What: Audi A4 quattro Super Touring
Model Family: A4
Model / Generation Code(s): type 8D, R7
Chassis / Matrix: B5
Chassis Number: ST09
Class: FIA Class 2 / Super Touring
Era: Audi Sport Competition Cars R Era
Built By: Audi Sport
Year Built: 1995
Competition History: Campeonato de España de Turismos
Documented Driver: Joan Vinyes
Championship Result: Fourth, 1996 Spanish Touring Car Championship
Manufacturer Title: Contributed to Audi’s 1996 Spanish manufacturers’ trophy
OVERVIEW
Audi A4 quattro Super Touring chassis ST09 was Joan Vinyes’s number 44 entry in the 1996 Spanish Touring Car Championship. Built by Audi Sport in 1995, it was one of two chassis acquired by Audi Spain for the campaign, alongside Jordi Gené’s ST10.
Vinyes finished fourth in the drivers’ championship, supporting Audi’s manufacturers’ title. His documented season included podium finishes at Jarama, Barcelona, Estoril and Calafat.
1996 SPANISH TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP
Audi Racing Team España paired Andorran driver Vinyes with Gené for the full eight-meeting season. Vinyes scored 146 gross points, reduced to 142 under the championship’s best-14-results rule.
At Albacete, one-minute penalties for excessive noise left him ninth in both races. He subsequently recorded a second-place finish at Barcelona, two thirds at Estoril and another third at Calafat, before returning to the podium at the Barcelona finale.
OPENING JARAMA RESULT
The references disagree on the opening race. The Super Touring Register credits Vinyes and ST09 with victory, placing Gené second. Wikipedia’s race report and championship table instead place Gené first and Vinyes second.
The table below follows the chassis register, with the disputed result marked. Until an authoritative final classification resolves the difference, ST09’s opening-race victory should be treated as provisional historical information rather than an undisputed result.
SPANISH CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS
| Date | Circuit | Race 1 | Race 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 1996 | Jarama | 1st* | 3rd |
| June 9, 1996 | Albacete | 9th | 9th |
| June 30, 1996 | Barcelona | 5th | 2nd |
| September 8, 1996 | Estoril | 3rd | 3rd |
| September 22, 1996 | Calafat | 8th | 3rd |
| October 27, 1996 | Jerez | 7th | 6th |
| November 10, 1996 | Jarama | 7th | 5th |
| November 24, 1996 | Barcelona | 2nd | 5th |
Results: Joan Vinyes, number 44 Audi Racing Team España Audi A4 quattro. Chassis assignments and classifications follow the Super Touring Register.
Wikipedia places Vinyes second in the opening Jarama race.
DOCUMENTED ENTRY
| Year | Series | Team | Driver | Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Campeonato de España de Turismos | Audi Racing Team España | Joan Vinyes | 44 |
LATER HISTORY
The cited chassis record supplies no subsequent competition entries, ownership chronology or present location for ST09. Although it records a 1995 build date, it does not identify any competition appearances before the 1996 Spanish campaign.
PHOTO GALLERY
SOURCES AND NOTES
Coverage: No later history is supplied on the cited ST09 page. That omission does not establish that the chassis ceased competing after 1996.
Chassis history and results: Audi A4 ST09 — Super Touring Register.
Season context and championship standings: 1996 Campeonato de España de Turismos — Wikipedia.
Audi entries: 1996 Spanish championship — Super Touring Register.
Opening-race discrepancy: The chassis register credits Vinyes with first at Jarama; Wikipedia credits him with second. The results table follows the register, while the championship position and points follow Wikipedia.
Scoring: Vinyes’s two ninth-place Albacete results were dropped, reducing his gross total from 146 to 142 points in Wikipedia’s championship account.