2007 Superstars Series

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Campionato Italiano Superstars – Drivers

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Pos Driver ADR
 
MNZ
 
MAG
 
MIS
 
NUR
 
ADR
 
VAL
 
MNZ
 
 Pts 
1   Gianni Morbidelli DNS Ret 11 11 11 12 11 11 137
2   Alessandro Balzan 11 Ret1 43 113 3 5 4 22 85
3   Giorgio Sanna DNS3 62 22 3 22 DNS 122 4 67
4   Giuliano Alessi Ret 3 3 Ret2 43 33 2 Ret3 66
5   Max Pigoli 22 13 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 33 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 21 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 Second place
Bronze Third 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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

International Superstars Series – Drivers

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Pos Driver MNZ
 
NUR
 
ADR
 
VAL
 
 Pts 
1   Giuliano Alessi 3 21 11 12 75
2   Alessandro Balzan Ret1 13 3 33 49
3   Alessandro Battaglin 23 2 4 41
4   Kristian Ghedina 5 82 62 21 39
5   Max Pigoli 12 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 Ret3 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 Second place
Bronze Third 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 practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole

International Superstars Series – Teams

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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
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