1996 ITC Nürburgring-1 round

1996 ITC Nürburgring-1 round
Round details
	Round 2 of 13 rounds in the ; 1996 International Touring Car Championship
	; Layout of the Nürburgring
Location	Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany
Course	Permanent racing facility ; 4.556 km (2.831 mi)
International Touring Car Championship
Race 1
Date	12 May 1996
Laps	22
Pole position
Driver	Jörg van Ommen
Time	1:37.720
Podium
First	Jörg van Ommen
Second	Dario Franchitti
Third	Manuel Reuter
Fastest lap
Driver	Dario Franchitti
Time	1:39.682 (on lap 5)
Race 2
Date	12 May 1996
Laps	22
Podium
First	Manuel Reuter
Second	JJ Lehto
Third	Jan Magnussen
Fastest lap
Driver	Jörg van Ommen
Time	1:39.947

The 1996 ITC Nürburgring-1 round was the second round of the 1996 International Touring Car Championship season. It took place on 12 May at the Nürburgring.

Jörg van Ommen won the first race, starting from pole position, driving a Mercedes C-Class, and Manuel Reuter gained the second one, driving an Opel Calibra V6 4x4.

Classification[edit]

Qualifying[edit]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Time	Group	Grid
1	11	Jörg van Ommen	Mercedes C-Class	UPS Mercedes-AMG	1:37:720	A	1
2	6	Alessandro Nannini	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	Martini Alfa Corse	1:37.817	A	EX¹
3	2	Dario Franchitti	Mercedes C-Class	D2 Mercedes-AMG	1:37.945	A	2
4	43	JJ Lehto	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Team Rosberg Opel	1:38.221	A	3
5	1	Bernd Schneider	Mercedes C-Class	D2 Mercedes-AMG	1:38.326	A	4
6	14	Giancarlo Fisichella	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	TV Spielfilm Alfa Corse	1:38.416	A	EX¹
7	15	Christian Danner	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	TV Spielfilm Alfa Corse	1:38.934	A	5
8	7	Manuel Reuter	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Joest Racing Opel	1:38.934	A	6
9	44	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Team Rosberg Opel	1:39.280	A	7
10	3	Jan Magnussen	Mercedes C-Class	Warsteiner Mercedes-AMG	1:39.338	A	8
11	8	Oliver Gavin	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Joest Racing Opel	1:38.474	B	9
12	5	Nicola Larini	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	Martini Alfa Corse	1:38.660	B	10
13	12	Kurt Thiim	Mercedes C-Class	UPS Mercedes-AMG	1:38.788	B	11
14	18	Gabriele Tarquini	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	JAS Motorsport Alfa Romeo	1:39.056	B	12
15	16	Uwe Alzen	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Zakspeed Opel	1:39.151	B	13
16	25	Alexander Wurz	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Joest Racing Opel	1:39.220	B	14
17	19	Jason Watt	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	Bosch JAS Motorsport Alfa Romeo	1:39.226	B	15
18	9	Stefano Modena	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	JAS Motorsport Alfa Romeo	1:39.282	B	16
19	4	Alexander Grau	Mercedes C-Class	Warsteiner Mercedes-AMG	1:39.431	B	17
20	10	Michael Bartels	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	Jägermeister JAS Motorsport Alfa Romeo	1:39.435	B	18
21	17	Klaus Ludwig	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Zakspeed Opel	1:39.589	B	19
22	24	Yannick Dalmas	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Joest Racing Opel	1:39.723	B	20
23	22	Bernd Mayländer	Mercedes C-Class	Persson Motorsport	1:39.756	B	21
24	13	Gianni Giudici	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	Giudici Motorsport	1:43.439	B	22
25	21	Ellen Lohr	Mercedes C-Class	Persson Motorsport	1:44.008	B	23

Notes:

^1 – Alessandro Nannini and Giancarlo Fisichella were excluded from the event for using illegal fuel.

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Race 1[edit]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Jörg van Ommen	Mercedes C-Class	UPS Mercedes-AMG	22	37:12.332	1	20
2	2	Dario Franchitti	Mercedes C-Class	D2 Mercedes-AMG	22	+2.317	2	15
3	7	Manuel Reuter	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Joest Racing Opel	22	+12.500	6	12
4	1	Bernd Schneider	Mercedes C-Class	D2 Mercedes-AMG	22	+13.580	4	10
5	43	JJ Lehto	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Team Rosberg Opel	22	+15.220	3	8
6	44	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Team Rosberg Opel	22	+16.335	7	6
7	3	Jan Magnussen	Mercedes C-Class	Warsteiner Mercedes-AMG	22	+16.458	8	4
8	12	Kurt Thiim	Mercedes C-Class	UPS Mercedes-AMG	22	+17.365	11	3
9	15	Christian Danner	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	TV Spielfilm Alfa Corse	22	+24.485	5	2
10	18	Gabriele Tarquini	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	JAS Motorsport Alfa Romeo	22	+30.363	12	1
11	10	Michael Bartels	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	Jägermeister JAS Motorsport Alfa Romeo	22	+33.980	1
12	25	Alexander Wurz	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Joest Racing Opel	22	+34.981	14
13	19	Jason Watt	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	JAS Motorsport Alfa Romeo	22	+40.753	15
14	8	Oliver Gavin	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Joest Racing Opel	22	+43.757	9
15	21	Ellen Lohr	Mercedes C-Class	Persson Motorsport	22	+46.000	23
16	22	Bernd Mayländer	Mercedes C-Class	Persson Motorsport	22	+46.161	21
17	9	Stefano Modena	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	JAS Motorsport Alfa Romeo	22	+59.296	16
18	16	Uwe Alzen	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Zakspeed Opel	22	+1:34.174	13
Ret	24	Yannick Dalmas	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Joest Racing Opel	11	Retired	20
Ret	5	Nicola Larini	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	Martini Alfa Corse	1	Retired	10
Ret	4	Alexander Grau	Mercedes C-Class	Warsteiner Mercedes-AMG	1	Retired	17
Ret	17	Klaus Ludwig	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Zakspeed Opel	1	Retired	19
Ret	13	Gianni Giudici	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	Giudici Motorsport	1	Retired	22
EX	6	Alessandro Nannini	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	Martini Alfa Corse		Excluded
EX	14	Giancarlo Fisichella	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	TV Spielfilm Alfa Corse		Excluded

