# 1996 Super Tourenwagen Cup

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 Bigazzi | BMW 320i | 2 | Steve Soper | All | |
| BMW Team Bigazzi | BMW 320i | 3 | Alexander Burgstaller | All | |
| Roc Competition AZK | Audi A4 Quattro | 4 | Tamara Vidali | All | |
| AZK Roc Competition | Audi A4 Quattro | 5 | Emanuele Pirro | All | |
| AZK Roc Competition | Audi A4 Quattro | 6 | Karl Wendlinger | All | |
| Roc Competition AZK | Audi A4 Quattro | 7 | Philipp Peter | All | |
| Ford Mondeo Team Schübel | Ford Mondeo | 8 | Roland Asch | All | |
| Ford Mondeo Team Schübel | Ford Mondeo | 9 | Thierry Boutsen | 1-2 | |
| Peugeot Esso | Peugeot 406 | 10 | Laurent Aïello | All | |
| Peugeot Esso | Peugeot 406 | 11 | Altfrid Heger | All | |
| Honda Team Linder | Honda Accord | 12 | Armin Hahne | All | |
| Honda Team Linder | Honda Accord | 14 | Klaus Niedzwiedz | All | |
| Alfa Team Engstler | Alfa Romeo 155 TS | 15 | Franz Engstler | All | P |
| Alfa Team Engstler | Alfa Romeo 155 TS | 16 | Oliver Mayer | 3-6, 8-9 | P |
| Alfa Team Engstler | Alfa Romeo 155 TS | 16 | Stephen Vollmair | 2 | P |
| Alfa Team Engstler | Alfa Romeo 155 TS | 17 | Stephen Vollmair | 7 | P |
| Abt Sportsline | Audi A4 Quattro | 18 | Christian Abt | All | P |
| Abt Sportsline | Audi A4 Quattro | 19 | Kris Nissen | All | P |
| MIG Austria | Audi A4 Quattro | 20 | Ralf Kalaschek | All | P |
| BMW Team Bigazzi | BMW 320i | 21 | Jörg Müller | 2-6 | |
| Nissan Primera Racing | Nissan Primera eGT | 22 | Sascha Maassen | 1-7, 9 | |
| Nissan Primera Racing | Nissan Primera eGT | 23 | Anthony Reid | 1-7, 9 | |
| Nissan Primera Racing | Nissan Primera eGT | 24 | Ivan Capelli | 1-2, 6-7, 9 | |
| BMW Team Isert | BMW 318is | 25 | Leopold Prinz von Bayern | 1-3, 6-9 | |
| BMW Team Isert | BMW 318is | 26 | Frank Krämer | 5 | |
| Opel-Häusler Team Holzer | Opel Vectra 16v | 27 | Marco Werner | All | P |
| Opel-Häusler Team Holzer | Opel Vectra 16v | 28 | Volker Strycek | 7, 9 | P |
| Trans-Europe Racing Ltd. vs MHTsports | BMW 318is | 29 | Michael Heigert | 1-3 | P |
| Ulrich Motorsport | BMW 318is | 30 | Patrick Ulrich | 1, 3-4, 6-7, 9 | P |
| Team Lauderbach | BMW 318is | 31 | Christian Menzel | 8-9 | P |
| Team Lauderbach | BMW 318is | 32 | Alexander Gaggl | 1-4 | P |
| PMC Sports | BMW 318is | 33 | Marc Gindorf | All | P |
| Flash Power Wolf Racing | Ford Mondeo | 35 | Wolfgang Treml | 4-9 | P |
| Flash Power Wolf Racing | Ford Mondeo | 36 | Claudia Hürtgen | 4-9 | P |
| Mamerow Automobiltechnik | Audi 80 Competition | 37 | Peter Mamerow | 1, 3-4, 6-7, 9 | P |
| Ford Mondeo Team Schübel | Ford Mondeo | 39 | Warren Hughes | 3-4, 6, 9 | |
| BMW Team Bigazzi | BMW 320i | 40 | Johnny Cecotto | 7-9 | |
| Icon | Class |
| P | Private Drivers |

## Race calendar and results

| Round | Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Winning driver | Winning team |
| 1 | R1 | Zolder | 5 May | Emanuele Pirro | Emanuele Pirro | A.Z.K./ROC Competition |
| 1 | R2 | Zolder | 5 May | | Emanuele Pirro | A.Z.K./ROC Competition |
| 2 | R1 | Assen | 19 May | Steve Soper | Steve Soper | BMW Team Bigazzi |
| 2 | R2 | Assen | 19 May | | Laurent Aïello | Peugeot Esso |
| 3 | R1 | Hockenheimring | 2 June | Philipp Peter | Emanuele Pirro | A.Z.K./ROC Competition |
| 3 | R2 | Hockenheimring | 2 June | | Emanuele Pirro | A.Z.K./ROC Competition |
| 4 | R1 | Sachsenring | 30 June | Philipp Peter | Philipp Peter | A.Z.K./ROC Competition |
| 4 | R2 | Sachsenring | 30 June | | Emanuele Pirro | A.Z.K./ROC Competition |
| 5 | R1 | Wunstorf | 14 July | Steve Soper | Steve Soper | BMW Team Bigazzi |
| 5 | R2 | Wunstorf | 14 July | | Emanuele Pirro | A.Z.K./ROC Competition |
| 6 | R1 | Zweibrücken | 11 August | Laurent Aïello | Laurent Aïello | Peugeot Esso |
| 6 | R2 | Zweibrücken | 11 August | | Laurent Aïello | Peugeot Esso |
| 7 | R1 | Salzburgring | 25 August | Armin Hahne | Steve Soper | BMW Team Bigazzi |
| 7 | R2 | Salzburgring | 25 August | | Armin Hahne | Honda Team Linder |
| 8 | R1 | AVUS | 8 September | Steve Soper | Armin Hahne | Honda Team Linder |
| 8 | R2 | AVUS | 8 September | | Emanuele Pirro | A.Z.K./ROC Competition |
| 9 | R1 | Nürburgring | 22 September | Johnny Cecotto | Emanuele Pirro | A.Z.K./ROC Competition |
| 9 | R2 | Nürburgring | 22 September | | 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 |
| | 30 | 24 | 20 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Race 2 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th |
| | 60 | 48 | 40 | 34 | 32 | 30 | 28 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 |

### Drivers' Championship

| Pos | Driver | Car | ZOL | ZOL | ASS | ASS | HOC | HOC | SAC | SAC | WUN | WUN | ZWE | ZWE | SAL | SAL | AVU | AVU | NÜR | 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 | DNS | DNS | DNS | 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 | Ret | DNS | DNS | 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 | 18 | | | DNS | DNS | 78 |
| 24 | Leopold Prinz von Bayern | 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 | 15 | Ret | DNS | | | | | | | | | | | 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 | DNS | DNS | 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 | Ret | DNS | DNS | | | Ret | Ret | | | | | 26 | 22 | 4 |
| 36 | Stephen Vollmair | Alfa Romeo | | | DNS | DNS | | | | | | | | | Ret | DNS | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Car | ZOL | ZOL | ASS | ASS | HOC | HOC | SAC | SAC | WUN | WUN | ZWE | ZWE | SAL | SAL | AVU | AVU | NÜR | NÜR | Pts |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

### 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 |