2013 Superstars Series Explained
The 2013 Superstars Series was the tenth year and final season of the Superstars Series, an Italian-based touring car racing series, featuring the tenth edition of the Campionato Italiano Superstars (Italian Superstars Championship) and the seventh and final season year of the International Superstars Series. The season began at Monza on 7 April and finished at the ACI Vallelunga Circuit on 13 October, after eight rounds. Audi Sport Italia driver Gianni Morbidelli won both the Italian and International championships, with Mercedes-AMG Romeo Ferraris driver Vitantonio Liuzzi resulting runner-up.
Teams and drivers
- All teams were Italian-registered and used Hankook tyres.
| Team | Car | | Drivers | Rounds |
|---|
| Petri Corse[1] | Porsche Panamera S | 01 |  Johan Kristoffersson[2] | 1 |
| align=center rowspan=2 | 02 |  Massimiliano Fantini | 1–3 |
| Nicola Larini[3] | 4–5 |
| 07 | Fabrizio Giovanardi[4] | 2–5 |
| Mercedes-AMG Romeo Ferraris | Mercedes C63 AMG[5] | 03 | Thomas Biagi | All |
| 15 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | All |
| Team BMW Dinamic[6] | BMW M3 (E92) | 04 | Giovanni Berton[7] | 1–8 |
| 05 | Max Mugelli | 1–8 |
| 5 | Nicola Baldan[8] | 9 |
| 06 | Mauro Trentin | 1–8 |
| 6 | Francesca Linossi | 9 |
| Todi Corse | BMW M3 (E90)[9] | 08 | Francesco Ascani | 1, 3, 6, 8 |
| BMW 550i (E60) | align=center rowspan=2 | 56 |  Camilo Zurcher[10] | 7 |
| Mario Buscemi[11] | 8 |
| Solaris Motorsport | Chevrolet Lumina CR8 | 10 |  John Quartermaine[12] | 6 |
| 11 | Domenico Schiattarella | 4, 6, 8 |
| align=center rowspan=2 | 12 | Francesco Sini | 3 |
| Chevrolet Camaro SS[13] | 1–2, 4–8 |
| RC Motorsport[14] | Cadillac CTS-V | align=center rowspan=2 | 14 | Roberto Benedetti | 1–4 |
| Roberto Del Castello | 6 |
| RGA Sportmanship[15] | BMW M3 (E92) | 16 | Edoardo Piscopo[16] | 2 |
| MRT by Nocentini[17] | Lexus IS-F 500 | align=center rowspan=2 | 22 | Diego Romanini | 6 |
| Alessandro Battaglin[18] | 1 |
| Batt Promotion | Chrysler 300C SRT-8 | 23 | 2, 7 |
| Roma Racing Team | Mercedes C63 AMG Coupé[19] | align=center rowspan=2 | 27 | Luigi Ferrara | 1–7 |
| Giuseppe Cipriani | 8 |
| Mercedes C63 AMG[20] | align=center rowspan=2 | 28 | Marco Cassarà | 4 |
| Luca Rangoni | 7 |
| Scuderia Giudici | BMW M3 (E92) | 33 | Gianni Giudici | 1–2, 4–8 |
| align=center rowspan=5 | 43 |  Christian Klien[21] | 2 |
 Renaud Kuppens[22] | 4 |
| Marco Fumagalli[23] | 5 |
| Andrea Perlini | 5 |
| Colin Turkington[24] | 6 |
| Adria Racing System | Audi RS4 | 35 | Alessandro Battaglin | 5 |
| 36 | Jonathan Giacon | 5 |
| Jaguar XFR | 77 | "Diabolik" | 3, 5 |
| align=center rowspan=2 | 99 | Andrea Larini | 3 |
 Christian Montanari | 5 |
| Audi Sport Italia | Audi RS5 | 45 | Gianni Morbidelli[25] | All |
| align=center rowspan=5 | 46 | Ferdinando Geri[26] | 1–3 |
| Laurens Vanthoor | 4 |
| Davide di Benedetto[27] | 7 |
| Andrea Larini | 8 |
| Ermanno Dionisio | 9 |
| 47 | Giuseppe Cipriani | 7 |
| CAAL Racing | Mercedes C63 AMG[28] | 54 | Andrea Bacci | 1–8 |
| align=center rowspan=3 | 58 | Leonardo Baccarelli | 1, 3, 7–8 |
| Raffaele Giammaria[29] | 4 |
| Roberto Papini | 6 |
| Ferlito Motors | Jaguar XFR | 77 | "Diabolik" | 1–2 |
| 99 | Andrea Larini | 1–2 | |
Calendar
Results
- Notes
Championship standings
Scoring system
| Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Pole | Fastest Lap | Start |
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| Points | 20 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
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Campionato Italiano Superstars
| Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap | |
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 50% of the race distance.
