1996 Super Tourenwagen Cup

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

1996 Super Tourenwagen Cup

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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 Aïello 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

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

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Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Zolder	5 May	Emanuele Pirro	Emanuele Pirro	A.Z.K./ROC Competition
	R2				Emanuele Pirro	A.Z.K./ROC Competition
2	R1	Assen	19 May	Steve Soper	Steve Soper	BMW Team Bigazzi
	R2				Laurent Aïello	Peugeot Esso
3	R1	Hockenheimring	2 June	Philipp Peter	Emanuele Pirro	A.Z.K./ROC Competition
	R2				Emanuele Pirro	A.Z.K./ROC Competition
4	R1	Sachsenring	30 June	Philipp Peter	Philipp Peter	A.Z.K./ROC Competition
	R2				Emanuele Pirro	A.Z.K./ROC Competition
5	R1	Wunstorf	14 July	Steve Soper	Steve Soper	BMW Team Bigazzi
	R2				Emanuele Pirro	A.Z.K./ROC Competition
6	R1	Zweibrücken	11 August	Laurent Aïello	Laurent Aïello	Peugeot Esso
	R2				Laurent Aïello	Peugeot Esso
7	R1	Salzburgring	25 August	Armin Hahne	Steve Soper	BMW Team Bigazzi
	R2				Armin Hahne	Honda Team Linder
8	R1	AVUS	8 September	Steve Soper	Armin Hahne	Honda Team Linder
	R2				Emanuele Pirro	A.Z.K./ROC Competition
9	R1	Nürburgring	22 September	Johnny Cecotto	Emanuele Pirro	A.Z.K./ROC Competition
	R2				Emanuele Pirro	A.Z.K./ROC Competition

Championship Standings

Points system
Race 1	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
	30	24	20	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1
Race 2	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16th	17th	18th	19th	20th
	60	48	40	34	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	16	14	12	10	8	6	4	2

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver Car ZOL ASS HOC SAC WUN ZWE SAL AVU NÜR Pts 1 Emanuele Pirro Audi 1 1 3 2 1 1 3 1 2 1 2 3 8 10 4 1 1 1 678 2 Steve Soper BMW 7 4 1 3 6 3 5 2 1 3 3 2 1 2 Ret 6 13 Ret 491 3 Laurent Aïello Peugeot 20 Ret 2 1 Ret DNS 9 6 9 2 1 1 7 4 14 12 2 2 422 4 Christian Abt Audi 4 9 7 7 4 4 2 3 5 8 5 4 11 8 5 3 11 14 406 5 Karl Wendlinger Audi 5 Ret 5 5 3 2 4 4 3 4 7 Ret 12 13 6 5 10 5 366 6 Armin Hahne Honda 8 6 Ret 15 24 8 15 Ret 18 11 8 6 2 1 1 13 3 3 343 7 Tamara Vidali Audi 3 2 11 Ret 5 13 6 5 22 10 9 8 13 16 7 19 20 7 282 8 Klaus Niedzwiedz Honda 9 5 10 6 Ret DNS DNS DNS 8 12 15 9 5 5 2 4 4 Ret 269 9 Philipp Peter Audi 2 14 6 21 2 Ret 1 19 12 6 4 17 10 11 Ret Ret 5 4 256 10 Marco Werner Opel Ret DNS Ret 9 11 9 8 7 6 5 Ret Ret Ret DNS 3 8 9 6 234 11 Altfrid Heger Peugeot 10 Ret 13 Ret 10 6 14 11 4 17 12 7 4 Ret Ret 10 12 8 223 12 Ralf Kalaschek Audi 23 7 15 12 16 5 10 10 14 Ret 13 18 16 14 8 11 15 12 219 13 Kris Nissen Audi 6 3 8 8 7 Ret 23 DNS 10 Ret 11 5 14 12 Ret 17 7 Ret 214 14 Roland Asch Ford 12 Ret 12 10 14 10 12 14 13 13 Ret Ret Ret 9 9 9 19 16 188 15 Alexander Burgstaller BMW 24 DNS 9 17 8 7 7 8 16 9 6 Ret Ret DNS Ret 7 18 21 176 16 Sascha Maassen Nissan 15 13 Ret 14 13 11 17 12 15 20 Ret DNS 9 6 14 10 165 17 Jörg Müller BMW 4 4 9 14 18 9 11 7 Ret 16 165 18 Anthony Reid Nissan 22 Ret 17 11 12 Ret 20 17 7 Ret 14 Ret 3 3 Ret 9 147 19 Franz Engstler Alfa Romeo 14 Ret 16 13 21 Ret 11 15 17 16 16 10 15 DNS 13 14 17 15 135 20 Johnny Cecotto BMW 6 7 11 2 6 Ret 116 21 Marc Gindorf BMW 16 8 20 18 18 Ret 16 Ret DNS DNS 17 11 17 19 10 Ret 23 DNS 93 22 Claudia Hürtgen Ford 13 13 20 15 18 12 Ret DNS 15 16 24 17 82 23 Peter Mamerow Audi 18 11 23 12 19 16 19 13 20 18 DNS DNS 78 24 Leopold Prinz von Bayern BMW 11 12 Ret DSQ 15 Ret Ret DNS 18 15 Ret 15 22 18 67 25 Ivan Capelli Nissan 21 DNS 14 20 10 Ret Ret DNS 8 13 49 26 Patrick Ulrich BMW 19 15 20 16 22 18 Ret 14 Ret DNS 28 20 47 27 Alexander Gaggl BMW 17 10 19 DSQ 17 15 Ret DNS 44 28 Wolfgang Treml Ford 21 DNS DSQ 19 Ret 15 19 17 17 20 27 DNS 32 29 Volker Strycek Opel 21 Ret 16 11 25 30 Thierry Boutsen Ford 13 Ret 18 16 21 31 Oliver Mayer Alfa Romeo 22 Ret DNS DNS 21 18 Ret DNS 16 18 25 19 21 32 Frank Krämer BMW 19 14 16 33 Michael Heigert BMW Ret Ret 21 19 Ret Ret 12 34 Christian Menzel BMW 12 21 21 Ret 9 35 Warren Hughes Ford 19 Ret DNS DNS Ret Ret 26 22 4 36 Stephen Vollmair Alfa Romeo DNS DNS Ret DNS 0 Pos Driver Car ZOL ASS HOC SAC WUN ZWE SAL AVU NÜR Pts

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)

Manufacturers' Trophy

Pos	Manufacturer	Points
1	Audi	1192
2	BMW	867
3	Peugeot	645
4	Honda	612
5	Nissan	343
6	Ford	317
7	Opel	259
8	Alfa Romeo	156

Teams' Trophy

Pos	Team	Points
1	AZK Roc Competition	678
2	BMW Team Bigazzi	526
3	Peugeot Esso	485
4	ABT Sportsline	426
5	Honda Team Linder	402
6	Roc Competition AZK	370
7	Opel-Hausler Team Holzer	234
8	Nissan Primera Racing	156
9	Mig Austria	219
10	Ford Mondeo Team Schubel	188