1999 Italian Superturismo Championship

The 1999 Italian Superturismo Championship season was the thirteenth edition of the Italian Superturismo Championship. The season began in Misano on 17 April and finished in Vallelunga on 10 October, after ten rounds. Fabrizio Giovanardi won the championship, driving an Alfa Romeo 156; the Italian manufacturer won the constructors' championship, while Roberto Colciago took the privateers' trophy.

Teams and drivers[]

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
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		All
AGS Motorsport	Audi A4 Quattro	22	Roberto Colciago	All
Soli Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	23		All
Varese Corse	Audi A4 Quattro	24		All
Christy's Team	BMW 320i	25	Massimo Pigoli	1-3, 8-10
		27	Stefano Gabellini	4-7
Nath Racing	Audi A4 Quattro	26		All
Lanza Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	28		9

Race calendar and results[]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Circuito Internazionale Santamonica	17 April	Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Fabrizio de Simone	CiBiEmme Engineering
	R2		18 April		Fabrizio de Simone	Fabrizio de Simone	CiBiEmme Engineering
2	R1	Autodromo del Levante	8 May	Roberto Colciago	Fabrizio de Simone	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
	R2		9 May		Fabrizio Giovanardi	Roberto Colciago	AGS Motorsport
3	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	22 May	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Emanuele Naspetti	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
	R2		23 May		Emanuele Naspetti	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
4	R1	Autodromo di Pergusa	5 June	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Emanuele Naspetti	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Nordauto Engineering
	R2		6 June		Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Nordauto Engineering
5	R1	Autodromo dell'Umbria	19 June	Roberto Colciago	Roberto Colciago	Roberto Colciago	AGS Motorsport
	R2		20 June		Roberto Colciago	Roberto Colciago	AGS Motorsport
6	R1	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello	10 July	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Nordauto Engineering
	R2		11 July		Nicola Larini	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Nordauto Engineering
7	R1	Circuito Internazionale Santamonica	30 July	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Nordauto Engineering
	R2		1 August		Emanuele Naspetti	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
8	R1	Autodromo Riccardo Paletti	4 September	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Roberto Colciago	Nicola Larini	Nordauto Engineering
	R2		5 September		Fabrizio Giovanardi	Roberto Colciago	AGS Motorsport
9	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	25 September	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Nordauto Engineering
	R2		26 September			Fabrizio Giovanardi	Nordauto Engineering
10	R1	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	9 October	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Nordauto Engineering
	R2		10 October		Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Nordauto Engineering

Championship standings[]

Drivers' Championship[]

Pos Driver MIS IMO PER MAG MUG MIS VAR MON VAL  Pts  1 Fabrizio Giovanardi 4 2 3 4 2 3 1 1 5 DNS 1 1 4 2 Ret Ret 1 1 2 1 401 2 Emanuele Naspetti 2 4 1 3 1 1 2 Ret 2 2 2 4 2 1 2 2 4 Ret 3 2 387 3 Roberto Colciago 5 5 2 1 5 4 5 4 1 1 4 3 5 5 6 1 5 5 5 5 348 4 Nicola Larini 3 3 5 5 4 Ret 3 2 8 3 Ret 2 1 3 1 3 2 2 1 4 343 5 Fabrizio de Simone 1 1 4 2 3 2 6 5 Ret 4 3 5 3 4 4 4 6 Ret 4 3 314 6 6 Ret 6 Ret 6 DNS 4 3 3 5 5 7 6 7 Ret Ret 3 3 6 7 160 7 7 Ret 7 7 Ret 5 8 8 6 6 7 8 7 8 7 6 9 Ret 8 9 104 8 Massimo Pigoli 9 6 8 6 9 DNS 3 5 Ret 4 7 6 95 9 8 7 10 9 8 6 9 9 9 8 9 9 9 10 5 7 8 7 10 Ret 83 10 Ret 8 9 8 7 7 Ret 7 7 DSQ 8 Ret 8 9 Ret Ret 7 6 9 8 72 11 Stefano Gabellini 7 6 4 7 6 6 10 6 65 12 DNS 8 6 Pos Driver MIS IMO PER MAG MUG MIS VAR MON 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	Alfa Romeo	797
2	BMW	744
3	Audi	479

Privateers' Championship[]

Pos	Driver	Manufacturer	Points
1	Roberto Colciago	Audi	556
2		Alfa Romeo	327
3		Audi	264
4		Alfa Romeo	241
5	Massimo Pigoli	BMW	208
6		Audi	198
7	Stefano Gabellini	BMW	146
8		Alfa Romeo	12

External links[]

• 1999 Drivers List
• 1999 Standings