2009 Superstars Series Explained

The 2009 Superstars Series season was the sixth season of the Campionato Italiano Superstars (Italian Superstars Championship) and the third season of the International Superstars Series.Both championships were won by Gianni Morbidelli driving for BMW.

Teams and drivers

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
ROAL Motorsport	BMW M3 (E90)	1	Gianni Morbidelli	All
ROAL Motorsport	BMW M3 (E90)	11	Francesco Ascani	All
Ferlito Motors	Jaguar S-Type R	2	Ivan Benvenuti	1–2
			Moreno Petrini	3
			Alessandro Cacciari	4–5
			Walter Nudo	6–7
			Pierluigi Veronesi	8
	Jaguar XF SV8		Francesco Dracone	9
	Jaguar S-Type R	3	Ermanno Dionisio	1–7
Audi Sport Italia	Audi RS4 (B7)	3	Ermanno Dionisio	8-9
		4	Filipe Albuquerque	5
			Roberto Sigala	8
			Luca Rangoni	9
Motorzone Race Car	Chevrolet Lumina CR8	5	Fabrizio Armetta	6, 8–9
	BMW M5 (E39)	33		5
		37		1, 3–4
			Sandro Cacciari	2
			Massimo Pesci	5
GASS Racing	BMW M5 (E39)	7	Beppe Arlotti	1
GASS Racing	BMW M5 (E39)	7	Fabrizio Gini	1, 6
Scuderia TRT	BMW M5 (E39)	7	Fabrizio Gini	9
Scuderia TRT	BMW M5 (E39)	7	Alessandro Battaglin	5
RGA Sportmanship	BMW M3 (E92)	8	Roberto Sigala	2, 5
		9	Roberto Russo	1
		10	Nicolò Piancastelli	4
			Walter Salles	5
			Roberto Sperati	5
Top Run Racing	BMW M3 (E92)	9	Roberto Russo	5–8
Habitat Racing	BMW M3 (E92)	12	Walter Nudo	8
		21	Alessandro Bernasconi	1–4, 6–8
		21	Bruno Bollini	1, 3–8
	BMW M3 (E92)	22	Christian Montanari	9
Max Pigoli Team	Mercedes C63 AMG	18	Max Pigoli	All
Zakspeed Team	Chrysler 300C SRT-8	23	Pierluigi Martini	All
Santucci Motorsport	Cadillac CTS-V	24	Roberto Del Castello	3, 6–7
	Cadillac CTS-V	27		1
	BMW M5 (E39)			2
	Cadillac CTS-V		Roberto Benedetti	3, 6–7
Vaccari Motori	BMW M5 (E39)	33	Nico Caldarola	3–4, 6, 9
Swiss Team	Maserati Quattroporte	46	Andrea Chiesa	2–9
CAAL Racing	BMW M5 (E39)	52	Alessio Alcidi	1–2
			Sandro Bettini	3–4
			Gabriele Marotta	5–8
			David Baldi	9
	BMW 550i (E60)	54	Stefano Gabellini	1–8
	BMW 550i (E60)	54	Mauro Cesari	9
	BMW M5 (E39)	56	Mauro Cesari	1–8
		56	Sandro Bettini	9
		58	Roberto Papini	All
Millennium Team Movisport	BMW 550i (E60)	69	Kristian Ghedina	All

Rule changes

Admission of two-doors saloon cars homologated for 4 people
Admission of sequential gearboxes (with a 30 kg weight penalty)
Each round consist of two races
New scoring system

Calendar

Round	Circuit/Location	Date
1	Autodromo Internazionale "Enzo e Dino Ferrari", Imola	April 19
2	Adria International Raceway, Adria	May 10
3	Autodromo dell'Umbria, Magione	June 7
4	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Scarperia	June 21
5	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão	August 1–2
6	Autodromo Vallelunga "Piero Taruffi", Campagnano	September 20
7	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Scarperia	September 27
8	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	October 18
9	Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit, Midrand	December 13

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole	Fastest Lap
Points	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1	1	1

