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.
Season summary
[edit]The season started with an unexpected double victory of Giovanardi in a semi-official Alfa Romeo. In the following 3 rounds, due to slow tracks and bad weather condition in Monza, Capello and his Audi were able to score 6 wins in a row.
In order to avoid a strong dominance like in 1995, it was decided from the 4th round in Binetto to penalise Audi with 30kg extra bringing the weight from 1040kg to 1070kg. Thanks to this decision and together with the car developments, BMW emerged as dominant car winning 11 races (6 Cecotto and 5 Naspetti) on 12 until the end of the season. Only in race 1 in Imola, Capello was able thanks to his talent to achieve a victory with his heavier Audi.
In the last round in Vallelunga, BMW decided to add 3 more cars for Ravaglia, Winkelhock and Soper while Audi (finally come back to the original weight at 1040kg) added 2 more cars for the new German champion Pirro and his team mate Peter but although a starting grid nearly close to the FIA World Touring Car Cup, none of those drivers was able to help the 3 contended. BMW scored once again a double victory with Cecotto, but Capello thanks to a second and a third place was able to win the title. Naspetti after a race 1 finished only 6th due to a wrong tyre choice, tried his best to catch up Capello in race 2 but after a collision with Muller (Audi), he was penalized with a stop and go giving automatically the title to Capello.
Rinaldo Capello was the new Italian champion after the 2 titles in a row of Pirro, while BMW thanks to the 11 victories against 7 of Audi and 2 of Alfa Romeo was the constructors' champion.
Roberto Colciago was instead the privateers' champion with his Alfa Romeo.
Teams and drivers
[edit]Drivers changes
[edit]Changed Cars
- Roberto Colciago: Opel Vectra → Alfa Romeo 155
Entering Superturismo 1996
- Yvan Muller: French Supertouring → Audi A4 Quattro
- Johnny Cecotto: BTCC → BMW 320i
- Gordon De Adamich→ CIVT
Leaving Superturismo 1996
- Emanuele Pirro: → STW
- Antonio Tamburini: No full-time drive
- Gabriele Tarquini: → DTM/ITC
- Oscar Larrauri: → Japanese GT
Race calendar and results
[edit]Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | |
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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 July | 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 |
Qualifying
Pos | No | Driver | Car | Lap Time | Top Qualifying |
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1 | 6 | Emanuele Naspetti | BMW 320i | 1.57.663 | TQ Group 1 |
2 | 1 | Rinaldo Capello | Audi A4 Quattro | 1.57.808 | TQ Group 1 |
3 | 5 | Johnny Cecotto | BMW 320i | 1.57.873 | TQ Group 1 |
4 | 3 | Fabrizio Giovanardi | Alfa Romeo 155 | 1.57.992 | TQ Group 1 |
5 | 2 | Yvan Muller | Audi A4 Quattro | 1.58.198 | TQ Group 1 |
6 | 56 | Roberto Colciago | Alfa Romeo 155 | 1.59.409 | TQ Group 1 |
7 | 64 | Marco Brand | Opel Vectra GT | 2.01.399 | TQ Group 1 |
8 | 58 | Massimo Pigoli | Alfa Romeo 155 | 2.01.691 | TQ Group 1 |
9 | 52 | Gianbattista Busi | Peugeot 405 | 2.01.534 | TQ Group 2 |
10 | 51 | Massimiliano Pezzuto | Peugeot 405 | 2.05.145 | TQ Group 2 |
11 | 63 | Davide Bernasconi | Alfa Romeo 155 | 2.02.940 | |
12 | 7 | Yolanda Surer | BMW 318iS | 2.03.345 | |
13 | 53 | Raffaele Fortunato | Peugeot 405 | 2.03.522 | |
14 | 55 | Moreno Soli | Alfa Romeo 155 | 2.03.756 | |
15 | 61 | Sergio Sambataro | Opel Vectra GT | 2.05.069 | |
