The 1992 Italian Superturismo Championship was the sixth edition of the Italian Superturismo Championship. The season began in Monza on 21 March and finished on the same racetrack on 18 October, after ten rounds. Nicola Larini won the S1 Class (Group A cars), driving an Alfa Romeo 155 GTA, while Fabrizio Giovanardi won the S2 Class (Super Touring cars).
Teams and drivers S1 Class
Team Car Drivers Rounds Schnitzer Motorsport BMW M3 Sport Evolution 1 Roberto Ravaglia 1, 6, 9-10 22 Joachim Winkelhock 1 CiBiEmme Engineering BMW M3 Sport Evolution 2 Emanuele Pirro 1–2, 5, 7 Andrea Barenghi 3–4, 8 3 Steve Soper 1 Gabriele Tarquini 2-10 Alfa Corse Alfa Romeo 155 GTA 4 Alessandro Nannini All 5 Nicola Larini All 6 Antonio Tamburini 6 Luca Cadalora 10 Jolly Club Alfa Romeo 155 GTA 7 Antonio Tamburini 1–5, 7-10 8 Giorgio Francia All 9 Alessandro Zanardi 6 Federico d'Amore Tamara Vidali 10 Scuderia Giudici Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Evolution 11 Gianni Giudici 1, 3, 5–7, 9-10 Soli Racing Team Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Evolution 12 Moreno Soli All Scuderia San Marco BMW M3 Sport Evolution 14 Ermanno Ronchi 1, 3, 5–6, 9-10 15 Achille Voltolina 1, 3–5, 7-10 ? Massimo Piacentini 1 ? Roberto Del Castello 7 AB Motorsport BMW M3 Sport Evolution 18 Marco Antonelli 1–4, 6–7, 9 Greyhound Motorsport Opel Omega 3000 24V Evo500n 19 Massimo Pigoli 1-6 University Motors Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth 21 Luca Canni Ferrari 1–7, 9-10 Top Run Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Evolution 23 Roberto Russo 5–8, 10 Bora Racing Team Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Evolution 24 Rinaldo Capello 3 ? Eugenio Corsini 5, 8-10 Motorsport Italia Racing Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Evolution 25 Giovanni Bonanno 2-4 Stefano Buttiero 8-10 Repetto Motors Ford Escort RS Cosworth 31 Roberto Moreno 8-10 32 Battistino Pregliasco 8-10 Conti Racing Renault 21 Turbo 35 Franco de Angelis 10 36 Maurizio Pitorri ? Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Evolution ? Ernesto Vita 5 Imberti Racing Team Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth ? Guido Ghislotti 9 ? Walter Santus 10 ? Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Evolution ? Alberto Gatti 10
S2 Class Team Car Drivers Rounds Peugeot Talbot Sport Peugeot 405 51 Fabrizio Giovanardi 1-9 52 Gary Ayles All 53 Luigi Giorgio 1–2, 4-9 Audi Sport Europa Volkswagen Golf 54 Giuseppe Gabbiani All 2G Racing Volkswagen Golf 55 Alessandra Persichetti 5, 7 Technica Racing Team Alfa Romeo 33 56 Rocco Peduzzi 1, 3 82 Rinaldo Drovandi 3–5, 8, 10 Lella Lombardi Autosport Opel Kadett 57 Roberto Macchi 1-3 Opel Calibra 62 Roberto Castagna 3–5, 7–8, 10 Conrero Squadra Corse Opel Calibra 58 Stefano Buttiero 1, 3-6 Opel Kadett 65 Filippo Salvarani 1-5 Opel Calibra 6-10 Opel Kadett ? Aldo Bertuzzi 7 A-Team Racing BMW M3 59 Luca Maggiorelli 2–7, 9 Castelfranco Racing BMW M3 61 Graziano Rossi 3–6, 9-10 69 Maurizio Lusuardi 1–5, 7-10 Trivellato Racing BMW M3 63 Mauro Trione 1-5 ProminvesTeam Opel Kadett 64 Paolo Guaitamacchi 1, 3–6, 8, 10 Paon Motorsport Vauxhall Astra 67 Giancarlo Naddeo 1, 3–4, 6 Tecno Racing BMW M3 68 Claudio Melotto 1–7, 9-10 Santucci Motorsport BMW M3 84 Massimiliano Crinelli 9 ? BMW M3 ? Rocco Peduzzi 7, 10 ? Opel Calibra ? Raffaele di Bari 7-10 ? Opel Kadett ? Angelo Rossito 8 ? BMW M3 ? Massimo Pigoli 9 ? Volkswagen Golf ? Augusto Rossetti 10
