The 1997 ADAC Deutsche Super Touren Wagen-Cup was the fourth edition of the Super Tourenwagen Cup (STW).

Season summary

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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

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Team Car No Drivers Rounds Class
  ROC Auto/A.Z.K. Audi A4 Quattro 1   Emanuele Pirro 1-7 M
Audi A4 8-10
Audi A4 Quattro 2   Philipp Peter All M
Audi A4 3   Yvan Muller All T
Audi A4 Quattro 4   Tamara Vidali All T
  BMW Team Bigazzi BMW 320i 5   Johnny Cecotto All M
6   Joachim Winkelhock All M
  Peugeot Esso Peugeot 406 9   Jörg van Ommen All M
10   Laurent Aïello All M
  Team Honda Sport Honda Accord 11   Altfrid Heger All M
12   Marco Werner All M
  Cool Fire Alfa Romeo Team Engstler[N 1] Alfa Romeo 155 TS 14   Frank Schmickler 1-7 T
15   Franz Engstler All T
  Beru Zündtechnik AR Engstler[N 1] Alfa Romeo 155 TS 16   Marco Bromberger All T
17   Danny Pfeil All T
  Abt Sportsline Audi A4 Quattro 18   Christian Abt All T
19   Kris Nissen All T
  Opel Team Zakspeed Opel Vectra 20   Kurt Thiim 1-2, 4-10 T
21   Uwe Alzen All M
  Nissan Primera Racing Nissan Primera eGT 22   Sascha Maassen All M
23   Roland Asch All M
  Isert BMW-Team BMW 320i 24   Steve Soper 10 T
25   Leopold Prinz von Bayern 1, 3-9 T
26   Christian Menzel All T
  Opel Team SMS Opel Vectra 27   Manuel Reuter All M
28   Michael Bartels All T
  Opel Team AM Holzer Opel Vectra 30   Alexander Burgstaller 1-5 T
31   Ronny Melkus 1-2, 4 T
  Team Honda Sport Honda Accord 32   James Thompson 10 M
  PMC Sports BMW 320i 33   Marc Gindorf 1-5 T
  JAS Engineering Alfa Romeo 155 TS 35   Christian Danner All M
36   Stefano Modena All M
  Cool Fire Alfa Romeo Team Engstler[N 1] Alfa Romeo 155 TS 38   Stephen Vollmair 10 T
  MHT Sports BMW 318is 39   Michael Heigert 1-3 T
  Isert BMW-Team BMW 320i 40   Éric Hélary 2 T
  AUGROS-MIG Austria Team Audi A4 44   Klaus Niedzwiedz All T
45   Dirk Müller 4-6, 8-10 T
46   Raimund Baumschlager 7 T
  Cool Fire Alfa Romeo Team Engstler[N 1] Alfa Romeo 155 TS 47   Gianni Giudici 8 T
Icon Class
M Drivers eligible to score points in the Manufactures Trophy
T Drivers eligible to score points in the Team Trophy

Race calendar and results

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Round Circuit Date Pole Position Winning driver Winning team
1 R1   Hockenheimring 27 April   Laurent Aïello   Laurent Aïello Peugeot Esso
R2   Laurent Aïello Peugeot Esso
2 R1   Zolder 11 May   Johnny Cecotto   Johnny Cecotto BMW Team Bigazzi
R2   Johnny Cecotto BMW Team Bigazzi
3 R1   Nürburgring 25 May   Laurent Aïello   Laurent Aïello Peugeot Esso
R2   Laurent Aïello Peugeot Esso
4 R1   Sachsenring 15 June   Laurent Aïello   Joachim Winkelhock BMW Team Bigazzi
R2   Joachim Winkelhock BMW Team Bigazzi
5 R1   Norisring 29 June   Laurent Aïello   Joachim Winkelhock BMW Team Bigazzi
R2   Joachim Winkelhock BMW Team Bigazzi
6 R1   Wunstorf 13 July   Laurent Aïello   Laurent Aïello Peugeot Esso
R2   Laurent Aïello Peugeot Esso
7 R1   Zweibrücken 10 August   Laurent Aïello   Laurent Aïello Peugeot Esso
R2   Emanuele Pirro ROC Auto/A.Z.K.
8 R1   Salzburgring 24 August   Laurent Aïello   Laurent Aïello Peugeot Esso
R2   Laurent Aïello Peugeot Esso
9 R1   Lahr 7 September   Johnny Cecotto   Johnny Cecotto BMW Team Bigazzi
R2   Joachim Winkelhock BMW Team Bigazzi
10 R1   Nürburgring 5 October   Laurent Aïello   Laurent Aïello Peugeot Esso
R2   Laurent Aïello Peugeot Esso

