Mikhail Kozlovskiy (

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: Михаил Сергеевич Козловский, born 17 October 1989 in

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

) is a Russian

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driver. He won the Russian Touring Car Championship in 2010 ( RTCC – Touring-Light). He currently races in the

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with Lada Sport Lukoil.

Racing career

World Touring Car Championship The FIA World Touring Car Championship was an international touring car championship promoted by Eurosport Events and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). It has had several different incarnations, including a sin ...

Lada Sport Lukoil (2013–2014) / Lada Sport Rosneft (2015)

Mikhail Kozlovskiy 2014 WTCC Race of Japan (Practice 1)

Kozlovskiy was brought in to the Lada Sport Lukoil team prior to the second round of the 2013 World Touring Car Championship season in

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to replace

Aleksey Dudukalo Aleksey Nikolayevich Dudukalo ( rus, Алексе́й Никола́евич Дудука́ло, p=ɐlʲɪˈksej nʲɪkɐˈlaɪvʲɪtɕ dʊdʊˈkalə; born 6 October 1976, in Moscow) is a Russian auto racing driver. He raced in the World Touring ...

in their second

Lada Granta WTCC {{Racing car , Car_name = Lada Granta 1600T WTCC , Image = , Category = World Touring Car Championship , Constructor = Lada , Designer = Andrey Ruzanov, TMS Motorsport , Predecessor = Lada Priora , Chassis = Lada 119/VAZ-2190 (Lada Grant ...

alongside experienced touring car driver James Thompson. ''"Mikhail is a young, talented driver. I am sure he will be able to adapt to the car, the team and WTCC the format," team manager Viktor Shapovalov said. I am confident that our partnership in WTCC will be successful."'' "Each touring car driver dreams of acing in theWTCC and I am no exception", Kozlovskiy said. He scored his best finish at the opening event of the 2014 season in

, finishing fifth in race two. Kozlovskiy was the team's top finisher at

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in 2014. Kozlovskiy represented the WTCC at the official launch of the

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European Production Series

Lukoil-Sunred (2011)

2011 was the first international Touring Car season for Kozlovskiy, where he proved himself winning 4 races out of 6, alongside Marcos De Diego.

RTCC

Lukoil Racing Team (2009 - 2010) - Touring Light

In 2009, Kozlovskiy joined

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and became a Russian Vice-Champion in the first year with the team. Kozlovskiy claimed his first title becoming the Russian Champion in 2010.

Manuscript Sport / Sport Garage (2008)

Seat Leon Cup

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Winner
RTCC, Touring - 3rd place

Racing record

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

(

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

References

External links

* https://www.speedracing.com.br/seat-leon-russia-supercup-mikhail-kozlovsky-e-o-primeiro-campeao-da-historia/
Profile at fiawtcc.com
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