1994 Italian Superturismo Championship

The 1994 Italian Superturismo Championship was the eighth edition of the Italian Superturismo Championship. The season began in Monza on 10 April and finished in Mugello on 2 October, after ten rounds. Emanuele Pirro won the championship (6 victories, 7 second places and scoring points in each round), driving an Audi 80 Quattro; the German manufacturer won the constructors' championship with 9 victories (6 Emanuele Pirro, 2 Frank Biela, 1 Rinaldo Capello) on 20 races. The strongest title contender was Antonio Tamburini, who drove an Alfa Romeo 155 TS and also got 6 victories. Third was Fabrizio Giovanardi, who was able to finish on podium 7 times and to score points in almost all races without a single victory. The three time Italian Champion Roberto Ravaglia had lot of bad luck and finished fourth after a single victory in the season. The privateers' trophy was won by in his own the Alfa Romeo 155 TS.

Teams and drivers[]

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds	Class
CiBiEmme Engineering	BMW 318i	1	Roberto Ravaglia	All
		2	Emanuele Naspetti	All
Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot 405	3	Fabrizio Giovanardi	All
		4	Gary Ayles	1–7, 9-10
		21	Amato Ferrari	All
Nordauto Engineering	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	5		All
		6	Antonio Tamburini	All
Scuderia Bigazzi	BMW 318i	7	Joachim Winkelhock	1
				2
			Johnny Cecotto	3-10
		8	Alexander Burgstaller	All
Euroteam	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	9	Stefano Modena	1-7, 10
		11	Marco Brand	1-7, 9-10
	Audi 80 Quattro	12	Emanuele Pirro	All
		14	Rinaldo Capello	All
		18	Frank Biela	7-10
Top Run	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	15	Enrico Bertaggia	1-3
		16	Giovanni Bonanno	1, 3
Euroteam	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	19	Giuseppe Gabbiani	8
		24	Stefano Buttiero	8-9
BMW Team Schneider	BMW 318i	22	Altfrid Heger	2
Soli Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	51		All	P
Fire Wake Competition	Peugeot 405	52	Massimo Pigoli	1-7, 9-10	P
		53		1-7	P
		64		9-10	P
Europa Corse	Peugeot 405	54		1-3, 5-7, 9-10	P
Tecnica Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	55	Felice Tedeschi	1-2, 4-7, 10	P
		56		1-2, 4-10	P
		57	Marco Antonelli	9	P
Eurospeed Racing	BMW 318i	58		5-9	P
Top Run	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	59		4-6, 9-10	P
		61		6	P
		62		7, 9-10	P
		69		4	P

Race calendar and results[]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	10 April	Antonio Tamburini	Stefano Modena	Antonio Tamburini	Nordauto Engineering
	R2				Stefano Modena	Antonio Tamburini	Nordauto Engineering
2	R1	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	17 April	Stefano Modena	Stefano Modena	Stefano Modena	Euroteam
	R2				Emanuele Pirro	Emanuele Pirro	Audi Sport Italia
3	R1	Autodromo di Magione	8 May	Stefano Modena	Stefano Modena	Emanuele Pirro	Audi Sport Italia
	R2				Emanuele Pirro	Emanuele Pirro	Audi Sport Italia
4	R1	Autodromo del Levante	22 May	Johnny Cecotto	?	Emanuele Pirro	Audi Sport Italia
	R2				Emanuele Pirro	Emanuele Pirro	Audi Sport Italia
5	R1	Circuito Internazionale Misano	5 June	Antonio Tamburini	Stefano Modena	Antonio Tamburini	Nordauto Engineering
	R2				Antonio Tamburini	Antonio Tamburini	Nordauto Engineering
6	R1	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	19 July	Stefano Modena	?	Stefano Modena	Euroteam
	R2				?	Emanuele Pirro	Audi Sport Italia
7	R1	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello	31 July	Roberto Ravaglia	Roberto Ravaglia	Roberto Ravaglia	CiBiEmme Engineering
	R2				?	Stefano Modena	Euroteam
8	R1	Autodromo di Pergusa	4 September	Antonio Tamburini	?	Antonio Tamburini	Nordauto Engineering
	R2				Fabrizio Giovanardi	Antonio Tamburini	Nordauto Engineering
9	R1	Autodromo Riccardo Paletti di Varano	18 September	Frank Biela	Frank Biela	Frank Biela	Audi Sport Italia
	R2				Frank Biela	Frank Biela	Audi Sport Italia
10	R1	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello	2 October	Frank Biela	Rinaldo Capello	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
	R2					Rinaldo Capello	Audi Sport Italia

