1996 Italian Superturismo Championship

The 1996 Italian Superturismo Championship was the tenth edition of the Italian Superturismo Championship. The season began in Mugello on 14 April and finished in Vallelunga on 6 October, after ten rounds. Rinaldo Capello won the championship, driving an Audi A4 Quattro; BMW won the constructors' championship, while Roberto Colciago took the privateers' trophy.

Teams and drivers[]

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Audi Sport Italia	Audi A4 Quattro	1	Rinaldo Capello	All
		2	Yvan Muller	All
		8	Frank Biela	9
Nordauto Engineering	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	3	Fabrizio Giovanardi	All
		4		2-10
CiBiEmme Engineering	BMW 320i	5	Johnny Cecotto	All
		6	Emanuele Naspetti	All
		7	Yolanda Surer	1-6
			Gianni Morbidelli	7-10
A.Z.K./	Audi A4 Quattro	9	Philipp Peter	10
		11	Emanuele Pirro	10
Scuderia Bigazzi	BMW 320i	12	Roberto Ravaglia	10
		14	Steve Soper	10
		15	Joachim Winkelhock	10
Motortrend	Peugeot 405	51		1-6, 9
		52	Giambattista Busi	1, 5-6
		53		1-6, 8
		54	Luigi Moccia	1
				3
				4
			Gianluca de Lorenzi	5
			Marco Antonelli	9
				10
Soli Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	55		All
		58	Massimo Pigoli	6, 8-10
				6, 8-9
EC Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	56	Roberto Colciago	1-6, 9-10
Technica Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	57	Felice Tedeschi	3-10
		58	Massimo Pigoli	1-5
		59		1-3
		66		6-10
Capannelle Racing	Opel Vectra	61		1-3, 5-6, 9-10
		62		10
Varese Corse	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	63		1-6, 8-10
				5, 9
		65		10
Ciemme Corse	Opel Vectra	64	Marco Brand	1-3
Falessi Racing	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	67		5-6, 9-10
Bychl Euroracing	BMW 318i	68		5
Erre Team	BMW 318i	69		3, 5-6, 8-10
			Stefano Gabellini	3, 5-6, 8
				9
Optima Modica Beograd	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	82	Milovan Vesnić	10
Engstler Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	83		10
		84	Franz Engstler	10

Race calendar and results[]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello	14 April	Emanuele Naspetti	Rinaldo Capello	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Nordauto Engineering
	R2				Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Nordauto Engineering
2	R1	Autodromo di Magione	21 April	Yvan Muller	Yvan Muller	Rinaldo Capello	Audi Sport Italia
	R2				Yvan Muller	Rinaldo Capello	Audi Sport Italia
3	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	12 May	Johnny Cecotto	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Rinaldo Capello	Audi Sport Italia
	R2				Johnny Cecotto	Rinaldo Capello	Audi Sport Italia
4	R1	Autodromo del Levante	26 May	Rinaldo Capello	Yvan Muller	Rinaldo Capello	Audi Sport Italia
	R2				Emanuele Naspetti	Rinaldo Capello	Audi Sport Italia
5	R1	Circuito Internazionale Misano	7 June	Johnny Cecotto	Emanuele Naspetti	Johnny Cecotto	CiBiEmme Engineering
	R2				Johnny Cecotto	Johnny Cecotto	CiBiEmme Engineering
6	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	21 July	Johnny Cecotto	Emanuele Naspetti	Rinaldo Capello	Audi Sport Italia
	R2				Johnny Cecotto	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
7	R1	Autodromo di Pergusa	4 August	Emanuele Naspetti	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
	R2				Fabrizio Giovanardi	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
8	R1	Autodromo di Pergusa	1 September	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Johnny Cecotto	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
	R2				Emanuele Naspetti	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
9	R1	Autodromo Riccardo Paletti di Varano	15 September	Johnny Cecotto	Johnny Cecotto	Johnny Cecotto	CiBiEmme Engineering
	R2				Johnny Cecotto	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
10	R1	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	6 October	Roberto Ravaglia	Steve Soper	Johnny Cecotto	CiBiEmme Engineering
	R2				Joachim Winkelhock	Johnny Cecotto	CiBiEmme Engineering

Championship standings[]

• 8 results from 10 are valid for the championship in the firsts five rounds
• 8 results from 10 are valid for the championship in the seconds five rounds

Drivers' Championship[]

