Morbidelli comfortably fastest in damp first Superstars practice at Donington Park

The Audi Sport Italia driver took full advantage of his RS5's four-wheel-drive system in the damp conditions to set a best time of 1m40.456s. The next best was Team Dinamic BMW driver Thomas Biagi, who was almost exactly a second adrift after a last-gasp lap on the chequered flag.

After a flurry of late times, hometown hero Johnny Herbert finished the session third in the Team Swiss Maserati, setting his best of a 1m44.266s in final minute of the session. Fellow Brit Tom Onslow-Cole snagged fourth spot after the chequered flag with a 1m44.622s in the Ferlito Motors Jaguar.

Stefano Gabellini finished fifth in the second Team Dinamic BMW, ahead of Audi driver Thomas Schoffler, the German having been fourth fastest with less than a minute to go.

The CAAL Racing Mercedes duo of Max Mugelli and Tonio Liuzzi were seventh and eighth respectively, while Max Pigoli (Ferlito Motors Jaguar) and Domenico Caldarola (Roma Racing Mercedes) rounded out the top 10.

Pos Driver                 Team/Car           Time
 1.  Gianni Morbidelli     Audi Italia        1m40.456s
 2.  Thomas Biagi          Dinamic BMW        1m41.476s   + 1.020s
 3.  Johnny Herbert        Swiss Maserati     1m44.266s   + 3.810s
 4.  Tom Onslow-Cole       Ferlito Jaguar     1m44.622s   + 4.166s
 5.  Stefano Gabellini     Dinamic BMW        1m45.465s   + 5.009s
 6.  Thomas Schoffler      Audi Italia        1m45.874s   + 5.418s
 7.  Max Mugelli           CAAL Mercedes      1m46.324s   + 5.868s
 8.  Tonio Liuzzi          CAAL Mercedes      1m46.920s   + 6.464s
 9.  Max Pigoli            Ferlito Jaguar     1m47.983s   + 7.527s
10.  Nico Caldarola        Roma Mercedes      1m49.105s   + 8.649s
11.  Paolo Meloni          W&D BMW            1m49.406s   + 8.950s
12.  Andrea Larini         Romeo Mercedes     1m49.415s   + 8.959s
13.  Andrea Boffo          Romeo Mercedes     1m49.930s   + 9.474s
14.  Walter Meloni         W&D BMW            1m50.341s   + 9.885s
15.  Sandro Bettini        Dinamic BMW        1m51.893s  + 11.437s
16.  Mauro Cesari          Swiss Maserati     2m00.708s  + 20.252s
17.  Francesco Sini        Solaris Chevrolet  2m21.735s  + 41.279s