1994 Italian Superturismo Championship

The 1994 Italian Superturismo Championship was the eighth edition of the Italian Superturismo Championship. The season began in Monza on 10 April and finished in Mugello on 2 October, after ten rounds. Emanuele Pirro won the championship (6 victories, 7 second places and scoring points in each round), driving an Audi 80 Quattro; the German manufacturer won the constructors' championship with 9 victories (6 Emanuele Pirro, 2 Frank Biela, 1 Rinaldo Capello) on 20 races. The strongest title contender was Antonio Tamburini, who drove an Alfa Romeo 155 TS and also got 6 victories but also 3 DNF and one time out of points. Third was Fabrizio Giovanardi, who was able to finish on podium 7 times and to score points in almost all races without a single victory. The three time Italian Champion Roberto Ravaglia had lot of bad luck and finished fourth after a single victory in the season. The privateers' trophy was won by Moreno Soli in his own the Alfa Romeo 155 TS.

Teams and drivers edit

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds	Class
CiBiEmme Engineering	BMW 318i	1	Roberto Ravaglia	All
CiBiEmme Engineering	BMW 318i	2	Emanuele Naspetti	All
Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot 405	3	Fabrizio Giovanardi	All
Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot 405	4	Gary Ayles	1–7, 9-10
Nordauto Engineering	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	5	Tamara Vidali	All
Nordauto Engineering	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	6	Antonio Tamburini	All
Scuderia Bigazzi	BMW 318i	7	Joachim Winkelhock	1
			Massimiliano Crinelli	2
			Johnny Cecotto	3-10
		8	Alexander Burgstaller	All
Euroteam	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	9	Stefano Modena	1-7, 10
Euroteam	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	11	Marco Brand	1-7, 9-10
Audi Sport Italia	Audi 80 Quattro	12	Emanuele Pirro	All
Audi Sport Italia	Audi 80 Quattro	14	Rinaldo Capello	All
Top Run	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	15	Enrico Bertaggia	1-3
Top Run	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	16	Giovanni Bonanno	1, 3
Audi Sport Italia	Audi 80 Quattro	18	Frank Biela	7-10
Euroteam	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	19	Giuseppe Gabbiani	8
Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot 405	21	Amato Ferrari	All
BMW Team Schneider	BMW 318i	22	Altfrid Heger	2
Euroteam	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	24	Stefano Buttiero	8-9
Soli Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	51	Moreno Soli	All	P
Fire Wake Competition	Peugeot 405	52	Massimo Pigoli	1-7, 9-10	P
Fire Wake Competition	Peugeot 405	53	Claudio Melotto	1-7	P
Europa Corse	Peugeot 405	54	Maurizio Lusuardi	1-3, 5-7, 9-10	P
Tecnica Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	55	Felice Tedeschi	1-2, 4-7, 10	P
		56	Danilo Mozzi	1-2, 4-10	P
		57	Marco Antonelli	9	P
Eurospeed Racing	BMW 318i	58	Rocco Peduzzi	5-9	P
Top Run	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	59	Roberto Russo	4-6, 9-10	P
		61	Mauro Trione	6	P
		62	Gianluca Roda	7, 9-10	P
Fire Wake Competition	Peugeot 405	64	Felipe Ortiz	9-10	P
Top Run	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	69	Onofrio Russo	4	P

Icon	Class
P	Private Drivers

Drivers changes edit

Changed Cars

Stefano Modena: BMW 318i → Alfa Romeo 155
Rinaldo Capello: Volkswagen Vento → Audi 80 Quattro
Emanuele Pirro: BMW 318i → Audi 80 Quattro

Entering Superturismo 1994

Emanuele Naspetti: F1 → BMW 318iS
Antonio Tamburini: No full-time drive → Alfa Romeo 155
Marco Brand: No full-time drive → Alfa Romeo 155

