1996 Super Tourenwagen Cup

The 1996 D1 ADAC Super Tourenwagen Cup was the third season of the Super Tourenwagen Cup (STW).

1996 Super Tourenwagen Cup
Previous: 1995 Next: 1997

Season summary

The 1996 STW season was dominated by works Audi driver Emanuele Pirro, who won the majority of the races during the year. Briton Steve Soper was the only man to challenge him for the title, but a slow start to his championship hampered his title chase, and Pirro won the title at the penultimate racing weekend at the AVUS track. This was also Laurent Aïello and Peugeot's first season in the German championship, and while the Frenchman won several races he was too inconsistent to finish any higher than third.

Teams and drivers
Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
BMW Team Bigazzi BMW 320i 2 Steve Soper All
3 Alexander Burgstaller All
21 Jörg Müller 2-6
40 Johnny Cecotto 7-9
ROC Competition/A.Z.K.[N 1]

A.Z.K./ROC Competition[N 1]

 Audi A4 Quattro 4 Tamara Vidali All
5 Emanuele Pirro All
6 Karl Wendlinger All
7 Philipp Peter All
Ford Mondeo Team Schübel Ford Mondeo 8 Roland Asch All
9 Thierry Boutsen 1-2
39 Warren Hughes 3-4, 6, 9
Peugeot Esso Peugeot 406 10 Laurent Aïello All
11 Altfrid Heger All
Honda Team Linder Honda Accord 12 Armin Hahne All
14 Klaus Niedzwiedz All
Alfa Team Engstler Alfa Romeo 155 TS 15 Franz Engstler All
16 Oliver Mayer 3-6, 8-9
Stephen Vollmair 2
17 7
Abt Sportsline Audi A4 Quattro 18 Christian Abt All
19 Kris Nissen All
MIG Austria Audi A4 Quattro 20 Ralf Kalaschek All
Nissan Primera Racing Nissan Primera eGT 22 Sascha Maassen 1-7, 9
23 Anthony Reid 1-7, 9
24 Ivan Capelli 1-2, 6-7, 9
BMW Team Isert BMW 318is 25 Leopold Prinz von Bayern 1-3, 6-9
26 Frank Krämer 5
Opel-Häusler Team Holzer Opel Vectra 16v 27 Marco Werner All
28 Volker Strycek 7, 9
Trans-Europe Racing Ltd. vs MHTsports BMW 318is 29 Michael Heigert 1-3
Ulrich Motorsport BMW 318is 30 Patrick Ulrich 1, 3-4, 6-7, 9
Team Lauderbach BMW 318is 31 Christian Menzel 8-9
32 Alexander Gaggl 1-4
PMC Sports BMW 318is 33 Marc Gindorf All
Flash Power Wolf Racing Ford Mondeo 35 Wolfgang Treml 4-9
36 Claudia Hürtgen 4-9
Mamerow Automobiltechnik Audi 80 Competition 37 Peter Mamerow 1, 3-4, 6-7, 9

Race calendar and results
Round Circuit Date Pole Position Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Zolder 5 May Emanuele Pirro Emanuele Pirro A.Z.K./ROC Competition
R2 Emanuele Pirro A.Z.K./ROC Competition
2 R1 Assen 19 May Steve Soper Steve Soper BMW Team Bigazzi
R2 Laurent Aïello Peugeot Esso
3 R1 Hockenheimring 2 June Philipp Peter Emanuele Pirro A.Z.K./ROC Competition
R2 Emanuele Pirro A.Z.K./ROC Competition
4 R1 Sachsenring 30 June Philipp Peter Philipp Peter ROC Competition/A.Z.K.
R2 Emanuele Pirro A.Z.K./ROC Competition
5 R1 Wunstorf 11 July Steve Soper Steve Soper BMW Team Bigazzi
R2 Emanuele Pirro A.Z.K./ROC Competition
6 R1 Zweibrücken 11 August Laurent Aïello Laurent Aïello Peugeot Esso
R2 Laurent Aïello Peugeot Esso
7 R1 Salzburgring 25 August Armin Hahne Steve Soper BMW Team Bigazzi
R2 Armin Hahne Honda Team Linder
8 R1 AVUS 8 September Steve Soper Armin Hahne Honda Team Linder
R2 Emanuele Pirro A.Z.K./ROC Competition
9 R1 Nürburgring 22 September Johnny Cecotto Emanuele Pirro A.Z.K./ROC Competition
R2 Emanuele Pirro A.Z.K./ROC Competition