16 | 59 | Alessandro Gabrielli | Alfa Romeo 155 | 2.05.509 | |
17 | 54 | Luigi Moccia | Peugeot 405 | 2.08.271 |
Race 1
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Championship standings after Round 1
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Qualifying
Pos | No | Driver | Car | Lap Time | Top Qualifying |
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1 | 2 | Yvan Muller | Audi A4 Quattro | 1.14.266 | TQ Group 1 |
2 | 1 | Rinaldo Capello | Audi A4 Quattro | 1.14.607 | TQ Group 1 |
3 | 3 | Fabrizio Giovanardi | Alfa Romeo 155 | 1.15.320 | TQ Group 1 |
4 | 6 | Emanuele Naspetti | BMW 320i | 1.15.404 | TQ Group 1 |
5 | 5 | Johnny Cecotto | BMW 320i | 1.15.547 | TQ Group 1 |
6 | 4 | Gordon De Adamich | Alfa Romeo 155 | 1.16.514 | TQ Group 1 |
7 | 56 | Roberto Colciago | Alfa Romeo 155 | 1.17.283 | TQ Group 1 |
8 | 58 | Massimo Pigoli | Alfa Romeo 155 | 1.17.501 | TQ Group 1 |
9 | 7 | Yolanda Surer | BMW 318iS | 1.17.725 | TQ Group 1 |
10 | 51 | Massimiliano Pezzuto | Peugeot 405 | 1.18.365 | TQ Group 1 |
11 | 64 | Marco Brand | Opel Vectra GT | 1.18.636 | TQ Group 2 |
12 | 59 | Alessandro Gabrielli | Alfa Romeo 155 | 1.19.497 | TQ Group 2 |
13 | 63 | Davide Bernasconi | Alfa Romeo 155 | 1.19.776 | TQ Group 2 |
14 | 53 | Raffaele Fortunato | Peugeot 405 | 1.20.114 | TQ Group 2 |
15 | 55 | Moreno Soli | Alfa Romeo 155 | 1.17.800 | |
16 | 61 | Sergio Sambataro | Opel Vectra GT | 1.21.093 |
Race 1
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Championship standings after Round 2
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Qualifying
Pos | No | Driver | Car | Lap Time | Top Qualifying |
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1 | 5 | Johnny Cecotto | BMW 320i | 1.55.537 | TQ Group 1 |
2 | 6 | Emanuele Naspetti | BMW 320i | 1.55.673 | TQ Group 1 |
3 | 2 | Yvan Muller | Audi A4 Quattro | 1.55.808 | TQ Group 1 |
4 | 3 | Fabrizio Giovanardi | Alfa Romeo 155 | 1.56.255 | TQ Group 1 |
5 | 1 | Rinaldo Capello | Audi A4 Quattro | 1.56.315 | TQ Group 1 |
6 | 56 | Roberto Colciago | Alfa Romeo 155 | 1.57.850 | TQ Group 1 |
7 | 58 | Massimo Pigoli | Alfa Romeo 155 | 1.58.928 | TQ Group 1 |
8 | 64 | Marco Brand | Opel Vectra GT | 1.59.552 | TQ Group 1 |
9 | 69 | Maurizio Lusuardi | BMW 318iS | 2.02.395 | TQ Group 2 |
Stefano Gabellini | |||||
10 | 4 | Gordon De Adamich | Alfa Romeo 155 | 1.59.014 | |
11 | 7 | Yolanda Surer | BMW 318iS | 1.59.374 | |
12 | 57 | Felice Tedeschi | Alfa Romeo 155 | no time | TQ Group 2 |
13 | 63 | Davide Bernasconi | Alfa Romeo 155 | 2.00.998 | |
14 | 51 | Massimiliano Pezzuto | Peugeot 405 | 2.01.011 | |
15 | 55 | Moreno Soli | Alfa Romeo 155 | 2.02.495 | |
16 | 53 | Raffaele Fortunato | Peugeot 405 | 2.02.152 | |
17 | 61 | Sergio Sambataro | Opel Vectra GT | 2.02.495 | |
18 | 59 | Alessandro Gabrielli | Alfa Romeo 155 | 2.03.676 | |
19 | 54 | Alessandro Belloni | Peugeot 405 | 2.05.716 |
Race 1
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Championship standings after Round 3
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Qualifying
Pos | No | Driver | Car | Lap Time | Top Qualifying |
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1 | 1 | Rinaldo Capello | Audi A4 Quattro | 47.846 | TQ |
2 | 6 | Emanuele Naspetti | BMW 320i | 48.116 | TQ |
3 | 3 | Fabrizio Giovanardi | Alfa Romeo 155 | 48.137 | TQ |
4 | 2 | Yvan Muller | Audi A4 Quattro | 48.231 | TQ |
5 | 5 | Johnny Cecotto | BMW 320i | 48.573 | TQ |
