The WTCC Race of Russia that takes place this weekend at the Moscow Raceway was launched yesterday with a photo call on the Red Square.

Works drivers from Citroën, Honda and LADA posed for pictures alongside their racing cars in front of the famous St. Basil’s Cathedral and the Kremlin.

Earlier in the day, some 80 Russian media had attended a press conference at the Baltschug Kempinski Hotel, asking questions to the drivers, Eurosport WTCC General Manager François Ribeiro and Ekaterina Beltsevich, Project Director of the Moscow Raceway.