The 1994 Italian Superturismo Championship was the eighth edition of the Italian Superturismo Championship. The season began in Monza on 10 April and finished in Mugello on 2 October, after ten rounds. Emanuele Pirro won the championship (6 victories, 7 second places and scoring points in each round), driving an Audi 80 Quattro; the German manufacturer won the constructors' championship with 9 victories (6 Emanuele Pirro, 2 Frank Biela, 1 Rinaldo Capello) on 20 races. The strongest title contender was Antonio Tamburini, who drove an Alfa Romeo 155 TS and also got 6 victories but also 3 DNF and one time out of points. Third was Fabrizio Giovanardi, who was able to finish on podium 7 times and to score points in almost all races without a single victory. The three time Italian Champion Roberto Ravaglia had lot of bad luck and finished fourth after a single victory in the season. The privateers' trophy was won by Moreno Soli in his own the Alfa Romeo 155 TS.
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| Round | Circuit | Date | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team | |
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| 1 | R1 |  Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 10 April | Antonio Tamburini | Stefano Modena | Antonio Tamburini | Nordauto Engineering |
| R2 | Stefano Modena | Antonio Tamburini | Nordauto Engineering | ||||
| 2 | R1 | ACI Vallelunga Circuit | 17 April | Stefano Modena | Stefano Modena | Stefano Modena | Euroteam |
| R2 | Emanuele Pirro | Emanuele Pirro | Audi Sport Italia | ||||
| 3 | R1 | Autodromo di Magione | 8 May | Stefano Modena | Stefano Modena | Emanuele Pirro | Audi Sport Italia |
| R2 | Emanuele Pirro | Emanuele Pirro | Audi Sport Italia | ||||
| 4 | R1 | Autodromo del Levante | 22 May |  Johnny Cecotto | Emanuele Pirro | Emanuele Pirro | Audi Sport Italia |
| R2 | Emanuele Pirro | Emanuele Pirro | Audi Sport Italia | ||||
| 5 | R1 | Circuito Internazionale Misano | 5 June | Antonio Tamburini | Stefano Modena | Antonio Tamburini | Nordauto Engineering |
| R2 | Antonio Tamburini | Antonio Tamburini | Nordauto Engineering | ||||
| 6 | R1 | ACI Vallelunga Circuit | 19 July | Stefano Modena | Emanuele Pirro | Stefano Modena | Euroteam |
| R2 | Roberto Ravaglia | Emanuele Pirro | Audi Sport Italia | ||||
| 7 | R1 | Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello | 31 July | Roberto Ravaglia | Roberto Ravaglia | Roberto Ravaglia | CiBiEmme Engineering |
| R2 | Stefano Modena | Stefano Modena | Euroteam | ||||
| 8 | R1 | Autodromo di Pergusa | 4 September | Antonio Tamburini | Johnny Cecotto | Antonio Tamburini | Nordauto Engineering |
| R2 | Fabrizio Giovanardi | Antonio Tamburini | Nordauto Engineering | ||||
| 9 | R1 | Autodromo Riccardo Paletti di Varano | 18 September |  Frank Biela | Frank Biela | Frank Biela | Audi Sport Italia |
| R2 | Frank Biela | Frank Biela | Audi Sport Italia | ||||
| 10 | R1 | Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello | 2 October | Frank Biela | Rinaldo Capello | Emanuele Naspetti | CiBiEmme Engineering |
| R2 | Tamara Vidali | Rinaldo Capello | Audi Sport Italia | ||||
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| 20 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
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Note: Race 2 of Round 10 in Mugello was stopped on lap 9 (of 15) due to heavy rain and half points were awarded.
| Pos | Manufacturer | MON | VAL | MAG | BIN | MIS | VAL | MUG | PER | VAR | MUG | Pts | ||||||||||
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| 1 | Audi | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 295 |
| 2 | Alfa Romeo | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 277 |
| 3 | BMW | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 233 |
| 4 |  Peugeot | 6 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 166 |
| Pos | Driver | Car | MON | VAL | MAG | BIN | MIS | VAL | MUG | PER | VAR | MUG | Pts | ||||||||||
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| 1 | Moreno Soli | Alfa Romeo | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 232 | |||||
| 2 | Massimo Pigoli | Peugeot | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 205 | ||||
| 3 | Danilo Mozzi | Alfa Romeo | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 183 | |||||
| 4 | Maurizio Lusuardi | Peugeot | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 133 | |||||||
| 5 | Rocco Peduzzi | BMW | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 127 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Roberto Russo | Alfa Romeo | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 83 | |||||||||||||||
| 7 | Felice Tedeschi | Alfa Romeo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 82 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Claudio Melotto | Peugeot | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 75 | |||||||||||
| 9 | Gianluca Roda | Alfa Romeo | 6 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 37,5 | |||||||||||||||
| 10 |  Felipe Ortiz | Peugeot | 5 | 5 | 4 | 21 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Marco Antonelli | Alfa Romeo | 2 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Mauro Trione | Alfa Romeo | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Onofrio Russo | Alfa Romeo | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Pos | Driver | Car | MUG | MAG | MON | BIN | MIS | IMO | PER | PER | VAR | VAL | Pts | ||||||||||
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