Viktor Shapovalov (born 4 March 1965 in

Sterlitamak Sterlitamak ( rus, Стерлитама́к, p=stʲɪrlʲɪtɐˈmak; ba, Стәрлетамаҡ, translit=Stärletamaq; ) is the second largest city in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, located on the left bank of the Belaya River (Kama's ...

Bashkir ASSR The Bashkir Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic ( ba, Башҡорт Автономиялы Совет Социалистик Республикаhы; russian: Башкирская Автономная Советская Социалистиче� ...

) is a Russian

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driver. Most of his career has been in

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, competing in the Russian Touring Car Championship as well as the Dutch Supercar Challenge. In 1998 he won the 1600 Class Russian Touring Car Cup with a

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he first competed in the

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for his own

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team in a BMW 320i. The team entered just four rounds at

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and

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, with little success. He returned for the 2008 season with the surprising entry of a

Lada 110 The Lada 110 or VAZ-2110 is a compact car built by the Russian automaker AvtoVAZ from 1995 to 2009. It spawned two close derivatives: the Lada 111 estate and the Lada 112 hatchback. History The prototype of the Lada 110, known as the 300 serie ...

, competing in fourteen rounds. His best finish this year was an eighteenth place at

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. For the 2009 season he returned with full manufacturer backing from Lada. Lada confirms three cars for the premiere Halfway through the 2009 season Shapovalov retired from driving duties to concentrate on running the LADA Sport operation as they run James Thompson in the new

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model.

Racing record

Complete WTCC results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) * * Season still in progress.

References

1965 births Living people Moscow Aviation Institute alumni People from Sterlitamak Russian racing drivers World Touring Car Championship drivers Sports car racing team owners Sportspeople from Bashkortostan {{Russia-autoracing-bio-stub