The Italian Superturismo Championship (Campionato Italiano Superturismo) is Italy's national motorsport series for touring cars. It was established in 1987 and its drivers' title has been held by such notable drivers as Le Mans winner Emanuele Pirro and two-time Champ Car champion Alex Zanardi.
Alfa Romeo and Nordauto Engineering (the team that became N.Technology) had run the Alfa Romeo 155 during the 1993–1997 years but wouldn't win the series until they introduced their 156 model in 1998. Fabrizio Giovanardi won in that car both in 1998 and 1999.
Revival
The cancellation of the FIA Super Production championship in 2002 would mean the resumption of the Superturismo championship, albeit now under Super Production rules and named the Superproduzione. The SP cars were in many ways less advanced than the Super 2000 relatives in the ETCC. Salvatore Tavano won the 2003 Superproduzione season in an Alfa Romeo 147. The championship became an all-147 series in 2004 won by Adriano De Micheli. The season saw a very low number of entries with between four and six participants each weekend.
In 2007 the championship changed its promoter to Peroni Promotion and was renamed ITCC (Italian Touring Car Competition).[1] However, grids were small as several teams moved to the WTCC and the Superstars Series, and the series was merged with the Peroni-run Driver's Trophy midway through 2008.
For the 2016 season, the championship adopted TCR regulations for the main class.
^. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
External links
News and results
List of champions 1987–1999
January 06, 2023
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The Italian Superturismo Championship Campionato Italiano Superturismo is Italy s national motorsport series for touring cars It was established in 1987 and its drivers title has been held by such notable drivers as Le Mans winner Emanuele Pirro and two time Champ Car champion Alex Zanardi Italian Superturismo ChampionshipCategoryTouring carsCountryItalyInaugural season1987Drivers championNiels LangeveldTeams championTarget CompetitionCurrent season Contents 1 History 2 Revival 3 Champions 4 Race winners 5 Driver Statistics 6 Manufactures Statistics 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksHistory EditEstablished in 1987 under Group A rules the series saw champions like Johnny Cecotto Roberto Ravaglia and Nicola Larini winning the title before switching to Supertouring regulations in 1993 That season was won by Ravaglia in a BMW 318i The next years would be dominated by Audi and their 80 and A4 Quattro models as Emanuele Pirro won in 1994 and 1995 and Rinaldo Capello in 1996 Ex F1 driver Emanuele Naspetti took BMW s second title in 1997 Alfa Romeo and Nordauto Engineering the team that became N Technology had run the Alfa Romeo 155 during the 1993 1997 years but wouldn t win the series until they introduced their 156 model in 1998 Fabrizio Giovanardi won in that car both in 1998 and 1999 Revival EditThe cancellation of the FIA Super Production championship in 2002 would mean the resumption of the Superturismo championship albeit now under Super Production rules and named the Superproduzione The SP cars were in many ways less advanced than the Super 2000 relatives in the ETCC Salvatore Tavano won the 2003 Superproduzione season in an Alfa Romeo 147 The championship became an all 147 series in 2004 won by Adriano De Micheli The season saw a very low number of entries with between four and six participants each weekend The ETCC became the World Touring Car Championship WTCC in 2005 At the same time the Superturismo was truly revived with Super 2000 rules Alessandro Zanardi would win the first season in a BMW 320i In 2006 SEAT joined the championship as a full works team with two Leons driven by Roberto Colciago and Davide Roda Colciago won the title ahead of returning 1997 champion Emanuele Naspetti in a BMW 320i In 2007 the championship changed its promoter to Peroni Promotion and was renamed ITCC Italian Touring Car Competition 1 However grids were small as several