Maiden TCR Russia pole position for Nuryev at Kazan

Maiden TCR Russia pole position for Nuryev at Kazan

11 September 2021

AG Team’s Aidar Nuryev claimed his first pole position in TCR Russia in the 20-minute Qualifying session at Kazan Ring.
It was a very tight session that ended with the top 13 drivers within the same second.
Dmitry Bragin was the first driver to post a competitive lap, under the 1:27 mark; his TAIF Motorsport Audi RS 3 LMS was clocked at 1:26.741, but Andreas Maslennikov demoted him a few moments later, improving to 1:26.393, while reigning champion and current points leader Kirill Ladygin moved into P3 with a lap of 1:26.875.
The next one to top the timesheet was Ladygin’s LADA Sport teammate Mikhail Mityaev who posted a new provisional fastest lap of 1:26.161.
During the final part of the session there were a lot of other improvements that reshuffled the positions between two and five: Maslennikov climbed back to second (1:26.307) ahead of Pavel Kalmanovich (1:26.324), Grigory Burlutskiy (1:26.600) and Bragin (1:26.614).
However, Nuryev had the last word, setting a 1:26.131 that beat Mityaev’s time by 30 thousandths of a second and secured the pole position. The last improvements came from Bragin (1:26.423) who moved back into P5 and Ladygin (1:26.773) who qualified ninth.
Live streaming of both races will be on Sunday at www.tcr-series.com; Race 1 at 11:45, Race 2 at 16:15 local times (10:45 and 15:15 CEST).


Kazan Ring - Qualifying
1:26.131 Aidar Nuryev (AG Team, Audi RS 3 LMS)
1:26.161 Mikhail Mityaev (LADA Sport Rosneft, LADA Vesta Sport)
1:26.307 Andej Maslennikov (Lukoil Racing Team, Hyundai i30 N)
1:26.324 Pavel Kalmanovich (AG Team, CUPRA)
1:26.423 Dmitry Bragin (TAIF Motorsport, Audi RS 3 LMS)


Championship points:
1. K. Ladygin 141 pts; 2. A. Maslennikov 109; 3. P. Kalmanovich 108


Picture: SMP/Grigory Golyshev 

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