The 2013 Superstars Series was the tenth year and final season of the Superstars Series , an Italian-based touring car racing series, featuring the tenth edition of the Campionato Italiano Superstars (Italian Superstars Championship) and the seventh and final season year of the International Superstars Series . The season began at Monza on 7 April and finished at the ACI Vallelunga Circuit on 13 October, after eight rounds. Audi Sport Italia driver Gianni Morbidelli won both the Italian and International championships, with Mercedes-AMG Romeo Ferraris driver Vitantonio Liuzzi resulting runner-up.
Teams and drivers
All teams were Italian-registered and used Hankook tyres.
Team
Car
Drivers
Rounds
Petri Corse[ 1]
Porsche Panamera S [ 1]
01
Sweden Johan Kristoffersson [ 2]
1
02
Italy Massimiliano Fantini[ 2]
1–3
Italy Nicola Larini [ 3]
4–5
07
Italy Fabrizio Giovanardi [ 4]
2–5
Mercedes-AMG Romeo Ferraris [ 5]
Mercedes C63 AMG [ 6]
03
Italy Thomas Biagi [ 6]
All
15
Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi [ 6]
All
Team BMW Dinamic [ 7]
BMW M3 (E92) [ 7]
04
Italy Giovanni Berton[ 8]
1–8
05
Italy Max Mugelli[ 7]
1–8
5
Italy Nicola Baldan[ 9]
9
06
Italy Mauro Trentin[ 5]
1–8
6
Italy Francesca Linossi[ 9]
9
Todi Corse
BMW M3 (E90) [ 5]
08
Italy Francesco Ascani [ 5]
1, 3, 6, 8
BMW 550i (E60) [ 5]
56
Colombia Camilo Zurcher[ 10]
7
Italy Mario Buscemi[ 11]
8
Solaris Motorsport
Chevrolet Lumina CR8 [ 12]
10
United Kingdom John Quartermaine[ 13]
6
11
Italy Domenico Schiattarella [ 14]
4, 6, 8
12
Italy Francesco Sini[ 12]
3
Chevrolet Camaro SS [ 12]
1–2, 4–8
RC Motorsport [ 15]
Cadillac CTS-V [ 15]
14
Italy Roberto Benedetti[ 15]
1–4
Italy Roberto Del Castello [ 15]
6
RGA Sportmanship[ 16]
BMW M3 (E92) [ 16]
16
Italy Edoardo Piscopo [ 17]
2
MRT by Nocentini[ 18]
Lexus IS-F 500 [ 18]
22
Italy Diego Romanini [ 13]
6
Italy Alessandro Battaglin[ 19]
1
Batt Promotion[ 5]
Chrysler 300C SRT-8 [ 5]
23
2, 7
Roma Racing Team
Mercedes C63 AMG Coupé [ 20]
27
Italy Luigi Ferrara [ 20]
1–7
Italy Giuseppe Cipriani [ 11]
8
Mercedes C63 AMG [ 21]
28
Italy Marco Cassarà[ 21]
4
Italy Luca Rangoni [ 10]
7
Scuderia Giudici[ 5]
BMW M3 (E92) [ 5]
33
Italy Gianni Giudici [ 5]
1–2, 4–8
43
Austria Christian Klien [ 22]
2
Belgium Renaud Kuppens[ 14]
4
Italy Marco Fumagalli[ 23]
5
Italy Andrea Perlini[ 23]
5
United Kingdom Colin Turkington [ 24]
6
Adria Racing System
Audi RS4 [ 23]
35
Italy Alessandro Battaglin[ 23]
5
36
Italy Jonathan Giacon[ 23]
5
Jaguar XFR [ 5]
77
Italy "Diabolik"[ 19]
3, 5
99
Italy Andrea Larini [ 5]
3
San Marino Christian Montanari [ 23]
5
Audi Sport Italia
Audi RS5 [ 5]
45
Italy Gianni Morbidelli [ 25]
All
46
Italy Ferdinando Geri[ 26]
1–3
Belgium Laurens Vanthoor [ 14]
4
Italy Davide di Benedetto[ 27]
7
Italy Andrea Larini [ 11]
8
Italy Ermanno Dionisio[ 9]
9
47
Italy Giuseppe Cipriani [ 10]
7
CAAL Racing
Mercedes C63 AMG [ 28]
54
Italy Andrea Bacci [ 28]
1–8
58
Italy Leonardo Baccarelli[ 19]
1, 3, 7–8
Italy Raffaele Giammaria [ 29]
4
Italy Roberto Papini[ 13]
6
Ferlito Motors
Jaguar XFR [ 5]
77
Italy "Diabolik"[ 19]
1–2
99
Italy Andrea Larini [ 5]
1–2
Calendar
International Superstars Series only
Campionato Italiano Superstars only
Both championships
Results
Notes
Championship standings
Scoring system
Position
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
Pole
Fastest Lap
Start
Points
20
15
12
10
8
6
4
3
2
1
1
1
1
Campionato Italiano Superstars
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
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 50% of the race distance.
International Superstars Series – Drivers
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
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 50% of the race distance.
Teams' championship
References
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↑ 2.0 2.1 "Johan Kristoffersson joins Petri Corse Porsche for 2013" . Superstars Series . Roma Formula Futuro. 27 March 2013. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2013 .
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↑ "Giovanardi returns to Superstars" . Autosport.com . Haymarket Publications . 3 May 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2013 .
↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 "International Series — Team e Piloti" . Superstars Series . Roma Formula Futuro. Archived from the original on 2013-04-05. Retrieved 2013-04-03 .
↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Biagi passa alla Mercedes con Romeo Ferraris" . omnicorse.it (in Italian). 26 March 2013.{{cite news }}
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↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "IMOLA Free Practice 1" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-02. Retrieved 2013-09-28 .
↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "VALLELUNGA Free Practice 1" (PDF) . Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2013-10-12 .
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↑ 16.0 16.1 "Christian Pigionanti conferma il suo impegno nella Superstars 2013" . motorsportrants.com (in Italian). 8 March 2013.{{cite news }}
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↑ 20.0 20.1 "Luigi Ferrara signs with RRT for 2013 season" . Superstars Series . Roma Formula Futuro. 14 March 2013. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 18 March 2013 .
↑ 21.0 21.1 "La Superstars approda per la prima volta a Zolder" . omnicorse.it (in Italian). 18 June 2013.{{cite news }}
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↑ "La Scuderia Giudici annuncia l'ingaggio dell'ex F1 Christian Klien" . Superstars Series (in Italian). Roma Formula Futuro. 10 May 2013.{{cite news }}
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↑ "Colin Turkington to drive BMW M3 in Superstars at Donington" . TouringCarTimes . Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 4 August 2013.
↑ "Gianni Morbidelli aims for more glory with Audi Sport Italia" . Superstars Series . Roma Formula Futuro. 26 February 2013. Archived from the original on 11 April 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2013 .
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↑ 28.0 28.1 "Andrea Bacci con la Caal Racing anche nel 2013" . omnicorse.it (in Italian). 22 March 2013.{{cite news }}
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