Leaving Superturismo 1994

Gabriele Tarquini: → BTCC
Gianni Morbidelli: → F1

Race calendar and results edit

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	10 April	Antonio Tamburini	Stefano Modena	Antonio Tamburini	Nordauto Engineering
1	R2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	10 April		Stefano Modena	Antonio Tamburini	Nordauto Engineering
2	R1	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	17 April	Stefano Modena	Stefano Modena	Stefano Modena	Euroteam
2	R2	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	17 April		Emanuele Pirro	Emanuele Pirro	Audi Sport Italia
3	R1	Autodromo di Magione	8 May	Stefano Modena	Stefano Modena	Emanuele Pirro	Audi Sport Italia
3	R2	Autodromo di Magione	8 May		Emanuele Pirro	Emanuele Pirro	Audi Sport Italia
4	R1	Autodromo del Levante	22 May	Johnny Cecotto	Emanuele Pirro	Emanuele Pirro	Audi Sport Italia
4	R2	Autodromo del Levante	22 May		Emanuele Pirro	Emanuele Pirro	Audi Sport Italia
5	R1	Circuito Internazionale Misano	5 June	Antonio Tamburini	Stefano Modena	Antonio Tamburini	Nordauto Engineering
5	R2	Circuito Internazionale Misano	5 June		Antonio Tamburini	Antonio Tamburini	Nordauto Engineering
6	R1	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	19 July	Stefano Modena	Emanuele Pirro	Stefano Modena	Euroteam
6	R2	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	19 July		Roberto Ravaglia	Emanuele Pirro	Audi Sport Italia
7	R1	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello	31 July	Roberto Ravaglia	Roberto Ravaglia	Roberto Ravaglia	CiBiEmme Engineering
7	R2	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello	31 July		Stefano Modena	Stefano Modena	Euroteam
8	R1	Autodromo di Pergusa	4 September	Antonio Tamburini	Johnny Cecotto	Antonio Tamburini	Nordauto Engineering
8	R2	Autodromo di Pergusa	4 September		Fabrizio Giovanardi	Antonio Tamburini	Nordauto Engineering
9	R1	Autodromo Riccardo Paletti di Varano	18 September	Frank Biela	Frank Biela	Frank Biela	Audi Sport Italia
9	R2	Autodromo Riccardo Paletti di Varano	18 September		Frank Biela	Frank Biela	Audi Sport Italia
10	R1	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello	2 October	Frank Biela	Rinaldo Capello	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
10	R2	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello	2 October		Tamara Vidali	Rinaldo Capello	Audi Sport Italia

