Large races near Peter: the second series awaits us!

On June 21 and 22, the main stars of Russian races will again converge on the Igor Drive highway in the struggle. Again, 350-horsepower Lada Vesta will compete with Audi and Hyundai, and the most famous racer of the country Irina Sidorkova is to conquer the public with the ability to handle the 500-horsepower Mercedes-AMG compartment.

Weekends G-Drive SMP RSKG, the Russian series of ring racing, is not only a noticeable sporting event, but also just a great opportunity to spend a non-casual summer weekend. The longest days of the year (and even in the vicinity of St. Petersburg with their enlarged light day) are especially suitable for this-there is enough time for all spectator activity. Indeed, with observation of racing from the rostrum in the G-Drive SMP RSKG, everything is just beginning. Spectators can also take a walk along the starting grille while preparing for the race, get with a tour of the boxes of several teams – to look inside the racing machines and see how mechanics work with them; Think along the racing highway passenger of a racing taxi, in the role of which powerful supercars will play. And also to feel like a racer, sitting behind the wheel of a racing simulator and try your hand at a digital copy of the Igor Drive autrodrome

All the information necessary for fans – from the schedule of races to the schedule of free shutters from the closest to the railway station – is on a special page. We will voice the main sports intrigues of the nearest weekend.

Unexpected top class leaders

The favorite of the top tcr Russia top class before the start of the season was Syzranian Mikhail Simonov. A year ago, he became the champion of Russia on the first attempt, and in the offseason – he moved to the most authoritative team Lukoil Racing Team. Where, in addition, the most modern car was at his disposal, the last generation of the Racing Leon Cupra. And at first, the 22-year-old racer justified his status: at the opening of the season, the first of two races Michael won more than confidently, having left all for almost 10 seconds. However, the second arrival, in which the fastest pilots according to the rules start from the end of the first dozens, Simonov finished with a departure from the highway and a blow to the chipper after a collision with one of the rivals.

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And as a result of this, completely different athletes and other cars entered the leaders. The riders of the Volga team Innostage AG Team pilot middle -aged cars, and it is not easy for them to compete with a more modern technique in a pure pace. But the racers of the team compensated for the deficit of the rate of prudent riding with a minimum risk. And it worked!

In two races, the pilots earned three podiums (including one victory) – as a result of which Yegor Sanin from Ulyanovsk became the leader of the Russian championship, Pavel Kalmanovich is in third place, and Innostage Ag Team is in the general standings. What is especially pleasant for us to write about, since the team holds this season with the support of our site. We talked about her performance at the opening of the season in a separate material. From it, in particular, you can find out how a harmless flight can cost a team almost a million rubles and how deeply a fragment of 240 km/h stucks in the frontal glass.

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However, Mikhail Simonov is now just two glasses from the first line of the standings, so it is he who remains the favorite of the championship. But how well will the Syzernan deal with the new role? Will he make mistakes trying to jump above the head?

A collision instead of handshake

By the way, in the course of the second race of the first stage, Simonov flew out of the track after a collision not with anyone, but with Vladimir Atoev. These two pilots fought for the title last year. And when last fall before the finish of the decisive race there was less circle, it was Ateva who was traveling to the championship. But at that moment, the partner Simonov-the 6-time champion of the country Dmitry Bragin (himself has long lost the chances of the title) was on the way of Vladimir. Bragin dropped the speed, blocked atoev and pushed him to the outer part of the highway – thanks to which Simonov overtook both and became the champion. Dmitry’s maneuver was later recognized as a violation of the principles of honest struggle, depriving the racer of all points earned last season – but the situation in the standings did not change.

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And it seems that now Simonov is for Atoev is more than just an opponent. When at the champion and vice champion’s season the awarding ceremony was invited to the stage, Vladimir refused to shake his hand to Mikhail. And when two racers came together in the spring on the wrestling on the highway, this struggle was waged very hard. However, in many ways, the Hyundai I30 N car, which is the ATOev, is “to blame” here – the car was noticeably inferior to the pace of the Spanish hatchback Simonov. And Vladimir was forced to make sharp maneuvers in order to block the opponent of the path to attack. And in the clash, after which Mikhail’s car flew to the chipper, the judges considered the most active champion to be guilty of a rather operating champion – he accrued 1 penalty area (upon receipt of a certain number of such points, the athlete was forced to miss one race).

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In a word, while everything that happened at the opening of the season can be considered nothing more than a coincidence. But many fans believe that a new pair of fundamental rivals appeared on the Russian ring, whose struggle will give the audience many more bright episodes. Whether something unusual in the course of racing on Igor Drive will happen, they will show direct broadcasts, which you can follow here). The first race will be held on Saturday at 15:30, the second – on Sunday 12:00.

A girl driving a supercar – will she keep leadership?

The most prestigious class of SMP TCR Russia, contrary to the usual scheme, is not the fastest. Supercars of the SMP GT4 Russia Supercars are the least time to pass the circle-Mercedes-AMG GT and Toyota Supra cars. Bright athletes also bring them to the start – in particular, it is in this class that the most popular racer of the country Irina Sidorkova acts for the second year in a row. Which at Igor Drive may well be called the home – after all, an athlete from Petrozavodsk, the capital of Karelia, who was with the Leningrad region of Karelia.

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A fragile girl, supporting the development program of Russian motorsport G-Drive SMP Racing, quickly got used to the wheel of a mighty 450-horsepower Mercedes-AMG and last year climbed the podium more than once. This season, Irina seemed to take another noticeable step forward in the process of mastering her supercar – she won the first season race and before the start of the stage on Igor Drive is on the first line of the standings.

At the same time, the athlete, of course, is not worth it. Indeed, in competitions, the SMP GT4 Russia category still participates a whole group of athletes with extremely great experience in performing Mercedes-AMG and Toyota cars. And if in mid -May on the Moscow Raceway highway they were unable to fully realize their potential, this does not mean that the same thing will happen in the vicinity of St. Petersburg. So the struggle for the victory in the class of supercars in the next weekend will certainly be tense and fascinating.

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Representatives of this category will spend three races in the weekend: two on Saturday (at 10:50 and 16:40) and one on Sunday (at 15:20). Of course, there will be a live broadcast.

We remind you that all the information for those who want to come directly to the track, as well as buy tickets for competitions on this page. /m

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