1996 ITC Nürburgring-1 round

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.

   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	UPS Mercedes-AMG
Time	1:37.720
Podium
First	Jörg van Ommen	UPS Mercedes-AMG
Second	Dario Franchitti	D2 Mercedes-AMG
Third	Manuel Reuter	Joest Racing Opel
Fastest lap
Driver	Dario Franchitti	D2 Mercedes-AMG
Time	1:39.682 (on lap 5)
Race 2
Date	12 May 1996
Laps	22
Podium
First	Manuel Reuter	Joest Racing Opel
Second	JJ Lehto	Team Rosberg Opel
Third	Jan Magnussen	Warsteiner Mercedes-AMG
Fastest lap
Driver	Jörg van Ommen	UPS Mercedes-AMG
Time	1:39.947

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

Qualifying

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

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

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

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

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.

External links

• Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters official website

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