20 / 26
20
WORLD AND LIFE
TCR 2016
NEWS
HOME
DRIVERS TEAM
The fifth event of the SMP Russian
Circuit Racing Series took place at the
Moscow Raceway, where Aleksey
Dudukalo (Lukoil Racing) managed to
reduce by fourteen points the gap
from Dmitri Bragin (TAIF Motorsport),
the current leader of the Touring class
for TCR cars.
Bragin claimed another lights-to-flag
victory in Race 1 – the sixth for him
in the season so far – keeping
Dudukalo at bay. For the whole race
Dudukalo shadowed Bragin, putting
pressure on him; the gap between
them never exceeded half-a-second,
however Bragin successfully defended
his lead until the chequered flag. The
other Lukoil Racing drivers, Roman
Golikov and Nikolay Karamyshev
finished third and fourth after a fair
fight.
In the second race, Bragin could only
salvage fifth place after being
involved in a multiple collision at the
start. Dudukalo pocketed a
comfortable win ahead of Pavel Yashin
(Neva Motorsport) and Karamyshev.
With four races still to go, Bragin’s
leading margin on Dudukalo has now
shrunk to 24 points.
Dudukalo cuts Bragin’s advantage
Results
Moscow, Round 9, Saturday 23 July
1. Dmitry Bragin (SEAT León); 2.
Aleksey Dudukalo (SEAT León); 3.
Roman Golikov (SEAT León)
Moscow, Round 10, Sunday 24 July
1. Aleksey Dudukalo (SEAT León); 2.
Pavel Yashin (SEAT León); 3. Nikolay
Karamyshev (SEAT León)