Results

Round		Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Imola	Stefano Gabellini	Pierluigi Martini	Max Pigoli	Max Pigoli Team
1	R2	Imola		Gianni Morbidelli	Pierluigi Martini	Zakspeed Team
2	R1	Adria	Stefano Gabellini	Stefano Gabellini	Stefano Gabellini	CAAL Racing
2	R2	Adria		Stefano Gabellini	Pierluigi Martini	Zakspeed Team
3	R1	Magione	Stefano Gabellini	Stefano Gabellini	Gianni Morbidelli	ROAL Motorsport
3	R2	Magione		Gianni Morbidelli	Pierluigi Martini	Zakspeed Team
4	R1	Mugello	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Stefano Gabellini	CAAL Racing
4	R2	Mugello		Gianni Morbidelli	Stefano Gabellini	CAAL Racing
5	R1	Portimão	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	ROAL Motorsport
5	R2	Portimão		Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	ROAL Motorsport
6	R1	Vallelunga	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	ROAL Motorsport
6	R2	Vallelunga		Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	ROAL Motorsport
7	R1	Mugello	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Roberto Russo	Top Run Racing
7	R2	Mugello		Stefano Gabellini	Kristian Ghedina	Movisport
8	R1	Monza	Max Pigoli	Stefano Gabellini	Max Pigoli	Max Pigoli Team
8	R2	Monza		Max Pigoli	Gianni Morbidelli	ROAL Motorsport
9	R1	Kyalami	Fabrizio Armetta	Fabrizio Armetta	Fabrizio Armetta	Motorzone Race Car
9	R2	Kyalami		Luca Rangoni	Luca Rangoni	Audi Sport Italia

Championship standings

Campionato Italiano Superstars – Drivers

Pos	Driver	IMO		ADR		MAG		MUG		ALG		VAL		MUG		MNZ		Pts
class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center"
1	Gianni Morbidelli	2	Ret	Ret	4	1	2	11	12	1	1	1	1	2	5	9	1	197
2	Stefano Gabellini	5	5	1	3	3	9	1	1	3	6	Ret	Ret	11	7	2	7	151
3	Max Pigoli	1	2	5	7	4	4	2	4	DNS	DNS	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	1	2	129
4	Roberto Papini	Ret	4	2	6	5	10	Ret	Ret	5	13	3	2	3	3	4	3	121
5	Pierluigi Martini	Ret	1	3	1	6	1	5	2	18	17	13	3	13	Ret	13	Ret	114
6	Kristian Ghedina	10	9	Ret	5	8	3	Ret	3	4	4	2	4	12	1	6	Ret	109
7	Mauro Cesari	6	7	4	2	7	13	3	5	6	3	8	Ret	4	4	11	5	108
8	Francesco Ascani	4	8	6	8	12	6	6	7	7	15	7	Ret	5	Ret	5	Ret	62
9	Roberto Russo	11	Ret							8	16	4	12	1	2	3	Ret	61
10	Ermanno Dionisio	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	10	5	10	8	DNS	DNS	12	Ret	6	6	7	9	37
11	Alessandro Bernasconi	Ret	Ret	7	9	2			Ret			5		Ret		8		32
12	Fabrizio Armetta	3	3			Ret	Ret	9	DNS	16	7	Ret	13	DNS	DNS	Ret	Ret	30
13	Filipe Albuquerque									2	2							30
14	Roberto Del Castello	7	10	11	Ret	9	15					6	7	7	9			23
15	Sandro Bettini					Ret	12	4	6									16
16	Andrea Chiesa			10	10	Ret	11	Ret	10	9	9	9	6	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	15
17	Roberto Sigala			9	Ret					14	10					Ret	4	13
18	Bruno Bollini						14	Ret		12	14		5		8		Ret	11
19	Nico Caldarola					14	8	8	9			16	9					10
20	Alessandro Battaglin									10	5							9
21	Walter Nudo											10	10	9	10	Ret	8	8
22	Pierluigi Veronesi															10	6	7
23	Roberto Benedetti					11	16					15	8	8	Ret			6
24	Alessandro Cacciari			Ret	Ret			7	11	11	11							4
25	Moreno Petrini					13	7											4
26	Roberto Sperati										8							3
27	Alessio Alcidi	8	Ret	Ret	Ret													3
28	Ivan Benvenuti	Ret	11	8	Ret													3
29	Beppe Arlotti	9																2
30	Gabriele Marotta									13	12	11	11	10	11	12	Ret	1
31	Massimo Pesci									17	DNS							0
	Nicolò Piancastelli							12	DNS									0
	Walter Salles									15								0
	Fabrizio Gini		Ret									14	DNS					0
Pos	Driver	IMO		ADR		MAG		MUG		ALG		VAL		MUG		MNZ		Pts

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Campionato Italiano Superstars – Teams

