1997 Italian Superturismo Championship

The 1997 Italian Superturismo Championship was the eleventh edition of the Italian Superturismo Championship. The season began in Monza on 20 April and finished in Vallelunga on 12 October, after ten rounds. Emanuele Naspetti won the championship, driving a BMW 320i; the German manufacturer won the constructors' championship, while Massimo Pigoli took the privateers' trophy.

Teams and drivers

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Audi Sport Italia	Audi A4 Quattro	1	Rinaldo Capello	All
		2	Karl Wendlinger	All
CiBiEmme Engineering	BMW 320i	3	Emanuele Naspetti	All
		4	Fabrizio de Simone	All
Nordauto Engineering	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	5	Fabrizio Giovanardi	All
		6	Gordon de Adamich	1
			Antonio Tamburini	2-10
EC Motorsport	Honda Accord	21	Roberto Colciago	1-7, 9-10
Effe Touring	Ford Mondeo	22	Maurizio Flammini	4
Soli Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	52	Moreno Soli	All
Christy's Team	BMW 320i	53	Massimo Pigoli	All
Varese Corse	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	54	Augusto Rossetti	1, 8-10
			Fabio Severino	9-10
		55	Davide Bernasconi	All
Technica Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	56	Felice Tedeschi	1-4
		57	Sandro Montani	1-5, 8-10
Tecno Racing	BMW 320i	58	Maurizio Lusuardi	1-2, 5, 7-10
			Stefano Gabellini	1-2, 4-5, 7-10
Promo Racing	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	59	Lorenzo Falessi	1-3, 5, 10
Romano Racing	Opel Vectra	61	Emanuele Moncini	6
		64	Sandro Sardelli	1-5, 8-10
Greyhound Motorsport	Ford Mondeo	63	Gianluca Roda	1
	Opel Vectra			2-10
Scuderia Giudici	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	65	Gianni Giudici	9
Capannelle Racing	Opel Vectra	67	Sergio Sambataro	10

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	20 April	Emanuele Naspetti	Emanuele Naspetti	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
	R2				Fabrizio de Simone	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
2	R1	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello	4 May	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Emanuele Naspetti	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
	R2				Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Nordauto Engineering
3	R1	Autodromo di Magione	18 May	Fabrizio de Simone	Fabrizio de Simone	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
	R2				Emanuele Naspetti	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
4	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	8 June	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Emanuele Naspetti	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Nordauto Engineering
	R2				Emanuele Naspetti	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
5	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	22 June	Antonio Tamburini	Fabrizio de Simone	Antonio Tamburini	Nordauto Engineering
	R2				Emanuele Naspetti	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
6	R1	Autodromo di Binetto	6 July	Rinaldo Capello	Emanuele Naspetti	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
	R2				Emanuele Naspetti	Rinaldo Capello	Audi Sport Italia
7	R1	Autodromo di Pergusa	31 August	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio de Simone	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Nordauto Engineering
	R2				Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Nordauto Engineering
8	R1	Autodromo Riccardo Paletti di Varano	15 September	Antonio Tamburini	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Rinaldo Capello	Audi Sport Italia
	R2				Fabrizio Giovanardi	Rinaldo Capello	Audi Sport Italia
9	R1	Circuito Internazionale Misano	28 September	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Emanuele Naspetti	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
	R2				Fabrizio de Simone	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
10	R1	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	12 October	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Nordauto Engineering
	R2				Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio de Simone	CiBiEmme Engineering

Championship standings

Scoring system

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver MON MUG MAG IMO IMO BIN PER VAR MIS VAL  Pts  1 Emanuele Naspetti 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 5 Ret 1 1 2 3 325 2 Fabrizio Giovanardi Ret DNS 5 1 Ret 5 1 Ret 8 2 4 4 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 229 3 Rinaldo Capello 2 12 Ret 12 5 3 4 2 4 3 2 1 5 8 1 1 6 Ret 6 4 190 4 Fabrizio de Simone Ret 3 Ret 7 2 2 3 3 DSQ 4 Ret Ret 10 3 Ret 5 3 3 3 1 157 5 Karl Wendlinger 3 4 3 4 Ret Ret 6 6 3 7 3 3 4 5 3 3 Ret 5 7 6 156 6 Antonio Tamburini 4 3 4 4 11 4 1 5 10 9 12 6 4 4 4 6 5 5 140 7 Roberto Colciago Ret 2 2 Ret 3 12 5 5 Ret 6 Ret 5 3 4 5 4 4 14 122 8 Massimo Pigoli 5 5 Ret 13 6 6 7 7 5 8 5 6 6 7 9 7 Ret 7 15 Ret 81 9 Moreno Soli Ret 6 9 5 8 10 8 8 10 12 6 7 7 Ret 7 8 8 9 9 9 57 10 Sandro Sardelli 6 11 Ret Ret 7 7 9 9 6 Ret 6 6 13 Ret Ret DNS 36 11 Gianluca Roda 8 13 6 Ret 9 Ret 10 10 Ret 11 7 Ret 8 Ret 8 10 7 8 10 10 33 12 Sandro Montani 9 9 12 6 10 8 14 11 9 Ret Ret 11 9 10 13 7 23 13 Davide Bernasconi 10 8 10 10 11 9 12 12 11 10 8 8 11 Ret Ret DNS 10 13 14 11 16 14 Gordon de Adamich 4 Ret 10 15 Felice Tedeschi 7 Ret 7 9 13 DNS 13 DNS 10 16 Maurizio Lusuardi Ret 8 7 9 Ret 11 11 9 17 Stefano Gabellini Ret 8 Ret Ret 9 Ret DNS 12 8 8 18 Augusto Rossetti 12 7 Ret 9 11 Ret 6 19 Sergio Sambataro 8 Ret 3 20 Emanuele Moncini 9 Ret 2 21 Lorenzo Falessi 11 10 11 11 12 11 12 13 12 12 1 Fabio Severino 12 13 0 Gianni Giudici Ret Ret 0 Maurizio Flammini DNS DNS 0 Pos Driver MON MUG MAG IMO IMO BIN PER VAR MIS VAL  Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Manufacturers' Trophy

Pos	Manufacturer	Points
1	BMW	580
2	Alfa Romeo	492
3	Audi	346
4	Honda	122
5	Opel	71
6	Ford	3

External links

• 1997 Drivers List
• 1997 Standings