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
		2	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
		5	Matteo Malucelli^[1]	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
		69	Ivan Tramontozzi	8
	BMW 550i (E60)	99	Mauro Cesari	1–6
	BMW 550i (E60)	99	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
		19	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
Rangoni Motorsport	Mercedes C63 AMG	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
		23	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
FR Competition	BMW 550i (E60)	29	Riccardo Romagnoli	1–4
Hopmobile Audi Sport Italia	Audi RS4 (B7)	33	Ermanno Dionisio	1
		36	Ermanno Dionisio	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
Vaccari Motori	BMW M3 (E92)	38	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	Sandro Bettini	4
		46	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
		56	Guido Formilli Fendi	4
		58	Marco Gregori	1–3
		58	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

International Superstars Series only

Campionato Italiano Superstars only

Both championships

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
1	R2	Monza		Luigi Ferrara	Luigi Ferrara	CAAL Racing
2	R1	Imola	Alberto Cola	Thomas Biagi	Thomas Biagi	Team BMW Italia
2	R2	Imola		Thomas Biagi	Max Pigoli	Romeo Ferraris
3	R1	Vallelunga	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Team BMW Italia
3	R2	Vallelunga		Gianni Morbidelli	Matteo Malucelli	Motorzone Race Car
4	R1	Algarve	Thomas Biagi	Alberto Cola	Filipe Albuquerque	Hopmobile Audi Sport Italia
4	R2	Algarve		Alberto Cola	Stefano Gabellini	Team BMW Italia
5	R1	Hockenheimring	Max Pigoli	Alberto Cola	Luigi Ferrara	CAAL Racing
5	R2	Hockenheimring		Luigi Ferrara	Luigi Ferrara	CAAL Racing
6	R1	Mugello	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Thomas Biagi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	N.Technology
6	R2	Mugello		Matteo Malucelli	Max Pigoli	Romeo Ferraris
7	R1	Varano	Stefano Gabellini	Thomas Biagi	Thomas Biagi	Team BMW Italia
7	R2	Varano		Luca Cappellari	Luca Cappellari	Team BMW Italia
8	R1	Paul Ricard	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	N.Technology
8	R2	Paul Ricard		Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	N.Technology
9	R1	Vallelunga	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	Fabrizio Giovanardi	N.Technology
9	R2	Vallelunga		Luca Rangoni	Alberto Cola	Hopmobile Audi Sport Italia
10	R1	Kyalami	Luigi Ferrara	Johnny Herbert	Johnny Herbert	Motorzone Race Car
10	R2	Kyalami		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 Mallucelli					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

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

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

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

References

^ Wilkinson, Andy (2010-04-08). "Malucelli gets Motorzone seat". motorstv.com. Motors TV. Retrieved 2010-10-23.

External links

Official Superstars website

[1] Wilkinson, Andy (2010-04-08). "Malucelli gets Motorzone seat". motorstv.com. Motors TV. Retrieved 2010-10-23.

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