Position	Team	Points
1	CAAL Racing	400
2	ROAL Motorsport	259
3	Max Pigoli Team	129
4	Zakspeed Team	114
5	Movisport	109
6	Top Run Racing	61
7	Ferlito Motors	54
8	Audi Sport Italia	46
9	Habitat Racing	46
10	Motorzone Race Car	30
11	Santucci Motorsport	29
12	Swiss Team	15
13	Vaccari Motori	10
14	Scuderia TRT	9
15	RGA Sportmanship	6
16	Gass Racing	2

International Superstars Series

Pos	Driver	IMO		ALG		MUG		MNZ		KYA		Pts
class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center"
1	Gianni Morbidelli	2	Ret	1	1	2	5	9	1	5	4	123
2	Max Pigoli	1	2	DNS	DNS	14	Ret	1	2	Ret	5	80
3	Mauro Cesari	6	7	6	3	4	4	11	5	3	9	70
4	Roberto Papini	Ret	4	5	13	3	3	4	3	11	8	67
5	Fabrizio Armetta	3	3	16	7	DNS	DNS	Ret	Ret	1	2	65
6	Stefano Gabellini	5	5	3	6	11	7	2	7			60
7	Kristian Ghedina	10	9	4	4	12	1	6	Ret	6	Ret	55
8	Roberto Russo	11	Ret	8	16	1	2	3	Ret			51
9	Francesco Ascani	4	8	7	15	5	Ret	5	Ret	14	Ret	33
10	Pierluigi Martini	Ret	1	18	17	13	Ret	13	Ret	4	Ret	31
11	Filipe Albuquerque			2	2							30
12	Ermanno Dionisio	Ret	6	DNS	DNS	6	6	7	9	13	6	30
13	Christian Montanari									2	3	27
14	Luca Rangoni									7	1	25
15	Roberto Del Castello	7	10			7	9					11
16	Roberto Sigala			14	10			Ret	4			11
17	Alessandro Battaglin			10	5							9
18	David Baldi									8	7	7
19	Pierluigi Veronesi							10	6			7
20	Andrea Chiesa			9	9	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	10	7
21	Walter Nudo					9	10	Ret	8			6
22	Roberto Sperati				8							3
23	Roberto Benedetti					8	Ret					3
24	Alessio Alcidi	8	Ret									3
25	Bruno Bollini			12	14		8		Ret			3
26	Alessandro Bernasconi	Ret	Ret			Ret		8				3
27	Beppe Arlotti	9										2
28	Gabriele Marotta			13	12	10	11	12	Ret			1
29	Sandro Bettini									10	11	1
30	Massimo Pesci			17	DNS							0
	Walter Salles			15								0
	Nico Caldarola									12	Ret	0
	Francesco Dracone									Ret	12	0
	Fabrizio Gini		Ret							15	Ret	0
	Ivan Benvenuti	Ret	11									0
	Alessandro Cacciari			11	11							0
Pos	Driver	IMO		ALG		MUG		MNZ		KYA		Pts

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Rookie Superstars Trophy

This ranking is open to drivers who have never participated in the Superstars Series or who have never scored points in previous editions of the Series(2005-2008 seasons). Points are awarded to the top three finishers

Pos	Driver	IMO		ADR		MAG		MUG		ALG		VAL		MUG		MNZ		Pts
class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center"
1	Pierluigi Martini	0	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	22
2	Roberto Russo	1	0							2	0	3	0	3	3	3	0	15
3	Alessandro Bernasconi	0	0	2	2	3			0			2		0		2		11
4	Roberto Del Castello	3	2	0	0	1	0					1	0	2	1			10
5	Filipe Albuquerque									3	3							6
6	Sandro Bettini					0	0	3	2									5
7	Andrea Chiesa			0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
8	Bruno Bollini						0	0		0	0		2		2		0	4
9	Roberto Sigala			0	0					0	0					0	3	3
10	Nico Caldarola					0	2	0	1			0	0					3
	Pierluigi Veronesi															1	2	3
12	Beppe Arlotti	2																2
	Roberto Sperati										2							2
14	Walter Nudo											0	0	1	0	0	1	2
	Ivan Benvenuti	0	1	1	0													2
16	Alessandro Cacciari			0	0			1	0	0	0							1
17	Gabriele Marotta									0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Massimo Pesci									0								0
	Nicolò Piancastelli							0										0
	Walter Salles									0								0
	Fabrizio Gini		0									0						0
Pos	Driver	IMO		ADR		MAG		MUG		ALG		VAL		MUG		MNZ		Pts

External links

Official Superstars website