1988 Donington Superbike World Championship round

  1988 Donington Superbike World Championship round

Round details
Round 1 of 9 rounds in the 1988 Superbike World Championship season.
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none	Hungary
Date	3 April, 1988
Location	Donington Park
Course	Permanent 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

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.

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	Laps	Bike	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

Combined results