2012 Superstars Series

The 2012 Superstars Series season was the ninth year of the Superstars Series, an Italian-based touring car racing series, featuring the ninth edition of the Campionato Italiano Superstars (Italian Superstars Championship) and the sixth year of the International Superstars Series. The season began at Monza on April 1 and finished at Pergusa on October 28, after eighth round. A ninth round was planned at Sentul but it was cancelled.

All eight rounds counted towards the International title, with five rounds counting towards the Italian title. Both championship were won by Johan Kristoffersson driving for Audi.

Teams and drivers

All teams use Hankook tyres.

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Swiss Team^[1]	Maserati Quattroporte	1	Mika Salo^[2]	1, 6
			Christian Fittipaldi^[2]	2, 8
			Johnny Herbert^[3]	3–4
			Christian Klien	5
			Giancarlo Fisichella	7
		2	Mauro Cesari	All
Dinamic Motorsport	BMW M3 (E92)	3	Thomas Biagi^[2]	All
		4	Sandro Bettini	1–4
			Franco Fumi	5
			Jeff Smith	6
			Max Mugelli	7–8
		6	Stefano Gabellini	1–6
		6	Giovanni Berton	7–8
Todi Corse	BMW M3 (E90)	8	Francesco Ascani	1–2, 4, 7
	BMW 550i (E60)	56	Leonardo Baccarelli	1–2, 4, 7
	BMW 550i (E60)	56	Marco Pollara	8
W&D Racing Team	BMW M3 (E90)	9	Paolo Meloni	1–7
W&D Racing Team	BMW M3 (E90)	10	Walter Meloni	1–7
Solaris Motorsport	Chevrolet Lumina CR8	11	Simone Iacone	8
Solaris Motorsport	Chevrolet Lumina CR8	12	Francesco Sini	All
Ferlito Motors	Jaguar XFR	18	Max Pigoli	All
		19	Gian Maria Gabbiani	1
			Ananda Mikola^[2]	2
			Tom Onslow-Cole	3
			Andrea Boffo	4
			Domenico Ferlito	5–7
			Ezio Muccio	8
MRT by Nocentini	Chrysler 300C SRT-8	22	Niccolò Mercatali	1
	Chrysler 300C SRT-8	22	Alessandro Battaglin	7
	Lexus IS-F	23	Simone Monforte	1
	Lexus IS-F	23	Michele Faccin	7
Roma Racing Team	Mercedes C63 AMG	27	Nico Caldarola	1–4, 6
	Mercedes C63 AMG Coupé	27	Nico Caldarola	7–8
	Mercedes C63 AMG	28	Andrea Boffo	1–3
			Ananda Mikola	4
			Alessandro Garofano	6
			Luca Rangoni	6
			Luigi Ferrara	8
Romeo Ferraris	Mercedes C63 AMG	30	Camilo Zurcher	4–7
		30	Raffaele Giammaria	8
		99	Andrea Larini	All
Scuderia Giudici	BMW M3 (E92)	33	Riccardo Bossi	1
		33	Gianni Giudici	2, 4–5, 7
		43	Marco Fumagalli	2, 4
			Andrea Perlini	2, 4
			Norbert Michelisz	5
	BMW 550i (E60)		Marco Fumagalli	1
	BMW 550i (E60)		Andrea Perlini	1
Audi Sport Italia	Audi RS5	45	Gianni Morbidelli^[2]	All
Audi Sport KMS^[4]	Audi RS5	46	Johan Kristoffersson^[5]	All
MTM Motorsport^[4]	Audi RS4	47	Thomas Schöffler	1
MTM Motorsport^[4]	Audi RS5	47	Thomas Schöffler	2–8
CAAL Racing^[1]	Mercedes C63 AMG	54	Vitantonio Liuzzi^[2]	All
		58	Max Mugelli	1–5
			Luigi Ferrara	6
			Andrea Bacci	7–8

Changes

ROAL Motorsport (Team BMW Italia) retired from the series at the end of 2011; for 2012 it provided technical support to the new team Dinamic.
Swiss-based Solaris Motorsport took over the Chevrolet Lumina program left by Motorzone Race Car.
Audi Sport Italia developed the new Audi RS5 racer, fielding one car and providing support for two private teams: Swedish team Kristoffersson Motorsport (racing as Audi Sport KMS) and German team MTM Motorsport.
San Marino based W&D Racing Team joined the series with two BMW M3 (E90).
Starting mid-season, Roma Racing Team fielded a brand-new Superstars racing car, the Mercedes C63 AMG Coupé developed by Top Run Engineering.
Spain-based Campos Racing retired from the series.

