2011 Superstars Series

The 2011 Superstars Series season was the eighth year of the Superstars Series, an Italian-based touring car racing series, featuring the eighth edition of the Campionato Italiano Superstars (Italian Superstars Championship) and the fifth year of the International Superstars Series. The season began at Monza on April 10, and finished at Vallelunga on October 10, after nine rounds. Eight of the nine rounds counted towards the International title, won by Andrea Bertolini driving for Maserati, with six rounds counting towards the Italian title, won by Alberto Cerqui driving for BMW.

Teams and drivers[]

All teams used Michelin tyres.

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Team BMW Italia	BMW M3 (E92)	1	Thomas Biagi^[1]	All
		2	Stefano Gabellini^[1]	All
		3	Alberto Cerqui^[1]	All
	Chevrolet Lumina CR8	5		1–3, 5–6, 9
	Chevrolet Lumina CR8	10	Alessandro Vita Kouzkin	1
	Lexus IS-F	6	Diego Romanini	6
Movisport	BMW M3 (E90)	8	Francesco Ascani	1, 4–6
	BMW M3 (E92)	12	^[2]	1–4, 6
	BMW M3 (E92)	12	Gianluca de Lorenzi	9
	BMW 550i (E60)	16		3, 7
				5, 7
				5
				6
	BMW M3 (E90)	73		9
				1–3, 6–9
				4–5
		99	^[3]	1–6
				7
			Gianluca de Lorenzi	8
				9
	BMW M3 (E90)	8	Francesco Ascani	7–9
	BMW 550i (E60)	56		7–9
Romeo Ferraris	Mercedes C63 AMG	11	^[4]	All
		18	Max Pigoli^[4]	All
		48	Johnny Herbert	1–3, 5–9
		88	Michela Cerruti^[4]	All
	BMW M3 (E92)	21	Christian Montanari	1, 4–6
		69	Kristian Ghedina^[5]	1, 4
				6
				5
	Chrysler 300C SRT-8	22		2–4, 6–8
Campos Racing^[6]	BMW M3 (E92)	23	Sergio Hernández	1–3, 6
Campos Racing^[6]	BMW M3 (E92)	32	Isaac Tutumlu	1–3
	Cadillac CTS-V	24		1–2, 4, 6–9
	Mercedes C63 AMG	27		1–2, 4, 6
			Christian Montanari	9
				9
			Luca Rangoni	8
		28	Luca Rangoni	6
			Felice Tedeschi	8
				9
	Maserati Quattroporte	33	Andrea Bertolini	2–3, 5–9
		46	Andrea Bertolini	1
			Andrea Chiesa	1, 3
			Alessandro Pier Guidi	5–9
	Audi RS4	34		1–2, 4, 6
		34		8–9
		35		1
		35		6
		37		1–2, 4, 6, 8–9
		45	Gianni Morbidelli	6–9
Ferlito Motors	Jaguar XFR	40		All
		41		1–8
		41		9
CAAL Racing	Mercedes C63 AMG	54	Luigi Ferrara	All
	Mercedes C63 AMG	58	Riccardo Romagnoli	1–5, 7–9
	BMW 550i (E60)	56		4, 6

Calendar[]

Round	Circuit/Location	Date
1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	April 10
2	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia	May 8
3	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão	May 22
4	Misano World Circuit	June 5
5	Donington Park, Leicestershire	June 19
6	Misano World Circuit	July 10
7	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	August 7
8	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello	September 25
9	Autodromo Vallelunga "Piero Taruffi", Campagnano	October 9

International Superstars Series only

Campionato Italiano Superstars only

Both championships

Results[]

Round		Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Report
1	R1	Monza	Max Pigoli	Luigi Ferrara	Max Pigoli	Romeo Ferraris	Report
1	R2	Monza		Luigi Ferrara	Michela Cerruti	Romeo Ferraris	Report
2	R1	Valencia	Andrea Bertolini	Andrea Bertolini	Andrea Bertolini		Report
2	R2	Valencia		Luigi Ferrara	Luigi Ferrara	CAAL Racing	Report
3	R1	Portimão	Alberto Cerqui	Thomas Biagi	Thomas Biagi	Team BMW Italia	Report
3	R2	Portimão		Andrea Bertolini	Thomas Biagi	Team BMW Italia	Report
4	R1	Misano	Max Pigoli	Thomas Biagi	Luigi Ferrara	CAAL Racing	Report
4	R2	Misano			Max Pigoli	Romeo Ferraris	Report
5	R1	Donington Park	Alberto Cerqui	Luigi Ferrara	Andrea Bertolini
5	R2	Donington Park		Andrea Bertolini	Andrea Bertolini
6	R1	Misano	Alberto Cerqui	Alberto Cerqui	Alberto Cerqui	Team BMW Italia
6	R2	Misano		Alessandro Pier Guidi	Luca Rangoni
7	R1	Spa-Francorchamps	Andrea Bertolini	Johnny Herbert	Andrea Bertolini
7	R2	Spa-Francorchamps		Luigi Ferrara	Andrea Bertolini
8	R1	Mugello	Alberto Cerqui	Alberto Cerqui	Alberto Cerqui	Team BMW Italia
8	R2	Mugello		Thomas Biagi	Alberto Cerqui	Team BMW Italia
9	R1	Vallelunga	Andrea Bertolini	Andrea Bertolini	Andrea Bertolini
9	R2	Vallelunga		Gianni Morbidelli	Andrea Bertolini

