2009 Superstars Series

The 2009 Superstars Series season was the sixth season of the Campionato Italiano Superstars (Italian Superstars Championship) and the third season of the International Superstars Series. Both championships were won by Gianni Morbidelli driving for BMW.

Teams and drivers[]

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
ROAL Motorsport	BMW M3 (E90)	1	Gianni Morbidelli	All
ROAL Motorsport	BMW M3 (E90)	11	Francesco Ascani	All
Ferlito Motors	Jaguar S-Type R	2		1–2
				3
				4–5
				6–7
				8
	Jaguar XF SV8		Francesco Dracone	9
	Jaguar S-Type R	3		1–7
Audi Sport Italia	Audi RS4 (B7)	3		8-9
		4	Filipe Albuquerque	5
				8
			Luca Rangoni	9
Motorzone Race Car	Chevrolet Lumina CR8	5		6, 8–9
	BMW M5 (E39)	33		5
		37		1, 3–4
				2
				5
GASS Racing	BMW M5 (E39)	7		1
GASS Racing	BMW M5 (E39)	7		1, 6
Scuderia TRT	BMW M5 (E39)	7		9
Scuderia TRT	BMW M5 (E39)	7		5
RGA Sportmanship	BMW M3 (E92)	8		2, 5
		9		1
		10		4
			Walter Salles	5
				5
Top Run Racing	BMW M3 (E92)	9		5–8
Habitat Racing	BMW M3 (E92)	12		8
	BMW 550i (E60)	21		1–4, 6–8
	BMW 550i (E60)	21		1, 3–8
	BMW M3 (E92)	22	Christian Montanari	9
Max Pigoli Team	Mercedes C63 AMG	18	Max Pigoli	All
Zakspeed Team	Chrysler 300C SRT-8	23	Pierluigi Martini	All
Santucci Motorsport	Cadillac CTS-V	24	Roberto Del Castello	3, 6–7
	Cadillac CTS-V	27		1
	BMW M5 (E39)			2
	Cadillac CTS-V			3, 6–7
Vaccari Motori	BMW M5 (E39)	33		3–4, 6, 9
Swiss Team	Maserati Quattroporte	46	Andrea Chiesa	2–9
CAAL Racing	BMW M5 (E39)	52		1–2
				3–4
			Gabriele Marotta	5–8
				9
	BMW 550i (E60)	54	Stefano Gabellini	1–8
	BMW 550i (E60)	54		9
	BMW M5 (E39)	56		1–8
		56		9
		58		All
Millennium Team Movisport	BMW 550i (E60)	69	Kristian Ghedina	All

Rule changes[]

Admission of two-doors saloon cars homologated for 4 people
Admission of sequential gearboxes (with a 30 kg weight penalty)
Each round consist of two races
New scoring system

Calendar[]

Round	Circuit/Location	Date
1	Autodromo Internazionale "Enzo e Dino Ferrari", Imola	April 19
2	Adria International Raceway, Adria	May 10
3	Autodromo dell'Umbria, Magione	June 7
4	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Scarperia	June 21
5	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão	August 1–2
6	Autodromo Vallelunga "Piero Taruffi", Campagnano	September 20
7	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Scarperia	September 27
8	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	October 18
9	Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit, Midrand	December 13

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	Imola	Stefano Gabellini	Pierluigi Martini	Max Pigoli
1	R2	Imola		Gianni Morbidelli	Pierluigi Martini	Zakspeed Team
2	R1	Adria	Stefano Gabellini	Stefano Gabellini	Stefano Gabellini	CAAL Racing
2	R2	Adria		Stefano Gabellini	Pierluigi Martini	Zakspeed Team
3	R1	Magione	Stefano Gabellini	Stefano Gabellini	Gianni Morbidelli	ROAL Motorsport
3	R2	Magione		Gianni Morbidelli	Pierluigi Martini	Zakspeed Team
4	R1	Mugello	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Stefano Gabellini	CAAL Racing
4	R2	Mugello		Gianni Morbidelli	Stefano Gabellini	CAAL Racing
5	R1	Portimão	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	ROAL Motorsport
5	R2	Portimão		Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	ROAL Motorsport
6	R1	Vallelunga	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	ROAL Motorsport
6	R2	Vallelunga		Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	ROAL Motorsport
7	R1	Mugello	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli		Top Run Racing
7	R2	Mugello		Stefano Gabellini	Kristian Ghedina	Movisport
8	R1	Monza	Max Pigoli	Stefano Gabellini	Max Pigoli
8	R2	Monza		Max Pigoli	Gianni Morbidelli	ROAL Motorsport
9	R1	Kyalami
9	R2	Kyalami		Luca Rangoni	Luca Rangoni

Championship standings[]

Campionato Italiano Superstars – Drivers[]

