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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

The second Le Mans race was not held due to schedule issues.

Round	Country	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning rider	Winning team
GBR Great Britain	Donington Park	3 April	GBR Roger Burnett	ITA Marco Lucchinelli	ITA Davide Tardozzi	Bimota SpA	[Report](1988-donington-superbike-world-championship-round)
USA Bubba Shobert	ITA Marco Lucchinelli	Ducati Team Lucky
HUN Hungary	Hungaroring	30 April	ITA Davide Tardozzi	USA Fred Merkel	USA Fred Merkel	RCM	[Report](1988-hungaroring-superbike-world-championship-round)
ITA Marco Lucchinelli	FRA Adrien Morillas	Team Kawasaki France
FRG West Germany	Hockenheimring	8 May	PRT Alex Vieira	FRA Christophe Bouheben	ITA Davide Tardozzi	Bimota SpA	[Report](1988-hockenheim-superbike-world-championship-round)
ITA Virginio Ferrari	ITA Davide Tardozzi	Bimota SpA
AUT Austria	Zeltweg	3 July	AUS Malcolm Campbell	ITA Davide Tardozzi	ITA Marco Lucchinelli	Ducati Team Lucky	[Report](1988-zeltweg-superbike-world-championship-round)
FRA Christophe Bouheben	ITA Davide Tardozzi	Bimota SpA
JPN Japan	Sugo	28 August	ITA Marco Lucchinelli	CAN Gary Goodfellow	CAN Gary Goodfellow	Don Knit Sugano Racing Team	[Report](1988-sugo-superbike-world-championship-round)
JPN Kenichiro Iwahashi	AUS Mick Doohan	Marlboro Yamaha Dealer Team
FRA France	Le Mans	4 September	ITA Marco Lucchinelli	ITA Fabrizio Pirovano	ITA Fabrizio Pirovano	Moto Club Carate Brianza	[Report](1988-le-mans-superbike-world-championship-round)
PRT Portugal	Estoril	11 September	BEL Stéphane Mertens	ITA Davide Tardozzi	ITA Davide Tardozzi	Bimota SpA	[Report](1988-estoril-superbike-world-championship-round)
FRA Raymond Roche	BEL Stéphane Mertens	Bimota SpA
AUS Australia	Oran Park	25 September	AUS Mick Doohan	USA Fred Merkel	AUS Mick Doohan	Marlboro Yamaha Dealer Team	[Report](1988-oran-park-superbike-world-championship-round)
AUS Mick Doohan	AUS Mick Doohan	Marlboro Yamaha Dealer Team
NZL New Zealand	Manfeild	2 October	ITA Davide Tardozzi	USA Fred Merkel	USA Fred Merkel	RCM	[Report](1988-manfeild-superbike-world-championship-round)
BEL Stéphane Mertens	BEL Stéphane Mertens	Bimota SpA

Championship standings

Position	Original	Revised
1st	2nd	3rd
20	17	15
10	8.5	7.5

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. 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.

