-2 | |
Shield Rock MEPHI Racing Team | Volkswagen Scirocco | 80 | Aleksandr Garmash | 1-2 |
777 | Kirill Glushak | 1-2 |
Touring Light
Teams claimed for team points
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Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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PSM Sport | Hyundai Solaris II 1.6T | 7 | Aleksandr Salnikov | 1-2 |
Kuzma’s Mother Racing Team[7] | Kia Rio X 1.6T | 12 | Nikolay Karamyshev | 1-2 |
17 | Vladimir Cherevan | 1-2 | ||
33 | Dmitry Dudarev | 1-2 | ||
Russian Racing Group[8] | Mini JCW F56 1.6T | 13 | Stepan Anufriev | 1-2 |
B-Tuning Pro Racing | Audi A1 8X 1.4T | 15 | Ivan Bozhedomov | 1-2 |
Mini JCW F56 1.6T | 16 | Tatiana Eliseeva | 1-2 | |
Lukoil Racing[2] | Audi A1 8X 1.4T | 21 | Daniil Kovalev | 1-2 |
43 | Andrey Maslennikov | 1-2 | ||
Innostage AG Team[9] | Audi A1 6B 1.5T | 24 | Kirill Zinoviev | 1-2 |
32 | Aleksandr Chachava | 1-2 | ||
Bragin Racing Team[10] | Skoda Fabia 1.5T | 25 | Maksim Soldatov | 1-2 |
34 | Ivan Zhuravlev | 1-2 | ||
66 | Aleksey Savin | 1-2 | ||
Powerfuls | Kia Rio X 1.5T | 37 | Denis Karelin | 1-2 |
Volkswagwn Polo 1.4T | 44 | Samvel Iskoyants | 1-2 | |
Rally Academy | Volkswagwn Polo 1.4T | 49 | Ivan Tverdokhlebov | 1-2 |
80 | Oleg Kravtsov | 2 | ||
Rumos Racing[11] | Kia Rio X 1.5T | TBA | Viktor Sidorkin | TBA |
Kovalev | Audi A1 8X 1.4T | TBA | Daniil Kovalev | TBA |
S1600
Teams claimed for team points
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Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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ALGA Motorsport | Hyundai Solaris | 23 | Kai Richard Schick | 1-2 |
GTE Racing Team GTE Racing Team Plus[12] |
Lada Granta FL | 28 | Azat Kalimullin | 1-2 |
84 | Philipp Tuponosov | 1-2 | ||
96 | Albert Zinatov | 1-2 | ||
100 | Ruslan Safin | 1-2 | ||
115 | Konstantin Shitov | 1-2 | ||
Powerfuls | Kia Rio | 54 | Mikhail Pochenkov | 1-2 |
79 | Aleksandr Pochenkov | 1-2 | ||
Parus | Kia Rio X | 56 | Vasily Korablev | 1 |
PSM Sport | Hyundai Solaris | 77 | Daniil Gryaznov | 1 |
Kuzma’s Mother Racing Team[7] | Kia Rio X | 82 | Vakhtang Dimitradze | 1-2 |
GT4
Teams claimed for team points
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Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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Rumos Racing[11] | Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo 2 | 8 | Ilya Sidorov | 1-2 |
17 | Stanislav Novikov | 1-2 | ||
Team Garis | Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo 2 | 11 | Dmitry Rodionov | 1-2 |
TBA | Dmitry Anastasiadis | 2 | ||
TBA | Aleksandr Vinopal | TBA | ||
G-Drive SMP Racing by Capital Racing Team[13] | Mercedes-AMG GT4 | 13 | Denis Remenyako | 1-2 |
51 | Irina Sidorkova | 1-2 | ||
Yadro Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG GT4 | 16 | Sergey Stolyarov | 1-2 |
