Super Touring Car Cup 1996

The 1996 Super Touring Car Cup was the third season of this racing series.

Season overview

The 1996 season was dominated by the Italian Audi factory driver Emanuele Pirro , who won the most races that season. The British runner-up Steve Soper was the only other driver who drove for the title. But a bad start to the season hampered his title ambitions and Pirro was early champion in the penultimate race on the Avus . Laurent Aïello was third in a Peugeot in the first STW season for Aiello and Peugeot. The Frenchman was able to win a few races, but was too inconsistent to get beyond third place in the championship. Christian Abt surprisingly came fourth in a private Audi without factory support in front of three factory Audis.

Teams and drivers

No.	driver	team	vehicle	comment
2	Steve Soper	BMW Team Bigazzi	BMW 320i
3	Alexander Burgstaller	BMW Team Bigazzi	BMW 320i
4th	Tamara Vidali	AZK / ROC	Audi A4 Quattro
5	Emanuele Pirro	AZK / ROC	Audi A4 Quattro
6th	Karl Wendlinger	AZK / ROC	Audi A4 Quattro
7th	Philipp Peter	AZK / ROC	Audi A4 Quattro
8th	Roland Asch	Ford Mondeo Team Schübel	Ford Mondeo Ghia
9	Thierry Boutsen	Ford Mondeo Team Schübel	Ford Mondeo Ghia	Races 1-4
10	Laurent Aïello	Peugeot Esso	Peugeot 406
11	Altfrid Heger	Peugeot Esso	Peugeot 406
12	Armin Hahne	Linder Motorsport	Honda Accord
14th	Klaus Niedzwiedz	Linder Motorsport	Honda Accord	Races 1-6, 9-18
15th	Franz Engstler	Engstler Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 155
16	Oliver Mayer	Engstler Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 155	Races 5-6, 9-12, 15-18
17th	Stephen Vollmair	Engstler Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 155	Rounds 13-14
18th	Christian Dept.	Abt Sportsline	Audi A4 Quattro
19th	Kris Nissen	Abt Sportsline	Audi A4 Quattro
20th	Ralf Kalaschek	MIG Austria	Audi A4 Quattro
21st	Jörg Müller	BMW Team Bigazzi	BMW 320i	Races 3–12
22nd	Sascha Maassen	Nissan Primera Racing	Nissan Primera eGT	Races 1-14, 17-18
23	Anthony Reid	Nissan Primera Racing	Nissan Primera eGT	Races 1-14, 17-18
24	Ivan Capelli	Nissan Primera Racing	Nissan Primera eGT	Races 1-4, 11-14, 17-18
25th	Leopold Prince of Bavaria	Isert BMW team	BMW 320i	Races 1-6, 11-18
26th	Frank Kramer	Isert BMW team	BMW 320i	Race 9-10
27	Marco Werner	Opel-Häusler Team Holzer	Opel Vectra
28	Volker Strycek	Opel-Häusler Team Holzer	Opel Vectra	Races 13-14, 17-18
29	Michael Heigert	Trans Europe Racing	BMW 318is	Race 1-6
30th	Patrick Ulrich	Ulrich Motorsport	BMW 318is	Races 1-2, 5-8, 11-14, 17-18
31	Christian Menzel	Team Lauderbach	BMW 318is	Races 15-18
32	Alexander Gaggl	Team Lauderbach	BMW 318is	Race 1-6
33	Marc Gindorf	PMC Sports	BMW 318is	Races 1-8, 11-18
35	Claudia Huertgen	Wolf Racing	Ford Mondeo Ghia	Races 7-18
36	Wolfgang Treml	Wolf Racing	Ford Mondeo Ghia	Races 7-18
37	Peter Mamerow	Mamerow Racing	Audi 80 Competition	Races 1-2, 5-8, 11-14
39	Warren Hughes	Ford Mondeo Team Schübel	Ford Mondeo Ghia	Races 5-6, 11-12, 17-18
40	Johnny Cecotto	BMW Team Bigazzi	BMW 320i	Races 13-18

Race results

run	date	route	winner	vehicle
1	5th of May	Zolder	Emanuele Pirro	Audi A4 Quattro
2			Emanuele Pirro	Audi A4 Quattro
3	May 19th	Aces	Steve Soper	BMW 320i
4th			Laurent Aiello	Peugeot 406
5	2th of June	Hockenheim	Emanuele Pirro	Audi A4 Quattro
6th			Emanuele Pirro	Audi A4 Quattro
7th	June 30th	Sachsenring	Philipp Peter	Audi A4 Quattro
8th			Emanuele Pirro	Audi A4 Quattro
9	July 11th	Wunstorf	Steve Soper	BMW 320i
10			Emanuele Pirro	Audi A4 Quattro
11	August 11th	Zweibrücken	Laurent Aiello	Peugeot 406
12			Laurent Aiello	Peugeot 406
13	August 25	Salzburgring	Steve Soper	BMW 320i
14th			Armin Hahne	Honda Accord
15th	September 8th	Avus	Armin Hahne	Honda Accord
16			Emanuele Pirro	Audi A4 Quattro
17th	September 22	Nürburgring	Emanuele Pirro	Audi A4 Quattro
18th			Emanuele Pirro	Audi A4 Quattro

