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. Their first season was the 2009 season.

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.
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

YearEntrantCarNoDriver123456789101112131415161718192021222324DCPointsTCPoints
2008Russian Bears MotorsportLada 110 2.027 Kirill LadyginBRA
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		–06th*46*
2008Russian Bears MotorsportLada 110 2.028 Viktor ShapovalovBRA
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		–06th*46*
2008Russian Bears MotorsportLada 110 2.029 Jaap Van LagenBRA
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		–06th*46*
2009LADA SportLADA 110 2.018 Jaap Van LagenBRA
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		–04th83
2009LADA SportLADA Priora18 Jaap Van LagenGER
1
10		GER
2
20		ITA
1
Ret		ITA
2
DNS		JPN
1
13		JPN
2
Ret		MAC
1
23		MAC
2
DNS		–04th83
2009LADA SportLADA 110 2.019 Kirill LadyginBRA
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		–04th83
2009LADA SportLADA Priora19 Kirill LadyginGER
1
16		GER
2
23		ITA
1
14		ITA
2
20		JPN
1
16		JPN
2
DNS		MAC
1
DNS		MAC
2
DNS		–04th83
2009LADA SportLADA 110 2.020 Viktor ShapovalovBRA
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		–04th83
2009LADA SportLADA Priora20 Viktor ShapovalovGER
1
Ret		GER
2
24		ITA
1		ITA
2		JPN
1		JPN
2		MAC
1		MAC
2		–04th83
2009LADA SportLADA Priora36 James ThompsonBRA
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		17th64th83
2012TMS SportLada Granta WTCC69 James ThompsonITA
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
2013Lada Sport LukoilLada Granta WTCC8 Mikhail KozlovskiyITA
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		–02nd601
2013Lada Sport LukoilLada Granta WTCC10 James ThompsonITA
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		14th412nd601
2013Lada Sport LukoilLada Granta WTCC11 Aleksey DudukaloITA
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		–02nd601
2014Lada Sport LukoilLada Granta 1.6T11 James ThompsonMAR
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		15th223rd425
2014Lada Sport LukoilLada Granta 1.6T12 Robert HuffMAR
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		10th933rd425
2014Lada Sport LukoilLada Granta 1.6T14 Mikhail KozlovskiyMAR
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		16th113rd425

* 2008 in Yokohama Teams' Trophy
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.