1988 Superbike World Championship season
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The 1988 Superbike World Championship season was the inaugural F.I.M. Superbike World Championship season. The
season started on 3 April at Donington Park, and finished on 3 October at Manfeild Autocourse after 9 rounds.
American Fred Merkel won the rider's championship and Honda won the manufacturer's championship.
Contents
1 Season calendar
2 Season standings
2.1 Riders' standings
2.2 Manufacturers' standings
3 Participants
4 Notes
5 References
Season calendar
1988 Superbike World
Championship season
Previous: none
Next: 1989
Round
Country
Circuit
Date
Superpole
Fastest Lap
R1
Great Britain
1
Donington Park 3 April
Hungaroring
30 April
West Germany Hockenheimring 8 May
3 July
R1
Japan
Sugo
27 August
R1
France
Le Mans
Fred Merkel
Rumi
Marco Lucchinelli
Adrien Morillas
Kaw asaki France
Christophe Bouheben
Davide Tardozzi
Bimota SpA
Virginio Ferrari
Davide Tardozzi
Bimota SpA
Davide Tardozzi
Marco Lucchinelli Cagiva
Christophe Bouheben
Davide Tardozzi
Bimota SpA
Gary Goodfellow
Gary Goodfellow
Don Knit Sugano Yoshimura
Kenihiro Iw ahashi
Michael Doohan
Marlboro Dealer Team Yamaha
Fabrizio Pirovano
Fabrizio Pirovano
Report
Marco Lucchinelli
R2
6
Fred Merkel
Malcolm Campbell
R2
5
Marco Lucchinelli Cagiva
Report
R1
Zeltw eg
Bubba Shobert
Alex Vieira
R2
Austria
Bimota SpA
Report
R1
4
Davide Tardozzi
Davide Tardozzi
R2
3
Marco Lucchinelli
4 September
Report
Marco Lucchinelli
Report
R2
Race Cancelled
Davide Tardozzi
Davide Tardozzi
Raymond Roche
Stephane Mertens Bimota SpA
Fred Merkel
Mick Doohan
Marlboro Dealer Team Yamaha
R2
Mick Doohan
Mick Doohan
Marlboro Dealer Team Yamaha
R1
Fred Merkel
Fred Merkel
Rumi
R1
Portugal
7
Estoril
11 September
R1
Australia
New Zealand
9
Oran Park
Manfeild
25 September
2 October
Report
Mick Doohan
Report
Davide Tardozzi
Report
Stephane Mertens
R2
Stephane Mertens Bimota SpA
Season standings
Riders' standings
GBR
Pos
Rider
HUN
Bimota SpA
Stephane Mertens
R2
8
Report
Report
R1
Hungary
Winning Team
Roger Burnett
R2
2
Winning Rider
FRG
AUT
JPN
FRA
POR
AUS
NZL
Bike
Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1
R2 R1 R2
1
Merkel
Honda
4
2
1
5
17 Ret Ret
8
2
Pirovano
Yamaha
8
4
5
6
11
8
2
3
Tardozzi
Bimota
1
Ret
2
3
1
1
5
4
Mertens
Bimota
Ret Ret
3
2
13
2
5
Lucchinelli
Ducati
9 Ret 6
11
1
6
Vieira
Honda
3
3
4
7
Phillis
8
Goodfellow
Suzuki
9
Campbell
Honda
2
1
Kaw asaki
10
Rymer
Honda
11
Burnett
Honda
12
Doohan
Yamaha
13
Dunlop
Honda
14
Delcamp
15
Bouheben
8
11
6
C
4
5
4
3
1
5
7
Ret 10
1
C
6
6
6
7
2
13 93,5 Gold
1
33
4
12 C
1
2
11
10
5 DNS 91,5 Silver
4
16
3
C
2
1
7
6
6
Ret 12 Ret 10 C
3
4
3
Ret
Ret Ret
3
Ret
3
8
4
5
4
2
6
4
5
Kaw asaki
6 Ret 7
5
11 13
6
Honda
9
2
Winner
2nd place
90,5 Bronze 3rd place
63
Green
42
C
Result
Finished, in points
Finished, no points
Blue
6
3
4
4
3
1
3
8
5
3
6
39,5 Purple
Did not finish (Ret)
17 15
5
8
11
2
33,5
Did not qualify (DNQ)
18 DNS
8
C
7
C
5
3
14
11
9
7
42
32,5
1
2
Not classified (NC)
Red
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
31,5 Black
1
1
30
30
Ret Ret
Colour
6
31
3
1
99
2
C
29,5
5
C
28
Disqualified (DSQ)
Did not start (DNS)
White
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Did not participate
Blank
16
17
Morillas
Weibel
18
Suhonen
19
Kaw asaki
4
1
Honda
19 16
7
5
4
6
4
Ret
Ret C
Ret 5
26,5
16 C
DNS
Yamaha
7
10 14 10 Ret DNS 17 13 16 27 11 C Ret 13
McGladdery
Suzuki
9
7
20
Andersson
Suzuki
25 12 18 12 20 23
21
Scolyer
Honda
22
Dow son
Yamaha
23
Iddon
Bimota
24
Ferrari
Honda
25
Irons
Honda
26
Gschw ender
Suzuki
15 Ret
19 C 15 12 12
9
12 15 19 13 C
