Lada Sport
| Company type | Division |
|---|---|
| Industry | Automotive, Motorsport |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Headquarters | Tolyatti , Russia |
| Parent | AvtoVAZ |
Lada Sport operates as the performance and motorsport division of AvtoVAZ, headquartered in Tolyatti, with a focus on enhancing and competing with vehicles under the Lada brand.
History
The roots of AvtoVAZ's participation in motorsports trace back to the 1970s, when the company began manufacturing race cars for multiple racing categories. During the 1990s, TMS (Togliatti Motor Sport) was responsible for creating sportier variants of road-legal Lada vehicles. Founded in 2011, Lada Sport introduced its inaugural high-performance street model with the release of the Granta Sport between 2011 and 2013.
In the 2009 World Touring Car Championship season, AvtoVAZ backed the Russian Bears Motorsport team under the Lada Sport banner before pulling out after that year. Prior to this factory involvement, the team had competed using a non-factory Lada 110. Lada Sport officially entered WTCC competition from 2013 through 2016, initially fielding WTCC-spec Grantas and subsequently Vesta vehicles.
Models produced
Since its inception, Lada Sport has developed and released the following significant models:
| Vehicle | Year Introduced | Category |
|---|---|---|
| Lada Granta Sport/Cup | 2011/2013 | Racing and street |
| Lada Granta 1600T (WTCC) | 2013 | Racing |
| Lada Granta TC1 (WTCC) | 2014 | Racing |
| Lada Kalina Sport | 2014 | Street |
| Lada Kalina NFR | 2015 | Street |
| Lada Vesta TC1 (WTCC) | 2015 | Racing |
| Lada Kalina NFR R1 (rally) | 2016 | Racing |
| Lada Granta Drive Active | 2016 | Street |
| Lada Kalina Drive Active | 2016 | Street |
| Lada Vesta TCR (touring car racing) | 2017 | Racing |
| Lada Granta R1 (rally) | 2019 | Racing |
| Lada Vesta Sport | 2019 | Street |
| Lada Niva Sport T2 I (rally raid) | 2022 | Racing |
| Lada Vesta NG TCR (touring car racing) | 2023 | Racing |
| Lada Vesta NG 1.6T (touring car racing) | 2023 | Racing |
| Lada Niva Sport T2 II (rally raid) | 2023 | Racing |
Complete World Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races highlighted in bold denote pole positions; those in italics represent fastest laps)
| Year | Team | Vehicle | Number | Driver | DC | Points | TC | Points | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2008 | Russian Bears Motorsport | Lada 110 | 27 | Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Kirill Ladygin | 0 | rowspan="3"|6th* | rowspan="3"|46* | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 28 | Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Viktor Shapovalov | 0 |- | 29 | Template:Country data NEDTemplate:Namespace detect showall Jaap Van Lagen | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | LADA Sport | Lada 110 | 18 | Template:Country data NEDTemplate:Namespace detect showall Jaap Van Lagen | 0 | rowspan="7"|4th | rowspan="7"|83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lada Priora | – | - | Lada 110 | 19 | Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Kirill Ladygin | 0 |- | Lada Priora | – | - | Lada 110 | 20 | Template:Country data RUSTemplate:Namespace detect showall Viktor Shapovalov | 0 |- | Lada Priora | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Template:Country data GBRTemplate:Namespace detect showall James Thompson | 6 |– | – |
*Yokohama Teams' Trophy classification for 2008
†Although a driver did not finish, classification was granted for completing over ninety percent of race distance.