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 April 3 at Donington Park, and finished on October 3 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 Rider standings 2.2 Manufacturers standings 3 Participants 4 Notes 5 References

[edit] Season Calendar

No	Date	Round	Circuit	Race 1 Winner	Race 2 Winner	Report
1	April 3	United Kingdom	Donington	Davide Tardozzi	Marco Lucchinelli	Report
2	April 30	Hungary	Hungaroring	Fred Merkel	Adrien Morillas	Report
3	May 8	West Germany	Hockenheim	Davide Tardozzi	Davide Tardozzi	Report
4	July 3	Austria	Zeltweg	Marco Lucchinelli	Davide Tardozzi	Report
5	August 28	Japan	Sugo	Gary Goodfellow	Mick Doohan	Report
6	September 4	France	Le Mans	Fabrizio Pirovano		Report
7	September 11	Portugal	Estoril	Davide Tardozzi	Stéphane Mertens	Report
8	September 25	Australia	Oran Park	Mick Doohan	Mick Doohan	Report
9	October 2	New Zealand	Manfeild	Fred Merkel	Stéphane Mertens	Report

[edit] Season standings

[edit] Rider standings

Rank	Rider	Manufacturer	Points	Wins
1	Fred Merkel	Honda	99	2
2	Fabrizio Pirovano	Yamaha	93.5	1
3	Davide Tardozzi	Bimota	91.5	5
4	Stéphane Mertens	Bimota	90.5	2
5	Marco Lucchinelli	Ducati	63	2
6	Alex Vieira	Honda	42	0
7	Rob Phillis	Kawasaki	42	0
8	Gary Goodfellow	Suzuki	39.5	1
9	Malcolm Campbell	Honda	33.5	0
10	Terry Rymer	Honda	32.5	0
11	Roger Burnett	Honda	31.5	0
12	Mick Doohan	Yamaha	30	3
13	Joey Dunlop	Honda	30	0
14	Eric Delcamp	Kawasaki	29.5	0
15	Christophe Bouheben	Honda	28	0
16	Adrien Morillas	Kawasaki	26.5	1
17	Edwin Weibel	Honda	23.5	0
18	Jari Suhonen	Yamaha	21	0
19	Andy McGladdery	Suzuki	18.5	0
20	Anders Andersson	Suzuki	18.5	0
21	Robert Scolyer	Honda	17.5	0
22	Michael Dowson	Yamaha	17	0
23	Paul Iddon	Yamaha	17	0
24	Virginio Ferrari	Honda	16	0
25	Kenny Irons	Honda	15.5	0
26	Ernst Gschwender	Suzuki	14.5	0
27	Roger Marshall	Suzuki	13	0
28	Marino Fabbri	Bimota	13	0
29	Robert Dunlop	Honda	12.5	0
30	Tommy Douglas	Yamaha	11	0
31	Yukia Oshima	Suzuki	9	0
32	Renè Rasmussen	Suzuki	9	0
33	Kenihiro Iwahashi	Honda	8.5	0
34	Tadaaki Hanamura	Honda	7.5	0
35	Steve Williams	Bimota	7	0
36	Peter Rubatto	Bimota	7	0
37	Glenn Williams	Ducati	7	0
38	Andreas Hoffman	Honda	7	0
39	Mark Farmer	Suzuki	6	0
40	Mauro Ricci	Ducati	6	0

[edit] Manufacturers standings

Pos	Manufacturer	Pts
1	Honda	142
2	Bimota	132,5
3	Yamaha	114,5
4	Kawasaki Heavy Industries	91,5
5	Ducati	70
6	Suzuki	61

[edit] 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
16	Tadaaki Hanamura
17	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

[edit] Notes

• The points allocation system was: 1st=20, 2nd=17, 3rd=15, 4th=13, 5th=11, 6th=10, 7th=9, 8th=8, 9th=7, 10th=6, 11th=5, 12th=4, 13th=3, 14th=2, 15th=1
• 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]

[edit] References

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