8
6
8
12 13 33 33
Ret 11 10
9
14
7
8
10
9
Ret Ret 10
18 27 10 10
9
23,5
Bold – Pole
21 Italics – Fastest Lap
13 14 10 18,5
9
Ret Ret
Ret DNS 12
Ret
8
8 Ret C
18,5
9
9
2
2
8
4
17,5
17
17
16
15,5
Ret C 12 Ret
Excluded (EX)
14,5
27
Marshall
Suzuki
5
6
20 18
28
Marino
Bimota
29
Dunlop
Honda
30
Douglas
31
Oshima
Suzuki
32
Rasmussen
Suzuki
33
Iw ahashi
Honda
34
Hanamura
Honda
35
Williams
Bimota
11
36
Rubatto
Bimota
Ret Ret 21 14 15 14 16 Ret
37
Williams
Ducati
38
Hofmann
Honda
39
Farmer
Suzuki
40
Ricci
Ducati
41
Watanabe
42
28 Ret Ret
9
Ret DNS 26 17 29 21
13
9
C
16 11
21 23 18 C 10
7
Yamaha 16 15
13
13
14 15 12 12,5
Ret 17
3
7
7
7
11
13
9
21 Ret Ret DNS
21 Ret
9
Ret 2
8
9
8,5
9
7,5
19 16 31 Ret
7
23 C
7
17
7
10
8
11
8
10
7
7
14 11
6
15 29
21 C 11 10
6
Yamaha
5
24
5,5
Slight
Bimota
7
14
5,5
43
Kobayashi
Honda
9
12
5,5
44
Stroud
Bimota
45
Gallagher
Honda
46
Leach
47
Morrison
Honda
48
Lofthouse
Suzuki
49
Riegl
Bimota
50
Ramon
Honda
51
Kaneko
Yamaha
52
Kemter
Honda
53
King
Ducati
13
10
Yamaha 15 13 24 18
9
12
5
22 C
26
5
7
4,5
17 14
3
11 18
Ret DNS
5
25 C 18 19
2,5
Ret 11
2,5
11 25
2,5
12 15
2,5
12 15
2,5
54
Mark
Bimota
22 17 13 14
27 C 17 16
2,5
55
Gruschka
Honda
24 24
Ret C 13 14
2,5
56
Schmidt
Bimota
Ret 12 34 34
57
Galinski
Bimota
58
Guignabodet
Honda
59
Moyce
60
Mounier
61
Nakamura
Suzuki
62
Heinen
Honda
63
Endoh
Honda
64
Warren
Honda
65
Kuparinen
66
Linscott
Honda
67
Pero
Suzuki
68
Willing
Yamaha
Pos
Rider
Bike
2
Ret DNS 13 Ret Ret 15
2
20 15 25 Ret 19 17
17 C 14 15
2
Kaw asaki 19 16
2
Yamaha
14 C
2
13 17
1,5
14 16
1
14 22
1
NC 14
Kaw asaki 20 17 25 23
Manufacturers' standings
1
15 C
1
15 DNS
DNS
GBR
HUN
1
FRG
AUT
JPN
FRA
POR
0,5
15
AUS
0,5
NZL
Pts
GBR
HUN
FRG
AUT
JPN
FRA
POR
AUS
NZL
Pos Manufacturer
Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1
Honda
3
2
1
4
2
3
3
2
2
2
4 C
4
3
4
3
1
2
2
Bimota
1
9
2
2
1
1
5
1
4
4
3 C
1
1
7
6
5
1 132,5
3
Yamaha
7
4
5
6 11 8
2
7
5
1
1 C
6
6
1
1
2 11 114,5
4
Kaw asaki 19 16 4
1
7
5
6
6
2 C 25 24 3
4
4
5
Ducati
2
1
9 Ret 6 11 1 21 12 Ret 10 C
3
4 19 20 10 8
70
6
Suzuki
5
6
7
8
9 15 16 14 10
61
Pos Manufacturer
GBR
9
6
7 18 20 9 10 1
HUN
Participants
1
Anders Andersson
2
Christophe Bouheben
3
Roger Burnett
4
Malcolm Campbell
5
Eric Delcamp
6
Michael Doohan
7
Tommy Douglas
8
Michael Dowson
9
Robert Dunlop
10
Joey Dunlop
11
Marino Fabbri
12
Mark Farmer
13
Virginio Ferrari
14
Gary Goodfellow
15
Ernst Gschwender
FRG
AUT
3 13 C
JPN
FRA
POR
AUS
142
3 91,5
NZL
Pts
16
17
Tadaaki Hanamura
Andreas Hofmann
18
Paul Iddon
19
Kenny Irons
20
Kenihiro Iwahashi
21
Marco Lucchinelli
22
Roger Marshall
23
Andy McGladdery
24
Fred Merkel
25
Stéphane Mertens
26
Adrien Morillas
27
Yukia Oshima
28
Rob Phillis
29
Fabrizio Pirovano
30
Renè Rasmussen
31
Mauro Ricci
32
Raymond Roche
33
Peter Rubatto
34
Terry Rymer
35
Robert Scolyer
36
Bubba Shobert
37
Jari Suhonen
38
Davide Tardozzi
39
Alex Vieira
40
Edwin Weibel
41
Steve Williams
42
Glenn Williams
43
Sahar Zvik
Notes
The points allocation system was: 1st=10, 2nd=8,5, 3rd=7,5, 4th=6,5, 5th=5,5, 6th=5, 7th=4,5, 8th=4, 9th=3,5, 10th=3, 11th=2,5, 12th=2, 13th=1,5, 14th=1,
15th=0,5
For the first ever Superbike World Championship round at Donington Park the race results were combined to determine an overall winner. The only time that
happened in the Superbike World Championship's history. [1]
References
1. ^ WORLD SUPERBIKE CELEBRATES TWENTY YEARS AT DONINGTON
(http://www.ducati.com/od/ducatiuk/events/detail.jhtml;jsessionid=A3YNCLQLVI0W0CRNCB2SFFAKFUIHUIV4?eventId=15581) ducati.com retrieved on 18 September 2007
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