{"id":11092,"date":"1995-04-23T17:08:00","date_gmt":"1995-04-23T17:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ooooiykyk.com\/audiarchives\/?p=11092"},"modified":"2026-10-14T17:14:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T17:14:16","slug":"audi-a4-quattro-super-touring-st04-1996","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ooooiykyk.com\/audiarchives\/1995\/04\/23\/audi-a4-quattro-super-touring-st04-1996\/","title":{"rendered":"Audi A4 quattro Super Touring (ST04, 1996)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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MODEL DETAILS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What:\u00a0<\/strong>Audi A4 quattro Super Touring<\/a>
Model Family:<\/strong>\u00a0A4<\/a>
Model \/ Generation Code(s):<\/strong>\u00a0type 8D<\/a>, R7<\/a>
Chassis \/ Matrix:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/a>B5<\/a>
Chassis Number:<\/strong>\u00a0ST04
Class: <\/strong>FIA Class 2 \/ Super Touring
Era:<\/strong>\u00a0Audi Sport Competition Cars R Era<\/a>
Built By:<\/strong>\u00a0Audi Sport<\/a>
Year Built:<\/strong>\u00a01995<\/a>
Competition History:<\/strong>\u00a0Italian Superturismo, FIA Touring Car World Cup, Australian Super Touring Championship, Australian support races, Macau Guia Race, French Supertourisme
Championships:<\/strong>\u00a0Contributed to Brad Jones\u2019s 1996 Australian Super Touring title<\/p>\n\n\n\n

OVERVIEW<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Audi A4 quattro Super Touring chassis ST04 was Brad Jones\u2019s primary car during his championship-winning 1996 Australian Super Touring campaign.\u00a0Built by Audi Sport in 1995, it first raced with Rinaldo \u201cDindo\u201d Capello in Italy before moving to Brad Jones Racing in Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its documented drivers include Capello, Greg Murphy, Jones and Patrick Herbert. The chassis subsequently appeared at Macau and returned to Europe, where it competed in French Supertourisme in 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1995 ITALIAN SUPERTURISMO<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Capello raced ST04 as number 2 for Audi Sport Italia during the A4\u2019s first Italian Superturismo season. The register credits the chassis with three victories: the second race at Magione, the opening race at Varano and the second race at the Vallelunga finale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those wins formed part of a consistent campaign, with 15 podium finishes across the 20 documented races. Capello then drove ST04 as number 9 at the FIA Touring Car World Cup at Paul Ricard, recording a retirement in the first race and seventh in the second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ITALIAN SUPERTURISMO RACE RESULTS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Date<\/th>Circuit<\/th>Race 1<\/th>Race 2<\/th><\/tr>
April 23, 1995<\/td>Misano<\/td>3rd<\/td>2nd<\/td><\/tr>
May 7, 1995<\/td>Binetto<\/td>2nd<\/td>2nd<\/td><\/tr>
May 21, 1995<\/td>Monza<\/td>4th<\/td>3rd<\/td><\/tr>
June 4, 1995<\/td>Imola<\/td>2nd<\/td>2nd<\/td><\/tr>
June 18, 1995<\/td>Magione<\/td>2nd<\/td>1st<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
July 9, 1995<\/td>Mugello<\/td>DNF<\/td>6th<\/td><\/tr>
August 6, 1995<\/td>Misano<\/td>2nd<\/td>3rd<\/td><\/tr>
September 3, 1995<\/td>Pergusa<\/td>3rd<\/td>5th<\/td><\/tr>
September 17, 1995<\/td>Varano<\/td>1st<\/strong><\/td>3rd<\/td><\/tr>
October 8, 1995<\/td>Vallelunga<\/td>4th<\/td>1st<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Results: Rinaldo Capello, number 2 Audi Sport Italia Audi A4 quattro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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AUSTRALIAN DEBUT WITH GREG MURPHY<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Brad Jones Racing acquired ST04 for 1996, initially assigning it to Greg Murphy for the preseason Australian Grand Prix and Gold Coast Indy support races. Murphy finished third and fifth at Albert Park, followed by second and first at Surfers Paradise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jones damaged his own chassis, ST03, at the Gold Coast meeting. The team subsequently exchanged cars for the championship, with Jones taking over ST04 and Murphy racing the repaired ST03.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1996 AUSTRALIAN SUPER TOURING CHAMPIONSHIP<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jones entered ST04 as number 3 under the Orix Audi Sport Australia banner. He won seven races in the chassis, including doubles at both Amaroo Park meetings and individual victories at Lakeside, Mallala and Phillip Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the final meeting at Oran Park, Jones switched to the newer ST19 and won both races. His season total of nine victories and 181 points secured the drivers\u2019 championship, while Audi and Brad Jones Racing won the manufacturers\u2019 and teams\u2019 titles. ST04 therefore supplied most of the victories in Jones\u2019s title campaign, although it was not his finale chassis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Date<\/th>Circuit<\/th>Race 1<\/th>Race 2<\/th><\/tr>
May 19, 1996<\/td>Amaroo Park<\/td>1st<\/strong><\/td>1st<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
June 23, 1996<\/td>Lakeside<\/td>Ret<\/td>1st<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
July 14, 1996<\/td>Amaroo Park<\/td>1st<\/strong><\/td>1st<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
August 11, 1996<\/td>Mallala<\/td>3rd<\/td>1st<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
August 25, 1996<\/td>Winton<\/td>4th<\/td>3rd<\/td><\/tr>
September 22, 1996<\/td>Phillip Island<\/td>1st<\/strong><\/td>DNF<\/td><\/tr>
October 27, 1996<\/td>Lakeside<\/td>3rd<\/td>9th<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Results: Brad Jones, number 3 Orix Audi Sport Australia Audi A4 quattro. Oran Park is excluded because Jones used ST19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BATHURST AND MACAU<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Jones also drove ST04 in the non-championship support races at the 1996 Bathurst 1000, finishing third, tenth and second. These were separate Super Touring races rather than an entry in the Bathurst 1000 itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At Macau on November 17, Jones raced ST04 as number 5, finishing fifth and third in the two Guia Race legs. These individual results should be distinguished from the event\u2019s aggregate classification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FRENCH COMPETITION<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The register next documents ST04 with Patrick Herbert, entered as number 3 by Team Verbist in the 2001 French Supertourisme Championship. Its listed results include four third-place finishes: both Nogaro races, the opening Pau race and the second race at Spa-Francorchamps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The record does not explain the chassis\u2019s movements between its 1996 Macau appearance and its 2001 French campaign. Nor does it establish its subsequent ownership or present location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DOCUMENTED ENTRIES<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Year<\/th>Series \/ Event<\/th>Driver<\/th>Number<\/th><\/tr>
1995<\/td>Italian Superturismo<\/td>Rinaldo Capello<\/td>2<\/td><\/tr>
1995<\/td>FIA Touring Car World Cup<\/td>Rinaldo Capello<\/td>9<\/td><\/tr>
1996<\/td>Australian Grand Prix support<\/td>Greg Murphy<\/td>4<\/td><\/tr>
1996<\/td>Gold Coast Indy support<\/td>Greg Murphy<\/td>4<\/td><\/tr>
1996<\/td>Australian Super Touring Championship<\/td>Brad Jones<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
1996<\/td>Bathurst 1000 support<\/td>Brad Jones<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr>
1996<\/td>Macau Guia Race<\/td>Brad Jones<\/td>5<\/td><\/tr>
2001<\/td>French Supertourisme<\/td>Patrick Herbert<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Chassis assignments follow the Super Touring Register.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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