1997 Super Tourenwagen Cup

Last updated November 30, 2024

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
ROC Auto/A.Z.K.	Audi A4 Quattro	1	Emanuele Pirro	1-7	M
	Audi A4	1	Emanuele Pirro	8-10	M
	Audi A4 Quattro	2	Philipp Peter	All	M
	Audi A4	3	Yvan Muller	All	T
	Audi A4 Quattro	4	Tamara Vidali	All	T
BMW Team Bigazzi	BMW 320i	5	Johnny Cecotto	All	M
BMW Team Bigazzi	BMW 320i	6	Joachim Winkelhock	All	M
Peugeot Esso	Peugeot 406	9	Jörg van Ommen	All	M
Peugeot Esso	Peugeot 406	10	Laurent Aïello	All	M
Team Honda Sport	Honda Accord	11	Altfrid Heger	All	M
Team Honda Sport	Honda Accord	12	Marco Werner	All	M
Cool Fire Alfa Romeo Team Engstler ^{[N 1]}	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	14	Frank Schmickler	1-7	T
Cool Fire Alfa Romeo Team Engstler ^{[N 1]}	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	15	Franz Engstler	All	T
Beru Zündtechnik AR Engstler ^{[N 1]}	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	16	Marco Bromberger	All	T
Beru Zündtechnik AR Engstler ^{[N 1]}	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	17	Danny Pfeil	All	T
Abt Sportsline	Audi A4 Quattro	18	Christian Abt	All	T
Abt Sportsline	Audi A4 Quattro	19	Kris Nissen	All	T
Opel Team Zakspeed	Opel Vectra	20	Kurt Thiim	1-2, 4-10	T
Opel Team Zakspeed	Opel Vectra	21	Uwe Alzen	All	M
Nissan Primera Racing	Nissan Primera eGT	22	Sascha Maassen	All	M
Nissan Primera Racing	Nissan Primera eGT	23	Roland Asch	All	M
Isert BMW-Team	BMW 320i	24	Steve Soper	10	T
		25	Leopold Prinz von Bayern	1, 3-9	T
		26	Christian Menzel	All	T
Opel Team SMS	Opel Vectra	27	Manuel Reuter	All	M
Opel Team SMS	Opel Vectra	28	Michael Bartels	All	T
Opel Team AM Holzer	Opel Vectra	30	Alexander Burgstaller	1-5	T
Opel Team AM Holzer	Opel Vectra	31	Ronny Melkus	1-2, 4	T
Team Honda Sport	Honda Accord	32	James Thompson	10	M
PMC Sports	BMW 320i	33	Marc Gindorf	1-5	T
JAS Engineering	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	35	Christian Danner	All	M
JAS Engineering	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	36	Stefano Modena	All	M
Cool Fire Alfa Romeo Team Engstler ^{[N 1]}	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	38	Stephen Vollmair	10	T
MHT Sports	BMW 318is	39	Michael Heigert	1-3	T
Isert BMW-Team	BMW 320i	40	Éric Hélary	2	T
AUGROS-MIG Austria Team	Audi A4	44	Klaus Niedzwiedz	All	T
		45	Dirk Müller	4-6, 8-10	T
		46	Raimund Baumschlager	7	T
Cool Fire Alfa Romeo Team Engstler ^{[N 1]}	Alfa Romeo 155 TS	47	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	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Hockenheimring	27 April	Laurent Aïello	Laurent Aïello	Peugeot Esso
1	R2	Hockenheimring	27 April		Laurent Aïello	Peugeot Esso
2	R1	Zolder	11 May	Johnny Cecotto	Johnny Cecotto	BMW Team Bigazzi
2	R2	Zolder	11 May		Johnny Cecotto	BMW Team Bigazzi
3	R1	Nürburgring	25 May	Laurent Aïello	Laurent Aïello	Peugeot Esso
3	R2	Nürburgring	25 May		Laurent Aïello	Peugeot Esso
4	R1	Sachsenring	15 June	Laurent Aïello	Joachim Winkelhock	BMW Team Bigazzi
4	R2	Sachsenring	15 June		Joachim Winkelhock	BMW Team Bigazzi
5	R1	Norisring	29 June	Laurent Aïello	Joachim Winkelhock	BMW Team Bigazzi
5	R2	Norisring	29 June		Joachim Winkelhock	BMW Team Bigazzi
6	R1	Wunstorf	13 July	Laurent Aïello	Laurent Aïello	Peugeot Esso
6	R2	Wunstorf	13 July		Laurent Aïello	Peugeot Esso
7	R1	Zweibrücken	10 August	Laurent Aïello	Laurent Aïello	Peugeot Esso
7	R2	Zweibrücken	10 August		Emanuele Pirro	ROC Auto/A.Z.K.
8	R1	Salzburgring	24 August	Laurent Aïello	Laurent Aïello	Peugeot Esso
8	R2	Salzburgring	24 August		Laurent Aïello	Peugeot Esso
9	R1	Lahr	7 September	Johnny Cecotto	Johnny Cecotto	BMW Team Bigazzi
9	R2	Lahr	7 September		Joachim Winkelhock	BMW Team Bigazzi
10	R1	Nürburgring	5 October	Laurent Aïello	Laurent Aïello	Peugeot Esso
10	R2	Nürburgring	5 October		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

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)

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

Teams' Trophy

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

Footnotes

1 2 3 4 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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[Engstler97-1] 1 2 3 4 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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