1988 World Touring Car Masters season

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1988 World Touring Car Mastaers
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The 1988 World Touring Car Masters season is the replacement for the defunct World Touring Car Championship, a series for Group A touring cars, leading on from the winding up of the FIA sanctioned series the previous year.

Entrants

Team	Car	Class	#	Driver	Rounds
Template:GBR Kaliber Industrial Control Services Racing	Template:USA Ford Sierra RS500	M A	21	Template:GBR Steve Soper	All
			22	Template:GBR Andy Rouse	All
			23	Template:GBR Tim Harvey	All
			24	Template:AUT Roland Ratzenberger	All
Il Barone Rampante	Alfa Romeo 75	M C	27	Emanuele Pirro	9
			28	Arsenio Matarazzo	9
Impul	Nissan Skyline R32	A	32	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	1-2
	Nissan Skyline R31 GTS-R	B	33	Masutaro Fukuda	1-2
Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	C	75	Andrea De Cesaris	All
			76	Stefan Johansson	All
			77	Gianfranco Brancatelli	All
			78	Piercarlo Ghinzani	All
Renzo Engineering	Alfa Romeo 75	C	86	Simone Guidetti	All
			87	Antonio Bizzarri	All
Lucky Strike Martin Schanche Racing	Template:USA Ford Sierra RS500	A	117	Martin Schanche	4, 6-8, 10-11

• N.B. M denotes manufacturer nominated entry.

Calendar

Round	Race	Track	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver		Winning team
1	Template:AUS Bathurst 500KM	Mount Panorama Circuit	February 27-28			A		A
						B		B
						C		C
						D		D
2	Fuji 350KM	Fuji Speedway	March 19-20			A		A
						B		B
						C		C
						D		D
3	Template:USA Watkins Glen 250KM	Watkins Glen International	May 7-8			A		A
						B		B
						C		C
						D		D
4	Norisring 350KM	Norisring	June 11-12			A		A
						B		B
						C		C
						D		D
5	Kyalami 450KM	Kyalami Racing Circuit	July 2-3			A		A
						B		B
						C		C
						D		D
6	Hockenheim 275KM	Hockenheimring	July 23-24			A		A
						B		B
						C		C
						D		D
7	Template:FRA Charade 300KM	Charade Circuit	August 6-7			A		A
						B		B
						C		C
						D		D
8	Template:GBR Birmingham 300KM	Birmingham Street Circuit	August 27-28			A		A
						B		B
						C		C
						D		D
9	Monza 350KM	Autodromo Internazionale Monza	September 10-11			A		A
						B		B
						C		C
						D		D
10	Template:BEL Spa-Francorchamps 450KM	Spa-Francorchamps	September 24-25			A		A
						B		B
						C		C
						D		D
11	Nürburgring 500KM	Nürburgring Nordschleife	Octomber 15-16			A		A
						B		B
						C		C
						D		D

Rules

Eligible cars

Manufacturer	Vehicle	Class	Price
Alfa Romeo	75 Turbo	C	270,000
	GTV6	C	205,000
BMW	635CSi	B	215,000
	E30 M3	C	275,000
Template:USA Ford	Sierra RS500	A	325,000
	Mustang	A	245,000
	Escort RS Turbo	C	175,000
	Escort 1600i	D	135,000
Template:AUS Holden	Commodore VL (TWR)	A	290,000
	Commodore VL	A	270,000
	Commodore VK	A	250,000
Template:GBR Jaguar	XJS	A	125,000
Maserati	Biturbo	A	215,000
Mercedes-Benz	190E	C	250,000
Mitsubishi	Starion	D	160,000
Nissan	Skyline R32	A	275,000
	Skyline R31 GTS-R	B	250,000
	Skyline DR30	C	240,000
Template:FRA Renault	21	C	150,000
	5 Club	D	130,000
Template:GBR Rover	Vitesse SD1	C	215,000
	Metro	D	140,000
Toyota	Supra Turbo	B	225,000
	Corolla Coupe	D	150,000
	Corolla Levin	D	145,000
Volvo	240 Turbo	B	225,000

Championship Standings

Points structure

The points structure applies for both the overall championship and for the separate divisions. Therefore, a car that wins both the race overall and its division scores 40 points and so on.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	20	15	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1