Championship standings[]

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

Campionato Italiano Superstars[]

Pos	Driver	MNZ		MIS		MIS		SPA		MUG		VAL		Pts
1	Alberto Cerqui	5	5	3	19	1	3	7	Ret	1	1	3	6	126
2	Max Pigoli	1	11	2	1	Ret	Ret	5	2	3	5	7	4	114
3	Luigi Ferrara	3	10	1	7	2	4	2	3	6	7	6	8	111
4	Thomas Biagi	4	8	4	2	3	18	6	4	4	2	4	10	104
5	Andrea Bertolini	14				6	13	1	1	12	Ret	1	1	89
6	Johnny Herbert	10	Ret			4	2	3	9	5	3	Ret	5	69
7	Stefano Gabellini	6	6	9	6	Ret	5	17	5	Ret	4	5	7	58
8	Michela Cerruti	2	1	12	14	11	Ret	4	7	11	Ret	8	9	54
9	Alessandro Pier Guidi					Ret	6	16	15	2	13	2	3	49
10		13	2	8	9	14	19	11	6	7	6	9	11	38
11	Riccardo Romagnoli	8	4	5	11	7	7	9	10	8	8	Ret	Ret	38
12	Luca Rangoni					5	1			Ret	15			28
13	Gianni Morbidelli					DNS	DNS	15	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	2	18
14	Christian Montanari	DNS	DNS	6	3	Ret	Ret					19		18
15	Andrea Chiesa		3											12
16		Ret	Ret	16	4	Ret	Ret			15	Ret	12	Ret	10
17		16	13	Ret	12	8	8	13	8	13	Ret	10	Ret	10
18				Ret	5									8
19		9	9	Ret	10	Ret	14	18	12	14	10	17	20	6
20		7	12			10	Ret					18	12	5
21		17	Ret	10	8	Ret	10							5
22		Ret	7			18	15	12	14	Ret	14		16	4
23	Kristian Ghedina	DNS	DNS	7	Ret									4
24						Ret	Ret	8	Ret					3
25				Ret	Ret	12	9	DNS	DNS	Ret	DNS	11	14	2
26	Felice Tedeschi									9	16			2
27	Sergio Hernández	Ret	Ret			9	Ret							2
28		11	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	DNS	14	15	1
29				15	18	19	16	Ret	DNS	10	11	16	17	1
30		Ret	Ret	11	17	20	12							1
31		Ret	Ret	13	13	13	11							0
32	Francesco Ascani	DNS	DNS	14	15	16	Ret	14	11	Ret	Ret	15	18	0
33		12	Ret									13	13	0
34										Ret	12	DNS	DNS	0
35									13					0
36		Ret	14	Ret	16	DNS	DNS							0
37	Alessandro Vita Kouzkin	15	Ret											0
38						17	17					Ret		0
39													19	0
40	Gianluca de Lorenzi									Ret	Ret	20	DNS	0
	Isaac Tutumlu	Ret	Ret											0
								Ret						0
	Diego Romanini					DNS	DNS							0
						DNS	DNS							0
Pos	Driver	MNZ		MIS		MIS		SPA		MUG		VAL		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

International Superstars Series – Drivers[]

