Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 1996

The 1996 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany was the 7th season of the Porsche Carrera Cup Germany . The first run of the season took place on April 14, 1996 at the Hockenheimring and the season finale on October 13 also took place there.

A total of nine races were held in Germany, Belgium and Finland this season. The races took place as part of the DTM supporting program .

Ralf Kelleners won the driver's title with 154 points.

Starting field

The following drivers and guest drivers started the season:

No.	driver	team	Race weekend
1	Harald Grohs
	Ralf Kelleners	Porsche Center Koblenz
	Horst Farnbacher
	Hans Willems
	Wolfgang Land
	Gerhard Müller
	Danny Arrow
	Oliver Mathai
9	Frank Schmickler	tolimit motorsport
	Jörg Bergmeister
11	Patrick Simon
	Kai Riemer
13	Toni Ruokonen		4th
14th	Axel Rohr
	Horst Stäbler
18th	Oliver May	tolimit motorsport
	Patrick Huisman		4th
	Jari Nurminen		4th
24	Markku Alén		4th

     Guest starters

Race calendar and results

round	Racetrack	date	Pole position	Fastest lap	winner	Second	Third
1	Hockenheimring	April 14th	Ralf Kelleners	Ralf Kelleners	Ralf Kelleners	Frank Schmickler	Jörg Bergmeister
2	Nürburgring	12th of May	Frank Schmickler	Frank Schmickler	Ralf Kelleners	Frank Schmickler	Patrick Simon
3	Zolder	May 26	Jörg Bergmeister	Wolfgang Land	Ralf Kelleners	Wolfgang Land	Patrick Simon
4th	Helsinki	June 9th	Patrick Huisman	Patrick Huisman	Patrick Huisman	Ralf Kelleners	Frank Schmickler
5	Norisring	23rd June	Ralf Kelleners	Horst Farnbacher	Harald Grohs	Horst Farnbacher	Frank Schmickler
6th	Diepholz	July 6th	Hans Willems	Frank Schmickler	Harald Grohs	Ralf Kelleners	Frank Schmickler
7th	Siegerlandring	18th of August	Ralf Kelleners	Wolfgang Land	Ralf Kelleners	Wolfgang Land	Frank Schmickler
8th	Nürburgring	September 1	Frank Schmickler	Frank Schmickler	Harald Grohs	Ralf Kelleners	Hans Willems
9	Hockenheimring	October 13th	Frank Schmickler	Horst Farnbacher	Harald Grohs	Oliver Mathai	Horst Farnbacher

Championship results

Point system

The following number of points was awarded to the first 15 classified drivers. The points from the guest starters were deleted at the end of the season, so the same positions can have different point evaluations:

space	1.	2.	3.	4th	5.	6th	7th	8th.	9.	10.	11.	12.	13.	14th	15th
Points	20th	18th	16	14th	12	10	9	8th	7th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

Driver ranking

The following drivers came in the first ten places in the points classification.

space	driver	HOC1	ONLY1	ZOL	HEL	NOR	THE	SHE	ONLY2	HOC2	Points
1	Ralf Kelleners	1	1	1	2	?	2	1	2		154
2	Frank Schmickler	2	2		3	3	3	3	?	?	121
3	Harald Grohs				DNF	1	1		1	1	106
4th	Danny Arrow				DNS						96
5	Gerhard Müller				8th						89
6th	Hans Willems						?		3		77
7th	Jörg Bergmeister	3		?							74
8th	Patrick Simon		3	3	?						73
9	Horst Stäbler				7th						64
10	Kai Riemer				5						62
?	Wolfgang Land			2				2			?
?	Oliver Mathai									2	?
?	Horst Farnbacher					2				3	?
?	Axel Rohr				9						?
?	Oliver May				10						?
?	Patrick Huisman				1						0
?	Jari Nurminen				4th						0
?	Markku Alén				6th						0
?	Toni Ruokonen				DNF						0
space	driver	HOC1	ONLY1	ZOL	HEL	NOR	THE	SHE	ONLY2	HOC2	Points

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Racecam - Internet site: PCC Meister 1996. On: www.racecam.de , accessed on October 10, 2019 . 
2. ^ Project-1 - Website: Former drivers Project 1 Motorsport. From: project-1.de , accessed October 12, 2019 . 
3. ↑ DriverDB - website: Porsche Carrera Cup Germany 1996 standings. From: www.driverdb.com , accessed October 10, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Youtube - website: 1996 Porsche Carrera Cup Germany - Helsinki. From: www.youtube.com , accessed October 10, 2019 .