The fifth event of the TCR Russia's season marks the series' first visit to the ADM Raceway, located some 30km from Moscow's city centre.
The racetrack lies in the area of the Myachkovo airport, the largest facility for private flights around Moscow. The circuit has been used for motorsport activities from 2001, but has been recently renovated and was granted a Grade 4 FIA homologation.
After the first four events of the season, Dmitry Bragin (TAIF Motorsport Hyundai i30 N) leads the standings with 122 points, 15 more than Klim Gavrilov (VRC Team Audi RS 3 LMS), while Kirill Ladygin (Rosneft LADA Sport LADA Vesta) and Andrej Maslennikov (Lukoil Racing CUPRA) are placed third and fourth with gaps of 17 and 18 points respectively.
New to the series is former National Class competitor, Anvar Tutaev who will replace Albert Gilfanov in the Tschingiskhan Motorsport Volkswagen Golf GTI.
Race 1 will start at 12:10 local time on Saturday (11:10 CET) and Race 2 will follow on Sunday at 12:05 local time (11:05 CET); both will be streamed live at www.tcr-series.com and www.tcr-series.tv.