Final score

Item Driver ZOL ASS HOC SAC WUN TWO SAL AVU JUST Pts 1 Emanuele Pirro 1 1 3 2 1 1 3 1 2 1 2 3 8th 10 4th 1 1 1 678 2 Steve Soper 7th 4th 1 3 6th 3 5 2 1 3 3 2 1 2 DNF 6th 13 DNF 491 3 Laurent Aiello 20th DNF 2 1 DNF DNS 9 6th 9 2 1 1 7th 4th 14th 12 2 2 422 4th Christian Dept. 4th 9 7th 7th 4th 4th 2 3 5 8th 5 4th 11 8th 5 3 11 14th 406 5 Karl Wendlinger 5 DNF 5 5 3 2 4th 4th 3 4th 7th DNF 12 13 6th 5 10 5 366 6th Armin Hahne 8th 6th DNF 15th 24 8th 15th DNF 18th 11 8th 6th 2 1 1 13 3 3 343 7th Tamara Vidali 3 2 11 DNF 5 13 6th 5 22nd 10 9 8th 13 16 7th 19th 20th 7th 282 8th Klaus Niedzwiedz 9 5 10 6th DNF DNS 8th 12 15th 9 5 5 2 4th 4th DNF 269 9 Philipp Peter 2 14th 6th 21st 2 DNF 1 19th 12 6th 4th 17th 10 11 DNF DNF 5 4th 256 10 Marco Werner DNF DNS DNF 9 11 9 8th 7th 6th 5 DNF DNF DNF DNS 3 8th 9 6th 234 11 Altfrid Heger 10 DNF 13 DNF 10 6th 14th 11 4th 17th 12 7th 4th DNF DNF 10 12 8th 223 12 Ralf Kalaschek 23 7th 15th 12 16 5 10 10 14th DNF 13 18th 16 14th 8th 11 15th 12 219 13 Kris Nissen 6th 3 8th 8th 7th DNF 23 DNS 10 DNF 11 5 14th 12 DNF 17th 7th DNF 214 14th Roland Asch 12 DNF 12 10 14th 10 12 14th 13 13 DNF DNF DNF 9 9 9 19th 16 188 15th Alexander Burgstaller 24 DNS 9 17th 8th 7th 7th 8th 16 9 6th DNF DNF DNS DNF 7th 18th 21st 176 16 Sascha Maassen 15th 13 DNF 14th 13 11 17th 12 15th 20th DNF DNS 9 6th 14th 10 165 17th Jörg Müller 4th 4th 9 14th 18th 9 11 7th DNF 16 165 18th Anthony Reid 22nd DNF 17th 11 12 DNF 20th 17th 7th DNF 14th DNF 3 3 DNF 9 147 19th Franz Engstler 14th DNF 16 13 21st DNF 11 15th 17th 16 16 10 15th DNS 13 14th 17th 15th 135 20th Johnny Cecotto 6th 7th 11 2 6th DNF 116 21st Marc Gindorf 16 8th 20th 18th 18th DNF 16 DNF 17th 11 17th 19th 10 DNF 23 DNS 93 22nd Claudia Huertgen 13 13 20th 15th 18th 12 DNF DNS 15th 16 24 17th 82 23 Peter Mamerow 18th 11 23 12 19th 16 19th 13 20th 18th 78 24 Leopold Prince of Bavaria 11 12 DNF DSQ 15th DNF DNF DNS 18th 15th DNF 15th 22nd 18th 67 25th Ivan Capelli 21st DNS 14th 20th 10 DNF DNF DNS 8th 13 49 26th Patrick Ulrich 19th 15th 20th 16 22nd 18th DNF 14th DNF DNS 28 20th 47 27 Alexander Gaggl 17th 10 19th DSQ 17th 15th 44 28 Wolfgang Treml 21st DNS DSQ 19th DNF 15th 19th 17th 17th 20th 27 DNS 32 29 Volker Strycek 21st DNF 16 11 25th 30th Thierry Boutsen 13 DNF 18th 16 21st 31 Oliver Mayer 22nd DNF 21st 18th DNF DNS 16 18th 25th 19th 21st 32 Frank Kramer 19th 14th 16 33 Michael Heigert DNF DNF 21st 19th DNF DNF 12 34 Christian Menzel 12 21st 21st DNF 9 35 Warren Hughes 19th DNF INJ INJ INJ INJ DNF DNF 26th 22nd 4th 36 Stephen Vollmair DNF DNS 0

colour meaning gold winner silver 2nd place bronze 3rd place green Placement in the points blue Classified outside the point ranks violet Race not finished ( DNF ) not classified (NC) red not qualified (DNQ) black disqualified (DSQ) White not at the start ( DNS ) withdrawn (WD) Race canceled (C) colourless not participated in the training (DNP) injured or sick (INJ) excluded (EX) did not appear (DNA)