Supertourism or Tourism-1600 is a former touring car racing series held in Russia in 1995-2003.
| Category | Touring cars |
|---|---|
| Country |  Russia |
| Inaugural season | 1995 |
| Folded | 2003 |
| Constructors | Ford, IZh, Honda, Lada, Toyota, Suzuki, VW |
| Last Drivers' champion | Alexey Dudukalo |
| Last Teams' champion | Lukoil Racing |
History
editSeries starts in USSR in 1960s as A-1600. Base cars were VAZ-2101 and Lada Riva. After USSR dissolution series was abandoned.
In 1995 series was relaunched as Tourism-1600 with status Championship of Russia. In 2001 series was renamed to Supertourism. But budget and technical race of leaders reduced number of teams. After 2003 season 2 lead teams (Lada and Lukoil Racing) left championship. Series was closed.
Champions
edit| Season | Championship | ASPAS Cup | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drivers' Champion | Car | Teams' Champion | Drivers' Champion | Car | Teams' Champion | |
| 2003 | Alexey Dudukalo
|
Lada 21103 | Lukoil Racing | - | - | - |
| 2002 |  Alberto Scilla
|
Lada 21103 | Lukoil Racing | - | - | - |
| 2001 | Alberto Scilla
|
Lada 21103 | Lukoil Racing | - | - | - |
| 2000 | Alexey Vasilyev
|
Honda Civic | TNK Racing | - | - | - |
| 1999 | Nikolay Mezentsev
|
Lada 21083 | Lukoil Racing | - | - | - |
| 1998 | Alexey Glebov
|
Honda Civic | Nevskoe koltso | Vladimir Cherevan
|
Lada 21083 | Lukoil Racing |
| 1997 | Alexey Vasilyev
|
Lada 21083 | Miller Pilot | Alexey Vasilyev
|
Lada 21083 | Lukoil Racing |
| 1996 | Alexey Vasilyev
|
Lada 21083 | Andrey Ryzhov
|
Lada 21083 | ||
| 1995 | Mikhail Tarakanov
|
Toyota Corolla | Andrey Ryzhov
|
Lada 21083 | ||
External links
edit- Lukoil Racing Supertourism history (in Russian)
- Autoreview newspaper archive (in Russian)