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Gabellini fastest in first Superstars practice at Mugello

Stefano Gabellini went fastest in the first International Superstars Series practice session at Mugello

Having sat on top of the timesheets for most of the session, the Dinamic BMW driver was dropped to second with two minutes remaining by a flyer from Nicola Larini.

With just seconds left however Gabellini fired back to the top of the order with a 1m57.437s effort, some seven-tenths faster than Larini's best.

Larini (Romeo Ferraris Mercedes) held on for second place, ahead of Gabellini's team-mate Thomas Biagi, who, surprisingly, ended the session more than a second adrift of his fellow Dinamic driver.

Johnny Herbert was fourth in the Swiss Team Maserati, having jumped from the fringe of the top 10 to a front-running spot with just a few minutes left in the session. He was ahead of Max Pigoli (Ferlito Motors Jaguar), while two more BMWs, Paolo Meloni (W&D Racing) and Sandro Bettini (Dinamic) were sixth and seventh respectively.

Tonio Liuzzi (CAAL Racing Mercedes) waited until there was just five minutes left in the session to record a flying lap, and when he did it was good enough for eighth fastest.

Championship leader Johan Kristoffersson was ninth, with the Audi Italia RS5s clearly struggling under the new parity adjustments.

Having whitewashed the last two rounds, Kristoffersson, Thomas Schoffler, and Gianni Morbidelli were hit with a 100 kilogram weight penalty and a new air restrictor. They finished the session ninth, 13th and 14th respectively.

Pos  Driver                Team               Time       Gap
 1.  Stefano Gabellini     Dinamic BMW        1m57.473s
 2.  Andrea Larini         Romeo Mercedes     1m58.194s  + 0.721s
 3.  Thomas Biagi          Dinamic BMW        1m58.581s  + 1.108s
 4.  Johnny Herbert        Swiss Maserati     1m58.665s  + 1.192s
 5.  Max Pigoli            Ferlito Jaguar     1m58.732s  + 1.259s
 6.  Paolo Meloni          W&D BMW            1m58.999s  + 1.526s
 7.  Sandro Bettini        Dinamic BMW        1m59.316s  + 1.843s
 8.  Tonio Liuzzi          CAAL Mercedes      1m59.414s  + 1.941s
 9.  Johan Kristoffersson  Audi Italia        1m59.434s  + 1.961s
10.  Nico Caldarola        Roma Mercedes      1m59.784s  + 2.311s
11.  Max Mugelli           CAAL Mercedes      1m59.866s  + 2.393s
12.  Andrea Boffo          Roma Mercedes      1m59.916s  + 2.443s
13.  Thomas Schoffler      MTM Audi           2m00.488s  + 3.015s
14.  Gianni Morbidelli     Audi Italia        2m00.534s  + 3.061s
15.  Camilo Zurcher        Romeo Mercedes     2m00.537s  + 3.064s
16.  Francesco Sini        Solaris Chevrolet  2m00.608s  + 3.135s
17.  Ananda Mikola         Roma Mercedes      2m00.833s  + 3.360s
18.  Mauro Cesari          Swiss Maserati     2m01.041s  + 3.568s
19.  Walter Meloni         W&D BMW            2m01.359s  + 3.886s
20.  Francesco Ascani      Todi Corse BMW     2m01.638s  + 4.165s
21.  Gianni Giudici        Giudici BMW        2m01.646s  + 4.173s
22.  Marco Fumagalli       Giudici BMW        2m03.103s  + 5.630s
23.  Leonardo Baccarelli   Todi Corse BMW     2m13.826s + 16.353s

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