Pos	Driver	IMO		ADR		MAG		MUG		ALG		VAL		MUG		MNZ		Pts
1	Gianni Morbidelli	2	Ret	Ret	4	1	2	11	12	1	1	1	1	2	5	9	1	197
2	Stefano Gabellini	5	5	1	3	3	9	1	1	3	6	Ret	Ret	11	7	2	7	151
3	Max Pigoli	1	2	5	7	4	4	2	4	DNS	DNS	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	1	2	129
4		Ret	4	2	6	5	10	Ret	Ret	5	13	3	2	3	3	4	3	121
5	Pierluigi Martini	Ret	1	3	1	6	1	5	2	18	17	13	3	13	Ret	13	Ret	114
6	Kristian Ghedina	10	9	Ret	5	8	3	Ret	3	4	4	2	4	12	1	6	Ret	109
7		6	7	4	2	7	13	3	5	6	3	8	Ret	4	4	11	5	108
8	Francesco Ascani	4	8	6	8	12	6	6	7	7	15	7	Ret	5	Ret	5	Ret	62
9		11	Ret							8	16	4	12	1	2	3	Ret	61
10		Ret	6	Ret	Ret	10	5	10	8	DNS	DNS	12	Ret	6	6	7	9	37
11		Ret	Ret	7	9	2			Ret			5		Ret		8		32
12		3	3			Ret	Ret	9	DNS	16	7	Ret	13	DNS	DNS	Ret	Ret	30
13	Filipe Albuquerque									2	2							30
14	Roberto Del Castello	7	10	11	Ret	9	15					6	7	7	9			23
15						Ret	12	4	6									16
16	Andrea Chiesa			10	10	Ret	11	Ret	10	9	9	9	6	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	15
17				9	Ret					14	10					Ret	4	13
18							14	Ret		12	14		5		8		Ret	11
19						14	8	8	9			16	9					10
20										10	5							9
21												10	10	9	10	Ret	8	8
22																10	6	7
23						11	16					15	8	8	Ret			6
24				Ret	Ret			7	11	11	11							4
25						13	7											4
26											8							3
27		8	Ret	Ret	Ret													3
28		Ret	11	8	Ret													3
29		9																2
30	Gabriele Marotta									13	12	11	11	10	11	12	Ret	1
31										17	DNS							0
								12	DNS									0
	Walter Salles									15								0
			Ret									14	DNS					0
Pos	Driver	IMO		ADR		MAG		MUG		ALG		VAL		MUG		MNZ		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd 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

Campionato Italiano Superstars – Teams[]

Position	Team	Points
1	CAAL Racing	400
2	ROAL Motorsport	259
3	Max Pigoli Team	129
4	Zakspeed Team	114
5	Movisport	109
6	Top Run Racing	61
7	Ferlito Motors	54
8	Audi Sport Italia	46
9	Habitat Racing	46
10	Motorzone Race Car	30
11	Santucci Motorsport	29
12	Swiss Team	15
13	Vaccari Motori	10
14	Scuderia TRT	9
15	RGA Sportmanship	6
16	Gass Racing	2

International Superstars Series[]

Pos	Driver	IMO		ALG		MUG		MNZ		KYA		Pts
1	Gianni Morbidelli	2	Ret	1	1	2	5	9	1	5	4	123
2	Max Pigoli	1	2	DNS	DNS	14	Ret	1	2	Ret	5	80
3		6	7	6	3	4	4	11	5	3	9	70
4		Ret	4	5	13	3	3	4	3	11	8	67
5		3	3	16	7	DNS	DNS	Ret	Ret	1	2	65
6	Stefano Gabellini	5	5	3	6	11	7	2	7			60
7	Kristian Ghedina	10	9	4	4	12	1	6	Ret	6	Ret	55
8		11	Ret	8	16	1	2	3	Ret			51
9	Francesco Ascani	4	8	7	15	5	Ret	5	Ret	14	Ret	33
10	Pierluigi Martini	Ret	1	18	17	13	Ret	13	Ret	4	Ret	31
11	Filipe Albuquerque			2	2							30
12		Ret	6	DNS	DNS	6	6	7	9	13	6	30
13	Christian Montanari									2	3	27
14	Luca Rangoni									7	1	25
15	Roberto Del Castello	7	10			7	9					11
16				14	10			Ret	4			11
17				10	5							9
18										8	7	7
19								10	6			7
20	Andrea Chiesa			9	9	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	10	7
21						9	10	Ret	8			6
22					8							3
23						8	Ret					3
24		8	Ret									3
25				12	14		8		Ret			3
26		Ret	Ret			Ret		8				3
27		9										2
28	Gabriele Marotta			13	12	10	11	12	Ret			1
29										10	11	1
30				17	DNS							0
	Walter Salles			15								0
										12	Ret	0
	Francesco Dracone									Ret	12	0
			Ret							15	Ret	0
		Ret	11									0
				11	11							0
Pos	Driver	IMO		ALG		MUG		MNZ		KYA		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	2nd place
Bronze	3rd 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

Rookie Superstars Trophy[]

This ranking is open to drivers who have never participated in the Superstars Series or who have never scored points in previous editions of the Series (2005-2008 seasons). Points are awarded to the top three finishers

Pos	Driver	IMO		ADR		MAG		MUG		ALG		VAL		MUG		MNZ		Pts
1	Pierluigi Martini	0	3	3	3	2	3	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	22
2		1	0							2	0	3	0	3	3	3	0	15
3		0	0	2	2	3			0			2		0		2		11
4	Roberto Del Castello	3	2	0	0	1	0					1	0	2	1			10
5	Filipe Albuquerque									3	3							6
6						0	0	3	2									5
7	Andrea Chiesa			0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	5
8							0	0		0	0		2		2		0	4
9				0	0					0	0					0	3	3
10						0	2	0	1			0	0					3
																1	2	3
12		2																2
											2							2
14												0	0	1	0	0	1	2
		0	1	1	0													2
16				0	0			1	0	0	0							1
17	Gabriele Marotta									0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
										0								0
								0										0
	Walter Salles									0								0
			0									0						0
Pos	Driver	IMO		ADR		MAG		MUG		ALG		VAL		MUG		MNZ		Pts

References[]

External links[]

Official Superstars website

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