Championship standings edit

Points system
1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1

18 results from 20 are valid for the championship

Drivers' Championship edit

Pos	Driver	Car	MON		VAL		MAG		BIN		MIS		VAL		MUG		PER		VAR		MUG		Pts
1	Emanuele Pirro	Audi	2	2	(10)	1	1	1	1	1	4	4	2	1	4	2	4	4	2	2	(10)	2	267,5 (269,5)
2	Antonio Tamburini	Alfa Romeo	1	1	3	10	8	5	6	14	1	1	4	Ret	3	Ret	1	1	5	10	Ret	9	182
3	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Peugeot	8	11	2	8	7	3	2	3	5	5	6	5	6	Ret	3	6	3	6	2	4	156
4	Roberto Ravaglia	BMW	16	6	Ret	6	3	2	3	2	3	2	14	6	1	3	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	146
5	Rinaldo Capello	Audi	3	3	Ret	2	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	15	3	3	8	5	7	3	Ret	3	3	1	141
6	Stefano Modena	Alfa Romeo	15	4	1	7	Ret	DNS	4	16	Ret	DNS	1	2	2	1					Ret	7	116
7	Johnny Cecotto	BMW					9	4	16	5	2	3	5	4	5	4	2	Ret	15	7	4	DNS	112
8	Alexander Burgstaller	BMW	4	8	7	3	6	11	7	12	6	6	Ret	DNS	18	DNS	6	8	13	9	6	5	72
9	Emanuele Naspetti	BMW	14	7	15	14	5	16	5	4	14	Ret	Ret	7	17	Ret	8	9	14	Ret	1	Ret	59
10	Tamara Vidali	Alfa Romeo	5	5	9	12	4	7	Ret	15	11	14	7	9	7	8	Ret	7	7	17	8	6	59
11	Frank Biela	Audi													9	6	10	DSQ	1	1	9	3	57
12	Marco Brand	Alfa Romeo	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	8	6	7	9	9	11	DSQ	7			4	12	5	Ret	39
13	Amato Ferrari	Peugeot	Ret	13	5	13	Ret	10	9	7	15	7	10	12	12	9	9	Ret	6	Ret	7	Ret	34
14	Gary Ayles	Peugeot	6	12	6	9	10	9	10	Ret	8	Ret	8	8	10	DSQ			Ret	14	DNS	11	28
15	Stefano Buttiero	Alfa Romeo															5	5	Ret	11			16
16	Rocco Peduzzi	BMW									17	12	13	15	Ret	11	13	10	8	4			14
17	Massimo Pigoli	Peugeot	11	16	13	5	14	14	13	9	19	10	12	13	14	Ret			Ret	8	13	12	14
18	Felice Tedeschi	Alfa Romeo	17	Ret	4	Ret			12	10	13	17	Ret	Ret	13	Ret					17	Ret	11
19	Giovanni Bonanno	Alfa Romeo	7	10			11	6															11
20	Altfrid Heger	BMW			Ret	4																	10
21	Marco Antonelli	Alfa Romeo																	Ret	5			8
22	Enrico Bertaggia	Alfa Romeo	Ret	DNS	8	Ret	12	8															6
23	Roberto Russo	Alfa Romeo							11	8	10	Ret	Ret	DNS					9	15	Ret	DNS	6
24	Moreno Soli	Alfa Romeo	18	Ret	12	11	13	13	14	17	12	8	11	10	Ret	13	11	11	11	13	11	8	5,5
25	Danilo Mozzi	Alfa Romeo	9	14	11	17	EX	EX	17	11	18	16	Ret	14	11	10	12	Ret	17	16	12	Ret	3
26	Joachim Winkelhock	BMW	10	9																			3
27	Maurizio Lusuardi	Peugeot	12	15	16	15	15	15			16	11	15	Ret	15	Ret			10	Ret	16	14	1
28	Gianluca Roda	Alfa Romeo													19	14			16	Ret	14	10	0,5
	Claudio Melotto	Peugeot	13	Ret	14	16	Ret	Ret	15	13	20	13	Ret	Ret	16	12							0
	Felipe Ortiz	Peugeot																	12	Ret	15	13	0
	Giuseppe Gabbiani	Alfa Romeo															Ret	Ret					0
	Mauro Trione	Alfa Romeo											Ret	Ret									0
	Onofrio Russo	Alfa Romeo							Ret	Ret													0
	Massimiliano Crinelli	BMW			Ret	Ret																	0
Pos	Driver	Car	MON		VAL		MAG		BIN		MIS		VAL		MUG		PER		VAR		MUG		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third 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 practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Note: Race 2 of Round 10 in Mugello was stopped on lap 9 (of 15) due to heavy rain and half points were awarded.

Manufacturers' Trophy edit

Pos	Manufacturer	MON		VAL		MAG		BIN		MIS		VAL		MUG		PER		VAR		MUG		Pts
1	Audi	2	2	10	1	1	1	1	1	4	4	2	1	4	2	4	3	1	1	3	1	295
2	Alfa Romeo	1	1	1	7	4	5	4	6	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	4	7	5	6	277
3	BMW	4	6	7	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	5	4	1	3	2	2	8	4	1	5	233
4	Peugeot	6	11	2	5	7	3	2	3	5	5	6	5	6	9	3	6	3	6	2	4	166

Privateers' Trophy edit

Pos	Driver	Car	MON		VAL		MAG		BIN		MIS		VAL		MUG		PER		VAR		MUG		Pts
1	Moreno Soli	Alfa Romeo			3	2	1	1	4		2	1	1	1		4	1		4	4	1	1	232
2	Massimo Pigoli	Peugeot	2	3	4	1	2	2	3	2	7	2	2	2	3					3	3	3	205
3	Danilo Mozzi	Alfa Romeo	1	1	2	5			6	4	6	6		3	1	1	2		7	6	2		183
4	Maurizio Lusuardi	Peugeot	3	2	6	3	3	3			4	3	4		4				3		6	5	133
5	Rocco Peduzzi	BMW									5	4	3	4		2	3	1	1	1			127
6	Roberto Russo	Alfa Romeo							1	1	1								2	5			83
7	Felice Tedeschi	Alfa Romeo			1				2	3	3	7			2						7		82
8	Claudio Melotto	Peugeot	4		5	4			5	5	8	5			5	3							75
9	Gianluca Roda	Alfa Romeo													6	5			6		4	2	37,5
10	Felipe Ortiz	Peugeot																	5		5	4	21
11	Marco Antonelli	Alfa Romeo																		2			15
	Mauro Trione	Alfa Romeo																					0
	Onofrio Russo	Alfa Romeo																					0
Pos	Driver	Car	MUG		MAG		MON		BIN		MIS		IMO		PER		PER		VAR		VAL		Pts