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STANDINGS
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TCR RUSSIA - STATISTICS
RACE WINS
8 Dmitry Bragin, RUS (AMG TAIF Motorsport – SEAT León)
3 Aleksey Dudukalo, RUS (Lukoil Racing – SEAT León)
3 Nikolay Karamyshev, RUS (Lukoil Racing – SEAT León)
POLE POSITIONS
6 Dmitry Bragin, RUS (AMG TAIF Motorsport – SEAT León)
1 Nikolay Karamyshev, RUS (Lukoil Racing – SEAT León)
THE CHAMPION AT A GLANCE
born: 19 May 1982 in Togliatti
career highlights
2006: 2nd in the LADA Revolution Cup
2014: 1st in the FIA European Touring Car Cup, SMT
2015: 1st in the Russian Circuit Racing Series, Touring Light
2016: 1st in the Russian Circuit Racing Series, Touring
2016: 1st in the Russian Circuit Racing Series, Touring Light
TCR cars are easy to handle and
adjust, even for a rookie. It was good
that the car was fitted with a DSG
gearbox. You can't damage the engine
while shifting down with the paddles,
because the ECU does not allow the
selection of a wrong gear. As a
professional driver, I could complain
that it's impossible to shift down
while braking, and that with standard
gear ratios you may use the top gears
only at a fast track like Sochi but all
the TCR drivers were in the same
conditions, so it was fair competition.
And then, the TCR cars are reliable
and cheap to run, even in comparison
with the Touring Light LADA that
required the use of three different
gearboxes to cope with different
racetracks. At the same time the SEAT
offers a good range of adjustments. I
could feel how the car behaved right
from the first few laps and so we
could easily set it up according to the
weather conditions and the grip, even
during the qualifying session.”