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Jaap van Lagen

Date of birth: 22.12.1976

Nation: Netherlands


Racing career:

1998 Winner of Citroën Saxo Cup Challenge
1999 Citroën Saxo Cup, 2 overall, winner of «Mobil 1» Rookie Award
2001 Dutch Formula Ford Champion
2002 Dutch Formula Ford Champion, Benelux Formula Ford Champion, 3d in Brands Hatch Formula Ford Festival
2003 German Formula Volkswagen Champion, winner of Dutch Drift Challenge
2004 7th Formula Renault V6 Euroseries (2 win, 5th in Monaco), winner of Eran Drift Challenge», winner of «Autocar Drift Challenge»
2005 9th World Series Renault 3.5 (2d in Monaco), winner of Dutch Drift Challenge, 2d in Rally Barneveld (9 round of Dutch Rally Championship), DTM tests with Mucke Motorsport
2006 Winner of Renault Megane Throphy 3.5 Eurocup, 5 races in World Series Renault 3.5
2007 Spyker GT team tests in Heres, 2 races in World Series Renault 3.5, several races in Porsche Supercup

Victor Shapovalov
Date and place of birth: 4th march, 1965, Sterlitamak, Russia

Residence: Moscow, Russia

Education:studied at Moscow State Institute of Aviation, department of flying machines’ radioelectronics; worked at Institute of applied electrodynamics (spaceship’s electronic equipment development, research of electrodynamics’ fields in space)

Now driving:Subaru Impreza WRX

Experienced in cycle-racing and karate-fight.

Drive a car for the first time: at the age of 14, car – IZH 412


Racing career:

1998 Russian Touring Car Championship in Touring-1600, «IZHMASH» team, LADA Samara Winner of GAZPROM Cup in Touring-1600 1th overall
1999 Russian Touring Car Championship in Touring-1600, «IZHMASH АТМ Formula-Z» team, LADA Samara 9 races 2nd in Russian Touring Car Cup in Touring-1600, «IZHMASH АТМ Formula-Z»
2000 Russian Touring Car Championship in Touring-1600, «F.Motors АТМ», LADA Samara 5th
2001 Russian Supertouring Championship, «IZH-AVTO Racing», IZH-2126 2 races
2002 Russian Ice-track Championship, «IZH-AVTO Racing» Russian Supertouring Championship, «IZH-AVTO Racing», IZH-2126 7 races
2004 Russian Touring Car Championship in Touring Light, «CityMotorsport», Volkswagen Polo GTI 2 races
2005 2nd (4 wins, 1 pole, 3 best laps) in Russian Touring Car Championship in Touring Light, «INTEKO CityMotorsport», Volkswagen Polo GTI
2006 Dutch Winter Endurance Championship, «CityMotorsport», BMW M3 E36, 2 races Russian Touring Car Championship, «CityMotorsport 2», BMW 320i, 4 top-three finishes
2007 3d in the Dutch Supercar Challenge, «Russian Bears Motorsport», BMW 320i World Touring Car Championship, «Russian Bears Motorsport», BMW 320i 2 races.

News

11.08.2008

Jaap van Lagen interview

The races at Brands Hatch and perspectives at first hand.
06.08.2008

From the first person: Viktor Shapovalov

As usually the leader of a command shares impressions from the last stage and plans for the near future.
30.07.2008

Brands Hatch results

The 7th round of World Touring Car Championship take place at britain Brands Hatch at 26-27 of July. Results of qualification and both races
18.07.2008

From the first person

The traditional analysis of events of a stage from Viktor Shapovalov
03.07.2008

Is it hard to participate in WTCC?

About that, it is how much difficult to prepare the car and to act in the World championship - small interview of Dmitry Bernikov, the chief executive of the "Russian Bears Motorsport" team.
02.07.2008

FIA - access granted

Russian Bears Motorsport team still participated in Yokohama Independent’s Trophy in fifth race.Viktor Shapovalov,the team leader, has clarified the situation.
10.06.2008

What about ballast???

Andy Priaulx and Yvan Muller will have the same success ballast in Brno: 58 kg.
07.06.2008

Triumph of BMW

According to Jean-Paul Pasquet, president of the ASAC Basco Béarnais, a crowd of 30,000 attended the 68th Grand Prix de Pau that resulted in a double victory for BMW.
05.06.2008

France. Race 2

The second race results
05.06.2008

Pau first race results

The fourth round of WTCC took place at French Pau. First race results.
21.05.2008

From the first person

Russian Bears Motorsport pilot Victor Shapovalov is discribing the Valencia race
20.05.2008

Valencia race 2 results

Results of the second race of Valencia event
19.05.2008

Valencia debut. First results.

Russian Bears Motorsport hit the track for the first time at Valencia. First race results.
14.05.2008

Victor Shapovalov about first tests

Russian Bears Motorsport pilot is talking about first official tests of LADA 1106 WTCC in Oschersleben and in Zandvoort.
14.05.2008

The second day results

The official tests of manufacture teams of WTCC had finished
11.05.2008

Official tests in Oschersleben

As always in WTCC, official tests were held in Oschersleben in Germany.
03.05.2008

First tests

Russian Bears Motorsport completed their first tests with LADA 1106 WTCC car at the Zandvoort race track (Netherlands) last week. Victor Shapovalov and Jaap van Lagen drove the car.
28.04.2008

Ready for the battle

Russian Bears Motorsport team began it’s european preparing program.
10.04.2008

SEAT’s best triumph ever

The Mexican event of the FIA World Touring Car Championship resulted in a complete triumph for SEAT, which Jaime Puig, SEAT Sport director, described as “the best day ever for SEAT.”
17.03.2008

SEAT OPEN WITH DOUBLE VICTORY

SEAT Sport team opened the 2008 FIA World Touring Car Championship with a double victory at Curitiba, in front of fully packed grandstands crowded by 45,000 fans.
28.02.2008

The team named second driver

Jaap van Lagen becomes team mate for Victor Shapovalov at WTCC tracks. We introduce a talented dutch driver.
26.02.2008

According to the plan

Preparing to the upcoming season is in progress at the “Russian Bears Motorsport” workshop. Three car’s bodies with special aerodynamic elements will be assembled at the first step.
14.02.2008

Changing the system weight handicap

By 2008, the season weight handicap system used in the World Championships, has been revised. The new principle of charging ballast organizers called "cargo" success. Since filing commission races bodywork new system has already been adopted by the World Council of FIA sports.
14.02.2008

Euros for the independents

Prize money for the independent drivers in the 2008 FIA World Touring Car Championship has been increased to 384,000 euros.