1997 Super Tourenwagen Cup

The 1997 ADAC Deutsche Super Touren Wagen-Cup was the fourth edition of the Super Tourenwagen Cup (STW).

1997 Super Tourenwagen Cup
Previous: 1996 Next: 1998

Season summary

The 1997 season saw a battle for the championship between Laurent Aïello for Peugeot and Joachim Winkelhock for BMW. Aiello took an early lead which he held throughout the season, scoring an impressive 11 wins and 17 podiums in 20 races. Winkelhock meanwhile emerged as the prime challenger after an even start between him and teammate Johnny Cecotto, but despite a mid-season four-race winning streak he could not catch Aiello, who claimed the title for Peugeot. Reigning champions Audi meanwhile struggled, despite a star lineup including Emanuele Pirro, Yvan Muller and Tamara Vidali, with Pirro winning only a single race and the other two drivers failing to reach the podium.

Teams and drivers
Team Car No Drivers Rounds
ROC Auto/A.Z.K. Audi A4 Quattro 1 Emanuele Pirro 1-7
Audi A4 8-10
Audi A4 Quattro 2 Philipp Peter All
Audi A4 3 Yvan Muller All
Audi A4 Quattro 4 Tamara Vidali All
BMW Team Bigazzi BMW 320i 5 Johnny Cecotto All
6 Joachim Winkelhock All
Peugeot Esso Peugeot 406 9 Jörg van Ommen All
10 Laurent Aïello All
Team Honda Sport Honda Accord 11 Altfrid Heger All
12 Marco Werner All
32 James Thompson 10
Cool Fire Alfa Romeo Team Engstler[N 1]

Beru Zündtechnik AR Engstler[N 1]

 Alfa Romeo 155 TS 14 Frank Schmickler 1-7
15 Franz Engstler All
16 Marco Bromberger All
17 Danny Pfeil All
38 Stephen Vollmair 10
47 Gianni Giudici 8
Abt Sportsline Audi A4 Quattro 18 Christian Abt All
19 Kris Nissen All
Opel Team Zakspeed Opel Vectra 20 Kurt Thiim 1-2, 4-10
21 Uwe Alzen All
Nissan Primera Racing Nissan Primera eGT 22 Sascha Maassen All
23 Roland Asch All
Isert BMW-Team BMW 320i 24 Steve Soper 10
25 Leopold Prinz von Bayern 1, 3-9
25 Christian Menzel All
40 Éric Hélary 2
Opel Team SMS Opel Vectra 27 Manuel Reuter All
28 Michael Bartels All
Opel Team AM Holzer Opel Vectra 30 Alexander Burgstaller 1-5
31 Ronny Melkus 1-2, 4
PMC Sports BMW 320i 33 Marc Gindorf 1-5
JAS Engineering Alfa Romeo 155 TS 35 Christian Danner All
36 Stefano Modena All
MHT Sports BMW 318is 39 Michael Heigert 1-3
AUGROS-MIG Austria Team Audi A4 44 Klaus Niedzwiedz All
45 Dirk Müller 4-6, 8-10
46 Raimund Baumschlager 7

Race calendar and results
Round Circuit Date Pole Position Winning driver Winning team
1 R1 Hockenheimring 27 April Laurent Aïello Laurent Aïello Peugeot Esso
R2 Laurent Aïello Peugeot Esso
2 R1 Zolder 11 May Johnny Cecotto Johnny Cecotto BMW Team Bigazzi
R2 Johnny Cecotto BMW Team Bigazzi
3 R1 Nürburgring 25 May Laurent Aïello Laurent Aïello Peugeot Esso
R2 Laurent Aïello Peugeot Esso
4 R1 Sachsenring 15 June Laurent Aïello Joachim Winkelhock BMW Team Bigazzi
R2 Joachim Winkelhock BMW Team Bigazzi
5 R1 Norisring 29 June Laurent Aïello Joachim Winkelhock BMW Team Bigazzi
R2 Joachim Winkelhock BMW Team Bigazzi
6 R1 Wunstorf 13 July Laurent Aïello Laurent Aïello Peugeot Esso
R2 Laurent Aïello Peugeot Esso
7 R1 Zweibrücken 10 August Laurent Aïello Laurent Aïello Peugeot Esso
R2 Emanuele Pirro ROC Auto/A.Z.K.
8 R1 Salzburgring 24 August Laurent Aïello Laurent Aïello Peugeot Esso
R2 Laurent Aïello Peugeot Esso
9 R1 Lahr 7 September Johnny Cecotto Johnny Cecotto BMW Team Bigazzi
R2 Joachim Winkelhock BMW Team Bigazzi
10 R1 Nürburgring 5 October Laurent Aïello Laurent Aïello Peugeot Esso
R2 Laurent Aïello Peugeot Esso