teams moved to the WTCC and the Superstars Series and the series was merged with the Peroni run Driver s Trophy midway through 2008 For the 2016 season the championship adopted TCR regulations for the main class Champions EditSeries Name Season Champion Team ChampionItalian Superturismo Championship 1987 Michele Di Gioia BMW M3 none1988 Gianfranco Brancatelli Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo none1989 Johnny Cecotto BMW M3 none1990 Roberto Ravaglia BMW M3 none1991 Roberto Ravaglia BMW M3 none1992 Nicola Larini Alfa Romeo 155 GTA Alfa Corse1993 Roberto Ravaglia BMW 318i CiBiEmme Engineering1994 Emanuele Pirro Audi 80 Quattro Audi Sport Italia1995 Emanuele Pirro Audi A4 Quattro Audi Sport Italia1996 Rinaldo Capello Audi A4 Quattro CiBiEmme Engineering1997 Emanuele Naspetti BMW 320i CiBiEmme Engineering1998 Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo 156 Nordauto Engineering1999 Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo 156 Nordauto EngineeringItalian Super Production Championship 2002 Massimo Pigoli BMW 320i none2003 Salvatore Tavano Alfa Romeo 147 none2004 Adriano de Micheli Alfa Romeo 147 noneItalian Superturismo Championship 2005 Alessandro Zanardi BMW 320i ROAL Motorsport2006 Roberto Colciago SEAT Leon SEAT Sport ItaliaItalian Touring Car Competition 2007 Cesare Cremonesi BMW 320i Arsenio Corse2008 Massimo Arduini Honda Accord Team Mercury GPSCampionato Italiano Turismo Endurance Luca Cappellari BMW M3 E92 none2009 Roberto Colciago SEAT Leon Supercopa none2010 Paolo Meloni BMW M3 E92 none2011 Piero Necchi BMW M3 E92 none2012 Andrea Bacci BMW M3 E92 none2013 Giancarlo Busnelli SEAT Leon Cupra none2014 Paolo Meloni Massimiliano Tresoldi BMW M3 E92 none2015 Valentina Albanese SEAT Leon Cup Racer noneItalian Touring Car Championship 2016 Roberto Colciago Honda Civic TCR noneTCR Italian Touring Car Championship 2017 Nicola Baldan SEAT Leon TCR none2018 Salvatore Tavano Cupra Leon TCR none2019 Salvatore Tavano Cupra Leon TCR none2020 Salvatore Tavano Cupra Leon Competicion TCR none2021 Antti Buri Hyundai i30 N TCR none2022 Niels Langeveld Hyundai Elantra N TCR noneRace winners EditDriver Total1 Fabrizio Giovanardi 292 Emanuele Naspetti 263 Emanuele Pirro 174 Rinaldo Capello 145 Johnny Cecotto 7 Antonio Tamburini 7 Gabriele Tarquini 76 Fabrizio De Simone 6 Nicola Larini 6 Roberto Ravaglia 67 Roberto Colciago 58 Gianni Morbidelli 49 Stefano Modena 310 Frank Biela 211 Gary Ayles 1 Manufactures Total1 Alfa Romeo 492 BMW 473 Audi 374 Peugeot 65 Opel 1Driver Statistics EditDriver Pole Position Victory 2nd Place 3rd Place Total Podium Total Race1 Fabrizio Giovanardi 24 29 29 17 75 1402 Emanuele Naspetti 5 26 25 11 62 1203 Emanuele Pirro 3 17 12 1 30 464 Rinaldo Capello 5 14 16 20 50 1205 Johnny Cecotto 5 7 11 7 25 606 Gabriele Tarquini 5 7 5 6 18 307 Antonio Tamburini 5 7 1 8 16 628 Nicola Larini 1 6 9 11 26 409 Roberto Ravaglia 3 6 7 8 21 4210 Fabrizio De Simone 2 6 6 13 25 6011 Roberto Colciago 2 5 7 3 15 8612 Gianni Morbidelli 3 4 0 4 8 4413 Stefano Modena 3 3 2 1 6 3814 Frank Biela 2 2 0 1 3 1215 Gary Ayles 0 1 1 5 7 4016 Yvan Muller 1 0 5 4 9 2017 Giorgio Francia 0 0 2 0 2 618 Alexander Burgstaller 0 0 1 1 2 4019 Steve Soper 0 0 1 0 1 220 Karl Wendlinger 0 0 0 7 7 2021 Fabian Peroni 0 0 0 6 6 4222 Tamara Vidali 1 0 0 2 2 4223 Amato Ferrari 0 0 0 1 1 40 Alessandro Nannini 0 0 0 1 1 4 Massimo Pigoli 0 0 0 1 1 140 Sandro Sardelli 0 0 0 1 1 40Manufactures Statistics Edit Manufacture Pole Position Victory 2nd Place 3rd Place Total Podium1 Alfa Romeo 36 49 40 45 1342 BMW 17 47 54 45 1463 Audi 13 37 34 36 1074 Peugeot 4 6 9 12 275 Opel 0 1 1 0 26 Honda 0 0 2 2 4Statistics from 1993 to 1999 with D2 Cars See also Edit Superstars SeriesReferences Edit Nuvolari3000 com NEWS ITCC 2007 Archived from the original on 3 March 2016 Retrieved 3 September 2012 External links Edit News and results List of champions 1987 1999 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Italian Superturismo Championship amp oldid 1113046485, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
