Vallelunga Superstars: Gianni Morbidelli fastest in practice

With the circuit wet for the entirety of the first half-hour session, it was unsurprising to see the four-wheel-drive Audi Sport Italia RS5s setting the pace.

However, Morbidelli - who leads the championship coming into the final - was trumped by his stand-in team-mate Andrea Larini, who hasn't raced in Superstars since round three in Slovakia back in June.

But in free practice two Morbidelli showed his hand. With the circuit drying out in the final few minutes, the ex-F1 driver went fastest with a 1m43.957s, a whole 1.4s faster than Tonio Liuzzi (Romeo Ferraris Mercedes) in second, and 6.3s clear of Larini's pace-setting time from FP1.

Liuzzi and Larini were among the other drivers to dramatically improve in the dying seconds of the session, finishing second and third respectively, ahead of Liuzzi's team-mate Thomas Biagi, who is Morbidelli's closest rival in the fight for the title.

Francesco Sini (Solaris Chevrolet) wound up fifth fastest, despite having been at the top of the times with just over a minute of the session remaining.

Dinamic BMW pair Giovanni Berton and Max Mugelli were sixth and seventh respectively, while Daniel Schiattarella rounded out the top eight in the second Solaris Chevrolet.

Practice one

Pos Driver                  Car                Time      Gap     Laps
 1. Andrea Larini           Audi Italia        1m50.288            11
 2. Gianni Morbidelli       Audi Italia        1m50.412   +0.124s   9
 3. Thomas Biagi            Ferraris Mercedes  1m51.044   +0.756s  14
 4. Tonio Liuzzi            Ferraris Mercedes  1m52.353   +2.065s   5
 5. Giovanni Berton         Dinamic BMW        1m52.709   +2.421s  12
 6. Domenico Schiatarella   Solaris Chevrolet  1m55.257   +4.969s   6
 7. Giuseppe Cipriani       Audi Italia        1m55.425   +5.137s  10
 8. Francesco Sini          Solaris Chevrolet  1m57.210   +6.922s   5
 9. Max Mugelli             Dinamic BMW        1m57.581   +7.293s   7
10. Mauro Trentin           Dinamic BMW        1m57.675   +7.387s  12
11. Leonardo Baccarelli     CAAL Mercedes      1m57.764   +7.476s   9
12. Gianni Giudici          Giudici BMW        1m58.528   +8.240s   5
13. Francesco Ascani        Todi BMW           2m03.396  +13.108s  11
14. Mario Buscemi           Todi BMW           2m37.592  +47.304s   9
15. Andrea Bacci            CAAL Mercedes                           2

Practice two

Pos Driver                  Car                Time       Gap     Laps
 1. Gianni Morbidelli       Audi Italia        1m43.957s            10
 2. Tonio Liuzzi            Ferraris Mercedes  1m45.400s   +1.443s  12
 3. Andrea Larini           Audi Italia        1m45.653s   +1.696s  14
 4. Thomas Biagi            Ferraris Mercedes  1m45.952s   +1.995s  14
 5. Francesco Sini          Solaris Chevrolet  1m46.146s   +2.189s  14
 6. Domenico Schiatarella   Solaris Chevrolet  1m46.313s   +2.356s  15
 7. Giovanni Berton         Dinamic BMW        1m46.888s   +2.931s  13
 8. Max Mugelli             Dinamic BMW        1m47.083s   +3.126s  13
 9. Mauro Trentin           Dinamic BMW        1m47.699s   +3.742s  13
10. Giuseppe Cipriani       Audi Italia        1m48.052s   +4.095s   9
11. Leonardo Baccarelli     CAAL Mercedes      1m48.993s   +5.036s  14
12. Francesco Ascani        Todi BMW           1m49.298s   +5.341s  15
13. Andrea Bacci            CAAL Mercedes      1m54.409s  +10.452s   8
14. Gianni Giudici          Giudici BMW        1m57.050s  +13.093s  10
15. Mario Buscemi           Todi BMW           2m00.472s  +16.515s  12