2007 Superstars Series

The 2007 Superstars Series season was the fourth season of the Campionato Italiano Superstars (Italian Superstars Championship) and the inaugural season of the International Superstars Series. The Italian championship was won by Gianni Morbidelli driving for Audi, while the international series was won by Giuliano Alessi driving for BMW.

Teams and drivers

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Jaguar Dealers Team	Jaguar S-Type R	1	Max Pigoli	All
Jaguar Dealers Team	Jaguar S-Type R	2	Alessandro Balzan	All
Audi Sport Italia	Audi RS4 (B7)	4	Steven Goldstein	All
		44	Giorgio Sanna	All
		45	Gianni Morbidelli	All
		46	Massimiliano Venturi	4
		46	Rinaldo Capello	6
Lanza Motorsport	BMW M5 (E39)	5	Maurizio Strada	2, 8
		5	Mauro Simoncini	5–6
		6	Mauro Simoncini	8
		6	Arturo Merzario	2
GASS Racing	BMW M5 (E39)	7	Alessandro Battaglin	1–4, 6–8
GDL Racing	BMW 550i (E60)	11	Francesco Ascani	All
GDL Racing	BMW 550i (E60)	69	Kristian Ghedina	All
CAAL Racing	BMW M5 (E39)	19	Marco Gregori	4, 7
			Romano Fortunati	5
			Corrado Canneori	6
			Stefano Bonello	6
			Sergio Fiorelli	8
	BMW 550i (E60)	54	Giuliano Alessi	All
	BMW M5 (E39)	56	Moreno Petrini	1–6, 8
		56	Gianni Martellucci	7
		58	Romano Fortunati	1, 3
			Marco Gregori	2
			Leonardo Baccarelli	4, 7–8
			Ivan Tramontozzi	6
Santucci Motorsport	BMW M5 (E39)	33	Roberto Benedetti	1, 3–4, 6–8

Audi Sport Italia and its drivers entered only the Italian Championship.

Calendar

Round	Circuit/Location	Date
1	Adria International Raceway, Adria	April 1
2	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	April 15
3	Autodromo dell'Umbria, Magione	May 20
4	Misano World Circuit, Misano Adriatico	July 15
5	Nürburgring, Nürburg	August 26
6	Adria International Raceway, Adria	September 9
7	Autodromo Vallelunga "Piero Taruffi", Campagnano	September 16
8	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	October 21

Campionato Italiano Superstars only

Both championships

Scoring system

Point system for qualifying
Position	Pole	2nd	3rd
Points	3	2	1

Point system for race
Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1

Results

Round	Circuit	Series	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	Adria	Italian	Alessandro Balzan	Alessandro Balzan	Alessandro Balzan	Jaguar Dealers Team
2	Monza	Italian	Alessandro Balzan	Gianni Morbidelli	Max Pigoli	Jaguar Dealers Team
2	Monza	International	Alessandro Balzan		Max Pigoli	Jaguar Dealers Team
3	Magione	Italian	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Audi Sport Italia
4	Misano Adriatico	Italian	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Audi Sport Italia
5	Nürburgring	Italian	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Audi Sport Italia
5	Nürburgring	International	Giuliano Alessi	Kristian Ghedina	Alessandro Balzan	Jaguar Dealers Team
6	Adria	Italian	Dindo Capello	Dindo Capello	Gianni Morbidelli	Audi Sport Italia
6	Adria	International	Giuliano Alessi	Giuliano Alessi	Giuliano Alessi	CAAL Racing
7	Vallelunga	Italian	Gianni Morbidelli	Giorgio Sanna	Gianni Morbidelli	Audi Sport Italia
7	Vallelunga	International	Kristian Ghedina	Kristian Ghedina	Giuliano Alessi	CAAL Racing
8	Monza	Italian	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Audi Sport Italia

Championship standings

Campionato Italiano Superstars – Drivers

Pos	Driver	ADR	MNZ	MAG	MIS	NUR	ADR	VAL	MNZ	Pts
1	Gianni Morbidelli	DNS	Ret	1¹	1¹	1¹	1²	1¹	1¹	137
2	Alessandro Balzan	1¹	Ret¹	4³	11³	3	5	4	2²	85
3	Giorgio Sanna	DNS³	6²	2²	3	2²	DNS	12²	4	67
4	Giuliano Alessi	Ret	3	3	Ret²	4³	3³	2	Ret³	66
5	Max Pigoli	2²	1³	5	6	5	Ret	13	Ret	60
6	Alessandro Battaglin	4	2	8	DNS		4	5	3	58
7	Kristian Ghedina	3	7	7	2	10	9	3³	Ret	51
8	Steven Goldstein	DNS	4	6	7	11	6	11	DSQ	26
9	Roberto Benedetti	Ret		Ret	5		10	9	5	19
10	Francesco Ascani	DNS	8	Ret	8	7	Ret	8	6	19
11	Rinaldo Capello						2¹			18
12	Moreno Petrini	6	Ret	9	9	6	Ret		Ret	16
13	Marco Gregori		5		10			6		15
14	Romano Fortunati	5		DNS		8				11
15	Massimiliano Venturi				4					10
16	Mauro Simoncini					9	7		7	10
17	Leonardo Baccarelli				DNS			7	Ret	4
18	Maurizio Strada		Ret						8	3
19	Corrado Canneori						8			3
20	Gianni Martellucci							10		1
21	Ivan Tramontozzi						Ret			0
	Arturo Merzario		Ret							0
	Sergio Fiorelli								DNS	0
	Stefano Bonello						DNS			0
Pos	Driver	ADR	MNZ	MAG	MIS	NUR	ADR	VAL	MNZ	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	NUR	ADR	VAL	Pts
1	Giuliano Alessi	3	2¹	1¹	1²	75
2	Alessandro Balzan	Ret¹	1³	3	3³	49
3	Alessandro Battaglin	2³		2	4	41
4	Kristian Ghedina	5	8²	6²	2¹	39
5	Max Pigoli	1²	3	Ret	10	35
6	Marco Gregori	4			5	18
7	Francesco Ascani	6	5	Ret	7	18
8	Mauro Simoncini		7	4		14
9	Moreno Petrini	Ret	4	Ret		10
10	Corrado Canneori			5		8
11	Roberto Benedetti			7	8	7
12	Romano Fortunati		6			6
13	Leonardo Baccarelli				6	6
14	Gianni Martellucci				9	2
15	Ivan Tramontozzi			Ret³		1
16	Maurizio Strada	Ret				0
	Arturo Merzario	Ret				0
	Stefano Bonello			DNS		0
Pos	Driver	MNZ	NUR	ADR	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

International Superstars Series – Teams

Position	Team	Points
1	CAAL Racing	126
2	Jaguar Dealers Team	84
3	GDL Racing	57
4	GASS Racing	41
5	Lanza Motorsport	14
6	Santucci Motorsport	7

External links

Official Superstars website