1996 ITC Suzuka round

   1996 ITC Suzuka round

Round details
Round 13 of 13 rounds in the 1996 International Touring Car Championship
Layout of the Suzuka Circuit
Location	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Japan
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.860 km (3.641 mi)
International Touring Car Championship
Race 1
Date	10 November 1996
Laps	18
Pole position
Driver	Christian Danner	TV Spielfilm Alfa Corse
Time	2:02.737
Podium
First	Dario Franchitti	D2 Mercedes-AMG
Second	Christian Danner	TV Spielfilm Alfa Corse
Third	Bernd Schneider	D2 Mercedes-AMG
Fastest lap
Driver	Christian Danner	TV Spielfilm Alfa Corse
Time	2:05.278 (on lap 2)
Race 2
Date	10 November 1996
Laps	18
Podium
First	Bernd Schneider	D2 Mercedes-AMG
Second	Giancarlo Fisichella	TV Spielfilm Alfa Corse
Third	Jan Magnussen	Warsteiner Mercedes-AMG
Fastest lap
Driver	Bernd Schneider	D2 Mercedes-AMG
Time	2:03.886 (on lap 2)

The 1996 ITC Suzuka round was the thirteenth and final round of the 1996 International Touring Car Championship season. It took place on 10 November at the Suzuka Circuit.

Dario Franchitti won the first race, starting from ninth position, and Bernd Schneider gained the second one, both driving a Mercedes C-Class.

Manuel Reuter won the title, besides he didn't take points from this round.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Time	Group	Grid
1	15	Christian Danner	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	TV Spielfilm Alfa Corse	2:02.737	A	1
2	1	Bernd Schneider	Mercedes C-Class	D2 Mercedes-AMG	2:02.924	A	2
3	9	Stefano Modena	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	JAS Motorsport Alfa Romeo	2:03.099	A	3
4	5	Nicola Larini	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	Martini Alfa Corse	2:03.100	A	4
5	14	Giancarlo Fisichella	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	TV Spielfilm Alfa Corse	2:03.349	A	5
6	6	Alessandro Nannini	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	Martini Alfa Corse	2:03.476	A	6
7	4	Bernd Mayländer	Mercedes C-Class	Warsteiner Mercedes-AMG	2:04.756	A	7
8	18	Gabriele Tarquini	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	JAS Motorsport Alfa Romeo	2:04.999	A	8
9	2	Dario Franchitti	Mercedes C-Class	D2 Mercedes-AMG	no time	A	9
10	3	Jan Magnussen	Mercedes C-Class	Warsteiner Mercedes-AMG	no time	A	10
11	16	Uwe Alzen	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Zakspeed Opel	2:03.461	B	11
12	43	JJ Lehto	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Team Rosberg Opel	2:03.650	B	12
13	11	Jörg van Ommen	Mercedes C-Class	UPS Mercedes-AMG	2:03.734	B	13
14	7	Manuel Reuter	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Joest Racing Opel	2:03.812	B	14
15	12	Aguri Suzuki	Mercedes C-Class	UPS Mercedes-AMG	2:03.999	B	15
16	24	Yannick Dalmas	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Joest Racing Opel	2:04.104	B	16
17	44	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Team Rosberg Opel	2:04.285	B	17
18	8	Oliver Gavin	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Joest Racing Opel	2:04.292	B	18
19	17	Klaus Ludwig	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Zakspeed Opel	2:04.293	B	19
20	10	Michael Bartels	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	Jägermeister JAS Motorsport Alfa Romeo	2:05.559	B	20
21	25	Masanori Sekiya	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Joest Racing Opel	2:05.621	B	21
22	21	Alexander Grau	Mercedes C-Class	Persson Motorsport	2:07.238	B	22
23	19	Naoki Hattori	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	Bosch JAS Motorsport Alfa Romeo	2:07.345	B	23
24	22	Ellen Lohr	Mercedes C-Class	Persson Motorsport	2:08.052	B	24

