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 [ edit ] All teams were Italian-registered and used Hankook tyres. Team Car Drivers Rounds Petri Corse[1] Porsche Panamera S [1] 01 Johan Kristoffersson [2] 1 02 Massimiliano Fantini[2] 1–3 Nicola Larini [3] 4–5 07 Fabrizio Giovanardi [4] 2–5 Mercedes-AMG Romeo Ferraris [5] Mercedes C63 AMG [6] 03 Thomas Biagi [6] All 15 Vitantonio Liuzzi [6] All Team BMW Dinamic [7] BMW M3 (E92) [7] 04 Giovanni Berton[8] 1–8 05 Max Mugelli[7] 1–8 5 Nicola Baldan[9] 9 06 Mauro Trentin[5] 1–8 6 Francesca Linossi[9] 9 Todi Corse BMW M3 (E90) [5] 08 Francesco Ascani [5] 1, 3, 6, 8 BMW 550i (E60) [5] 56 Camilo Zurcher[10] 7 Mario Buscemi[11] 8 Solaris Motorsport Chevrolet Lumina CR8 [12] 10 John Quartermaine[13] 6 11 Domenico Schiattarella [14] 4, 6, 8 12 Francesco Sini[12] 3 Chevrolet Camaro SS [12] 1–2, 4–8 RC Motorsport [15] Cadillac CTS-V [15] 14 Roberto Benedetti[15] 1–4 Roberto Del Castello [15] 6 RGA Sportmanship[16] BMW M3 (E92) [16] 16 Edoardo Piscopo [17] 2 MRT by Nocentini[18] Lexus IS-F 500 [18] 22 Diego Romanini [13] 6 Alessandro Battaglin[19] 1 Batt Promotion[5] Chrysler 300C SRT-8 [5] 23 2, 7 Roma Racing Team Mercedes C63 AMG Coupé [20] 27 Luigi Ferrara [20] 1–7 Giuseppe Cipriani [11] 8 Mercedes C63 AMG [21] 28 Marco Cassarà[21] 4 Luca Rangoni [10] 7 Scuderia Giudici[5] BMW M3 (E92) [5] 33 Gianni Giudici [5] 1–2, 4–8 43 Christian Klien [22] 2 Renaud Kuppens[14] 4 Marco Fumagalli[23] 5 Andrea Perlini[23] 5 Colin Turkington [24] 6 Adria Racing System Audi RS4 [23] 35 Alessandro Battaglin[23] 5 36 Jonathan Giacon[23] 5 Jaguar XFR [5] 77 "Diabolik"[19] 3, 5 99 Andrea Larini [5] 3 Christian Montanari [23] 5 Audi Sport Italia Audi RS5 [5] 45 Gianni Morbidelli [25] All 46 Ferdinando Geri[26] 1–3 Laurens Vanthoor [14] 4 Davide di Benedetto[27] 7 Andrea Larini [11] 8 Ermanno Dionisio[9] 9 47 Giuseppe Cipriani [10] 7 CAAL Racing Mercedes C63 AMG [28] 54 Andrea Bacci [28] 1–8 58 Leonardo Baccarelli[19] 1, 3, 7–8 Raffaele Giammaria [29] 4 Roberto Papini[13] 6 Ferlito Motors Jaguar XFR [5] 77 "Diabolik"[19] 1–2 99 Andrea Larini [5] 1–2
Calendar [ edit ] International Superstars Series only
Campionato Italiano Superstars only
Both championships
Results [ edit ] Notes Championship standings [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Pos Team Manufacturer Points 1 Audi Sport Italia Audi 330 2 Mercedes-AMG Romeo Ferraris Mercedes-Benz 317 3 Team BMW Dinamic BMW 306 4 Roma Racing Team Mercedes-Benz 127 5 CAAL Racing Mercedes-Benz 107 6 Solaris Motorsport Chevrolet 93 7 Scuderia Giudici BMW 59 8 Petri Corse Porsche 38 9 Adria Racing System Jaguar, Audi 36 10 Todi Corse BMW 25 11 RC Motorsport Cadillac 16 12 RGA Sportmanship BMW 10 13 MRT by Nocentini Lexus 3 Batt Promotion Chrysler 3
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