1996 Super Tourenwagen Cup season

1996 STW season
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The 1996 D1 ADAC Super Tourenwagen Cup season was the 3rd season of the Super Tourenwagen Cup (STW).

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Season summary

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 Aiello 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

No. Driver Team Car Notes
2 Steve Soper BMW Team Bigazzi BMW 320i
3 Alexander Burgstaller BMW Team Bigazzi BMW 320i
4 Tamara Vidali A.Z.K./ROC Audi A4 Quattro
5 Emanuele Pirro A.Z.K./ROC Audi A4 Quattro
6 Karl Wendlinger A.Z.K./ROC Audi A4 Quattro
7 Philipp Peter A.Z.K./ROC Audi A4 Quattro
8 Roland Asch Ford Mondeo Team Schübel Ford Mondeo Ghia
9 Thierry Boutsen Ford Mondeo Team Schübel Ford Mondeo Ghia Rounds 1-4
10 Laurent Aiello Peugeot Esso Peugeot 406
11 Altfrid Heger Peugeot Esso Peugeot 406
12 Armin Hahne Honda Team Linder Honda Accord
14 Klaus Niedzwiedz Honda Team Linder Honda Accord Rounds 1-6, 9-18
15 Franz Engstler Alfa Team Engstler Alfa Romeo 155
16 Oliver Mayer Alfa Team Engstler Alfa Romeo 155 Rounds 5-6, 9-12, 15-18
17 Stephen Vollmair Alfa Team Engstler Alfa Romeo 155 Rounds 13-14
18 Christian Abt Abt Sportsline Audi A4 Quattro
19 Kris Nissen Abt Sportsline Audi A4 Quattro
20 Ralf Kalaschek MIG Austria Audi A4 Quattro
21 Jörg Müller BMW Team Bigazzi BMW 320i Rounds 3-12
22 Sascha Maassen Nissan Primera Racing Nissan Primera eGT Rounds 1-14, 17-18
23 Anthony Reid Nissan Primera Racing Nissan Primera eGT Rounds 1-14, 17-18
24 Ivan Capelli Nissan Primera Racing Nissan Primera eGT Rounds 1-4, 11-14, 17-18
25 Leopold Prinz von Bayern Isert BMW-Team BMW 320i Rounds 1-6, 11-18
26 Frank Krämer Isert BMW-Team BMW 320i Rounds 9-10
27 Marco Werner Opel-Häusler Team Holzer Opel Vectra
28 Volker Strycek Opel-Häusler Team Holzer Opel Vectra Rounds 13-14, 17-18
29 Michael Heigert Trans Europe Racing BMW 318is Rounds 1-6
30 Patrick Ulrich Ulrich Motorsport BMW 318is Rounds 1-2, 5-8, 11-14, 17-18
31 Christian Menzel Team Lauderbach BMW 318is Rounds 15-18
32 Alexander Gaggl Team Lauderbach BMW 318is Rounds 1-6
33 Marc Gindorf PMC Sports BMW 318is Rounds 1-8, 11-18
35 Claudia Hürtgen Flash Power Wolf Racing Ford Mondeo Ghia Rounds 7-18
36 Wolfgang Treml Flash Power Wolf Racing Ford Mondeo Ghia Rounds 7-18
37 Peter Mamerow Mamerow Racing Audi 80 Competition Rounds 1-2, 5-8, 11-14
39 Warren Hughes Ford Mondeo Team Schübel Ford Mondeo Ghia Rounds 5-6, 11-12, 17-18
40 Johnny Cecotto BMW Team Bigazzi BMW 320i Rounds 13-18

Race calendar and winners

Round Circuit Date Winning driver Winning team
1
2		 Zolder 5 May Emanuele Pirro
Emanuele Pirro		 A.Z.K./ROC-Compétition
A.Z.K./ROC-Compétition
3
4		 Assen 19 May Steve Soper
Laurent Aiello		 BMW Team Bigazzi
Peugeot Esso
5
6		 Hockenheimring 2 June Emanuele Pirro
Emanuele Pirro		 A.Z.K./ROC-Compétition
A.Z.K./ROC-Compétition
7
8		 Sachsenring 30 June Philipp Peter
Emanuele Pirro		 A.Z.K./ROC-Compétition
A.Z.K./ROC-Compétition
9
10		 Wunstorf 11 July Steve Soper
Emanuele Pirro		 BMW Team Bigazzi
A.Z.K./ROC-Compétition
11
12		 Zweibrücken 11 August Laurent Aiello
Laurent Aiello		 Peugeot Esso
Peugeot Esso
13
14		 Salzburgring 25 August Steve Soper
Armin Hahne		 BMW Team Bigazzi
Honda Team Linder
15
16		 AVUS 8 September Armin Hahne
Emanuele Pirro		 Honda Team Linder
A.Z.K./ROC-Compétition
17
18		 Nürburgring 22 September Emanuele Pirro
Emanuele Pirro		 A.Z.K./ROC-Compétition
A.Z.K./ROC-Compétition

