GTCC2: Wunstorf results

• bloche@postix.gmd.de (Harald Bloche)
• MNI - Motorsport News International
• Tue Jul 16 23:18:32 EDT 1996

"D1 ADAC SUPER-TOUREN-WAGEN CUP '96" ROUND 5 AT WUNSTORF AIRPORT-COURSE

Track length 5.05km, weather dry/cloudy, 19 deg.C.- attendance: 38,000

Sprint - 11 laps

Start   Soper, Pirro, Wendlinger, collision between Burgstaller and
        Aiello, Muller and Hahne, all dropping back.
lap01   Tamara Vidali into the pits for a tyre change, front left.
   02   Treml stop and go penalty for jump start.
   07   Black flag for Treml for ignoring the penalty.
   10   Pirro taking the lead from Soper, Soper takes it back.
finish  Soper, Pirro, Wendlinger

--------------------------Results STW-Sprint----------------------------
Pos  Driver                     Team/Car                        Time
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1   Steve Soper/GB          BMW-Team Bigazzi-BMW 320i         20:36.467
 2   Emanuele Pirro/I        ROC-Competition/A.Z.K.-Audi A4      + 0.450
 3   Karl Wendlinger/A       ROC-Competition/A.Z.K.-Audi A4        5.806
 4   Altfrid Heger/D         Peugeot Esso-Peugeot 406              6.173
 5   Christian Abt/D         ABT Sportsline-Audi A4                6.538
 6   Marco Werner/D          Team Holzer-Opel Vectra               9.807
 7   Anthony Reid/GB         Nissan Racing-Nissan Primera         13.354
 8   Klaus Niedzwiedz/D      Honda Team Linder-Honda Accord       15.375
 9   Laurent Aiello/F        Peugeot Esso-Peugeot 406             15.593
10   Kris Nissen/DK          ABT Sportsline-Audi A4               20.259
11   Joerg Mueller/D         BMW-Team Bigazzi-BMW 320i            21.071
12   Philipp Peter/A         ROC-Competition/A.Z.K.-Audi A4       22.232
13   Roland Asch/D           Team Schuebel-Ford Mondeo            23.873
14   Ralf Kalaschek/D        MIG Austria-Audi A4                  24.468
15   Sascha Maassen/D        Nissan Racing-Nissan Primera         26.535
16   Alexander Burgstaller/D BMW-Team Bigazzi-BMW 320i            26.635
17   Franz Engstler/D        Alfa Team Engstler-Alfa Romeo 155    31.887
18   Armin Hahne/D           Honda Team Linder-Honda Accord       46.584
19   Frank Kramer/D          Isert-BMW 320i                       47.580
20   Claudia Huertgen/D      Flash Power-Ford Mondeo              54.113
21   Oliver Mayer/D          Alfa Team Engstler-Alfa Romeo 155  1:38.963
22   Tamara Vidali/I         ROC-Competition/A.Z.K.-Audi A4     1:43.037


STW-Race 20 laps:

Start:  Soper, Pirro, Wendlinger, collision between Kalaschek and Engstler,
        Kalaschek out.
lap04   Heger and Aiello get past Wendlinger.
   05   Aiello overtaking Heger, Engstler into the pits for tyre change,
        front right.
   06   Pirro takes the lead from Soper.
   07   Nissen dropping back with technical problems.
   09   Reid out, suspension defect after kissing the curbs too hard.
   14   Aiello takes 2nd position from Soper.
   16   Maassen in the meadows, dropping back.
   17   Wendlinger gets past Heger.
   19   Maassen pits, out. Muller, Abt and Heger collision, Heger out.
finish  Pirro, Aiello, Soper


----------------------------Results STW-Race----------------------------
Pos  Driver                     Team/Car                        Time
------------------------------------------------------------------------
 1   Emanuele Pirro/I        ROC-Competition/A.Z.K.-Audi A4    37:11.032
 2   Laurent Aiello/F        Peugeot Esso-Peugeot 406            + 2.463
 3   Steve Soper/GB          BMW-Team Bigazzi-BMW 320i             9.319
 4   Karl Wendlinger/A       ROC-Competition/A.Z.K.-Audi A4       15.377
 5   Marco Werner/D          Team Holzer-Opel Vectra              16.423
 6   Philipp Peter/A         ROC-Competition/A.Z.K.-Audi A4       16.901
 7   Joerg Mueller/D         BMW-Team Bigazzi-BMW 320i            20.949
 8   Christian Abt/D         ABT Sportsline-Audi A4               27.769
 9   Alexander Burgstaller/D BMW-Team Bigazzi-BMW 320i            32.643
10   Tamara Vidali/I         ROC-Competition/A.Z.K.-Audi A4       33.320
11   Armin Hahne/D           Honda Team Linder-Honda Accord       37.310
12   Klaus Niedzwiedz/D      Honda Team Linder-Honda Accord       39.294
13   Roland Asch/D           Team Schuebel-Ford Mondeo            55.316
14   Frank Kramer/D          Isert-BMW 320i                     1:08.075
15   Claudia Huertgen/D      Flash Power-Ford Mondeo            1:45.608
16   Franz Engstler/D        Alfa Team Engstler-Alfa Romeo 155  2:26.579
17   Altfrid Heger/D         Peugeot Esso-Peugeot 406            -1 lap
18   Oliver Mayer/D          Alfa Team Engstler-Alfa Romeo 155    1
19   Wolfgang Treml/D        Flash Power-Ford Mondeo              2
20   Sascha Maassen/D        Nissan Racing-Nissan Primera         3


Standings:
Pos  Driver             Pts
---------------------------
 1   Pirro              412
 2   Soper              307
 3   Abt                240
 4   Wendlinger         237
 5   Aiello             187
 6   Vidali             179
 7   Peter              150
 8   Werner             146
 9   Mueller            142
10   Burgstaller        130
11   Kalaschek          128
12   Nissen             125
13   Asch               116
     Niedzwiedz         116
15   Heger              112
16   Hahne              110
17   Maassen             94
18   Engstler            64
19   Reid                56
20   Mamerow             53
21   Gindorf             50
22   Gaggl               44
23   Huertgen            37
24   von Bayern          34
25   Ulrich              31
26   Boutsen             21
27   Kraemer             16
28   Heigert             12
29   Capelli              9
30   Mayer                6
31   Hughes               4
     Treml                4

Manufacturers:
 1   Audi               732
 2   BMW                513
 3   Peugeot            299
 4   Honda              226
 5   Ford               178
 6   Nissan             157
 7   Opel               146
 8   Alfa Romeo          70