2008 Superstars Series

2008 Superstars Series

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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

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

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

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

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

Campionato Italiano Superstars

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

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

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

External links

• Official Superstars website