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
Motorzone Race Car	Chevrolet Lumina CR8	5	Fabrizio Armetta	1–3, 5–6, 9
Motorzone Race Car	Chevrolet Lumina CR8	10	Alessandro Vita Kouzkin	1
MN Motorsport	Lexus IS-F	6	Diego Romanini	6
Movisport	BMW M3 (E90)	8	Francesco Ascani	1, 4–6
	BMW M3 (E92)	12	Francesca Linossi^[2]	1–4, 6
	BMW M3 (E92)	12	Gianluca de Lorenzi	9
	BMW 550i (E60)	16	Alessandro Tambussi	3, 7
			Giampiero Pindari	5, 7
			Luciano Linossi	5
			Niccolò Mercatali	6
	BMW M3 (E90)	73	Niccolò Mercatali	9
			Sandro Bettini	1–3, 6–9
			Ivan Tramontozzi	4–5
		99	Alex De Giacomi^[3]	1–6
			Alessandro Garofano	7
			Gianluca de Lorenzi	8
			Roberto Papini	9
Todi Corse	BMW M3 (E90)	8	Francesco Ascani	7–9
Todi Corse	BMW 550i (E60)	56	Leonardo Baccarelli	7–9
Romeo Ferraris	Mercedes C63 AMG	11	Andrea Dromedari^[4]	All
		18	Max Pigoli^[4]	All
		48	Johnny Herbert	1–3, 5–9
		88	Michela Cerruti^[4]	All
RGA Sportsmanship	BMW M3 (E92)	21	Christian Montanari	1, 4–6
		69	Kristian Ghedina^[5]	1, 4
			Alessandro Garofano	6
			Mauro Cesari	5
MRT by Nocentini	Chrysler 300C SRT-8	22	Mauro Cesari	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
RC Motorsport	Cadillac CTS-V	24	Roberto Benedetti	1–2, 4, 6–9
Roma Racing Team	Mercedes C63 AMG	27	Nico Caldarola	1–2, 4, 6
			Christian Montanari	9
			Marco Cassarà	9
			Luca Rangoni	8
		28	Luca Rangoni	6
			Felice Tedeschi	8
			Francesco Sini	9
Swiss Team	Maserati Quattroporte	33	Andrea Bertolini	2–3, 5–9
		46	Andrea Bertolini	1
			Andrea Chiesa	1, 3
			Alessandro Pier Guidi	5–9
Hopmobile Audi Sport Italia	Audi RS4	34	Ermanno Dionisio	1–2, 4, 6
		34	Alberto Cola	8–9
		35	Roberto Papini	1
		35	Thomas Schöffler	6
		37	Riccardo Bossi	1–2, 4, 6, 8–9
		45	Gianni Morbidelli	6–9
Ferlito Motors	Jaguar XFR	40	Luigi Cecchi	All
		41	Francesco Sini	1–8
		41	Mauro Cesari	9
CAAL Racing	Mercedes C63 AMG	54	Luigi Ferrara	All
	Mercedes C63 AMG	58	Riccardo Romagnoli	1–5, 7–9
	BMW 550i (E60)	56	Leonardo Baccarelli	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	Swiss Team	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		Ermanno Dionisio	Max Pigoli	Romeo Ferraris	Report
5	R1	Donington Park	Alberto Cerqui	Luigi Ferrara	Andrea Bertolini	Swiss Team	Report
5	R2	Donington Park		Andrea Bertolini	Andrea Bertolini	Swiss Team	Report
6	R1	Misano	Alberto Cerqui	Alberto Cerqui	Alberto Cerqui	Team BMW Italia	Report
6	R2	Misano		Alessandro Pier Guidi	Luca Rangoni	Roma Racing Team	Report
7	R1	Spa-Francorchamps	Andrea Bertolini	Johnny Herbert	Andrea Bertolini	Swiss Team	Report
7	R2	Spa-Francorchamps		Luigi Ferrara	Andrea Bertolini	Swiss Team	Report
8	R1	Mugello	Alberto Cerqui	Alberto Cerqui	Alberto Cerqui	Team BMW Italia	Report
8	R2	Mugello		Thomas Biagi	Alberto Cerqui	Team BMW Italia	Report
9	R1	Vallelunga	Andrea Bertolini	Andrea Bertolini	Andrea Bertolini	Swiss Team	Report
9	R2	Vallelunga		Gianni Morbidelli	Andrea Bertolini	Swiss Team	Report

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	Francesco Sini	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	Riccardo Bossi	Ret	Ret	16	4	Ret	Ret			15	Ret	12	Ret	10
17	Andrea Dromedari	16	13	Ret	12	8	8	13	8	13	Ret	10	Ret	10
