1999 Super Tourenwagen Cup

1999 Super Tourenwagen Cup

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The 1999 ADAC Deutsche Super Touren Wagen-Meisterschaft was the sixth and final edition of the Super Tourenwagen Cup (STW).

Season summary

BMW, Nissan and Peugeot dropped their factory support for the last season of the STW. It saw a season-long battle between works Opel driver Uwe Alzen and semi-independent Audi driver Christian Abt. After winning the first four races of the season Abt took the championship lead which he would keep for the whole season, while Alzen battled to close the points gap. After his initial four-race streak Abt would only win one additional race while Alzen claimed six, and at the final race the gap was only a few points. Abt looked to have secured the title running in a strong position in the last race, but on the last lap he was taken out by Opel driver Roland Asch, who had already been black flagged for a previous incident. This allowed Alzen to claim the championship in a highly controversial fashion. The title would however be handed to Abt some months later by a DMSB court of appeal.

Teams and drivers

Team	Car	No.	Driver	Rounds
Warsteiner Team Holzer	Opel Vectra	3	Uwe Alzen	All
TNT Team Holzer		4	Éric Hélary	All
J.A.S.-Team Honda Sport	Honda Accord	5	Gabriele Tarquini	All
		6	Tom Kristensen	All
Warsteiner Team Holzer	Opel Vectra	7	Manuel Reuter	All
Abt Sportsline	Audi A4 Quattro	8	Mattias Ekström	8
		9	Kris Nissen	All
		10	Christian Abt	All
Euroteam	Alfa Romeo 156	11	Stefano Modena	All
		12	Andreas Scheld	1–3
		13	Gianluca Paglicci	6–10
Jever Audi-Team AZK Phoenix	Audi A4 Quattro	14	Michael Bartels	All
		15	Arnd Meier	All
Raceline Marketing	Opel Vectra	16	Heinrich Symanzick	2–10
Pleuger Motorsport	Opel Vectra	17	Olaf Pleuger	2–10
ER Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 155	18	Franz Engstler	4–10
Irmscher Sport	Opel Vectra	20	Roland Asch	All
KW Rennteam	Honda Accord	21	Thomas Stingl	All
Oliver Mayer Motorsport	Audi A4 Quattro	22	Oliver Mayer	All
		23	Christian Zink	4-10
ER Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 155			2
		24	Wolfgang Treml	3–5, 7, 9–10
National Team Slovakia	Audi A4 Quattro	25	Andrej Studenič	All
NH Car Sports Team	Opel Vectra	26	Václav Nimč	All
Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 156	27	Nicola Larini	5
		28	Fabrizio Giovanardi	5
PSGR	Audi A4 Quattro	29	Guido Lucchetti Cigarini	5
Hildenbrandt Motorsport	Opel Vectra	31	Patrick Hildenbrandt	7–10
Euroteam	Alfa Romeo 156	32	Davide Campana	5
Grohs Motorsport	BMW 320i	34	Georg Severich	8–10
		35	Oliver Brinkmann	8

Race calendar and winners

Round	Race	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Int. ADAC-Sparkassenpreises für Automobile	Sachsenring	9 May	Christian Abt	Christian Abt	Abt Sportsline
					Christian Abt	Abt Sportsline
2	ADAC-Preis Flugplatzrennen	Zweibrücken	23 May	Uwe Alzen	Christian Abt	Abt Sportsline
					Christian Abt	Abt Sportsline
3	Int. ADAC-Preis der Tourenwagen von Sachsen-Anhalt	Oschersleben	20 June	Uwe Alzen	Uwe Alzen	Warsteiner Team Holzer
					Uwe Alzen	Warsteiner Team Holzer
4	57. Int. ADAC Norisring-Speedweekend 1999	Norisring	4 July	Éric Hélary	Uwe Alzen	Warsteiner Team Holzer
					Manuel Reuter	Warsteiner Team Holzer
5	Int. ADAC Gold-Cup Misano	Misano	8 August	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Alfa Corse
					Christian Abt	Abt Sportsline
6	ADAC Großer Preis der Tourenwagen	Nürburgring	22 August	Manuel Reuter	Manuel Reuter	Warsteiner Team Holzer
					Tom Kristensen	J.A.S.-Team Honda Sport
7	Int. ADAC Alpentrophäe	Salzburgring	5 September	Uwe Alzen	Uwe Alzen	Warsteiner Team Holzer
					Uwe Alzen	Warsteiner Team Holzer
8	Int. ADAC-Preis von Niedersachsen	Oschersleben	19 September	Éric Hélary	Gabriele Tarquini	J.A.S.-Team Honda Sport
					Éric Hélary	TNT Team Holzer
9	Int. ADAC-Preis Hockenheim	Hockenheimring	3 October	Tom Kristensen	Kris Nissen	Abt Sportsline
					Tom Kristensen	J.A.S.-Team Honda Sport
10	26. ADAC Bilstein Supersprint	Nürburgring	17 October	Uwe Alzen	Uwe Alzen	Warsteiner Team Holzer
					Tom Kristensen	J.A.S.-Team Honda Sport

