1996 ITC Estoril round

   1996 ITC Estoril round

Round details
Round 3 of 13 rounds in the 1996 International Touring Car Championship season
Layout of the Autódromo do Estoril
Location	Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril, Portugal
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.182 km (2.599 mi)
International Touring Car Championship
Race 1
Date	26 May 1996
Laps	20
Pole position
Driver	Alessandro Nannini	Martini Alfa Corse
Time	1:40.686
Podium
First	Alessandro Nannini	Martini Alfa Corse
Second	Giancarlo Fisichella	TV Spielfilm Alfa Corse
Third	Klaus Ludwig	Zakspeed Opel
Fastest lap
Driver	Alessandro Nannini	Martini Alfa Corse
Time	1:42.819 (on lap 2)
Race 2
Date	26 May 1996
Laps	20
Podium
First	Alessandro Nannini	Martini Alfa Corse
Second	Uwe Alzen	Zakspeed Opel
Third	Manuel Reuter	Joest Racing Opel
Fastest lap
Driver	Alessandro Nannini	Martini Alfa Corse
Time	1:42.806 (on lap 3)

The 1996 ITC Estoril round was the third round of the 1996 International Touring Car Championship season. It took place on 26 May at the Autódromo do Estoril.

Alessandro Nannini won both races, driving an Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI.

Classification

Qualifying^[1]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Time	Group	Grid
1	6	Alessandro Nannini	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	Martini Alfa Corse	1:40.686	A	1
2	5	Nicola Larini	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	Martini Alfa Corse	1:41.164	A	2
3	14	Giancarlo Fisichella	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	TV Spielfilm Alfa Corse	1:41.347	A	3
4	17	Klaus Ludwig	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Zakspeed Opel	1:41.615	A	4
5	7	Manuel Reuter	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Joest Racing Opel	1:41.652	A	5
6	10	Michael Bartels	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	Jägermeister JAS Motorsport Alfa Romeo	1:41.666	A	6
7	15	Christian Danner	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	TV Spielfilm Alfa Corse	1:42.004	A	7
8	43	JJ Lehto	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Team Rosberg Opel	1:42.116	A	8
9	44	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Team Rosberg Opel	1:42.560	A	9
10	16	Uwe Alzen	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Zakspeed Opel	no time	A	10
11	8	Oliver Gavin	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Joest Racing Opel	1:41.336	B	11
12	12	Kurt Thiim	Mercedes C-Class	UPS Mercedes-AMG	1:41.501	B	12
13	2	Dario Franchitti	Mercedes C-Class	D2 Mercedes-AMG	1:41.665	B	13
14	3	Jan Magnussen	Mercedes C-Class	Warsteiner Mercedes-AMG	1:41.753	B	14
15	11	Jörg van Ommen	Mercedes C-Class	UPS Mercedes-AMG	1:41.795	B	15
16	9	Stefano Modena	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	JAS Motorsport Alfa Romeo	1:42.084	B	16
17	24	Yannick Dalmas	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Joest Racing Opel	1:42.108	B	17
18	18	Gabriele Tarquini	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	JAS Motorsport Alfa Romeo	1:42.175	B	18
19	1	Bernd Schneider	Mercedes C-Class	D2 Mercedes-AMG	1:42.556	B	19
20	25	Alexander Wurz	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Joest Racing Opel	1:43.418	B	20
21	4	Alexander Grau	Mercedes C-Class	Warsteiner Mercedes-AMG	1:43.635	B	21
22	22	Bernd Mayländer	Mercedes C-Class	Persson Motorsport	1:43.751	B	22
23	21	Ellen Lohr	Mercedes C-Class	Persson Motorsport	1:44.468	B	23
24	13	Gianni Giudici	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	Giudici Motorsport	1:48.282	B	24
25	19	Jason Watt	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	Bosch JAS Motorsport Alfa Romeo	no time	B	25