Riders' standings

Pos.	Rider	Bike	[GBR](1988-donington-superbike-world-championship-round)
GBR	[HUN](1988-hungaroring-superbike-world-championship-round)
HUN	[FRG](1988-hockenheim-superbike-world-championship-round)
FRG	[AUT](1988-zeltweg-superbike-world-championship-round)
AUT	[JPN](1988-sugo-superbike-world-championship-round)
JPN	[FRA](1988-le-mans-superbike-world-championship-round)
FRA	[POR](1988-estoril-superbike-world-championship-round)
PRT	[AUS](1988-oran-park-superbike-world-championship-round)
AUS	[NZL](1988-manfeild-superbike-world-championship-round)
NZL	Pts	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	1	99	2	93.5	3	91.5	4	90.5	5	63	6	42	7	42	8	39.5	9	33.5	10	32.5	11	31.5	12	30	13	30	14	29.5	15	28	16	26.5	17	23.5	18	21	19	18.5	20	18.5	21	17.5	22	17	23	17	24	16	25	15.5	26	14.5	27	13	28	13	29	12.5	30	11	31	9	32	9	33	8.5	34	7.5	35	7	36	7	37	7	38	7	39	6	40	6	41	5.5	42	5.5	43	5.5	44	5	45	5	46	5	47	4.5	48	3	49	2.5	50	2.5	51	2.5	52	2.5	53	2.5	54	2.5	55	2.5	56	2	57	2	58	2	59	2	60	2	61	1.5	62	1	63	1	64	1	65	1	66	1	67	0.5	68	0.5	Pos.	Rider	Bike	[GBR](1988-donington-superbike-world-championship-round)
GBR	[HUN](1988-hungaroring-superbike-world-championship-round)
HUN	[FRG](1988-hockenheim-superbike-world-championship-round)
FRG	[AUT](1988-zeltweg-superbike-world-championship-round)
AUT	[JPN](1988-sugo-superbike-world-championship-round)
JPN	[FRA](1988-le-mans-superbike-world-championship-round)
FRA	[POR](1988-estoril-superbike-world-championship-round)
PRT	[AUS](1988-oran-park-superbike-world-championship-round)
AUS	[NZL](1988-manfeild-superbike-world-championship-round)
NZL	Pts
USA Fred Merkel	Honda	4	2	1	5	17	Ret	Ret	8	2	11	6	C	4	5	4	3	1	5
ITA Fabrizio Pirovano	Yamaha	8	4	5	6	11	8	2	7	Ret	10	1	C	6	6	6	7	2	13
ITA Davide Tardozzi	Bimota	1	Ret	2	3	1	1	5	1	Ret	4	12	C	1	2	11	10	5	DNS
BEL Stéphane Mertens	Bimota	Ret	Ret	3	2	13	2			4	16	3	C	2	1	7	6	6	1
ITA Marco Lucchinelli	Ducati	2	1	9	Ret	6	11	1	Ret	12	Ret	10	C	3	4
PRT Alex Vieira	Honda					3	3	4	3			4	C
AUS Rob Phillis	Kawasaki							8	Ret	6	6					3	4	4	3
CAN Gary Goodfellow	Suzuki	Ret	DNS							1	3
Honda															8	5	3	6
AUS Malcolm Campbell	Honda							3	6	17	15					5	8	11	2
GBR Terry Rymer	Honda											8	C	5	3	14	11	9	7
GBR Roger Burnett	Honda	Ret	3	8	4	5	4	Ret	DNS			7	C
AUS Mick Doohan	Yamaha									NC	1					1	*1*
GBR Joey Dunlop	Honda	3	5	6	Ret	7	5
FRA Eric Delcamp	Kawasaki			11	13	9	6					2	C
FRA Christophe Bouheben	Honda					2	Ret	Ret	2			5	C
FRA Adrien Morillas	Kawasaki			4	1	19	16	7	5			Ret	C
CHE Edwin Weibel	Honda					4	Ret	6	4	Ret	5	16	C			Ret	DNS
FIN Jari Suhonen	Yamaha	7	10	14	10	Ret	DNS	17	13	16	27	11	C	Ret	13
GBR Andy McGladdery	Suzuki	9	7	15	Ret	DNQ	DNQ
Honda											19	C	15	12	12	13	14	10
SWE Anders Andersson	Suzuki	25	12	18	12	20	23	9	12	15	19	13	C	8	9
AUS Robert Scolyer	Honda															9	9	8	4
AUS Michael Dowson	Yamaha									Ret	Ret					2	2
GBR Paul Iddon	Bimota	Ret	DNS	12	8	12	13	32	Ret					9	8
ITA Virginio Ferrari	Honda	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	11	10	9	Ret	Ret	10	8	Ret	C
GBR Kenny Irons	Honda	6	8			14	7
FRG Ernst Gschwender	Suzuki			10	9	18	27	10	10			Ret	C	12	Ret
GBR Roger Marshall	Suzuki	5	6							20	18
ITA Marino Fabbri	Bimota					28	Ret	Ret	9			9	C	16	11
GBR Robert Dunlop	Honda	Ret	DNS	26	17	29	21			21	23	18	C	10	7	13	14	15	12
CAN Tommy Douglas	Yamaha	16	15													17	Ret	7	11
JPN Yukiya Oshima	Suzuki									3	13
DNK René Rasmussen	Suzuki			7	7	21	Ret	Ret	DNS			DNQ	C	21	Ret
JPN Kenichiro Iwahashi	Honda									Ret	2
JPN Tadaaki Hanamura	Honda									8	9
GBR Steve Williams	Bimota	11	9	19	16	31	Ret
FRG Peter Rubatto	Bimota	Ret	Ret	21	14	15	14	16	Ret			23	C	7	17
CHE Andreas Hofmann	Honda					8	10
NZL Glenn Williams	Ducati																	10	8
IRL Mark Farmer	Suzuki	14	11
ITA Mauro Ricci	Ducati							15	Ret			21	C	11	10
JPN Mitsuaki Watanabe	Yamaha									5	24
NZL Aaron Slight	Bimota									7	14
JPN Koichi Kobayashi	Honda									9	12
NZL Andrew Stroud	Bimota																	13	9
AUS Sean Gallagher	Honda															10	12
GBR Dave Leach	Yamaha	15	13	24	18	DNQ	DNQ					22	C
GBR Brian Morrison	Honda									26	7
GBR John Lofthouse	Suzuki	17	14
FRG Karl Heinz Riegl	Bimota			DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	11	18			25	C	18	19
BEL Paul Ramon	Honda							Ret	11			DNS	C
JPN Toshiharu Kaneko	Yamaha									11	25
AUT Dietmar Kemter	Honda							12	15
NZL Mike King	Ducati																	12	15
FRG Udo Mark	Bimota					22	17	13	14			27	C	17	16
FRG Anton Gruschka	Honda					24	24					Ret	C	13	14
GBR Asa Moyce	Kawasaki	19	16	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
FRG Bodo Schmidt	Bimota					Ret	12	Ret	Ret
FRA Jean-Yves Mounier	Yamaha											14	C
FRG Michael Galinski	Bimota	Ret	DNS	13	Ret	Ret	15
FRA Jean-Louis Guignabodet	Honda			20	15	25	Ret	18	17			17	C	14	15
JPN Hisatomo Nakamura	Suzuki									13	17
FIN Esko Kuparinen	Kawasaki	20	17	25	23	DNQ	DNQ
FRG Dieter Heinen	Honda							14	16			DNS	C
JPN Satoshi Endoh	Honda									14	22
GBR Mark Linscott	Honda											15	C
NZL Dale Warren	Honda																	NC	14
AUS Iain Pero	Suzuki															15	Ret
AUS Len Willing	Yamaha															Ret	15

