1992 Italian Superturismo Championship season

1992 Italian Superturismo Championship
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The 1992 Italian Superturismo Championship season is the sixth edition of the Italian Superturismo Championship. The season began in Monza on 21 March and finished on the same racetrack on 18 October, after ten rounds. Nicola Larini won the S1 Class (Group A cars), driving an Alfa Romeo 155 GTA, while Fabrizio Giovanardi won the S2 Class (Super Touring cars).

Teams and drivers

S1 Class

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Schnitzer Motorsport	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	1	Roberto Ravaglia	1, 6, 9-10
Schnitzer Motorsport	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	?	Joachim Winkelhock	1
CiBiEmme Engineering	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	2	Emanuele Pirro	1-2, 5, 7
		2	Andrea Barenghi	3-4, 8
		3	Steve Soper	1
		3	Gabriele Tarquini	2-10
Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 155 GTA	4	Alessandro Nannini	All
		5	Nicola Larini	All
		6	Antonio Tamburini	6
		6	Luca Cadalora	10
Jolly Club	Alfa Romeo 155 GTA	7	Antonio Tamburini	1-5, 7-10
		8	Giorgio Francia	All
		9	Alessandro Zanardi	6
			Federico d'Amore	6
			Tamara Vidali	10
Scuderia Giudici	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Evolution	11	Gianni Giudici	1, 3, 5-7, 9-10
Soli Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Evolution	12	Moreno Soli	All
Scuderia San Marco	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	14	Ermanno Ronchi	1, 3, 5-6, 9-10
		15	Achille Voltolina	1, 3-5, 7-10
		?	Massimo Piacentini	1
		?	Roberto Del Castello	7
AB Motorsport	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	18	Marco Antonelli	1-4, 6-7, 9
Greyhound Motorsport	Opel Omega 3000 24V Evo500n	19	Massimo Pigoli	1-6
University Motors	Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth	21	Luca Canni Ferrari	1-7, 9-10
Top Run	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Evolution	23	Roberto Russo	5-8, 10
Bora Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Evolution	24	Rinaldo Capello	3
Motorsport Italia Racing	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Evolution	25	Giovanni Bonanno	2-4
Motorsport Italia Racing	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Evolution	25	Stefano Buttiero	8-10
?	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Evolution	?	Ernesto Vita	5
?	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Evolution	?	Eugenio Corsini	5, 8-10
?	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	?	Roberto Moreno	8-10
?	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	?	Battistino Pregliasco	8-10
Imberti Racing Team	Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth	?	Guido Ghislotti	9
Imberti Racing Team	Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth	?	Walter Santus	10
Conti Racing	Renault 21 Turbo	?	Franco de Angelis	10
Conti Racing	Renault 21 Turbo	?	Maurizio Pitorri	10
?	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Evolution	?	Alberto Gatti	10

S2 Class

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot 405	51	Fabrizio Giovanardi	1-9
		52	Gary Ayles	All
		53	Luigi Giorgio	1-2, 4-9
Audi Sport Europa	Volkswagen Golf	54	Giuseppe Gabbiani	All
Technica Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 33	56	Rocco Peduzzi	1, 3
Technica Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 33	82	Rinaldo Drovandi	3-5, 8, 10
Lella Lombardi Autosport	Opel Kadett	57	Roberto Macchi	1-3
Lella Lombardi Autosport	Opel Calibra	62	Roberto Castagna	3-5, 7-8, 10
Conrero Squadra Corse	Opel Calibra	58	Stefano Buttiero	1, 3-6
	Opel Kadett	65	Filippo Salvarani	1-5
	Opel Calibra	65	Filippo Salvarani	6-10
	Opel Kadett	?	Aldo Bertuzzi	7
A-Team Racing	BMW M3	59	Luca Maggiorelli	2-7, 9
Castelfranco Racing	BMW M3	61	Graziano Rossi	3-6, 9-10
Castelfranco Racing	BMW M3	69	Maurizio Lusuardi	1-5, 7-10
Trivellato Racing	BMW M3	63	Mauro Trione	1-5
ProminvesTeam	Opel Kadett	64	Paolo Guaitamacchi	1, 3-6, 8, 10
Paon Motorsport	Vauxhall Astra	67	Giancarlo Naddeo	1, 3-4, 6
Tecno Racing	BMW M3	68	Claudio Melotto	1-7, 9-10
2G Racing	Volkswagen Golf	?	Alessandra Persichetti	5, 7
?	BMW M3	?	Rocco Peduzzi	7, 10
?	Opel Calibra	?	Raffaele di Bari	7-10
?	Opel Kadett	?	Angelo Rossito	8
Santucci Motorsport	BMW M3	?	Massimiliano Crinelli	9
?	BMW M3	?	Massimo Pigoli	9
?	Volkswagen Golf	?	Augusto Rossetti	10

