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Donington Park Superstars: Tonio Liuzzi, Thomas Biagi set early pace

Romeo Ferraris Mercedes pair Tonio Liuzzi and Thomas Biagi set the pace in the two free practice sessions for the Superstars International Series at Donington Park

The two C63s were first and second in both sessions, Biagi leading the way in free practice one with a 1m34.917s effort, before Liuzzi lowered the benchmark in free practice two to 1m34.631s.

British Touring Car Championship regular Colin Turkington made a good start to his Superstars career, finishing fourth in the first session and then third in the second session in the Scuderia Giudici BMW.

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Francesco Sini was another impressive performer across the two sessions, the Solaris Chevrolet driver third in FP1 and fourth in FP2, just 0.001s behind Turkington.

Having won the last four races in a row, Gianni Morbidelli seemed to struggle across the two sessions in the Audi Sport Italia RS5, managing just fifth fastest in FP1, before slipping to sixth in FP2, behind Dinamic BMW driver Giovanni Berton.

Domenico Schiattarella made two top 10 appearances in the second Solaris Chevrolet entry - ninth in FP1 and seventh in FP2.

Roma Racing Mercedes driver Luigi Ferrara meanwhile had a tough day, finishing FP1 seventh after struggling through the session with a water pump problem, then failing to set a time in FP2 thanks to an engine failure.

Practice one:

Pos  Driver                  Team/Car           Time       Gap
 1.  Thomas Biagi            Ferraris Mercedes  1m34.917s
 2.  Tonio Liuzzi            Ferraris Mercedes  1m35.339s  +0.422s
 3.  Francesco Sini          Solaris Chevrolet  1m35.844s  +0.927s
 4.  Colin Turkington        Giudici BMW        1m35.932s  +1.015s
 5.  Gianni Morbidelli       Audi Italia        1m36.139s  +1.222s
 6.  Max Mugelli             Dinamic BMW        1m36.403s  +1.486s
 7.  Luigi Ferrara           Roma Mercedes      1m37.370s  +2.453s
 8.  Mauro Trentin           Dinamic BMW        1m37.926s  +3.009s
 9.  Domenico Schiattarella  Solaris Chevrolet  1m38.000s  +3.083s
10.  Andrea Bacci            CAAL Mercedes      1m38.748s  +3.831s
11.  Giovanni Berton         Dinamic BMW        1m38.795s  +3.878s
12.  Gianni Giudici          Giudici BMW        1m39.828s  +4.911s
13.  Diego Romanini          MRT Lexus          1m39.950s  +5.033s
14.  Francesco Ascani        Todi BMW           1m40.521s  +5.604s
15.  Roberto Papini          CAAL Mercedes      1m40.837s  +5.920s

Practice two:

Pos  Driver                  Team/Car           Time       Gap
 1.  Tonio Liuzzi            Ferraris Mercedes  1m34.631s
 2.  Thomas Biagi            Ferraris Mercedes  1m35.157s  +0.526s
 3.  Colin Turkington        Giudici BMW        1m35.228s  +0.597s
 4.  Francesco Sini          Solaris Chevrolet  1m35.229s  +0.598s
 5.  Giovanni Berton         Dinamic BMW        1m35.889s  +1.258s
 6.  Gianni Morbidelli       Audi Italia        1m35.895s  +1.264s
 7.  Domenico Schiattarella  Solaris Chevrolet  1m36.262s  +1.631s
 8.  Max Mugelli             Dinamic BMW        1m36.794s  +2.163s
 9.  Andrea Bacci            CAAL Mercedes      1m36.913s  +2.282s
10.  Roberto Papini          CAAL Mercedes      1m38.124s  +3.493s
11.  Mauro Trentin           Dinamic BMW        1m38.312s  +3.681s
12.  Diego Romanini          MRT Lexus          1m38.354s  +3.723s
13.  Francesco Ascani        Todi BMW           1m38.517s  +3.886s
14.  Gianni Giudici          Giudici BMW        1m38.928s  +4.297s
15.  Luigi Ferrara           Roma Mercedes

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