1998 Super Tourenwagen Cup season

1998 STW season
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The 1998 ADAC Deutsche Super Touren Wagen-Cup was the 5th season of the Super Tourenwagen Cup (STW).

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Season summary

After an open start to the season with four different winners in the first four races, BMW driver Johnny Cecotto and reigning champion and Peugeot driver Laurent Aiello soon emerged as the two championship contenders. Cecotto built up a sizeable lead during the season, but a late four-race winning streak ahead of the final weekend helped Aiello close the gap. After finishing third in the sprint race at the final event, one place ahead of Cecotto, Aiello passed Cecotto in the championship and led his Venezuelan rival by a single point before the deciding feature race. In that race, Cecotto would go on to finish fourth, two places ahead of Aiello, allowing him to claim the title.

Teams and drivers

No. Driver Team Car Notes
1 Laurent Aiello Peugeot Esso Peugeot 406
2 Jörg van Ommen Peugeot Esso Peugeot 406
3 Alexander Burgstaller Opel Paulaner Team Holzer Opel Vectra
4 Uwe Alzen Opel Team Holzer Opel Vectra
5 Emanuele Pirro Abt Sportsline Team Audi Audi A4 Quattro
6 Eric Hélary Opel TNT Team SMS Opel Vectra
7 Manuel Reuter Opel Team SMS Opel Vectra
8 Joachim Winkelhock BMW Motorsport Team Schnitzer BMW 320i
9 Johnny Cecotto BMW Motorsport Team Schnitzer BMW 320i
10 Stefano Modena Euroteam S.R.L. Alfa Romeo 156
11 Gabriele Tarquini JAS Team Honda Sport Honda Accord
12 Tom Kristensen JAS Team Honda Sport Honda Accord
14 Peter Mamerow Mamerow Racing Team Audi A4 Quattro
15 Oliver Mayer Oliver Mayer Motorsport Audi A4 Quattro Rounds 1-4, 6-7, 10
16 Marco Bromberger Auto Dienst Bemani Team Opel Vectra Rounds 1-5, 7-10
17 Klaus Niedzwiedz Auto Dienst Bemani Team Opel Vectra
18 Christian Abt Abt Sportsline Team Audi Audi A4 Quattro
19 Franz Engstler Irmscher Motorsport Opel Vectra
20 Nicola Larini Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 156 Round 4
21 Michael Bartels Peugeot Esso Peugeot 406 Rounds 7-10
22 Michael Krumm Nissan Primera Racing Nissan Primera
23 Roland Asch Nissan Primera Racing Nissan Primera
25 Leopold Prinz von Bayern Team Isert BMW 320i
26 Christian Menzel Team Isert BMW 320i
30 Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 156 Round 4
45 Frank Biela Abt Sportsline Team Audi Audi A4 Quattro

Race calendar and winners

Round Race Circuit Date Event Winning driver Winning team
1 Int. ADAC-Preis Hockenheim Hockenheimring 19 April Sprint
Race		 Uwe Alzen
Manuel Reuter		 Opel Team Holzer
Opel Team SMS
2 60. Int. ADAC Eifelrennen Nürburgring 10 May Sprint
Race		 Roland Asch
Johnny Cecotto		 Nissan Primera Racing
BMW Motorsport Team Schnitzer
3 Sachsenring Sachsenring 24 May Sprint
Race		 Johnny Cecotto
Johnny Cecotto		 BMW Motorsport Team Schnitzer
BMW Motorsport Team Schnitzer
4 200 Meilen von Nürnberg Norisring 6 July Sprint
Race		 Jörg van Ommen
Laurent Aiello		 Peugeot Esso
Peugeot Esso
5 ADAC-Regio-Preis Lahr Regio-Ring 19 July Sprint
Race		 Uwe Alzen
Gabriele Tarquini		 Opel Team Holzer
JAS Team Honda Sport
6 35. Int. ADAC - Flugplatzrennen Wunstorf 2 August Sprint
Race		 Laurent Aiello
Manuel Reuter		 Peugeot Esso
Opel Team SMS
7 Int. ADAC Preis von Zweibrücken Zweibrücken 16 August Sprint
Race		 Johnny Cecotto
Johnny Cecotto		 BMW Motorsport Team Schnitzer
BMW Motorsport Team Schnitzer
8 Int. ADAC Alpentrophäe Salzburgring 30 August Sprint
Race		 Laurent Aiello
Laurent Aiello		 Peugeot Esso
Peugeot Esso
9 Int. ADAC-Preis der Tourenwagen von Sachsen-Anhalt Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 13 September Sprint
Race		 Laurent Aiello
Laurent Aiello		 Peugeot Esso
Peugeot Esso
10 25. ADAC Bilstein Supersprint Nürburgring 4 October Sprint
Race		 Manuel Reuter
Eric Hélary		 Opel Team SMS
Opel TNT Team SMS

