Formula Russia 2014

The second stage was held in conjunction with the Russian RSKG racing series, the third with the DTM , European Formula 3 and the Volkswagen Scirocco Cup, the first and fourth with the Tatarstan Open Championship in ring racing, the fifth with the Russian RDS drift championship.

When calculating points, the results of the three worst races were not taken into account.

Scoring system:

In the first stage, only 6 riders took part. Qualification was won by Mikhail Loboda , but at the very beginning of the race he did not keep his car on the track and flew into a gravel trap, he was unable to continue the race. Stanislav Burmistrov won the first race with a 15-second advantage, but in the second race of the first stage, Mikhail Loboda, who started from the first position, confidently led the entire race and defeated his pursuers Igor Yavorovsky and Alexei Ryazanov for more than nine seconds. Yuri Loboda finished last due to a breakdown.

The second stage was held on the Nizhny Novgorod ring under variable weather conditions. In Friday's training, Cyril Korolevsky was able to set a track record (1: 28.8), and on Saturday the rain hit the track, but the qualifying race dried up and the current champion Stanislav Burmistrov again broke the track record (1: 28.578), having won the pole position. The first race began in the rain and the organizers decided to start the safety car. After two laps, the race continued in combat mode. Burmistrov, in the lead, was mistaken on the fifth lap and he had to break forward from the end of the racing field, but after 4 laps the breakthrough ended in an unsuccessful attempt to attack Yuri Loboda . Racers collided, and Burmistrov damaged the steering elements and was able to drive only 75% of the required race distance to get full points. And the race was confidently won by Mikhail Loboda .

Due to the rain, the organizers canceled the second race of the second stage and decided to hold this race later - as part of the fourth stage on the Kazan Ring highway on July 27.

The third stage was held on the Moscow Raceway along with the famous DTM racing series, as well as the support races of this series - the European Championship in Formula 3 class and the Volkswagen Scirocco Cup. The number of participants has noticeably increased. At this stage, the SPSR Formula Team debuted, represented by Yuri Grigorenko and Ivan Ekelchik. Qualification, as well as both races won the debutant Denis Korneev. Michael Loboda in both races finished second.

The Loboda brothers led the qualification protocol of the fourth stage - Mikhail took the pole, Yuri qualified next. Before the start of the first race over the Kazan Ring it rained, but before the start of the race it ended, however, the riders decided to start on rain tires. At the start, Yuri Loboda hesitated and missed several opponents, and then in the fight against Safronov he made a mistake and flew off the track. A little later, in a gravel trap, Igor Yavorovsky finished the race, who made a mistake in the pursuit of the leader. As a result, two Stanislavs, Burmistrov and Safronov, rose to the podium, and Mikhail Loboda confidently won the race.

Igor Yavorovsky won the pole position in Sunday qualification, and the Loboda brothers earned only the second row of the starting field. It was Yavorovsky who, as a result, won the race, having beaten off all the attacks of Stanislav Burmistrov, who claimed victory. Yuri and Mikhail Loboda also actively fought among themselves, as a result, only closer to the end, Mikhail began to come off a little and finished on the podium.

In the evening of the same Sunday, the racers held a race postponed from the second stage due to rain. Safronov and Andreeva were able to take part in it outside the standings, as they were not declared for the second stage, and Cyril Korolevsky did not appear in Kazan and therefore did not start. The main character of the race was Mikhail Loboda . He was supposed to start from the second position, but stalled on the warm-up lap and took a start from the last place, but already in the course of the first lap he came out in third place. Throughout the race, he designated attacks on Burmistrov, who was second, and he, in turn, tried to regain the leadership, which Igor Yavorovsky took away from him at the beginning of the race. On the 17th lap Burmistrov went on the attack on Yavorovsky, but in the end both of them passed Mikhail Loboda , and after some time the duelists collided and both left.

The fifth stage of the season was held on the Kazan-Ring highway and was the third and final stage of the Open Championship of the Republic of Tatarstan in automobile ring races in the Formula 3 class. Arrivals took place on Friday and Saturday. In the first race, Stanislav Safronov started from the pole, but could not hold the position and the race was won by Mikhail Loboda . He won in the second race, having won the title of Tatarstan Champion, Stanislav Burmistrov finished second (including in the final standings of the Tatarstan Championship).

From August 22 to 24, the sixth stage of the season was held on the Smolensk ring road near Dorogobuzh . In qualifying for the first race, the first line of the starting field was won by pilots of the SPSR Formula team Stanislav Safronov and Yuri Grigorenko. In the race itself, Grigorenko broke ahead and won, and Safronov came down due to a technical malfunction. In the second race, Safronov confidently realized the pole, Grigorenko and Yavorovsky finished next.

The penultimate stage was held in early October on the Moscow Raceway , and in an experimental format - both races were held on Friday October 3. In addition, at the stage the title of Champion of Moscow was played out. On Thursday evening, the pole of the first race was won by Yavorovsky, the next morning, Mikhail Loboda won the qualification for the second race. Both races took place in the struggle, but in the end, the riders who started from the first positions won.

The season finale took place very late by Russian standards - November 23. Previously, weather conditions did not allow ring races to be held in late autumn, but in 2014 a new race track appeared in the south of the country in the suburbs of Sochi . Here, the temperature allowed viewers to see the final of the third season of Formula Russia. But the track showed its character already in training, when Yuri Loboda damaged his suspension on the fence of the track. In the first race, Stanislav Burmistrov, starting second, skipped ahead a few people at the start and rushed to win back the lost positions. In one of the turns, he could not brake in time and crashed into the car of Yuri Grigorenko from behind. Yuri got off, and Stanislav drove along the highway another full circle with a broken front wing, until he turned into boxes for repairs. Yuri Grigorenko was already there, there was a small skirmish between the racers, but as a result the team mechanics defused the situation, and Stanislav returned to the race, although he could no longer claim to high positions. The victory in the race was won by Mikhail Loboda , he also excelled in the second race and as a result became the 2014 Champion of the Formula Russia series.

• Official site of the series
• Standings
• Report on the fifth stage

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