Championship standings[]

• 18 results from 20 are valid for the championship

Drivers' Championship[]

Pos Driver MON VAL MAG MIS VAL MUG PER VAR MUG  Pts  1 Emanuele Pirro 2 2 (10) 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 4 2 4 4 2 2 (10) 2 269,5 2 Antonio Tamburini 1 1 3 10 8 5 6 14 1 1 4 Ret 3 Ret 1 1 5 10 Ret 9 182 3 Fabrizio Giovanardi 8 11 2 8 7 3 2 3 5 5 6 5 6 Ret 3 6 3 6 2 4 156 4 Roberto Ravaglia 16 6 Ret 6 3 2 3 2 3 2 14 6 1 3 Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret Ret 146 5 Rinaldo Capello 3 3 Ret 2 2 Ret Ret Ret 9 15 3 3 8 5 7 3 Ret 3 3 1 141 6 Stefano Modena 15 4 1 7 Ret DNS 4 16 Ret Ret 1 2 2 1 Ret 7 116 7 Johnny Cecotto 9 4 16 5 2 3 5 4 5 4 2 Ret 15 7 4 DNS 112 8 Alexander Burgstaller 4 8 7 3 6 11 7 12 6 6 Ret DNS 18 DNS 6 8 13 9 6 5 72 9 Emanuele Naspetti 14 7 15 14 5 16 5 4 14 Ret Ret 7 17 Ret 8 9 14 Ret 1 Ret 59 10 5 5 9 12 4 7 Ret 15 11 14 7 9 7 8 Ret 7 7 17 8 6 59 11 Frank Biela 9 6 10 DSQ 1 1 9 3 57 12 Marco Brand Ret DNS Ret Ret Ret 12 8 6 7 9 9 11 DSQ 7 4 12 5 Ret 39 13 Amato Ferrari Ret 13 5 13 Ret 10 9 7 15 7 10 12 12 9 9 Ret 6 Ret 7 Ret 34 14 Gary Ayles 6 12 6 9 10 9 10 Ret 8 Ret 8 8 10 DSQ Ret 14 DNS 11 28 15 Stefano Buttiero 5 5 Ret 11 16 16 17 12 13 15 Ret 11 13 10 8 4 14 17 Massimo Pigoli 11 16 13 5 14 14 13 9 19 10 12 13 14 Ret Ret 8 13 12 14 18 Felice Tedeschi 17 Ret 4 Ret 12 10 13 17 Ret Ret 13 Ret 17 Ret 11 19 Giovanni Bonanno 7 10 11 6 11 20 Altfrid Heger Ret 4 10 21 Marco Antonelli Ret 5 8 22 Enrico Bertaggia Ret DNS 8 Ret 12 8 6 23 11 8 10 Ret Ret DNS 9 15 Ret DNS 6 24 18 Ret 12 11 13 13 14 17 12 8 11 10 Ret 13 11 11 11 13 11 8 5,5 25 9 14 11 17 EX EX 17 11 18 16 Ret 14 11 10 12 Ret 17 16 12 Ret 3 26 Joachim Winkelhock 10 9 3 27 12 15 16 15 15 15 16 11 15 Ret 15 Ret 10 Ret 16 14 1 28 19 14 16 Ret 14 10 0,5 13 Ret 14 16 Ret Ret 15 13 20 13 Ret Ret 16 12 0 12 Ret 15 13 0 Giuseppe Gabbiani Ret Ret 0 Ret Ret 0 Ret Ret 0 Ret Ret 0 Pos Driver MON VAL MAG MIS VAL MUG PER VAR MUG  Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Note: second race in the second Mugello round was stopped early and half points were awarded.

Manufacturers' Trophy[]

Pos	Manufacturer	Points
1	Audi	295
2	Alfa Romeo	277
3	BMW	233
4	Peugeot	166

Privateers' Championship[]

Pos	Driver	Manufacturer	Points
1		Alfa Romeo	242
2	Massimo Pigoli	Peugeot	211
3		Alfa Romeo	183
4		Peugeot	137
5		BMW	127
6		Alfa Romeo	83
7	Felice Tedeschi	Alfa Romeo	82
8		Peugeot	75
9		Alfa Romeo	37,5
10		Peugeot	21
11	Marco Antonelli	Alfa Romeo	15
		Alfa Romeo	0
		Alfa Romeo	0

External links[]

• 1994 Drivers List
• 1994 Standings