The 1999 Italian Superturismo Championship season was the thirteenth and last edition of the Italian Superturismo Championship. The season began in Misano on 17 April and finished in Vallelunga on 10 October, after ten rounds.
Season summary
With the withdrawal of Audi the fight for the victory was between only 2 Manufactures (Alfa Romeo and BMW) and only 4 official drivers. Due to the lot of problems had the previous year and the poor tv coverage just 6 private drivers confirmed their participation into the series. The consequence was that the grid was made just by 10 cars.
Once again the driver's championship was between Fabrizio Giovanardi and Emanuele Naspetti. In the beginning of the season Naspetti and BMW were able to score 5 victories on 6 races. Giovanardi and Alfa were finally able to get a double victory only in the fourth round in Pergusa. During the rest of the season Naspetti and Giovanardi switched each other on the top of the standing and arrived to the final round separated by just 1 point.
In the final round Giovanardi was able to win the race and the championship as well, on the wheel of Alfa Romeo 156; the Italian manufacturer won the constructors' championship, while Roberto Colciago took the privateers' trophy.
The last year of Superturismo was also remembered because it was the first time that a private driver (Roberto Colciago) won 4 races against the official drivers. Colciago although a private Audi A4 Quattro was able to win in the slow tracks and thanks to his consistency taking points in all 20 races he arrived in the last round with still the theorical possibility to win the italian title.
With the end of Italian Superturismo and on the same time the end of STW, the Teams (Nordauto, Cibiemme, AGS, Christy's Team, Soli Racing and Nath Racing) together with some privates team of German Supertouring (STW) decided to create the European Super Touring Cup.
Teams and drivers Team Car Drivers Rounds Class Nordauto Engineering Alfa Romeo 156 1 Fabrizio Giovanardi All 2 Nicola Larini All CiBiEmme Engineering BMW 320i 3 Emanuele Naspetti All 4 Fabrizio de Simone All Scuderia del Portello Alfa Romeo 156 21 Fabian Peroni All P AGS Motorsport Audi A4 Quattro 22 Roberto Colciago All P Soli Racing Team Alfa Romeo 155 TS 23 Moreno Soli All P Varese Corse Audi A4 Quattro 24 Davide Bernasconi All P Christy's Team BMW 320i 25 Massimo Pigoli 1-3, 8-10 P Nath Racing Audi A4 Quattro 26 Guido Lucchetti Cigarini All P Christy's Team BMW 320i 27 Stefano Gabellini 4-7 P Lanza Motorsport Alfa Romeo 155 TS 28 Mauro Simoncini 9 P Icon Class P Private Drivers
Drivers changes Changed Cars Roberto Colciago: BMW 320i → Audi A4 Quattro Fabian Peroni: Audi A4 Quattro → Alfa Romeo 156 Massimo Pigoli: Honda Accord → BMW 320i Moreno Soli: Audi A4 Quattro → Alfa Romeo 155 Guido Lucchetti Cigarini: Opel Vectra Gt → Audi A4 Quattro
Entering Superturismo 1999 Mauro Simoncini: FIA GT Championship - GT2 class → Alfa Romeo 155 Stefano Gabellini: No full-time drive → BMW 320i
Leaving Superturismo 1999 Rinaldo Capello Antonio Tamburini Gianluca Roda Sandro Sardelli Miguel Ramos Emanuele Moncini
Race calendar and results Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 R1 Misano Adriatico 17 April Nicola Larini Nicola Larini Fabrizio de Simone CiBiEmme Engineering R2 18 April Fabrizio de Simone Fabrizio de Simone CiBiEmme Engineering 2 R1 Binetto 8 May Roberto Colciago Fabrizio de Simone Emanuele Naspetti CiBiEmme Engineering R2 9 May Fabrizio Giovanardi Roberto Colciago AGS Motorsport 3 R1 Imola 22 May Fabrizio Giovanardi Emanuele Naspetti Emanuele Naspetti CiBiEmme Engineering R2 23 May Emanuele Naspetti Emanuele Naspetti CiBiEmme Engineering 4 R1 Pergusa 5 June Fabrizio Giovanardi Emanuele Naspetti Fabrizio Giovanardi Nordauto Engineering R2 6 June Fabrizio Giovanardi Fabrizio Giovanardi Nordauto Engineering 5 R1 Magione 19 June