# 2008 Superstars Series

The 2008 Superstars Series season was the fifth season of the Campionato Italiano Superstars (Italian Superstars Championship) and the second season of the International Superstars Series. The Italian championship was won by Gianni Morbidelli driving for Audi, while the international series was won by Stefano Gabellini driving for BMW.

## Teams and drivers

| Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
| Audi Sport Italia | Audi RS4 (B7) | 1 | Gianni Morbidelli | All |
| Audi Sport Italia | Audi RS4 (B7) | 4 | Steven Goldstein | 1–6 |
| Audi Sport Italia | Audi RS4 (B7) | 4 | Simone Campedelli | 7 |
| Audi Sport Italia | Audi RS4 (B7) | 4 | Agostino Penna | 8 |
| Audi Sport Italia | Audi RS4 (B7) | 44 | Giorgio Sanna | All |
| Audi Sport Italia | Audi RS4 (B7) | 45 | Marco Baroncini | 6 |
| Ferlito Motors | Jaguar S-Type R | 2 | Davide Rigon | 2 |
| Ferlito Motors | Jaguar S-Type R | 2 | Francesco Iorio | 4 |
| Ferlito Motors | Jaguar S-Type R | 2 | Ermanno Dionisio | 6 |
| Ferlito Motors | Jaguar S-Type R | 3 | Ermanno Dionisio | 7 |
| Ferlito Motors | Jaguar S-Type R | 3 | Alessandro Cicognani | 2 |
| Ferlito Motors | Jaguar S-Type R | 3 | Claudio Melotto | 6 |
| Lanza Motorsport | BMW M5 (E39) | 6 | Maurizio Strada | 2–3 |
| Lanza Motorsport | BMW M5 (E39) | 52 | Mauro Simoncini | 3 |
| GASS Racing | BMW M5 (E39) | 7 | Alessandro Battaglin | 1–3 |
| Millenium Team | BMW 550i (E60) | 9 | Maurizio Lusuardi | 7 |
| Millenium Team | BMW 550i (E60) | 69 | Kristian Ghedina | 1–4, 6 |
| ROAL Motorsport | BMW M3 (E90) | 9 | Luca Rangoni | 6 |
| ROAL Motorsport | BMW M3 (E90) | 69 | Kristian Ghedina | 7–8 |
| Speedstar Team | Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG | 18 | Max Pigoli | 2–3, 6–8 |
| Speedstar Team | Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG | 18 | Claudio Melotto | 4 |
| Habitat Racing | BMW 550i (E60) | 21 | Francesco Ascani | All |
| Racing4You | Chrysler 300C SRT-8 | 17 | Sascha Bert | 1 |
| Racing4You | Chrysler 300C SRT-8 | 17 | Davide Rigon | 4–5 |
| Santucci Motorsport | Cadillac CTS-V | 33 | Roberto Benedetti | 1, 7–8 |
| Santucci Motorsport | BMW M5 (E39) | 34 | Fabrizio Fede | 1 |
| Maurer Motorsport | Chevrolet Lumina CR8 | 46 | María de Villota | 5 |
| CAAL Racing | BMW M5 (E39) | 52 | Andrea Pagliai | 1 |
| CAAL Racing | BMW M5 (E39) | 52 | Moreno Petrini | 2 |
| CAAL Racing | BMW M5 (E39) | 52 | Mauro Cesari | 4–6 |
| CAAL Racing | BMW M5 (E39) | 52 | Alessio Alcidi | 8 |
| CAAL Racing | BMW 550i (E60) | 54 | Stefano Gabellini | All |
| CAAL Racing | BMW M5 (E39) | 56 | Leonardo Baccarelli | 1–5, 7–8 |
| CAAL Racing | BMW M5 (E39) | 58 | Roberto Papini | All |
* Audi Sport Italia and its drivers entered only the Italian Championship; nevertheless Steven Goldstein entered also the International Series from the third round.

