2010 Superstars Series Explained

The 2010 Superstars Series season was the seventh year of the Superstars Series, an Italian-based touring car racing series, and the fourth year of the International Superstars Series. The season began at Monza on March 28, and finished at Kyalami on November 28, after 10 rounds. The season was made up of two different drivers championships, the International Superstars Series and the Campionato Italiano Superstars, both achieved by Thomas Biagi driving for BMW.

Teams and drivers

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Team BMW Italia	BMW M3 (E92)	1	Gianni Morbidelli	1–9
		2	Stefano Gabellini	1–9
			Ivan Tramontozzi	10
		3	Thomas Biagi	All
		4	Luca Cappellari	All
Motorzone Race Car	Chevrolet Lumina CR8	5	Johnny Herbert	1–2, 4–5, 8–10
			Matteo Malucelli^[1]	3, 6
		10	Nico Caldarola	1–5, 8–9
			Albert Colajanni	3
			Brandon Auby	10
		15	Filippo Zadotti	1–2, 4–6, 9
			Giovanni Faraonio	3
			Fabrizio Armetta	8
			Federico Bonamico	10
N.Technology	Porsche Panamera S	7	Fabrizio Giovanardi	6, 8–9
Movisport	BMW M3 (E90)	8	Francesco Ascani	1–3, 5–7, 9
		69	Kristian Ghedina	1–3, 5–7, 9
			Ivan Tramontozzi	8
	BMW 550i (E60)	99	Mauro Cesari	1–6
			Alex De Giacomi	7–9
Romeo Ferraris	Mercedes C63 AMG	18	Max Pigoli	All
		48	Francesco Sini	6, 8–10
		88	Michela Cerruti	1–3, 5–10
RGA Sportsmanship	BMW M3 (E92)	19	Domenico Schiattarella	1
			Christian Montanari	2–4, 6, 8–9
		70	Giovanni Faraonio	4
			Gianluca Calì	8
			Roberto Papini	9
Rangoni Motorsport	Mercedes C63 AMG	20	Luca Rangoni	9
		30	Nicola Larini	9
Top Run Racing	BMW M3 (E92)	21	Roberto Russo	1–3, 6–7, 9
MRT by Nocentini	Chrysler 300C SRT-8	22	Mauro Cesari	7–9
		23	Giovanni Lavaggi	1
			Matteo Cressoni	4–6
Santucci MotorSport	Cadillac CTS-V	24	Roberto Del Castello	1–3, 5–6, 8–9
FR Competition	BMW 550i (E60)	28	Diego Romanini	1–5
		29	Riccardo Romagnoli	1–4
Hopmobile Audi Sport Italia	Audi RS4 (B7)	33	Ermanno Dionisio	1
		36		2–10
		34	Alberto Cola	1–2, 4–5, 7–10
		35	Roberto Papini	1–2, 4
			Alessandro Gabrielli	6–7, 9
			Simone Campedelli	10
		37	Filipe Albuquerque	4
			Gianluca Giraudi	9
			Riccardo Bossi	10
Vaccari Motori	BMW M3 (E92)	38	Federico Bellini	6
			Marco Bonamico	6
Ferlito Motors	Jaguar XF SV8	40	Matteo Cressoni	1–2
			Ivan Tramontozzi	3
			Luciano Linossi	7–8
			Riccardo Romagnoli	9–10
		41	Marcello Puglisi	2–3
			Matteo Meneghello	5
			Riccardo Romagnoli	8
			Matteo Cressoni	9
Swiss Team	Maserati Quattroporte	45	Sandro Bettini	5–6, 8–9
		46		4
			Andrea Chiesa	4–6, 9
CAAL Racing	Mercedes C63 AMG	52	Francesco Sini	1–4
			David Baldi	5–7
			Diego Romanini	8–10
		54	Luigi Ferrara	All
Todi Corse	BMW M5 (E39)	56	Leonardo Baccarelli	1–3, 8–9
			Guido Formilli Fendi	4
		58	Marco Gregori	1–3
			Ferdinando Geri	4
Scuderia Giudici	BMW M5 (E39)	74	Gianni Giudici	9
N Technology	Porsche Panamera S	TBA	TBA	TBA
Rangoni Motorsport	Mercedes C63 AMG	TBA	Emanuele Naspetti	TBA -->

Calendar

Round	Circuit/Location	Date
1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	March 28
2	Autodromo Internazionale "Enzo e Dino Ferrari", Imola	April 18
3	Autodromo Vallelunga "Piero Taruffi", Campagnano	May 9
4	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão	May 23
5	Hockenheimring	June 13
6	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Scarperia	July 25
7	Autodromo "Riccardo Paletti", Varano de' Melegari	August 29
8	Circuit "Paul Ricard" HTTT, Le Castellet	September 19
9	Autodromo Vallelunga "Piero Taruffi", Campagnano	October 10
10	Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit, Midrand	November 28