Roberto Colciago Roberto Colciago Roberto Colciago AGS Motorsport R2 20 June Roberto Colciago Roberto Colciago AGS Motorsport 6 R1 Mugello 10 July Fabrizio Giovanardi Fabrizio Giovanardi Fabrizio Giovanardi Nordauto Engineering R2 11 July Nicola Larini Fabrizio Giovanardi Nordauto Engineering 7 R1 Misano Adriatico 30 July Fabrizio Giovanardi Nicola Larini Nicola Larini Nordauto Engineering R2 1 August Emanuele Naspetti Emanuele Naspetti CiBiEmme Engineering 8 R1 Varano De Melegari 4 September Fabrizio Giovanardi Roberto Colciago Nicola Larini Nordauto Engineering R2 5 September Fabrizio Giovanardi Roberto Colciago AGS Motorsport 9 R1 Monza 25 September Fabrizio Giovanardi Fabrizio Giovanardi Fabrizio Giovanardi Nordauto Engineering R2 26 September Fabian Peroni Fabrizio Giovanardi Nordauto Engineering 10 R1 Vallelunga 9 October Fabrizio Giovanardi Nicola Larini Nicola Larini Nordauto Engineering R2 10 October Fabrizio Giovanardi Fabrizio Giovanardi Nordauto Engineering
Round 1 Misano Adriatico Qualifying Pos No Driver Car Lap Time Points 1 2 Nicola Larini Alfa Romeo 156 1.33.9111 2 4 Fabrizio De Simone BMW 320i 1.34.069 3 1 Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo 156 1.34.073 4 3 Emanuele Naspetti BMW 320i 1.34.343 5 22 Roberto Colciago Audi A4 Quattro 1.35.326 6 21 Fabian Peroni Alfa Romeo 156 1.35.735 7 25 Massimo Pigoli BMW 320i 1.37.020 8 24 Davide Bernasconi Audi A4 Quattro 1.38.225 9 26 Guido Lucchetti Cigarini Audi A4 Quattro 1.40.627 10 23 Moreno Soli Alfa Romeo 155 1.41.779
Race 1 Pos No Driver Constructor Time/Retired Points 1 4 Fabrizio De Simone BMW 320i 11 laps in 17:29.98420 2 3 Emanuele Naspetti BMW 320i +7.560s15 3 2 Nicola Larini Alfa Romeo 156 +8.353s12 4 1 Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo 156 +16.298s10 5 22 Roberto Colciago Audi A4 Quattro +16.818s8 6 21 Fabian Peroni Alfa Romeo 156 +29.057s6 7 24 Davide Bernasconi Audi A4 Quattro +1.05.863s4 8 23 Moreno Soli Alfa Romeo 155 +1.38.557s3 9 25 Massimo Pigoli BMW 320i +1 lap2 DNF 26 Guido Lucchetti Cigarini Audi A4 Quattro +8 laps
Race 2 Pos No Driver Constructor Time/Retired Points 1 4 Fabrizio De Simone BMW 320i 20 laps in 32:13.04840 2 1 Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo 156 +5.201s30 3 2 Nicola Larini Alfa Romeo 156 +8.238s24 4 3 Emanuele Naspetti BMW 320i +17.640s20 5 22 Roberto Colciago Audi A4 Quattro +28.494s16 6 25 Massimo Pigoli BMW 320i +1.13.060s12 7 23 Moreno Soli Alfa Romeo 155 +1 lap8 8 26 Guido Lucchetti Cigarini Audi A4 Quattro +1 lap6 DSQ 21 Fabian Peroni Alfa Romeo 156 +15 laps DNF 24 Davide Bernasconi Audi A4 Quattro +17 laps
Championship standings after Round 1
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Fabrizio De Simone 60 2 Fabrizio Giovanardi 40 3 Nicola Larini 37 4 Emanuele Naspetti 35 5 Roberto Colciago 24
Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 BMW 109 2 Alfa Romeo 94 3 Audi 34
Round 2 Binetto
Qualifying Pos No Driver Car Lap Time Points 1 22 Roberto Colciago Audi A4 Quattro 47.0691 2 1 Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo 156 47.248 3 3 Emanuele Naspetti BMW 320i 47.270 4 4 Fabrizio De Simone BMW 320i 47.376 5 2 Nicola Larini Alfa Romeo 156 47.515 6 25 Massimo Pigoli BMW 320i 47.642 7 21 Fabian Peroni Alfa Romeo 156 47.846 8 24 Davide Bernasconi Audi A4 Quattro 48.925 9 23 Moreno Soli Alfa Romeo 155 49.446 10 26 Guido Lucchetti Cigarini Audi A4 Quattro 49.666
Race 1 Pos No Driver Constructor Time/Retired Points 1 3 Emanuele Naspetti BMW 320i 22 laps in 17:48.09020 2 22 Roberto Colciago Audi A4 Quattro +0.342s15 3 1 Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo 156 +12.624s12 4 4 Fabrizio De Simone BMW 320i +12.971s10 5 2 Nicola Larini Alfa Romeo 156 +13.364s8 6 21 Fabian Peroni Alfa Romeo 156 +15.367s6 7 24 Davide Bernasconi Audi A4 Quattro +31.224s4 8 51 Massimo Pigoli BMW 320i +33.484s3 9 59 Guido Lucchetti Cigarini Audi A4 Quattro +47.912s2 10 52 Moreno Soli Alfa Romeo 155 +1 lap1
