Viktor Shapovalov

{{short description|Russian racing driver (born 1965)}}

{{distinguish|Viktor Shapoval}}

{{Infobox racing driver

| name = Viktor Shapovalov

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| nationality = Russian

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1965|3|4}}

| birth_place = Sterlitamak, Bashkir ASSR, Soviet Union

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| current series = World Touring Car Championship

| first year = 2007

| current team = Lada Sport

| car number = 20

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| starts = 31

| wins = 0

| poles = 0

| fastest laps = 0

| best finish = 29th

| year = 2009

| prev series = Dutch Supercar Challenge
Russian Touring Car Championship
Dutch Winter Endurance Series
Russian Touring Car Cup

| prev series years = 2007
2006
2005–06, 2006–07
1998

| titles = Russian Touring Car Cup 1600

| title years = 1998

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Viktor Shapovalov (born 4 March 1965) is a Russian auto racing driver. Most of his career has been in touring cars, 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 Lada Samara.{{cite web|url=http://www.fiawtcc.com/fiawtcc/personnews_prs116631.shtml |title=Fia WTCC |access-date=January 16, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081115010151/http://www.fiawtcc.com/fiawtcc/personnews_prs116631.shtml |archive-date=November 15, 2008 }} Career at fiawtcc.com

File:Viktor Shapovalov 2008 Brands Hatch.jpg at Brands Hatch in the 2008 WTCC]]

In 2007 he first competed in the World Touring Car Championship for his own Russian Bears Motorsport team in a BMW 320i. The team entered just four rounds at Zandvoort and Valencia, with little success. He returned for the 2008 season with the surprising entry of a Lada 110,http://www.crash.net/motorsport/wtcc/feature/9099-0/are_lada_set_for_the_the_last_laugh.html Are Lada set for the last laugh? competing in fourteen rounds. His best finish this year was an eighteenth place at Brno. For the 2009 season he returned with full manufacturer backing from Lada.{{cite web|url=http://www.touringcartimes.com/news.php?id%3D3128 |title=TouringCarTimes - WTCC: Lada confirms three cars for the premiere |access-date=February 14, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227033429/http://www.touringcartimes.com/news.php?id=3128 |archive-date=February 27, 2009 }} 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 Lada Priora model.

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