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Manufacturers' standings

Pos.	Manufacturer	[GBR](1988-donington-superbike-world-championship-round)
GBR	[HUN](1988-hungaroring-superbike-world-championship-round)
HUN	[FRG](1988-hockenheim-superbike-world-championship-round)
FRG	[AUT](1988-zeltweg-superbike-world-championship-round)
AUT	[JPN](1988-sugo-superbike-world-championship-round)
JPN	[FRA](1988-le-mans-superbike-world-championship-round)
FRA	[POR](1988-estoril-superbike-world-championship-round)
PRT	[AUS](1988-oran-park-superbike-world-championship-round)
AUS	[NZL](1988-manfeild-superbike-world-championship-round)
NZL	Pts	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	1	142	2	132.5	3	117.5	4	92	5	70	6	57	Pos.	Manufacturer	[GBR](1988-donington-superbike-world-championship-round)
GBR	[HUN](1988-hungaroring-superbike-world-championship-round)
HUN	[FRG](1988-hockenheim-superbike-world-championship-round)
FRG	[AUT](1988-zeltweg-superbike-world-championship-round)
AUT	[JPN](1988-sugo-superbike-world-championship-round)
JPN	[FRA](1988-le-mans-superbike-world-championship-round)
FRA	[POR](1988-estoril-superbike-world-championship-round)
PRT	[AUS](1988-oran-park-superbike-world-championship-round)
AUS	[NZL](1988-manfeild-superbike-world-championship-round)
NZL	Pts
JPN Honda	3	2	1	4	2	3	3	2	2	2	4	C	4	3	4	3	1	2
ITA Bimota	1	9	2	2	1	1	5	1	4	4	3	C	1	1	7	6	5	1
JPN Yamaha	7	4	5	6	11	8	2	7	5	1	1	C	6	6	1	1	2	11
JPN Kawasaki	19	16	4	1	9	6	7	5	6	6	2	C	25	24	3	4	4	3
ITA Ducati	2	1	9	Ret	6	11	1	21	12	Ret	10	C	3	4	20	19	10	8
JPN Suzuki	5	6	7	7	18	20	9	10	1	3	13	C	8	9	15	16	16	16

References

"Championnat du monde de Superbikes – Classements complets – 1988". racingmemo.free.fr.
"Superbike World Championship Standings 1988".
"1988 World Superbike Championship Standings". wsb-archives.co.uk.
(29 March 2007). "Donington Park: Ducati preview". motorsport.com.
(21 June 2016). "History of the World Superbike Championship".

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