Italian Superturismo Championship

Italian Superturismo Championship
Category	Touring cars
Country	Italy
Inaugural season	1987
Drivers' champion	Antti Buri
Teams' champion	Target Competition
	Current season

The Italian Superturismo Championship (Campionato Italiano Superturismo) is Italy's national motorsport series for touring cars. It was established in 1987 and its drivers' title has been held by such notable drivers as Le Mans winner Emanuele Pirro and two-time Champ Car champion Alex Zanardi.

History[]

Established in 1987 under Group A rules the series saw champions like Johnny Cecotto, Roberto Ravaglia and Nicola Larini winning the title before switching to Supertouring regulations in 1993. That season was won by Ravaglia in a BMW 318i. The next years would be dominated by Audi and their 80 and A4 Quattro models as Emanuele Pirro won in 1994 and 1995 and Rinaldo Capello in 1996. Ex-F1 driver Emanuele Naspetti took BMW's second title in 1997.

Alfa Romeo and Nordauto Engineering (the team that became N.Technology) had run the Alfa Romeo 155 during the 1993–1997 years but wouldn't win the series until they introduced their 156 model in 1998. Fabrizio Giovanardi won in that car both in 1998 and 1999.

Revival[]

The cancellation of the FIA Super Production championship in 2002 would mean the resumption of the Superturismo championship, albeit now under Super Production rules and named the Superproduzione. The SP cars were in many ways less advanced than the Super 2000 relatives in the ETCC. Salvatore Tavano won the 2003 Superproduzione season in an Alfa Romeo 147. The championship became an all-147 series in 2004 won by . The season saw a very low number of entries with between four and six participants each weekend.

The ETCC became the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) in 2005. At the same time the Superturismo was truly revived with Super 2000 rules. Alessandro Zanardi would win the first season in a BMW 320i. In 2006 SEAT joined the championship as a full works team with two Leóns driven by Roberto Colciago and Davide Roda. Colciago won the title ahead of returning 1997 champion Emanuele Naspetti in a BMW 320i.

In 2007 the championship changed its promoter to and was renamed ITCC (Italian Touring Car Competition).^[1] However, grids were small as several teams moved to the WTCC and the Superstars Series, and the series was merged with the Peroni-run Driver's Trophy midway through 2008.

For the 2016 season, the championship adopted TCR regulations for the main class.

Champions[]

Series Name	Season	Champion	Team Champion
Italian Superturismo Championship	1987	(BMW M3)	none
	1988	Gianfranco Brancatelli (Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo)	none
	1989	Johnny Cecotto (BMW M3)	none
	1990	Roberto Ravaglia (BMW M3)	none
	1991	Roberto Ravaglia (BMW M3)	none
	1992	Nicola Larini (Alfa Romeo 155 GTA)	Alfa Corse
	1993	Roberto Ravaglia (BMW 318i)
	1994	Emanuele Pirro (Audi 80 Quattro)
	1995	Emanuele Pirro (Audi A4 Quattro)
	1996	Rinaldo Capello (Audi A4 Quattro)
	1997	Emanuele Naspetti (BMW 320i)
	1998	Fabrizio Giovanardi (Alfa Romeo 156)	Nordauto Engineering
	1999	Fabrizio Giovanardi (Alfa Romeo 156)	Nordauto Engineering
Italian Super Production Championship	2002	Massimo Pigoli (BMW 320i)	none
	2003	Salvatore Tavano (Alfa Romeo 147)	none
	2004	Adriano de Micheli (Alfa Romeo 147)	none
Italian Superturismo Championship	2005	Alessandro Zanardi (BMW 320i)	ROAL Motorsport
Italian Superturismo Championship	2006	Roberto Colciago (SEAT León)
Italian Touring Car Competition	2007	(BMW 320i)
Italian Touring Car Competition	2008	Massimo Arduini (Honda Accord)
Campionato Italiano Turismo Endurance	2008	(BMW M3 E92)	none
	2009	Roberto Colciago (SEAT León Supercopa)	none
	2010	(BMW M3 E92)	none
	2011	Piero Necchi (BMW M3 E92)	none
	2012	Andrea Bacci (BMW M3 E92)	none
	2013	(SEAT León Cupra)	none
	2014	(BMW M3 E92)	none
	2015	Valentina Albanese (SEAT León Cup Racer)	none
Italian Touring Car Championship	2016	Roberto Colciago (Honda Civic TCR)	none
TCR Italian Touring Car Championship	2017	(SEAT León TCR)	none
	2018	Salvatore Tavano (Cupra León TCR)	none
	2019	Salvatore Tavano (Cupra León TCR)	none
	2020	Salvatore Tavano (Cupra León Competicion TCR)	none
	2021	Antti Buri (Hyundai i30 N TCR)	none

Race winners[]

	Driver	Total
1	Fabrizio Giovanardi	29
2	Emanuele Naspetti	26
3	Emanuele Pirro	17
4	Rinaldo Capello	14
5	Johnny Cecotto	7
	Antonio Tamburini	7
	Gabriele Tarquini	7
6	Fabrizio De Simone	6
	Nicola Larini	6
	Roberto Ravaglia	6
7	Roberto Colciago	5
8	Gianni Morbidelli	4
9	Stefano Modena	3
10	Frank Biela	2
11	Gary Ayles	1

	Manufactures	Total
1	Alfa Romeo	49
2	BMW	47
3	Audi	37
4	Peugeot	6
5	Opel	1

Driver Statistics[]

	Driver	Pole Position	Victory	2nd Place	3rd Place	Total Podium	Total Race
1	Fabrizio Giovanardi	24	29	29	17	75	140
2	Emanuele Naspetti	5	26	25	11	62	120
3	Emanuele Pirro	3	17	12	1	30	46
4	Rinaldo Capello	5	14	16	20	50	120
5	Johnny Cecotto	5	7	11	7	25	60
6	Gabriele Tarquini	5	7	5	6	18	30
7	Antonio Tamburini	5	7	1	8	16	62
8	Nicola Larini	1	6	9	11	26	40
9	Roberto Ravaglia	3	6	7	8	21	42
10	Fabrizio De Simone	2	6	6	13	25	60
11	Roberto Colciago	2	5	7	3	15	86
12	Gianni Morbidelli	3	4	0	4	8	44
13	Stefano Modena	3	3	2	1	6	38
14	Frank Biela	2	2	0	1	3	12
15	Gary Ayles	0	1	1	5	7	40
16	Yvan Muller	1	0	5	4	9	20
17	Giorgio Francia	0	0	2	0	2	6
18	Alexander Burgstaller	0	0	1	1	2	40
19	Steve Soper	0	0	1	0	1	2
20	Karl Wendlinger	0	0	0	7	7	20
21		0	0	0	6	6	42
22		1	0	0	2	2	42
23	Amato Ferrari	0	0	0	1	1	40
	Alessandro Nannini	0	0	0	1	1	4
	Massimo Pigoli	0	0	0	1	1	140
		0	0	0	1	1	40

Manufactures Statistics[]

	Manufacture	Pole Position	Victory	2nd Place	3rd Place	Total Podium
1	Alfa Romeo	36	49	40	45	134
2	BMW	17	47	54	45	146
3	Audi	13	37	34	36	107
4	Peugeot	4	6	9	12	27
5	Opel	0	1	1	0	2
6	Honda	0	0	2	2	4

Statistics from 1993 to 1999 with D2 Cars

References[]

^ "Nuvolari3000.com NEWS, ITCC 2007". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2012.

External links[]

[1] "Nuvolari3000.com NEWS, ITCC 2007". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2012.

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