6 | 4 | Gordon De Adamich | Alfa Romeo 155 | 50.058 | TQ |
7 | 56 | Roberto Colciago | Alfa Romeo 155 | 50.160 | TQ |
8 | 7 | Yolanda Surer | BMW 318iS | 50.255 | TQ |
9 | 51 | Massimiliano Pezzuto | Peugeot 405 | 50.345 | TQ |
10 | 58 | Massimo Pigoli | Alfa Romeo 155 | 50.354 | TQ |
11 | 57 | Felice Tedeschi | Alfa Romeo 155 | 49.671 | |
12 | 55 | Moreno Soli | Alfa Romeo 155 | 50.258 | |
13 | 53 | Raffaele Fortunato | Peugeot 405 | 50.883 | |
14 | 54 | Gianpaolo Vicarelli | Peugeot 405 | 51.196 | |
15 | 63 | Davide Bernasconi | Alfa Romeo 155 | 51.359 |
Race 1
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Championship standings after Round 4
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Round 5 Misano Adriatico
[edit]Qualifying
Pos | No | Driver | Car | Lap Time | Top Qualifying |
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1 | 5 | Johnny Cecotto | BMW 320i | 1.36.810 | TQ |
2 | 6 | Emanuele Naspetti | BMW 320i | 1.36.920 | TQ |
3 | 3 | Fabrizio Giovanardi | Alfa Romeo 155 | 1.37.173 | TQ |
4 | 1 | Rinaldo Capello | Audi A4 Quattro | 1.37.418 | TQ |
5 | 2 | Yvan Muller | Audi A4 Quattro | 1.38.512 | TQ |
6 | 56 | Roberto Colciago | Alfa Romeo 155 | 1.39.440 | TQ |
7 | 4 | Gordon De Adamich | Alfa Romeo 155 | 1.39.631 | TQ |
8 | 55 | Moreno Soli | Alfa Romeo 155 | 1.40.926 | TQ |
9 | 7 | Yolanda Surer | BMW 318iS | 1.41.504 | TQ |
10 | 58 | Massimo Pigoli | Alfa Romeo 155 | 1.41.515 | TQ |
11 | 51 | Massimiliano Pezzuto | Peugeot 405 | 1.41.078 | |
12 | 63 | Davide Bernasconi | Alfa Romeo 155 | 1.41.193 | |
Augusto Rossetti | |||||
13 | 52 | Giambattista Busi | Peugeot 405 | 1.41.499 | |
14 | 68 | Miloš Tesar | BMW 318iS | 1.41.914 | |
15 | 69 | Maurizio Lusuardi | BMW 318iS | 1.41.986 | |
Stefano Gabellini | |||||
16 | 53 | Raffaele Fortunato | Peugeot 405 | 1.42.150 | |
17 | 61 | Sergio Sambataro | Opel Vectra GT | 1.42.322 | |
18 | 54 | Gianluca De Lorenzi | Peugeot 405 | 1.43.026 | |
19 | 67 | Lorenzo Falessi | Alfa Romeo 155 | 1.44.859 | |
20 | 57 | Felice Tedeschi | Alfa Romeo 155 | 1.55.136 |
Race 1
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Championship standings after Round 5
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Qualifying
Pos | No | Driver | Car | Lap Time | Top Qualifying |
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1 | 5 | Johnny Cecotto | BMW 320i | 1.57.479 | TQ |
2 | 6 | Emanuele Naspetti | BMW 320i | 1.57.680 | TQ |
3 | 1 | Rinaldo Capello | Audi A4 Quattro | 1.57.882 | TQ |
4 | 2 | Yvan Muller | Audi A4 Quattro | 1.58.659 | TQ |
5 | 3 | Fabrizio Giovanardi | Alfa Romeo 155 | 2.00.254 | TQ |
6 | 4 | Gordon De Adamich | Alfa Romeo 155 | 2.01.846 | TQ |
7 | 51 | Massimiliano Pezzuto | Peugeot 405 | 2.02.270 | TQ |
8 | 7 | Yolanda Surer | BMW 318iS | 2.02.969 | TQ |
9 | 52 | Giambattista Busi | Peugeot 405 | 2.03.541 | TQ |
10 | 58 | Massimo Pigoli | Alfa Romeo 155 | no time | TQ |
Felipe Ortiz | |||||
11 | 55 | Moreno Soli | Alfa Romeo 155 | 2.02.780 | |
12 | 66 | Gianluca Sansoni | Alfa Romeo 155 | 2.03.034 | |
13 | 57 | Felice Tedeschi | Alfa Romeo 155 | 2.03.101 | |
14 | 69 | Maurizio Lusuardi | BMW 318iS | 2.04.401 | |
Stefano Gabellini | |||||
15 | 53 | Raffaele Fortunato | Peugeot 405 | 2.05.601 | |
16 | 63 | Davide Bernasconi | Alfa Romeo 155 | 2.06.149 | |
17 | 67 | Lorenzo Falessi | Alfa Romeo 155 | 2.07.048 | |
18 | 61 | Sergio Sambataro | Opel Vectra GT | 2.11.305 | |
19 | 56 | Roberto Colciago | Alfa Romeo 155 | 2.27.606 |
