1996 Italian Superturismo Championship

1996 Italian Superturismo Championship
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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
		9	Philipp Peter	10
		11	Emanuele Pirro	10
Nordauto Engineering	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	3	Fabrizio Giovanardi	All
		4	Gordon de Adamich	2-10
CiBiEmme Engineering	BMW 320i	5	Johnny Cecotto	All
		6	Emanuele Naspetti	All
		7	Yolanda Surer	1-6
			Gianni Morbidelli	7-10
Scuderia Bigazzi	BMW 320i	12	Roberto Ravaglia	10
		14	Steve Soper	10
		15	Joachim Winkelhock	10
Motortrend	Peugeot 405	51	Massimiliano Pezzuto	1-6, 9
		52	Giambattista Busi	1, 5-6
		53	Raffaele Fortunato	1-6, 8
		54	Luigi Moccia	1
			Alessandro Belloni	3
			Giampaolo Vicarelli	4
			Gianluca de Lorenzi	5
			Marco Antonelli	9
			Massimiliano Blancardi	10
Soli Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	55	Moreno Soli	All
		58	Massimo Pigoli	6, 8-10
			Felipe Ortiz	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	Alessandro Gabrielli	1-3
		66	Gianluca Sansoni	6-10
Capannelle Racing	Opel Vectra	61	Sergio Sambataro	1-3, 5-6, 9-10
		62	Fabrizio Fede	10
Varese Corse	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	63	Davide Bernasconi	1-6, 8-10
			Augusto Rossetti	5, 9
		65	Tarcisio Bernasconi	10
			Augusto Rossetti
Ciemme Corse	Opel Vectra	64	Marco Brand	1-3
Falessi Racing	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	67	Lorenzo Falessi	5-6, 9-10
Bychl Euroracing	BMW 318i	68	Miloš Tesar	5
Erre Team	BMW 318i	69	Maurizio Lusuardi	3, 5-6, 8-10
			Stefano Gabellini	3, 5-6, 8
			Giampiero Pindari	9
Optima Modica Beograd	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	82	Milovan Vesnić	10
Engstler Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	83	Marco Bromberger	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	Rinaldo Capello	?	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Nordauto Engineering
	R2				?	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Nordauto Engineering
2	R1	Autodromo dell'Umbria	21 April	?	?	Rinaldo Capello	Audi Sport Italia
	R2				?	Rinaldo Capello	Audi Sport Italia
3	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	12 May	?	?	Rinaldo Capello	Audi Sport Italia
	R2				?	Rinaldo Capello	Audi Sport Italia
4	R1	Autodromo del Levante	26 May	?	?	Rinaldo Capello	Audi Sport Italia
	R2				?	Rinaldo Capello	Audi Sport Italia
5	R1	Circuito Internazionale Santamonica	7 June	?	?	Johnny Cecotto	CiBiEmme Engineering
	R2				?	Johnny Cecotto	CiBiEmme Engineering
6	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	21 July	?	?	Rinaldo Capello	Audi Sport Italia
	R2				?	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
7	R1	Autodromo di Pergusa	4 August	?	?	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
	R2				?	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
8	R1	Autodromo di Pergusa	1 September	?	?	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
	R2				?	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
9	R1	Autodromo Riccardo Paletti	15 September	?	?	Johnny Cecotto	CiBiEmme Engineering
	R2				?	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
10	R1	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	6 October	Roberto Ravaglia	?	Johnny Cecotto	CiBiEmme Engineering
	R2				?	Johnny Cecotto	CiBiEmme Engineering

Championship standings

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver MUG MAG MON BIN 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 2 Johnny Cecotto 2 3 (4) DNS 4 3 3 2 1 1 2 (5) Ret 5 2 2 1 2 1 1 244 3 Emanuele Naspetti 3 2 5 4 (8) Ret 4 4 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 (6) (7) 242 4 Yvan Muller (4) (5) 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 3 4 3 3 4 5 Ret 14 4 4 6 187 5 Fabrizio Giovanardi 1 1 3 3 3 4 5 (7) 5 11 5 4 2 2 Ret 5 5 6 Ret 8 175 6 Roberto Colciago (6) 6 6 5 5 5 Ret 5 6 5 15 6 11 Ret 11 11 64 7 Gordon de Adamich 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 Moreno Soli 11 10 10 8 14 8 Ret 12 16 14 9 10 8 8 10 7 8 8 14 12 28 11 Massimiliano Pezzuto 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 Gianluca Sansoni 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 Davide Bernasconi 8 8 11 Ret 10 Ret 11 11 12 10 9 Ret Ret 10 16 15 11 20 Frank Biela 4 13 10 21 Raffaele Fortunato 12 Ret 14 11 12 Ret 10 10 13 9 Ret Ret Ret 9 6 22 Sergio Sambataro 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 Alessandro Gabrielli Ret DNS 12 12 16 9 2 26 Giambattista Busi 9 DNS Ret Ret Ret Ret 2 27 Giampaolo Vicarelli 9 Ret 2 28 Stefano Gabellini 10 13 13 10 2 29 Augusto Rossetti 12 10 Ret 1 30 Marco Bromberger 15 10 1 31 Miloš Tesar Ret 10 1 Maurizio Lusuardi Ret 14 14 11 12 Ret 13 0 Marco Antonelli Ret 11 0 Giampaolo Pindari 12 0 Lorenzo Falessi 17 Ret 13 Ret Ret DNS 19 16 0 Luigi Moccia 13 DNS 0 Massimiliano Blancardi 18 18 0 Fabrizio Fede 22 DNS 0 Philipp Peter 23 Ret 0 Milovan Vesnić 24 DNS 0 Felipe Ortiz Ret Ret Ret 0 Gianluca de Lorenzi Ret Ret 0 Alessandro Belloni Ret DNS 0 Tarcisio Bernasconi DNS 0 Pos Driver MUG MAG MON BIN 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Constructors' Championship

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	Moreno Soli	Alfa Romeo	178
3	Massimo Pigoli	Alfa Romeo	154
4	Gianluca Sansoni	Alfa Romeo	110
5	Davide Bernasconi	Alfa Romeo	109
6	Massimiliano Pezzuto	Peugeot	102
7	Felice Tedeschi	Alfa Romeo	91
8	Raffaele Fortunato	Peugeot	74
9	Marco Brand	Opel	45
10	Franz Engstler	Alfa Romeo	40
11	Sergio Sambataro	Opel	38
12	Maurizio Lusuardi	BMW	32
13	Stefano Gabellini	BMW	28
14	Marco Bromberger	Alfa Romeo	21
15	Alessandro Gabrielli	Alfa Romeo	21
16	Augusto Rossetti	Alfa Romeo	20
17	Lorenzo Falessi	Alfa Romeo	13
18	Giampaolo Vicarelli	Peugeot	12
19	Giambattista Busi	Peugeot	10
20	Marco Antonelli	Peugeot	10
21	Miloš Tesar	BMW	10
22	Giampiero Pindari	BMW	8
23	Massimiliano Blancardi	Peugeot	5
24	Luigi Moccia	Peugeot	3
	Fabrizio Fede	Opel	0
	Milovan Vesnić	Alfa Romeo	0
	Felipe Ortiz	Alfa Romeo	0
	Gianluca de Lorenzi	Peugeot	0
	Alessandro Belloni	Peugeot	0
	Tarcisio Bernasconi	Alfa Romeo	0

External links

• 1996 Drivers List
• 1996 Standings