Pos	Driver	MNZ		VNC		ALG		DON		MIS		SPA		MUG		VAL		Pts
1	Andrea Bertolini	14		1	2	4	Ret	1	1	6	13	1	1	12	Ret	1	1	178
2	Luigi Ferrara	3	10	2	1	5	5	4	2	2	4	2	3	6	7	6	8	165
3	Alberto Cerqui	5	5	12	10	2	2	3	7	1	3	7	Ret	1	1	3	6	163
4	Thomas Biagi	4	8	3	4	1	1	7	9	3	18	6	4	4	2	4	10	147
5	Max Pigoli	1	11	4	3	7	4	10	4	Ret	Ret	5	2	3	5	7	4	125
6	Johnny Herbert	10	Ret	6	18	15	18	2	6	4	2	3	9	5	3	Ret	5	96
7	Stefano Gabellini	6	6	5	5	3	3	11	10	Ret	5	17	5	Ret	4	5	7	91
8	Alessandro Pier Guidi							6	3	Ret	6	16	15	2	13	2	3	67
9	Michela Cerruti	2	1	Ret	9	8	Ret	12	13	11	Ret	4	7	11	Ret	8	9	59
10		13	2	15	7	Ret	Ret	8	17	14	19	11	6	7	6	9	11	40
11	Riccardo Romagnoli	8	4	Ret	8	10	7	Ret	11	7	7	9	10	8	8	Ret	Ret	38
12	Luca Rangoni									5	1			Ret	15			28
13	Andrea Chiesa		3			9	6											20
14		7	12	7	20	6	13	9	8	10	Ret					18	12	20
15	Gianni Morbidelli									DNS	DNS	15	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	2	18
16	Christian Montanari	DNS	DNS					5	5	Ret	Ret					19		16
17		16	13	11	11	13	8	14	15	8	8	13	8	13	Ret	10	Ret	13
18		Ret	Ret	9	6					20	12							8
19		Ret	7	16	14	12	10			18	15	12	14	Ret	14		16	5
20	Sergio Hernández	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	19	16			9	Ret							5
21		9	9	Ret	13					Ret	14	18	12	14	10	17	20	5
22				19	16	14	9	13	14	12	9	DNS	DNS	Ret	DNS	11	14	4
23										Ret	Ret	8	Ret					3
24	Felice Tedeschi													9	16			2
25		17	Ret	10	12	17	17	15	12	Ret	10							2
26		11	Ret	17	17	Ret	12	18	18	15	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	DNS	14	15	1
27										19	16	Ret	DNS	10	11	16	17	1
28		Ret	Ret	13	19	18	11			13	11							0
29	Francesco Ascani	DNS	DNS					17	16	16	Ret	14	11	Ret	Ret	15	18	0
30	Isaac Tutumlu	Ret	Ret	18	Ret	11	15											0
31		12	Ret													13	13	0
32		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret					Ret	Ret			15	Ret	12	Ret	0
33														Ret	12	DNS	DNS	0
34						16	14						13					0
35		Ret	14	14	15					DNS	DNS							0
36	Alessandro Vita Kouzkin	15	Ret															0
37								16	DNS									0
38										17	17					Ret		0
39																	19	0
40	Gianluca de Lorenzi													Ret	Ret	20	DNS	0
								Ret				Ret						0
	Kristian Ghedina	DNS	DNS															0
	Diego Romanini									DNS	DNS							0
										DNS	DNS							0
									DNS									0
Pos	Driver	MNZ		VNC		ALG		DON		MIS		SPA		MUG		VAL		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

International Superstars Series – Teams[]

Pos	Team	Manufacturer	Points
1	Team BMW Italia	BMW	357
2	Swiss Team	Maserati	297
3	Romeo Ferraris	Mercedes-Benz	294
4	CAAL Racing	Mercedes-Benz, BMW	206
5	Audi Sport Italia	Audi	42
6	Ferlito Motors	Jaguar	39
7	Roma Racing Team	Mercedes-Benz	32
8	Motorzone Race Car	Chevrolet	20
9	RGA Sportmanship	BMW	16
10	Movisport	BMW	10
11	Campos Racing	BMW	5
12	RC Motorsport	Cadillac	5
13	MRT by Nocentini	Chrysler	4
14	Todi Corse	BMW	1
15	MN Motorsport	Lexus	0

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c Meissner, Johan (24 January 2011). "BMW Team Italy signs Biagi, Cerqui and Gabellini". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 25 January 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
^ Wilkinson, Andy (18 March 2011). "Linossi to face former team-mate Cerruti in Superstars". Motors TV. LMC. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
^ "Alex De Giacomi returns with Movisport for 2011 with brand-new BMW M3 E90". superstarsseries.it. Roma Formula Futuro. 18 January 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ ^a ^b ^c "Rookie Andrea Dromedari joins Max Pigoli, Michela Cerruti at team Romeo Ferraris". superstarsseries.it. Roma Formula Futuro. 21 January 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Wilkinson, Andy (4 April 2011). "Kristian Ghedina to race BMW for RGA Motorsport". Motors TV. LMC. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
^ Meissner, Johan (15 March 2011). "Campos Racing enters Superstars". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2011.

External links[]

Official Superstars website

[ROAL-1] Meissner, Johan (24 January 2011). "BMW Team Italy signs Biagi, Cerqui and Gabellini". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 25 January 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.

[2] Wilkinson, Andy (18 March 2011). "Linossi to face former team-mate Cerruti in Superstars". Motors TV. LMC. Retrieved 18 March 2011.

[3] "Alex De Giacomi returns with Movisport for 2011 with brand-new BMW M3 E90". superstarsseries.it. Roma Formula Futuro. 18 January 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}

[Romeo_Ferraris-4] "Rookie Andrea Dromedari joins Max Pigoli, Michela Cerruti at team Romeo Ferraris". superstarsseries.it. Roma Formula Futuro. 21 January 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2011.^{[permanent dead link]}

[5] Wilkinson, Andy (4 April 2011). "Kristian Ghedina to race BMW for RGA Motorsport". Motors TV. LMC. Retrieved 4 April 2011.

[6] Meissner, Johan (15 March 2011). "Campos Racing enters Superstars". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2011.

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