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Race 2[edit]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Car	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	7	Manuel Reuter	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Joest Racing Opel	22	37:30.118	3	20
2	43	JJ Lehto	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Team Rosberg Opel	22	+2.257	5	15
3	3	Jan Magnussen	Mercedes C-Class	Warsteiner Mercedes-AMG	22	+7.099	7	12
4	16	Uwe Alzen	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Zakspeed Opel	22	+15.023	18	10
5	18	Gabriele Tarquini	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	JAS Motorsport Alfa Romeo	22	+15.256	10	8
6	1	Bernd Schneider	Mercedes C-Class	D2 Mercedes-AMG	22	+15.823	4	6
7	5	Nicola Larini	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	Martini Alfa Corse	22	+16.168	20	4
8	2	Dario Franchitti	Mercedes C-Class	D2 Mercedes-AMG	22	+19.740	2	3
9	19	Jason Watt	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	Bosch JAS Motorsport Alfa Romeo	22	+27.398	13	2
10	15	Christian Danner	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	TV Spielfilm Alfa Corse	22	+32.485	9	1
11	21	Ellen Lohr	Mercedes C-Class	Persson Motorsport	22	+43.504	15
12	12	Kurt Thiim	Mercedes C-Class	UPS Mercedes-AMG	19	+2 laps	8
13	11	Jörg van Ommen	Mercedes C-Class	UPS Mercedes-AMG	18	Retired	1
14	44	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Team Rosberg Opel	17	Retired	6
Ret	10	Michael Bartels	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	Jägermeister JAS Motorsport Alfa Romeo	10	Retired	11
Ret	22	Bernd Mayländer	Mercedes C-Class	Persson Motorsport	9	Retired	16
Ret	8	Oliver Gavin	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Joest Racing Opel	5	Retired	14
Ret	17	Klaus Ludwig	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Zakspeed Opel	4	Retired	22
Ret	9	Stefano Modena	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	JAS Motorsport Alfa Romeo	1	Retired	17
DSQ	25	Alexander Wurz	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Joest Racing Opel	9	Retired²	12
DNS	24	Yannick Dalmas	Opel Calibra V6 4x4	Joest Racing Opel		Did not start	19
DNS	4	Alexander Grau	Mercedes C-Class	Warsteiner Mercedes-AMG		Did not start	21
DNS	13	Gianni Giudici	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	Giudici Motorsport		Did not start	23
EX	6	Alessandro Nannini	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	Martini Alfa Corse		Excluded
EX	14	Giancarlo Fisichella	Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI	TV Spielfilm Alfa Corse		Excluded

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Notes:

^2 – Alexander Wurz was disqualified because his team worked on the car during a stop-and-go penalty given for causing an accident with Oliver Gavin.

Standings after the event[edit]

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
1	1	Manuel Reuter	64
1	2	Jan Magnussen	51
	3	Bernd Schneider	41
	4	Dario Franchitti	40
	5	JJ Lehto	23

Manufacturers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Mercedes	67
2	Opel	64
3	Alfa Romeo	15

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers' standings.

References[edit]

^ "Nürburgring-1 Qualifying Results". Touringcars.net. Archived from the original on 2015-09-25. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
^ "Nürburgring-1 Race 1 Results". Touringcars.net. Archived from the original on 2015-09-25. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
^ "Nürburgring-1 Race 2 Results". Touringcars.net. Archived from the original on 2015-09-25. Retrieved 23 September 2015.

External links[edit]

Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters official website

International Touring Car Championship
Previous race: Hockenheim-1	1996 International Touring Car Championship season	Next race: Estoril

[1] "Nürburgring-1 Qualifying Results". Touringcars.net. Archived from the original on 2015-09-25. Retrieved 23 September 2015.

[2] "Nürburgring-1 Race 1 Results". Touringcars.net. Archived from the original on 2015-09-25. Retrieved 23 September 2015.

[3] "Nürburgring-1 Race 2 Results". Touringcars.net. Archived from the original on 2015-09-25. Retrieved 23 September 2015.

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