Race 1
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Championship standings after Round 6
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Qualifying
Pos | No | Driver | Car | Lap Time | Top Qualifying |
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1 | 6 | Emanuele Naspetti | BMW 320i | 1.44.179 | TQ |
2 | 3 | Fabrizio Giovanardi | Alfa Romeo 155 | 1.44.319 | TQ |
3 | 5 | Johnny Cecotto | BMW 320i | 1.44.554 | TQ |
4 | 1 | Rinaldo Capello | Audi A4 Quattro | 1.44.615 | TQ |
5 | 7 | Gianni Morbidelli | BMW 320i | 1.45.463 | TQ |
6 | 2 | Yvan Muller | Audi A4 Quattro | 1.45.655 | TQ |
7 | 57 | Felice Tedeschi | Alfa Romeo 155 | 1.51.366 | TQ |
8 | 66 | Gianluca Sansoni | Alfa Romeo 155 | 1.51.435 | TQ |
9 | 55 | Moreno Soli | Alfa Romeo 155 | 1.51.613 | TQ |
10 | 4 | Gordon De Adamich | Alfa Romeo 155 | no time | TQ |
Race 1
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Championship standings after Round 7
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Qualifying
Pos | No | Driver | Car | Lap Time | Top Qualifying |
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1 | 3 | Fabrizio Giovanardi | Alfa Romeo 155 | 1.44.701 | TQ |
2 | 7 | Gianni Morbidelli | BMW 320i | 1.44.721 | TQ |
3 | 1 | Rinaldo Capello | Audi A4 Quattro | 1.45.204 | TQ |
4 | 2 | Yvan Muller | Audi A4 Quattro | 1.45.884 | TQ |
5 | 4 | Gordon De Adamich | Alfa Romeo 155 | 1.47.906 | TQ |
6 | 58 | Massimo Pigoli | Alfa Romeo 155 | 1.50.156 | TQ |
Felipe Ortiz | |||||
7 | 55 | Moreno Soli | Alfa Romeo 155 | 1.52.111 | TQ |
8 | 63 | Davide Bernasconi | Alfa Romeo 155 | 1.52.636 | TQ |
9 | 6 | Emanuele Naspetti | BMW 320i | 1.53.411 | TQ |
10 | 5 | Johnny Cecotto | BMW 320i | no time | TQ |
11 | 66 | Gianluca Sansoni | Alfa Romeo 155 | 1.50.485 | |
12 | 57 | Felice Tedeschi | Alfa Romeo 155 | 1.50.617 | |
13 | 53 | Raffaele Fortunato | Peugeot 405 | 1.51.642 | |
14 | 69 | Maurizio Lusuardi | BMW 318iS | 1.52.211 | |
Stefano Gabellini |
Race 1
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Championship standings after Round 8
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Round 9 Varano De Melegari
[edit]Qualifying
Pos | No | Driver | Car | Lap Time | Top Qualifying |
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1 | 5 | Johnny Cecotto | BMW 320i | 47.985 | TQ |
2 | 2 | Yvan Muller | Audi A4 Quattro | 48.050 | TQ |
3 | 1 | Rinaldo Capello | Audi A4 Quattro | 48.243 | TQ |
4 | 3 | Fabrizio Giovanardi | Alfa Romeo 155 | 48.676 | TQ |
5 | 8 | Frank Biela | Audi A4 Quattro | 48.691 | TQ |
6 | 60 | Emanuele Naspetti | BMW 320i | 48.808 | TQ |
7 | 4 | Gordon De Adamich | Alfa Romeo 155 | 49.686 | TQ |
8 | 56 | Roberto Colciago | Alfa Romeo 155 | 50.109 | TQ |
9 | 57 | Felice Tedeschi | Alfa Romeo 155 | 51.031 | TQ |
10 | 58 | Massimo Pigoli | Alfa Romeo 155 | 51.114 | TQ |
Felipe Ortiz | |||||
11 | 51 | Massimiliano Pezzuto | Peugeot 405 | 50.451 | |
12 | 55 | Moreno Soli | Alfa Romeo 155 | 51.055 | |
13 | 54 | Marco Antonelli | Peugeot 405 | 51.095 | |
14 | 69 | Maurizio Lusuardi | BMW 318iS | 51.370 | |
Gianpiero Pindari | |||||
15 | 66 | Gianluca Sansoni | Alfa Romeo 155 | 51.495 | |
16 | 63 | Davide Bernasconi | Alfa Romeo 155 | 51.638 | |
Augusto Rossetti | |||||
17 | 61 | Sergio Sambataro | Opel Vectra GT | 51.706 | |
18 | 67 | Lorenzo Falessi | Alfa Romeo 155 | 55.152 | |
19 | 70 | Gianni Morbidelli | BMW 320i | no time |
Race 1
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