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.

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
Nordauto Engineering	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	4	Gordon de Adamich	2-10
CiBiEmme Engineering	BMW 320i	5	Johnny Cecotto	All
		6	Emanuele Naspetti	All
		7	Yolanda Surer	1-6
		7	Gianni Morbidelli	7-10
A.Z.K./ROC	Audi A4 Quattro	9	Philipp Peter	10
A.Z.K./ROC	Audi A4 Quattro	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
		58	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
Capannelle Racing	Opel Vectra	62	Fabrizio Fede	10
Varese Corse	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	63	Davide Bernasconi	1-6, 8-10
		63	Augusto Rossetti	5, 9
		65	Tarcisio Bernasconi	10
		65	Augusto Rossetti	10
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
Engstler Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	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
1	R2	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello	14 April		Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Nordauto Engineering
2	R1	Autodromo di Magione	21 April	Yvan Muller	Yvan Muller	Rinaldo Capello	Audi Sport Italia
2	R2	Autodromo di Magione	21 April		Yvan Muller	Rinaldo Capello	Audi Sport Italia
3	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	12 May	Johnny Cecotto	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Rinaldo Capello	Audi Sport Italia
3	R2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	12 May		Johnny Cecotto	Rinaldo Capello	Audi Sport Italia
4	R1	Autodromo del Levante	26 May	Rinaldo Capello	Yvan Muller	Rinaldo Capello	Audi Sport Italia
4	R2	Autodromo del Levante	26 May		Emanuele Naspetti	Rinaldo Capello	Audi Sport Italia
5	R1	Circuito Internazionale Misano	7 June	Johnny Cecotto	Emanuele Naspetti	Johnny Cecotto	CiBiEmme Engineering
5	R2	Circuito Internazionale Misano	7 June		Johnny Cecotto	Johnny Cecotto	CiBiEmme Engineering
6	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	21 July	Johnny Cecotto	Emanuele Naspetti	Rinaldo Capello	Audi Sport Italia
6	R2	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	21 July		Johnny Cecotto	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
7	R1	Autodromo di Pergusa	4 August	Emanuele Naspetti	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
7	R2	Autodromo di Pergusa	4 August		Fabrizio Giovanardi	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
8	R1	Autodromo di Pergusa	1 September	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Johnny Cecotto	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
8	R2	Autodromo di Pergusa	1 September		Emanuele Naspetti	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
9	R1	Autodromo Riccardo Paletti di Varano	15 September	Johnny Cecotto	Johnny Cecotto	Johnny Cecotto	CiBiEmme Engineering
9	R2	Autodromo Riccardo Paletti di Varano	15 September		Johnny Cecotto	Emanuele Naspetti	CiBiEmme Engineering
10	R1	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	6 October	Roberto Ravaglia	Steve Soper	Johnny Cecotto	CiBiEmme Engineering
10	R2	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	6 October		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

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (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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