Francesco Sini tops opening Superstars practice session at Monza

The Chevrolet driver comfortably set the pace in the 30-minute session, his best of 1m55.067s coming on his 10th and final flying lap.

Max Pigoli was more than a second adrift in second place, however the Jaguar driver completed only six laps in the session. Andrea Larini, brother of ex-Formula 1 driver Nicola, was third fastest in his Mercedes, just a tenth behind Pigoli.

Following the top three was a host of the big names, with Thomas Biagi, Tonio Liuzzi and Mika Salo going fourth, fifth and sixth quickest respectively. The session was Liuzzi's first official outing as a Superstars driver.

Three-time Superstars champion Gianni Morbidelli was surprisingly off the pace, setting only the 12th best time, nearly four seconds adrift.

Pos  Driver               Team/Car           Time       Gap
 1.  Francesco Sini       Solaris Chevrolet  1m55.067s
 2.  Max Pigoli           Ferlito Jaguar     1m56.166s  + 1.099s
 3.  Andrea Larini        Romeo Mercedes     1m56.239s  + 1.172s
 4.  Thomas Biagi         Dinamic BMW        1m56.481s  + 1.414s
 5.  Tonio Liuzzi         CAAL Mercedes      1m57.173s  + 2.106s
 6.  Mika Salo            Swiss Maserati     1m57.689s  + 2.622s
 7.  Gian Maria Gabbiani  Ferlito Jaguar     1m57.787s  + 2.720s
 8.  Andrea Boffo         Roma Mercedes      1m58.182s  + 3.115s
 9.  Paolo Meloni         W&D BMW            1m58.194s  + 3.127s
10.  Stefano Gabellini    Dinamic BMW        1m58.334s  + 3.267s
11.  Nico Caldarola       Roma Mercedes      1m58.358s  + 3.291s
12.  Gianni Morbidelli    Audi Italia        1m58.859s  + 3.792s
13.  Max Mugelli          CAAL Mercedes      1m58.958s  + 3.891s
14.  Mauro Cesari         Swiss Maserati     1m59.188s  + 4.121s
15.  Thomas Schoffler     MTM Audi           2m00.177s  + 5.110s
16.  Simone Monforte      MRT Lexus          2m01.070s  + 6.003s
17.  Walter Meloni        W&D BMW            2m01.712s  + 6.645s
18.  Sandro Bettini       Dinamic BMW        2m02.128s  + 7.061s
19.  Francesco Ascani     Todi BMW           2m02.174s  + 7.107s
20.  Riccardo Bossi       Giudici BMW        2m02.879s  + 7.812s
21.  Leonardo Baccarelli  Todi BMW           2m02.961s  + 7.894s
22.  Marco Fumagalli      Giudici BMW        2m10.904s  + 15.837s