## Calendar

| Round | Circuit/Location | Date |
| 1 | Autodromo Vallelunga "Piero Taruffi", Campagnano | April 20 |
| 2 | Autodromo Internazionale del Mugello, Scarperia | May 4 |
| 3 | Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza | May 18 |
| 4 | Autodromo dell'Umbria, Magione | June 8 |
| 5 | Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana "Ricardo Tormo", Valencia | June 29 |
| 6 | Autodromo "Riccardo Paletti", Varano de' Melegari | August 31 |
| 7 | Misano World Circuit, Misano Adriatico | September 14 |
| 8 | Adria International Raceway, Adria | September 28 |
| 9 | Motorsport Arena Oschersleben, Oschersleben | October 12 |

## 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 | Vallelunga | Italian | Gianni Morbidelli | Gianni Morbidelli | Gianni Morbidelli | Audi Sport Italia |
| 1 | Vallelunga | International | Stefano Gabellini | Stefano Gabellini | Stefano Gabellini | CAAL Racing |
| 2 | Mugello | Italian | Stefano Gabellini | Giorgio Sanna | Stefano Gabellini | CAAL Racing |
| 2 | Mugello | International | Stefano Gabellini | Stefano Gabellini | Stefano Gabellini | CAAL Racing |
| 3 | Monza | Italian | Gianni Morbidelli | Gianni Morbidelli | Giorgio Sanna | Audi Sport Italia |
| 3 | Monza | International | Roberto Papini | Kristian Ghedina | Kristian Ghedina | Millenium Team |
| 4 | Magione | Italian | Giorgio Sanna | Giorgio Sanna | Gianni Morbidelli | Audi Sport Italia |
| 5 | Valencia | Italian | Gianni Morbidelli | Gianni Morbidelli | Gianni Morbidelli | Audi Sport Italia |
| 5 | Valencia | International | Stefano Gabellini | Stefano Gabellini | Roberto Papini | CAAL Racing |
| 6 | Varano | Italian | Luca Rangoni | Luca Rangoni | Luca Rangoni | ROAL Motorsport |
| 7 | Misano Adriatico | Italian | Giorgio Sanna | Stefano Gabellini | Stefano Gabellini | CAAL Racing |
| 8 | Adria | Italian | Gianni Morbidelli | Gianni Morbidelli | Roberto Papini | CAAL Racing |
| 9 | Oschersleben | International | Round cancelled | Round cancelled | Round cancelled | Round cancelled |