Championship results

Pos Driver ZOL
 ASS
 HOC
 SAC
 WUN
 ZWE
 SAL
 AVU
 NUR
 Pts
1 Pirro 1 1 3 2 1 1 3 1 2 1 2 3 8 10 4 1 1 1 678
2 Soper 7 4 1 3 6 3 5 2 1 3 3 2 1 2 Ret 6 13 Ret 491
3 Aiello 20 Ret 2 1 Ret DNS 9 6 9 2 1 1 7 4 14 12 2 2 422
4 Abt 4 9 7 7 4 4 2 3 5 8 5 4 11 8 5 3 11 14 406
5 Wendlinger 5 Ret 5 5 3 2 4 4 3 4 7 Ret 12 13 6 5 10 5 366
6 Hahne 8 6 Ret 15 24 8 15 Ret 18 11 8 6 2 1 1 13 3 3 343
7 Vidali 3 2 11 Ret 5 13 6 5 22 10 9 8 13 16 7 19 20 7 282
8 Niedzwiedz 9 5 10 6 Ret DNS 8 12 15 9 5 5 2 4 4 Ret 269
9 Peter 2 14 6 21 2 Ret 1 19 12 6 4 17 10 11 Ret Ret 5 4 256
10 Werner Ret DNS Ret 9 11 9 8 7 6 5 Ret Ret Ret DNS 3 8 9 6 234
11 Heger 10 Ret 13 Ret 10 6 14 11 4 17 12 7 4 Ret Ret 10 12 8 223
12 Kalaschek 23 7 15 12 16 5 10 10 14 Ret 13 18 16 14 8 11 15 12 219
13 Nissen 6 3 8 8 7 Ret 23 DNS 10 Ret 11 5 14 12 Ret 17 7 Ret 214
14 Asch 12 Ret 12 10 14 10 12 14 13 13 Ret Ret Ret 9 9 9 19 16 188
15 Burgstaller 24 DNS 9 17 8 7 7 8 16 9 6 Ret Ret DNS Ret 7 18 21 176
16 Maassen 15 13 Ret 14 13 11 17 12 15 20 Ret DNS 9 6 14 10 165
17 Müller 4 4 9 14 18 9 11 7 Ret 16 165
18 Reid 22 Ret 17 11 12 Ret 20 17 7 Ret 14 Ret 3 3 Ret 9 147
19 Engstler 14 Ret 16 13 21 Ret 11 15 17 16 16 10 15 DNS 13 14 17 15 135
20 Cecotto 6 7 11 2 6 Ret 116
21 Gindorf 16 8 20 18 18 Ret 16 Ret 17 11 17 19 10 Ret 23 DNS 93
22 Hürtgen 13 13 20 15 18 12 Ret DNS 15 16 24 17 82
23 Mamerow 18 11 23 12 19 16 19 13 20 18 78
24 Prinz von Bayern 11 12 Ret DSQ 15 Ret Ret DNS 18 15 Ret 15 22 18 67
25 Capelli 21 DNS 14 20 10 Ret Ret DNS 8 13 49
26 Ulrich 19 15 20 16 22 18 Ret 14 Ret DNS 28 20 47
27 Gaggl 17 10 19 DSQ 17 15 44
28 Treml 21 DNS DSQ 19 Ret 15 19 17 17 20 27 DNS 32
29 Strycek 21 Ret 16 11 25
30 Boutsen 13 Ret 18 16 21
31 Mayer 22 Ret 21 18 Ret DNS 16 18 25 19 21
32 Krämer 19 14 16
33 Heigert Ret Ret 21 19 Ret Ret 12
34 Menzel 12 21 21 Ret 9
35 Hughes 19 Ret Ret Ret 26 22 4
36 Vollmair Ret DNS 0
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Finished, in points
Blue Finished, no points
Not classified (NC)
Purple Did not finish (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 participate
Excluded (EX)

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