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1998 Super Tourenwagen Cup

The 1998 ADAC Deutsche Super Touren Wagen-Cup was the fifth edition of the Super Tourenwagen Cup (STW).

Season summary

After an open start to the season with four different winners in the first four races, BMW driver Johnny Cecotto and reigning champion and Peugeot driver Laurent Aïello soon emerged as the two championship contenders. Cecotto built up a sizeable lead during the season, but a late four-race winning streak ahead of the final weekend helped Aiello close the gap. After finishing third in the sprint race at the final event, one place ahead of Cecotto, Aiello passed Cecotto in the championship and led his Venezuelan rival by a single point before the deciding feature race. In that race, Cecotto would go on to finish fourth, two places ahead of Aiello, allowing him to claim the title.

Teams and drivers

Team	Car	No	Drivers	Rounds	Class
FRA Peugeot Esso	Peugeot 406	1	FRA Laurent Aïello	All	M
2	GER Jörg van Ommen	All	M
GER Paulaner Team Holzer	Opel Vectra	3	GER Alexander Burgstaller	All	M
GER Opel Team Holzer	4	GER Uwe Alzen	All	M
	GER Abt Sportsline		Audi A4	5	ITA Emanuele Pirro	All	M
GER TNT Team SMS	Opel Vectra	6	FRA Éric Hélary	All	M
GER Opel Team SMS	7	GER Manuel Reuter	All	M
GER BMW Team Schnitzer	BMW 320i	8	GER Joachim Winkelhock	All	T
9	VEN Johnny Cecotto	All	T
ITA Euroteam	Alfa Romeo 156	10	ITA Stefano Modena	All	T
ITA JAS Team Honda Sport	Honda Accord	11	ITA Gabriele Tarquini	All	M
12	DEN Tom Kristensen	All	M
GER Mamerow Racing Team	Audi A4 Quattro	14	GER Peter Mamerow	1-4	T
BMW 320i	5-10
GER Oliver Mayer Motorsport	Audi A4 Quattro	15	GER Oliver Mayer	1-4, 6-7, 9-10	T
GER Auto Dienst Bemani Team	Opel Vectra	16	GER Marco Bromberger	1-5, 7-10	T
GER Auto Plus Bemani Team	17	GER Klaus Niedzwiedz	All	T
	GER Abt Sportsline		Audi A4	18	GER Christian Abt	All	M
GER Irmscher Motorsport	Opel Vectra	19	GER Franz Engstler	All	T
	ITA Alfa Corse		Alfa Romeo 156	20	ITA Nicola Larini	4	T
	FRA Peugeot Esso		Peugeot 406	21	GER Michael Bartels	7-10	M
GER Nissan Primera Racing	Nissan Primera GT	22	GER Michael Krumm	All	M
23	GER Roland Asch	All	M
GER Team Isert	BMW 320i	25	GER Leopold Prinz von Bayern	All	T
26	GER Christian Menzel	All	T
	ITA Alfa Corse		Alfa Romeo 156	30	ITA Fabrizio Giovanardi	4	T
	GER Abt Sportsline		Audi A4	45	GER Frank Biela	All	M

Icon	Class
M	Drivers eligible to score points in the Manufactures Trophy
T	Drivers eligible to score points in the Team Trophy

Race calendar and results

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Winning driver
GER Hockenheimring	19 April	FRA Laurent Aïello	GER Uwe Alzen	Opel Team Holzer
	GER Manuel Reuter	Opel Team SMS
GER Nürburgring	10 May	GER Roland Asch	GER Roland Asch	Nissan Primera Racing
	VEN Johnny Cecotto	BMW Team Schnitzer
GER Sachsenring	24 May	VEN Johnny Cecotto	VEN Johnny Cecotto	BMW Team Schnitzer
	VEN Johnny Cecotto	BMW Team Schnitzer
GER Norisring	6 July	FRA Éric Hélary	GER Jörg van Ommen	Peugeot Esso
	FRA Laurent Aïello	Peugeot Esso
GER Lahr	19 July	GER Uwe Alzen	GER Uwe Alzen	Opel Team Holzer
	ITA Gabriele Tarquini	JAS Team Honda Sport
GER Wunstorf	2 August	GER Manuel Reuter	FRA Laurent Aïello	Peugeot Esso
	GER Manuel Reuter	Opel Team SMS
GER Zweibrücken	16 August	GER Manuel Reuter	VEN Johnny Cecotto	BMW Motorsport Team Schnitzer
	VEN Johnny Cecotto	BMW Motorsport Team Schnitzer
Austria Salzburgring	30 August	DEN Tom Kristensen	FRA Laurent Aïello	Peugeot Esso
	FRA Laurent Aïello	Peugeot Esso
Germany Oschersleben	13 September	FRA Laurent Aïello	FRA Laurent Aïello	Peugeot Esso
	FRA Laurent Aïello	Peugeot Esso
Germany Nürburgring	4 October	GER Manuel Reuter	GER Manuel Reuter	Opel Team SMS
	FRA Éric Hélary	TNT Team SMS

