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
Scoring system Point system for qualifying Position Pole 2nd 3rd Points 3 2 1 Points system for race 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 20151210864321
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
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 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 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
References
External links Official Superstars website