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	Emanuele Pirro	A.Z.K./ROC	Audi A4 Quattro
2	Philipp Peter	A.Z.K./ROC	Audi A4 Quattro
3	Yvan Muller	A.Z.K./ROC	Audi A4 Quattro
4	Tamara Vidali	A.Z.K./ROC	Audi A4 Quattro
5	Johnny Cecotto	BMW Motorsport Team Bigazzi	BMW 320i
6	Joachim Winkelhock	BMW Motorsport Team Bigazzi	BMW 320i
9	Jörg van Ommen	Peugeot Esso	Peugeot 406
10	Laurent Aiello	Peugeot Esso	Peugeot 406
11	Altfrid Heger	Team Honda Sport	Honda Accord
12	Marco Werner	Team Honda Sport	Honda Accord
14	Frank Schmickler	Cool Fire Team Engstler	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	Rounds 1-7
15	Franz Engstler	Cool Fire Team Engstler	Alfa Romeo 155 TS
16	Marco Bromberger	Beru Team Engstler	Alfa Romeo 155 TS
17	Danny Pfeil	Beru Team Engstler	Alfa Romeo 155 TS
18	Christian Abt	Abt Sportsline	Audi A4 Quattro
19	Kris Nissen	Abt Sportsline	Audi A4 Quattro
20	Kurt Thiim	Opel Team Zakspeed	Opel Vectra	Rounds 1-2, 4-10
21	Uwe Alzen	Opel Team Zakspeed	Opel Vectra
22	Sascha Maassen	Nissan Primera Racing	Nissan Primera eGT
23	Roland Asch	Nissan Primera Racing	Nissan Primera eGT
24	Steve Soper	Isert BMW-Team	BMW 320i	Round 10
25	Leopold Prinz von Bayern	Isert BMW-Team	BMW 320i	Rounds 1, 3-5, 7-9
26	Christian Menzel	Isert BMW-Team	BMW 320i
27	Manuel Reuter	Opel Team SMS	Opel Vectra
28	Michael Bartels	Opel Team SMS	Opel Vectra
30	Alexander Burgstaller	Opel Team Holzer	Opel Vectra	Rounds 1-5
31	Ronny Melkus	Opel Team Holzer	Opel Vectra
32	James Thompson	Team Honda Sport	Honda Accord	Round 10
33	Marc Gindorf	PMC Sports	BMW 320i	Round 10
35	Christian Danner	JAS Engineering	Alfa Romeo 155 TS
36	Stefano Modena	JAS Engineering	Alfa Romeo 155 TS
38	Stephen Vollmair	Cool Fire Team Engstler	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	Round 10
39	Michael Heigert	MHT Sports	BMW 318is
40	Éric Hélary	Isert BMW-Team	BMW 320i	Round 2
44	Klaus Niedzwiedz	AUGROS MIG Austria	Audi A4 Quattro
45	Dirk Müller	AUGROS MIG Austria	Audi A4 Quattro	Rounds 4-5, 8-10
46	Raimund Baumschlager	AUGROS MIG Austria	Audi A4 Quattro	Round 7
47	Gianni Giudici	Cool Fire Team Engstler	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	Round 8

