Lada Sport

Lada Sport is a Russian marketing, advertising, and engineering company based in Togliatti and it is a 100% subsidiary of AvtoVAZ. It is manufacturing the Lada Granta sport and Lada Kalina sport road models and also run the Lada works team in the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC). Their first season was the 2009 season (ran by Russian Bears Motorsport team).

For the car model named Lada Sport in Iceland, see Lada Niva. For the Lada Sport in Ecuador, see Lada 112.
Lada Sport
Founded2009
Team principal(s)Vladislav Nezvankin
Current seriesRussian Circuit Racing Series
Noted driversJames Thompson Rob Huff Mikhail Kozlovskiy

Team history

The team entered the 2009 World Touring Car Championship season, becoming the fourth manufacturer in the championship alongside SEAT, BMW and Chevrolet. The introduction of the new Priora at Porto and the addition of former British Touring Car Champion James Thompson to the driver lineup helped the team to increase their competitiveness during the season. Drivers points were achieved by Thompson for a pair of 6th places at the Imola round.

van Lagen driving the Lada Priora

After taking part in two events in 2012 with a single Granta Sport car driven by WTCC race winner James Thompson, the Lada Sport team field two cars in the 2013 season, one for Thompson and one for Russian driver Mikhail Kozlovskiy. The team have secured the precious collaboration of French outfit Oreca for the technical development of the chassis and the 1.6-litre turbo engine. On top of this the programme is supported by Lukoil Racing, Russia’s major oil company.

