1998 Italian Superturismo Championship

The 1998 Italian Superturismo Championship was the twelfth edition of the Italian Superturismo Championship. The season began in on 17 May and finished in Vallelunga on 4 October, after ten rounds. Fabrizio Giovanardi won the championship, driving an Alfa Romeo 156; the Italian manufacturer won the constructors' championship, while took the privateers' trophy.

Teams and drivers[]

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
	BMW 320i	1	Emanuele Naspetti	All
		2	Fabrizio de Simone	All
		6	Roberto Colciago	8-10
Nordauto Engineering	Alfa Romeo 156	3	Fabrizio Giovanardi	All
		4	Nicola Larini	All
	Audi A4	5	Rinaldo Capello	All
Nordauto Engineering	Alfa Romeo 156	7	Antonio Tamburini	9-10
		8	Stefano Modena	9
Christy's Team	Honda Accord	51	Massimo Pigoli	1-4, 8-10
Soli Racing Team	Audi A4 Quattro	52		All
Greyhound Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	53		1-5, 7-9
AGS Motorsport	Audi A4 Quattro	54		All
Varese Corse	Audi A4 Quattro	55		1-9
Italian Promotorsport	BMW 320i	56		All
		58	Miguel Ramos	All
BMS Scuderia Italia	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	59	Christian Pescatori	All
		60	Emanuele Moncini	All
Lucchetti Racing	Opel Vectra	62		3-6, 9-10

Race calendar and results[]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Autodromo del Levante	17 May	Fabrizio de Simone	Emanuele Naspetti	Fabrizio de Simone	CiBiEmme Engineering
	R2				Emanuele Naspetti	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
2	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	31 May	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Nordauto Engineering
	R2				Emanuele Naspetti	Fabrizio de Simone	CiBiEmme Engineering
3	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	28 June	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Nicola Larini	Nordauto Engineering
	R2				Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Nordauto Engineering
4	R1	Autodromo Riccardo Paletti Varano	27 July	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Emanuele Naspetti	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
	R2				Emanuele Naspetti	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
5	R1	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	26 July	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Emanuele Naspetti	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
	R2				Emanuele Naspetti	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
6	R1	Autodromo di Magione	2 August	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Emanuele Naspetti	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Nordauto Engineering
	R2				Fabrizio de Simone	Fabrizio de Simone	CiBiEmme Engineering
7	R1	Autodromo di Pergusa	30 August	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Nicola Larini	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Nordauto Engineering
	R2				Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Nordauto Engineering
8	R1	Circuito Internazionale Misano	12 September	Emanuele Naspetti	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Nordauto Engineering
	R2		13 September		Fabrizio de Simone	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Nordauto Engineering
9	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	26 September	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Stefano Modena	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Nordauto Engineering
	R2		27 September		Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Nordauto Engineering
10	R1	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	3 October	Emanuele Naspetti	Roberto Colciago	Nicola Larini	Nordauto Engineering
	R2		4 October		Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Nordauto Engineering

Championship standings[]

Drivers' Championship[]

Pos Driver MON VAL PER MIS MON VAL  Pts  1 Fabrizio Giovanardi 3 2 1 3 3 1 5 2 2 DSQ 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 471 2 Emanuele Naspetti 2 1 3 2 8 4 1 1 1 1 3 Ret 2 3 Ret Ret 4 2 Ret Ret 335 3 Nicola Larini 5 3 4 4 1 2 3 3 4 Ret 2 10 3 2 2 DSQ 2 3 1 1 331 4 Fabrizio de Simone 1 Ret 2 1 4 Ret 2 Ret 3 Ret 4 1 4 5 3 6 7 5 DNS DNS 238 5 Rinaldo Capello 6 4 6 5 2 3 6 5 5 2 Ret 4 5 4 7 Ret 6 Ret 4 Ret 215 6 4 Ret 8 7 5 5 4 4 7 8 Ret 3 7 7 4 3 Ret 10 11 6 171 7 11 Ret 5 6 10 DNS 7 7 6 3 7 9 Ret 9 10 8 13 9 7 4 110 8 Roberto Colciago 5 2 8 7 2 2 94 9 Emanuele Moncini 10 8 9 13 9 7 9 Ret 10 5 6 7 11 8 Ret 9 9 8 8 7 81 10 7 6 13 9 12 9 10 8 11 6 5 5 9 10 9 DNS 11 12 12 8 79 11 Christian Pescatori 8 5 7 8 7 Ret 12 9 9 Ret Ret DNS 6 6 6 7 10 11 6 Ret 78 12 Miguel Ramos Ret Ret 12 12 12 6 8 6 8 4 8 8 8 11 11 Ret Ret DNS 9 10 70 13 9 7 10 10 13 8 11 10 12 7 9 6 10 12 8 4 Ret Ret 67 14 Antonio Tamburini 5 6 5 5 44 15 Stefano Modena 3 4 32 16 13 Ret 14 11 11 13 Ret 13 13 Ret DNS DNS 12 5 DNS DNS 20 17 Massimo Pigoli 12 Ret 11 DNS 6 Ret 14 Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 10 9 11 18 DNS Ret 15 Ret 14 Ret 10 Ret 14 13 13 11 1 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	Alfa Romeo	975
2	BMW	826
3	Audi	493
4	Honda	11
5	Opel	1

Privateers' Championship[]

Pos	Driver	Manufacturer	Points
1		Audi	426
2		BMW	334
3	Emanuele Moncini	Alfa Romeo	293
4	Christian Pescatori	Alfa Romeo	289
5		Audi	279
6	Miguel Ramos	BMW	226
7		Audi	208
8		Alfa Romeo	73
9	Massimo Pigoli	Honda	61
10		Opel	39

External links[]

• 1998 Drivers List
• 1998 Standings