1996 Campeonato de España de Turismos

The 1996 Campeonato de España de Turismos was won by Jordi Gene with Audi A4 Quattro; the German manufacturer won the constructors' championship.

1996 Campeonato de España de Turismos

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Teams and drivers

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Opel Team Ibérico	Opel Vectra 16V	1	Luis Villamil	All
		2	Ni Amorim	1-5
			Roberto Colciago	6-8
Teo Martin Motorsport	BMW 318iS	3	Pedro Chaves	1-6
	BMW 320i			7-8
Audi Racing Team Espaňa	Audi A4 Quattro	4	Jordi Gené	All
Team Gauloises Blondes	Opel Vectra GT	5	Miguel Ángel de Castro	1
		6	Pablo de Villota	1
Meycom	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	7	Antonio Albacete	1-3, 6, 8
			Ricardo García Galiano	7
José Ruiz Thiery	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	8	Iñaki Goiburu	1-3, 5-6, 8
			Alberto Ruíz Thiery	7
Xavier Riera	BMW 318iS	9	Xavier Riera	All
Procar Explotaciones	BMW 318iS	10	Jon Andreescu	3-8
Ecurie Bruxelloise	Volkswagen Golf GTi	11	Bernard Winderickx	1-2
Pedro Paz	SEAT Toledo GT	12	David Bosch	1-7
	BMW 318iS			8
Ciemme Corse	Opel Vectra GT	14	Danilo Mozzi	2
Danilo Mozzi				5
			Balba González-Camino	7
Ecurie Bruxelloise	BMW 318iS	22	Robert Dierick	1
Team Repsol Nissan	Nissan Primera eGT	23	Luis Pérez-Sala	All
		33	Eric van de Poele	All
Audi Racing Team Espaňa	Audi A4 Quattro	44	Joan Vinyes	All
Not eligible to score championship points
Team Repsol Nissan	Nissan Primera eGT	100	Ivan Capelli	7-8
SDA Sport	BMW 318iS		Eric Cayrolle	5
	Opel Vectra GT	101	Maurice Pérus	5
Escuderia Baix Empordà	BMW 318iS		Francesc Gutiérrez	7-8
EC Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	102	Luca Riccitelli	8
Gamace MC Competición	Nissan Primera eGT	103	Joan Armadans	8
Audi Racing Team Espaňa	Audi A4 Quattro	104	Tamara Vidali	7-8
Willy Maljean	BMW 318iS	105	Willy Maljean	7
Gemo Sport	Peugeot 405 Mi16		Eric Cayrolle	8
Escuderia Baix Empordà	Opel Vectra GT	106	Josep Bassas	8
Patrick Herbert	BMW 318iS		Patrick Herbert	7
Giambattista Busi	Opel Vectra GT	107	Giambattista Busi	8
Audi Racing Team Espaňa	Audi A4	114	Yvan Muller	6
		144	Ralf Kalaschek	6
Not eligible to score Manufacturers points
Nordauto Engineering	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	155	Fabrizio Giovanardi	3, 5-8
		156	Paolo Delle Piane	3, 5-8

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Jarama	19 May	Pedro Chaves	Jordi Gené	Audi Racing Team Espaňa
	R2				Eric van de Poele	Team Repsol Nissan
2	R1	Albacete	9 Jun	Jordi Gené	Jordi Gené	Audi Racing Team Espaňa
	R2				Jordi Gené	Audi Racing Team Espaňa
3	R1	Barcelona	30 Jun	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Jordi Gené	Audi Racing Team Espaňa
	R2				Fabrizio Giovanardi	Nordauto Engineering
4	R1	Estoril	8 Sep	Jordi Gené	Jordi Gené	Audi Racing Team Espaňa
	R2				Pedro Chaves	Teo Martin Motorsport
5	R1	Calafat	22 Sep	Luis Pérez-Sala	Luis Pérez-Sala	Team Repsol Nissan
	R2				Luis Pérez-Sala	Team Repsol Nissan
6	R1	Jerez	27 Oct	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Pedro Chaves	Teo Martin Motorsport
	R2				Fabrizio Giovanardi	Nordauto Engineering
7	R1	Jarama	10 Nov	Luis Pérez-Sala	Pedro Chaves	Teo Martin Motorsport
	R2				Pedro Chaves	Teo Martin Motorsport
8	R1	Barcelona	24 Nov	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Nordauto Engineering
	R2				Eric van de Poele	Team Repsol Nissan

Championship standings

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

• 14 results from 16 are valid for the championship

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver JAR ALB BAR EST CAL JER JAR BAR  Pts  1 Jordi Gené 1 2 1 1 1 4 1 4 2 2 (6) 5 2 Ret 4 2 213 (219) 2 Pedro Chaves 3 4 5 10 Ret Ret 2 1 Ret 4 1 Ret 1 1 3 3 160 3 Luis Pérez-Sala (8) DNS 2 4 3 6 5 5 1 1 5 3 6 7 6 4 153 (156) 4 Joan Vinyes 2 3 (9) (9) 5 2 3 3 8 3 7 6 7 5 2 5 142 (146) 5 Eric van de Poele 5 1 4 2 4 Ret 9 7 4 8 3 2 Ret 8 7 1 139 6 Fabrizio Giovanardi 2 1 3 6 2 1 9 6 1 Ret 122 7 Luis Villamil 4 6 3 8 9 3 4 2 5 DSQ 4 4 8 9 5 Ret 116 8 Ni Amorim 6 5 Ret 3 7 5 10 6 6 5 59 9 Iñaki Goiburu 10 8 6 5 8 7 9 7 9 7 10 10 42 10 Roberto Colciago Ret DNS 4 3 Ret Ret 27 11 Paolo Delle Piane 6 Ret 7 Ref 8 Ret 10 10 14 8 25 12 Antonio Albacete 9 9 7 7 Ret 8 10 8 Ret Ret 19 13 Xavier Riera 11 10 Ret 11 10 9 7 8 13 11 11 Ret 11 12 11 Ret 17 14 Jon Andreescu 12 10 6 10 14 Ret 12 9 13 13 Ret 11 13 15 David Bosch DNS DNS DNS Ret 11 Ret 8 9 Ret 12 Ret 10 Ret Ret 8 9 13 16 Danilo Mozzi 8 6 11 10 12 17 Miguel Ángel de Castro 7 7 8 18 Bernard Winderickx 12 12 10 12 1 Joan Armadans Ret DNS 0 Josep Bassas 12 14 0 Giambattista Busi 16 Ret 0 Balba González-Camino 14 Ret 0 Ivan Capelli (3) (2) Ret (6) 0 Eric Cayrolle (10) (9) 15 Ret 0 Pablo de Villota Ret Ret 0 Robert Dierick 13 11 0 Ricardo GarcÍa Galiano 12 16 0 Francesc Gutiérrez 16 14 13 13 0 Patrick Herbert Ret 11 0 Ralf Kalaschek Ret DNS 0 Willy Maljean 15 15 0 Yvan Muller Ret DNS 0 Maurice Pérus 12 Ret 0 Luca Riccitelli 9 12 0 Alberto Ruíz Thiery Ret Ret 0 Tamara Vidali (5) (4) DSQ (7) 0 Pos Driver JAR ALB BAR EST CAL JER JAR BAR

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Manufacturers' Trophy

Pos	Manufacturer	Points
1	Audi	260
2	Nissan	222
3	Opel	177
4	BMW	163