Lada Sport is the

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-based performance and

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company for

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-branded cars and a wholly owned

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History

AvtoVAZ had a minor involvement in motorsport from the 1970s, producing racing cars for various series. In the 1990s, a small company called TMS produced sportier versions of street-legal Lada cars. The Lada Sport company was established in 2011, and the first performance-focused, street-legal Lada car it produced was 2011/2013 Granta Sport. AvtoVAZ entered the

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in the 2009 season by giving official support to the Russian Bears Motorsport team, branded as Lada Sport, and left at the end of the season. The team had already entered the previous season running a non-factory

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. The Lada Sport company competed from 2013 to 2016 with WTCC-spec Grantas and later Vestas.

Models produced

Since its establishment, Lada Sport produced, among others, the following models:

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^* 2008 in Yokohama Teams' Trophy ^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

References

External links

Official Lada Sport Page
{{AvtoVAZ Russian auto racing teams World Touring Car Championship teams AvtoVAZ Official motorsports and performance division of automakers Russian racecar constructors