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 Quattro1 Emanuele Pirro1-7MAudi A48-10Audi A4 Quattro2 Philipp PeterAll MAudi A43 Yvan MullerAllTAudi A4 Quattro4 Tamara VidaliAllT BMW Team BigazziBMW 320i5 Johnny CecottoAll M6 Joachim WinkelhockAll M Peugeot EssoPeugeot 406 9 Jörg van OmmenAll M10 Laurent AïelloAll M Team Honda SportHonda Accord11 Altfrid HegerAll M12 Marco WernerAll M Cool Fire Alfa Romeo Team EngstlerAlfa Romeo 155 TS 14 Frank Schmickler1-7T 15 Franz EngstlerAllT Beru Zündtechnik AR EngstlerAlfa Romeo 155 TS 16 Marco BrombergerAllT 17 Danny PfeilAllT Abt SportslineAudi A4 Quattro 18 Christian AbtAllT 19 Kris NissenAllT Opel Team ZakspeedOpel Vectra 20 Kurt Thiim1-2, 4-10T 21 Uwe AlzenAll M Nissan Primera RacingNissan Primera eGT 22 Sascha MaassenAll M 23 Roland AschAll M Isert BMW-TeamBMW 320i 24 Steve Soper10T 25 Leopold Prinz von Bayern1, 3-9T26 Christian MenzelAllT Opel Team SMSOpel Vectra27 Manuel ReuterAll M 28 Michael BartelsAllT Opel Team AM HolzerOpel Vectra 30 Alexander Burgstaller1-5T31 Ronny Melkus1-2, 4T Team Honda Sport Honda Accord 32 James Thompson10 M PMC SportsBMW 320i33 Marc Gindorf1-5T JAS EngineeringAlfa Romeo 155 TS35 Christian DannerAll M36 Stefano ModenaAll M Cool Fire Alfa Romeo Team EngstlerAlfa Romeo 155 TS 38 Stephen Vollmair10T MHT SportsBMW 318is 39 Michael Heigert1-3T Isert BMW-Team BMW 320i40 Éric Hélary2T AUGROS-MIG Austria TeamAudi A444 Klaus NiedzwiedzAllT45 Dirk Müller4-6, 8-10T 46 Raimund Baumschlager7T Cool Fire Alfa Romeo Team EngstlerAlfa Romeo 155 TS 47 Gianni Giudici8T Icon ClassM 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 Winning team 1 R1 Hockenheimring 27 April Laurent Aiello Laurent Aiello Laurent Aiello Peugeot Esso R2 Laurent Aiello Laurent Aiello Peugeot Esso 2 R1 Zolder 11 May Johnny Cecotto Joachim Winkelhock Johnny Cecotto BMW Team Bigazzi R2 Laurent Aiello Johnny Cecotto BMW Team Bigazzi 3 R1 Nürburgring 25 May Laurent Aiello Laurent Aiello Laurent Aiello Peugeot Esso R2 Laurent Aiello Laurent Aiello Peugeot Esso 4 R1 Sachsenring 15 June Laurent Aiello Joachim Winkelhock Joachim Winkelhock BMW Team Bigazzi R2 Laurent Aiello Joachim Winkelhock BMW Team Bigazzi 5 R1 Norisring 29 June Laurent Aiello Laurent Aiello Joachim Winkelhock BMW Team Bigazzi R2 Jörg van Ommen Joachim Winkelhock BMW Team Bigazzi 6 R1 Wunstorf 13 July Laurent Aiello Laurent Aiello Laurent Aiello Peugeot Esso R2 Laurent Aiello Laurent Aiello Peugeot Esso 7 R1 Zweibrücken 10 August Laurent Aiello Laurent Aiello Laurent Aiello Peugeot Esso R2 Joachim Winkelhock Emanuele Pirro ROC Auto/A.Z.K. 8 R1 Salzburgring 24 August Laurent Aiello Laurent Aiello Laurent Aiello Peugeot Esso R2 Laurent Aiello Laurent Aiello Peugeot Esso 9 R1 Lahr 7 September Johnny Cecotto Uwe Alzen Johnny Cecotto BMW Team Bigazzi R2 Christian Menzel Joachim Winkelhock BMW Team Bigazzi 10 R1 Nürburgring 5 October Laurent Aiello Laurent Aiello Laurent Aiello Peugeot Esso R2 Laurent Aiello Laurent Aiello 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 3024201716151413121110987654321 Race 2 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 604840343230282624222018161412108642 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 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
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
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