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.
Team | Car | No. | Drivers | Rounds |
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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 | ||
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 | |
Marco Pollara | 8 | |||
W&D Racing Team | BMW M3 (E90) | 9 | Paolo Meloni | 1–7 |
10 | Walter Meloni | 1–7 | ||
Solaris Motorsport | Chevrolet Lumina CR8 | 11 | Simone Iacone | 8 |
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 |
Alessandro Battaglin | 7 | |||
Lexus IS-F | 23 | Simone Monforte | 1 | |
Michele Faccin | 7 | |||
Roma Racing Team | Mercedes C63 AMG | 27 | Nico Caldarola | 1–4, 6 |
Mercedes C63 AMG Coupé | 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 |
Raffaele Giammaria | 8 | |||
99 | Andrea Larini | All | ||
Scuderia Giudici | BMW M3 (E92) | 33 | Riccardo Bossi | 1 |
Gianni Giudici | 2, 4–5, 7 | |||
43 | Marco Fumagalli | 2, 4 | ||
Andrea Perlini | 2, 4 | |||
Norbert Michelisz | 5 | |||
BMW 550i (E60) | Marco Fumagalli | 1 | ||
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 |
Audi RS5 | 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 |
Round | Circuit/Location | Date |
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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] |
Scoring system
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Pole | Fastest Lap | Start |
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Points | 20 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Bold – Pole |
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Bold – Pole |
Pos | Team | Manufacturer | Points |
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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 |
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