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

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Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
  Team BMW Italia BMW M3 (E92) 1   Gianni Morbidelli 1–9
2   Stefano Gabellini 1–9
  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
  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
  Ivan Tramontozzi 8
BMW 550i (E60) 99   Mauro Cesari 1–6
  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
  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
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
  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
29   Riccardo Romagnoli 1–4
  Hopmobile Audi Sport Italia Audi RS4 (B7) 33   Ermanno Dionisio 1
36 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
  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 4
  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
  Guido Formilli Fendi 4
58   Marco Gregori 1–3
  Ferdinando Geri 4
  Scuderia Giudici BMW M5 (E39) 74   Gianni Giudici 9

Calendar

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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

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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

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

Championship standings

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Campionato Italiano Superstars

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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
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

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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
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

References

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