WTCM Records

This page documents the various records currently held by drivers, teams and manufacturers in the World Touring Car Masters.

Previous champions in the sport are highlighted in bold.

Information correct as of the end of the 1988 season.

Drivers

Races Started

Pos.	Driver	Seasons	Starts
1	Template:GBR Tim Harvey	1988-	21
	Template:GBR Steve Soper	1988-
	Klaus Ludwig	1988-
	Naoki Nagasaka	1988-
	Roland Asch	1988-
	Luis Perez-Sala	1988-
	Mauro Baldi	1988-
9	Template:GBR Andy Rouse	1988-	19
	Template:AUT Roland Ratzenberger	1988-
	Manuel Reuter	1988-
	Masahiro Hasemi	1988-
	Klaus Niedwiedz	1988-
	Christian Danner	1988-
	Per-Gunnar Andersson	1988-
	Armin Hahne	1988-
	Francisco Hernandez	1988-
	Template:GBR David Leslie	1988-

Race Wins

Pos.	Driver	Wins
1	Template:GBR Tim Harvey	6
	Template:GBR Andy Rouse
3	Template:AUT Roland Ratzenberger	2
	Template:GBR Steve Soper
	Template:USA Scott Pruett
6	Manuel Reuter	1
	Masahiro Hasemi
	Kazuyoshi Hoshino

Class Wins

Pos.	Driver	Wins
1	Template:GBR Andy Rouse	12
2	Naoki Nagasaka	10
3	Masahiro Hasemi	9
4	Template:GBR Tim Harvey	7
	Roland Asch
6	Andrea Geisler	6
7	Christian Danner	5
	Roberto Ravaglia
	Wolfgang Kudrass
10	Template:GBR Steve Soper	4
	Francisco Hernandez
	Klaus Niedwiedz

Most Wins in a Season

Pos.	Driver	Season(s)	Races	Wins	Percentage
1	Template:GBR Tim Harvey	1988	21	6	28.57%
	Template:GBR Andy Rouse
3	Template:AUT Roland Ratzenberger	1988	21	2	9.52%
	Template:GBR Steve Soper
	Template:USA Scott Pruett
6	Manuel Reuter	1988	21	1	4.76%
	Masahiro Hasemi
	Kazuyoshi Hoshino

Most Consecutive Wins

Pos.	Driver	Season(s)	Wins	First Win	Last Win
1	Template:GBR Tim Harvey	1988	2	Template:USA Watkins Glen Endurance Race	Template:USA Watkins Glen Sprint Race
				Template:GBR Birmingham Endurance Race	Template:GBR Birmingham Sprint Race
	Template:GBR Andy Rouse			Kyalami Endurance Race	Kyalami Sprint Race
				Monza Endurance Race	Monza Sprint Race
	Template:GBR Steve Soper			Template:BEL Spa Endurance Race	Template:BEL Spa Sprint Race

Wins From Furthest Down the Grid

Pos.	Driver	Season	Position	Race
1	Template:GBR Tim Harvey	1988	10	Template:USA Watkins Glen Sprint Race
				Template:GBR Birmingha Sprint Race
	Template:GBR Andy Rouse			Kyalami Sprint Race
				Monza Sprint Race
	Template:GBR Steve Soper			Template:BEL Spa Sprint Race
6	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	1988	9	Template:AUS Bathurst Sprint Race
	Template:GBR Andy Rouse			Fuji Sprint Race
	Template:AUT Roland Ratzenberger			Norisring Sprint Race
10	Manuel Reuter	1988	7	Hockenheim Sprint Race
	Template:USA Scott Pruett			Template:FRA Charade Sprint Race

Pole Positions

Pos.	Driver	Poles
1	Template:GBR Tim Harvey	4
2	Template:GBR Andy Rouse	3
3	Template:AUT Roland Ratzenberger	2
4	Masahiro Hasemi	1
	Template:GBR Steve Soper

Class Pole Positions

Pos.	Driver	Poles
1	Template:GBR David Leslie	8
2	Template:GBR Tim Harvey	7
	Template:GBR Andy Rouse
4	Andrea Geisler	6
5	Masahiro Hasemi	4
	Naoki Nagasaka
	Luis Perez-Sala
8	Template:GBR Steve Soper	3
	Template:AUT Roland Ratzenberger
	Francisco Hernandez
	Roland Asch

Most Consecutive Pole Positions

Pos.	Driver	Season(s)	Poles	First Pole	Last Pole
1	Template:GBR Tim Harvey	1988	3	1988 Monza Round	1988 Nordschleife Round

Most Pole Position in a Season

Pos.	Driver	Season(s)	Races	Poles	Percentage
1	Template:GBR Tim Harvey	1988	11	4	36.36%
2	Template:GBR Andy Rouse	1988	11	3	27.27%
3	Template:AUT Roland Ratzenberger	1988	11	2	18.18%
4	Masahiro Hasemi	1988	11	1	9.09%

Fastest Laps

Pos.	Driver	Fastest Laps
1	Template:AUT Roland Ratzenberger	7
2	Template:GBR Steve Soper	5
3	Template:GBR Andy Rouse	3
4	Template:GBR Tim Harvey	2
5	Masahiro Hasemi	1
	Kazyushi Hoshino
	Jörg van Ommen
	Template:USA Deborah Gregg

Class Fastest Laps

Pos.	Driver	Fastest Laps
1	Template:AUT Roland Ratzenberger	11
2	Andrea Geisler	10
3	Template:GBR Steve Soper	9
4	Roland Asch	8
5	Template:GBR David Leslie	7
6	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	6
	Masahiro Hasemi
	Naoki Nagasaka
9	Template:BEL Didier Theys	5
10	Template:GBR Tim Harvey	4
	Template:GBR Andy Rouse

Most Consecutive Fastest Laps

Pos.	Driver	Season(s)	Fastest Lap	First Fastest Lap	Last Fastest Lap
1	Template:GBR Steve Soper	1988	2	1988 Fuji Sprint Race	Template:USA 1988 Watkins Glen Endurance Race
	Template:GBR Andy Rouse			1988 Norisring Endurance Race	1988 Norisring Sprint Race
	Template:AUT Roland Ratzenberger			Template:FRA 1988 Charade Endurance Race	Template:FRA 1988 Charade Sprint Race

Most Fastest Laps In a Season

Pos.	Driver	Season	Races	Fastest Laps	Percentage
1	Template:AUT Roland Ratzenberger	1988	21	7	33.33%
2	Template:GBR Steve Soper	1988	21	5	23.81%
3	Template:GBR Andy Rouse	1988	21	3	14.29%
4	Template:GBR Tim Harvey	1988	21	2	9.52%
5	Masahiro Hasemi	1988	21	1	4.76%
	Kazuyoshi Hoshino
	Jörg van Ommen
	Template:USA Deborah Gregg

Podiums

Pos.	Driver	Podiums
1	Template:GBR Tim Harvey	15
2	Template:GBR Steve Soper	11
3	Template:GBR Andy Rouse	10
4	Template:AUT Roland Ratzenberger	8
5	Manuel Reuter	4
6	Klaus Ludwig	3
	Template:USA Scott Pruett
	Naoki Nagasaka
	Template:USA Deborah Gregg
10	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	2

Class Podiums

Pos.	Driver	Podiums
1	Template:GBR Tim Harvey	24
2	Naoki Nagasaka	21
3	Template:GBR Andy Rouse	19
4	Masahiro Hasemi	18
5	Template:GBR Steve Soper	16
	Roland Asch
7	Template:AUT Roland Ratzenberger	15
8	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	14
9	Luis Perez-Sala	12
10	Armin Hahne	11
	Andrea Geisler

Most Podium Finishes in a Season

Pos.	Driver	Season(s)	Races	Podiums	Percentages
1	Template:GBR Tim Harvey	1988	21	15	71.43%
2	Template:GBR Steve Soper	1988	21	11	52.38%
3	Template:GBR Andy Rouse	1988	21	10	47.62%
4	Template:AUT Roland Ratzenberger	1988	21	8	38.10%
5	Manuel Reuter	1988	21	4	19.05%
6	Klaus Ludwig	1988	21	3	14.29%
	Template:USA Scott Pruett
	Naoki Nagasaka
	Template:USA Deborah Gregg
10	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	1988	21	2	9.52%

Most Consecutive Podium Finishes

Pos.	Driver	Season(s)	Podiums	First Podium	Last Podium
1	Template:GBR Tim Harvey	1988	9	1988 Kyalami Sprint Race	1988 Monza Sprint Race
2			4	1988 Fuji Endurance Rce	Template:USA 1988 Watkins Glen Sprint Race
3	Template:GBR Andy Rouse	1988	3	Template:GBR 1988 Birmingham Sprint Race	1988 Monza Sprint Race
	Template:AUT Roland Ratzenberger	1988		Template:USA 1988 Watkins Glen Sprint Race	1988 Norisring Sprint Race
5	Template:GBR Andy Rouse	1988	2	1988 Fuji Endurance Race	1988 Fuji Sprint Race
				Template:USA 1988 Watkins Glen Sprint Race	1988 Norisring Endurance Race
				1988 Kyalami Endurance Race	1988 Kyalami Sprint Race
	Template:AUT Roland Ratzenberger	1988		Template:AUS 1988 Bathurst Sprint Race	1988 Fuji Endurance Race
				Template:FRA 1988 Charade Endurance Race	Template:FRA 1988 Charade Sprint Race
	Template:USA Scott Pruett	1988		Template:FRA 1988 Charade Sprint Race	Template:GBR 1988 Birmingham Endurance Race
	Manuel Reuter	1988		1988 Hockenheim Sprint Race	Template:FRA 1988 Charade Endurance Race
	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	1988		Template:AUS 1988 Bathurst Endurance Race	Template:AUS 1988 Bathurst Sprint Race

Career Points

Pos.	Driver	Seasons	Champ. Points	Class Points	Total
1	Template:GBR Tim Harvey	1988-	254	369	623
2	Template:GBR Steve Soper	1988-	226	342	568
3	Template:GBR Andy Rouse	1988-	215	345	560
4	Template:AUT Roland Ratzenberger	1988-	198	321	519
5	Naoki Nagasaka	1988-	115	356	471
6	Klaus Ludwig	1988-	189	267	456
7	Roland Asch	1988-	71	361	432
8	Masahiro Hasemi	1988-	91	312	403
9	Template:USA Scott Pruett	1988-	151	226	377
10	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	1988-	86	283	369

Championship Points

Pos.	Driver	Seasons	Points
1	Template:GBR Tim Harvey	1988-	254
2	Template:GBR Steve Soper	1988-	226
3	Template:GBR Andy Rouse	1988-	215
4	Template:AUT Roland Ratzenberger	1988-	198
5	Klaus Ludwig	1988-	189
6	Template:USA Scott Pruett	1988-	151
7	Manuel Reuter	1988-	147
8	Naoki Nagasaka	1988-	115
9	Template:USA Deborah Gregg	1988-	99
10	Masahiro Hasemi	1988-	91

Class Points

Pos.	Driver	Seasons	Points
1	Template:GBR Tim Harvey	1988-	369
2	Roland Asch	1988-	361
3	Naoki Nagasaka	1988-	356
4	Template:GBR Andy Rouse	1988-	345
5	Template:GBR Steve Soper	1988-	342
6	Template:AUT Roland Ratzenberger	1988-	321
7	Masahiro Hasemi	1988-	312
8	Mauro Baldi	1988-	303
9	Francisco Hernandez	1988-	300
10	Luis Perez-Sala	1988-	297

Most Points in a Season

Pos.	Driver	Season	Races	Points	Percentage	WDC
1	Template:GBR Tim Harvey	1988	21	254	61.50%	1st
2	Template:GBR Steve Soper	1988	21	226	54.72%	2nd
3	Template:GBR Andy Rouse	1988	21	215	52.06%	3rd
4	Template:AUT Roland Ratzenberger	1988	21	198	47.94%	4th
5	Klaus Ludwig	1988	21	189	45.76%	5th
6	Template:USA Scott Pruett	1988	21	151	36.56%	6th
7	Manuel Reuter	1988	21	147	35.59%	7th
8	Naoki Nagasaka	1988	21	115	27.85%	8th
9	Template:USA Deborah Gregg	1988	21	99	23.97%	9th
10	Masahiro Hasemi	1988	21	91	22.03%	10th

Most Class Points in a Season

Pos.	Driver	Season	Races	Points	Percentage	Class	Class Pos.
1	Template:GBR Tim Harvey	1988	32	369	62.65%	A	1st
2	Roland Asch	1988	32	361	61.29%	C	1st
3	Naoki Nagasaka	1988	32	356	60.44%	A/B	17th/1st
4	Template:GBR Andy Rouse	1988	32	345	58.57%	A	2nd
5	Template:GBR Steve Soper	1988	32	342	58.06%	A	3rd
6	Template:AUT Roland Ratzenberger	1988	32	321	54.50%	A	4th
7	Masahiro Hasemi	1988	32	312	52.97%	A/B	16th/3rd
8	Mauro Baldi	1988	32	303	51.44%	C	2nd
9	Francisco Hernandez	1988	32	300	50.93%	B	2nd
10	Luis Perez-Sala	1988	32	297	50.42%	C	3rd