Race calendar and results Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team S2 Winner 1 R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza 21 March Nicola Larini Alessandro Nannini Roberto Ravaglia Schnitzer Motorsport Fabrizio Giovanardi Filippo Salvarani R2 22 March Nicola Larini Nicola Larini Alfa Corse Filippo Salvarani 2 R1 Autodromo dell'Umbria 11 April Emanuele Pirro Giorgio Francia Giorgio Francia Jolly Club Fabrizio Giovanardi R2 12 April Emanuele Pirro Emanuele Pirro CiBiEmme Engineering Fabrizio Giovanardi 3 R1 Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello 9 May Nicola Larini Nicola Larini Alessandro Nannini Alfa Corse Fabrizio Giovanardi R2 10 May Nicola Larini Alessandro Nannini Alfa Corse Fabrizio Giovanardi 4 R1 Autodromo del Levante 23 May Nicola Larini Nicola Larini Nicola Larini Alfa Corse Luca Maggiorelli R2 24 May Nicola Larini Nicola Larini Alfa Corse Fabrizio Giovanardi 5 R1 ACI Vallelunga Circuit 6 June Nicola Larini Nicola Larini Nicola Larini Alfa Corse Fabrizio Giovanardi R2 7 June Nicola Larini Nicola Larini Alfa Corse Luca Maggiorelli 6 R1 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 20 June Antonio Tamburini Alessandro Nannini Nicola Larini Alfa Corse Fabrizio Giovanardi R2 21 June Antonio Tamburini Nicola Larini Alfa Corse Fabrizio Giovanardi 7 R1 Circuito Internazionale Santamonica 18 July Nicola Larini Nicola Larini Nicola Larini Alfa Corse Fabrizio Giovanardi R2 19 July Nicola Larini Nicola Larini Alfa Corse Fabrizio Giovanardi 8 R1 Autodromo di Pergusa 5 September Nicola Larini Alessandro Nannini Giorgio Francia Jolly Club Fabrizio Giovanardi R2 6 September Giorgio Francia Giorgio Francia Jolly Club Filippo Salvarani 9 R1 Autodromo Riccardo Paletti 3 October Alessandro Nannini Nicola Larini Alessandro Nannini Alfa Corse Luca Maggiorelli R2 4 October Roberto Ravaglia Roberto Ravaglia Schnitzer Motorsport Gary Ayles 10 R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza 17 October Alessandro Nannini Alessandro Nannini Alessandro Nannini Alfa Corse Filippo Salvarani R2 18 October Alessandro Nannini Antonio Tamburini Jolly Club Giuseppe Gabbiani
Notes: - Fabrizio Giovanardi and Filippo Salvarani were declared winners ex-aequo.
Championship standings Scoring system Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Points 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1
