2013 Superstars Series

2013 Superstars Series season
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The 2013 Superstars Series is the tenth year of the Superstars Series, an Italian based touring car racing series, featuring the tenth edition of the Campionato Italiano Superstars (Italian Superstars Championship) and the seventh year of the International Superstars Series. The season began at Monza on 7 April and will finish at the ACI Vallelunga Circuit on 13 October, after eight rounds. Audi Sport Italia driver Gianni Morbidelli won both the Italian and International championships, with Mercedes-AMG Romeo Ferraris driver Vitantonio Liuzzi resulting runner-up.

Teams and drivers

All teams were Italian-registered and used Hankook tyres.

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Petri Corse^[1]	Porsche Panamera S^[1]	01	Johan Kristoffersson^[2]	1
		02	Massimiliano Fantini^[2]	1–3
		02	Nicola Larini^[3]	4–5
		07	Fabrizio Giovanardi^[4]	2–5
Mercedes-AMG Romeo Ferraris^[5]	Mercedes C63 AMG^[6]	03	Thomas Biagi^[6]	All
Mercedes-AMG Romeo Ferraris^[5]	Mercedes C63 AMG^[6]	15	Vitantonio Liuzzi^[6]	All
Team BMW Dinamic^[7]	BMW M3 (E92)^[7]	04	Giovanni Berton^[8]	1–8
		05	Max Mugelli^[7]	1–8
		5	Nicola Baldan^[9]	9
		06	Mauro Trentin^[5]	1–8
		6	Francesca Linossi^[9]	9
Todi Corse	BMW M3 (E90)^[5]	08	Francesco Ascani^[5]	1, 3, 6, 8
	BMW 550i (E60)^[5]	56	Camilo Zurcher^[10]	7
	BMW 550i (E60)^[5]	56	Mario Buscemi^[11]	8
Solaris Motorsport	Chevrolet Lumina CR8^[12]	10	John Quartermaine^[13]	6
		11	Domenico Schiattarella^[14]	4, 6, 8
		12	Francesco Sini^[12]	3
	Chevrolet Camaro SS^[12]	12	Francesco Sini^[12]	1–2, 4–8
RC Motorsport^[15]	Cadillac CTS-V^[15]	14	Roberto Benedetti^[15]	1–4
RC Motorsport^[15]	Cadillac CTS-V^[15]	14	Roberto Del Castello^[15]	6
RGA Sportmanship^[16]	BMW M3 (E92)^[16]	16	Edoardo Piscopo^[17]	2
MRT by Nocentini^[18]	Lexus IS-F 500^[18]	22	Diego Romanini^[13]	6
MRT by Nocentini^[18]	Lexus IS-F 500^[18]	22	Alessandro Battaglin^[19]	1
Batt Promotion^[5]	Chrysler 300C SRT-8^[5]	23	Alessandro Battaglin^[19]	2, 7
Roma Racing Team	Mercedes C63 AMG Coupé^[20]	27	Luigi Ferrara^[20]	1–7
	Mercedes C63 AMG Coupé^[20]	27	Giuseppe Cipriani^[11]	8
	Mercedes C63 AMG^[21]	28	Marco Cassarà^[21]	4
	Mercedes C63 AMG^[21]	28	Luca Rangoni^[10]	7
Scuderia Giudici^[5]	BMW M3 (E92)^[5]	33	Gianni Giudici^[5]	1–2, 4–8
		43	Christian Klien^[22]	2
			Renaud Kuppens^[14]	4
			Marco Fumagalli^[23]	5
			Andrea Perlini^[23]	5
			Colin Turkington^[24]	6
Adria Racing System	Audi RS4^[23]	35	Alessandro Battaglin^[23]	5
	Audi RS4^[23]	36	Jonathan Giacon^[23]	5
	Jaguar XFR^[5]	77	"Diabolik"^[19]	3, 5
		99	Andrea Larini^[5]	3
		99	Christian Montanari^[23]	5
Audi Sport Italia	Audi RS5^[5]	45	Gianni Morbidelli^[25]	All
		46	Ferdinando Geri^[26]	1–3
			Laurens Vanthoor^[14]	4
			Davide di Benedetto^[27]	7
			Andrea Larini^[11]	8
			Ermanno Dionisio^[9]	9
		47	Giuseppe Cipriani^[10]	7
CAAL Racing	Mercedes C63 AMG^[28]	54	Andrea Bacci^[28]	1–8
		58	Leonardo Baccarelli^[19]	1, 3, 7–8
			Raffaele Giammaria^[29]	4
			Roberto Papini^[13]	6
Ferlito Motors	Jaguar XFR^[5]	77	"Diabolik"^[19]	1–2
Ferlito Motors	Jaguar XFR^[5]	99	Andrea Larini^[5]	1–2

