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28 RUSSIA Dmitry Bragin did it again! The driver from Togliatti clinched a fourth consecutive TCR Russia title, and he did it in style by winning the season’s final race at Sochi. His rivals were not even serious threats for him during the weekend; Kirill Ladygin never had the pace to stay with the front runners, while Klim Gavrilov earned two penalties in the second race. However, he has lodged an appeal and so the results remain provisional. RACE 1 – A 1-2-3 FINISH FOR LUKOIL RACING Ivan Lukashevich converted pole position into his first victory of the season and his teammates Andrej Maslennikov and Aleksey Dudukalo completed a 1-2-3 finish for Lukoil Racing. At the start Lukashevich, Dudukalo, Maslennikov, Gavrilov and Pavel Kalmanovich kept the first five places they had on the grid. During the first lap Mikhail Mityaev overtook Grigoriy Burlutskiy for P6 and then Bragin advanced to P7 as he passed both Ladygin and Burlutskiy. On lap 2, Bragin and Burlutskiy overtook Mityaev who then handed eighth position to his LADA Sport teammate Ladygin. On lap 3, Maslennikov passed Dudukalo for second and from that moment on the top ten positions didn’t change until the final lap when Kalmanovich slowed to let his teammate Bragin through so that he moved into fifth position. Burlutskiy was able to seize the opportunity and also passed Kalmanovich to finish sixth. RACE 2 – TWO PENALTIES FOR KLIM GAVRILOV Bragin started from the front row of the grid, better than pole sitter Burlutskiy, but during the first lap he dropped to third while Gavrilov took the lead at T3 DmitryBraginfinishes instyle HE WINS SOCHI RACE 2 AND GRABS A FOURTH CONSECUTIVE TITLE