Championship results

Points system
Race 1

Race 2

Pos	Driver	HOC
Germany	NÜR
Germany	SAC
Germany	NOR
Germany	LAH
Germany	WUN
Germany	ZWE
Germany	SAL
Austria	OSC
Germany	NÜR
Germany	Pts	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	Pos	Driver	HOC
Germany	NÜR
Germany	SAC
Germany	NOR
Germany	REG
Germany	WUN
Germany	ZWE
Germany	SAL
Austria	OSC
Germany	NÜR
Germany	Pts
Venezuela Johnny Cecotto	8	8	3	1	1	1	8	4	4	2	9	10	1	1	12	10	3	2	4	4	595
France Laurent Aïello	4	2	4	3	3	5	6	1	12	10	1	Ret	3	5	1	1	1	*1*	3	6	592
Germany Uwe Alzen	1	17	6	5	4	Ret	2	3	1	4	5	2	15	6	2	13	5	5	5	2	482
France Éric Hélary	Ret	9	2	2	19	7	7	2	2	3	7	4	8	4	Ret	DNS	9	6	2	1	473
Germany Manuel Reuter	2	1	5	11	16	6	Ret	10	20	6	2	1	5	20	3	15	8	Ret	1	3	423
Germany Joachim Winkelhock	3	3	7	7	9	2	10	5	Ret	Ret	10	11	2	2	13	16	4	3	Ret	10	405
Italy Gabriele Tarquini	7	11	8	Ret	5	4	5	7	3	1	Ret	DNS	4	22	5	4	16	12	21	9	335
Germany Roland Asch	15	10	*1*	4	Ret	3	3	6	6	7	Ret	DNS	6	3	22	11	10	13	Ret	21	327
Germany Michael Krumm	11	4	12	21	6	Ret	Ret	12	7	Ret	6	6	7	12	9	6	2	4	12	8	312
Germany Jörg van Ommen	Ret	DNS	9	6	11	9	1	DNS	Ret	11	4	3	Ret	7	6	5	14	11	11	13	311
Denmark Tom Kristensen	9	12	Ret	DNS	7	Ret	14	8	8	16	3	5	Ret	9	8	7	13	10	7	5	293
Germany Christian Abt	6	5	11	8	8	8	4	9	9	Ret	15	8	Ret	14	4	Ret	6	Ret	13	18	267
Germany Christian Menzel	5	Ret	10	9	2	DSQ	15	18	11	9	11	12	12	13	15	12	12	7	14	15	254
Germany Frank Biela	13	Ret	14	12	Ret	11	20	Ret	10	5	8	Ret	13	11	14	9	11	8	6	11	242
Germany Alexander Burgstaller	10	16	13	14	Ret	Ret	17	Ret	5	15	16	7	9	15	11	8	17	14	8	7	227
Italy Emanuele Pirro	16	7	Ret	13	17	Ret	19	19	13	8	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	7	2	7	Ret	10	12	205
Germany Klaus Niedzwiedz	17	14	16	15	18	15	11	Ret	15	12	13	13	16	16	18	14	21	16	15	Ret	156
Italy Stefano Modena	18	18	15	12	10	17	Ret	DNS	14	Ret	Ret	9	10	10	16	Ret	18	15	22	17	146
Germany Michael Bartels													11	8	10	3	15	9	9	14	143
Germany Peter Mamerow	Ret	DNS	17	14	16	10	9	13	16	17	14	14	19	17	20	Ret	20	17	16	Ret	130
Germany Franz Engstler	14	19	18	18	10	14	16	15	17	14	12	15	20	Ret	21	DNS	24	19	18	16	119
Germany Marco Bromberger	19	15	19	17	15	13	21	17	19	13			18	18	19	17	22	20	20	19	98
Germany Leopold Prinz von Bayern	20	6	20	20	20	16	Ret	16	18	Ret	Ret	16	17	21	17	Ret	19	18	17	Ret	98
Germany Oliver Mayer	12	13	21	19	13	12	18	Ret			17	17	19	21			23	21	19	20	78
Italy Fabrizio Giovanardi							13	11													28
Italy Nicola Larini							12	14													23

Manufacturers' Trophy

Pos	Manufacturer	Points	1	2	3	4	5
GER Opel	673
FRA Peugeot	647
JPN Nissan	491
JPN Honda	440
GER Audi	415

Teams Trophy

Pos	Team	Points	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
BMW Team Schnitzer	616
Team Isert	298
Auto Plus Bemani Team	156
Euroteam	146
Mamerow Racing Team	130
Irmscher Motorsport	119
Auto Diesnst Bemani Team	98
Oliver Mayer Motorsport	78
Alfa Corse	29

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