S1 Class Pos Driver MON MAG MUG BIN VAL IMO MIS PER VAR MON Pts 1 Nicola Larini Ret 1 2 3 Ret 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 Ret 2 2 4 3 284 2 Giorgio Francia 2 2 1 2 (4) 3 2 2 3 4 2 4 3 (5) 1 1 3 3 2 2 260 3 Alessandro Nannini 6 12 5 4 1 1 4 3 2 2 3 2 Ret 4 2 Ret 1 5 1 4 226 4 Antonio Tamburini 5 13 6 5 3 4 3 4 5 5 Ret 5 2 2 3 2 5 4 3 1 197 5 Gabriele Tarquini 4 Ret 2 5 11 Ret 6 11 4 Ret 4 3 5 Ret 6 11 7 13 89 6 Emanuele Pirro 4 3 3 1 4 3 Ret 6 82 7 Roberto Ravaglia 1 Ret 5 3 7 1 6 Ret 70 8 Moreno Soli 7 5 9 8 Ret Ret 9 6 8 6 10 Ret 7 9 7 4 10 8 10 Ret 60 9 Luca Canni Ferrari 11 Ret 7 6 8 11 6 Ret 11 8 9 7 6 8 9 7 14 Ret 43 10 Andrea Barenghi 5 6 5 5 Ret 3 42 11 Roberto Moreno 10 5 4 6 5 5 41 12 Gianni Giudici 8 8 Ret 9 9 7 8 Ret 5 7 13 13 Ret 8 32 13 Marco Antonelli RetDNS Ret 7 6 7 7 7 7 Ret 9 12DNSDNS 28 14 Achille Voltolina 12 7 7 8 12 9 12 Ret 11 Ret 9 6 12 9 12 10 24 15 Massimo Pigoli 9 6 8 Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret 7 Ret 11 8 19 16 Steve Soper 3 9 14 17 Battistino Pregliasco Ret 7 8 Ret 8 9 12 18 Joachim Winkelhock 14 4 10 19 Roberto Russo 13 9 RetDNS 10 10 6 Ret 15 Ret 10 20 Giovanni Bonanno 10 9 Ret Ret 8 8 9 21 Ermanno Ronchi 10 11 9 Ret 10 10 12 9 RetDNS Ret 11 7 22 Luca Cadalora 11 6 6 23 Federico d'Amore 6 6 24 Alessandro Zanardi 6 6 25 Stefano Buttiero 11 Ret 11 Ret 9 7 6 26 Eugenio Corsini 15 12 8 8 Ret 12 Ret 12 6 27 Roberto Del Castello 8 11 3 28 Massimo Piacentini 13 10 1 29 Guido Ghislotti Ret 10 1 30 Rinaldo Capello Ret 10 1 Ernesto Vita 14 13 0 Tamara Vidali 13 Ret 0 Walter Santus 17 14 0 Maurizio Pitorri 15 0 Franco de Angelis 16 0 Alberto Gatti 18 Ret 0 Pos Driver MON MAG MUG BIN VAL IMO MIS PER VAR MON Pts Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap
S2 Class Pos Driver MON MAG MUG BIN VAL IMO MIS PER VAR MON Pts 1 Fabrizio Giovanardi 1 DSQ 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 Ret 9 Ret 260 2 Gary Ayles 3 Ret Ret 8 3 Ret 3 3 Ret 3 3 3 4 2 2 2 2 1 2 Ret 192 3 Filippo Salvarani 1 1 6 Ret 9 4 11 5 10 Ret 2 2 2 Ret 3 1 6 11 1 Ret 167,5 4 Luca Maggiorelli DSQ 3 RetDNS 1 2 3 1 4 Ret 3 3 1 2 148 5 Luigi Giorgio 4 DSQ 2 2 4 4 2 4 6 4 Ret 4 Ret 3 Ret 5 126 6 Giuseppe Gabbiani 7 4 3 Ret RetDNS Ret Ret 8 Ret 5 Ret 9 5 4 Ret Ret 3 3 1 101 7 Claudio Melotto 11 6 5 5 7 Ret 7 8 11 7 9 6 Ret 9 4 4 7 4 81 8 Stefano Buttiero 8 Ret Ret 4 2 2 5 Ret 6 8 8 Ret 63 9 Graziano Rossi 4 3 13 7 4 6 Ret 5 8 9 6 Ret 61 10 Maurizio Lusuardi 10 Ret 7 Ret 8 6 10 11 5 5 Ret 7 6 5 5 10 9 Ret 60 11 Mauro Trione 9 5 4 6 6 7 6 6DNSDNS 48 12 Giancarlo Naddeo 6 2 Ret 5 8 Ret 7 Ret 36 13 Rocco Peduzzi 13 Ret RetDNS 6 8 4 2 34 14 Roberto Macchi 5 3 Ret 7 5 Ret 32 15 Roberto Castagna Ret Ret 9 10 7 9 7 11 Ret 4 10 Ret 24 16 Paolo Guaitamacchi 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 12 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 3 22 17 Raffaele di Bari 8 Ret 5 Ret 10 7 8 Ret 19 18 Massimiliano Crinelli 3 8 15 19 Aldo Bertuzzi 5 6 14 20 Massimo Pigoli 7 6 10 21 Angelo Rossito Ret 6 6 22 Rinaldo Drovandi Ret 8 12 Ret Ret 10 Ret Ret 12 Ret 4 23 Alessandra Persichetti 9 Ret Ret 10 3 Augusto Rossetti 11 Ret 0 Pos Driver MON MAG MUG BIN VAL IMO MIS PER VAR MON Pts Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap
Notes: - Fabrizio Giovanardi and Filippo Salvarani were declared winners ex-aequo. - Fabrizio Giovanardi and Luigi Giorgio were disqualified from the second race of the first Monza round and their race-1 points were halved.
External links 1992 season on Touringcarracing.net