## Championship standings
### Campionato Italiano Superstars

| Pos | Driver | VAL | MUG | MNZ | MAG | VNC | VAR | MIS | ADR | Pts |
| 1 | Gianni Morbidelli | 1$^1$ | 2$^3$ | 2$^1$ | 1$^2$ | 1$^1$ | 3$^3$ | 3$^3$ | 3$^1$ | 143 |
| 2 | Stefano Gabellini | 2$^2$ | 1$^1$ | 5 | 4 | 8$^2$ | 2$^2$ | 1$^2$ | 5 | 110 |
| 3 | Giorgio Sanna | 10$^3$ | 5 | 1$^2$ | 2$^1$ | 2 | Ret | 2$^1$ | 2$^2$ | 100 |
| 4 | Roberto Papini | 4 | 9 | DSQ$^3$ | 3$^3$ | 3$^3$ | 8 | 4 | 1$^3$ | 73 |
| 5 | Kristian Ghedina | 3 | 4 | 3 | DNS | | 5 | 5 | 6 | 56 |
| 6 | Davide Rigon | | 3$^2$ | | 5 | 4 | | | | 32 |
| 7 | Francesco Ascani | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 9 | Ret | 7 | Ret | 26 |
| 8 | Luca Rangoni | | | | | | 1$^1$ | | | 23 |
| 9 | Max Pigoli | | Ret | 4 | | | 4 | 9 | DNS | 22 |
| 10 | Leonardo Baccarelli | 9 | Ret | 6 | 8 | 7 | | 8 | 8 | 21 |
| 11 | Mauro Cesari | | | | 9 | 5 | 6 | | | 16 |
| 12 | Steven Goldstein | 11 | Ret | 10 | 7 | 6 | Ret | | | 11 |
| 13 | Agostino Penna | | | | | | | | 4 | 10 |
| 14 | Alessandro Battaglin | 6 | 8 | 11 | | | | | | 9 |
| 15 | Andrea Pagliai | 5 | | | | | | | | 8 |
| 16 | Simone Campedelli | | | | | | | 6 | | 6 |
| 17 | Maurizio Strada | | 7 | 9 | | | | | | 6 |
| 18 | Marco Baroncini | | | | | | 7 | | | 4 |
| 19 | Alessio Alcidi | | | | | | | | 7 | 4 |
| 20 | Fabrizio Fede | 8 | | | | | | | | 3 |
| 21 | Mauro Simoncini | | | 8 | | | | | | 3 |
| 22 | Moreno Petrini | | 10 | | | | | | | 1 |
| 23 | Ermanno Dionisio | | | | | | Ret | 10 | | 1 |
| 24 | Alessandro Cicognani | | 11 | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Maurizio Lusuardi | | | | | | | 11 | | 0 |
| | Roberto Benedetti | DNS | | | | | | 12 | Ret | 0 |
| | Sascha Bert | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| | Francesco Iorio | | | | Ret | | | | | 0 |
| | Claudio Melotto | | | | DNS | | Ret | | | 0 |
| | María de Villota | | | | | DNS | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | VAL | MUG | MNZ | MAG | VNC | VAR | MIS | ADR | 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) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

### International Superstars Series – Drivers

| Pos | Driver | VAL | MUG | MNZ | VNC | Pts |
| 1 | Stefano Gabellini | 1$^1$ | 1$^1$ | 3$^2$ | 6$^1$ | 69 |
| 2 | Kristian Ghedina | 2$^2$ | 3 | 1 | | 49 |
| 3 | Roberto Papini | 3 | 7 | DSQ$^1$ | 1$^2$ | 41 |
| 4 | Davide Rigon | | 2$^2$ | | 2$^3$ | 33 |
| 5 | Francesco Ascani | 6 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Leonardo Baccarelli | 8 | Ret | 4 | 5 | 21 |
| 7 | Massimo Pigoli | | Ret | 2 | | 15 |
| 8 | Alessandro Battaglin | 5 | 6$^3$ | 9 | | 15 |
| 9 | Steven Goldstein | | | 8 | 4 | 13 |
| 10 | Mauro Cesari | | | | 3 | 12 |
| 11 | Maurizio Strada | | 5 | 7 | | 12 |
| 12 | Andrea Pagliai | 4$^3$ | | | | 11 |
| 13 | Mauro Simoncini | | | 6$^3$ | | 7 |
| 14 | Fabrizio Fede | 7 | | | | 4 |
| 15 | Moreno Petrini | | 8 | | | 3 |
| 16 | Alessandro Cicognani | | 9 | | | 2 |
| 17 | Roberto Benedetti | DNS | | | | 0 |
| | Sascha Bert | Ret | | | | 0 |
| | María de Villota | | | | DNS | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | VAL | MUG | MNZ | VNC | 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) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

### International Superstars Series – Teams

| Position | Team | Points |
| 1 | CAAL Racing | 157 |
| 2 | Millenium Team | 49 |
| 3 | Habitat Racing | 28 |
| 4 | Ferlito Motors | 19 |
| 5 | Lanza Motorsport | 19 |
| 6 | Racing4You | 16 |
| 7 | Speedstar Team | 15 |
| 8 | GASS Racing | 15 |
| 9 | Santucci Motorsport | 4 |
| 10 | Maurer Motorsport | 0 |