1997 Italian Superturismo Championship

1997 Italian Superturismo Championship
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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
Audi Sport Italia	Audi A4 Quattro	2	Karl Wendlinger	All
CiBiEmme Engineering	BMW 320i	3	Emanuele Naspetti	All
CiBiEmme Engineering	BMW 320i	4	Fabrizio de Simone	All
Nordauto Engineering	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	5	Fabrizio Giovanardi	All
		6	Gordon de Adamich	1
		6	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
		54	Fabio Severino	9-10
		55	Davide Bernasconi	All
Technica Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	56	Felice Tedeschi	1-4
Technica Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	57	Sandro Montani	1-5, 8-10
Tecno Racing	BMW 320i	58	Maurizio Lusuardi	1-2, 5, 7-10
Tecno Racing	BMW 320i	58	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
Romano Racing	Opel Vectra	64	Sandro Sardelli	1-5, 8-10
Greyhound Motorsport	Ford Mondeo	63	Gianluca Roda	1
Greyhound Motorsport	Opel Vectra	63	Gianluca Roda	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
1	R2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	20 April		Fabrizio de Simone	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
2	R1	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello	4 May	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Emanuele Naspetti	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
2	R2	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello	4 May		Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Nordauto Engineering
3	R1	Autodromo dell'Umbria	18 May	Fabrizio de Simone	Fabrizio de Simone	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
3	R2	Autodromo dell'Umbria	18 May		Emanuele Naspetti	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
4	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	8 June	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio de Simone	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Nordauto Engineering
4	R2	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	8 June		Emanuele Naspetti	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
5	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	22 June	Antonio Tamburini	Fabrizio de Simone	Antonio Tamburini	Nordauto Engineering
5	R2	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	22 June		Emanuele Naspetti	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
6	R1	Autodromo del Levante	6 July	Rinaldo Capello	Emanuele Naspetti	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
6	R2	Autodromo del Levante	6 July		Emanuele Naspetti	Rinaldo Capello	Audi Sport Italia
7	R1	Autodromo di Pergusa	31 August	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio de Simone	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Nordauto Engineering
7	R2	Autodromo di Pergusa	31 August		Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Nordauto Engineering
8	R1	Autodromo Riccardo Paletti	15 September	Antonio Tamburini	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Rinaldo Capello	Audi Sport Italia
8	R2	Autodromo Riccardo Paletti	15 September		Fabrizio Giovanardi	Rinaldo Capello	Audi Sport Italia
9	R1	Circuito Internazionale Santamonica	28 September	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
9	R2	Circuito Internazionale Santamonica	28 September		Emanuele Naspetti	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
10	R1	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	12 October	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Nordauto Engineering
10	R2	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	12 October		Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio de Simone	CiBiEmme Engineering

Championship standings

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1

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
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)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Constructors' Championship

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

External links

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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