Championship results
Points system
 Race 1   1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th 
30 24 20 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
 Race 2   1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th 
60 48 40 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2
Pos Driver ZOL
 ASS
 HOC
 SAC
 WUN
 ZWE
 SAL
 AVU
 NÜR
 Pts
1 Emanuele Pirro 1 1 3 2 1 1 3 1 2 1 2 3 8 10 4 1 1 1 678
2 Steve Soper 7 4 1 3 6 3 5 2 1 3 3 2 1 2 Ret 6 13 Ret 491
3 Laurent Aïello 20 Ret 2 1 Ret DNS 9 6 9 2 1 1 7 4 14 12 2 2 422
4 Christian Abt 4 9 7 7 4 4 2 3 5 8 5 4 11 8 5 3 11 14 406
5 Karl Wendlinger 5 Ret 5 5 3 2 4 4 3 4 7 Ret 12 13 6 5 10 5 366
6 Armin Hahne 8 6 Ret 15 24 8 15 Ret 18 11 8 6 2 1 1 13 3 3 343
7 Tamara Vidali 3 2 11 Ret 5 13 6 5 22 10 9 8 13 16 7 19 20 7 282
8 Klaus Niedzwiedz 9 5 10 6 Ret DNS DNS DNS 8 12 15 9 5 5 2 4 4 Ret 269
9 Philipp Peter 2 14 6 21 2 Ret 1 19 12 6 4 17 10 11 Ret Ret 5 4 256
10 Marco Werner Ret DNS Ret 9 11 9 8 7 6 5 Ret Ret Ret DNS 3 8 9 6 234
11 Altfrid Heger 10 Ret 13 Ret 10 6 14 11 4 17 12 7 4 Ret Ret 10 12 8 223
12 Ralf Kalaschek 23 7 15 12 16 5 10 10 14 Ret 13 18 16 14 8 11 15 12 219
13 Kris Nissen 6 3 8 8 7 Ret 23 DNS 10 Ret 11 5 14 12 Ret 17 7 Ret 214
14 Roland Asch 12 Ret 12 10 14 10 12 14 13 13 Ret Ret Ret 9 9 9 19 16 188
15 Alexander Burgstaller 24 DNS 9 17 8 7 7 8 16 9 6 Ret Ret DNS Ret 7 18 21 176
16 Sascha Maassen 15 13 Ret 14 13 11 17 12 15 20 Ret DNS 9 6 14 10 165
17 Jörg Müller 4 4 9 14 18 9 11 7 Ret 16 165
18 Anthony Reid 22 Ret 17 11 12 Ret 20 17 7 Ret 14 Ret 3 3 Ret 9 147
19 Franz Engstler 14 Ret 16 13 21 Ret 11 15 17 16 16 10 15 DNS 13 14 17 15 135
20 Johnny Cecotto 6 7 11 2 6 Ret 116
21 Marc Gindorf 16 8 20 18 18 Ret 16 Ret DNS DNS 17 11 17 19 10 Ret 23 DNS 93
22 Claudia Hürtgen 13 13 20 15 18 12 Ret DNS 15 16 24 17 82
23 Peter Mamerow 18 11 23 12 19 16 19 13 20 18 DNS DNS 78
24 Leopold Prinz von Bayern 11 12 Ret DSQ 15 Ret Ret DNS 18 15 Ret 15 22 18 67
25 Ivan Capelli 21 DNS 14 20 10 Ret Ret DNS 8 13 49
26 Patrick Ulrich 19 15 20 16 22 18 Ret 14 Ret DNS 28 20 47
27 Alexander Gaggl 17 10 19 DSQ 17 15 Ret DNS 44
28 Wolfgang Treml 21 DNS DSQ 19 Ret 15 19 17 17 20 27 DNS 32
29 Volker Strycek 21 Ret 16 11 25
30 Thierry Boutsen 13 Ret 18 16 21
31 Oliver Mayer 22 Ret DNS DNS 21 18 Ret DNS 16 18 25 19 21
32 Frank Krämer 19 14 16
33 Michael Heigert Ret Ret 21 19 Ret Ret 12
34 Christian Menzel 12 21 21 Ret 9
35 Warren Hughes 19 Ret DNS DNS Ret Ret 26 22 4
36 Stephen Vollmair DNS DNS Ret DNS 0
Pos Driver ZOL
 ASS
 HOC
 SAC
 WUN
 ZWE
 SAL
 AVU
 NÜR
 Pts
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

Manufacturers' Trophy
Pos Manufacturer Points
1 Audi 1192
2 BMW 867
3 Peugeot 645
4 Honda 612
5 Nissan 343
6 Ford 317
7 Opel 259
8 Alfa Romeo 156

References

    Footnotes
    1. Cars 4. and 7. were entered as ROC Competition/A.Z.K. while cars 5. and 6. were entered as A.Z.K./ROC Competition
    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.