2013 Superstars Series

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.

2013 Superstars Series

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2012

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2014 (EuroV8 Series)

Teams and drivers

• All teams were Italian-registered and used Hankook tyres.

Team	Car	No.	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

Round	Circuit/Location	Date
1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	7 April
2	Brno Circuit	19 May
3	Automotodróm Slovakia Ring, Orechová Potôň	9 June
4	Circuit Zolder	23 June
5	Autódromo Internacional do Algarve, Portimão	21 July
6	Donington Park, Leicestershire	1 September
7	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	29 September
8	Autodromo Vallelunga "Piero Taruffi", Campagnano[30]	13 October
9	Autodromo di Franciacorta, Castrezzato	27 October

  International Superstars Series only

  Campionato Italiano Superstars only

  Both championships

Results

Round		Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Monza	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Mercedes-AMG Romeo Ferraris
	R2			Vitantonio Liuzzi	Thomas Biagi	Mercedes-AMG Romeo Ferraris
2	R1	Brno	Thomas Biagi	Thomas Biagi	Thomas Biagi	Mercedes-AMG Romeo Ferraris
	R2			Giovanni Berton	Giovanni Berton	Team BMW Dinamic
3	R1	Slovakia Ring	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Mercedes-AMG Romeo Ferraris
	R2			Luigi Ferrara	Giovanni Berton	Team BMW Dinamic
4	R1	Zolder	Gianni Morbidelli	Laurens Vanthoor	Gianni Morbidelli	Audi Sport Italia
	R2			Laurens Vanthoor	Gianni Morbidelli	Audi Sport Italia
5	R1	Algarve	Luigi Ferrara	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Audi Sport Italia
	R2			Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Audi Sport Italia
6	R1	Donington Park	Luigi Ferrara	Gianni Morbidelli	Luigi Ferrara	Roma Racing Team
	R2			Gianni Morbidelli[N 1]	Gianni Morbidelli	Audi Sport Italia
7	R1	Imola	Luigi Ferrara	Gianni Morbidelli	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Mercedes-AMG Romeo Ferraris
	R2			Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Audi Sport Italia
8	R1	Vallelunga	Giovanni Berton	Gianni Morbidelli	Giovanni Berton	Team BMW Dinamic
	R2			Gianni Morbidelli	Andrea Larini	Larini (Audi Sport Italia)
9	R1	Franciacorta	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Audi Sport Italia
	R2			Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Audi Sport Italia

Notes

1. Thomas Biagi was the fastest of the original. However, Gianni Morbidelli was moved up in the vehicle violation of Romeo Ferraris.^[31]

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

Pos Driver MNZ ALG IMO VAL FRA  Pts  1 Gianni Morbidelli 4 4 1 1 2 1 3 7 1 1 170 2 Vitantonio Liuzzi 1 2 2 2 1 2 5 4 3 2 158 3 Giovanni Berton 6 8 5 5 5 6 1 2 83 4 Thomas Biagi 2 1 3 4 13 7 10 6 DNS DNS 76 5 Luigi Ferrara 3 3 7 3 3 DNS 59 6 Francesco Sini 5 6 6 13 8 3 7 3 59 7 Max Mugelli 14 DNS 4 6 7 9 2 5 52 8 Andrea Larini 8 Ret 4 1 37 9 Andrea Bacci 7 5 11 8 6 8 14 11 32 10 Ermanno Dionisio 3 2 29 11 Mauro Trentin 9 12 8 7 Ret 12 8 8 23 12 Nicola Baldan 4 4 22 13 Davide di Benedetto 4 4 22 14 Francesca Linossi 5 5 18 15 Giuseppe Cipriani 9 5 DNS DNS 12 16 Francesco Ascani 12 9 9 9 10 17 Domenico Schiattarella 6 Ret 8 18 "Diabolik" 16 7 Ret 12 8 19 Alessandro Battaglin DNS DNS 10 9 11 14 7 20 Gianni Giudici 13 DNS 12 10 12 11 13 DNS 7 21 Leonardo Baccarelli 10 11 14 13 12 DNS 6 22 Jonathan Giacon 9 Ret 4 23 Camilo Zurcher 10 10 4 24 Mario Buscemi 11 10 3 25 Roberto Benedetti 11 10 3 26 Ferdinando Geri 15 13 2 27 Fabrizio Giovanardi Ret Ret 2 28 Marco Fumagalli 11 1 29 Andrea Perlini 13 1 30 Massimiliano Fantini DNS Ret 1 31 Christian Montanari Ret DNS 1 Luca Rangoni DNS DNS 0 Nicola Larini DNS DNS 0 Johan Kristoffersson DNS DNS 0 Pos Driver MNZ ALG IMO VAL FRA  Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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