Championship results

Pos Driver HOC
 NUR
 SAC
 NOR
 REG
 WUN
 ZWE
 SAL
 OSC
 NUR
 Pts
1 Cecotto 8 8 3 1 1 1 8 4 4 2 9 10 1 1 12 10 3 2 4 4 595
2 Aiello 4 2 4 3 3 5 6 1 12 10 1 Ret 3 5 1 1 1 1 3 6 592
3 Alzen 1 17 6 5 4 Ret 2 3 1 4 5 2 15 6 2 13 5 5 5 2 482
4 Hélary Ret 9 2 2 19 7 7 2 2 3 7 4 8 4 Ret DNS 9 6 2 1 473
5 Reuter 2 1 5 11 16 6 Ret 10 20 6 2 1 5 20 3 15 8 Ret 1 3 423
6 Winkelhock 3 3 7 7 9 2 10 5 Ret Ret 10 11 2 2 13 16 4 3 Ret 10 405
7 Tarquini 7 11 8 Ret 5 4 5 7 3 1 Ret DNS 4 22 5 4 16 12 21 9 335
8 Asch 15 10 1 4 Ret 3 3 6 6 7 Ret DNS 6 3 22 11 10 13 Ret 21 327
9 Krumm 11 4 12 21 6 Ret Ret 12 7 Ret 6 6 7 12 9 6 2 4 12 8 312
10 van Ommen Ret DNS 9 6 11 9 1 DNS Ret 11 4 3 Ret 7 6 5 14 11 11 13 311
11 Kristensen 9 12 Ret DNS 7 Ret 14 8 8 16 3 5 Ret 9 8 7 13 10 7 5 293
12 Abt 6 5 11 8 8 8 4 9 9 Ret 15 8 Ret 14 4 Ret 6 Ret 13 18 267
13 Menzel 5 Ret 10 9 2 Ret 15 18 11 9 11 12 12 13 15 12 12 7 14 15 254
14 Biela 13 Ret 14 12 Ret 11 20 Ret 10 5 8 Ret 13 11 14 9 11 8 6 11 242
15 Burgstaller 10 16 13 14 Ret Ret 17 Ret 5 15 16 7 9 15 11 8 17 14 8 7 227
16 Pirro 16 7 Ret 13 17 Ret 19 19 13 8 Ret Ret 14 Ret 7 2 7 Ret 10 12 205
17 Niedzwiedz 17 14 16 15 18 15 11 Ret 15 12 13 13 16 16 18 14 21 16 15 Ret 156
18 Modena 18 18 15 12 10 17 Ret DNS 14 Ret Ret 9 10 10 16 Ret 18 15 22 17 146
19 Bartels 11 8 10 3 15 9 9 14 143
20 Mamerow Ret DNS 17 14 16 10 9 13 16 17 14 14 19 17 20 Ret 20 17 16 Ret 130
21 Engstler 14 19 18 18 10 14 16 15 17 14 12 15 20 Ret 21 DNS 24 19 18 16 119
22 Bromberger 19 15 19 17 15 13 21 17 19 13 18 18 19 17 22 20 20 19 98
23 Prinz von Bayern 20 6 20 20 20 16 Ret 16 18 Ret Ret 16 17 21 17 Ret 19 18 17 Ret 98
24 Mayer 12 13 21 19 13 12 18 Ret 17 17 19 21 23 21 19 20 78
25 Giovanardi 13 11 28
26 Larini 12 14 23
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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