1988 Superbike World Championship
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The 1988 Superbike World Championship was the inaugural FIM 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 riders' championship and Honda won the manufacturers' championship.
Race calendar and results
[edit]The second Le Mans race was not held due to schedule issues.[1]
Championship standings
[edit]Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Original | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Revised | 10 | 8.5 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 5 | 4.5 | 4 | 3.5 | 3 | 2.5 | 2 | 1.5 | 1 | 0.5 |
For the first ever Superbike World Championship round at Donington Park, and for the only time in the championship's history, the race results were combined to determine an overall winner.[4] For future weekends, it was decided to award half points for each race instead, although the original system was used again at Le Mans due to only one race being run.[5]
Riders' standings
[edit]
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Bold – Pole position |
Manufacturers' standings
[edit]Pos. | Manufacturer | GBR |
HUN |
FRG |
AUT |
JPN |
FRA |
POR |
AUS |
NZL |
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 | 142 |
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 | 117.5 |
4 | Kawasaki | 19 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | C | 25 | 24 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 92 |
5 | Ducati | 2 | 1 | 9 | Ret | 6 | 11 | 1 | 21 | 12 | Ret | 10 | C | 3 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 70 |
6 | Suzuki | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 13 | C | 8 | 9 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 57 |
Pos. | Manufacturer | GBR |
HUN |
FRG |
AUT |
JPN |
FRA |
POR |
AUS |
NZL |
Pts |
References
[edit]- ^ "Championnat du monde de Superbikes – Classements complets – 1988". racingmemo.free.fr (in French). Retrieved 5 January 2015.
- ^ "Superbike World Championship Standings 1988". motorsportstats.com. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ a b "1988 World Superbike Championship Standings". wsb-archives.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 May 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
- ^ "Donington Park: Ducati preview". motorsport.com. 29 March 2007. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
- ^ "History of the World Superbike Championship". 21 June 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
External links
[edit]- "1988 Qualifying & Race Results". wsb-archives.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2015-01-04. Retrieved 2015-01-05.