Calendar

Round	Circuit/Location	Date
1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	7 April
2	Brno Circuit	19 May
3	Automotodróm Slovakia Ring, Orechová Potôň	9 June
4	Circuit Zolder	23 June
5	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão	21 July
6	Donington Park, Leicestershire	1 September
7	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	29 September
8	Autodromo Vallelunga "Piero Taruffi", Campagnano^[30]	13 October
9	Autodromo di Franciacorta, Castrezzato	27 October

International Superstars Series only

Campionato Italiano Superstars only

Both championships

Results

Round		Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Monza	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Mercedes-AMG Romeo Ferraris
1	R2	Monza		Vitantonio Liuzzi	Thomas Biagi	Mercedes-AMG Romeo Ferraris
2	R1	Brno	Thomas Biagi	Thomas Biagi	Thomas Biagi	Mercedes-AMG Romeo Ferraris
2	R2	Brno		Giovanni Berton	Giovanni Berton	Team BMW Dinamic
3	R1	Slovakia Ring	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Mercedes-AMG Romeo Ferraris
3	R2	Slovakia Ring		Luigi Ferrara	Giovanni Berton	Team BMW Dinamic
4	R1	Zolder	Gianni Morbidelli	Laurens Vanthoor	Gianni Morbidelli	Audi Sport Italia
4	R2	Zolder		Laurens Vanthoor	Gianni Morbidelli	Audi Sport Italia
5	R1	Algarve	Luigi Ferrara	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Audi Sport Italia
5	R2	Algarve		Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Audi Sport Italia
6	R1	Donington Park	Luigi Ferrara	Gianni Morbidelli	Luigi Ferrara	Roma Racing Team
6	R2	Donington Park		Gianni Morbidelli^{[N 1]}	Gianni Morbidelli	Audi Sport Italia
7	R1	Imola	Luigi Ferrara	Gianni Morbidelli	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Mercedes-AMG Romeo Ferraris
7	R2	Imola		Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Audi Sport Italia
8	R1	Vallelunga	Giovanni Berton	Gianni Morbidelli	Giovanni Berton	Team BMW Dinamic
8	R2	Vallelunga		Gianni Morbidelli	Andrea Larini	Larini (Audi Sport Italia)
9	R1	Franciacorta	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Audi Sport Italia
9	R2	Franciacorta		Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Audi Sport Italia

Notes

↑ Thomas Biagi was the fastest of the original. However, Gianni Morbidelli was moved up in the vehicle violation of Romeo Ferraris.^[31]

Championship standings

Scoring system

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole	Fastest Lap	Start
Points	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1	1	1	1

Campionato Italiano Superstars

Pos	Driver	MNZ		ALG		IMO		VAL		FRA		Pts
1	Gianni Morbidelli	4	4	1	1	2	1	3	7	1	1	170
2	Vitantonio Liuzzi	1	2	2	2	1	2	5	4	3	2	158
3	Giovanni Berton	6	8	5	5	5	6	1	2			83
4	Thomas Biagi	2	1	3	4	13†	7	10†	6	DNS	DNS	76
5	Luigi Ferrara	3	3	7	3	3	DNS					59
6	Francesco Sini	5	6	6	13†	8	3	7	3			59
7	Max Mugelli	14†	DNS	4	6	7	9	2	5			52
8	Andrea Larini	8	Ret					4	1			37
9	Andrea Bacci	7	5	11	8	6	8	14†	11†			32
10	Ermanno Dionisio									3	2	29
11	Mauro Trentin	9	12	8	7	Ret	12	8	8			23
12	Nicola Baldan									4	4	22
13	Davide di Benedetto					4	4					22
14	Francesca Linossi									5	5	18
15	Giuseppe Cipriani					9	5	DNS	DNS			12
16	Francesco Ascani	12	9					9	9			10
17	Domenico Schiattarella							6	Ret			8
18	"Diabolik"	16†	7	Ret	12							8
19	Alessandro Battaglin	DNS	DNS	10	9	11	14†					7
20	Gianni Giudici	13	DNS	12	10	12	11	13†	DNS			7
21	Leonardo Baccarelli	10	11			14†	13	12†	DNS			6
22	Jonathan Giacon			9	Ret							4
23	Camilo Zurcher					10	10					4
24	Mario Buscemi							11	10†			3
25	Roberto Benedetti	11	10									3
26	Ferdinando Geri	15†	13†									2
27	Fabrizio Giovanardi			Ret	Ret							2
28	Marco Fumagalli				11							1
29	Andrea Perlini			13								1
30	Massimiliano Fantini	DNS	Ret									1
31	Christian Montanari			Ret	DNS							1
	Luca Rangoni					DNS	DNS					0
	Nicola Larini			DNS	DNS							0
	Johan Kristoffersson	DNS	DNS									0
Pos	Driver	MNZ		ALG		IMO		VAL		FRA		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 50% of the race distance.