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	Monza	Luigi Ferrara	Luigi Ferrara	Luigi Ferrara	CAAL Racing
	R2			Luigi Ferrara	Luigi Ferrara	CAAL Racing
2	R1	Imola	Alberto Cola	Thomas Biagi	Thomas Biagi	Team BMW Italia
	R2			Thomas Biagi	Max Pigoli	Romeo Ferraris
3	R1	Vallelunga	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Team BMW Italia
	R2			Gianni Morbidelli	Matteo Malucelli	Motorzone Race Car
4	R1	Algarve	Thomas Biagi	Alberto Cola	Filipe Albuquerque	Hopmobile Audi Sport Italia
	R2			Alberto Cola	Stefano Gabellini	Team BMW Italia
5	R1	Hockenheimring	Max Pigoli	Alberto Cola	Luigi Ferrara	CAAL Racing
	R2			Luigi Ferrara	Luigi Ferrara	CAAL Racing
6	R1	Mugello	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Thomas Biagi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	N.Technology
	R2			Matteo Malucelli	Max Pigoli	Romeo Ferraris
7	R1	Varano	Stefano Gabellini	Thomas Biagi	Thomas Biagi	Team BMW Italia
	R2			Luca Cappellari	Luca Cappellari	Team BMW Italia
8	R1	Paul Ricard	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	N.Technology
	R2			Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	N.Technology
9	R1	Vallelunga	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	N.Technology
	R2			Luca Rangoni	Alberto Cola	Hopmobile Audi Sport Italia
10	R1	Kyalami	Luigi Ferrara	Johnny Herbert	Johnny Herbert	Motorzone Race Car
	R2			Alberto Cola	Thomas Biagi	Team BMW Italia

Championship standings

Campionato Italiano Superstars

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center" Pos Driver MNZ IMO VAL ALG MUG VAR CPR VAL  Pts  1 Thomas Biagi 4 4 1 2 4 4 2 5 4 7 1 Ret 6 2 3 5 178 2 Max Pigoli 2 2 4 1 5 2 16 12 5 1 3 2 14 10 5 11 147 3 Luigi Ferrara 1 1 Ret 8 3 3 5 4 3 2 6 3 16 Ret Ret 10 134 4 Gianni Morbidelli 3 Ret 5 17 1 Ret 6 2 2 3 4 4 2 Ret 12 18 126 5 Stefano Gabellini 10 Ret 20 Ret 7 5 4 1 6 4 2 Ret 8 5 4 4 106 6 Fabrizio Giovanardi 1 9 1 1 1 3 100 7 Alberto Cola Ret DNS 3 3 12 3 DNS DNS 4 18 8 1 72 8 Luca Cappellari 7 7 10 7 6 8 Ret 7 8 6 5 1 11 9 10 9 69 9 Francesco Sini Ret 10 11 5 13 9 8 9 16 13 DSQ 3 6 2 49 10 Matteo Mallucelli 2 1 13 8 39 11 Johnny Herbert Ret 6 2 DNS DNS Ret 3 15 Ret Ret 33 12 Kristian Ghedina Ret 11 17 10 10 7 7 5 7 Ret 7 6 32 13 Roberto Del Castello 6 3 6 15 12 Ret 9 Ret 10 7 15 Ret 31 14 Roberto Papini 8 5 7 Ret 17 6 18 12 21 15 Filipe Albuquerque 1 Ret 20 16 Christian Montanari Ret 11 Ret 6 3 13 Ret Ret 17 16 Ret 19 18 17 Nico Caldarola 13 Ret 12 6 14 7 Ret 9 6 17 Ret 18 18 Luca Rangoni 2 Ret 16 19 Filippo Zadotti 16 8 8 Ret 15 8 DNS DNS 9 7 15 20 Ivan Tramontozzi 19 DNS 7 4 14 21 Ermanno Dionisio 15 Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 8 5 Ret 11 14 Ret 14 22 Matteo Cressoni 18 Ret 9 4 Ret 14 Ret Ret 13 17 12 23 Roberto Russo 5 9 Ret DNS 9 Ret DNS DNS Ret DNS 16 DNS 12 24 Diego Romanini Ret Ret 14 12 Ret 11 9 11 5 12 Ret Ret 10 25 Riccardo Romagnoli 14 Ret 13 9 11 10 10 16 Ret 8 Ret Ret 7 26 Luciano Linossi 11 6 19 17 6 27 Michela Cerruti 12 12 16 13 15 15 10 Ret Ret 7 Ret DNS 22 13 5 28 Alessandro Gabrielli Ret DNS 9 8 20 14 5 29 Gianluca Giraudi 11 8 3 30 Mauro Cesari 17 Ret 15 Ret Ret DNS 11 10 15 Ret Ret 9 Ret DNS Ret DNS 3 31 Domenico Schiattarella 9 Ret 2 32 Sandro Bettini 15 12 10 Ret DNS 21 Ret 1 33 Alex De Giacomi 10 Ret 12 DNS Ret 15 1 34 Giovanni Lavaggi 11 Ret 0 35 Marco Bonamico 11 0 36 Francesco Ascani Ret 13 Ret Ret 16 12 17 12 Ret Ret 23 Ret 0 37 Leonardo Baccarelli Ret DNS 18 14 18 16 13 13 24 16 0 38 Marcello Puglisi Ret Ret Ret 13 0 39 Guido Formilli Fendi 13 DNS 0 40 Gianluca Calì 15 14 0 41 Marco Gregori Ret Ret 19 16 17 14 0 42 Andrea Chiesa Ret 14 Ret 19 20 0 43 Ferdinando Geri 14 Ret 0 44 Fabrizio Armetta 18 DNS 0 45 Federico Bellini 18 0 David Baldi Ret Ret Ret DNS 0 Giovanni Faraonio Ret DNS Ret DNS 0 Nicola Larini Ret DNS 0 Albert Colajanni Ret 0 Gianni Giudici DNS DNS 0 Pos Driver MNZ IMO VAL ALG MUG VAR CPR VAL  Pts

