1998 Super Tourenwagen Cup

Motorsport season June 2019 noref (GreenC bot) 1998 Super Tourenwagen Cup 1997 1999 The 1998 ADAC Deutsche Super Touren Wagen-Cup was the fifth edition of the Super Tourenwagen Cup (STW). Season summary After an open start to the season with four different winners in the first four races, BMW driver Johnny Cecotto and reigning champion and Peugeot driver Laurent Aïello soon emerged as the two championship contenders. Cecotto built up a sizeable lead during the season, but a late four-race winning streak ahead of the final weekend helped Aiello close the gap. After finishing third in the sprint race at the final event, one place ahead of Cecotto, Aiello passed Cecotto in the championship and led his Venezuelan rival by a single point before the deciding feature race. In that race, Cecotto would go on to finish fourth, two places ahead of Aiello, allowing him to claim the title. Teams and drivers Team Car No Drivers Rounds ClassFRA Peugeot EssoPeugeot 4061FRA Laurent AïelloAllM2GER Jörg van OmmenAllMGER Paulaner Team HolzerOpel Vectra3GER Alexander BurgstallerAllMGER Opel Team Holzer4GER Uwe AlzenAllMGER Abt SportslineAudi A4 5ITA Emanuele PirroAllMGER TNT Team SMSOpel Vectra 6FRA Éric HélaryAllMGER Opel Team SMS 7GER Manuel ReuterAllMGER BMW Team SchnitzerBMW 320i 8GER Joachim WinkelhockAllT 9VEN 1930 Johnny CecottoAllTITA EuroteamAlfa Romeo 156 10ITA Stefano ModenaAllTITA JAS Team Honda SportHonda Accord 11ITA Gabriele TarquiniAllM 12DEN Tom KristensenAllMGER Mamerow Racing TeamAudi A4 Quattro 14GER Peter Mamerow1-4TBMW 320i5-10GER Oliver Mayer MotorsportAudi A4 Quattro 15GER Oliver Mayer1-4, 6-7, 9-10 TGER Auto Dienst Bemani TeamOpel Vectra 16GER Marco Bromberger1-5, 7-10TGER Auto Plus Bemani Team 17GER Klaus NiedzwiedzAllTGER Abt SportslineAudi A4 18GER Christian AbtAllMGER Irmscher MotorsportOpel Vectra 19GER Franz EngstlerAllTITA Alfa CorseAlfa Romeo 156 20ITA Nicola Larini4TFRA Peugeot EssoPeugeot 40621GER Michael Bartels7-10MGER Nissan Primera RacingNissan Primera GT 22GER Michael KrummAllM 23GER Roland AschAllMGER Team IsertBMW 320i 25GER Leopold Prinz von BayernAllT 26GER Christian MenzelAllTITA Alfa CorseAlfa Romeo 156 30ITA Fabrizio Giovanardi4TGER Abt SportslineAudi A4 45GER Frank BielaAllM Icon ClassM Drivers eligible to score points in the Manufactures Trophy T Drivers eligible to score points in the Team Trophy Race calendar and results Round Circuit Date Pole position Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 GER Hockenheimring 19 April FRA Laurent Aïello GER Uwe Alzen Opel Team Holzer R2 GER Manuel Reuter Opel Team SMS 2 R1 GER Nürburgring 10 May GER Roland Asch GER Roland Asch Nissan Primera Racing R2 VEN 1930 Johnny Cecotto BMW Team Schnitzer 3 R1 GER Sachsenring 24 May VEN 1930 Johnny Cecotto VEN 1930 Johnny Cecotto BMW Team Schnitzer R2 VEN 1930 Johnny Cecotto BMW Team Schnitzer 4 R1 GER Norisring 6 July FRA Éric Hélary GER Jörg van Ommen Peugeot Esso R2 FRA Laurent Aïello Peugeot Esso 5 R1 GER Lahr 19 July GER Uwe Alzen GER Uwe Alzen Opel Team Holzer R2 ITA Gabriele Tarquini JAS Team Honda Sport 6 R1 GER Wunstorf 2 August GER Manuel Reuter FRA Laurent Aïello Peugeot Esso R2 GER Manuel Reuter Opel Team SMS 7 R1 GER Zweibrücken 16 August GER Manuel Reuter VEN 1930 