1999 Super Tourenwagen Cup

BMW, Nissan and Peugeot dropped their factory support for the last season of the STW. It saw a season-long battle between works Opel driver Uwe Alzen and semi-independent Audi driver Christian Abt. After winning the first four races of the season Abt took the championship lead which he would keep for the whole season, while Alzen battled to close the points gap. After his initial four-race streak Abt would only win one additional race while Alzen claimed six, and at the final race the gap was only a few points. Abt looked to have secured the title running in a strong position in the last race, but on the last lap he was taken out by Opel driver Roland Asch, who had already been black flagged for a previous incident. This allowed Alzen to claim the championship in a highly controversial fashion. The title would however be handed to Abt some months later by a DMSB court of appeal.

• Race 20 Nürburgring: Final standing based on lap 32 after Deutschen Motorsport-Bundes (DMSB) decision

Drivers Championship

Pos Driver SAC ZWE OSC NOR MIS NÜR SAL OSC HOC NÜR Pts 1 Christian Abt 1 1 1 1 4 3 4 2 5 1 3 2 6 Ret 5 3 18 DSQ 2 3 584 2 Uwe Alzen 3 3 2 5 1 1 1 3 2 2 Ret Ret 1 1 18 5 20 9 1 2 576 3 Tom Kristensen Ret 6 Ret 4 2 2 19 Ret Ret 4 16 1 4 2 3 Ret 2 1 3 1 486 4 Gabriele Tarquini 8 7 7 3 3 5 16 DNS 4 3 2 3 Ret 6 1 2 6 6 11 4 470 5 Kris Nissen 2 2 5 2 7 6 5 4 Ret 8 Ret 5 Ret 3 7 Ret 1 3 8 12 445 6 Manuel Reuter 4 5 3 7 5 4 2 1 12 11 1 Ret 3 5 4 15 3 4 4 DNS 442 7 Michael Bartels 5 4 6 Ret 6 13 6 5 7 6 9 6 8 7 11 7 4 2 7 5 419 8 Éric Hélary 6 Ret 4 6 8 7 3 6 14 5 Ret Ret 2 9 2 1 Ret 10 6 Ret 361 9 Arnd Meier 13 10 8 8 9 8 7 8 8 7 5 7 9 Ret Ret Ret 8 5 9 6 331 10 Roland Asch 9 8 10 9 11 10 8 9 9 9 Ret Ret 5 8 6 6 5 16 5 DSQ 307 11 Oliver Mayer 11 9 12 11 14 14 9 7 11 12 10 8 14 14 10 14 10 7 13 9 306 12 Andrej Studenič 12 Ret 11 Ret 12 9 10 10 10 10 6 9 16 12 16 8 9 8 15 10 277 13 Stefano Modena 7 11 9 10 10 Ret 12 13 6 Ret 4 4 7 4 Ret DNS 7 Ret 10 7 271 14 Václav Nimč 14 Ret 15 12 18 Ret 17 Ret 20 15 13 14 13 13 19 12 12 14 Ret 17 148 15 Thomas Stingl 10 DNS 14 14 17 11 11 11 16 17 8 Ret 10 11 Ret DNS Ret DNS 17 20 147 16 Gianluca Paglicci 7 12 11 10 9 Ret 11 11 12 8 141 17 Christian Zink 16 13 15 Ret 18 16 14 13 18 15 13 11 Ret DNS 16 11 129 18 Heinrich Symanzick Ret DNS Ret Ret 18 DNS 17 DSQ 15 15 17 17 17 9 14 15 14 13 115 19 Olaf Pleuger Ret DNS 15 Ret 13 Ret Ret 14 11 10 12 Ret 14 Ret 17 12 22 14 112 20 Franz Engstler 14 12 13 13 12 11 Ret Ret 12 Ret 19 DNS 19 15 103 21 Georg Severich 15 10 15 13 21 16 60 22 Wolfgang Treml 16 12 Ret DNS 19 DNS 19 18 13 DNS 20 18 48 23 Mattias Ekström 8 4 47 24 Patrick Hildenbrandt 15 16 Ret 13 16 Ret 18 19 44 25 Fabrizio Giovanardi 1 Ret 30 26 Nicola Larini 3 Ret 20 27 Andreas Scheld Ret Ret 13 Ret 13 Ret 16 28 Guido Luchetti Cigarini 15 Ret 6 29 Oliver Brinkmann 20 Ret 1 30 Davide Campana Ret DNS 0 Pos Driver SAC ZWE OSC NOR MIS NÜR SAL OSC HOC NÜR Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third 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 practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)