1997 Italian Superturismo Championship

The 1997 Italian Superturismo Championship was the eleventh edition of the Italian Superturismo Championship. The season began in Monza on 20 April and finished in Vallelunga on 12 October, after ten rounds. Emanuele Naspetti won the championship, driving a BMW 320i; the German manufacturer won the constructors' championship, while Massimo Pigoli took the privateers' trophy.

1997 Italian Superturismo Championship
Previous: 1996 Next: 1998

Teams and drivers
Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Audi Sport Italia Audi A4 Quattro 1 Rinaldo Capello All
2 Karl Wendlinger All
CiBiEmme Engineering BMW 320i 3 Emanuele Naspetti All
4 Fabrizio de Simone All
Nordauto Engineering Alfa Romeo 155 TS 5 Fabrizio Giovanardi All
6 Gordon de Adamich 1
Antonio Tamburini 2-10
EC Motorsport Honda Accord 21 Roberto Colciago 1-7, 9-10
Effe Touring Ford Mondeo 22 Maurizio Flammini 4
Soli Racing Team Alfa Romeo 155 TS 52 Moreno Soli All
Christy's Team BMW 320i 53 Massimo Pigoli All
Varese Corse Alfa Romeo 155 TS 54 Augusto Rossetti 1, 8-10
Fabio Severino 9-10
55 Davide Bernasconi All
Technica Racing Team Alfa Romeo 155 TS 56 Felice Tedeschi 1-4
57 Sandro Montani 1-5, 8-10
Tecno Racing BMW 320i 58 Maurizio Lusuardi 1-2, 5, 7-10
Stefano Gabellini 1-2, 4-5, 7-10
Promo Racing Alfa Romeo 155 TS 59 Lorenzo Falessi 1-3, 5, 10
Romano Racing Opel Vectra 61 Emanuele Moncini 6
64 Sandro Sardelli 1-5, 8-10
Greyhound Motorsport Ford Mondeo 63 Gianluca Roda 1
Opel Vectra 2-10
Scuderia Giudici Alfa Romeo 155 TS 65 Gianni Giudici 9
Capannelle Racing Opel Vectra 67 Sergio Sambataro 10

Race calendar and results
Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza 20 April Emanuele Naspetti Emanuele Naspetti Emanuele Naspetti CiBiEmme Engineering
R2 Fabrizio de Simone Emanuele Naspetti CiBiEmme Engineering
2 R1 Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello 4 May Fabrizio Giovanardi Emanuele Naspetti Emanuele Naspetti CiBiEmme Engineering
R2 Fabrizio Giovanardi Fabrizio Giovanardi Nordauto Engineering
3 R1 Autodromo di Magione 18 May Fabrizio de Simone Fabrizio de Simone Emanuele Naspetti CiBiEmme Engineering
R2 Emanuele Naspetti Emanuele Naspetti CiBiEmme Engineering
4 R1 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 8 June Fabrizio Giovanardi Emanuele Naspetti Fabrizio Giovanardi Nordauto Engineering
R2 Emanuele Naspetti Emanuele Naspetti CiBiEmme Engineering
5 R1 Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 22 June Antonio Tamburini Fabrizio de Simone Antonio Tamburini Nordauto Engineering
R2 Emanuele Naspetti Emanuele Naspetti CiBiEmme Engineering
6 R1 Autodromo di Binetto 6 July Rinaldo Capello Emanuele Naspetti Emanuele Naspetti CiBiEmme Engineering
R2 Emanuele Naspetti Rinaldo Capello Audi Sport Italia
7 R1 Autodromo di Pergusa 31 August Fabrizio Giovanardi Fabrizio de Simone Fabrizio Giovanardi Nordauto Engineering
R2 Fabrizio Giovanardi Fabrizio Giovanardi Nordauto Engineering
8 R1 Autodromo Riccardo Paletti di Varano 15 September Antonio Tamburini Fabrizio Giovanardi Rinaldo Capello Audi Sport Italia
R2 Fabrizio Giovanardi Rinaldo Capello Audi Sport Italia
9 R1 Circuito Internazionale Misano 28 September Fabrizio Giovanardi Emanuele Naspetti Emanuele Naspetti CiBiEmme Engineering
R2 Fabrizio de Simone Emanuele Naspetti CiBiEmme Engineering
10 R1 ACI Vallelunga Circuit 12 October Fabrizio Giovanardi Fabrizio Giovanardi Fabrizio Giovanardi Nordauto Engineering
R2 Fabrizio Giovanardi Fabrizio de Simone 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

Drivers' Championship
Pos Driver MON
 MUG
 MAG
 IMO
 IMO
 BIN
 PER
 VAR
 MIS
 VAL
  Pts 
1 Emanuele Naspetti 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 5 Ret 1 1 2 3 325
2 Fabrizio Giovanardi Ret DNS 5 1 Ret 5 1 Ret 8 2 4 4 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 229
3 Rinaldo Capello 2 12 Ret 12 5 3 4 2 4 3 2 1 5 8 1 1 6 Ret 6 4 190
4 Fabrizio de Simone Ret 3 Ret 7 2 2 3 3 DSQ 4 Ret Ret 10 3 Ret 5 3 3 3 1 157
5 Karl Wendlinger 3 4 3 4 Ret Ret 6 6 3 7 3 3 4 5 3 3 Ret 5 7 6 156
6 Antonio Tamburini 4 3 4 4 11 4 1 5 10 9 12 6 4 4 4 6 5 5 140
7 Roberto Colciago Ret 2 2 Ret 3 12 5 5 Ret 6 Ret 5 3 4 5 4 4 14 122
8 Massimo Pigoli 5 5 Ret 13 6 6 7 7 5 8 5 6 6 7 9 7 Ret 7 15 Ret 81
9 Moreno Soli Ret 6 9 5 8 10 8 8 10 12 6 7 7 Ret 7 8 8 9 9 9 57
10 Sandro Sardelli 6 11 Ret Ret 7 7 9 9 6 Ret 6 6 13 Ret Ret DNS 36
11 Gianluca Roda 8 13 6 Ret 9 Ret 10 10 Ret 11 7 Ret 8 Ret 8 10 7 8 10 10 33
12 Sandro Montani 9 9 12 6 10 8 14 11 9 Ret Ret 11 9 10 13 7 23
13 Davide Bernasconi 10 8 10 10 11 9 12 12 11 10 8 8 11 Ret Ret DNS 10 13 14 11 16
14 Gordon de Adamich 4 Ret 10
15 Felice Tedeschi 7 Ret 7 9 13 DNS 13 DNS 10
16 Maurizio Lusuardi Ret 8 7 9 Ret 11 11 9
17 Stefano Gabellini Ret 8 Ret Ret 9 Ret DNS 12 8 8
18 Augusto Rossetti 12 7 Ret 9 11 Ret 6
19 Sergio Sambataro 8 Ret 3
20 Emanuele Moncini 9 Ret 2
21 Lorenzo Falessi 11 10 11 11 12 11 12 13 12 12 1
Fabio Severino 12 13 0
Gianni Giudici Ret Ret 0
Maurizio Flammini DNS DNS 0
Pos Driver MON
 MUG
 MAG
 IMO
 IMO
 BIN
 PER
 VAR
 MIS
 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 580
2 Alfa Romeo 492
3 Audi 346
4 Honda 122
5 Opel 71
6 Ford 3
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