Championship results
Points system
 Race 1   1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th 
30 24 20 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
 Race 2   1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th   11th   12th   13th   14th   15th   16th   17th   18th   19th   20th 
60 48 40 34 32 30 28 26 24 22 20 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2
Pos Driver HOC
 ZOL
 NÜR
 SAC
 NOR
 WUN
 ZWE
 SAL
 LAH
 NÜR
 Pts
1 Laurent Aïello 1 1 3 3 1 1 2 2 2 Ret 1 1 1 4 1 1 2 20 1 1 696
2 Joachim Winkelhock 4 2 2 2 Ret Ret 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 5 4 2 7 1 3 2 644
3 Johnny Cecotto 2 3 1 1 3 2 15 5 4 Ret 7 5 3 2 7 5 1 2 5 3 571
4 Jörg van Ommen 3 4 9 19 4 5 5 4 3 2 6 10 17 Ret 2 24 6 21 2 4 377
5 Uwe Alzen 9 26 15 15 6 7 3 3 25 12 3 2 7 25 3 3 3 3 6 Ret 370
6 Emanuele Pirro 11 9 4 10 7 5 4 Ret 5 3 Ret Ret 4 1 13 7 19 11 13 10 357
7 Yvan Muller 12 11 10 11 20 Ret 13 6 11 19 Ret Ret 6 6 6 6 4 4 7 6 298
8 Roland Asch 13 10 21 18 9 9 10 9 12 6 11 12 13 11 14 11 Ret 12 11 9 285
9 Kris Nissen 5 6 16 6 14 13 8 19 16 4 24 14 14 14 15 10 11 8 26 16 273
10 Sascha Maassen 14 Ret 8 7 10 8 7 11 9 20 Ret 8 15 12 18 12 13 9 18 11 263
11 Michael Bartels 18 13 17 26 8 10 Ret DNS 15 17 13 9 16 16 5 4 10 6 4 5 263
12 Altfrid Heger 28 Ret 28 12 5 4 16 14 10 Ret 10 13 11 15 12 Ret 12 7 10 8 238
13 Christian Abt 8 15 5 4 11 12 11 17 6 Ret 15 11 8 17 17 14 Ret Ret 19 13 223
14 Christian Menzel 7 8 11 16 Ret Ret 9 7 Ret DNS 8 7 25 9 8 8 5 Ret Ret DNS 222
15 Tamara Vidali 23 Ret 13 Ret 13 11 Ret 8 7 5 20 15 10 7 27 19 14 13 17 14 207
16 Philipp Peter 16 14 6 5 21 Ret 6 21 Ret 8 17 19 5 3 16 15 Ret Ret 12 17 205
17 Manuel Reuter 15 12 12 8 16 DNS 14 Ret Ret DNS 9 6 9 10 11 9 Ret DNS 15 Ret 189
18 Kurt Thiim Ret 19 24 13 20 20 20 11 4 4 Ret DNS 9 13 8 5 9 Ret 180
19 Marco Werner 6 5 30 25 2 3 Ret DNS 8 10 5 17 Ret Ret 10 16 9 Ret 14 Ret 170
20 Stefano Modena 10 7 14 27 23 20 23 Ret 27 7 14 Ret 18 20 19 17 16 10 DNS Ret 129
21 Klaus Niedzwiedz 24 20 20 20 18 DNS Ret 12 14 9 12 Ret 12 8 22 20 Ret 14 21 15 103
22 Leopold Prinz von Bayern 29 17 15 14 17 10 26 DNS 16 21 26 18 26 23 17 15 85
23 Alexander Burgstaller 25 18 18 14 12 15 12 13 13 Ret 79
24 Franz Engstler 21 Ret 22 17 22 21 21 15 23 15 19 18 20 23 21 22 18 17 20 20 57
25 Frank Schmickler 22 24 29 Ret 26 16 22 16 24 14 21 16 21 19 52
26 Marc Gindorf 20 16 Ret Ret 19 17 18 Ret 19 13 44
27 James Thompson 8 7 41
28 Éric Hélary 7 9 38
29 Christian Danner 17 23 23 23 17 Ret Ret Ret 17 Ret 18 Ret 24 21 20 18 20 18 23 18 37
30 Steve Soper 16 12 23
31 Danny Pfeil 26 21 26 22 24 19 25 22 21 16 23 20 23 22 25 Ret Ret DNS 24 19 23
32 Dirk Müller 19 Ret 18 21 Ret DNS 23 21 15 16 22 Ret 21
33 Raimund Baumschlager 19 13 20
34 Marco Bromberger 27 22 25 24 25 Ret 26 18 22 18 22 Ret 22 24 24 25 21 19 Ret DNS 16
34 Michael Heigert Ret 25 27 Ret 27 18 8
35 Ronny Melkus 19 Ret 19 21 24 DNS 4
36 Stephan Vollmair 25 DNS 0
37 Gianni Giudici Ret DNS 0
Pos Driver HOC
 ZOL
 NÜR
 SAC
 NOR
 WUN
 ZWE
 SAL
 REG
 NÜR
 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)

Manufacturers' Trophy
Pos Manufacturer Points
1 BMW 1215
2 Peugeot 1073
3 Audi 562
4 Opel 559
5 Nissan 548
6 Honda 442
7 Alfa Romeo 166

Footnotes
  1. Cars 14, 15, 38, and 47. were entered as Cool Fire Alfa Romeo Team Engstler while cars 16. and 17. were entered as Beru Zündtechnik AR Engstler
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