International Superstars Series – Drivers
| Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap | |
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 50% of the race distance.
Teams' championship
| Pos | Team | Manufacturer | Points |
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| 1 | Audi Sport Italia | Audi | 330 |
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| 2 | Mercedes-AMG Romeo Ferraris | Mercedes-Benz | 317 |
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| 3 | Team BMW Dinamic | BMW | 306 |
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| 4 | Roma Racing Team | Mercedes-Benz | 127 |
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| 5 | CAAL Racing | Mercedes-Benz | 107 |
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| 6 |  Solaris Motorsport | Chevrolet | 93 |
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| 7 | Scuderia Giudici | BMW | 59 |
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| 8 | Petri Corse | Porsche | 38 |
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| 9 | Adria Racing System | Jaguar, Audi | 36 |
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| 10 | Todi Corse | BMW | 25 |
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| 11 | RC Motorsport | Cadillac | 16 |
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| 12 | RGA Sportmanship | BMW | 10 |
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| 13 | MRT by Nocentini | Lexus | 3 |
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| Batt Promotion | Chrysler | 3 | |
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External links
Notes and References
- News: Porsche Panamera returns to Superstars with Petri Corse. https://archive.today/20130216225612/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=8549. dead. 16 February 2013. 15 June 2013. TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB.
- News: Johan Kristoffersson joins Petri Corse Porsche for 2013. 27 March 2013. Superstars Series. Roma Formula Futuro. 28 March 2013. https://archive.today/20130411212935/http://www.superstarsworld.com/Superstars-Series/News/Johan-Kristoffersson-joins-Petri-Corse-Porsche-for.aspx. 11 April 2013. dead. dmy-all.
- News: Nicola Larini joins Fabrizio Giovanardi at Petri Corse. Casillo. Pietro. 8 March 2013. TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB.
- News: Giovanardi returns to Superstars. Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 3 May 2013. 3 May 2013.
- News: Biagi passa alla Mercedes con Romeo Ferraris. 26 March 2013. omnicorse.it. Italian.
- News: Max Mugelli confirmed at Team Dinamic. Casillo. Pietro. 26 January 2013. TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 30 January 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130130153421/http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=8543. 30 January 2013. dead. dmy-all.
- News: Giovanni Berton reveals BMW M3 upgrades for 2013. 7 March 2013. Superstars Series. Roma Formula Futuro. 11 March 2013. https://archive.today/20130411213555/http://www.superstarsworld.com/Superstars-Series/News/Giovanni-Berton-reveals-BMW-M3-upgrades-for-2013.aspx. 11 April 2013. dead. dmy-all.
- Web site: Morbidelli in spolvero nelle libere di Franciacorta.
- News: International Series — Team e Piloti. Superstars Series. Roma Formula Futuro. 2013-04-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20130405233351/http://www.superstarsworld.com/Superstars-Series/Teams---Drivers.aspx. 2013-04-05. dead.
- Web site: IMOLA Free Practice 1. 2013-09-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20131002110258/http://superstarsworld.alkamelsystems.com/Results/01_2013/07_IMOLA/43_SUPERSTARS%20INTERNATIONAL%20SERIES/201309280900_FREE%20PRACTICE%201/03_Classification_FREE%20PRACTICE%201.PDF. 2013-10-02. dead.
