2008 Superstars Series

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	Ermanno Dionisio	7
			Alessandro Cicognani	2
			Claudio Melotto	6
Lanza Motorsport	BMW M5 (E39)	6	Maurizio Strada	2–3
Lanza Motorsport	BMW M5 (E39)	52	Mauro Simoncini	3
GASS Racing	BMW M5 (E39)	7	Alessandro Battaglin	1–3
Millenium Team	BMW 550i (E60)	9	Maurizio Lusuardi	7
Millenium Team	BMW 550i (E60)	69	Kristian Ghedina	1–4, 6
ROAL Motorsport	BMW M3 (E90)	9	Luca Rangoni	6
ROAL Motorsport	BMW M3 (E90)	69	Kristian Ghedina	7–8
Speedstar Team	Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG	18	Max Pigoli	2–3, 6–8
Speedstar Team	Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG	18	Claudio Melotto	4
Habitat Racing	BMW 550i (E60)	21	Francesco Ascani	All
Racing4You	Chrysler 300C SRT-8	17	Sascha Bert	1
Racing4You	Chrysler 300C SRT-8	17	Davide Rigon	4–5
Santucci Motorsport	Cadillac CTS-V	33	Roberto Benedetti	1, 7–8
Santucci Motorsport	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
	BMW M5 (E39)	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
1	Vallelunga	International	Stefano Gabellini	Stefano Gabellini	Stefano Gabellini	CAAL Racing
2	Mugello	Italian	Stefano Gabellini	Giorgio Sanna	Stefano Gabellini	CAAL Racing
2	Mugello	International	Stefano Gabellini	Stefano Gabellini	Stefano Gabellini	CAAL Racing
3	Monza	Italian	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Giorgio Sanna	Audi Sport Italia
3	Monza	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
5	Valencia	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
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 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
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 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

References

External links

Official Superstars website

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