# Temporada 1988 del Campeonato Mundial de Superbikes

La Temporada 1988 del Campeonato Mundial de Superbikes fue la primera temporada del Campeonato Mundial de Superbikes, que empezó el 3 de abril en el Donington Park y terminó el 3 de octubre en Manfeild Autocourse compuesto con 9 carreras.
El estadounidense Fred Merkel consiguió el primer título de la historia de esta competición y Honda se adjudicó la clasificación de escuderías.

## Calendario y resultados

| Ronda | Ronda | Gran Premio | Fecha | Superpole | Vuelta Rápida | Piloto Ganador | Equipo |
| 1 | R1 | Gran Bretaña | Donington Park | 3 de abril | Roger Burnett | Marco Lucchinelli | Davide Tardozzi | Bimota SpA |
| 1 | R2 | Gran Bretaña | Donington Park | 3 de abril | Roger Burnett | Bubba Shobert | Marco Lucchinelli | Ducati Team Lucky |
| 2 | R1 | Hungría | Hungaroring | 30 de abril | Davide Tardozzi | Fred Merkel | Fred Merkel | RCM |
| 2 | R2 | Hungría | Hungaroring | 30 de abril | Davide Tardozzi | Marco Lucchinelli | Adrien Morillas | Team Kawasaki France |
| 3 | R1 | Alemania Oriental | Hockenheimring | 8 de mayo | Alex Vieira | Christophe Bouheben | Davide Tardozzi | Bimota SpA |
| 3 | R2 | Alemania Oriental | Hockenheimring | 8 de mayo | Alex Vieira | Virginio Ferrari | Davide Tardozzi | Bimota SpA |
| 4 | R1 | Austria | Zeltweg | 3 de julio | Malcolm Campbell | Davide Tardozzi | Marco Lucchinelli | Ducati Team Lucky |
| 4 | R2 | Austria | Zeltweg | 3 de julio | Malcolm Campbell | Christophe Bouheben | Davide Tardozzi | Bimota SpA |
| 5 | R1 | Japón | Sugo | 28 de agosto | Marco Lucchinelli | Gary Goodfellow | Gary Goodfellow | Don Knit Sugano Racing Team |
| 5 | R2 | Japón | Sugo | 28 de agosto | Marco Lucchinelli | Kenichiro Iwahashi | Mick Doohan | Marlboro Yamaha Dealer Team |
| 6 | R1 | Francia | Le Mans | 4 de septiembre | Marco Lucchinelli | Fabrizio Pirovano | Fabrizio Pirovano | Moto Club Carate Brianza |
| 6 | R2 | Francia | Le Mans | 4 de septiembre | Marco Lucchinelli | Carrera cancelada | Carrera cancelada | Carrera cancelada |
| 7 | R1 | Portugal | Estoril | 11 de septiembre | Stéphane Mertens | Davide Tardozzi | Davide Tardozzi | Bimota SpA |
| 7 | R2 | Portugal | Estoril | 11 de septiembre | Stéphane Mertens | Raymond Roche | Stéphane Mertens | Bimota SpA |
| 8 | R1 | Australia | Oran Park | 25 de septiembre | Mick Doohan | Fred Merkel | Mick Doohan | Marlboro Yamaha Dealer Team |
| 8 | R2 | Australia | Oran Park | 25 de septiembre | Mick Doohan | Mick Doohan | Mick Doohan | Marlboro Yamaha Dealer Team |
| 9 | R1 | Nueva Zelanda | Manfeild | 2 de octubre | Davide Tardozzi | Fred Merkel | Fred Merkel | RCM |
| 9 | R2 | Nueva Zelanda | Manfeild | 2 de octubre | Davide Tardozzi | Stéphane Mertens | Stéphane Mertens | Bimota SpA |

## Estadísticas
### Clasificación de Pilotos

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