Pos Driver MNZ BRN SVK ZOL ALG DON IMO VAL  Pts  1 Gianni Morbidelli 4 4 11 2 Ret 3 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 3 7 235 2 Giovanni Berton 6 8 3 1 3 1 8 6 5 5 2 3 5 6 1 2 192 3 Vitantonio Liuzzi 1 2 4 Ret 1 Ret 5 7 2 2 DSQ DSQ 1 2 5 4 159† 4 Thomas Biagi 2 1 1 3 2 2 9 4 3 4 DSQ DSQ 13 7 10 6 138† 5 Luigi Ferrara 3 3 2 10 11 4 3 Ret 7 3 1 Ret 3 DNS 127 6 Max Mugelli 14 DNS 7 Ret 5 5 12 12 4 6 4 2 7 9 2 5 105 7 Francesco Sini 5 6 6 11 10 7 Ret DNS 6 13 Ret DNS 8 3 7 3 76 8 Andrea Bacci 7 5 9 4 7 6 13 11 11 8 5 10 6 8 14 11 71 9 Mauro Trentin 9 12 Ret 7 6 8 14 9 8 7 6 4 Ret 12 8 8 62 10 Andrea Larini 8 Ret Ret 9 9 DNS 4 1 44 11 Laurens Vanthoor 2 2 34 12 Fabrizio Giovanardi 5 Ret 4 14 7 8 Ret Ret 33 13 Davide di Benedetto 4 4 22 14 Raffaele Giammaria 6 3 20 15 Renaud Kuppens 4 5 20 16 Francesco Ascani 12 9 Ret 11 10 8 9 9 18 17 Domenico Schiattarella 11 10 Ret 7 6 Ret 17 18 "Diabolik" 16 7 8 Ret Ret 9 Ret 12 17 19 Gianni Giudici 13 DNS DNS DNS Ret DNS 12 10 7 9 12 11 13 DNS 16 20 Roberto Benedetti 11 10 Ret 8 8 10 15 Ret 16 21 Colin Turkington 8 5 13 22 Giuseppe Cipriani 9 5 DNS DNS 12 23 Edoardo Piscopo Ret 5 10 24 Christian Klien Ret 6 8 Roberto Papini Ret 6 8 26 Alessandro Battaglin DNS DNS Ret DNS 10 9 11 14 8 27 Leonardo Baccarelli 10 11 Ret 12 14 13 12 DNS 8 28 Ferdinando Geri 15 13 10 Ret Ret 13 7 29 Jonathan Giacon 9 Ret 4 30 Camilo Zurcher 10 10 4 31 Diego Romanini 9 DNS 3 32 Mario Buscemi 11 10 3 33 Nicola Larini 10 Ret DNS DNS 3 34 Massimiliano Fantini DNS Ret Ret DNS DNS DNS 2 35 Marco Fumagalli 11 1 36 Andrea Perlini 13 1 37 Christian Montanari Ret DNS 1 38 Luca Rangoni DNS DNS 0 John Quartermaine DNS DNS 0 Roberto Del Castello DNS DNS 0 Marco Cassarà DNS DNS 0 Johan Kristoffersson DNS DNS 0 Pos Driver MNZ BRN SVK ZOL ALG DON IMO VAL  Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (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

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