1988 Donington Superbike World Championship round

The 1988 Donington Superbike World Championship round was the opening round of the 1988 Superbike World Championship season and the first ever in the series. It took place on 3 April 1988 at the Donington circuit in Great Britain.

  1988 Donington Superbike World Championship round
Round details
Round 1 of 9 rounds in the
1988 Superbike World Championship.
Date3 April, 1988
LocationDonington Park
CoursePermanent racing facility
3.149 km (1.957 mi)
Superbike World Championship
Pole position
Roger Burnett
1:14.810
Fastest lap race 1 Fastest lap race 2
Marco Lucchinelli Bubba Shobert
1:14.140 1:14.100

Report

Roger Burnett took the first ever pole position, with Davide Tardozzi of Bimota winning race 1 and being the first race winner in Superbikes history. Race 2 was won by Marco Lucchinelli of Ducati.

For the first and only time in Superbikes history the race results were combined to determine an overall winner. Lucchinelli won the round, with podiums in both races.

Classification

Race 1
Pos No. Rider Bike Laps Time/Retired
1 2 Davide Tardozzi Bimota 30 37:50.720
2 39 Marco Lucchinelli Ducati 30 +0:01.090
3 3 Joey Dunlop Honda 30 +0:30.050
4 17 Fred Merkel Honda 30 +0:31.870
5 11 Roger Marshall Suzuki 30 +0:35.830
6 8 Kenny Irons Honda 30 +0:36.090
7 15 Jari Suhonen Yamaha 30 +0:42.670
8 10 Fabrizio Pirovano Yamaha 30 +0:51.670
9 18 Andy McGladdery Suzuki 30 +1:00.940
10 36 Michel Mercier Suzuki 30 +1:01.790
11 24 Steve Williams Bimota 30 +1:10.160
12 57 José Maria Pardo Yamaha 30 +1:11.360
13 35 Rueben McMurter Yamaha 30 +1:17.430
14 41 Mark Farmer Suzuki 29 +1 lap
15 63 Dave Leach Suzuki 29 +1 lap

Race 2

Combined results
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