Calendar

Round	Circuit/Location	Date
1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	1 April
2	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola	22 April
3	Donington Park, Leicestershire	20 May
4	Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello	3 June
5	Hungaroring, Budapest	1 July
6	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	15 July
7	Autodromo Vallelunga "Piero Taruffi", Campagnano	7 October
8	Autodromo di Pergusa, Pergusa^[6]	28 October
	Sentul International Circuit, Bogor	cancelled^[7]

International Superstars Series only

Both championships

Results

Round		Circuit	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Report
1	R1	Monza	Max Pigoli	Andrea Larini	Max Pigoli	Ferlito Motors	Report
1	R2	Monza		Francesco Sini	Vitantonio Liuzzi	CAAL Racing	Report
2	R1	Imola	Johan Kristoffersson	Gianni Morbidelli	Johan Kristoffersson	Audi Sport KMS	Report
2	R2	Imola		Gianni Morbidelli	Johan Kristoffersson	Audi Sport KMS	Report
3	R1	Donington Park	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Audi Sport Italia	Report
3	R2	Donington Park		Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Audi Sport Italia	Report
4	R1	Mugello	Thomas Biagi	Johnny Herbert	Andrea Larini	Romeo Ferraris	Report
4	R2	Mugello		Stefano Gabellini	Francesco Sini	Solaris Motorsport	Report
5	R1	Hungaroring	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Johan Kristoffersson	Vitantonio Liuzzi	CAAL Racing	Report
5	R2	Hungaroring		Thomas Biagi	Christian Klien	Swiss Team	Report
6	R1	Spa	Gianni Morbidelli	Johan Kristoffersson	Gianni Morbidelli	Audi Sport Italia	Report
6	R2	Spa		Gianni Morbidelli	Gianni Morbidelli	Audi Sport Italia	Report
7	R1	Vallelunga	Johan Kristoffersson	Thomas Schöffler	Johan Kristoffersson	Audi Sport KMS	Report
7	R2	Vallelunga		Johan Kristoffersson	Johan Kristoffersson	Audi Sport KMS	Report
8	R1	Pergusa	Raffaele Giammaria	Raffaele Giammaria	Raffaele Giammaria	Romeo Ferraris	Report
8	R2	Pergusa		Raffaele Giammaria	Raffaele Giammaria	Romeo Ferraris	Report
9	R1	Sentul	Round cancelled
9	R2	Sentul	Round cancelled

