1996 Super Tourenwagen Cup

1996 Super Tourenwagen Cup 1995 1997 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 Aïello 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 Team Car No. Drivers Rounds ClassITA BMW Team BigazziBMW 320i2GBR Steve SoperAll3GER Alexander BurgstallerAll FRA Roc Competition AZKROCAZK N Cars 4. and 7. were entered as ROC Competition/A.Z.K. while cars 5. and 6. were entered as A.Z.K./ROC Competition Audi A4 Quattro4ITA Tamara VidaliAll FRA AZK Roc CompetitionROCAZK N Cars 4. and 7. were entered as ROC Competition/A.Z.K. while cars 5. and 6. were entered as A.Z.K./ROC Competition Audi A4 Quattro 5ITA Emanuele PirroAll 6AUT Karl WendlingerAll FRA Roc Competition AZKROCAZK N Cars 4. and 7. were entered as ROC Competition/A.Z.K. while cars 5. and 6. were entered as A.Z.K./ROC Competition Audi A4 Quattro 7AUT Philipp PeterAllGER Ford Mondeo Team SchübelFord Mondeo 8GER Roland AschAll 9BEL Thierry Boutsen1-2FRA Peugeot EssoPeugeot 40610FRA Laurent AïelloAll11GER Altfrid HegerAllGER Honda Team LinderHonda Accord 12GER Armin HahneAll14GER Klaus NiedzwiedzAllGER Alfa Team EngstlerAlfa Romeo 155 TS15GER Franz EngstlerAll P16GER Oliver Mayer3-6, 8–9 PGER Stephen Vollmair2 P177 PGER Abt SportslineAudi A4 Quattro18GER Christian AbtAll P19DEN Kris NissenAll PAUT MIG AustriaAudi A4 Quattro 20AUT Ralf KalaschekAll PITA BMW Team BigazziBMW 320i21GER Jörg Müller2-6ITA Nissan Primera RacingNissan Primera eGT 22GER Sascha Maassen1-7, 9 23GBR Anthony Reid1-7, 9 24ITA Ivan Capelli1-2, 6–7, 9GER BMW Team IsertBMW 318is25GER Leopold Prinz von Bayern1-3, 6–926GER Frank Krämer5GER Opel-Häusler Team HolzerOpel Vectra 16v 27GER Marco WernerAll P 28GER Volker Strycek7, 9 PGER Trans-Europe Racing Ltd. vs MHTsportsBMW 318is 29GER Michael Heigert1-3 PSUI Ulrich MotorsportBMW 318is30Switzerland Patrick Ulrich1, 3–4, 6–7, 9 PGER Team LauderbachBMW 318is31GER Christian Menzel8-9 P 32AUT Alexander Gaggl1-4 PGER PMC SportsBMW 318is 33GER Marc GindorfAll PGER Flash Power Wolf RacingFord Mondeo 35AUT Wolfgang Treml4-9 P 36GER Claudia Hürtgen4-9 PGER Mamerow AutomobiltechnikAudi 80 Competition 37GER Peter Mamerow1, 3–4, 6–7, 9 PGER Ford Mondeo Team SchübelFord Mondeo 39GBR Warren Hughes3-4, 6, 9ITA BMW Team BigazziBMW 320i40VEN 1930 Johnny Cecotto7-9 Icon Class P Private Drivers Race calendar and results Round Circuit Date Pole position Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 BEL Zolder 5 May ITA Emanuele Pirro ITA Emanuele PirroA.Z.K./ROC Competition R2 ITA Emanuele PirroA.Z.K./ROC Competition 2 R1 NED Assen 19 May GBR Steve Soper GBR Steve Soper BMW Team Bigazzi R2 FRA Laurent Aïello Peugeot Esso 3 R1 GER Hockenheimring 2 June AUT Philipp Peter ITA Emanuele PirroA.Z.K./ROC Competition R2 ITA Emanuele PirroA.Z.K./ROC Competition 4 R1 GER Sachsenring 30 June AUT Philipp Peter AUT Philipp Peter A.Z.K./ROC Competition R2 ITA Emanuele PirroA.Z.K./ROC Competition 5 R1 GER Wunstorf 14 July GBR Steve Soper GBR Steve Soper BMW Team Bigazzi R2 ITA Emanuele PirroA.Z.K./ROC Competition 6 R1 GER Zweibrücken 11 August FRA Laurent Aïello FRA Laurent Aïello Peugeot Esso R2 FRA Laurent Aïello Peugeot Esso 7 R1 AUT Salzburgring 25 August GER Armin Hahne GBR Steve Soper BMW Team Bigazzi R2 GER Armin Hahne Honda Team Linder 8 R1 GER AVUS 8 September GBR Steve Soper GER Armin Hahne Honda Team Linder R2 ITA Emanuele PirroA.Z.K./ROC Competition 9 R1 GER Nürburgring 22 September VEN 1930 Johnny Cecotto ITA Emanuele PirroA.Z.K./ROC Competition R2 ITA Emanuele Pirro A.Z.K./ROC Competition Championship Standings Points system Race 1   1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th 