1997 Super Tourenwagen Cup

1997 Super Tourenwagen Cup season
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The 1997 ADAC Deutsche Super Touren Wagen-Cup was the fourth edition of the Super Tourenwagen Cup (STW).

Season summary

The 1997 season saw a battle for the championship between Laurent Aiello for Peugeot and Joachim Winkelhock for BMW. Aiello took an early lead which he held throughout the season, scoring an impressive 11 wins and 17 podiums in 20 races. Winkelhock meanwhile emerged as the prime challenger after an even start between him and teammate Johnny Cecotto, but despite a mid-season four-race winning streak he could not catch Aiello, who claimed the title for Peugeot. Reigning champions Audi meanwhile struggled, despite a star lineup including Emanuele Pirro, Yvan Muller and Tamara Vidali, with Pirro winning only a single race and the other two drivers failing to reach the podium.

Teams and drivers

No. Driver Team Car Notes
1 Italy Emanuele Pirro France A.Z.K./ROC Audi A4 Quattro
2 Austria Philipp Peter France A.Z.K./ROC Audi A4 Quattro
3 France Yvan Muller France A.Z.K./ROC Audi A4 Quattro
4 Italy Tamara Vidali France A.Z.K./ROC Audi A4 Quattro
5 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto Italy BMW Motorsport Team Bigazzi BMW 320i
6 Germany Joachim Winkelhock Italy BMW Motorsport Team Bigazzi BMW 320i
9 Germany Jörg van Ommen France Peugeot Esso Peugeot 406
10 France Laurent Aiello France Peugeot Esso Peugeot 406
11 Germany Altfrid Heger Germany Team Honda Sport Honda Accord
12 Germany Marco Werner Germany Team Honda Sport Honda Accord
14 Germany Frank Schmickler Germany Cool Fire Team Engstler Alfa Romeo 155 TS Rounds 1-7
15 Germany Franz Engstler Germany Cool Fire Team Engstler Alfa Romeo 155 TS
16 Germany Marco Bromberger Germany Beru Team Engstler Alfa Romeo 155 TS
17 Germany Danny Pfeil Germany Beru Team Engstler Alfa Romeo 155 TS
18 Germany Christian Abt Germany Abt Sportsline Audi A4 Quattro
19 Denmark Kris Nissen Germany Abt Sportsline Audi A4 Quattro
20 Denmark Kurt Thiim Germany Opel Team Zakspeed Opel Vectra Rounds 1-2, 4-10
21 Germany Uwe Alzen Germany Opel Team Zakspeed Opel Vectra
22 Germany Sascha Maassen Germany Nissan Primera Racing Nissan Primera eGT
23 Germany Roland Asch Germany Nissan Primera Racing Nissan Primera eGT
24 United Kingdom Steve Soper Germany Isert BMW-Team BMW 320i Round 10
25 Germany Leopold Prinz von Bayern Germany Isert BMW-Team BMW 320i Rounds 1, 3-5, 7-9
26 Germany Christian Menzel Germany Isert BMW-Team BMW 320i
27 Germany Manuel Reuter Germany Opel Team SMS Opel Vectra
28 Germany Michael Bartels Germany Opel Team SMS Opel Vectra
30 Germany Alexander Burgstaller Germany Opel Team Holzer Opel Vectra Rounds 1-5
31 Germany Ronny Melkus Germany Opel Team Holzer Opel Vectra
32 United Kingdom James Thompson Germany Team Honda Sport Honda Accord Round 10
33 Germany Marc Gindorf Germany PMC Sports BMW 320i Round 10
35 Germany Christian Danner Italy JAS Engineering Alfa Romeo 155 TS
36 Italy Stefano Modena Italy JAS Engineering Alfa Romeo 155 TS
38 Germany Stephen Vollmair Germany Cool Fire Team Engstler Alfa Romeo 155 TS Round 10
39 Germany Michael Heigert Germany MHT Sports BMW 318is
40 France Éric Hélary Germany Isert BMW-Team BMW 320i Round 2
44 Germany Klaus Niedzwiedz Austria AUGROS MIG Austria Audi A4 Quattro
45 Germany Dirk Müller Austria AUGROS MIG Austria Audi A4 Quattro Rounds 4-5, 8-10
46 Austria Raimund Baumschlager Austria AUGROS MIG Austria Audi A4 Quattro Round 7
47 Italy Gianni Giudici Germany Cool Fire Team Engstler Alfa Romeo 155 TS Round 8