Race calendar and winners

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

Championship results

Pos	Driver	HOC		ZOL		NÜR		SAC		NOR		WUN		ZWE		SAL		REG		NÜR		Pts
1	Laurent Aiello	1	1	3	3	1	1	2	2	2	Ret	1	1	1	4	1	1	2	20	1	1	696
2	Joachim Winkelhock	4	2	2	2	Ret	Ret	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	5	4	2	7	1	3	2	644
3	Johnny Cecotto	2	3	1	1	3	2	15	5	4	Ret	7	5	3	2	7	5	1	2	5	3	571
4	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	Uwe Alzen	3	26	15	15	6	7	3	3	25	12	3	2	7	25	3	3	3	3	6	Ret	370
6	Emanuele Pirro	11	9	4	10	20	7	6	Ret	5	3	Ret	Ret	4	1	13	7	19	11	13	10	357
7	Yvan Muller	12	11	10	11	20	Ret	13	6	11	19	Ret	Ret	6	6	6	6	4	4	7	6	298
8	Roland Asch	13	10	21	18	9	9	10	9	12	6	11	12	13	11	14	11	Ret	12	11	9	285
9	Kris Nissen	5	6	16	6	14	13	8	19	16	4	24	14	14	14	15	10	11	8	26	16	273
10	Sascha Maassen	14	Ret	8	7	10	8	7	11	9	20	Ret	8	15	12	18	12	13	9	18	11	263
11	Michael Bartels	18	13	17	26	8	10	Ret	DNS	15	17	13	9	16	16	5	4	10	6	4	5	263
12	Altfrid Heger	28	Ret	28	12	5	4	16	14	10	Ret	10	13	11	15	12	Ret	12	7	10	8	238
13	Christian Abt	8	15	5	4	11	12	11	17	6	Ret	15	11	8	17	17	14	Ret	Ret	19	13	223
14	Christian Menzel	7	8	11	16	Ret	Ret	9	7	Ret	DNS	8	7	25	9	8	8	5	Ret	Ret	DNS	222
15	Tamara Vidali	23	Ret	13	Ret	13	11	Ret	8	7	5	20	15	10	7	27	19	14	13	17	14	207
16	Philipp Peter	16	14	6	5	21	Ret	6	21	Ret	8	17	19	5	3	16	15	Ret	Ret	12	17	205
17	Manuel Reuter	15	12	12	8	16	DNS	14	Ret	Ret	DNS	9	6	9	10	11	9	Ret	DNS	15	Ret	189
18	Kurt Thiim	Ret	19	24	13			20	20	20	11	4	4	Ret	DNS	9	13	8	5	9	Ret	180
19	Marco Werner	6	5	30	25	2	3	Ret	DNS	8	10	5	17	Ret	Ret	10	16	9	Ret	14	Ret	170
20	Stefano Modena	10	7	14	27	23	20	23	Ret	27	7	14	Ret	18	20	19	17	16	10	DNS	Ret	129
21	Klaus Niedzwiedz	24	20	20	20	18	DNS	Ret	12	14	9	12	Ret	12	8	22	20	Ret	14	21	15	103
22	Leopold Prinz von Bayern	29	17			15	14	17	10	26	DNS	16	21	26	18	26	23	17	15			85
23	Alexander Burgstaller	25	18	18	14	12	15	12	13	13	Ret											79
24	Franz Engstler	21	Ret	22	17	22	21	21	15	23	15	19	18	20	23	21	22	18	17	20	20	57
25	Frank Schmickler	22	24	29	Ret	26	16	22	16	24	14	21	16	21	19							52
26	Marc Gindorf	20	16	Ret	Ret	19	17	18	Ret	19	13											44
27	James Thompson																			8	7	41
28	Éric Hélary			7	9																	38
29	Christian Danner	17	23	23	23	17	Ret	Ret	Ret	17	Ret	18	Ret	24	21	20	18	20	18	23	18	37
30	Steve Soper																			16	12	23
31	Danny Pfeil	26	21	26	22	24	19	25	22	21	16	23	20	23	22	25	Ret	Ret	DNS	24	19	23
32	Dirk Müller							19	Ret	18	21	Ret	DNS			23	21	15	16	22	Ret	21
33	Raimund Baumschlager													19	13							20
34	Marco Bromberger	27	22	25	24	25	Ret	26	18	22	18	22	Ret	22	24	24	25	21	19	Ret	DNS	16
34	Michael Heigert	Ret	25	27	Ret	27	18															8
35	Ronny Melkus	19	Ret	19	21			24	DNS													4
36	Stephan Vollmair																			25	DNS	0
37	Gianni Giudici															Ret	DNS					0
Pos	Driver	HOC		ZOL		NÜR		SAC		NOR		WUN		ZWE		SAL		REG		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)

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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