88 | Rinat Salikhov | TBA | ||
X Motorsport | Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo | 19 | Viktor Titarenko | 1-2 |
RScar Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG GT4 | 24 | Nikita Silaev | 1-2 |
BMW Time 4 Race | BMW M4 GT4 | 55 | Roman Smolyakov | 1-2 |
Toyota GR Supra GT4 Evo | 77 | Andrey Goncharov | 1-2 | |
Motor Sharks | Mercedes-AMG GT4 | 62 | Ivan Lukashevich | 1-2 |
83 | Anton Nemkin | 1-2 | ||
Shishkoil Racing Team | Mercedes-AMG GT4 | TBA | Dmitry Shishko | TBA |
Sports prototype CN
Teams claimed for team points
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Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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Piter Rally | 527 Shortcut | 1 | Andrey Gromov | 1-2 |
80 | Mikhail Kaystryukov | 1-2 | ||
SDYUSTSH for motorsports | Legends 600 | 4 | Vladimir Gorlach | 1-2 |
5 | Sergey Lapitsky | 1 | ||
Vrulin Nikolay | 527 Shortcut | 6 | Nikolay Vrulin | 1-2 |
Dobrynina Tatiana | 527 Shortcut | 7 | Tatiana Dobrynina | 1-2 |
Viktorov Artem | 527 Shortcut | 8 | Artem Viktorov | 1-2 |
Dudarev Motorsport | 527 Shortcut | 9 | Yriy Sunyaev | 1-2 |
16 | Aleksandr Nazarov | 1-2 | ||
Texol Racing | Legends EVO | 10 | Vladimir Strelchenko | 1 |
12 | Shota Abkhazava | 1-2 | ||
24 | Vyacheslav Kiselev | 1-2 | ||
33 | Aleksandr Abkhazava | 2 | ||
221 | Artem Kabakov | 1-2 | ||
777 | Andrey Kovalsky | 2 | ||
Legends 600 | 17 | Yury Ryazantsev | 1-2 | |
58 | Efim Lev | 2 | ||
73 | Sergey Aglish | 2 | ||
89 | Pavel Petrukhin | 1-2 | ||
SVL CSKA Racing | 527 Shortcut | 11 | Aleksey Chernov | 2 |
31 | Aleksey Khairov | 2 | ||
Leontiev Artem | 527 Shortcut | 13 | Artem Leontiev | 2 |
Balchug Racing[14] | 527 Shortcut | 15 | Boris Shulmeyster | 1-2 |
21 | Kirill Kirakozov | 1-2 | ||
93 | Sergey Valuyskikh | 1-2 | ||
96 | Dmitry Eliseev | 1-2 | ||
Kramar Motorsport | 527 Shortcut | 22 | Egor Grachev | 1-2 |
63 | Zakhar Makushin | 2 | ||
74 | Igor Shunailov | 1-2 | ||
77 | Damir Saitov | 1-2 | ||
100 | Anton Mezhenin | 1 | ||
Team Garis | MitJet 2L | 34 | Maksim Miroshnichenko | 1-2 |
45 | Anton Khrapykin | 1-2 | ||
49 | Ivan Tverdokhlebov | 1-2 | ||
50 | Yanis Petrovsky | 1-2 | ||
99 | Semen Kharchenko | 1-2 | ||
111 | Eugeny Samoilov | 1-2 | ||
Kuzminov Pavel | 527 Shortcut | 35 | Pavel Kuzminov | 2 |
NV Racing | 527 Shortcut | 42 | Anton Rybkin | 1-2 |
68 | Ivan Vershinin | 1-2 | ||
Quantum Racing | MitJet 2L | 57 | Petr Biryukov | 1-2 |
97 | Denis Pomogalov | 1-2 | ||
Balashkov Danil | 527 Shortcut | 66 | Danil Balashkov | 2 |
Boyarinova Ekaterina | 527 Shortcut | 88 | Ekaterina Boyarinova | 1-2 |
Shutemov Aleksandr | 527 Shortcut | 160 | Aleksandr Shutemov | 1-2 |
Calendar and results
Calendar is presented on 8 October 2024 and includes 8 rounds[15] and was adjusted on 27 February 2025 includes 7 rounds[1] Not all classes will be represented in every round.
