# Wereldkampioenschap superbike van Sugo 1988

Het wereldkampioenschap superbike van Sugo 1988 was de vijfde ronde van het wereldkampioenschap superbike 1988. De races werden verreden op 28 augustus 1988 op het Sportsland SUGO nabij Murata, Japan.

## Race 1

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 8 | Gary Goodfellow | Suzuki | 25 | 45:50.980 | 12 | 10 |
| 2 | 27 | Fred Merkel | Honda | 25 | +27.580 | 7 | 8,5 |
| 3 | 32 | Yukiya Ohshima | Suzuki | 25 | +39.960 | 18 | 7,5 |
| 4 | 6 | Stéphane Mertens | Bimota | 25 | +44.100 | 10 | 6,5 |
| 5 | 53 | Mitsuaki Watanabe | Yamaha | 25 | +46.360 | 22 | 5,5 |
| 6 | 16 | Rob Phillis | Kawasaki | 25 | +47.350 | 16 | 5 |
| 7 | 20 | Aaron Slight | Bimota | 25 | +48.610 | 15 | 4,5 |
| 8 | 58 | Tadaaki Hanamura | Honda | 25 | +49.560 | 17 | 4 |
| 9 | 51 | Koichi Kobayashi | Honda | 25 | +54.200 | 21 | 3,5 |
| 10 | 1 | Virginio Ferrari | Honda | 25 | +57.370 | 13 | 3 |
| 11 | 47 | Toshiharu Kaneko | Yamaha | 25 | +58.060 | 29 | 2,5 |
| 12 | 15 | Marco Lucchinelli | Ducati | 25 | +1:08.930 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | 34 | Hisatomo Nakamura | Suzuki | 25 | +1:12.190 | 20 | 1,5 |
| 14 | 56 | Satoshi Endoh | Honda | 25 | +1:21.130 | 25 | 1 |
| 15 | 7 | Anders Andersson | Suzuki | 25 | +1:21.860 | 24 | 0,5 |
| 16 | 10 | Jari Suhonen | Yamaha | 25 | +1:25.510 | 32 | |
| 17 | 5 | Malcolm Campbell | Honda | 24 | +1 ronde | 19 | |
| 18 | 35 | Masaki Tokuno | Honda | 24 | +1 ronde | 28 | |
| 19 | 37 | Hidekazu Hirai | Honda | 24 | +1 ronde | 23 | |
| 20 | 14 | Roger Marshall | Honda | 24 | +1 ronde | 27 | |
| 21 | 4 | Robert Dunlop | Honda | 24 | +1 ronde | 30 | |
| 22 | 52 | Shigemasa Miwa | Honda | 24 | +1 ronde | 26 | |
| 23 | 41 | Masaru Kidani | Suzuki | 24 | +1 ronde | 31 | |
| 24 | 49 | Masaatsu Hyuga | Honda | 24 | +1 ronde | 34 | |
| 25 | 39 | Hiroyuki Ohno | Yamaha | 24 | +1 ronde | 37 | |
| 26 | 9 | Brian Morrison | Honda | 24 | +1 ronde | 14 | |
| 27 | 48 | Shuichi Horikawa | Honda | 24 | +1 ronde | 38 | |
| 28 | 38 | Masaru Shoyama | Honda | 24 | +1 ronde | 39 | |
| 29 | 43 | Osamu Honma | Suzuki | 23 | +2 ronden | 36 | |
| NC | 25 | Mick Doohan | Yamaha | 21 | +4 ronden | 5 | |
| DNF | 55 | Kunio Machii | Yamaha | 23 | Uitgevallen | 2 | |
| DNF | 57 | Sho Noguchi | Yamaha | 20 | Uitgevallen | 35 | |
| DNF | 2 | Davide Tardozzi | Bimota | 19 | Uitgevallen | 4 | |
| DNF | 24 | Michael Dowson | Yamaha | 14 | Uitgevallen | 3 | |
| DNF | 23 | Edwin Weibel | Honda | 9 | Uitgevallen | 9 | |
| DNF | 12 | Fabrizio Pirovano | Yamaha | 9 | Uitgevallen | 11 | |
| DNF | 36 | Kenichiro Iwahashi | Honda | 7 | Uitgevallen | 6 | |
| DNF | 31 | Mitsuo Saito | Yamaha | 4 | Uitgevallen | 8 | |
| DNF | 11 | David Pickworth | Yamaha | 3 | Uitgevallen | 40 | |
| DNS | 50 | Katsunori Gosui | Honda | 0 | Niet gestart | 33 | |