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	S2 Winner
1	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	21 March	Nicola Larini	Alessandro Nannini	Roberto Ravaglia	Schnitzer Motorsport	Fabrizio Giovanardi Filippo Salvarani¹
1	R2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	22 March		Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Alfa Corse	Filippo Salvarani
2	R1	Autodromo dell'Umbria	11 April	Emanuele Pirro	Giorgio Francia	Giorgio Francia	Jolly Club	Fabrizio Giovanardi
2	R2	Autodromo dell'Umbria	12 April		Emanuele Pirro	Emanuele Pirro	CiBiEmme Engineering	Fabrizio Giovanardi
3	R1	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello	9 May	Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Alessandro Nannini	Alfa Corse	Fabrizio Giovanardi
3	R2	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello	10 May		Nicola Larini	Alessandro Nannini	Alfa Corse	Fabrizio Giovanardi
4	R1	Autodromo del Levante	23 May	Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Alfa Corse	Luca Maggiorelli
4	R2	Autodromo del Levante	24 May		Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Alfa Corse	Fabrizio Giovanardi
5	R1	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	6 June	Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Alfa Corse	Fabrizio Giovanardi
5	R2	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	7 June		Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Alfa Corse	Luca Maggiorelli
6	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	20 June	Antonio Tamburini	Alessandro Nannini	Nicola Larini	Alfa Corse	Fabrizio Giovanardi
6	R2	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	21 June		Antonio Tamburini	Nicola Larini	Alfa Corse	Fabrizio Giovanardi
7	R1	Circuito Internazionale Santamonica	18 July	Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Alfa Corse	Fabrizio Giovanardi
7	R2	Circuito Internazionale Santamonica	19 July		Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Alfa Corse	Fabrizio Giovanardi
8	R1	Autodromo di Pergusa	5 September	Nicola Larini	Alessandro Nannini	Giorgio Francia	Jolly Club	Fabrizio Giovanardi
8	R2	Autodromo di Pergusa	6 September		Giorgio Francia	Giorgio Francia	Jolly Club	Filippo Salvarani
9	R1	Autodromo Riccardo Paletti	3 October	Alessandro Nannini	Nicola Larini	Alessandro Nannini	Alfa Corse	Luca Maggiorelli
9	R2	Autodromo Riccardo Paletti	4 October		Roberto Ravaglia	Roberto Ravaglia	Schnitzer Motorsport	Gary Ayles
10	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	17 October	Alessandro Nannini	Alessandro Nannini	Alessandro Nannini	Alfa Corse	Filippo Salvarani
10	R2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	18 October		Alessandro Nannini	Antonio Tamburini	Jolly Club	Giuseppe Gabbiani

Notes:

^1 - Fabrizio Giovanardi and Filippo Salvarani were declared winners ex-aequo.

Championship standings

Scoring system

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

S1 Class

Pos	Driver	MON		MAG		MUG		BIN		VAL		IMO		MIS		PER		VAR		MON		Pts
1	Nicola Larini	Ret	1	2	3	Ret	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	Ret	2	2	4	3	284
2	Giorgio Francia	2	2	1	2	(4)	3	2	2	3	4	2	4	3	(5)	1	1	3	3	2	2	260
3	Alessandro Nannini	6	12	5	4	1	1	4	3	2	2	3	2	Ret	4	2	Ret	1	5	1	4	226
4	Antonio Tamburini	5	13	6	5	3	4	3	4	5	5	Ret	5	2	2	3	2	5	4	3	1	197
5	Gabriele Tarquini			4	Ret	2	5	11	Ret	6	11	4	Ret	4	3	5	Ret	6	11	7	13	89
6	Emanuele Pirro	4	3	3	1					4	3			Ret	6							82
7	Roberto Ravaglia	1	Ret									5	3					7	1	6	Ret	70
8	Moreno Soli	7	5	9	8	Ret	Ret	9	6	8	6	10	Ret	7	9	7	4	10	8	10	Ret	60
9	Luca Canni Ferrari	11	Ret	7	6	8	11	6	Ret	11	8	9	7	6	8			9	7	14	Ret	43
10	Andrea Barenghi					5	6	5	5							Ret	3					42
11	Roberto Moreno															10	5	4	6	5	5	41
12	Gianni Giudici	8	8			Ret	9			9	7	8	Ret	5	7			13	13	Ret	8	32
13	Marco Antonelli	Ret	DNS	Ret	7	6	7	7	7			7	Ret	9	12			DNS	DNS			28
14	Achille Voltolina	12	7			7	8	12	9	12	Ret			11	Ret	9	6	12	9	12	10	24
15	Massimo Pigoli	9	6	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	7	Ret	11	8									19
16	Steve Soper	3	9																			14
17	Battistino Pregliasco															Ret	7	8	Ret	8	9	12
18	Joachim Winkelhock	14	4																			10
19	Roberto Russo									13	9	Ret	DNS	10	10	6	Ret			15	Ret	10
20	Giovanni Bonanno			10	9	Ret	Ret	8	8													9
21	Ermanno Ronchi	10	11			9	Ret			10	10	12	9					Ret	DNS	Ret	11	7
22	Luca Cadalora																			11	6	6
23	Federico d'Amore												6									6
24	Alessandro Zanardi											6										6
25	Stefano Buttiero															11	Ret	11	Ret	9	7	6
26	Eugenio Corsini									15	12					8	8	Ret	12	Ret	12	6
27	Roberto Del Castello													8	11							3
28	Massimo Piacentini	13	10																			1
29	Guido Ghislotti																	Ret	10			1
30	Rinaldo Capello					Ret	10															1
	Ernesto Vita									14	13											0
	Tamara Vidali																			13	Ret	0
	Walter Santus																			17	14	0
	Maurizio Pitorri																				15	0
	Franco de Angelis																			16		0
	Alberto Gatti																			18	Ret	0
Pos	Driver	MON		MAG		MUG		BIN		VAL		IMO		MIS		PER		VAR		MON		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (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 participate
Blank	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