Race 2 Pos No Driver Constructor Time/Retired Points 1 22 Roberto Colciago Audi A4 Quattro 44 laps in 35:37.69340 2 4 Fabrizio De Simone BMW 320i +15.470s30 3 3 Emanuele Naspetti BMW 320i +18.938s24 4 1 Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo 156 +45.197s20 5 2 Nicola Larini Alfa Romeo 156 +13.526s16 6 25 Massimo Pigoli BMW 320i +1 lap12 7 24 Davide Bernasconi Audi A4 Quattro +1 lap8 8 26 Guido Lucchetti Cigarini Audi A4 Quattro +1 lap6 9 23 Moreno Soli Alfa Romeo 155 +3 laps4 DNF 21 Fabian Peroni Alfa Romeo 156 +22 laps
Championship standings after Round 2
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Fabrizio De Simone 100 2 Robertoo Colciago 80 3 Emanuele Naspetti 79 4 Fabrizio Giovanardi 72 5 Nicola Larini 61
Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 BMW 208 2 Alfa Romeo 161 3 Audi 110
Round 3 Imola
Qualifying Pos No Driver Car Lap Time Points 1 1 Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo 156 1.55.0951 2 3 Emanuele Naspetti BMW 320i 1.55.454 3 2 Nicola Larini Alfa Romeo 156 1.55.482 4 4 Fabrizio De Simone BMW 320i 1.55.731 5 22 Roberto Colciago Audi A4 Quattro 1.55.800 6 54 Fabian Peroni Alfa Romeo 156 1.56.145 7 25 Massimo Pigoli BMW 320i 1.56.627 8 24 Davide Bernasconi Audi A4 Quattro 2.00.259 9 23 Moreno Soli Alfa Romeo 155 2.01.132 10 26 Guido Lucchetti Cigarini Audi A4 Quattro 2.02.198
Race 1 Pos No Driver Constructor Time/Retired Points 1 3 Emanuele Naspetti BMW 320i 9 laps in 17:34.54320 2 1 Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo 156 +2.883s15 3 4 Fabrizio De Simone BMW 320i +3.076s12 4 2 Nicola Larini Alfa Romeo 156 +6.341s10 5 22 Roberto Colciago Audi A4 Quattro +7.681s8 6 21 Fabian Peroni Alfa Romeo 156 +9.724s6 7 26 Guido Lucchetti Cigarini Audi A4 Quattro +51.109s4 8 23 Moreno Soli Alfa Romeo 155 +51.641s3 DNF 25 Massimo Pigoli BMW 320i +2 laps DNF 24 Davide Bernasconi Audi A4 Quattro +5 laps
Race 2 Pos No Driver Constructor Time/Retired Points 1 3 Emanuele Naspetti BMW 320i 16 laps in 31:12.135s40 2 4 Fabrizio De Simone BMW 320i +2.868s30 3 1 Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo 156 +5.077s24 4 22 Roberto Colciago Audi A4 Quattro +5.627s20 5 24 Davide Bernasconi Audi A4 Quattro +1.31.045s16 6 23 Moreno Soli Alfa Romeo 155 +1.42.881s12 7 26 Guido Lucchetti Cigarini Audi A4 Quattro +1.49.656s8 DNF 2 Nicola Larini Alfa Romeo 156 +5 laps DNS 21 Fabian Peroni Alfa Romeo 156 DNS 25 Massimo Pigoli BMW 320i
Championship standings after Round 3
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Fabrizio De Simone 142 2 Emanuele Naspetti 139 3 Fabrizio Giovanardi 112 4 Roberto Colciago 108 5 Nicola Larini 71
Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 BMW 312 2 Alfa Romeo 232 3 Audi 166
Round 4 Pergusa Qualifying Pos No Driver Car Lap Time Points 1 1 Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo 156 1.42.1521 2 3 Emanuele Naspetti BMW 320i 1.42.250 3 2 Nicola Larini Alfa Romeo 156 1.42.435 4 4 Fabrizio De Simone BMW 320i 1.43.010 5 21 Fabian Peroni Alfa Romeo 156 1.43.129 6 22 Roberto Colciago Audi A4 Quattro 1.44.403 7 27 Stefano Gabellini BMW 320i 1.45.927 8 24 Davide Bernasconi Audi A4 Quattro 1.48.137 9 23 Moreno Soli Alfa Romeo 155 1.49.726 10 26 Guido Lucchetti Cigarini Audi A4 Quattro 1.51.935
Race 1 Pos No Driver Constructor Time/Retired Points 1 1 Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo 156 10 laps in 17:23.85520 2 3 Emanuele Naspetti BMW 320i +0.082s15 3 2 Nicola Larini Alfa Romeo 156 +5.151s12 4 21 Fabian Peroni Alfa Romeo 156 +14.603s10 5 22 Roberto Colciago Audi A4 Quattro +21.715s8 6 4 Fabrizio De Simone BMW 320i +39.263s6 7 27 Stefano Gabellini BMW 320i +51.433s4 8 24 Davide Bernasconi Audi A4 Quattro +56.256s3 9 23 Moreno Soli Alfa Romeo 155 +1.00.956s2 DNF 26 Guido Lucchetti Cigarini Audi A4 Quattro +6 laps
Race 2