## Race 2

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 25 | Mick Doohan | Yamaha | 25 | 41:41.570 | 5 | 10 |
| 2 | 36 | Kenichiro Iwahashi | Honda | 25 | +6.930 | 6 | 8,5 |
| 3 | 8 | Gary Goodfellow | Suzuki | 25 | +10.770 | 12 | 7,5 |
| 4 | 2 | Davide Tardozzi | Bimota | 25 | +15.500 | 4 | 6,5 |
| 5 | 23 | Edwin Weibel | Honda | 25 | +17.710 | 9 | 5,5 |
| 6 | 16 | Rob Phillis | Kawasaki | 25 | +23.060 | 16 | 5 |
| 7 | 9 | Brian Morrison | Honda | 25 | +26.730 | 14 | 4,5 |
| 8 | 1 | Virginio Ferrari | Honda | 25 | +28.230 | 13 | 4 |
| 9 | 58 | Tadaaki Hanamura | Honda | 25 | +32.060 | 17 | 3,5 |
| 10 | 12 | Fabrizio Pirovano | Yamaha | 25 | +32.740 | 11 | 3 |
| 11 | 27 | Fred Merkel | Honda | 25 | +33.210 | 7 | 2,5 |
| 12 | 51 | Koichi Kobayashi | Honda | 25 | +42.650 | 21 | 2 |
| 13 | 32 | Yukiya Ohshima | Suzuki | 25 | +46.840 | 18 | 1,5 |
| 14 | 20 | Aaron Slight | Bimota | 25 | +48.790 | 15 | 1 |
| 15 | 5 | Malcolm Campbell | Honda | 25 | +1:05.190 | 19 | 0,5 |
| 16 | 6 | Stéphane Mertens | Bimota | 25 | +1:08.390 | 10 | |
| 17 | 34 | Hisatomo Nakamura | Suzuki | 25 | +1:12.200 | 20 | |
| 18 | 14 | Roger Marshall | Honda | 25 | +1:22.620 | 27 | |
| 19 | 7 | Anders Andersson | Suzuki | 25 | +1:22.640 | 24 | |
| 20 | 35 | Masaki Tokuno | Honda | 25 | +1:24.010 | 28 | |
| 21 | 37 | Hidekazu Hirai | Honda | 25 | +1:30.030 | 23 | |
| 22 | 56 | Satoshi Endoh | Honda | 25 | +1:49.390 | 25 | |
| 23 | 4 | Robert Dunlop | Honda | 25 | +1:58.920 | 30 | |
| 24 | 53 | Mitsuaki Watanabe | Yamaha | 25 | +2:03.980 | 22 | |
| 25 | 47 | Toshiharu Kaneko | Yamaha | 24 | +1 ronde | 29 | |
| 26 | 41 | Masaru Kidani | Suzuki | 24 | +1 ronde | 31 | |
| 27 | 10 | Jari Suhonen | Yamaha | 24 | +1 ronde | 32 | |
| 28 | 49 | Masaatsu Hyuga | Honda | 24 | +1 ronde | 34 | |
| 29 | 50 | Katsunori Gosui | Honda | 24 | +1 ronde | 33 | |
| 30 | 31 | Mitsuo Saito | Yamaha | 24 | +1 ronde | 8 | |
| 31 | 43 | Osamu Honma | Suzuki | 24 | +1 ronde | 36 | |
| 32 | 39 | Hiroyuki Ohno | Yamaha | 24 | +1 ronde | 37 | |
| 33 | 38 | Masaru Shoyama | Honda | 24 | +1 ronde | 39 | |
| 34 | 48 | Shuichi Horikawa | Honda | 23 | +2 ronden | 38 | |
| DNF | 11 | David Pickworth | Yamaha | 13 | Uitgevallen | 40 | |
| DNF | 52 | Shigemasa Miwa | Honda | 8 | Uitgevallen | 26 | |
| DNF | 15 | Marco Lucchinelli | Ducati | 2 | Ongeluk | 1 | |
| DNF | 24 | Michael Dowson | Yamaha | 2 | Uitgevallen | 3 | |
| DNF | 57 | Sho Noguchi | Yamaha | 1 | Uitgevallen | 35 | |
| DNF | 55 | Kunio Machii | Yamaha | 0 | Uitgevallen | 2 | |

## Tussenstanden na wedstrijd

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 2 | Davide Tardozzi | Bimota | 58 |
| 2 | 27 | Fred Merkel | Honda | 47,5 |
| 3 | 12 | Fabrizio Pirovano | Yamaha | 44 |
| 4 | 15 | Marco Lucchinelli | Ducati | 43 |
| 5 | 6 | Stéphane Mertens | Bimota | 32,5 |
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