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Entrant Car No Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points TC Points
2008 Russian Bears Motorsport Lada 110 2.0 27 Kirill Ladygin BRA
1		 BRA
2		 MEX
1		 MEX
2		 ESP
1		 ESP
2		 FRA
1		 FRA
2		 CZE
1		 CZE
2		 POR
1		 POR
2		 GBR
1		 GBR
2		 GER
1		 GER
2		 EUR
1
Ret		 EUR
2
22		 ITA
1
22		 ITA
2
23		 JPN
1
19		 JPN
2
Ret		 MAC
1
Ret		 MAC
2
Ret		 – 0 6th* 46*
28 Viktor Shapovalov BRA
1		 BRA
2		 MEX
1		 MEX
2		 ESP
1
20		 ESP
2
Ret		 FRA
1
DNQ		 FRA
2		 CZE
1
Ret		 CZE
2
18		 POR
1
Ret		 POR
2
24		 GBR
1
19		 GBR
2
20		 GER
1
20		 GER
2
23		 EUR
1
Ret		 EUR
2
DNS		 ITA
1
Ret		 ITA
2
22		 JPN
1		 JPN
2		 MAC
1		 MAC
2		 – 0
29 Jaap Van Lagen BRA
1		 BRA
2		 MEX
1		 MEX
2		 ESP
1
Ret		 ESP
2
Ret		 FRA
1
21		 FRA
2
18		 CZE
1
21		 CZE
2
Ret		 POR
1
15		 POR
2
21		 GBR
1
DNS		 GBR
2
18		 GER
1
14		 GER
2
22		 EUR
1
19		 EUR
2
18		 ITA
1
Ret		 ITA
2
19		 JPN
1
18		 JPN
2
17		 MAC
1
21		 MAC
2
Ret		 – 0
2009 LADA Sport LADA 110 2.0 18 Jaap Van Lagen BRA
1
17		 BRA
2
17		 MEX
1
17		 MEX
2
17		 MAR
1
20		 MAR
2
14		 FRA
1
Ret		 FRA
2
13		 ESP
1
21		 ESP
2
Ret		 CZE
1
14		 CZE
2
18		 POR
1
Ret		 POR
2
DNS		 GBR
1
Ret		 GBR
2
21		 – 0 4th 83
LADA Priora GER
1
10		 GER
2
20		 ITA
1
Ret		 ITA
2
DNS		 JPN
1
13		 JPN
2
Ret		 MAC
1
23		 MAC
2
DNS
LADA 110 2.0 19 Kirill Ladygin BRA
1
14		 BRA
2
22		 MEX
1
18		 MEX
2
20		 MAR
1
17		 MAR
2
11		 FRA
1
Ret		 FRA
2
Ret		 ESP
1
Ret		 ESP
2
24		 CZE
1
15		 CZE
2
17		 POR
1
19		 POR
2
17		 GBR
1
19		 GBR
2
24		 – 0
LADA Priora GER
1
16		 GER
2
23		 ITA
1
14		 ITA
2
20		 JPN
1
16		 JPN
2
DNS		 MAC
1
DNS		 MAC
2
DNS
LADA 110 2.0 20 Viktor Shapovalov BRA
1
13		 BRA
2
23		 MEX
1
19		 MEX
2
19		 MAR
1
22		 MAR
2
17		 FRA
1
17		 FRA
2
15		 ESP
1
20		 ESP
2
21		 CZE
1
16		 CZE
2
20		 POR
1		 POR
2		 GBR
1		 GBR
2		 – 0
LADA Priora GER
1
Ret		 GER
2
24		 ITA
1		 ITA
2		 JPN
1		 JPN
2		 MAC
1		 MAC
2
36 James Thompson BRA
1		 BRA
2		 MEX
1		 MEX
2		 MAR
1		 MAR
2		 FRA
1		 FRA
2		 ESP
1		 ESP
2		 CZE
1		 CZE
2		 POR
1
18		 POR
2
15		 GBR
1
18		 GBR
2
22		 GER
1		 GER
2		 ITA
1
6		 ITA
2
6		 JPN
1
11		 JPN
2
Ret		 MAC
1
DNS		 MAC
2
DNS		 17th 6
2012 TMS Sport Lada Granta WTCC 69 James Thompson ITA
1		 ITA
2		 ESP
1		 ESP
2		 MAR
1		 MAR
2		 SVK
1		 SVK
2		 HUN
1
Ret		 HUN
2
Ret		 AUT
1		 AUT
2		 POR
1
17†		 POR
2
11		 BRA
1		 BRA
2		 USA
1		 USA
2		 JPN
1		 JPN
2		 CHN
1		 CHN
2		 MAC
1		 MAC
2		 – 0 – 0
2013 Lada Sport Lukoil Lada Granta WTCC 8 Mikhail Kozlovskiy ITA
1		 ITA
2		 MAR
1
16		 MAR
2
13		 SVK
1
20		 SVK
2
20		 HUN
1
17		 HUN
2
20		 AUT
1
16		 AUT
2
15		 RUS
1
14		 RUS
2
Ret		 POR
1
19		 POR
2
19		 ARG
1
Ret		 ARG
2
16		 USA
1
19		 USA
2
18		 JPN
1
15		 JPN
2
19		 CHN
1
17		 CHN
2
20		 MAC
1
15		 MAC
2
Ret		 – 0 2nd 601
10 James Thompson ITA
1
DNS		 ITA
2
DNS		 MAR
1
10		 MAR
2
Ret		 SVK
1
13		 SVK
2
14		 HUN
1
Ret		 HUN
2
12		 AUT
1
9		 AUT
2
12		 RUS
1
5		 RUS
2
Ret		 POR
1
6		 POR
2
6		 ARG
1
Ret		 ARG
2
20†		 USA
1
14		 USA
2
16		 JPN
1
6		 JPN
2
11		 CHN
1
8		 CHN
2
17		 MAC
1
Ret		 MAC
2
Ret		 14th 41
11 Aleksey Dudukalo ITA
1
DNS		 ITA
2
DNS		 MAR
1		 MAR
2		 SVK
1		 SVK
2		 HUN
1		 HUN
2		 AUT
1		 AUT
2		 RUS
1		 RUS
2		 POR
1		 POR
2		 ARG
1		 ARG
2		 USA
1		 USA
2		 JPN
1		 JPN
2		 CHN
1		 CHN
2		 MAC
1		 MAC
2		 – 0
2014 Lada Sport Lukoil Lada Granta 1.6T 11 James Thompson MAR
1
10		 MAR
2
DNS		 FRA
1
10		 FRA
2
13		 HUN
1
DSQ		 HUN
2
DSQ		 SVK
1
DSQ		 SVK
2
C		 AUT
1
13		 AUT
2
Ret		 RUS
1
14		 RUS
2
12		 BEL
1
17		 BEL
2
15		 ARG
1
10		 ARG
2
9		 BEI
1
7		 BEI
2
6		 CHN
1
Ret		 CHN
2
10		 JPN
1
13		 JPN
2
12		 MAC
1
11		 MAC
2
9		 15th 22 3rd 425
12 Robert Huff MAR
1
Ret		 MAR
2
Ret		 FRA
1
5		 FRA
2
11		 HUN
1
11		 HUN
2
12		 SVK
1
9		 SVK
2
C		 AUT
1
12		 AUT
2
Ret		 RUS
1
10		 RUS
2
Ret		 BEL
1
16		 BEL
2
13		 ARG
1
7		 ARG
2
2		 BEI
1
8		 BEI
2
1		 CHN
1
15†		 CHN
2
Ret		 JPN
1
12		 JPN
2
11		 MAC
1
9		 MAC
2
1		 10th 93
14 Mikhail Kozlovskiy MAR
1
11		 MAR
2
5		 FRA
1
15		 FRA
2
14		 HUN
1
Ret		 HUN
2
Ret		 SVK
1
Ret		 SVK
2
C		 AUT
1
14		 AUT
2
10		 RUS
1
15		 RUS
2
Ret		 BEL
1
14		 BEL
2
12		 ARG
1
14		 ARG
2
11		 BEI
1
11		 BEI
2
DNS		 CHN
1
Ret		 CHN
2
11		 JPN
1
14		 JPN
2
13		 MAC
1
13		 MAC
2
Ret		 16th 11

* 2008 in Yokohama Teams' Trophy

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

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