- Web site: VALLELUNGA Free Practice 1. 2013-10-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20131014140824/http://superstarsworld.alkamelsystems.com/Results/01_2013/08_VALLELUNGA/54_SUPERSTARS%20INTERNATIONAL%20SERIES/201310120900_FREE%20PRACTICE%201/03_Classification_FREE%20PRACTICE%201.PDF. 2013-10-14. dead.
- Web site: DONINGTONG PARK Free Practice 1.
- News: SUPERSTARS welcomes top American muscle cars. 19 January 2013. Superstars Series. Roma Formula Futuro. 30 January 2013. https://archive.today/20130216204030/http://www.superstarsworld.com/Superstars-Series/News/SUPERSTARS-welcomes-top-American-muscle-cars.aspx. 16 February 2013. dead. dmy-all.
- News: Cadillac RC Motorsport back to the series with two CTS-V racecars, Benedetti, Del Castello. 11 March 2013. Superstars Series. Roma Formula Futuro. 12 March 2013. https://archive.today/20130411213845/http://www.superstarsworld.com/Superstars-Series/News/Cadillac-RC-Motorsport-back-to-the-series-with-two.aspx. 11 April 2013. dead. dmy-all.
- News: Christian Pigionanti conferma il suo impegno nella Superstars 2013. 8 March 2013. motorsportrants.com. Italian.
- News: Piscopo to race BMW in Superstars. Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 9 May 2013. 9 May 2013.
- News: International Series — Team e Piloti. Superstars Series. Roma Formula Futuro.
- News: MONZA, 5-7 APRIL ROUND 1 ENTRY LIST. monzanet.it. monzanet.it. 2013-08-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20131018044341/http://www.monzanet.it/get/3809/1792/elenchi%20Superstars%202013.pdf. 2013-10-18. dead.
- News: Luigi Ferrara signs with RRT for 2013 season. 14 March 2013. Superstars Series. Roma Formula Futuro. 18 March 2013. https://archive.today/20130411213822/http://www.superstarsworld.com/Superstars-Series/News/Luigi-Ferrara-signs-with-RRT-for-2013-season.aspx. 11 April 2013. dead. dmy-all.
- News: La Superstars approda per la prima volta a Zolder. 18 June 2013. omnicorse.it. Italian.
- News: La Scuderia Giudici annuncia l'ingaggio dell'ex F1 Christian Klien. 10 May 2013. Superstars Series. Roma Formula Futuro. Italian.
- News: Vanthoor, Kuppens and Schiattarella joins Superstars at Zolder. Casillo. Pietro. 19 June 2013. TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB.
- Web site: Free Practice 1.
- News: Colin Turkington to drive BMW M3 in Superstars at Donington. 4 August 2013. TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB.
- News: Gianni Morbidelli aims for more glory with Audi Sport Italia. 26 February 2013. Superstars Series. Roma Formula Futuro. 27 February 2013. https://archive.today/20130411213526/http://www.superstarsworld.com/Superstars-Series/News/Gianni-Morbidelli-aims-for-more-glory-with-Audi-Sp.aspx. 11 April 2013. dead. dmy-all.
- Web site: Audi sport Italia – Campionato Gran Turismo – Campionato Superstars – Audi quattro experience . Audi Sport Italia . Audi Sport Italia . 25 March 2013.
- News: Audi bolsters Superstars line-up to help Morbidelli's title bid. Beer. Matt. Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. 24 September 2013. 24 September 2013.
- News: Andrea Bacci con la Caal Racing anche nel 2013. 22 March 2013. omnicorse.it. Italian.
- Web site: Free Practice 1.
- News: Vallelunga to host 2013 Race of Rome Grand Finale. 15 February 2013. superstarsseries.it. Roma Formula Futuro. 15 February 2013. https://archive.today/20130411221348/http://www.superstarsworld.com/Superstars-Series/News/Vallelunga-to-host-2013-Race-of-Rome-Grand-Finale.aspx. 11 April 2013. dead. dmy-all.
Brno Circuit
Automotodróm Slovakia Ring, Orechová Potôň
Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão