2008 Superstars Series

The 2008 Superstars Series season was the fifth season of the Campionato Italiano Superstars (Italian Superstars Championship) and the second season of the International Superstars Series. The Italian championship was won by Gianni Morbidelli driving for Audi, while the international series was won by Stefano Gabellini driving for BMW.

Teams and drivers

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Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
  Audi Sport Italia Audi RS4 (B7) 1   Gianni Morbidelli All
4   Steven Goldstein 1–6
  Simone Campedelli 7
  Agostino Penna 8
44   Giorgio Sanna All
45   Marco Baroncini 6
  Ferlito Motors Jaguar S-Type R 2   Davide Rigon 2
  Francesco Iorio 4
  Ermanno Dionisio 6
3 7
  Alessandro Cicognani 2
  Claudio Melotto 6
  Lanza Motorsport BMW M5 (E39) 6   Maurizio Strada 2–3
52   Mauro Simoncini 3
  GASS Racing BMW M5 (E39) 7   Alessandro Battaglin 1–3
  Millenium Team BMW 550i (E60) 9   Maurizio Lusuardi 7
69   Kristian Ghedina 1–4, 6
  ROAL Motorsport BMW M3 (E90) 9   Luca Rangoni 6
69   Kristian Ghedina 7–8
  Speedstar Team Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG 18   Max Pigoli 2–3, 6–8
  Claudio Melotto 4
  Habitat Racing BMW 550i (E60) 21   Francesco Ascani All
  Racing4You Chrysler 300C SRT-8 17   Sascha Bert 1
  Davide Rigon 4–5
  Santucci Motorsport Cadillac CTS-V 33   Roberto Benedetti 1, 7–8
BMW M5 (E39) 34   Fabrizio Fede 1
  Maurer Motorsport Chevrolet Lumina CR8 46   María de Villota 5
  CAAL Racing BMW M5 (E39) 52   Andrea Pagliai 1
  Moreno Petrini 2
  Mauro Cesari 4–6
  Alessio Alcidi 8
BMW 550i (E60) 54   Stefano Gabellini All
BMW M5 (E39) 56   Leonardo Baccarelli 1–5, 7–8
58   Roberto Papini All
  • Audi Sport Italia and its drivers entered only the Italian Championship; nevertheless Steven Goldstein entered also the International Series from the third round.

Calendar

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Round Circuit/Location Date
1   Autodromo Vallelunga "Piero Taruffi", Campagnano April 20
2   Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Scarperia May 4
3   Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza May 18
4   Autodromo dell'Umbria, Magione June 8
5   Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana "Ricardo Tormo", Valencia June 29
6   Autodromo "Riccardo Paletti", Varano de' Melegari August 31
7   Misano World Circuit, Misano Adriatico September 14
8   Adria International Raceway, Adria September 28
9   Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben October 12
  International Superstars Series only
  Campionato Italiano Superstars only
  Both championships

Scoring system

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Point system for qualifying
Position Pole 2nd 3rd
Points 3 2 1
Point system for race
Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Points 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1

Results

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Round Circuit Series Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 Vallelunga Italian   Gianni Morbidelli   Gianni Morbidelli   Gianni Morbidelli   Audi Sport Italia
International   Stefano Gabellini   Stefano Gabellini   Stefano Gabellini   CAAL Racing
2 Mugello Italian   Stefano Gabellini   Giorgio Sanna   Stefano Gabellini   CAAL Racing
International   Stefano Gabellini
3 Monza Italian   Gianni Morbidelli   Gianni Morbidelli   Giorgio Sanna   Audi Sport Italia
International   Roberto Papini   Kristian Ghedina   Kristian Ghedina   Millenium Team
4 Magione Italian   Giorgio Sanna   Giorgio Sanna   Gianni Morbidelli   Audi Sport Italia
5 Valencia Italian   Gianni Morbidelli   Gianni Morbidelli   Gianni Morbidelli   Audi Sport Italia
International   Stefano Gabellini   Stefano Gabellini   Roberto Papini   CAAL Racing
6 Varano Italian   Luca Rangoni   Luca Rangoni   Luca Rangoni   ROAL Motorsport
7 Misano Adriatico Italian   Giorgio Sanna   Stefano Gabellini   Stefano Gabellini   CAAL Racing
8 Adria Italian   Gianni Morbidelli   Gianni Morbidelli   Roberto Papini   CAAL Racing
9 Oschersleben International
Round cancelled

Championship standings

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Campionato Italiano Superstars

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Pos Driver VAL
 
MUG
 
MNZ
 
MAG
 
VNC
 
VAR
 
MIS
 
ADR
 
 Pts 
1   Gianni Morbidelli 11 23 21 12 11 33 33 31 143
2   Stefano Gabellini 22 11 5 4 82 22 12 5 110
3   Giorgio Sanna 103 5 12 21 2 Ret 21 22 100
4   Roberto Papini 4 9 DSQ3 33 33 8 4 13 73
5   Kristian Ghedina 3 4 3 DNS 5 5 6 56
6   Davide Rigon 32 5 4 32
7   Francesco Ascani 7 6 7 6 9 Ret 7 Ret 26
8   Luca Rangoni 11 23
9   Max Pigoli Ret 4 4 9 DNS 22
10   Leonardo Baccarelli 9 Ret 6 8 7 8 8 21
11   Mauro Cesari 9 5 6 16
12   Steven Goldstein 11 Ret 10 7 6 Ret 11
13   Agostino Penna 4 10
14   Alessandro Battaglin 6 8 11 9
15   Andrea Pagliai 5 8
16   Simone Campedelli 6 6
17   Maurizio Strada 7 9 6
18   Marco Baroncini 7 4
19   Alessio Alcidi 7 4
20   Fabrizio Fede 8 3
21   Mauro Simoncini 8 3
22   Moreno Petrini 10 1
23   Ermanno Dionisio Ret 10 1
24   Alessandro Cicognani 11 0
  Maurizio Lusuardi 11 0
  Roberto Benedetti DNS 12 Ret 0
  Sascha Bert Ret 0
  Francesco Iorio Ret 0
  Claudio Melotto DNS Ret 0
  María de Villota DNS 0
Pos Driver VAL
 
MUG
 
MNZ
 
MAG
 
VNC
 
VAR
 
MIS
 
ADR
 
 Pts 
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

International Superstars Series – Drivers

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Pos Driver VAL
 
MUG
 
MNZ
 
VNC
 
 Pts 
1   Stefano Gabellini 11 11 32 61 69
2   Kristian Ghedina 22 3 1 49
3   Roberto Papini 3 7 DSQ1 12 41
4   Davide Rigon 22 23 33
5   Francesco Ascani 6 4 5 7 28
6   Leonardo Baccarelli 8 Ret 4 5 21
7   Massimo Pigoli Ret 2 15
8   Alessandro Battaglin 5 63 9 15
9   Steven Goldstein 8 4 13
10   Mauro Cesari 3 12
11   Maurizio Strada 5 7 12
12   Andrea Pagliai 43 11
13   Mauro Simoncini 63 7
14   Fabrizio Fede 7 4
15   Moreno Petrini 8 3
16   Alessandro Cicognani 9 2
17   Roberto Benedetti DNS 0
  Sascha Bert Ret 0
  María de Villota DNS 0
Pos Driver VAL
 
MUG
 
MNZ
 
VNC
 
 Pts 
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

International Superstars Series – Teams

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Position Team Points
1 CAAL Racing 157
2 Millenium Team 49
3 Habitat Racing 28
4 Ferlito Motors 19
5 Lanza Motorsport 19
6 Racing4You 16
7 Speedstar Team 15
8 GASS Racing 15
9 Santucci Motorsport 4
10 Maurer Motorsport 0

References

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