Johnny Cecotto BMW Motorsport Team Schnitzer R2 VEN 1930 Johnny Cecotto BMW Motorsport Team Schnitzer 8 R1 Austria Salzburgring 30 August DEN Tom Kristensen FRA Laurent Aïello Peugeot Esso R2 FRA Laurent Aïello Peugeot Esso 9 R1 Germany Oschersleben 13 September FRA Laurent Aïello FRA Laurent Aïello Peugeot Esso R2 FRA Laurent Aïello Peugeot Esso 10 R1 Germany Nürburgring 4 October GER Manuel Reuter GER Manuel Reuter Opel Team SMS R2 FRA Éric HélaryTNT Team SMS Championship results 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 Pos Driver HOCGermany NÜRGermany SACGermany NORGermany LAHGermany WUNGermany ZWEGermany SALAustria OSCGermany NÜRGermany Pts 1 Venezuela Johnny Cecotto 8 8 3 1 1 1 8 4 4 2 9 10 1 1 12 10 3 2 4 4 595 2 France Laurent Aïello 4 2 4 3 3 5 6 1 12 10 1 Ret 3 5 1 1 1 1 3 6 592 3 Germany Uwe Alzen 1 17 6 5 4 Ret 2 3 1 4 5 2 15 6 2 13 5 5 5 2 482 4 France Éric Hélary Ret 9 2 2 19 7 7 2 2 3 7 4 8 4 Ret DNS 9 6 2 1 473 5 Germany Manuel Reuter 2 1 5 11 16 6 Ret 10 20 6 2 1 5 20 3 15 8 Ret 1 3 423 6 Germany Joachim Winkelhock 3 3 7 7 9 2 10 5 Ret Ret 10 11 2 2 13 16 4 3 Ret 10 405 7 Italy Gabriele Tarquini 7 11 8 Ret 5 4 5 7 3 1 Ret DNS 4 22 5 4 16 12 21 9 335 8 Germany Roland Asch 15 10 1 4 Ret 3 3 6 6 7 Ret DNS 6 3 22 11 10 13 Ret 21 327 9 Germany Michael Krumm 11 4 12 21 6 Ret Ret 12 7 Ret 6 6 7 12 9 6 2 4 12 8 312 10 Germany Jörg van Ommen Ret DNS 9 6 11 9 1 DNS Ret 11 4 3 Ret 7 6 5 14 11 11 13 311 11 Denmark Tom Kristensen 9 12 Ret DNS 7 Ret 14 8 8 16 3 5 Ret 9 8 7 13 10 7 5 293 12 Germany Christian Abt 6 5 11 8 8 8 4 9 9 Ret 15 8 Ret 14 4 Ret 6 Ret 13 18 267 13 Germany Christian Menzel 5 Ret 10 9 2 DSQ 15 18 11 9 11 12 12 13 15 12 12 7 14 15 254 14 Germany Frank Biela 13 Ret 14 12 Ret 11 20 Ret 10 5 8 Ret 13 11 14 9 11 8 6 11 242 15 Germany Alexander Burgstaller 10 16 13 14 Ret Ret 17 Ret 5 15 16 7 9 15 11 8 17 14 8 7 227 16 Italy Emanuele Pirro 16 7 Ret 13 17 Ret 19 19 13 8 Ret Ret 14 Ret 7 2 7 Ret 10 12 205 17 Germany Klaus Niedzwiedz 17 14 16 15 18 15 11 Ret 15 12 13 13 16 16 18 14 21 16 15 Ret 156 18 Italy Stefano Modena 18 18 15 12 10 17 Ret DNS 14 Ret Ret 9 10 10 16 Ret 18 15 22 17 146 19 Germany Michael Bartels 11 8 10 3 15 9 9 14 143 20 Germany Peter Mamerow Ret DNS 17 14 16 10 9 13 16 17 14 14 19 17 20 Ret 20 17 16 Ret 130 21 Germany Franz Engstler 14 19 18 18 10 14 16 15 17 14 12 15 20 Ret 21 DNS 24 19 18 16 119 22 Germany Marco Bromberger 19 15 19 17 15 13 21 17 19 13 18 18 19 17 22 20 20 19 98 23 Germany Leopold Prinz von Bayern 20 6 20 20 20 16 Ret 16 18 Ret Ret 16 17 21 17 Ret 19 18 17 Ret 98 24 Germany Oliver Mayer 12 13 21 19 13 12 18 Ret 17 17 19 21 23 21 19 20 78 25 Italy Fabrizio Giovanardi 13 11 28 26 Italy Nicola Larini 12 14 23 Pos Driver HOCGermany NÜRGermany SACGermany NORGermany REGGermany WUNGermany ZWEGermany SALAustria OSCGermany NÜRGermany Pts Manufacturers' Trophy Pos Manufacturer Points 1 GER Opel 673 2 FRA Peugeot 647 3 JPN Nissan 491 4 JPN Honda 440 5 GER Audi 415 Teams Trophy Pos Team Points 1 BMW Team Schnitzer 616 2 Team Isert 298 3 Auto Plus Bemani Team 156 4 Euroteam 146 5 Mamerow Racing Team 130 6 Irmscher Motorsport 119 7 Auto Diesnst Bemani Team 98 8 Oliver Mayer Motorsport 78 9 Alfa Corse 29 External links Category:Super Tourenwagen Cup Super Tourerwagen