1992 Italian Superturismo Championship

The 1992 Italian Superturismo Championship is the sixth edition of the Italian Superturismo Championship. The season began in Monza on 21 March and finished on the same racetrack on 18 October, after ten rounds. Nicola Larini won the S1 Class (Group A cars), driving an Alfa Romeo 155 GTA, while Fabrizio Giovanardi won the S2 Class (Super Touring cars).

Teams and drivers

S1 Class

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Schnitzer Motorsport	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	1	Roberto Ravaglia	1, 6, 9-10
		22	Joachim Winkelhock	1
CiBiEmme Engineering	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	2	Emanuele Pirro	1-2, 5, 7
			Andrea Barenghi	3-4, 8
		3	Steve Soper	1
			Gabriele Tarquini	2-10
Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 155 GTA	4	Alessandro Nannini	All
		5	Nicola Larini	All
		6	Antonio Tamburini	6
			Luca Cadalora	10
Jolly Club	Alfa Romeo 155 GTA	7	Antonio Tamburini	1-5, 7-10
		8	Giorgio Francia	All
		9	Alessandro Zanardi	6
			Federico d'Amore
			Tamara Vidali	10
Scuderia Giudici	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Evolution	11	Gianni Giudici	1, 3, 5-7, 9-10
Soli Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Evolution	12	Moreno Soli	All
Scuderia San Marco	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	14	Ermanno Ronchi	1, 3, 5-6, 9-10
		15	Achille Voltolina	1, 3-5, 7-10
		?	Massimo Piacentini	1
		?	Roberto Del Castello	7
AB Motorsport	BMW M3 Sport Evolution	18	Marco Antonelli	1-4, 6-7, 9
Greyhound Motorsport	Opel Omega 3000 24V Evo500n	19	Massimo Pigoli	1-6
University Motors	Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth	21	Luca Canni Ferrari	1-7, 9-10
Top Run	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Evolution	23	Roberto Russo	5-8, 10
Bora Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Evolution	24	Rinaldo Capello	3
Motorsport Italia Racing	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Evolution	25	Giovanni Bonanno	2-4
			Stefano Buttiero	8-10
?	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Evolution	?	Ernesto Vita	5
?	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Evolution	?	Eugenio Corsini	5, 8-10
?	Ford Escort RS Cosworth	?	Roberto Moreno	8-10
		?	Battistino Pregliasco	8-10
Imberti Racing Team	Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth	?	Guido Ghislotti	9
		?	Walter Santus	10
Conti Racing	Renault 21 Turbo	?	Franco de Angelis	10
		?	Maurizio Pitorri
?	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo Evolution	?	Alberto Gatti	10

S2 Class

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Peugeot Talbot Sport	Peugeot 405	51	Fabrizio Giovanardi	1-9
		52	Gary Ayles	All
		53	Luigi Giorgio	1-2, 4-9
Audi Sport Europa	Volkswagen Golf	54	Giuseppe Gabbiani	All
Technica Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 33	56	Rocco Peduzzi	1, 3
		82	Rinaldo Drovandi	3-5, 8, 10
Lella Lombardi Autosport	Opel Kadett	57	Roberto Macchi	1-3
	Opel Calibra	62	Roberto Castagna	3-5, 7-8, 10
Conrero Squadra Corse	Opel Calibra	58	Stefano Buttiero	1, 3-6
	Opel Kadett	65	Filippo Salvarani	1-5
	Opel Calibra			6-10
	Opel Kadett	?	Aldo Bertuzzi	7
A-Team Racing	BMW M3	59	Luca Maggiorelli	2-7, 9
Castelfranco Racing	BMW M3	61	Graziano Rossi	3-6, 9-10
		69	Maurizio Lusuardi	1-5, 7-10
Trivellato Racing	BMW M3	63	Mauro Trione	1-5
ProminvesTeam	Opel Kadett	64	Paolo Guaitamacchi	1, 3-6, 8, 10
Paon Motorsport	Vauxhall Astra	67	Giancarlo Naddeo	1, 3-4, 6
Tecno Racing	BMW M3	68	Claudio Melotto	1-7, 9-10
2G Racing	Volkswagen Golf	?	Alessandra Persichetti	5, 7
?	BMW M3	?	Rocco Peduzzi	7, 10
?	Opel Calibra	?	Raffaele di Bari	7-10
?	Opel Kadett	?	Angelo Rossito	8
Santucci Motorsport	BMW M3	?	Massimiliano Crinelli	9
?	BMW M3	?	Massimo Pigoli	9
?	Volkswagen Golf	?	Augusto Rossetti	10

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	S2 Winner
1	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	21 March	Nicola Larini	Alessandro Nannini	Roberto Ravaglia	Schnitzer Motorsport	Fabrizio Giovanardi Filippo Salvarani1
	R2		22 March		Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Alfa Corse	Filippo Salvarani
2	R1	Autodromo dell'Umbria	11 April	Emanuele Pirro	Giorgio Francia	Giorgio Francia	Jolly Club	Fabrizio Giovanardi
	R2		12 April		Emanuele Pirro	Emanuele Pirro	CiBiEmme Engineering	Fabrizio Giovanardi
3	R1	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello	9 May	Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Alessandro Nannini	Alfa Corse	Fabrizio Giovanardi
	R2		10 May		Nicola Larini	Alessandro Nannini	Alfa Corse	Fabrizio Giovanardi
4	R1	Autodromo del Levante	23 May	Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Alfa Corse	Luca Maggiorelli
	R2		24 May		Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Alfa Corse	Fabrizio Giovanardi
5	R1	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	6 June	Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Alfa Corse	Fabrizio Giovanardi
	R2		7 June		Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Alfa Corse	Luca Maggiorelli
6	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	20 June	Antonio Tamburini	Alessandro Nannini	Nicola Larini	Alfa Corse	Fabrizio Giovanardi
	R2		21 June		Antonio Tamburini	Nicola Larini	Alfa Corse	Fabrizio Giovanardi
7	R1	Circuito Internazionale Santamonica	18 July	Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Alfa Corse	Fabrizio Giovanardi
	R2		19 July		Nicola Larini	Nicola Larini	Alfa Corse	Fabrizio Giovanardi
8	R1	Autodromo di Pergusa	5 September	Nicola Larini	Alessandro Nannini	Giorgio Francia	Jolly Club	Fabrizio Giovanardi
	R2		6 September		Giorgio Francia	Giorgio Francia	Jolly Club	Filippo Salvarani
9	R1	Autodromo Riccardo Paletti	3 October	Alessandro Nannini	Nicola Larini	Alessandro Nannini	Alfa Corse	Luca Maggiorelli
	R2		4 October		Roberto Ravaglia	Roberto Ravaglia	Schnitzer Motorsport	Gary Ayles
10	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	17 October	Alessandro Nannini	Alessandro Nannini	Alessandro Nannini	Alfa Corse	Filippo Salvarani
	R2		18 October		Alessandro Nannini	Antonio Tamburini	Jolly Club	Giuseppe Gabbiani

Notes:

• ^1   - Fabrizio Giovanardi and Filippo Salvarani were declared winners ex-aequo.

Championship standings

Scoring system

S1 Class

Pos Driver MON MAG MUG BIN VAL IMO MIS PER VAR MON  Pts  1 Nicola Larini Ret 1 2 3 Ret 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 Ret 2 2 4 3 284 2 Giorgio Francia 2 2 1 2 (4) 3 2 2 3 4 2 4 3 (5) 1 1 3 3 2 2 260 3 Alessandro Nannini 6 12 5 4 1 1 4 3 2 2 3 2 Ret 4 2 Ret 1 5 1 4 226 4 Antonio Tamburini 5 13 6 5 3 4 3 4 5 5 Ret 5 2 2 3 2 5 4 3 1 197 5 Gabriele Tarquini 4 Ret 2 5 11 Ret 6 11 4 Ret 4 3 5 Ret 6 11 7 13 89 6 Emanuele Pirro 4 3 3 1 4 3 Ret 6 82 7 Roberto Ravaglia 1 Ret 5 3 7 1 6 Ret 70 8 Moreno Soli 7 5 9 8 Ret Ret 9 6 8 6 10 Ret 7 9 7 4 10 8 10 Ret 60 9 Luca Canni Ferrari 11 Ret 7 6 8 11 6 Ret 11 8 9 7 6 8 9 7 14 Ret 43 10 Andrea Barenghi 5 6 5 5 Ret 3 42 11 Roberto Moreno 10 5 4 6 5 5 41 12 Gianni Giudici 8 8 Ret 9 9 7 8 Ret 5 7 13 13 Ret 8 32 13 Marco Antonelli Ret DNS Ret 7 6 7 7 7 7 Ret 9 12 DNS DNS 28 14 Achille Voltolina 12 7 7 8 12 9 12 Ret 11 Ret 9 6 12 9 12 10 24 15 Massimo Pigoli 9 6 8 Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret 7 Ret 11 8 19 16 Steve Soper 3 9 14 17 Battistino Pregliasco Ret 7 8 Ret 8 9 12 18 Joachim Winkelhock 14 4 10 19 Roberto Russo 13 9 Ret DNS 10 10 6 Ret 15 Ret 10 20 Giovanni Bonanno 10 9 Ret Ret 8 8 9 21 Ermanno Ronchi 10 11 9 Ret 10 10 12 9 Ret DNS Ret 11 7 22 Luca Cadalora 11 6 6 23 Federico d'Amore 6 6 24 Alessandro Zanardi 6 6 25 Stefano Buttiero 11 Ret 11 Ret 9 7 6 26 Eugenio Corsini 15 12 8 8 Ret 12 Ret 12 6 27 Roberto Del Castello 8 11 3 28 Massimo Piacentini 13 10 1 29 Guido Ghislotti Ret 10 1 30 Rinaldo Capello Ret 10 1 Ernesto Vita 14 13 0 Tamara Vidali 13 Ret 0 Walter Santus 17 14 0 Maurizio Pitorri 15 0 Franco de Angelis 16 0 Alberto Gatti 18 Ret 0 Pos Driver MON MAG MUG BIN VAL IMO MIS PER VAR MON  Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

S2 Class

Pos Driver MON MAG MUG BIN VAL IMO MIS PER VAR MON  Pts  1 Fabrizio Giovanardi 11 DSQ 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 Ret 9 Ret 2602 2 Gary Ayles 3 Ret Ret 8 3 Ret 3 3 Ret 3 3 3 4 2 2 2 2 1 2 Ret 192 3 Filippo Salvarani 11 1 6 Ret 9 4 11 5 10 Ret 2 2 2 Ret 3 1 6 11 1 Ret 167,5 4 Luca Maggiorelli DSQ 3 Ret DNS 1 2 3 1 4 Ret 3 3 1 2 148 5 Luigi Giorgio 4 DSQ 2 2 4 4 2 4 6 4 Ret 4 Ret 3 Ret 5 1262 6 Giuseppe Gabbiani 7 4 3 Ret Ret DNS Ret Ret 8 Ret 5 Ret 9 5 4 Ret Ret 3 3 1 101 7 Claudio Melotto 11 6 5 5 7 Ret 7 8 11 7 9 6 Ret 9 4 4 7 4 81 8 Stefano Buttiero 8 Ret Ret 4 2 2 5 Ret 6 8 8 Ret 63 9 Graziano Rossi 4 3 13 7 4 6 Ret 5 8 9 6 Ret 61 10 Maurizio Lusuardi 10 Ret 7 Ret 8 6 10 11 5 5 Ret 7 6 5 5 10 9 Ret 60 11 Mauro Trione 9 5 4 6 6 7 6 6 DNS DNS 48 12 Giancarlo Naddeo 6 2 Ret 5 8 Ret 7 Ret 36 13 Rocco Peduzzi 13 Ret Ret DNS 6 8 4 2 34 14 Roberto Macchi 5 3 Ret 7 5 Ret 32 15 Roberto Castagna Ret Ret 9 10 7 9 7 11 Ret 4 10 Ret 24 16 Paolo Guaitamacchi 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 12 11 Ret Ret Ret Ret 5 3 22 17 Raffaele di Bari 8 Ret 5 Ret 10 7 8 Ret 19 18 Massimiliano Crinelli 3 8 15 19 Aldo Bertuzzi 5 6 14 20 Massimo Pigoli 7 6 10 21 Angelo Rossito Ret 6 6 22 Rinaldo Drovandi Ret 8 12 Ret Ret 10 Ret Ret 12 Ret 4 23 Alessandra Persichetti 9 Ret Ret 10 3 Augusto Rossetti 11 Ret 0 Pos Driver MON MAG MUG BIN VAL IMO MIS PER VAR MON  Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

Notes:

• ^1   - Fabrizio Giovanardi and Filippo Salvarani were declared winners ex-aequo.
• ^2   - Fabrizio Giovanardi and Luigi Giorgio were disqualified from the second race of the first Monza round and their race-1 points were halved.

External links

• 1992 season on Touringcarracing.net