1998 Super Tourenwagen Cup

After an open start to the season with four different winners in the first four races, BMW driver Johnny Cecotto and reigning champion and Peugeot driver Laurent Aïello soon emerged as the two championship contenders. Cecotto built up a sizeable lead during the season, but a late four-race winning streak ahead of the final weekend helped Aiello close the gap. After finishing third in the sprint race at the final event, one place ahead of Cecotto, Aiello passed Cecotto in the championship and led his Venezuelan rival by a single point before the deciding feature race. In that race, Cecotto would go on to finish fourth, two places ahead of Aiello, allowing him to claim the title.

Team	Car	No	Drivers	Rounds	Class
Peugeot Esso	Peugeot 406	1	Laurent Aïello	All	M
		2	Jörg van Ommen	All	M
		21	Michael Bartels	7-10	M
Paulaner Team Holzer	Opel Vectra	3	Alexander Burgstaller	All	M
Opel Team Holzer		4	Uwe Alzen	All	M
Abt Sportsline	Audi A4	5	Emanuele Pirro	All	M
		18	Christian Abt	All	M
		45	Frank Biela	All	M
TNT Team SMS	Opel Vectra	6	Éric Hélary	All	M
Opel Team SMS		7	Manuel Reuter	All	M
BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW 320i	8	Joachim Winkelhock	All	T
		9	Johnny Cecotto	All	T
Euroteam S.R.L.	Alfa Romeo 156	10	Stefano Modena	All	T
JAS Team Honda Sport	Honda Accord	11	Gabriele Tarquini	All	M
		12	Tom Kristensen	All	M
Mamerow Racing Team	Audi A4 Quattro	14	Peter Mamerow	1-4	T
	BMW 320i			5-10
Oliver Mayer Motorsport	Audi A4 Quattro	15	Oliver Mayer	1-4, 6-7, 9-10	T
Auto Dienst Bemani Team	Opel Vectra	16	Marco Bromberger	1-5, 7-10	T
Auto Plus Bemani Team		17	Klaus Niedzwiedz	All	T
Irmscher Motorsport	Opel Vectra	19	Franz Engstler	All	T
Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 156	20	Nicola Larini	4	T
		30	Fabrizio Giovanardi	4	T
Nissan Primera Racing	Nissan Primera GT	22	Michael Krumm	All	M
		23	Roland Asch	All	M
Team Isert	BMW 320i	25	Leopold Prinz von Bayern	All	T
		26	Christian Menzel	All	T

• M Drivers eligible to score points in the Manufactures Trophy
• T Drivers eligible to score points in the Team Trophy