18	Ivan Tramontozzi			Ret	5									8
19	Roberto Benedetti	9	9	Ret	10	Ret	14	18	12	14	10	17	20	6
20	Fabrizio Armetta	7	12			10	Ret					18	12	5
21	Alex De Giacomi	17	Ret	10	8	Ret	10							5
22	Sandro Bettini	Ret	7			18	15	12	14	Ret	14		16	4
23	Kristian Ghedina	DNS	DNS	7	Ret									4
24	Alessandro Garofano					Ret	Ret	8	Ret					3
25	Mauro Cesari			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	Luigi Cecchi	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	DNS	14	15	1
29	Leonardo Baccarelli			15	18	19	16	Ret	DNS	10	11	16	17	1
30	Ermanno Dionisio	Ret	Ret	11	17	20	12							1
31	Francesca Linossi	Ret	Ret	13	13	13	11							0
32	Francesco Ascani	DNS	DNS	14	15	16	Ret	14	11	Ret	Ret	15	18	0
33	Roberto Papini	12	Ret									13	13	0
34	Alberto Cola									Ret	12	DNS	DNS	0
35	Alessandro Tambussi								13					0
36	Nico Caldarola	Ret	14	Ret	16	DNS	DNS							0
37	Alessandro Vita Kouzkin	15	Ret											0
38	Niccolò Mercatali					17	17					Ret		0
39	Marco Cassarà												19	0
40	Gianluca de Lorenzi									Ret	Ret	20	DNS	0
	Isaac Tutumlu	Ret	Ret											0
	Gianpiero Pindari							Ret						0
	Diego Romanini					DNS	DNS							0
	Thomas Schöffler					DNS	DNS							0
Pos	Driver	MNZ		MIS		MIS		SPA		MUG		VAL		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third 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	Francesco Sini	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	Fabrizio Armetta	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	Andrea Dromedari	16	13	11	11	13	8	14	15	8	8	13	8	13	Ret	10	Ret	13
18	Ermanno Dionisio	Ret	Ret	9	6					20	12							8
19	Sandro Bettini	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	Roberto Benedetti	9	9	Ret	13					Ret	14	18	12	14	10	17	20	5
22	Mauro Cesari			19	16	14	9	13	14	12	9	DNS	DNS	Ret	DNS	11	14	4
23	Alessandro Garofano									Ret	Ret	8	Ret					3
24	Felice Tedeschi													9	16			2
25	Alex De Giacomi	17	Ret	10	12	17	17	15	12	Ret	10							2
26	Luigi Cecchi	11	Ret	17	17	Ret	12	18	18	15	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	DNS	14	15	1
27	Leonardo Baccarelli									19	16	Ret	DNS	10	11	16	17	1
28	Francesca Linossi	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	Roberto Papini	12	Ret													13	13	0
32	Riccardo Bossi	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret					Ret	Ret			15	Ret	12	Ret	0
33	Alberto Cola													Ret	12	DNS	DNS	0
34	Alessandro Tambussi					16	14						13					0
35	Nico Caldarola	Ret	14	14	15					DNS	DNS							0
36	Alessandro Vita Kouzkin	15	Ret															0
37	Ivan Tramontozzi							16	DNS									0
38	Niccolò Mercatali									17	17					Ret		0
39	Marco Cassarà																19	0
40	Gianluca de Lorenzi													Ret	Ret	20	DNS	0
	Giampiero Pindari							Ret				Ret						0
	Kristian Ghedina	DNS	DNS															0
	Diego Romanini									DNS	DNS							0
	Thomas Schöffler									DNS	DNS							0
	Luciano Linossi								DNS									0
Pos	Driver	MNZ		VNC		ALG		DON		MIS		SPA		MUG		VAL		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third 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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