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. Rinaldo Capello won the championship, driving an Audi A4 Quattro; BMW won the constructors' championship, while Roberto Colciago took the privateers' trophy.

1996 Italian Superturismo Championship
Previous: 1995 Next: 1997

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
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
A.Z.K./ROC Audi A4 Quattro 9 Philipp Peter 10
11 Emanuele Pirro 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 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 di Binetto 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 June 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

Championship standings
Points system
 1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1
  • 8 results from 10 are valid for the championship in the firsts five rounds
  • 8 results from 10 are valid for the championship in the seconds five rounds

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 (278)
2 Johnny Cecotto 2 3 (4) DNS 4 3 3 2 1 1 2 (5) Ret 5 2 2 1 2 1 1 244 (262)
3 Emanuele Naspetti 3 2 5 4 (8) Ret 4 4 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 (6) (7) 242 (255)
4 Yvan Muller (4) (5) 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 3 4 3 3 4 5 Ret 14 4 4 6 187 (205)
5 Fabrizio Giovanardi 1 1 3 3 3 4 5 (7) 5 11 5 4 2 2 Ret 5 5 6 Ret 8 175 (179)
6 Roberto Colciago (6) 6 6 5 5 5 Ret 5 6 5 15 6 11 Ret 11 11 64 (70)
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 
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Manufacturers' Trophy
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
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