1996 Super Tourenwagen Cup

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

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 Aiello 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

No.	Driver	Team	Car	Notes
2	Steve Soper	BMW Team Bigazzi	BMW 320i
3	Alexander Burgstaller	BMW Team Bigazzi	BMW 320i
4	Tamara Vidali	A.Z.K./ROC	Audi A4 Quattro
5	Emanuele Pirro	A.Z.K./ROC	Audi A4 Quattro
6	Karl Wendlinger	A.Z.K./ROC	Audi A4 Quattro
7	Philipp Peter	A.Z.K./ROC	Audi A4 Quattro
8	Roland Asch	Ford Mondeo Team Schübel	Ford Mondeo Ghia
9	Thierry Boutsen	Ford Mondeo Team Schübel	Ford Mondeo Ghia	Rounds 1-4
10	Laurent Aiello	Peugeot Esso	Peugeot 406
11	Altfrid Heger	Peugeot Esso	Peugeot 406
12	Armin Hahne	Honda Team Linder	Honda Accord
14	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Honda Team Linder	Honda Accord	Rounds 1-6, 9-18
15	Franz Engstler	Alfa Team Engstler	Alfa Romeo 155
16	Oliver Mayer	Alfa Team Engstler	Alfa Romeo 155	Rounds 5-6, 9-12, 15-18
17	Stephen Vollmair	Alfa Team Engstler	Alfa Romeo 155	Rounds 13-14
18	Christian Abt	Abt Sportsline	Audi A4 Quattro
19	Kris Nissen	Abt Sportsline	Audi A4 Quattro
20	Ralf Kalaschek	MIG Austria	Audi A4 Quattro
21	Jörg Müller	BMW Team Bigazzi	BMW 320i	Rounds 3-12
22	Sascha Maassen	Nissan Primera Racing	Nissan Primera eGT	Rounds 1-14, 17-18
23	Anthony Reid	Nissan Primera Racing	Nissan Primera eGT	Rounds 1-14, 17-18
24	Ivan Capelli	Nissan Primera Racing	Nissan Primera eGT	Rounds 1-4, 11-14, 17-18
25	Leopold Prinz von Bayern	Isert BMW-Team	BMW 320i	Rounds 1-6, 11-18
26	Frank Krämer	Isert BMW-Team	BMW 320i	Rounds 9-10
27	Marco Werner	Opel-Häusler Team Holzer	Opel Vectra
28	Volker Strycek	Opel-Häusler Team Holzer	Opel Vectra	Rounds 13-14, 17-18
29	Michael Heigert	Trans Europe Racing	BMW 318is	Rounds 1-6
30	Patrick Ulrich	Ulrich Motorsport	BMW 318is	Rounds 1-2, 5-8, 11-14, 17-18
31	Christian Menzel	Team Lauderbach	BMW 318is	Rounds 15-18
32	Alexander Gaggl	Team Lauderbach	BMW 318is	Rounds 1-6
33	Marc Gindorf	PMC Sports	BMW 318is	Rounds 1-8, 11-18
35	Claudia Hürtgen	Flash Power Wolf Racing	Ford Mondeo Ghia	Rounds 7-18
36	Wolfgang Treml	Flash Power Wolf Racing	Ford Mondeo Ghia	Rounds 7-18
37	Peter Mamerow	Mamerow Racing	Audi 80 Competition	Rounds 1-2, 5-8, 11-14
39	Warren Hughes	Ford Mondeo Team Schübel	Ford Mondeo Ghia	Rounds 5-6, 11-12, 17-18
40	Johnny Cecotto	BMW Team Bigazzi	BMW 320i	Rounds 13-18

Race calendar and winners

Round	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Winning team
1 2	Zolder	5 May	Emanuele Pirro Emanuele Pirro	A.Z.K./ROC-Compétition A.Z.K./ROC-Compétition
3 4	Assen	19 May	Steve Soper Laurent Aiello	BMW Team Bigazzi Peugeot Esso
5 6	Hockenheimring	2 June	Emanuele Pirro Emanuele Pirro	A.Z.K./ROC-Compétition A.Z.K./ROC-Compétition
7 8	Sachsenring	30 June	Philipp Peter Emanuele Pirro	A.Z.K./ROC-Compétition A.Z.K./ROC-Compétition
9 10	Wunstorf	11 July	Steve Soper Emanuele Pirro	BMW Team Bigazzi A.Z.K./ROC-Compétition
11 12	Zweibrücken	11 August	Laurent Aiello Laurent Aiello	Peugeot Esso Peugeot Esso
13 14	Salzburgring	25 August	Steve Soper Armin Hahne	BMW Team Bigazzi Honda Team Linder
15 16	AVUS	8 September	Armin Hahne Emanuele Pirro	Honda Team Linder A.Z.K./ROC-Compétition
17 18	Nürburgring	22 September	Emanuele Pirro Emanuele Pirro	A.Z.K./ROC-Compétition A.Z.K./ROC-Compétition

Championship results

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 Aiello	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			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			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					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													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			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					Ret	Ret					26	22	4
36	Stephen Vollmair													Ret	DNS					0
Pos	Driver	ZOL		ASS		HOC		SAC		WUN		ZWE		SAL		AVU		NÜR		Pts

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

Manufacturers Championship

Position ^[1]	Manufacturer ^[1]	Points ^[1]
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

1 2 3 Touring Car Championships, Autombile Year, 1996/97, page 261

External links

Super Tourenwagen Cup

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Super Touring championships

British Touring Car Championship	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

French Supertouring Championship	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Italian Superturismo Championship	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Touring Car World Cup	1993 1994 1995

South American Super Touring Car Championship	1997 1998 1999 2000

Japanese Touring Car Championship	1994 1995 1996 1997 1998

Super Tourenwagen Cup	1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Belgian Procar Championship	1994 1995 1996 1997

Swedish Touring Car Championship	1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

Campeonato de España de Turismos	1994 1995 1996 1997

Portuguese Touring Car Championship	1993 1994

Central European Supertouring Car Championship	1994 1995 1996

South African Touring Car Championship	1994 1995 1996

Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship	1994 1996 1997 1998 1999

Australian Super Touring Championship	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000–01 2002

North American Touring Car Championship	1996 1997

European Touring Car Championship	2000 2001

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