Race 1^[2]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Alessandro Nannini	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	Martini Alfa Corse	20	34:57.869	1	20
2	14	Giancarlo Fisichella	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	TV Spielfilm Alfa Corse	20	+3.456	3	15
3	17	Klaus Ludwig	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Zakspeed Opel	20	+10.906	4	12
4	7	Manuel Reuter	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Joest Racing Opel	20	+11.974	5	10
5	16	Uwe Alzen	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Zakspeed Opel	20	+14.791	10	8
6	8	Oliver Gavin	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Joest Racing Opel	20	+17.421	11	6
7	11	Jörg van Ommen	Mercedes C-Class	UPS Mercedes-AMG	20	+17.606	15	4
8	24	Yannick Dalmas	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Joest Racing Opel	20	+18.697	17	3
9	2	Dario Franchitti	Mercedes C-Class	D2 Mercedes-AMG	20	+19.019	13	2
10	25	Alexander Wurz	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Joest Racing Opel	20	+25.735	20	1
11	1	Bernd Schneider	Mercedes C-Class	D2 Mercedes-AMG	20	+27.350	19
12	15	Christian Danner	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	TV Spielfilm Alfa Corse	20	+36.162	7
13	4	Alexander Grau	Mercedes C-Class	Warsteiner Mercedes-AMG	20	+40.245	21
14	22	Bernd Mayländer	Mercedes C-Class	Persson Motorsport	20	+45.653	22
15	19	Jason Watt	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	Bosch JAS Motorsport Alfa Romeo	20	+50.257	25
16	43	JJ Lehto	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Team Rosberg Opel	20	+1:05.563	8
17	13	Gianni Giudici	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	Giudici Motorsport	19	+1 lap	24
18	10	Michael Bartels	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	Jägermeister JAS Motorsport Alfa Romeo	19	+1 lap	6
Ret	21	Ellen Lohr	Mercedes C-Class	Persson Motorsport	13	Retired	23
Ret	5	Nicola Larini	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	Martini Alfa Corse	9	Retired	2
Ret	18	Gabriele Tarquini	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	JAS Motorsport Alfa Romeo	8	Retired	18
Ret	44	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Team Rosberg Opel	8	Retired	9
Ret	3	Jan Magnussen	Mercedes C-Class	Warsteiner Mercedes-AMG	7	Retired	14
DNS	12	Kurt Thiim	Mercedes C-Class	UPS Mercedes-AMG		Did not start	12
DNS	9	Stefano Modena	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	JAS Motorsport Alfa Romeo		Did not start	16

Race 2^[3]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Alessandro Nannini	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	Martini Alfa Corse	20	34:46.099	1	20
2	16	Uwe Alzen	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Zakspeed Opel	20	+3.302	5	15
3	7	Manuel Reuter	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Joest Racing Opel	20	+4.293	4	12
4	11	Jörg van Ommen	Mercedes C-Class	UPS Mercedes-AMG	20	+4.696	7	10
5	14	Giancarlo Fisichella	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	TV Spielfilm Alfa Corse	20	+11.954	2	8
6	8	Oliver Gavin	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Joest Racing Opel	20	+19.591	6	6
7	44	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Team Rosberg Opel	20	+20.235	22	4
8	25	Alexander Wurz	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Joest Racing Opel	20	+20.734	10	3
9	9	Stefano Modena	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	JAS Motorsport Alfa Romeo	20	+21.310	25	2
10	2	Dario Franchitti	Mercedes C-Class	D2 Mercedes-AMG	20	+21.854	9	1
11	17	Klaus Ludwig	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Zakspeed Opel	20	+22.251^1	3
12	1	Bernd Schneider	Mercedes C-Class	D2 Mercedes-AMG	20	+26.515	11
13	15	Christian Danner	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	TV Spielfilm Alfa Corse	20	+46.263	12
14	18	Gabriele Tarquini	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	JAS Motorsport Alfa Romeo	20	+1:28.914	21
15	13	Gianni Giudici	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	Giudici Motorsport	19	+1 lap	17
Ret	21	Ellen Lohr	Mercedes C-Class	Persson Motorsport	10	Retired	19
Ret	3	Jan Magnussen	Mercedes C-Class	Warsteiner Mercedes-AMG	3	Retired	23
Ret	5	Nicola Larini	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	Martini Alfa Corse	2	Retired	20
Ret	43	JJ Lehto	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Team Rosberg Opel	1	Retired	16
Ret	22	Bernd Mayländer	Mercedes C-Class	Persson Motorsport	1	Retired	14
Ret	10	Michael Bartels	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	Jägermeister JAS Motorsport Alfa Romeo	1	Retired	18
Ret	24	Yannick Dalmas	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Joest Racing Opel	1	Retired	8
DNS	4	Alexander Grau	Mercedes C-Class	Warsteiner Mercedes-AMG		Did not start	13
DNS	19	Jason Watt	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	Bosch JAS Motorsport Alfa Romeo		Did not start	15
DNS	12	Kurt Thiim	Mercedes C-Class	UPS Mercedes-AMG		Did not start	24

Notes:

• ^1 – Klaus Ludwig was given a 20-second penalty for causing a collision with Giancarlo Fisichella.

Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Manuel Reuter 86 2 Jan Magnussen 51 1 3 Dario Franchitti 43 3 4 Uwe Alzen 42 12 5 Alessandro Nannini 41

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Opel 91 1 2 Mercedes 81 3 Alfa Romeo 55

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers' standings.

References

1. "Estoril Qualifying Results". Touringcars.net. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
2. "Estoril Race 1 Results". Touringcars.net. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
3. "Estoril Race 2 Results". Touringcars.net. Retrieved 23 September 2015.

External links

• Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters official website

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