1996 Super Tourenwagen Cup

The 1996 D1 ADAC Super Tourenwagen Cup was the third season of the Super Tourenwagen Cup (STW).

Season summary

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The 1996 STW season was dominated by works Audi driver Emanuele Pirro, who won the majority of the races during the year. Briton Steve Soper was the only man to challenge him for the title, but a slow start to his championship hampered his title chase, and Pirro won the title at the penultimate racing weekend at the AVUS track. This was also Laurent Aïello and Peugeot's first season in the German championship, and while the Frenchman won several races he was too inconsistent to finish any higher than third.

Teams and drivers

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Team Car No. Drivers Rounds Class
  BMW Team Bigazzi BMW 320i 2   Steve Soper All
3   Alexander Burgstaller All
  Roc Competition AZK[N 1] Audi A4 Quattro 4   Tamara Vidali All
  AZK Roc Competition[N 1] Audi A4 Quattro 5   Emanuele Pirro All
6   Karl Wendlinger All
  Roc Competition AZK[N 1] Audi A4 Quattro 7   Philipp Peter All
  Ford Mondeo Team Schübel Ford Mondeo 8   Roland Asch All
9   Thierry Boutsen 1-2
  Peugeot Esso Peugeot 406 10   Laurent Aïello All
11   Altfrid Heger All
  Honda Team Linder Honda Accord 12   Armin Hahne All
14   Klaus Niedzwiedz All
  Alfa Team Engstler Alfa Romeo 155 TS 15   Franz Engstler All P
16   Oliver Mayer 3-6, 8-9 P
  Stephen Vollmair 2 P
17 7 P
  Abt Sportsline Audi A4 Quattro 18   Christian Abt All P
19   Kris Nissen All P
  MIG Austria Audi A4 Quattro 20   Ralf Kalaschek All P
  BMW Team Bigazzi BMW 320i 21   Jörg Müller 2-6
  Nissan Primera Racing Nissan Primera eGT 22   Sascha Maassen 1-7, 9
23   Anthony Reid 1-7, 9
24   Ivan Capelli 1-2, 6-7, 9
  BMW Team Isert BMW 318is 25   Leopold Prinz von Bayern 1-3, 6-9
26   Frank Krämer 5
  Opel-Häusler Team Holzer Opel Vectra 16v 27   Marco Werner All P
28   Volker Strycek 7, 9 P
  Trans-Europe Racing Ltd. vs MHTsports BMW 318is 29   Michael Heigert 1-3 P
  Ulrich Motorsport BMW 318is 30   Patrick Ulrich 1, 3-4, 6-7, 9 P
  Team Lauderbach BMW 318is 31   Christian Menzel 8-9 P
32   Alexander Gaggl 1-4 P
  PMC Sports BMW 318is 33   Marc Gindorf All P
  Flash Power Wolf Racing Ford Mondeo 35   Wolfgang Treml 4-9 P
36   Claudia Hürtgen 4-9 P
  Mamerow Automobiltechnik Audi 80 Competition 37   Peter Mamerow 1, 3-4, 6-7, 9 P
  Ford Mondeo Team Schübel Ford Mondeo 39   Warren Hughes 3-4, 6, 9
  BMW Team Bigazzi BMW 320i 40   Johnny Cecotto 7-9
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P Private Drivers

Race calendar and results

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Round Circuit Date Pole Position Winning driver Winning team
1 R1   Zolder 5 May   Emanuele Pirro   Emanuele Pirro A.Z.K./ROC Competition
R2   Emanuele Pirro A.Z.K./ROC Competition
2 R1   Assen 19 May   Steve Soper   Steve Soper BMW Team Bigazzi
R2   Laurent Aïello Peugeot Esso
3 R1   Hockenheimring 2 June   Philipp Peter   Emanuele Pirro A.Z.K./ROC Competition
R2   Emanuele Pirro A.Z.K./ROC Competition
4 R1   Sachsenring 30 June   Philipp Peter   Philipp Peter A.Z.K./ROC Competition
R2   Emanuele Pirro A.Z.K./ROC Competition
5 R1   Wunstorf 14 July   Steve Soper   Steve Soper BMW Team Bigazzi
R2   Emanuele Pirro A.Z.K./ROC Competition
6 R1   Zweibrücken 11 August   Laurent Aïello   Laurent Aïello Peugeot Esso
R2   Laurent Aïello Peugeot Esso
7 R1   Salzburgring 25 August   Armin Hahne   Steve Soper BMW Team Bigazzi
R2   Armin Hahne Honda Team Linder
8 R1   AVUS 8 September   Steve Soper   Armin Hahne Honda Team Linder
R2   Emanuele Pirro A.Z.K./ROC Competition
9 R1   Nürburgring 22 September   Johnny Cecotto   Emanuele Pirro A.Z.K./ROC Competition
R2   Emanuele Pirro A.Z.K./ROC Competition

Championship Standings

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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