Rnd. | Circuit | Date | Touring winner | SP winner | TL winner | S1600 winner | GT4 winner | CN winners |
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1 | Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk | 15–18 May | R1: Mikhail Simonov R2: Pavel Kalmanovich |
R1: Maksim Turiev R2: Maksim Turiev |
R1: Maksim Soldatov R2: Aleksey Savin |
R1: Aleksandr Pochenkov R2: Kay Richard Schick |
R1: Irina Sidorkova R2: Stanislav Novikov R3: Denis Remenyako |
R1: Shortcut: Andrey Gromov Legends EVO: Shota Abkhazava Mitjet: Denis Pomogalov Legends 600: Sergey Lapitsky R2: Shortcut: Andrey Gromov Legends EVO: Vyacheslav Kiselev Mitjet: Semen Kharchenko Legends 600: Sergey Lapitsky |
2 | Igora Drive, Priozersk | 20–22 June | R1: Ivan Chubarov R2: Dmitry Bragin |
R1: Leonid Panfilov R2: Nikolay Vikhansky |
R1: Denis Karelin R2: Samvel Iskoyants |
R1: Aleksandr Pochenkov R2: Kai Richard Schick |
R1: Denis Remenyako R2: Ivan Lukashevich R3: Sergey Stolyarov |
R1: Shortcut: Aleksey Khairov Legends EVO: Aleksandr Abkhazava Mitjet: Semen Kharchenko Legends 600: Pavel Petrukhin R2: Shortcut: Andrey Gromov Legends EVO: Aleksandr Abkhazava Mitjet: Semen Kharchenko Legends 600: Vladimir Gorlach |
3 | NRING Circuit, Bogorodsk | 11–13 July | R1: R2: |
R1: R2: |
R1: R2: |
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not held | R1: Shortcut: Legends: Mitjet: R2: Shortcut: Legends: Mitjet: |
4 | Kazan Ring, Kazan | 25–27 July | R1: R2: |
R1: R2: |
R1: R2: |
R1: R2: |
not held | R1: Shortcut: Legends: Mitjet: R2: Shortcut: Legends: Mitjet: |
5 | Moscow Raceway, Volokolamsk | 21–24 August | R1: R2: |
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R1: R2: R3: |
R1: Shortcut: Legends: Mitjet: R2: Shortcut: Legends: Mitjet: |
6 | Kazan Ring, Kazan | 12–14 September | R1: R2: |
R1: R2: |
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R1: R2: R3: |
R1: Shortcut: Legends: not held Mitjet: not held R2: Shortcut: Legends: not held Mitjet: not held |
7 | Fort Grozny Autodrom, Grozny | 9–12 October | R1: R2: |
R1: R2: |
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R1: R2: R3: |
not held |
Championship standings
- Scoring systems
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | PP | FL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Qualification | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Race 1 Points | 30 | 23 | 19 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Race 2 Points | 25 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Touring / TCR Russian Touring Car Championship
|
Bold – Pole |
† – 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
Pos. | Driver | MSC1 | IGO | NRG | KAZ1 | MSC2 | KAZ2 | GRO | Pts. | |||||||
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1 | Lukoil Racing Twins Team | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 150 | ||||||||||
5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | |||||||||||||
2 | Innostage AG Team | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 118 | ||||||||||
9 | 3 | 7 | Ret | |||||||||||||
3 | TAIF Motorsport | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 101 | ||||||||||
7 | 10 | 12 | 9 | |||||||||||||
4 | LADA Sport Rosneft | 10 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 91 | ||||||||||
Ret | 7 | 11 | 10 | |||||||||||||
5 | G-Drive SMP Racing | 6 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 73 | ||||||||||
8 | Ret | 10 | 7 | |||||||||||||
Pos. | Driver | MSC1 | IGO | NRG | KAZ1 | MSC2 | KAZ2 | GRO | Pts. |
Super Production
|
Bold – Pole |
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
Super Production Team's Standings
Pos. | Driver | MSC1 | IGO | NRG | KAZ1 | MSC2 | KAZ2 | GRO | Pts. | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ITECO Racing Team | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 175 | ||||||||||
2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | |||||||||||||