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

• Race 20 Nürburgring: Final standing based on lap 32 after Deutschen Motorsport-Bundes (DMSB) decision

Drivers Championship

Pos Driver SAC ZWE OSC NOR MIS NÜR SAL OSC HOC NÜR Pts 1 Christian Abt 1 1 1 1 4 3 4 2 5 1 3 2 6 Ret 5 3 18 DSQ 2 3 584 2 Uwe Alzen 3 3 2 5 1 1 1 3 2 2 Ret Ret 1 1 18 5 20 9 1 2 576 3 Tom Kristensen Ret 6 Ret 4 2 2 19 Ret Ret 4 16 1 4 2 3 Ret 2 1 3 1 486 4 Gabriele Tarquini 8 7 7 3 3 5 16 DNS 4 3 2 3 Ret 6 1 2 6 6 11 4 470 5 Kris Nissen 2 2 5 2 7 6 5 4 Ret 8 Ret 5 Ret 3 7 Ret 1 3 8 12 445 6 Manuel Reuter 4 5 3 7 5 4 2 1 12 11 1 Ret 3 5 4 15 3 4 4 DNS 442 7 Michael Bartels 5 4 6 Ret 6 13 6 5 7 6 9 6 8 7 11 7 4 2 7 5 419 8 Éric Hélary 6 Ret 4 6 8 7 3 6 14 5 Ret Ret 2 9 2 1 Ret 10 6 Ret 361 9 Arnd Meier 13 10 8 8 9 8 7 8 8 7 5 7 9 Ret Ret Ret 8 5 9 6 331 10 Roland Asch 9 8 10 9 11 10 8 9 9 9 Ret Ret 5 8 6 6 5 16 5 DSQ 307 11 Oliver Mayer 11 9 12 11 14 14 9 7 11 12 10 8 14 14 10 14 10 7 13 9 306 12 Andrej Studenič 12 Ret 11 Ret 12 9 10 10 10 10 6 9 16 12 16 8 9 8 15 10 277 13 Stefano Modena 7 11 9 10 10 Ret 12 13 6 Ret 4 4 7 4 Ret DNS 7 Ret 10 7 271 14 Václav Nimč 14 Ret 15 12 18 Ret 17 Ret 20 15 13 14 13 13 19 12 12 14 Ret 17 148 15 Thomas Stingl 10 DNS 14 14 17 11 11 11 16 17 8 Ret 10 11 Ret DNS Ret DNS 17 20 147 16 Gianluca Paglicci 7 12 11 10 9 Ret 11 11 12 8 141 17 Christian Zink 16 13 15 Ret 18 16 14 13 18 15 13 11 Ret DNS 16 11 129 18 Heinrich Symanzick Ret DNS Ret Ret 18 DNS 17 DSQ 15 15 17 17 17 9 14 15 14 13 115 19 Olaf Pleuger Ret DNS 15 Ret 13 Ret Ret 14 11 10 12 Ret 14 Ret 17 12 22 14 112 20 Franz Engstler 14 12 13 13 12 11 Ret Ret 12 Ret 19 DNS 19 15 103 21 Georg Severich 15 10 15 13 21 16 60 22 Wolfgang Treml 16 12 Ret DNS 19 DNS 19 18 13 DNS 20 18 48 23 Mattias Ekström 8 4 47 24 Patrick Hildenbrandt 15 16 Ret 13 16 Ret 18 19 44 25 Fabrizio Giovanardi 1 Ret 30 26 Nicola Larini 3 Ret 20 27 Andreas Scheld Ret Ret 13 Ret 13 Ret 16 28 Guido Luchetti Cigarini 15 Ret 6 29 Oliver Brinkmann 20 Ret 1 30 Davide Campana Ret DNS 0 Pos Driver SAC ZWE OSC NOR MIS NÜR SAL OSC HOC NÜR Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) 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	Audi	1993
2	Opel	1835
3	Honda	1105
4	Alfa Romeo	632
5	BMW	61