1999 Super Tourenwagen Cup

The 1999 ADAC Deutsche Super Touren Wagen-Meisterschaft was the sixth and final edition of the Super Tourenwagen Cup (STW).

Season summary

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BMW, Nissan and Peugeot dropped their factory support for the last season of the STW. It saw a season-long battle between works Opel driver Uwe Alzen and semi-independent Audi driver Christian Abt. After winning the first four races of the season Abt took the championship lead which he would keep for the whole season, while Alzen battled to close the points gap. After his initial four-race streak Abt would only win one additional race while Alzen claimed six, and at the final race the gap was only a few points. Abt looked to have secured the title running in a strong position in the last race, but on the last lap he was taken out by Opel driver Roland Asch, who had already been black flagged for a previous incident. This allowed Alzen to claim the championship in a highly controversial fashion. The title would however be handed to Abt some months later by a DMSB court of appeal.

Teams and drivers

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Team Car No. Driver Rounds
  Warsteiner Team Holzer Opel Vectra 3   Uwe Alzen All
  TNT Team Holzer 4   Éric Hélary All
  J.A.S.-Team Honda Sport Honda Accord 5   Gabriele Tarquini All
6   Tom Kristensen All
  Warsteiner Team Holzer Opel Vectra 7   Manuel Reuter All
  Abt Sportsline Audi A4 Quattro 8   Mattias Ekström 8
9   Kris Nissen All
10   Christian Abt All
  Euroteam Alfa Romeo 156 11   Stefano Modena All
12   Andreas Scheld 1–3
13   Gianluca Paglicci 6–10
  Jever Audi-Team AZK Phoenix Audi A4 Quattro 14   Michael Bartels All
15   Arnd Meier All
  Raceline Marketing Opel Vectra 16   Heinrich Symanzick 2–10
  Pleuger Motorsport Opel Vectra 17   Olaf Pleuger 2–10
  ER Motorsport Alfa Romeo 155 18   Franz Engstler 4–10
  Irmscher Sport Opel Vectra 20   Roland Asch All
  KW Rennteam Honda Accord 21   Thomas Stingl All
  Oliver Mayer Motorsport Audi A4 Quattro 22   Oliver Mayer All
23   Christian Zink 4-10
  ER Motorsport Alfa Romeo 155 2
24   Wolfgang Treml 3–5, 7, 9–10
  National Team Slovakia Audi A4 Quattro 25   Andrej Studenič All
  NH Car Sports Team Opel Vectra 26   Václav Nimč All
  Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 156 27   Nicola Larini 5
28   Fabrizio Giovanardi 5
  PSGR Audi A4 Quattro 29   Guido Lucchetti Cigarini 5
  Hildenbrandt Motorsport Opel Vectra 31   Patrick Hildenbrandt 7–10
  Euroteam Alfa Romeo 156 32   Davide Campana 5
  Grohs Motorsport BMW 320i 34   Georg Severich 8–10
35   Oliver Brinkmann 8

Race calendar and winners

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Round Race Circuit Date Pole Position Winning driver Winning team
1   Int. ADAC-Sparkassenpreises für Automobile Sachsenring 9 May   Christian Abt   Christian Abt   Abt Sportsline
  Christian Abt   Abt Sportsline
2   ADAC-Preis Flugplatzrennen Zweibrücken 23 May   Uwe Alzen   Christian Abt   Abt Sportsline
  Christian Abt   Abt Sportsline
3   Int. ADAC-Preis der Tourenwagen von Sachsen-Anhalt Oschersleben 20 June   Uwe Alzen   Uwe Alzen   Warsteiner Team Holzer
  Uwe Alzen   Warsteiner Team Holzer
4   57. Int. ADAC Norisring-Speedweekend 1999 Norisring 4 July   Éric Hélary   Uwe Alzen   Warsteiner Team Holzer
  Manuel Reuter   Warsteiner Team Holzer
5   Int. ADAC Gold-Cup Misano Misano 8 August   Fabrizio Giovanardi   Fabrizio Giovanardi   Alfa Corse
  Christian Abt   Abt Sportsline
6   ADAC Großer Preis der Tourenwagen Nürburgring 22 August   Manuel Reuter   Manuel Reuter   Warsteiner Team Holzer
  Tom Kristensen   J.A.S.-Team Honda Sport
7   Int. ADAC Alpentrophäe Salzburgring 5 September   Uwe Alzen   Uwe Alzen   Warsteiner Team Holzer
  Uwe Alzen   Warsteiner Team Holzer
8   Int. ADAC-Preis von Niedersachsen Oschersleben 19 September   Éric Hélary   Gabriele Tarquini   J.A.S.-Team Honda Sport
  Éric Hélary   TNT Team Holzer
9   Int. ADAC-Preis Hockenheim Hockenheimring 3 October   Tom Kristensen   Kris Nissen   Abt Sportsline
  Tom Kristensen   J.A.S.-Team Honda Sport
10   26. ADAC Bilstein Supersprint Nürburgring 17 October   Uwe Alzen   Uwe Alzen   Warsteiner Team Holzer
  Tom Kristensen   J.A.S.-Team Honda Sport

