2007 Superstars Series

2007 Superstars Series season
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The 2007 Superstars Series season was the fourth season of the Campionato Italiano Superstars (Italian Superstars Championship) and the inaugural season of the International Superstars Series. The Italian championship was won by Gianni Morbidelli driving for Audi, while the international series was won by Giuliano Alessi driving for BMW.

Teams and drivers

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Jaguar Dealers Team	Jaguar S-Type R	1	Max Pigoli	All
		2	Alessandro Balzan	All
Audi Sport Italia	Audi RS4 (B7)	4	Steven Goldstein	All
		44	Giorgio Sanna	All
		45	Gianni Morbidelli	All
		46	Massimiliano Venturi	4
			Rinaldo Capello	6
Lanza Motorsport	BMW M5 (E39)	5	Maurizio Strada	2, 8
			Mauro Simoncini	5–6
		6		8
			Arturo Merzario	2
GASS Racing	BMW M5 (E39)	7	Alessandro Battaglin	1–4, 6–8
GDL Racing	BMW 550i (E60)	11	Francesco Ascani	All
		69	Kristian Ghedina	All
CAAL Racing	BMW M5 (E39)	19	Marco Gregori	4, 7
			Romano Fortunati	5
			Corrado Canneori	6
			Stefano Bonello	6
			Sergio Fiorelli	8
	BMW 550i (E60)	54	Giuliano Alessi	All
	BMW M5 (E39)	56	Moreno Petrini	1–6, 8
			Gianni Martellucci	7
		58	Romano Fortunati	1, 3
			Marco Gregori	2
			Leonardo Baccarelli	4, 7–8
			Ivan Tramontozzi	6
Santucci Motorsport	BMW M5 (E39)	33	Roberto Benedetti	1, 3–4, 6–8

• Audi Sport Italia and its drivers entered only the Italian Championship.

Calendar

Round	Circuit/Location	Date
1	Adria International Raceway, Adria	April 1
2	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	April 15
3	Autodromo dell'Umbria, Magione	May 20
4	Misano World Circuit, Misano Adriatico	July 15
5	Nürburgring, Nürburg	August 26
6	Adria International Raceway, Adria	September 9
7	Autodromo Vallelunga "Piero Taruffi", Campagnano	September 16
8	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	October 21

  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	Adria	Italian	Alessandro Balzan	Alessandro Balzan	Alessandro Balzan	Jaguar Dealers Team
2	Monza	Italian	Alessandro Balzan	Gianni Morbidelli	Max Pigoli	Jaguar Dealers Team
		International
3	Magione	Italian	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Audi Sport Italia
4	Misano Adriatico	Italian	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Audi Sport Italia
5	Nürburgring	Italian	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Audi Sport Italia
		International	Giuliano Alessi	Kristian Ghedina	Alessandro Balzan	Jaguar Dealers Team
6	Adria	Italian	Dindo Capello	Dindo Capello	Gianni Morbidelli	Audi Sport Italia
		International	Giuliano Alessi	Giuliano Alessi	Giuliano Alessi	CAAL Racing
7	Vallelunga	Italian	Gianni Morbidelli	Giorgio Sanna	Gianni Morbidelli	Audi Sport Italia
		International	Kristian Ghedina	Kristian Ghedina	Giuliano Alessi	CAAL Racing
8	Monza	Italian	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Audi Sport Italia

Championship standings

Campionato Italiano Superstars – Drivers

Pos Driver ADR MNZ MAG MIS NUR ADR VAL MNZ  Pts  1 Gianni Morbidelli DNS Ret 1^1 1^1 1^1 1^2 1^1 1^1 137 2 Alessandro Balzan 1^1 Ret^1 4^3 11^3 3 5 4 2^2 85 3 Giorgio Sanna DNS^3 6^2 2^2 3 2^2 DNS 12^2 4 67 4 Giuliano Alessi Ret 3 3 Ret^2 4^3 3^3 2 Ret^3 66 5 Max Pigoli 2^2 1^3 5 6 5 Ret 13 Ret 60 6 Alessandro Battaglin 4 2 8 DNS 4 5 3 58 7 Kristian Ghedina 3 7 7 2 10 9 3^3 Ret 51 8 Steven Goldstein DNS 4 6 7 11 6 11 DSQ 26 9 Roberto Benedetti Ret Ret 5 10 9 5 19 10 Francesco Ascani DNS 8 Ret 8 7 Ret 8 6 19 11 Rinaldo Capello 2^1 18 12 Moreno Petrini 6 Ret 9 9 6 Ret Ret 16 13 Marco Gregori 5 10 6 15 14 Romano Fortunati 5 DNS 8 11 15 Massimiliano Venturi 4 10 16 Mauro Simoncini 9 7 7 10 17 Leonardo Baccarelli DNS 7 Ret 4 18 Maurizio Strada Ret 8 3 19 Corrado Canneori 8 3 20 Gianni Martellucci 10 1 21 Ivan Tramontozzi Ret 0 Arturo Merzario Ret 0 Sergio Fiorelli DNS 0 Stefano Bonello DNS 0 Pos Driver ADR MNZ MAG MIS NUR ADR VAL MNZ  Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

International Superstars Series – Drivers

Pos Driver MNZ NUR ADR VAL  Pts  1 Giuliano Alessi 3 2^1 1^1 1^2 75 2 Alessandro Balzan Ret^1 1^3 3 3^3 49 3 Alessandro Battaglin 2^3 2 4 41 4 Kristian Ghedina 5 8^2 6^2 2^1 39 5 Max Pigoli 1^2 3 Ret 10 35 6 Marco Gregori 4 5 18 7 Francesco Ascani 6 5 Ret 7 18 8 Mauro Simoncini 7 4 14 9 Moreno Petrini Ret 4 Ret 10 10 Corrado Canneori 5 8 11 Roberto Benedetti 7 8 7 12 Romano Fortunati 6 6 13 Leonardo Baccarelli 6 6 14 Gianni Martellucci 9 2 15 Ivan Tramontozzi Ret^3 1 16 Maurizio Strada Ret 0 Arturo Merzario Ret 0 Stefano Bonello DNS 0 Pos Driver MNZ NUR ADR VAL  Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole

International Superstars Series – Teams

Position	Team	Points
1	CAAL Racing	126
2	Jaguar Dealers Team	84
3	GDL Racing	57
4	GASS Racing	41
5	Lanza Motorsport	14
6	Santucci Motorsport	7

External links

• Official Superstars website