Pos Driver MUG MAG MON MIS IMO PER PER VAR VAL  Pts  1 Rinaldo Capello (5) (4) 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 1 2 DSQ 3 (4) 4 3 3 2 3 250 (278) 2 Johnny Cecotto 2 3 (4) DNS 4 3 3 2 1 1 2 (5) Ret 5 2 2 1 2 1 1 244 (262) 3 Emanuele Naspetti 3 2 5 4 (8) Ret 4 4 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 (6) (7) 242 (255) 4 Yvan Muller (4) (5) 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 3 4 3 3 4 5 Ret 14 4 4 6 187 (205) 5 Fabrizio Giovanardi 1 1 3 3 3 4 5 (7) 5 11 5 4 2 2 Ret 5 5 6 Ret 8 175 (179) 6 Roberto Colciago (6) 6 6 5 5 5 Ret 5 6 5 15 6 11 Ret 11 11 64 (70) 7 7 6 Ret DNS NC Ret 8 6 6 7 5 6 6 6 Ret 7 9 Ret 61 8 Gianni Morbidelli 4 Ret 3 3 DSQ 5 17 5 50 9 Massimo Pigoli 7 Ret 8 7 9 Ret 7 8 7 Ret 7 7 7 21 DNS 36 10 11 10 10 8 14 8 Ret 12 16 14 9 10 8 8 10 7 8 8 14 12 28 11 10 9 9 9 11 Ret 6 6 10 8 Ret Ret DNS Ret 23 12 Yolanda Surer Ret DNS 13 10 7 Ret 8 9 9 7 8 8 22 13 12 12 6 7 9 8 9 9 13 14 19 14 Steve Soper 8 2 18 15 Emanuele Pirro 5 4 18 16 Marco Brand Ret 7 Ret DNS 6 6 16 17 Felice Tedeschi 15 Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 11 11 7 Ret 8 Ret 6 Ret 20 DNS 13 18 Roberto Ravaglia 3 19 12 19 8 8 11 Ret 10 Ret 11 11 12 10 9 Ret Ret 10 16 15 11 20 Frank Biela 4 13 10 21 12 Ret 14 11 12 Ret 10 10 13 9 Ret Ret Ret 9 6 22 Ret DNS Ret Ret 13 7 15 15 Ret Ret 13 Ret 12 20 4 23 Joachim Winkelhock 7 17 4 24 Franz Engstler 10 9 3 25 Ret DNS 12 12 16 9 2 26 Giambattista Busi 9 DNS Ret Ret Ret Ret 2 27 9 Ret 2 28 Stefano Gabellini 10 13 13 10 2 29 12 10 Ret 1 30 15 10 1 31 Ret 10 1 Ret 14 14 11 12 Ret 13 0 Marco Antonelli Ret 11 0 12 0 17 Ret 13 Ret Ret DNS 19 16 0 Luigi Moccia 13 DNS 0 18 18 0 22 DNS 0 Philipp Peter 23 Ret 0 Milovan Vesnić 24 DNS 0 Ret Ret Ret 0 Gianluca de Lorenzi Ret Ret 0 Ret DNS 0 DNS 0 Pos Driver MUG MAG MON MIS IMO PER PER VAR VAL  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

Manufacturers' Trophy[]

Pos	Manufacturer	Points
1	BMW	551
2	Audi	497
3	Alfa Romeo	314

Privateers' Championship[]

Pos	Driver	Manufacturer	Points
1	Roberto Colciago	Alfa Romeo	216
2		Alfa Romeo	178
3	Massimo Pigoli	Alfa Romeo	154
4		Alfa Romeo	110
5		Alfa Romeo	109
6		Peugeot	102
7	Felice Tedeschi	Alfa Romeo	91
8		Peugeot	74
9	Marco Brand	Opel	45
10	Franz Engstler	Alfa Romeo	40
11		Opel	38
12		BMW	32
13	Stefano Gabellini	BMW	28
14		Alfa Romeo	21
15		Alfa Romeo	21
16		Alfa Romeo	20
17		Alfa Romeo	13
18		Peugeot	12
19	Giambattista Busi	Peugeot	10
20	Marco Antonelli	Peugeot	10
21		BMW	10
22		BMW	8
23		Peugeot	5
24	Luigi Moccia	Peugeot	3
		Opel	0
	Milovan Vesnić	Alfa Romeo	0
		Alfa Romeo	0
	Gianluca de Lorenzi	Peugeot	0
		Peugeot	0
		Alfa Romeo	0

External links[]

• 1996 Drivers List
• 1996 Standings