Drivers' Championship

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Pos Driver Car ZOL
 
ASS
 
HOC
 
SAC
 
WUN
 
ZWE
 
SAL
 
AVU
 
NÜR
 
Pts
1   Emanuele Pirro Audi 1 1 3 2 1 1 3 1 2 1 2 3 8 10 4 1 1 1 678
2   Steve Soper BMW 7 4 1 3 6 3 5 2 1 3 3 2 1 2 Ret 6 13 Ret 491
3   Laurent Aïello Peugeot 20 Ret 2 1 Ret DNS 9 6 9 2 1 1 7 4 14 12 2 2 422
4   Christian Abt Audi 4 9 7 7 4 4 2 3 5 8 5 4 11 8 5 3 11 14 406
5   Karl Wendlinger Audi 5 Ret 5 5 3 2 4 4 3 4 7 Ret 12 13 6 5 10 5 366
6   Armin Hahne Honda 8 6 Ret 15 24 8 15 Ret 18 11 8 6 2 1 1 13 3 3 343
7   Tamara Vidali Audi 3 2 11 Ret 5 13 6 5 22 10 9 8 13 16 7 19 20 7 282
8   Klaus Niedzwiedz Honda 9 5 10 6 Ret DNS DNS DNS 8 12 15 9 5 5 2 4 4 Ret 269
9   Philipp Peter Audi 2 14 6 21 2 Ret 1 19 12 6 4 17 10 11 Ret Ret 5 4 256
10   Marco Werner Opel Ret DNS Ret 9 11 9 8 7 6 5 Ret Ret Ret DNS 3 8 9 6 234
11   Altfrid Heger Peugeot 10 Ret 13 Ret 10 6 14 11 4 17 12 7 4 Ret Ret 10 12 8 223
12   Ralf Kalaschek Audi 23 7 15 12 16 5 10 10 14 Ret 13 18 16 14 8 11 15 12 219
13   Kris Nissen Audi 6 3 8 8 7 Ret 23 DNS 10 Ret 11 5 14 12 Ret 17 7 Ret 214
14   Roland Asch Ford 12 Ret 12 10 14 10 12 14 13 13 Ret Ret Ret 9 9 9 19 16 188
15   Alexander Burgstaller BMW 24 DNS 9 17 8 7 7 8 16 9 6 Ret Ret DNS Ret 7 18 21 176
16   Sascha Maassen Nissan 15 13 Ret 14 13 11 17 12 15 20 Ret DNS 9 6 14 10 165
17   Jörg Müller BMW 4 4 9 14 18 9 11 7 Ret 16 165
18   Anthony Reid Nissan 22 Ret 17 11 12 Ret 20 17 7 Ret 14 Ret 3 3 Ret 9 147
19   Franz Engstler Alfa Romeo 14 Ret 16 13 21 Ret 11 15 17 16 16 10 15 DNS 13 14 17 15 135
20   Johnny Cecotto BMW 6 7 11 2 6 Ret 116
21   Marc Gindorf BMW 16 8 20 18 18 Ret 16 Ret DNS DNS 17 11 17 19 10 Ret 23 DNS 93
22   Claudia Hürtgen Ford 13 13 20 15 18 12 Ret DNS 15 16 24 17 82
23   Peter Mamerow Audi 18 11 23 12 19 16 19 13 20 18 DNS DNS 78
24   Leopold Prinz von Bayern BMW 11 12 Ret DSQ 15 Ret Ret DNS 18 15 Ret 15 22 18 67
25   Ivan Capelli Nissan 21 DNS 14 20 10 Ret Ret DNS 8 13 49
26   Patrick Ulrich BMW 19 15 20 16 22 18 Ret 14 Ret DNS 28 20 47
27   Alexander Gaggl BMW 17 10 19 DSQ 17 15 Ret DNS 44
28   Wolfgang Treml Ford 21 DNS DSQ 19 Ret 15 19 17 17 20 27 DNS 32
29   Volker Strycek Opel 21 Ret 16 11 25
30   Thierry Boutsen Ford 13 Ret 18 16 21
31   Oliver Mayer Alfa Romeo 22 Ret DNS DNS 21 18 Ret DNS 16 18 25 19 21
32   Frank Krämer BMW 19 14 16
33   Michael Heigert BMW Ret Ret 21 19 Ret Ret 12
34   Christian Menzel BMW 12 21 21 Ret 9
35   Warren Hughes Ford 19 Ret DNS DNS Ret Ret 26 22 4
36   Stephen Vollmair Alfa Romeo DNS DNS Ret DNS 0
Pos Driver Car ZOL
 
ASS
 
HOC
 
SAC
 
WUN
 
ZWE
 
SAL
 
AVU
 
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 1192
2   BMW 867
3   Peugeot 645
4   Honda 612
5   Nissan 343
6   Ford 317
7   Opel 259
8   Alfa Romeo 156

Teams' Trophy

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Pos Team Points
1 AZK Roc Competition 678
2 BMW Team Bigazzi 526
3 Peugeot Esso 485
4 ABT Sportsline 426
5 Honda Team Linder 402
6 Roc Competition AZK 370
7 Opel-Hausler Team Holzer 234
8 Nissan Primera Racing 156
9 Mig Austria 219
10 Ford Mondeo Team Schubel 188

References

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b c Cars 4. and 7. were entered as ROC Competition/A.Z.K. while cars 5. and 6. were entered as A.Z.K./ROC Competition
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