Nurburgring results

FIA INTERNATIONAL TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP 1996 -ROUND 8 AT NURBURGRING-

-----------------------Qualifying / Starting grid----------------------- Pos. Driver Team - Car Time ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 Alessandro Nannini/I Alfa Corse Martini-Alfa 155 V6 Ti 1:36.629 2 Dario Franchitti/GB D2 Team AMG-Mercedes C-Class 1:36.830 3 Bernd Schneider/D D2 Team AMG-Mercedes C-Class 1:36.930 4 Giancarlo Fisichella/I Alfa Corse TV Spielf.Alfa 155 V6Ti 1:37.119 5 Manuel Reuter/D Joest-Opel Calibra V6 1:37.344 6 Nicola Larini/I Alfa Corse Martini-Alfa 155 V6 Ti 1:37.759 7 Yannick Dalmas/F Joest-Opel Calibra V6 1:37.915 8 J.J. Lehto/FIN Rosberg-Opel Calibra V6 1:38.058 9 Gabriele Tarquini/I Alfa Corse JAS-Alfa Romeo 155 V6Ti 1:38.284 10 Joerg van Ommen/D UPS Team AMG-Mercedes C-Class 1:38.368 11 Alexander Wurz/A Joest-Opel Calibra V6 1:38.528 12 Klaus Ludwig/D Zakspeed-Opel Calibra V6 1:38.564 13 Michael Bartels/D Alfa Corse JAS-Alfa Romeo 155 V6Ti 1:38.628 14 Ricardo Zonta/BR Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes C-Class 1:38.650 15 Hans-Joachim Stuck/D Rosberg-Opel Calibra V6 1:38.744 16 Kurt Thiim/DK UPS Team AMG-Mercedes C-Class 1:38.832 17 Stefano Modena/I Alfa Corse JAS-Alfa Romeo 155 V6Ti 1:39.094 18 Oliver Gavin/GB Joest-Opel Calibra V6 1:39.131 19 Bernd Maylander/D Warsteiner AMG-Mercedes C-Class 1:39.184 20 Christian Danner/D Alfa Corse TV Spielf.Alfa 155 V6Ti 1:39.309 21 Jason Watt/DK Alfa Corse JAS-Alfa Romeo 155 V6Ti 1:39.396 22 Uwe Alzen/D Zakspeed-Opel Calibra V6 1:39.469 23 Alexander Grau/D Team Persson AMG-Mercedes C-Class 1:40.047 24 Volker Strycek/D Joest-Opel Calibra V6 1:40.484 25 Ellen Lohr/D Team Persson AMG-Mercedes C-Class 1:40.818 26 Gianni Giudici/I Scuderia Giudici-Opel Calibra V6 2:58.674

The young Brazilian Formula 3000 driver Ricardo Luiz Zonta replaces Jan Magnussen, who is participating in IndyCar this weekend.

Weather: dry, cloudy, 15 deg.C. Spectators: 37,000

Race 15, 22 laps: -----------------

Start: Nannini, Franchitti, Schneider, Fisichella, Reuter, Larini lap 3: 7th Lehto, 8th Tarquini, 9th Dalmas, v.Ommen, Ludwig, Wurz 7: Wurz out with burning car. 8: Zonta into gravel, out. 9: Tarquini out after collision with Ludwig. 10: Reuter takes fourth from Fisichella. 11: Schneider passing Franchitti. 16: Ludwig is penalized for the collision with Tarquini with stop and go. 18: Stuck pits for tyre change. 19: Ludwig pits, out.

FL: Alessandro Nannini 1:39.085 (=165.53 kph)

------------RESULTS RACE 15----------- Pos. Driver Time/Gap -------------------------------------- 1 Alessandro Nannini/I 36:37.850 2 Bernd Schneider/D + 0.357 3 Dario Franchitti/GB 2.013 4 Manuel Reuter/D 2.201 5 Giancarlo Fisichella/I 9.739 6 Nicola Larini/I 14.981 7 JJ Lehto/FIN 15.467 8 Yannick Dalmas/F 17.608 9 Joerg van Ommen/D 26.425 10 Kurt Thiim/DK 27.321 11 Bernd Maylander/D 31.414 12 Uwe Alzen/D 31.924 13 Stefano Modena/I 40.675 14 Jason Watt/DK 48.165 15 Michael Bartels/D 50.497 16 Oliver Gavin/GB 51.033 17 Alexander Grau/D 1:07.801 18 Christian Danner/D 1:10.677 19 Volker Strycek/D 1:14.507 20 Ellen Lohr/D 1:18.593 21 Gianni Giudici/ -1 lap 22 Hans-Joachim Stuck/D -2

Race 16, 22 laps: -----------------

Wurz is not at the start, his Calibra is unrepairable.

Start: Only Dalmas and v.Ommen change positions in the first few laps. lap 1: Tarquini pits. 9: Gavin and Watt, both spin into the gravel after colliding. 14: 1st Nannini 3.7 sec.---> 2nd Schneider. 17: Alzen takes 10th position from Thiim. 18: Alzen overtakes Dalmas. 19: Fisichella takes fourth from Reuter. Larini kicks Reuter into a spin. Reuter dropping back to 20th position. Larini later is penalized with 30 seconds. 20: Lehto in fifth place now. Thiim out, engine. 21: Alzen takes sixth from Dalmas.

FL: Alessandro Nannini 1:38.067 (=167.25 kph)

------------RESULTS RACE 16----------- Pos. Driver Time/Gap -------------------------------------- 1 Alessandro Nannini/I 36:22.420 2 Bernd Schneider/D + 0.960 3 Dario Franchitti/GB 1.377 4 Giancarlo Fisichella/I 1.980 5 JJ Lehto/FIN 14.068 6 Uwe Alzen/D 15.553 7 Yannick Dalmas/F 18.062 8 Joerg van Ommen/D 18.501 9 Bernd Maylander/D 22.842 10 Stefano Modena/I 23.475 11 Klaus Ludwig/D 23.714 12 Hans-Joachim Stuck/D 23.369 13 Ricardo Zonta/BR 35.753 14 Michael Bartels/D 35.983 15 Nicola Larini/I 45.134 16 Manuel Reuter/D 54.412 17 Gabriele Tarquini/I 55.161 18 Alexander Grau/D 58.121 19 Volker Strycek/D 58.545 20 Christian Danner/D 1:07.677 21 Ellen Lohr/D 1:17.328 22 Gianni Giudici/ -1 lap

Championship points:

Pos     Driver                  Pts
-----------------------------------
 1    Manuel Reuter/D           159
 2    Bernd Schneider/D         127
 3    Dario Franchitti/GB       105
 4    J.J. Lehto/FIN            104
 5    Alessandro Nannini/I       97
 6    Hans-Joachim Stuck/D       94
 7    Klaus Ludwig/D             84
 8    Uwe Alzen/D                79
 9    Giancarlo Fisichella/I     67
10    Joerg van Ommen/D          58
11    Jan Magnussen/DK           51
      Stefano Modena/I           51
13    Gabriele Tarquini/I        44
14    Alexander Wurz/A           28
      Nicola Larini/I            28
16    Yannick Dalmas/F           26
17    Jason Watt/DK              17
18    Michael Bartels/D          16
      Alexander Grau/D           16
      Oliver Gavin/GB            16
21    Bernd Maylaender/D          8
22    Christian Danner/D          7
      Ellen Lohr/D                7
      Kurt Thiim/DK               7

Manufactueres 1 Opel 242 2 Alfa Romeo 186 3 Mercedes Benz 179