Established in 1987 under
Group A rules the series saw champions like
Johnny Cecotto,
Roberto Ravaglia and
Nicola Larini winning the title before switching to
Supertouring regulations in 1993. The first season of D2 Class saw the battel between
Roberto Ravaglia with
BMW 318i,
Fabrizio Giovanardi with
Peugeot 405 and
Gabriele Tarquini with
Alfa Romeo 155. The title was won by Ravaglia who was able to score points in every race although Giovanardi and Tarquini won many races in the second part of the season and tried to recover the initially gap. The following year saw the debut of the
Audi with the model
Audi 80 Quattro who won in
1993 French Supertouring Championship with
Frank Biela. The
Audi 80 Quattro was immediately competitive and thanks to 6 wins and 5 seconds place
Emanuele Pirro won the
1994 Italian Superturismo Championship against the Alfa driver
Antonio Tamburini. In
1995 Audi replaced the old
Audi 80 Quattro with the new
A4 Quattro. The new model was dominant winning 14 races on 20. Once again the title went to
Emanuele Pirro. The
1996 saw the triple battle between
Rinaldo Capello with
A4 Quattro and the 2 ex F1 drivers
Emanuele Naspetti and
Johnny Cecotto both with
BMW 320i. After a promising first half of the season with 6 victories in 10 races,
Rinaldo Capello had to defend from the 2 BMW Drivers who won 9 races on 10 in the second half of the season. The final Round in
Vallelunga elected
Rinaldo Capello as Italian Champion although the big effort of BMW who raced with 6 cars. In
1997 Audi was burdened with 30kg extra by FIA who also banned the 4WD from the 1998. The consequence was a low competitivity of the two Audi drivers. After 3 years the Italian Title was won again by BMW who took the revenge from 1996 with
Emanuele Naspetti who achieved 10 races, 7 second places and 1 this place in a total of 20 races. In
1998 the Italian Supertouring had to face many problems. Due to a controversial decision the historical Promoter Salerno Corse was replaced by the Sponsor Service. The new promoter decided to make one sprint race of 50km and one endurance race of 100km. Alfa Romeo and Nordauto Engineering (the team that became
N.Technology) had run the
Alfa Romeo 155 during the 1993–1997 years but wouldn't win the series until they introduced their
Alfa Romeo 156 model in 1998.
Fabrizio Giovanardi won in that car both in 1998 and 1999. In
1999 Audi officially withdrew to focus on Le Mans Project, letting just Alfa and BMW to fight for the title. Due to lack of cars the serie was definitively abandoned at the end of 1999 to allow the creaction of
Euro STC in 2000. ==Revival==