1997 Super Tourenwagen Cup season

The 1997 ADAC Deutsche Super Touren Wagen-Cup was the 4th season of the Super Tourenwagen Cup (STW).

Season summary

The 1997 season saw a battle for the championship between Laurent Aiello 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

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

Race calendar and winners

Round	Race	Circuit	Date	Event	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Int. ADAC-Preis Hockenheim	Hockenheimring	27 April	Sprint Race	Laurent Aiello Laurent Aiello	Peugeot Esso Peugeot Esso
2	Bergischer Löwe Zolder	Zolder	11 May	Sprint Race	Joachim Winkelhock Joachim Winkelhock	BMW Motorsport Team Bigazzi BMW Motorsport Team Bigazzi
3	75. Eifelrennen	Nürburgring	25 May	Sprint Race	Laurent Aiello Laurent Aiello	Peugeot Esso Peugeot Esso
4	70. Geburstags des Sachsenringen	Sachsenring	15 June	Sprint Race	Johnny Cecotto Johnny Cecotto	BMW Motorsport Team Bigazzi BMW Motorsport Team Bigazzi
5	55. Int. ADAC Norisring Rennen	Norisring	29 June	Sprint Race	Joachim Winkelhock Joachim Winkelhock	BMW Motorsport Team Bigazzi BMW Motorsport Team Bigazzi
6	ADAC Wunstorf	Wunstorf	13 July	Sprint Race	Laurent Aiello Laurent Aiello	Peugeot Esso Peugeot Esso
7	Int. ADAC Preis von Zweibrücken	Zweibrücken	10 August	Sprint Race	Laurent Aiello Emanuele Pirro	Peugeot Esso A.Z.K./ROC
8	Int. ADAC Alpentrophäe	Salzburgring	24 August	Sprint Race	Laurent Aiello Laurent Aiello	Peugeot Esso Peugeot Esso
9	Int. ADAC-Preis Regio Ring Lahr	Regio-Ring	7 September	Sprint Race	Johnny Cecotto Joachim Winkelhock	BMW Motorsport Team Bigazzi BMW Motorsport Team Bigazzi
10	24. ADAC Bilstein Supersprint	Nürburgring	5 October	Sprint Race	Laurent Aiello Laurent Aiello	Peugeot Esso Peugeot Esso

Championship results

Pos Driver HOC ZOL NÜR SAC NOR WUN ZWE SAL REG NÜR Pts 1 Laurent Aiello 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 3 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 20 7 6 4 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 Eric 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 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (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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