The 1996 D1 ADAC Super Tourenwagen Cup was the third season of the Super Tourenwagen Cup (STW).
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 BigazziBMW 320i2 Steve SoperAll3 Alexander BurgstallerAll Roc Competition AZK Audi A4 Quattro4 Tamara VidaliAll AZK Roc Competition Audi A4 Quattro 5 Emanuele PirroAll 6 Karl WendlingerAll Roc Competition AZK Audi A4 Quattro 7 Philipp PeterAll Ford Mondeo Team SchübelFord Mondeo 8 Roland AschAll 9 Thierry Boutsen1-2 Peugeot EssoPeugeot 40610 Laurent AïelloAll11 Altfrid HegerAll Honda Team LinderHonda Accord 12 Armin HahneAll14 Klaus NiedzwiedzAll Alfa Team EngstlerAlfa Romeo 155 TS15 Franz EngstlerAll P16 Oliver Mayer3-6, 8–9 P Stephen Vollmair2 P177 P Abt SportslineAudi A4 Quattro18 Christian AbtAll P19 Kris NissenAll P MIG AustriaAudi A4 Quattro 20 Ralf KalaschekAll P BMW Team BigazziBMW 320i21 Jörg Müller2-6 Nissan Primera RacingNissan Primera eGT 22 Sascha Maassen1-7, 9 23 Anthony Reid1-7, 9 24 Ivan Capelli1-2, 6–7, 9 BMW Team IsertBMW 318is25 Leopold Prinz von Bayern1-3, 6–926 Frank Krämer5 Opel-Häusler Team HolzerOpel Vectra 16v 27 Marco WernerAll P 28 Volker Strycek7, 9 P Trans-Europe Racing Ltd. vs MHTsportsBMW 318is 29 Michael Heigert1-3 P Ulrich MotorsportBMW 318is30 Patrick Ulrich1, 3–4, 6–7, 9 P Team LauderbachBMW 318is31 Christian Menzel8-9 P 32 Alexander Gaggl1-4 P PMC SportsBMW 318is 33 Marc GindorfAll P Flash Power Wolf RacingFord Mondeo 35 Wolfgang Treml4-9 P 36 Claudia Hürtgen4-9 P Mamerow AutomobiltechnikAudi 80 Competition 37 Peter Mamerow1, 3–4, 6–7, 9 P Ford Mondeo Team SchübelFord Mondeo 39 Warren Hughes3-4, 6, 9 BMW Team BigazziBMW 320i40 Johnny Cecotto7-9 Icon Class P Private Drivers
Race calendar and results Round Circuit Date Pole position Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Zolder 5 May Emanuele Pirro Emanuele PirroA.Z.K./ROC Competition R2 Emanuele PirroA.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 PirroA.Z.K./ROC Competition R2 Emanuele PirroA.Z.K./ROC Competition 4 R1 Sachsenring 30 June Philipp Peter Philipp Peter A.Z.K./ROC Competition R2 Emanuele PirroA.Z.K./ROC Competition 5 R1 Wunstorf 14 July Steve Soper Steve Soper BMW Team Bigazzi R2 Emanuele PirroA.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 PirroA.Z.K./ROC Competition 9 R1 Nürburgring 22 September Johnny Cecotto Emanuele PirroA.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 3024201716151413121110987654321 Race 2 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 604840343230282624222018161412108642
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 DNSDNSDNS 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 RetDNSDNS 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 18DNSDNS 78 24 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 15RetDNS 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 DNSDNS 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 RetDNSDNS Ret Ret 26 22 4 36 Stephen Vollmair Alfa RomeoDNSDNS Ret DNS 0 Pos Driver Car ZOL ASS HOC SAC WUN ZWE SAL AVU NÜR Pts
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
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