3024201716151413121110987654321 Race 2   1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th 604840343230282624222018161412108642 Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Car ZOLBelgium ASSNetherlands HOCGermany SACGermany WUNGermany ZWEGermany SALAustria AVUGermany NÜRGermany Pts 1 Italy Emanuele Pirro Audi 1 1 3 2 1 1 3 1 2 1 2 3 8 10 4 1 1 1 678 2 United Kingdom Steve Soper BMW 7 4 1 3 6 3 5 2 1 3 3 2 1 2 Ret 6 13 Ret 491 3 France Laurent Aïello Peugeot 20 Ret 2 1 Ret DNS 9 6 9 2 1 1 7 4 14 12 2 2 422 4 Germany Christian Abt Audi 4 9 7 7 4 4 2 3 5 8 5 4 11 8 5 3 11 14 406 5 Austria Karl Wendlinger Audi 5 Ret 5 5 3 2 4 4 3 4 7 Ret 12 13 6 5 10 5 366 6 Germany Armin Hahne Honda 8 6 Ret 15 24 8 15 Ret 18 11 8 6 2 1 1 13 3 3 343 7 Italy Tamara Vidali Audi 3 2 11 Ret 5 13 6 5 22 10 9 8 13 16 7 19 20 7 282 8 Germany Klaus Niedzwiedz Honda 9 5 10 6 Ret DNSDNSDNS 8 12 15 9 5 5 2 4 4 Ret 269 9 Austria Philipp Peter Audi 2 14 6 21 2 Ret 1 19 12 6 4 17 10 11 Ret Ret 5 4 256 10 Germany Marco Werner Opel Ret DNS Ret 9 11 9 8 7 6 5 Ret Ret Ret DNS 3 8 9 6 234 11 Germany Altfrid Heger Peugeot 10 Ret 13 Ret 10 6 14 11 4 17 12 7 4 Ret Ret 10 12 8 223 12 Austria Ralf Kalaschek Audi 23 7 15 12 16 5 10 10 14 Ret 13 18 16 14 8 11 15 12 219 13 Denmark Kris Nissen Audi 6 3 8 8 7 Ret 23 DNS 10 Ret 11 5 14 12 Ret 17 7 Ret 214 14 Germany Roland Asch Ford 12 Ret 12 10 14 10 12 14 13 13 Ret Ret Ret 9 9 9 19 16 188 15 Germany Alexander Burgstaller BMW 24 DNS 9 17 8 7 7 8 16 9 6 Ret Ret DNS Ret 7 18 21 176 16 Germany Sascha Maassen Nissan 15 13 Ret 14 13 11 17 12 15 20 Ret DNS 9 6 14 10 165 17 Germany Jörg Müller BMW 4 4 9 14 18 9 11 7 Ret 16 165 18 Great Britain Anthony Reid Nissan 22 Ret 17 11 12 Ret 20 17 7 Ret 14 Ret 3 3 Ret 9 147 19 Germany Franz Engstler Alfa Romeo 14 Ret 16 13 21 Ret 11 15 17 16 16 10 15 DNS 13 14 17 15 135 20 Venezuela 1930 Johnny Cecotto BMW 6 7 11 2 6 Ret 116 21 Germany Marc Gindorf BMW 16 8 20 18 18 Ret 16 RetDNSDNS 17 11 17 19 10 Ret 23 DNS 93 22 Germany Claudia Hürtgen Ford 13 13 20 15 18 12 Ret DNS 15 16 24 17 82 23 Germany Peter Mamerow Audi 18 11 23 12 19 16 19 13 20 18DNSDNS 78 24 Germany Leopold Prinz von Bayern BMW 11 12 Ret DSQ 15 Ret Ret DNS 18 15 Ret 15 22 18 67 25 Italy Ivan Capelli Nissan 21 DNS 14 20 10 Ret Ret DNS 8 13 49 26 SUI Patrick Ulrich BMW 19 15 20 16 22 18 Ret 14 Ret DNS 28 20 47 27 Austria Alexander Gaggl BMW 17 10 19 DSQ 17 15RetDNS 44 28 Austria Wolfgang Treml Ford 21 DNS DSQ 19 Ret 15 19 17 17 20 27 DNS 32 29 Germany Volker Strycek Opel 21 Ret 16 11 25 30 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Ford 13 Ret 18 16 21 31 Germany Oliver Mayer Alfa Romeo 22 Ret DNSDNS 21 18 Ret DNS 16 18 25 19 21 32 Germany Frank Krämer BMW 19 14 16 33 Germany Michael Heigert BMW Ret Ret 21 19 Ret Ret 12 34 Germany Christian Menzel BMW 12 21 21 Ret 9 35 Great Britain Warren Hughes Ford 19 RetDNSDNS Ret Ret 26 22 4 36 Germany Stephen Vollmair Alfa RomeoDNSDNS Ret DNS 0 Pos Driver Car ZOLBelgium ASSNetherlands HOCGermany SACGermany WUNGermany ZWEGermany SALAustria AVUGermany NÜRGermany Pts Manufacturers' Trophy Pos Manufacturer Points 1 GER Audi 1192 2 GER BMW 867 3 FRA Peugeot 645 4 JPN Honda 612 5 JPN Nissan 343 6 USA Ford 317 7 GER Opel 259 8 ITA Alfa Romeo 156 Teams' Trophy Pos Team Points 1 AZK Roc Competition 678 2 BMW Team Bigazzi 526 3 Peugeot Esso 485 4 ABT Sportsline 426 5 Honda Team Linder 402 6 Roc Competition AZK 370 7 Opel-Hausler Team Holzer 234 8 Nissan Primera Racing 156 9 Mig Austria 219 10 Ford Mondeo Team Schubel 188 References Footnotes N External links Category:Super Tourenwagen Cup Super Tourenwagen Cup Season