Championship results

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Points system
 Race 1   1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th 
30 24 20 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
 Race 2   1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th 
60 48 40 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2
  • Race 20 Nürburgring: Final standing based on lap 32 after Deutschen Motorsport-Bundes (DMSB) decision

Drivers Championship

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Pos Driver SAC
 
ZWE
 
OSC
 
NOR
 
MIS
 
NÜR
 
SAL
 
OSC
 
HOC
 
NÜR
 
Pts
1   Christian Abt 1 1 1 1 4 3 4 2 5 1 3 2 6 Ret 5 3 18 DSQ 2 3 584
2   Uwe Alzen 3 3 2 5 1 1 1 3 2 2 Ret Ret 1 1 18 5 20 9 1 2 576
3   Tom Kristensen Ret 6 Ret 4 2 2 19 Ret Ret 4 16 1 4 2 3 Ret 2 1 3 1 486
4   Gabriele Tarquini 8 7 7 3 3 5 16 DNS 4 3 2 3 Ret 6 1 2 6 6 11 4 470
5   Kris Nissen 2 2 5 2 7 6 5 4 Ret 8 Ret 5 Ret 3 7 Ret 1 3 8 12 445
6   Manuel Reuter 4 5 3 7 5 4 2 1 12 11 1 Ret 3 5 4 15 3 4 4 DNS 442
7   Michael Bartels 5 4 6 Ret 6 13 6 5 7 6 9 6 8 7 11 7 4 2 7 5 419
8   Éric Hélary 6 Ret 4 6 8 7 3 6 14 5 Ret Ret 2 9 2 1 Ret 10 6 Ret 361
9   Arnd Meier 13 10 8 8 9 8 7 8 8 7 5 7 9 Ret Ret Ret 8 5 9 6 331
10   Roland Asch 9 8 10 9 11 10 8 9 9 9 Ret Ret 5 8 6 6 5 16 5 DSQ 307
11   Oliver Mayer 11 9 12 11 14 14 9 7 11 12 10 8 14 14 10 14 10 7 13 9 306
12   Andrej Studenič 12 Ret 11 Ret 12 9 10 10 10 10 6 9 16 12 16 8 9 8 15 10 277
13   Stefano Modena 7 11 9 10 10 Ret 12 13 6 Ret 4 4 7 4 Ret DNS 7 Ret 10 7 271
14   Václav Nimč 14 Ret 15 12 18 Ret 17 Ret 20 15 13 14 13 13 19 12 12 14 Ret 17 148
15   Thomas Stingl 10 DNS 14 14 17 11 11 11 16 17 8 Ret 10 11 Ret DNS Ret DNS 17 20 147
16   Gianluca Paglicci 7 12 11 10 9 Ret 11 11 12 8 141
17   Christian Zink 16 13 15 Ret 18 16 14 13 18 15 13 11 Ret DNS 16 11 129
18   Heinrich Symanzick Ret DNS Ret Ret 18 DNS 17 DSQ 15 15 17 17 17 9 14 15 14 13 115
19   Olaf Pleuger Ret DNS 15 Ret 13 Ret Ret 14 11 10 12 Ret 14 Ret 17 12 22 14 112
20   Franz Engstler 14 12 13 13 12 11 Ret Ret 12 Ret 19 DNS 19 15 103
21   Georg Severich 15 10 15 13 21 16 60
22   Wolfgang Treml 16 12 Ret DNS 19 DNS 19 18 13 DNS 20 18 48
23   Mattias Ekström 8 4 47
24   Patrick Hildenbrandt 15 16 Ret 13 16 Ret 18 19 44
25   Fabrizio Giovanardi 1 Ret 30
26   Nicola Larini 3 Ret 20
27   Andreas Scheld Ret Ret 13 Ret 13 Ret 16
28   Guido Luchetti Cigarini 15 Ret 6
29   Oliver Brinkmann 20 Ret 1
30   Davide Campana Ret DNS 0
Pos Driver SAC
 
ZWE
 
OSC
 
NOR
 
MIS
 
NÜR
 
SAL
 
OSC
 
HOC
 
NÜR
 
Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third 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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Manufacturers' Trophy

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Pos Manufacturer Points
1   Audi 1993
2   Opel 1835
3   Honda 1105
4   Alfa Romeo 632
5   BMW 61
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