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		IMO		MUG		VAL		PER		Pts
1	Johan Kristoffersson	5	Ret	1	1	4	7	1	1	5	Ret	124
2	Thomas Biagi	4	4	3	2	Ret	3	3	6	Ret	3	100
3	Vitantonio Liuzzi	3	1	6	Ret	5	5	4	7	3	9	92
4	Francesco Sini	Ret	3	4	Ret	7	1	17	17	2	Ret	72
5	Andrea Larini	2	7	2	7	1	Ret	14	9	Ret	DSQ	71
6	Max Pigoli	1	2	10	16	6	Ret	Ret	DNS	11	DNS	51
7	Stefano Gabellini	17	8	7	6	3	2					47
	Thomas Schöffler	12	Ret	9	5	11	15	2	4	9	Ret	47
9	Raffaele Giammaria									1	1	45
10	Gianni Morbidelli	7	5	17	14	Ret	DNS	18	5	6	Ret	37
11	Max Mugelli	9	14	11	15	16	9	6	3	13	7	36
12	Christian Fittipaldi			5	4					Ret	5	30
	Mauro Cesari	16	10	12	9	10	6	10	12	8	6	30
14	Nico Caldarola	8	6	19	8	14	10	Ret	18	10	Ret	24
15	Giovanni Berton							7	2	12	Ret	23
	Andrea Boffo	19	9	8	3	Ret	16					23
17	Luigi Ferrara									7	2	21
18	Johnny Herbert					2	Ret					18
19	Andrea Bacci							11	8	4	Ret	17
	Ananda Mikola			Ret	Ret	8	4					17
21	Paolo Meloni	10	15	13	11	9	8	9	14			16
22	Simone Iacone									Ret	4	12
	Camilo Zurcher					Ret	14	5	Ret			12
24	Mika Salo	6	16									8
	Walter Meloni	13	11	16	12	13	12	15	15			8
26	Sandro Bettini	11	Ret	14	10	Ret	DNS					6
	Francesco Ascani	DNS	DNS	18	Ret	12	11	13	13			6
	Leonardo Baccarelli	14	12	DNS	DNS	Ret	13	Ret	16			6
29	Giancarlo Fisichella							8	11			5
	Ezio Muccio									Ret	8	5
31	Domenico Ferlito							12	10			3
	Marco Fumagalli	15			13	15						3
	Gianni Giudici			Ret	DNS	Ret	DNS	16	DNS			3
34	Andrea Perlini		13	15			DNS					2
	Marco Pollara									14	Ret	2
	Niccolò Mercatali	18	Ret									2
	Gian Maria Gabbiani	Ret	Ret									2
	Michele Faccin							Ret	Ret			2
39	Riccardo Bossi	Ret	DNS									1
40	Simone Monforte	DNS	DNS									0
	Alessandro Battaglin							DNS	DNS			0
Pos	Driver	MNZ		IMO		MUG		VAL		PER		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		IMO		DON		MUG		HUN		SPA		VAL		PER		Pts
1	Johan Kristoffersson	5	Ret	1	1	2	2	4	7	5	Ret	2	Ret	1	1	5	Ret	185
2	Vitantonio Liuzzi	3	1	6	Ret	5	3	5	5	1	2	3	2	4	7	3	9	181
3	Thomas Biagi	4	4	3	2	4	6	Ret	3	2	3	10	4	3	6	Ret	3	161
4	Gianni Morbidelli	7	5	17	14	1	1	Ret	DNS	13	Ret	1	1	18	5	6	Ret	128
5	Francesco Sini	Ret	3	4	Ret	10	4	7	1	14	8	11	Ret	17	17	2	Ret	92
6	Andrea Larini	2	7	2	7	8	11	1	Ret	7	9	8	14	14	9	Ret	DSQ	89
7	Stefano Gabellini	17	8	7	6	7	Ret	3	2	Ret	5	9	5					75
8	Thomas Schöffler	12	Ret	9	5	6	Ret	11	15	10	10	7	6	2	4	9	Ret	71
9	Max Pigoli	1	2	10	16	9	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	DNS	19	9	Ret	DNS	11	DNS	60
10	Raffaele Giammaria															1	1	45
11	Max Mugelli	9	14	11	15	11	Ret	16	9	DNS	DNS			6	3	13	7	38
12	Johnny Herbert					3	7	2	Ret									36
	Mauro Cesari	16	10	12	9	13	9	10	6	DNS	DNS	17	Ret	10	12	8	6	36
14	Camilo Zurcher							Ret	14	6	6	6	Ret	5	Ret			34
	Paolo Meloni	10	15	13	11	12	5	9	8	15	7	16	15	9	14			34
16	Luigi Ferrara											4	11			7	2	33
17	Christian Klien									4	1							32
	Nico Caldarola	8	6	19	8	15	10	14	10			14	8	Ret	18	10	Ret	32
19	Mika Salo	6	16									5	3					30
	Christian Fittipaldi			5	4											Ret	5	30
21	Andrea Boffo	19	9	8	3	17	8	Ret	16									28
22	Giovanni Berton													7	2	12	Ret	23
23	Andrea Bacci													11	8	4	Ret	17
	Ananda Mikola			Ret	Ret			8	4									17
25	Norbert Michelisz									3	Ret							14
	Franco Fumi									9	4							14
	Walter Meloni	13	11	16	12	16	13	13	12	12	Ret	18	13	15	15			14
28	Simone Iacone															Ret	4	12
29	Domenico Ferlito									8	11	15	10	12	10			11
30	Sandro Bettini	11	Ret	14	10	14	12	Ret	DNS									8
31	Jeff Smith											13	7					6
	Francesco Ascani	DNS	DNS	18	Ret			12	11					13	13			6
	Leonardo Baccarelli	14	12	DNS	DNS			Ret	13					Ret	16			6
34	Giancarlo Fisichella													8	11			5
	Ezio Muccio															Ret	8	5
	Gianni Giudici			Ret	DNS			Ret	DNS	11	Ret			16	DNS			5
37	Marco Fumagalli	15			13			15										3
38	Andrea Perlini		13	15					DNS									2
	Marco Pollara															14	Ret	2
	Niccolò Mercatali	18	Ret															2
	Tom Onslow-Cole					18	Ret											2
	Gian Maria Gabbiani	Ret	Ret															2
	Michele Faccin													Ret	Ret			2
44	Luca Rangoni											12						1
	Alessandro Garofano												12					1
	Riccardo Bossi	Ret	DNS															1
47	Simone Monforte	DNS	DNS															0
	Alessandro Battaglin													DNS	DNS			0
Pos	Driver	MNZ		IMO		DON		MUG		HUN		SPA		VAL		PER		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	Dinamic	BMW	276
2	CAAL Racing	Mercedes-Benz	222
3	Audi Sport KMS	Audi	185
4	Swiss Team	Maserati	169
5	Romeo Ferraris	Mercedes-Benz	167
6	Audi Sport Italia	Audi	128
7	Solaris Motorsport	Chevrolet	104
8	Roma Racing Team	Mercedes-Benz	96
9	Ferlito Motors	Jaguar	84
10	Audi MTM Motorsport	Audi	71
11	W&D Racing Team	BMW	48
12	Scuderia Giudici	BMW	25
13	Todi Corse	BMW	14
14	MRT by Nocentini	Chrysler, Lexus	4