International Superstars Series

Pos	Driver	MNZ		BRN		SVK		ZOL		ALG		DON		IMO		VAL		Pts
1	Gianni Morbidelli	4	4	11†	2	Ret	3	1	1	1	1	3	1	2	1	3	7	235
2	Giovanni Berton	6	8	3	1	3	1	8	6	5	5	2	3	5	6	1	2	192
3	Vitantonio Liuzzi	1	2	4	Ret	1	Ret	5	7	2	2	DSQ	DSQ	1	2	5	4	159
4	Thomas Biagi	2	1	1	3	2	2	9	4	3	4	DSQ	DSQ	13†	7	10†	6	138
5	Luigi Ferrara	3	3	2	10†	11†	4	3	Ret	7	3	1	Ret	3	DNS			127
6	Max Mugelli	14†	DNS	7	Ret	5	5	12	12	4	6	4	2	7	9	2	5	105
7	Francesco Sini	5	6	6	11	10	7	Ret	DNS	6	13†	Ret	DNS	8	3	7	3	76
8	Andrea Bacci	7	5	9	4	7	6	13	11	11	8	5	10†	6	8	14†	11†	71
9	Mauro Trentin	9	12	Ret	7	6	8	14	9	8	7	6	4	Ret	12	8	8	62
10	Andrea Larini	8	Ret	Ret	9	9	DNS									4	1	44
11	Laurens Vanthoor							2	2									34
12	Fabrizio Giovanardi			5	Ret	4	14†	7	8	Ret	Ret							33
13	Davide di Benedetto													4	4			22
14	Raffaele Giammaria							6	3									20
15	Renaud Kuppens							4	5									20
16	Francesco Ascani	12	9			Ret	11					10†	8			9	9	18
17	Domenico Schiattarella							11	10			Ret	7			6	Ret	17
18	"Diabolik"	16†	7	8	Ret	Ret	9			Ret	12							17
19	Gianni Giudici	13	DNS	DNS	DNS			Ret	DNS	12	10	7	9	12	11	13†	DNS	16
20	Roberto Benedetti	11	10	Ret	8	8	10	15	Ret									16
21	Colin Turkington											8†	5					13
22	Giuseppe Cipriani													9	5	DNS	DNS	12
23	Edoardo Piscopo			Ret	5													10
24	Christian Klien			Ret	6													8
	Roberto Papini											Ret	6					8
26	Alessandro Battaglin	DNS	DNS	Ret	DNS					10	9			11	14†			8
27	Leonardo Baccarelli	10	11			Ret	12							14†	13	12†	DNS	8
28	Ferdinando Geri	15†	13†	10	Ret	Ret	13†											7
29	Jonathan Giacon									9	Ret							4
30	Camilo Zurcher													10	10			4
31	Diego Romanini											9†	DNS					3
32	Mario Buscemi															11	10†	3
33	Nicola Larini							10	Ret	DNS	DNS							3
34	Massimiliano Fantini	DNS	Ret	Ret	DNS	DNS	DNS											2
35	Marco Fumagalli										11							1
36	Andrea Perlini									13								1
37	Christian Montanari									Ret	DNS							1
38	Luca Rangoni													DNS	DNS			0
	John Quartermaine											DNS	DNS					0
	Roberto Del Castello											DNS	DNS					0
	Marco Cassarà							DNS	DNS									0
	Johan Kristoffersson	DNS	DNS															0
Pos	Driver	MNZ		BRN		SVK		ZOL		ALG		DON		IMO		VAL		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not participate (DNP)
Blank	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 50% of the race distance.

