RRC 2012

[isynge]

Originally Posted by helgi

This year there're no permanent tracks in calendar. Smolensk, Kazan, Nizhnii Novgorod, ADM (Myachkovo), Moscow Raceway, Saint Petersburg. And this helps to organize some GT racing - permanent tracks would be too rough for sportscars like Fenix. New circuits are not pieces of art too, but at least sportsmen have some place for trainings - they ususal suffer from lack of it at European events.

Whereabouts is the track in Nizhnii Novgorod? I can see fantastic scope for an almost Pau-esque run (but with somewhat wider roads) in the older town around the Kremlin.

[Dead-Eye]

Originally Posted by rich07

Any more info on the MitJet cars? Im quite intrigued having never heard of them before.

http://www.mitjet-series.com/

[Valker]

Originally Posted by isynge

Whereabouts is the track in Nizhnii Novgorod? I can see fantastic scope for an almost Pau-esque run (but with somewhat wider roads) in the older town around the Kremlin.

NRing is a premanent racing circuit about 30km south west from the city centre. There are no street circuit this year – quite opposite what Helgi wrote!

[helgi]

Originally Posted by isynge

Whereabouts is the track in Nizhnii Novgorod? I can see fantastic scope for an almost Pau-esque run (but with somewhat wider roads) in the older town around the Kremlin.

Hallo! Nizhnii Novgorod is about 400 km from Moscow to the east, 6 hours by train, not the best road by car. Photos from the track - http://www.nring.ru/site.aspx?SECTIO...53&IID=2122420.

As for race track round Kremlin in Moscow - there was a idea by Mr.Ecclestone in early 80's. Renault team were somewhere near in 2005. But, to be honest, not the best way to make some racing as the whole Moscow is a big traffic jam even without extra closed roads. I think it goes to Nizhnii too.

PS And yes. GT race at Kazan Ring was a disaster. TNK Porsche was staying in the pits all the week as the team has enormous appetite for pilot's cash. Nobody from locals were ready to enter their cars. There was a hope that time-attack pilots get enough brave to make some laps in real races. But no chance. Awful.

[helgi]

Originally Posted by Valker

NRing is a premanent racing circuit about 30km south west from the city centre. There are no street circuit this year – quite opposite what Helgi wrote!

Oh, I see my mistake. I've wrote there'no permanent race tracks instead of temporary. Excuse me.

[isynge]

Originally Posted by helgi

Hallo! Nizhnii Novgorod is about 400 km from Moscow to the east, 6 hours by train, not the best road by car. Photos from the track - http://www.nring.ru/site.aspx?SECTIO...53&IID=2122420.

As for race track round Kremlin in Moscow - there was a idea by Mr.Ecclestone in early 80's. Renault team were somewhere near in 2005. But, to be honest, not the best way to make some racing as the whole Moscow is a big traffic jam even without extra closed roads. I think it goes to Nizhnii too.

PS And yes. GT race at Kazan Ring was a disaster. TNK Porsche was staying in the pits all the week as the team has enormous appetite for pilot's cash. Nobody from locals were ready to enter their cars. There was a hope that time-attack pilots get enough brave to make some laps in real races. But no chance. Awful.

I was actually referring to the notion of a street track around Nizhnii Novgorod, where I spent some very good times in 2008 - figure the elevation changes running down to the Volga would be really spectacular. But I guess it's a fair assumption to make that a guy from the UK wouldn't know too much about Russian cities beyond the usual tourist sites!

Hadn't really thought about the chaotic traffic issues - but that is indeed a real stumbling block.

[helgi]

Originally Posted by isynge

But I guess it's a fair assumption to make that a guy from the UK wouldn't know too much about Russian cities beyond the usual tourist sites!

In fact, it's a shortcut in my brains as every mention of Kremlin and race track automaticaly "go to" F1 project. It should be not a a good day for posting for me.

[helgi]

3rd round and only 3 cars. But, at least, one Radical RS3. Ariel Atom for series promoter Ruben Shumeev and team "Forza" Ferrari instead of Aleksey Vasiliev's one. But the most notable - the pace of Carline Stala in that Radical. She set a new record for 2670m-configuration of the track. In fact she was faster than motorbikes from RSBK (if I've spelled that champ correctly as I don't know what are those letters stand for). But the first place went to Ferrari as Radical has enormous time handicap at pit stop calculated after the first practice.

[kurski]

Last week RRC was Moscow Raceway, GT race win Alexander Skryabin/Alexey Basov, second Ilya Kamensky, third Sergey Ryabov/Kirill Ladygin and fifth Alexey Vasiliev/Vladimir Charchijan.

[helgi]

At last some drivers from Time Attack came. Ferrari Challenge young competitor Alexandr Skryabin took his 500 hp Subaru Impreza. But the most powerful was Maxim Elizarov's Mitsubishi Lancer Evo - 700 hp/ 1050 kg. Unfortunately, it was raining during the race, so the most powerful rearwheel drive cars were sliding.
And again - those time handicaps which were calculated after dry qualifying. Of course, Ferraris and Radical were the fastest and got too much "bonus" minutes for pit-stop.
No wonder that Skryabin's 4wd Subaru appeared to be the fastest on wet track. Kamensky was driving a rally (!) version of Impreza. Kirill Ladygin put Russian Bears BMW 320 on third position.
Report (in Russian) and photos by Alexandr Krechetov - http://www.gp-smak.ru/news/2310.html