Race calendar and winners

Round Race Circuit Date Event Winning driver Winning team
1 Germany Int. ADAC-Preis Hockenheim Hockenheimring 27 April Sprint
Race
Laurent Aiello
Laurent Aiello
Peugeot Esso
Peugeot Esso
2 Belgium Bergischer Löwe Zolder Zolder 11 May Sprint
Race
Joachim Winkelhock
Joachim Winkelhock
BMW Motorsport Team Bigazzi
BMW Motorsport Team Bigazzi
3 Germany 75. Eifelrennen Nürburgring 25 May Sprint
Race
Laurent Aiello
Laurent Aiello
Peugeot Esso
Peugeot Esso
4 Germany 70. Geburstags des Sachsenringen Sachsenring 15 June Sprint
Race
Johnny Cecotto
Johnny Cecotto
BMW Motorsport Team Bigazzi
BMW Motorsport Team Bigazzi
5 Germany 55. Int. ADAC Norisring Rennen Norisring 29 June Sprint
Race
Joachim Winkelhock
Joachim Winkelhock
BMW Motorsport Team Bigazzi
BMW Motorsport Team Bigazzi
6 Germany ADAC Wunstorf Wunstorf 13 July Sprint
Race
Laurent Aiello
Laurent Aiello
Peugeot Esso
Peugeot Esso
7 Germany Int. ADAC Preis von Zweibrücken Zweibrücken 10 August Sprint
Race
Laurent Aiello
Emanuele Pirro
Peugeot Esso
A.Z.K./ROC
8 Austria Int. ADAC Alpentrophäe Salzburgring 24 August Sprint
Race
Laurent Aiello
Laurent Aiello
Peugeot Esso
Peugeot Esso
9 Germany Int. ADAC-Preis Regio Ring Lahr Regio-Ring 7 September Sprint
Race
Johnny Cecotto
Joachim Winkelhock
BMW Motorsport Team Bigazzi
BMW Motorsport Team Bigazzi
10 Germany 24. ADAC Bilstein Supersprint Nürburgring 5 October Sprint
Race
Laurent Aiello
Laurent Aiello
Peugeot Esso
Peugeot Esso

