1999 Super Tourenwagen Cup Explained

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	Opel Vectra	4	Éric Hélary	All
J.A.S.-Team Honda Sport	Honda Accord	5	Gabriele Tarquini	All
J.A.S.-Team Honda Sport	Honda Accord	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
Jever Audi-Team AZK Phoenix	Audi A4 Quattro	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
Oliver Mayer Motorsport	Audi A4 Quattro	23	Christian Zink	4-10
ER Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 155	23	Christian Zink	2
ER Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 155	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
Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 156	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
Grohs Motorsport	BMW 320i	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
1	Int. ADAC-Sparkassenpreises für Automobile	Sachsenring	9 May		Christian Abt	Abt Sportsline
2	ADAC-Preis Flugplatzrennen	Zweibrücken	23 May	Uwe Alzen	Christian Abt	Abt Sportsline
2	ADAC-Preis Flugplatzrennen	Zweibrücken	23 May		Christian Abt	Abt Sportsline
3	Int. ADAC-Preis der Tourenwagen von Sachsen-Anhalt	Oschersleben	20 June	Uwe Alzen	Uwe Alzen	Warsteiner Team Holzer
3	Int. ADAC-Preis der Tourenwagen von Sachsen-Anhalt	Oschersleben	20 June		Uwe Alzen	Warsteiner Team Holzer
4	57. Int. ADAC Norisring-Speedweekend 1999	Norisring	4 July	Éric Hélary	Uwe Alzen	Warsteiner Team Holzer
4	57. Int. ADAC Norisring-Speedweekend 1999	Norisring	4 July		Manuel Reuter	Warsteiner Team Holzer
5	Int. ADAC Gold-Cup Misano	Misano	8 August	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Alfa Corse
5	Int. ADAC Gold-Cup Misano	Misano	8 August		Christian Abt	Abt Sportsline
6	ADAC Großer Preis der Tourenwagen	Nürburgring	22 August	Manuel Reuter	Manuel Reuter	Warsteiner Team Holzer
6	ADAC Großer Preis der Tourenwagen	Nürburgring	22 August		Tom Kristensen	J.A.S.-Team Honda Sport
7	Int. ADAC Alpentrophäe	Salzburgring	5 September	Uwe Alzen	Uwe Alzen	Warsteiner Team Holzer
7	Int. ADAC Alpentrophäe	Salzburgring	5 September		Uwe Alzen	Warsteiner Team Holzer
8	Int. ADAC-Preis von Niedersachsen	Oschersleben	19 September	Éric Hélary	Gabriele Tarquini	J.A.S.-Team Honda Sport
8	Int. ADAC-Preis von Niedersachsen	Oschersleben	19 September		Éric Hélary	TNT Team Holzer
9	Int. ADAC-Preis Hockenheim	Hockenheimring	3 October	Tom Kristensen	Kris Nissen	Abt Sportsline
9	Int. ADAC-Preis Hockenheim	Hockenheimring	3 October		Tom Kristensen	J.A.S.-Team Honda Sport
10	26. ADAC Bilstein Supersprint	Nürburgring	17 October	Uwe Alzen	Uwe Alzen	Warsteiner Team Holzer
10	26. ADAC Bilstein Supersprint	Nürburgring	17 October		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		Ret	6	Ret	4	2	2	19	Ret	Ret	4	16	1	4	2	3	Ret	2	1	3	1	486
4		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										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

Manufacturers' Trophy

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Pos	Manufacturer	Points
1	Audi	1993
2	Opel	1835
3	Honda	1105
4	Alfa Romeo	632
5	BMW	61