2 | LADA Sport Rosneft | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 150 | ||||||||||
4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||||
3 | NEVA Motorsport Race Hub | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 116 | ||||||||||
Ret | 7 | 6 | 4 | |||||||||||||
4 | Shield Rock MEPHI Racing Team | 5 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 79 | ||||||||||
7 | Ret | 8 | Ret | |||||||||||||
Pos. | Driver | MSC1 | IGO | NRG | KAZ1 | MSC2 | KAZ2 | GRO | Pts. |
Touring Light
|
Bold – Pole |
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
Touring Light Team's Standings
Pos. | Driver | MSC1 | IGO | NRG | KAZ1 | MSC2 | KAZ2 | GRO | Pts. | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bragin Racing Team | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 127 | ||||||||||
6 | 3 | 14 | 7 | |||||||||||||
2 | Powerfull | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 117 | ||||||||||
5 | Ret | Ret | 9 | |||||||||||||
3 | Kuzma's Mother Racing Team | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 117 | ||||||||||
7 | 4 | Ret | 11 | |||||||||||||
4 | Innostage AG Team | 8 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 78 | ||||||||||
9 | Ret | 5 | 10 | |||||||||||||
5 | Lukoil Racing Team | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 69 | ||||||||||
11 | 8 | 11 | Ret | |||||||||||||
6 | Rally Academy | 13 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 43 | ||||||||||
12 | 12 | |||||||||||||||
7 | B-Tuning Pro Racing Team | 15 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 17 | ||||||||||
Ret | Ret | Ret | 15 | |||||||||||||
Pos. | Driver | MSC1 | IGO | NRG | KAZ1 | MSC2 | KAZ2 | GRO | Pts. |
S1600
|
Bold – Pole |
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
S1600 Team's Standings
Pos. | Driver | MSC1 | IGO | NRG | KAZ1 | MSC2 | KAZ2 | GRO | Pts. | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Powerfull | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 170 | ||||||||||
3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||||||
2 | GTE Racing Team | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 107 | ||||||||||
9 | 6 | 9 | 8 | |||||||||||||
3 | GTE Racing Team Plus | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 106 | ||||||||||
11 | 10 | 7 | 4 | |||||||||||||
Pos. | Driver | MSC1 | IGO | NRG | KAZ1 | MSC2 | KAZ2 | GRO | Pts. |
SMP GT4 Russia
|
Bold – Pole |
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.
SMP GT4 Russia Team's Standings
Pos. | Driver | MSC1 | IGO | MSC2 | KAZ | GRO | Pts. | ||||||||||
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1 | G-Drive SMP Racing by Capital Racing Team | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 246 | |||||||||
5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 10 | ||||||||||||
2 | Motor Sharks | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 144 | |||||||||
10 | 8 | Ret | 11 | 8 | 8 | ||||||||||||
3 | Team Garis | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 99 | |||||||||
12 | 12 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
4 | YADRO Motorsport | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 97 | |||||||||
5 | BMW Time 4 Race | 9 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 95 | |||||||||
Ret | 12 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 9 | ||||||||||||
Pos. | Driver | MSC1 | IGO | MSC2 | KAZ | GRO | Pts. |
Footnotes
References
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- ^ a b "Старт нового сезона русских гонок!" [Start of the new season of Russian racing!]. vk.com (in Russian). 7 May 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
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- ^ "Ирина Сидоркова и Денис Ременяко объединят силы в борьбе в командном зачете GT4!" [Irina Sidorkova and Denis Remenyako will join forces in the fight in the GT4 team classification!]. vk.com (in Russian). 13 May 2025. Retrieved 26 May 2025.
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