1988 TMLW's World Touring Car Championship season

1988 World Touring Car Championship
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The 1988 World Touring Car Championship season will be the first season of the World Touring Car Championship, a series for Group A touring cars.

Entrants

Team	Car	#	Driver	Rounds
Kaliber Industrial Control Services Racing	Ford Sierra RS500	00	Steve Soper	All
			Tim Harvey
		22	Andy Rouse
			Roland Ratzenberger
Lansvale Racing Team	Holden VL Commodore (TWR)	3	Trevor Ashby	All
			Steve Reed
Eggenberger Motorsport	Ford Sierra RS500	6	Armin Hahne	All
			Mario Hytten
		7	Bruno Giacomelli
			Kevin Bartlett
Sauber Motorsport	Mercedes 190E	8	Gianfranco Brancatelli	All
			Leonard von Gottorp
Volvo Dealer Team	Volvo 240T	20	Per-Gunnar Andersson	All
			Anders Olofsson
		30	Kenny Brack	2, 4
			Stig Blomqvist
		40	Slim Borgudd	All
			Thomas Lindstrom
Volvo Dealer Team Asia-Pacific		35	Robbie Francevic	6-8
			John Bowe
Markus Mk. Racing	Holden VL Commodore (TWR)	50	Quinn Markus	All
			Giuseppe Markus
Zimmer Racing Enterprises	Ford Escort RS Turbo	56	James Zimmer	6-7
			John Davies
Rosenforth Engineering	Rover Vitesse SD1	62	Nigel Rosenforth	1-2, 4
			TBA
Lavezzi Alfa Corse	Alfa Romeo	75	Nicola Larini	All
			Gabriele Tarquini
		76	Emanuele Pirro
			Giorgio Francia
		100	Mauro Baldi
			Antonio Bizzarri
Dominik Zupan Závodné Autá	Ford Sierra RS Cosworth	88	Dominik Zupan	All
			TBA
Loyer Racing Technologies	Toyota Supra Turbo	94	TBA	All
			TBA
		95	TBA
			TBA
	Toyota Supra	96	TBA	1, 5, 7-8
			TBA
	Toyota Corolla GT	194	TBA	All
			TBA
Schnitzer Motorsport	BMW	40	TBA	-
		46	TBA	-

Calendar

Race	Track	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
Monza 500	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	TBA
Birmingham Touring Car Grand Prix	Birmingham SuperPrix	TBA
Mosport 500	Mosport International Raceway	TBA
Nurburgring Touring Car Grand Prix	Nurburgring GP-Strecke	TBA
Budapest 400	Hungaroring	TBA
Wellington 500	Wellington Street Circuit	TBA
Bathurst 1000	Mount Panorama Circuit	TBA
Fuji 500	Fuji Speedway	TBA
Mexico 400	Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez	TBA
Detroit Touring Car Grand Prix	Detroit Street Circuit	TBA

Rules

Eligible cars

Manufacturer	Vehicle	Power	Weight	Price
Division 1
Ford	Escort RS1600	119	940	$35,000
	Escort RS Turbo	209	1040	$75,000
Toyota	Corolla GT	134	930	$50,000
	Corolla Levin	131	930	$45,000
Division 2
Alfa Romeo	75	224	1050	$170,000
BMW	M3	223	1030	$175,000
Mercedes-Benz	190E	223	1050	$150,000
Division 3
BMW	635i	250	1185	$115,000
Ford	Mustang GT	328	1400	$145,000
	Sierra RS Cosworth	275	1140	$225,000
	Sierra RS500	353	1180	$350,000
Holden	VK Commodore	331	1400	$150,000
	VL Commodore	336	1390	$175,000
	VL Commodore (TWR)	343	1395	$190,000
Nissan	Skyline GTS-R	299	1180	$150,000
Rover	Vitesse SD1	254	1195	$115,000
Toyota	Supra	246	1180	$100,000
	Supra Turbo	278	1330	$125,000
Volvo	240T	261	1140	$125,000

Budget levels

Level	Starting budget	Entries allowed	Eligibility for points
Level 1	$1,000,000	Must enter at least 1 car for every race Maximum of two cars per division per race Are allowed three cars per division at two events Can enter up to one car in any other division if they wish	Eligible by paying $250,000
Level 2	$750,000	Must enter at least 1 car for 7 races Can enter all ten races if they wish Maximum of two cars per division per race Are allowed three cars per division at four events Can enter up to two cars in any other division if they wish	Eligible by paying $250,000
Level 3	$500,000	Must enter at least 3 races No limit on number of cars or divisions Can enter a maximum of 7 races	Not eligible
Level 4	$350,000	Can only enter 1 race Can only enter 1 car	Not eligible

Works teams

Only Level 1 or 2 teams can become works teams. Works teams are able to buy their cars for a slightly cheaper price than normal.

Entry fees

Level 1 and 2 teams can pay a one-off entry fee of $250,000 to automatically enter all their cars in every race. This also makes them eligible to score championship points. Teams that don't pay the fee (as well as Level 3 and 4 teams) will have to pay a $35,000 entry fee per race and cannot score championship points.

Weight reductions

To simulate the corruption of the WTCC in the 80's, an RNG will be run for every car before every round. If a certain value is generated, all cars entered will be given a weight reduction for the next race. Another RNG will be run after the race giving them a 65% chance of being caught cheating. If they are caught, they will be disqualified from the round. Teams can decide to opt out of this system if they so wish, and can change their minds at any time. They get to keep their results in this way, but will get no weight reduction.

Bribing stewards

Works team will have an opportunity to bribe the stewards if they get chosen by the RNG. For a $10,000 fee per car, the post race disqualification RNG will not be run for them, and they will thus not be disqualified if they cheated and reduced the weight of their cars.

Privateer teams may bribe the stewards also, but they must negotiate with their works teams to do so. Privateer teams can pay up to $5,000 to the works teams and works teams can then pay $3,000 per car to have the privateer's cars ignored by the disqualification RNG.

It will be the works teams' responsibility to inform privateers of potential cheating.

Protests

Teams may protest the results of any round at any time afterwards. This will cost $10,000 in legal fees for each protest.

If unsuccessful, it will cost them nothing extra the first time. However, the second time, they will incur a $10,000 fine, the third time a $50,000 fine, and after the fourth time they will be banned for the rest of the season.

If the protest is successful, the team will get their legal fees back. If a team launches a protest, the odds of the RNG disqualifying them increases from 65% to 90%. If a bribe is in effect, the odds are only 20%.

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