2008 Superstars Series

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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
				7
				8
		44	Giorgio Sanna	All
		45		6
Ferlito Motors	Jaguar S-Type R	2	Davide Rigon	2
				4
				6
		3		7
				2
				6
Lanza Motorsport	BMW M5 (E39)	6		2–3
		52		3
GASS Racing	BMW M5 (E39)	7		1–3
Millenium Team	BMW 550i (E60)	9		7
		69	Kristian Ghedina	1–4, 6
ROAL Motorsport	BMW M3 (E90)	9	Luca Rangoni	6
		69	Kristian Ghedina	7–8
Speedstar Team	Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG	18	Max Pigoli	2–3, 6–8
				4
Habitat Racing	BMW 550i (E60)	21	Francesco Ascani	All
Racing4You	Chrysler 300C SRT-8	17	Sascha Bert	1
			Davide Rigon	4–5
Santucci Motorsport	Cadillac CTS-V	33		1, 7–8
	BMW M5 (E39)	34		1
Maurer Motorsport	Chevrolet Lumina CR8	46	María de Villota	5
CAAL Racing	BMW M5 (E39)	52		1
				2
				4–6
				8
	BMW 550i (E60)	54	Stefano Gabellini	All
	BMW M5 (E39)	56		1–5, 7–8
		58		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

Scoring system[]

Results[]

Round	Circuit	Series	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	Vallelunga	Italian	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli
		International	Stefano Gabellini	Stefano Gabellini	Stefano Gabellini	CAAL Racing
2	Mugello	Italian	Stefano Gabellini	Giorgio Sanna	Stefano Gabellini	CAAL Racing
		International		Stefano Gabellini
3	Monza	Italian	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Giorgio Sanna
		International		Kristian Ghedina	Kristian Ghedina
4	Magione	Italian	Giorgio Sanna	Giorgio Sanna	Gianni Morbidelli
5	Valencia	Italian	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli
		International	Stefano Gabellini	Stefano Gabellini		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		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 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 9 Ret 6 8 7 8 8 21 11 9 5 6 16 12 Steven Goldstein 11 Ret 10 7 6 Ret 11 13 4 10 14 6 8 11 9 15 5 8 16 6 6 17 7 9 6 18 7 4 19 7 4 20 8 3 21 8 3 22 10 1 23 Ret 10 1 24 11 0 11 0 DNS 12 Ret 0 Sascha Bert Ret 0 Ret 0 DNS Ret 0 María de Villota DNS 0 Pos Driver VAL MUG MNZ MAG VNC VAR MIS ADR  Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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[]

Pos Driver VAL MUG MNZ VNC  Pts  1 Stefano Gabellini 11 11 32 61 69 2 Kristian Ghedina 22 3 1 49 3 3 7 DSQ1 12 41 4 Davide Rigon 22 23 33 5 Francesco Ascani 6 4 5 7 28 6 8 Ret 4 5 21 7 Massimo Pigoli Ret 2 15 8 5 63 9 15 9 Steven Goldstein 8 4 13 10 3 12 11 5 7 12 12 43 11 13 63 7 14 7 4 15 8 3 16 9 2 17 DNS 0 Sascha Bert Ret 0 María de Villota DNS 0 Pos Driver VAL MUG MNZ VNC  Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd 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 – Teams[]

External links[]

• Official Superstars website