S2 Class

Pos	Driver	MON		MAG		MUG		BIN		VAL		IMO		MIS		PER		VAR		MON		Pts
1	Fabrizio Giovanardi	1¹	DSQ	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	Ret	9	Ret			260²
2	Gary Ayles	3	Ret	Ret	8	3	Ret	3	3	Ret	3	3	3	4	2	2	2	2	1	2	Ret	192
3	Filippo Salvarani	1¹	1	6	Ret	9	4	11	5	10	Ret	2	2	2	Ret	3	1	6	11	1	Ret	167,5
4	Luca Maggiorelli			DSQ	3	Ret	DNS	1	2	3	1	4	Ret	3	3			1	2			148
5	Luigi Giorgio	4	DSQ	2	2			4	4	2	4	6	4	Ret	4	Ret	3	Ret	5			126²
6	Giuseppe Gabbiani	7	4	3	Ret	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	5	Ret	9	5	4	Ret	Ret	3	3	1	101
7	Claudio Melotto	11	6	5	5	7	Ret	7	8	11	7	9	6	Ret	9			4	4	7	4	81
8	Stefano Buttiero	8	Ret	Ret	4	2	2	5	Ret	6	8	8	Ret									63
9	Graziano Rossi					4	3	13	7	4	6	Ret	5					8	9	6	Ret	61
10	Maurizio Lusuardi	10	Ret	7	Ret	8	6	10	11	5	5			Ret	7	6	5	5	10	9	Ret	60
11	Mauro Trione	9	5	4	6	6	7	6	6	DNS	DNS											48
12	Giancarlo Naddeo	6	2			Ret	5	8	Ret			7	Ret									36
13	Rocco Peduzzi	13	Ret			Ret	DNS							6	8					4	2	34
14	Roberto Macchi	5	3	Ret	7	5	Ret															32
15	Roberto Castagna					Ret	Ret	9	10	7	9			7	11	Ret	4			10	Ret	24
16	Paolo Guaitamacchi	12	Ret			Ret	Ret	Ret	9	12	11	Ret	Ret			Ret	Ret			5	3	22
17	Raffaele di Bari													8	Ret	5	Ret	10	7	8	Ret	19
18	Massimiliano Crinelli																	3	8			15
19	Aldo Bertuzzi													5	6							14
20	Massimo Pigoli																	7	6			10
21	Angelo Rossito															Ret	6					6
22	Rinaldo Drovandi					Ret	8	12	Ret	Ret	10					Ret	Ret			12	Ret	4
23	Alessandra Persichetti									9	Ret			Ret	10							3
	Augusto Rossetti																			11	Ret	0
Pos	Driver	MON		MAG		MUG		BIN		VAL		IMO		MIS		PER		VAR		MON		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Did not finish (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 participate
Blank	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes:

^1 - Fabrizio Giovanardi and Filippo Salvarani were declared winners ex-aequo.
^2 - Fabrizio Giovanardi and Luigi Giorgio were disqualified from the second race of the first Monza round and their race-1 points were halved.

External links

1992 season on Touringcarracing.net