Teams' championship

Pos	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	Audi Sport Italia	Audi	330
2	Mercedes-AMG Romeo Ferraris	Mercedes-Benz	317
3	Team BMW Dinamic	BMW	306
4	Roma Racing Team	Mercedes-Benz	127
5	CAAL Racing	Mercedes-Benz	107
6	Solaris Motorsport	Chevrolet	93
7	Scuderia Giudici	BMW	59
8	Petri Corse	Porsche	38
9	Adria Racing System	Jaguar, Audi	36
10	Todi Corse	BMW	25
11	RC Motorsport	Cadillac	16
12	RGA Sportmanship	BMW	10
13	MRT by Nocentini	Lexus	3
	Batt Promotion	Chrysler	3

References

1 2 "Porsche Panamera returns to Superstars with Petri Corse". TouringCarTimes (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). 15 June 2013.
1 2 "Johan Kristoffersson joins Petri Corse Porsche for 2013". Superstars Series (Roma Formula Futuro). 27 March 2013.
↑ Casillo, Pietro (8 March 2013). "Nicola Larini joins Fabrizio Giovanardi at Petri Corse". TouringCarTimes (Mediaempire Stockholm AB).
↑ "Giovanardi returns to Superstars". Autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). 3 May 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "International Series — Team e Piloti". Superstars Series (Roma Formula Futuro).
1 2 3 "Biagi passa alla Mercedes con Romeo Ferraris". omnicorse.it (in Italian). 26 March 2013.
1 2 3 Casillo, Pietro (26 January 2013). "Max Mugelli confirmed at Team Dinamic". TouringCarTimes (Mediaempire Stockholm AB).
↑ "Giovanni Berton reveals BMW M3 upgrades for 2013". Superstars Series (Roma Formula Futuro). 7 March 2013.
1 2 3 "Morbidelli in spolvero nelle libere di Franciacorta".
1 2 3 "IMOLA Free Practice 1" (PDF).
1 2 3 "VALLELUNGA Free Practice 1" (PDF).
1 2 3 "SUPERSTARS welcomes top American muscle cars". Superstars Series (Roma Formula Futuro). 19 January 2013.
1 2 3 "DONINGTONG PARK Free Practice 1" (PDF).
1 2 3 Casillo, Pietro (19 June 2013). "Vanthoor, Kuppens and Schiattarella joins Superstars at Zolder". TouringCarTimes (Mediaempire Stockholm AB).
1 2 3 4 "Cadillac RC Motorsport back to the series with two CTS-V racecars, Benedetti, Del Castello". Superstars Series (Roma Formula Futuro). 11 March 2013.
1 2 "Christian Pigionanti conferma il suo impegno nella Superstars 2013". motorsportrants.com (in Italian). 8 March 2013.
↑ "Piscopo to race BMW in Superstars". Autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). 9 May 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2013.
1 2 "International Series — Team e Piloti". Superstars Series (Roma Formula Futuro).
1 2 3 4 "MONZA, 5-7 APRIL ROUND 1 ENTRY LIST" (PDF). monzanet.it (monzanet.it).
1 2 "Luigi Ferrara signs with RRT for 2013 season". Superstars Series (Roma Formula Futuro). 14 March 2013.
1 2 "La Superstars approda per la prima volta a Zolder". omnicorse.it (in Italian). 18 June 2013.
↑ "La Scuderia Giudici annuncia l'ingaggio dell'ex F1 Christian Klien". Superstars Series (in Italian) (Roma Formula Futuro). 10 May 2013.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Free Practice 1" (PDF).
↑ "Colin Turkington to drive BMW M3 in Superstars at Donington". TouringCarTimes (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). 4 August 2013.
↑ "Gianni Morbidelli aims for more glory with Audi Sport Italia". Superstars Series (Roma Formula Futuro). 26 February 2013.
↑ "Audi sport Italia – Campionato Gran Turismo – Campionato Superstars – Audi quattro experience". Audi Sport Italia. Audi Sport Italia. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
↑ Beer, Matt (24 September 2013). "Audi bolsters Superstars line-up to help Morbidelli's title bid". Autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). Retrieved 24 September 2013.
1 2 "Andrea Bacci con la Caal Racing anche nel 2013". omnicorse.it (in Italian). 22 March 2013.
↑ "Free Practice 1" (PDF).
↑ "Vallelunga to host 2013 Race of Rome Grand Finale". superstarsseries.it (Roma Formula Futuro). 15 February 2013.
↑ Casillo, Pietro (4 March 2014). "Mercedes excluded from Donington, loses teams’ title". TouringCarTimes (Mediaempire Stockholm AB). Retrieved 4 March 2014.

External links

Official Superstars website

Superstars Series

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