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1997 Super Tourenwagen Cup

1997 ADAC Super Tourenwagen Cup was the fourth season of the German touring car series

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

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	Class
FRA ROC Auto/A.Z.K.	Audi A4 Quattro	1	ITA Emanuele Pirro	1-7	M
Audi A4	8-10
Audi A4 Quattro	2	AUT Philipp Peter	All	M
Audi A4	3	FRA Yvan Muller	All	T
Audi A4 Quattro	4	ITA Tamara Vidali	All	T
ITA BMW Team Bigazzi	BMW 320i	5	VEN Johnny Cecotto	All	M
6	GER Joachim Winkelhock	All	M
FRA Peugeot Esso	Peugeot 406	9	GER Jörg van Ommen	All	M
10	FRA Laurent Aïello	All	M
GER Team Honda Sport	Honda Accord	11	GER Altfrid Heger	All	M
12	GER Marco Werner	All	M
GER Cool Fire Alfa Romeo Team Engstler	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	14	GER Frank Schmickler	1-7	T
15	GER Franz Engstler	All	T
GER Beru Zündtechnik AR Engstler	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	16	GER Marco Bromberger	All	T
17	GER Danny Pfeil	All	T
GER Abt Sportsline	Audi A4 Quattro	18	GER Christian Abt	All	T
19	DEN Kris Nissen	All	T
GER Opel Team Zakspeed	Opel Vectra	20	DEN Kurt Thiim	1-2, 4-10	T
21	GER Uwe Alzen	All	M
GER Nissan Primera Racing	Nissan Primera eGT	22	GER Sascha Maassen	All	M
23	GER Roland Asch	All	M
GER Isert BMW-Team	BMW 320i	24	GBR Steve Soper	10	T
25	GER Leopold Prinz von Bayern	1, 3-9	T
26	GER Christian Menzel	All	T
GER Opel Team SMS	Opel Vectra	27	GER Manuel Reuter	All	M
28	GER Michael Bartels	All	T
GER Opel Team AM Holzer	Opel Vectra	30	GER Alexander Burgstaller	1-5	T
31	GER Ronny Melkus	1-2, 4	T
GER Team Honda Sport	Honda Accord	32	GBR James Thompson	10	M
GER PMC Sports	BMW 320i	33	GER Marc Gindorf	1-5	T
ITA JAS Engineering	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	35	GER Christian Danner	All	M
36	ITA Stefano Modena	All	M
	GER Cool Fire Alfa Romeo Team Engstler		Alfa Romeo 155 TS	38	GER Stephen Vollmair	10	T
GER MHT Sports	BMW 318is	39	GER Michael Heigert	1-3	T
GER Isert BMW-Team	BMW 320i	40	FRA Éric Hélary	2	T
AUT AUGROS-MIG Austria Team	Audi A4	44	GER Klaus Niedzwiedz	All	T
45	GER Dirk Müller	4-6, 8-10	T
46	AUT Raimund Baumschlager	7	T
	GER Cool Fire Alfa Romeo Team Engstler		Alfa Romeo 155 TS	47	ITA Gianni Giudici	8	T

Icon	Class
M	Drivers eligible to score points in the Manufactures Trophy
T	Drivers eligible to score points in the Team Trophy

Race calendar and results

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver
GER Hockenheimring	27 April	FRA Laurent Aiello	FRA Laurent Aiello	FRA Laurent Aiello	Peugeot Esso
	FRA Laurent Aiello	FRA Laurent Aiello	Peugeot Esso
BEL Zolder	11 May	VEN Johnny Cecotto	GER Joachim Winkelhock	VEN Johnny Cecotto	BMW Team Bigazzi
	FRA Laurent Aiello	VEN Johnny Cecotto	BMW Team Bigazzi
GER Nürburgring	25 May	FRA Laurent Aiello	FRA Laurent Aiello	FRA Laurent Aiello	Peugeot Esso
	FRA Laurent Aiello	FRA Laurent Aiello	Peugeot Esso
GER Sachsenring	15 June	FRA Laurent Aiello	GER Joachim Winkelhock	GER Joachim Winkelhock	BMW Team Bigazzi
	FRA Laurent Aiello	GER Joachim Winkelhock	BMW Team Bigazzi
GER Norisring	29 June	FRA Laurent Aiello	FRA Laurent Aiello	GER Joachim Winkelhock	BMW Team Bigazzi
	GER Jörg van Ommen	GER Joachim Winkelhock	BMW Team Bigazzi
GER Wunstorf	13 July	FRA Laurent Aiello	FRA Laurent Aiello	FRA Laurent Aiello	Peugeot Esso
	FRA Laurent Aiello	FRA Laurent Aiello	Peugeot Esso
GER Zweibrücken	10 August	FRA Laurent Aiello	FRA Laurent Aiello	FRA Laurent Aiello	Peugeot Esso
	GER Joachim Winkelhock	ITA Emanuele Pirro	ROC Auto/A.Z.K.
Austria Salzburgring	24 August	FRA Laurent Aiello	FRA Laurent Aiello	FRA Laurent Aiello	Peugeot Esso
	FRA Laurent Aiello	FRA Laurent Aiello	Peugeot Esso
GER Lahr	7 September	VEN Johnny Cecotto	GER Uwe Alzen	VEN Johnny Cecotto	BMW Team Bigazzi
	GER Christian Menzel	GER Joachim Winkelhock	BMW Team Bigazzi
Germany Nürburgring	5 October	FRA Laurent Aiello	FRA Laurent Aiello	FRA Laurent Aiello	Peugeot Esso
	FRA Laurent Aiello	FRA Laurent Aiello	Peugeot Esso

Championship results

Points system
Race 1

Race 2

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

Manufacturers' Trophy

Pos	Manufacturer	Points	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
GER BMW	1215
FRA Peugeot	1073
GER Audi	562
GER Opel	559
JPN Nissan	548
JPN Honda	442
ITA Alfa Romeo	166

Teams' Trophy

Pos	Team	Points	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
FRA ROC Auto/A.Z.K.	505
GER Abt Sportsline	496
GER Opel Team SMS	423
GER Isert BMW-Team	368
AUT AUGROS-MIG Austria Team	144
GER Cool Fire Alfa Romeo Team Engstler	109
GER Opel Team AM Holzer	83
GER PMC Sports	44
GER Beru Zündtechnik AR Engstler	38
GER Opel Team Zakspeed	20

Footnotes

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