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29 by driving outside the track limits and Burlutskiy took the occasion to move into second. The other contender in the battle for the championship, Ladygin, was running a distant ninth. Gavrilov pushed to create a gap, but to no avail, as he was given a drive through penalty for his overtaking manoeuvre and eventually finished the race in ninth position, but was then dropped to 16th after another penalty for track limits. Although he just needed to finish to be champion, Bragin – who was sandwiched in second place between Burlutskiy and Aleksey Dudukalo – did not settle for the result and snatched the lead from Burlutskiy on lap 6. Two laps later, Mityaev passed Dudukalo for P3 and the latter found himself chased by Kalmanovich, Lukashevich and Maslennikov. With two laps to go, Dudukalo and Kalmanovich came together and the former dropped to seventh, while Kalmanovich was able to beat Lukashevich and Maslennikov in the final sprint for fourth position. Bragin took his third race win of the season from Burlutskiy and Mityaev. Round 13 – Saturday 7 September, Sochi Autodrom 1. I. Lukashevich (Lukoil Racing, Hyundai i30 N); 2. A. Maslennikov (Lukoil Racing, CUPRA); 3. A. Dudukalo (Lukoil Racing, Audi RS 3 LMS) Round 14 – Sunday 8 September, Sochi Autodrom 1. D. Bragin (TAIF Motorsport, Hyundai i30 N); 2. G. Burlutskiy (Carville Racing, Volkswagen Golf GTI); 3. M. Mityaev (LADA Sport Rosneft, LADA Vesta)