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

International Superstars Series

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center" Pos Driver MNZ IMO ALG HOC CPR VAL KYA  Pts  1 Thomas Biagi 4 4 1 2 2 5 2 4 6 2 3 5 8 1 170 2 Luigi Ferrara 1 1 Ret 8 5 4 1 1 16 Ret Ret 10 2 4 132 3 Max Pigoli 2 2 4 1 16 12 3 2 14 10 5 11 6 3 115 4 Alberto Cola Ret DNS 3 3 12 3 5 7 4 18 8 1 5 2 109 5 Fabrizio Giovanardi 1 1 1 3 77 6 Gianni Morbidelli 3 Ret 5 17 6 2 4 5 2 Ret 12 18 74 7 Johnny Herbert Ret 6 2 DNS DNS Ret 14 3 3 15 Ret Ret 1 Ret 66 8 Francesco Sini Ret 10 11 5 8 9 DSQ 3 6 2 4 6 63 9 Stefano Gabellini 10 Ret 20 Ret 4 1 Ret Ret 8 5 4 4 62 10 Luca Cappellari 7 7 10 7 Ret 7 6 6 11 9 10 9 Ret 5 42 11 Roberto Del Castello 6 3 6 15 7 Ret 10 7 15 Ret 33 12 Roberto Papini 8 5 7 Ret 17 6 18 12 21 13 Filipe Albuquerque 1 Ret 20 14 Nico Caldarola 13 Ret 12 6 7 Ret 11 Ret 9 6 17 Ret 18 15 Filippo Zadotti 16 8 8 Ret 15 8 Ret 8 9 7 18 16 Luca Rangoni 2 Ret 16 17 Matteo Cressoni 18 Ret 9 4 Ret 14 8 14 13 17 15 18 Ivan Tramontozzi 7 4 13 Ret 14 19 Kristian Ghedina Ret 11 17 10 10 9 7 6 14 20 Christian Montanari Ret 11 3 13 17 16 Ret 19 12 21 Ermanno Dionisio 15 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 11 14 Ret 3 Ret 12 22 Diego Romanini Ret Ret 14 12 9 11 16 15 5 12 Ret Ret 11 Ret 10 23 Roberto Russo 5 9 Ret DNS 16 DNS 10 24 Riccardo Romagnoli 14 Ret 13 9 10 16 Ret 8 Ret Ret 7 Ret 10 25 Federico Bonamico 12 7 4 26 Gianluca Giraudi 11 8 3 27 Mauro Cesari 17 Ret 15 Ret 11 10 9 Ret Ret DNS Ret DNS 3 28 Domenico Schiattarella 9 Ret 2 29 Riccardo Bossi 9 Ret 2 30 Michela Cerruti 12 12 16 13 Ret Ret Ret DNS 22 13 10 Ret 1 31 David Baldi Ret 10 1 32 Francesco Ascani Ret 13 Ret Ret 12 11 23 Ret 0 33 Giovanni Lavaggi 11 Ret 0 34 Andrea Chiesa Ret 13 12 19 20 0 35 Alex De Giacomi 12 DNS Ret 15 0 36 Leonardo Baccarelli Ret DNS 18 14 13 13 24 16 0 37 Sandro Bettini 15 15 13 Ret DNS 21 Ret 0 38 Guido Formilli Fendi 13 DNS 0 39 Gianluca Calì 15 14 0 40 Alessandro Gabrielli 20 14 0 41 Ferdinando Geri 14 Ret 0 42 Marco Gregori Ret Ret 19 16 0 43 Luciano Linossi 19 17 0 44 Fabrizio Armetta 18 DNS 0 Marcello Puglisi Ret Ret 0 Matteo Meneghello Ret Ret 0 Brandon Auby Ret Ret 0 Simone Campedelli Ret Ret 0 Giovanni Faraonio Ret DNS 0 Nicola Larini Ret DNS 0 Gianni Giudici DNS DNS 0 Pos Driver MNZ IMO ALG HOC CPR VAL KYA  Pts

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

External links

• Official Superstars website

Notes and References

1. News: Malucelli gets Motorzone seat. motorstv.com. Motors TV. 2010-04-08. 2010-10-23. Andy. Wilkinson.