The 2012 Superstars Series season was the ninth year of the
Superstars Series
The Superstars International Series was a production-based touring car racing championship held between 2004 and 2013. It was managed by the "Superstars World of Racing SpA", SWR, a company of FG GROUP with headquarters in Rome and sanctioned by t ...
, an Italian-based
touring car racing
Touring car racing is a motorsport road racing competition with heavily modified road-going cars. It has both similarities to and significant differences from stock car racing, which is popular in the United States.
While the cars do not move ...
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
Monza (, ; lmo, label=Lombard language, Lombard, Monça, locally ; lat, Modoetia) is a city and ''comune'' on the River Lambro, a tributary of the Po River, Po in the Lombardy region of Italy, about north-northeast of Milan. It is the capit ...
on April 1 and finished at
Pergusa
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Geography
Pergusa lies in hills about 10 km south of Enna. Pergusa is reached by the ''Enna-Gela Road'', which allow ...
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
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driving for
Audi
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Th ...
.
Teams and drivers
* All teams use
Hankook
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History
Hankook Tire was established by Jae Hun Chung's grandf ...
tyres.
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
Results
Championship standings
Scoring system
Campionato Italiano Superstars
International Superstars Series – Drivers
International Superstars Series – Teams
References
External links
Official Superstars website
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Superstars Series
The Superstars International Series was a production-based touring car racing championship held between 2004 and 2013. It was managed by the "Superstars World of Racing SpA", SWR, a company of FG GROUP with headquarters in Rome and sanctioned by t ...
Superstars Series seasons