1997 Super Tourenwagen Cup

1997 ADAC Super Tourenwagen Cup was the fourth season of the German touring car series April 2019 1997 Super Tourenwagen Cup 1996 1998 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 Aïello 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 Team Car No Drivers Rounds ClassFRA ROC Auto/A.Z.K.Audi A4 Quattro1ITA Emanuele Pirro1-7MAudi A48-10Audi A4 Quattro2AUT Philipp PeterAll MAudi A43FRA Yvan MullerAllTAudi A4 Quattro4ITA Tamara VidaliAllTITA BMW Team BigazziBMW 320i5VEN 1930 Johnny CecottoAll M6GER Joachim WinkelhockAll MFRA Peugeot EssoPeugeot 406 9GER Jörg van OmmenAll M10FRA Laurent AïelloAll MGER Team Honda SportHonda Accord11GER Altfrid HegerAll M12GER Marco WernerAll MGER Cool Fire Alfa Romeo Team EngstlerEngstler97 N Cars 14, 15, 38, and 47. were entered as Cool Fire Alfa Romeo Team Engstler while cars 16. and 17. were entered as Beru Zündtechnik AR EngstlerAlfa Romeo 155 TS 14GER Frank Schmickler1-7T 15GER Franz EngstlerAllTGER Beru Zündtechnik AR EngstlerEngstler97 N Cars 14, 15, 38, and 47. were entered as Cool Fire Alfa Romeo Team Engstler while cars 16. and 17. were entered as Beru Zündtechnik AR EngstlerAlfa Romeo 155 TS 16GER Marco BrombergerAllT 17GER Danny PfeilAllTGER Abt SportslineAudi A4 Quattro 18GER Christian AbtAllT 19DEN Kris NissenAllTGER Opel Team ZakspeedOpel Vectra 20DEN Kurt Thiim1-2, 4-10T 21GER Uwe AlzenAll MGER Nissan Primera RacingNissan Primera eGT 22GER Sascha MaassenAll M 23GER Roland AschAll MGER Isert BMW-TeamBMW 320i 24GBR Steve Soper10T 25GER Leopold Prinz von Bayern1, 3-9T26GER Christian MenzelAllTGER Opel Team SMSOpel Vectra27GER Manuel ReuterAll M 28GER Michael BartelsAllTGER Opel Team AM HolzerOpel Vectra 30GER Alexander Burgstaller1-5T31GER Ronny Melkus1-2, 4T GER Team Honda Sport Honda Accord 32GBR James Thompson10 MGER PMC SportsBMW 320i33GER Marc Gindorf1-5TITA JAS EngineeringAlfa Romeo 155 TS35GER Christian DannerAll M36ITA Stefano ModenaAll MGER Cool Fire Alfa Romeo Team EngstlerEngstler97 N Cars 14, 15, 38, and 47. were entered as Cool Fire Alfa Romeo Team Engstler while cars 16. and 17. were entered as Beru Zündtechnik AR EngstlerAlfa Romeo 155 TS 38GER Stephen Vollmair10TGER MHT SportsBMW 318is 39GER Michael Heigert1-3T GER Isert BMW-Team BMW 320i40FRA Éric Hélary2TAUT AUGROS-MIG Austria TeamAudi A444GER Klaus NiedzwiedzAllT45GER Dirk Müller4-6, 8-10T 46AUT Raimund Baumschlager7TGER Cool Fire Alfa Romeo Team EngstlerEngstler97 N Cars 14, 15, 38, and 47. were entered as Cool Fire Alfa Romeo Team Engstler while cars 16. and 17. were entered as Beru Zündtechnik AR EngstlerAlfa Romeo 155 TS 47ITA Gianni Giudici8T 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 Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 GER Hockenheimring 27 April FRA Laurent Aiello FRA Laurent Aiello FRA Laurent Aiello Peugeot Esso R2 FRA Laurent Aiello FRA Laurent Aiello Peugeot Esso 2 R1 BEL Zolder 11 May VEN 1930 Johnny Cecotto GER Joachim Winkelhock VEN 1930 Johnny Cecotto BMW Team Bigazzi R2 FRA Laurent Aiello VEN 1930 Johnny Cecotto BMW Team Bigazzi 3 R1 GER Nürburgring 25 May FRA Laurent Aiello FRA Laurent Aiello FRA Laurent Aiello Peugeot Esso R2 FRA Laurent Aiello FRA Laurent Aiello Peugeot Esso 4 R1 GER Sachsenring 15 June FRA Laurent Aiello GER Joachim Winkelhock GER Joachim Winkelhock BMW Team Bigazzi R2 FRA Laurent Aiello GER Joachim Winkelhock BMW Team Bigazzi 5 R1 GER Norisring 29 June FRA Laurent Aiello FRA Laurent Aiello GER Joachim Winkelhock BMW Team Bigazzi R2 GER Jörg van Ommen GER Joachim Winkelhock BMW Team Bigazzi 6 R1 GER Wunstorf 13 July FRA Laurent Aiello FRA Laurent Aiello FRA Laurent Aiello Peugeot Esso R2 FRA Laurent Aiello FRA Laurent Aiello Peugeot Esso 7 R1 GER Zweibrücken 10 August FRA Laurent Aiello FRA Laurent Aiello FRA Laurent Aiello Peugeot Esso R2 GER Joachim Winkelhock ITA Emanuele Pirro ROC Auto/A.Z.K. 8 R1 Austria Salzburgring 24 August FRA Laurent Aiello FRA Laurent Aiello FRA Laurent Aiello Peugeot Esso R2 FRA Laurent Aiello FRA Laurent Aiello Peugeot Esso 9 R1 GER Lahr 7 September VEN 1930 Johnny CecottoGER Uwe Alzen VEN 1930 Johnny Cecotto BMW Team Bigazzi R2GER Christian Menzel GER Joachim Winkelhock BMW Team Bigazzi 10 R1 Germany Nürburgring 5 October FRA Laurent Aiello FRA Laurent Aiello FRA Laurent Aiello Peugeot Esso R2 FRA Laurent Aiello FRA Laurent Aiello Peugeot Esso 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 ZOLBelgium NÜRGermany SACGermany NORGermany WUNGermany ZWEGermany SALAustria LAHGermany NÜRGermany Pts 1 France Laurent Aïello 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 1930 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 9 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 7 5 4 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 Great Britain 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 Great Britain 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 HOCGermany ZOLBelgium NÜRGermany SACGermany NORGermany WUNGermany ZWEGermany SALAustria REGGermany NÜRGermany Pts Manufacturers' Trophy Pos Manufacturer Points 1 GER BMW 1215 2 FRA Peugeot 1073 3 GER Audi 562 4 GER Opel 559 5 JPN Nissan 548 6 JPN Honda 442 7 ITA Alfa Romeo 166 Teams' Trophy Pos Team Points 1 FRA ROC Auto/A.Z.K. 505 2 GER Abt Sportsline 496 3 GER Opel Team SMS 423 4 GER Isert BMW-Team 368 5 AUT AUGROS-MIG Austria Team 144 6 GER Cool Fire Alfa Romeo Team Engstler 109 7 GER Opel Team AM Holzer 83 8 GER PMC Sports 44 9 GER Beru Zündtechnik AR Engstler 38 10 GER Opel Team Zakspeed 20 Footnotes N External links Category:Super Tourenwagen Cup Super Tourenwagen Cup Season