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WORLD AND LIFE
TCR 2016 NEWS HOME DRIVERS TEAM
Over the past weekend the TCR International Series and the SMP Russian
Circuit Racing Series have shared the bill at Sochi Autodrom for the second
successive year.
It was a great moment for all the participants to meet on the shores of the
Black Sea, amidst the impressive facilities of the Olympic Park and enjoy a
weekend of close competition.
As half of the season has passed, it is time to look back and sum up our
common achievements.
The SMP RCRS was one of the first national championships to support the TCR
concept in 2015, when three SEAT cars joined the Russian Touring class. Last
year we also held the first joint event in Sochi, where two drivers from the
SMP RCRS entered the TCR International Series and raced side by side with
some of the best touring car drivers in the world.
In the current season we started with eight TCR cars, reserving the Touring
class for them, and we are using the Super Production category to complete
the field. The two classes together are delivering exciting races, but everyone
knows that this is a provisional arrangement, as the ultimate goal is to have
enough TCR cars to fill the whole grid.
In fact, the idea of competing at the wheel of attractive, powerful and easy
to maintain cars is attracting drivers from the other SMP RCRS classes – and
we are looking forward to welcoming more participants and new cars from
next season.
And in the spirit with which we have joined the TCR global family, we were
also very proud that our season opening event at the Smolensk Ring was also
the first round of the TCR Trophy Europe.
I wish to congratulate Marcello Lotti for having conceived this new category
that is actually broadening the horizons of motorsports, nationally and
internationally!
Oleg Petrikov
Head of SMP Russian Circuit Racing Series
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Elías Domingo, Edd Ellison,
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Lee Mun Yee, Natasha Mark,
Vadim Nikishev, Salvatore Tarantino
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