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TAIF Motorsport’s Dmitry Bragin was
crowned champion of the Touring class
of the SMP Russian Circuit Racing
Series at the end of two dramatic races
under pouring rain on the Kazanring.
Bragin and Nikolay Karamyshev of
Lukoil Racing shared honours in the
last two race meetings of the season.
Claiming his seventh and eight
victories of the season in Race 2 at
Smolensk and Race 1 at Kazan, Bragin
had virtually secured the title having
stretched his lead to 48 points ahead
of the 2015 champion Aleksey
Dududkalo (Lukoil Racing). This meant
that all Bragin needed was to finish in
the points the second race at Kazan,
which he did by crossing the line
eighth overall and sixth in the class,
one lap behind the winner Karamyshev
and despite a 30-second time penalty
for overtaking under yellow flags.
“Today we made a little mistake when
all the drivers pitted to change tyres
at the same time. I lost a lot of time in
the pit stop and couldn’t recover.
Speaking about the season, I'm very
happy to be the Champion in the top
Touring class. It was quite an
unexpected result. I wish to thank my
competitors, the fans and SMP RCRS
promoters who were part of this
fantastic season for me!” said Bragin.
The top-four drivers in the final
standings were: Bragin 1180 points,
Dudukalo 1160, Karamyshev 1136,
Golikov 1078..
Results
Smolensk, Round 11, Saturday 27
August
1. Nikolay Karamyshev (SEAT León); 2.
Roman Golikov (SEAT León); 3. Dmitry
Bragin (SEAT León)
Smolensk, Round 12, Sunday 28 August
1. Dmitry Bragin (SEAT León); 2.
Aleksey Dudukalo (SEAT León); 3.
Roman Golikov (SEAT León)
Kazanring, Round 13, Saturday 17
September
1. Dmitry Bragin (SEAT León); 2.
Nikolay Karamyshev (SEAT León); 3.
Aleksey Dudukalo (SEAT León)
Kazanring, Round 14, Sunday 18
September
1. Nikolay Karamyshev (SEAT León); 3.
Aleksey Dudukalo (SEAT León); 3.
Roman Golikov (SEAT León)
Dmitry Bragin is crowned champion