Championship results

Pos Driver HOC
Germany
ZOL
Belgium
NÜR
Germany
SAC
Germany
NOR
Germany
WUN
Germany
ZWE
Germany
SAL
Austria
REG
Germany
NÜR
Germany
Pts
1 France Laurent Aiello 1 1 3 3 1 1 2 2 2 Ret 1 1 1 4 1 1 2 20 1 1 696
2 Germany Joachim Winkelhock 4 2 2 2 Ret Ret 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 5 4 2 7 1 3 2 644
3 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto 2 3 1 1 3 2 15 5 4 Ret 7 5 3 2 7 5 1 2 5 3 571
4 Germany Jörg van Ommen 3 4 9 19 4 5 5 4 3 2 6 10 17 Ret 2 24 6 21 2 4 377
5 Germany Uwe Alzen 3 26 15 15 6 7 3 3 25 12 3 2 7 25 3 3 3 3 6 Ret 370
6 Italy Emanuele Pirro 11 9 4 10 20 7 6 Ret 5 3 Ret Ret 4 1 13 7 19 11 13 10 357
7 France Yvan Muller 12 11 10 11 20 Ret 13 6 11 19 Ret Ret 6 6 6 6 4 4 7 6 298
8 Germany Roland Asch 13 10 21 18 9 9 10 9 12 6 11 12 13 11 14 11 Ret 12 11 9 285
9 Denmark Kris Nissen 5 6 16 6 14 13 8 19 16 4 24 14 14 14 15 10 11 8 26 16 273
10 Germany Sascha Maassen 14 Ret 8 7 10 8 7 11 9 20 Ret 8 15 12 18 12 13 9 18 11 263
11 Germany Michael Bartels 18 13 17 26 8 10 Ret DNS 15 17 13 9 16 16 5 4 10 6 4 5 263
12 Germany Altfrid Heger 28 Ret 28 12 5 4 16 14 10 Ret 10 13 11 15 12 Ret 12 7 10 8 238
13 Germany Christian Abt 8 15 5 4 11 12 11 17 6 Ret 15 11 8 17 17 14 Ret Ret 19 13 223
14 Germany Christian Menzel 7 8 11 16 Ret Ret 9 7 Ret DNS 8 7 25 9 8 8 5 Ret Ret DNS 222
15 Italy Tamara Vidali 23 Ret 13 Ret 13 11 Ret 8 7 5 20 15 10 7 27 19 14 13 17 14 207
16 Austria Philipp Peter 16 14 6 5 21 Ret 6 21 Ret 8 17 19 5 3 16 15 Ret Ret 12 17 205
17 Germany Manuel Reuter 15 12 12 8 16 DNS 14 Ret Ret DNS 9 6 9 10 11 9 Ret DNS 15 Ret 189
18 Denmark Kurt Thiim Ret 19 24 13 20 20 20 11 4 4 Ret DNS 9 13 8 5 9 Ret 180
19 Germany Marco Werner 6 5 30 25 2 3 Ret DNS 8 10 5 17 Ret Ret 10 16 9 Ret 14 Ret 170
20 Italy Stefano Modena 10 7 14 27 23 20 23 Ret 27 7 14 Ret 18 20 19 17 16 10 DNS Ret 129
21 Germany Klaus Niedzwiedz 24 20 20 20 18 DNS Ret 12 14 9 12 Ret 12 8 22 20 Ret 14 21 15 103
22 Germany Leopold Prinz von Bayern 29 17 15 14 17 10 26 DNS 16 21 26 18 26 23 17 15 85
23 Germany Alexander Burgstaller 25 18 18 14 12 15 12 13 13 Ret 79
24 Germany Franz Engstler 21 Ret 22 17 22 21 21 15 23 15 19 18 20 23 21 22 18 17 20 20 57
25 Germany Frank Schmickler 22 24 29 Ret 26 16 22 16 24 14 21 16 21 19 52
26 Germany Marc Gindorf 20 16 Ret Ret 19 17 18 Ret 19 13 44
27 United Kingdom James Thompson 8 7 41
28 France Éric Hélary 7 9 38
29 Germany Christian Danner 17 23 23 23 17 Ret Ret Ret 17 Ret 18 Ret 24 21 20 18 20 18 23 18 37
30 United Kingdom Steve Soper 16 12 23
31 Germany Danny Pfeil 26 21 26 22 24 19 25 22 21 16 23 20 23 22 25 Ret Ret DNS 24 19 23
32 Germany Dirk Müller 19 Ret 18 21 Ret DNS 23 21 15 16 22 Ret 21
33 Austria Raimund Baumschlager 19 13 20
34 Germany Marco Bromberger 27 22 25 24 25 Ret 26 18 22 18 22 Ret 22 24 24 25 21 19 Ret DNS 16
34 Germany Michael Heigert Ret 25 27 Ret 27 18 8
35 Germany Ronny Melkus 19 Ret 19 21 24 DNS 4
36 Germany Stephan Vollmair 25 DNS 0
37 Italy Gianni Giudici Ret DNS 0
Pos Driver HOC
Germany
ZOL
Belgium
NÜR
Germany
SAC
Germany
NOR
Germany
WUN
Germany
ZWE
Germany
SAL
Austria
REG
Germany
NÜR
Germany
Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Excluded (EX)

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