2010 Superstars Series

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 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

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 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 Malucelli 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 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

References

External links Official Superstars website