References

^ ^a ^b Meissner, Johan (19 March 2012). "Liuzzi and Salo set for Superstars 2012 season". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Superstars – Presentata la stagione 2012 con al via Liuzzi, Fittipaldi e Salo". stopandgo.tv. Stop&Go Communication. 16 March 2012.
^ "Johnny Herbert signs for three SUPERSTARS SERIES races". FG Events & Sport. 8 May 2012. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
^ ^a ^b Meissner, Johan (21 February 2012). "Three Audi RS5s for Morbidelli, Kristoffersson and Schöffler". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 2012-06-14.
^ Meissner, Johan (21 February 2012). "Kristoffersson excited for Superstars Series season". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 4 June 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
^ Casillo, Pietro (15 July 2012). "Morbidelli makes it a double as Kristoffersson retires". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 24 November 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012. Due to the Portimao event being canceled, the next meeting of the Superstars Series will still be held on September, 16th. The venue has been changed to the legendary Pergusa track in Sicily, marking the Italian track's return to international motorsport.
^ "Superstars: Sentul round of Superstars Series cancelled". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 19 October 2012. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2012.

External links

Official Superstars website

[Liuzzi_and_Salo-1] Meissner, Johan (19 March 2012). "Liuzzi and Salo set for Superstars 2012 season". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2012.

[2012_Drivers-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Superstars – Presentata la stagione 2012 con al via Liuzzi, Fittipaldi e Salo". stopandgo.tv. Stop&Go Communication. 16 March 2012.

[Herbert_Maserati-3] "Johnny Herbert signs for three SUPERSTARS SERIES races". FG Events & Sport. 8 May 2012. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2012.

[Three_RS5s-4] Meissner, Johan (21 February 2012). "Three Audi RS5s for Morbidelli, Kristoffersson and Schöffler". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 2012-06-14.

[5] Meissner, Johan (21 February 2012). "Kristoffersson excited for Superstars Series season". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 4 June 2012. Retrieved 19 March 2012.

[6] Casillo, Pietro (15 July 2012). "Morbidelli makes it a double as Kristoffersson retires". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Archived from the original on 24 November 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012. Due to the Portimao event being canceled, the next meeting of the Superstars Series will still be held on September, 16th. The venue has been changed to the legendary Pergusa track in Sicily, marking the Italian track's return to international motorsport.

[7] "Superstars: Sentul round of Superstars Series cancelled". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 19 October 2012. Archived from the original on 4 February 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2012.

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