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Race 1

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Dario Franchitti	Mercedes C-Class	D2 Mercedes-AMG	18	38:23.290	9	20
2	15	Christian Danner	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	TV Spielfilm Alfa Corse	18	+2.338	1	15
3	1	Bernd Schneider	Mercedes C-Class	D2 Mercedes-AMG	18	+2.762	2	12
4	14	Giancarlo Fisichella	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	TV Spielfilm Alfa Corse	18	+2.931	5	10
5	9	Stefano Modena	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	JAS Motorsport Alfa Romeo	18	+3.421	3	8
6	5	Nicola Larini	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	Martini Alfa Corse	18	+5.435	4	6
7	3	Jan Magnussen	Mercedes C-Class	Warsteiner Mercedes-AMG	18	+5.886	10	4
8	4	Bernd Mayländer	Mercedes C-Class	Warsteiner Mercedes-AMG	18	+7.791	7	3
9	16	Uwe Alzen	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Zakspeed Opel	18	+9.425	11	2
10	6	Alessandro Nannini	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	Martini Alfa Corse	18	+14.777	6	1
11	12	Aguri Suzuki	Mercedes C-Class	UPS Mercedes-AMG	18	+15.025	15
12	24	Yannick Dalmas	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Joest Racing Opel	18	+17.687	16
13	7	Manuel Reuter	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Joest Racing Opel	18	+19.983	14
14	11	Jörg van Ommen	Mercedes C-Class	UPS Mercedes-AMG	18	+28.408	13
15	10	Michael Bartels	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	Jägermeister JAS Motorsport Alfa Romeo	18	+36.562	20
16	8	Oliver Gavin	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Joest Racing Opel	18	+46.870	18
17	21	Alexander Grau	Mercedes C-Class	Persson Motorsport	18	+48.976	22
18	44	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Team Rosberg Opel	18	+55.866	17
19	19	Naoki Hattori	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	Bosch JAS Motorsport Alfa Romeo	18	+57.536	23
20	25	Masanori Sekiya	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Joest Racing Opel	18	+59.677	21
21	22	Ellen Lohr	Mercedes C-Class	Persson Motorsport	18	+1:00.671	24
Ret	17	Klaus Ludwig	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Zakspeed Opel	11	Retired	19
Ret	43	JJ Lehto	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Team Rosberg Opel	1	Retired	12
DNS	18	Gabriele Tarquini	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	JAS Motorsport Alfa Romeo		Did not start	8

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Race 2

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Bernd Schneider	Mercedes C-Class	D2 Mercedes-AMG	18	37:43.447	3	20
2	14	Giancarlo Fisichella	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	TV Spielfilm Alfa Corse	18	+19.050	4	15
3	3	Jan Magnussen	Mercedes C-Class	Warsteiner Mercedes-AMG	18	+19.597	7	12
4	9	Stefano Modena	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	JAS Motorsport Alfa Romeo	18	+28.157	5	10
5	6	Alessandro Nannini	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	Martini Alfa Corse	18	+28.227	10	8
6	5	Nicola Larini	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	Martini Alfa Corse	18	+28.229	6	6
7	15	Christian Danner	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	TV Spielfilm Alfa Corse	18	+36.023	2	4
8	43	JJ Lehto	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Team Rosberg Opel	18	+37.878	23	3
9	24	Yannick Dalmas	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Joest Racing Opel	18	+45.119	12	2
10	17	Klaus Ludwig	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Zakspeed Opel	18	+45.497	22	1
11	8	Oliver Gavin	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Joest Racing Opel	18	+47.016	16
12	16	Uwe Alzen	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Zakspeed Opel	18	+56.026	9
13	11	Jörg van Ommen	Mercedes C-Class	UPS Mercedes-AMG	18	+58.084	14
14	7	Manuel Reuter	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Joest Racing Opel	18	+1:05.602	13
15	21	Alexander Grau	Mercedes C-Class	Persson Motorsport	18	+1:07.310	17
16	19	Naoki Hattori	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	Bosch JAS Motorsport Alfa Romeo	18	+1:15.812	19
17	10	Michael Bartels	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	Jägermeister JAS Motorsport Alfa Romeo	17	Retired	15
18	44	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Team Rosberg Opel	16	Retired	18
Ret	18	Gabriele Tarquini	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	JAS Motorsport Alfa Romeo	9	Retired	24
Ret	22	Ellen Lohr	Mercedes C-Class	Persson Motorsport	7	Retired	21
Ret	2	Dario Franchitti	Mercedes C-Class	D2 Mercedes-AMG	5	Retired	1
Ret	4	Bernd Mayländer	Mercedes C-Class	Warsteiner Mercedes-AMG	2	Retired	8
DNS	12	Aguri Suzuki	Mercedes C-Class	UPS Mercedes-AMG		Did not start	11
DNS	25	Masanori Sekiya	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Joest Racing Opel		Did not start	20

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Standings after the event

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Manuel Reuter 218 2 Bernd Schneider 205 3 Alessandro Nannini 180 4 Dario Franchitti 171 5 JJ Lehto 148

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Opel 349 2 Alfa Romeo 340 3 Mercedes 305

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers' standings.

References

1. "Suzuka Qualifying Results". Touringcars.net. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
2. "Suzuka Race 1 Results". Touringcars.net. Archived from the original on 2014-11-14. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
3. "Suzuka Race 2 Results". Touringcars.net. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 26 October 2015.

External links

• Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters official website

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