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
		11	Francesco Ascani	All
Ferlito Motors	Jaguar S-Type R	2	Ivan Benvenuti	1–2
			Moreno Petrini	3
			Alessandro Cacciari	4–5
			Walter Nudo	6–7
			Pierluigi Veronesi	8
	Jaguar XF SV8		Francesco Dracone	9
	Jaguar S-Type R	3	Ermanno Dionisio	1–7
Audi Sport Italia	Audi RS4 (B7)	3	Ermanno Dionisio	8-9
		4	Filipe Albuquerque	5
			Roberto Sigala	8
			Luca Rangoni	9
Motorzone Race Car	Chevrolet Lumina CR8	5	Fabrizio Armetta	6, 8–9
	BMW M5 (E39)	33		5
		37		1, 3–4
			Sandro Cacciari	2
			Massimo Pesci	5
GASS Racing	BMW M5 (E39)	7	Beppe Arlotti	1
			Fabrizio Gini	1, 6
Scuderia TRT	BMW M5 (E39)	7	Fabrizio Gini	9
			Alessandro Battaglin	5
RGA Sportmanship	BMW M3 (E92)	8	Roberto Sigala	2, 5
		9	Roberto Russo	1
		10	Nicolò Piancastelli	4
			Walter Salles	5
			Roberto Sperati	5
Top Run Racing	BMW M3 (E92)	9	Roberto Russo	5–8
Habitat Racing	BMW M3 (E92)	12	Walter Nudo	8
	BMW 550i (E60)	21	Alessandro Bernasconi	1–4, 6–8
			Bruno Bollini	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
		27		1
	BMW M5 (E39)			2
	Cadillac CTS-V		Roberto Benedetti	3, 6–7
Vaccari Motori	BMW M5 (E39)	33	Nico Caldarola	3–4, 6, 9
Swiss Team	Maserati Quattroporte	46	Andrea Chiesa	2–9
CAAL Racing	BMW M5 (E39)	52	Alessio Alcidi	1–2
			Sandro Bettini	3–4
			Gabriele Marotta	5–8
			David Baldi	9
	BMW 550i (E60)	54	Stefano Gabellini	1–8
			Mauro Cesari	9
	BMW M5 (E39)	56	Mauro Cesari	1–8
			Sandro Bettini	9
		58	Roberto Papini	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	Max Pigoli Team
	R2			Gianni Morbidelli	Pierluigi Martini	Zakspeed Team
2	R1	Adria	Stefano Gabellini	Stefano Gabellini	Stefano Gabellini	CAAL Racing
	R2			Stefano Gabellini	Pierluigi Martini	Zakspeed Team
3	R1	Magione	Stefano Gabellini	Stefano Gabellini	Gianni Morbidelli	ROAL Motorsport
	R2			Gianni Morbidelli	Pierluigi Martini	Zakspeed Team
4	R1	Mugello	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Stefano Gabellini	CAAL Racing
	R2			Gianni Morbidelli	Stefano Gabellini	CAAL Racing
5	R1	Portimão	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	ROAL Motorsport
	R2			Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	ROAL Motorsport
6	R1	Vallelunga	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	ROAL Motorsport
	R2			Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	ROAL Motorsport
7	R1	Mugello	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Roberto Russo	Top Run Racing
	R2			Stefano Gabellini	Kristian Ghedina	Movisport
8	R1	Monza	Max Pigoli	Stefano Gabellini	Max Pigoli	Max Pigoli Team
	R2			Max Pigoli	Gianni Morbidelli	ROAL Motorsport
9	R1	Kyalami	Fabrizio Armetta	Fabrizio Armetta	Fabrizio Armetta	Motorzone Race Car
	R2			Luca Rangoni	Luca Rangoni	Audi Sport Italia

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 Roberto Papini 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 Mauro Cesari 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 Roberto Russo 11 Ret 8 16 4 12 1 2 3 Ret 61 10 Ermanno Dionisio Ret 6 Ret Ret 10 5 10 8 DNS DNS 12 Ret 6 6 7 9 37 11 Alessandro Bernasconi Ret Ret 7 9 2 Ret 5 Ret 8 32 12 Fabrizio Armetta 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 Sandro Bettini Ret 12 4 6 16 16 Andrea Chiesa 10 10 Ret 11 Ret 10 9 9 9 6 15 Ret Ret Ret 15 17 Roberto Sigala 9 Ret 14 10 Ret 4 13 18 Bruno Bollini 14 Ret 12 14 5 8 Ret 11 19 Nico Caldarola 14 8 8 9 16 9 10 20 Alessandro Battaglin 10 5 9 21 Walter Nudo 10 10 9 10 Ret 8 8 22 Pierluigi Veronesi 10 6 7 23 Roberto Benedetti 11 16 15 8 8 Ret 6 24 Alessandro Cacciari Ret Ret 7 11 11 11 4 25 Moreno Petrini 13 7 4 26 Roberto Sperati 8 3 27 Alessio Alcidi 8 Ret Ret Ret 3 28 Ivan Benvenuti Ret 11 8 Ret 3 29 Beppe Arlotti 9 2 30 Gabriele Marotta 13 12 11 11 10 11 12 Ret 1 31 Massimo Pesci 17 DNS 0 Nicolò Piancastelli 12 DNS 0 Walter Salles 15 0 Fabrizio Gini Ret 14 DNS 0 Pos Driver IMO ADR MAG MUG ALG VAL MUG 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

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 Mauro Cesari 6 7 6 3 4 4 11 5 3 9 70 4 Roberto Papini Ret 4 5 13 3 3 4 3 11 8 67 5 Fabrizio Armetta 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 Roberto Russo 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 Ermanno Dionisio 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 Roberto Sigala 14 10 Ret 4 11 17 Alessandro Battaglin 10 5 9 18 David Baldi 8 7 7 19 Pierluigi Veronesi 10 6 7 20 Andrea Chiesa 9 9 15 Ret Ret Ret 9 10 7 21 Walter Nudo 9 10 Ret 8 6 22 Roberto Sperati 8 3 23 Roberto Benedetti 8 Ret 3 24 Alessio Alcidi 8 Ret 3 25 Bruno Bollini 12 14 8 Ret 3 26 Alessandro Bernasconi Ret Ret Ret 8 3 27 Beppe Arlotti 9 2 28 Gabriele Marotta 13 12 10 11 12 Ret 1 29 Sandro Bettini 10 11 1 30 Massimo Pesci 17 DNS 0 Walter Salles 15 0 Nico Caldarola 12 Ret 0 Francesco Dracone Ret 12 0 Fabrizio Gini Ret 15 Ret 0 Ivan Benvenuti Ret 11 0 Alessandro Cacciari 11 11 0 Pos Driver IMO ALG MUG MNZ 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

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 Roberto Russo 1 0 2 0 3 0 3 3 3 0 15 3 Alessandro Bernasconi 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 Sandro Bettini 0 0 3 2 5 7 Andrea Chiesa 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 8 Bruno Bollini 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 4 9 Roberto Sigala 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 10 Nico Caldarola 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 Pierluigi Veronesi 1 2 3 12 Beppe Arlotti 2 2 Roberto Sperati 2 2 14 Walter Nudo 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 Ivan Benvenuti 0 1 1 0 2 16 Alessandro Cacciari 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 17 Gabriele Marotta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Massimo Pesci 0 0 Nicolò Piancastelli 0 0 Walter Salles 0 0 Fabrizio Gini 0 0 0 Pos Driver IMO ADR MAG MUG ALG VAL MUG MNZ  Pts

References

External links

• Official Superstars website