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
Pos Driver HOC
 
ZOL
 
NÜR
 
SAC
 
NOR
 
WUN
 
ZWE
 
SAL
 
LAH
 
NÜR
 
Pts
1   Laurent Aïello 1 1 3 3 1 1 2 2 2 Ret 1 1 1 4 1 1 2 20 1 1 696
2   Joachim Winkelhock 4 2 2 2 Ret Ret 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 5 4 2 7 1 3 2 644
3   Johnny Cecotto 2 3 1 1 3 2 15 5 4 Ret 7 5 3 2 7 5 1 2 5 3 571
4   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   Uwe Alzen 9 26 15 15 6 7 3 3 25 12 3 2 7 25 3 3 3 3 6 Ret 370
6   Emanuele Pirro 11 9 4 10 7 5 4 Ret 5 3 Ret Ret 4 1 13 7 19 11 13 10 357
7   Yvan Muller 12 11 10 11 20 Ret 13 6 11 19 Ret Ret 6 6 6 6 4 4 7 6 298
8   Roland Asch 13 10 21 18 9 9 10 9 12 6 11 12 13 11 14 11 Ret 12 11 9 285
9   Kris Nissen 5 6 16 6 14 13 8 19 16 4 24 14 14 14 15 10 11 8 26 16 273
10   Sascha Maassen 14 Ret 8 7 10 8 7 11 9 20 Ret 8 15 12 18 12 13 9 18 11 263
11   Michael Bartels 18 13 17 26 8 10 Ret DNS 15 17 13 9 16 16 5 4 10 6 4 5 263
12   Altfrid Heger 28 Ret 28 12 5 4 16 14 10 Ret 10 13 11 15 12 Ret 12 7 10 8 238
13   Christian Abt 8 15 5 4 11 12 11 17 6 Ret 15 11 8 17 17 14 Ret Ret 19 13 223
14   Christian Menzel 7 8 11 16 Ret Ret 9 7 Ret DNS 8 7 25 9 8 8 5 Ret Ret DNS 222
15   Tamara Vidali 23 Ret 13 Ret 13 11 Ret 8 7 5 20 15 10 7 27 19 14 13 17 14 207
16   Philipp Peter 16 14 6 5 21 Ret 6 21 Ret 8 17 19 5 3 16 15 Ret Ret 12 17 205
17   Manuel Reuter 15 12 12 8 16 DNS 14 Ret Ret DNS 9 6 9 10 11 9 Ret DNS 15 Ret 189
18   Kurt Thiim Ret 19 24 13 20 20 20 11 4 4 Ret DNS 9 13 8 5 9 Ret 180
19   Marco Werner 6 5 30 25 2 3 Ret DNS 8 10 5 17 Ret Ret 10 16 9 Ret 14 Ret 170
20   Stefano Modena 10 7 14 27 23 20 23 Ret 27 7 14 Ret 18 20 19 17 16 10 DNS Ret 129
21   Klaus Niedzwiedz 24 20 20 20 18 DNS Ret 12 14 9 12 Ret 12 8 22 20 Ret 14 21 15 103
22   Leopold Prinz von Bayern 29 17 15 14 17 10 26 DNS 16 21 26 18 26 23 17 15 85
23   Alexander Burgstaller 25 18 18 14 12 15 12 13 13 Ret 79
24   Franz Engstler 21 Ret 22 17 22 21 21 15 23 15 19 18 20 23 21 22 18 17 20 20 57
25   Frank Schmickler 22 24 29 Ret 26 16 22 16 24 14 21 16 21 19 52
26   Marc Gindorf 20 16 Ret Ret 19 17 18 Ret 19 13 44
27   James Thompson 8 7 41
28   Éric Hélary 7 9 38
29   Christian Danner 17 23 23 23 17 Ret Ret Ret 17 Ret 18 Ret 24 21 20 18 20 18 23 18 37
30   Steve Soper 16 12 23
31   Danny Pfeil 26 21 26 22 24 19 25 22 21 16 23 20 23 22 25 Ret Ret DNS 24 19 23
32   Dirk Müller 19 Ret 18 21 Ret DNS 23 21 15 16 22 Ret 21
33   Raimund Baumschlager 19 13 20
34   Marco Bromberger 27 22 25 24 25 Ret 26 18 22 18 22 Ret 22 24 24 25 21 19 Ret DNS 16
34   Michael Heigert Ret 25 27 Ret 27 18 8
35   Ronny Melkus 19 Ret 19 21 24 DNS 4
36   Stephan Vollmair 25 DNS 0
37   Gianni Giudici Ret DNS 0
Pos Driver HOC
 
ZOL
 
NÜR
 
SAC
 
NOR
 
WUN
 
ZWE
 
SAL
 
REG
 
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   BMW 1215
2   Peugeot 1073
3   Audi 562
4   Opel 559
5   Nissan 548
6   Honda 442
7   Alfa Romeo 166


Teams' Trophy

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Pos Team Points
1   ROC Auto/A.Z.K. 505
2   Abt Sportsline 496
3   Opel Team SMS 423
4   Isert BMW-Team 368
5   AUGROS-MIG Austria Team 144
6   Cool Fire Alfa Romeo Team Engstler 109
7     Opel Team AM Holzer 83
8   PMC Sports 44
9   Beru Zündtechnik AR Engstler 38
10   Opel Team Zakspeed 20

Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b c d 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 Engstler
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