Most Consecutive Points Finishes

Pos.	Driver	Season(s)	Races	First Race	Last Race
1	Klaus Ludwig	1988	20	Template:AUS 1988 Bathurst Endurance Race	Template:BEL 1988 Spa Sprint Race
2	Template:GBR Tim Harvey	1988	9	1988 Kyalami Sprint Race	1988 Monza Sprint Race
3	Template:GBR Steve Soper	1988	8	Template:AUS 1988 Bathurst Endurance Race	1988 Norisring Sprint Race
	Template:USA Brendon Cassidy	1988		Template:AUS 1988 Bathurst Endurance Race	1988 Norisring Sprint Race
5	Template:GBR Tim Harvey	1988	6	1988 Fuji Endurance Race	1988 Norisring Sprint Race
	Template:GBR Steve Soper	1988		Template:GBR 1988 Birmingham Sprint Race	1988 Nordschleife Race
	Manuel Reuter	1988		1988 Hockenheim Endurance Race	Template:GBR 1988 Birmingham Sprint Race
8	Template:GBR Andy Rouse	1988	5	Template:USA 1988 Watkins Glen Sprint Race	1988 Kyalami Sprint Race
	Template:USA Scott Pruett	1988		Template:USA 1988 Watkins Glen Sprint Race	1988 Kyalami Sprint Race
		1988		Template:FRA 1988 Charade Endurance Race	1988 Monza Sprint Race
	Naoki Nagasaka	1988		1988 Fuji Endurance Race	1988 Norisring Endurance Race
	Klaus Niedwiedz	1988		1988 Monza Endurance Race	1988 Nordschleife Race

Total Finishes in the Points

Pos.	Driver	Races
1	Klaus Ludwig	20
2	Template:GBR Steve Soper	17
3	Template:GBR Tim Harvey	16
4	Template:AUT Roland Ratzenberger	15
5	Template:GBR Andy Rouse	14
	Template:USA Scott Pruett
7	Manuel Reuter	13
8	Naoki Nagasaka	12
9	Template:USA Deborah Gregg	11
	Christian Danner

Most Laps Led

Pos.	Driver	Season(s)	Race Laps	PQ Laps	Total
1	Template:GBR Andy Rouse	1988-	435	70	505
2	Template:GBR Tim Harvey	1988-	279	20	299
3	Template:AUT Roland Ratzenberger	1988-	110	9	119
4	Template:GBR Steve Soper	1988-	70	18	88
5	Masahiro Hasemi	1988-	50	0	50
6	Roland Asch	1988-	5	43	48
7	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	1988-	35	0	35
8	Manuel Reuter	1988-	29	0	29
	Jörg van Ommen	1988-
10	Christian Danner	1988-	4	19	23

Independents Wins

Pos.	Driver	Wins
1	Template:USA Scott Pruett	6
2	Manuel Reuter	4
3	Template:USA Brendon Cassidy	3
	Template:USA Deborah Gregg
5	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	2
	Klaus Ludwig
7	Template:BEL Marc Duez	1

Independents Pole Positions

Pos.	Driver	Poles
1	Template:USA Scott Pruett	6
2	Template:USA Deborah Gregg	3
3	Klaus Ludwig	2
4	Manuel Reuter	1
	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	1

Independents Fastest Laps

Pos.	Driver	Fastest Laps
1	Template:USA Scott Pruett	5
	Template:USA Deborah Gregg
3	Klaus Ludwig	3
4	Manuel Reuter	2
	Kazuyoshi Hoshino
	Template:USA Brendon Cassidy
7	Martin Schanche	1
	Jörg van Ommen

Independents Podiums

Pos.	Driver	Podiums
1	Klaus Ludwig	16
2	Template:USA Scott Pruett	12
	Manuel Reuter
4	Template:USA Deborah Gregg	7
5	Template:USA Brendon Cassidy	6
6	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	5
7	Martin Schanche	2
8	Template:SUI Mario Hytten	1
	Template:BEL Marc Duez
	Jörg van Ommen

Teams

Race Starts

Pos.	Team	Seasons	Starts
1	Template:GBR Kaliber Industrial Control Services Racing	1988-	21
	Zakspeed	1988-
	Nismo Motorsport	1988-
	Mercedes-Benz AMG Team	1988-
	Euromotor International	1988-
6	Volvo Dealer Team	1988-	19
	BMW Motorsport	1988-
	Escuderia Hernandez	1988-
	Template:AUT Union Saver Developments	1988-
10	Template:USA Merkur Racing	1988-	17
	Impul	1988-

Wins

Pos.	Team	Wins
1	Template:GBR Kaliber Industrial Control Services Racing	16
2	Template:USA Merkur Racing	2
3	Nismo Motorsport	1
	Impul
	Zakspeed

Class Wins

Pos.	Team	Wins
1	Template:GBR Kaliber Industrial Control Services Racing	26
2	Nismo Motorsport	20
3	Mercedes-Benz AMG Team	16
4	BMW Motorsport	14
5	Joest Racing	6
	Volvo Dealer Team
7	Haribo Racing Team	5
8	Template:AUT Austrian Racing Team	3
	Renault Brasil
	ADVAN Corolla
	Template:AUT Union Saver Developments

Most Wins in a Season

Pos.	Team	Season(s)	Races	Wins	Percentage
1	Template:GBR Kaliber Industrial Control Services Racing	1988	21	16	76.19%
2	Template:USA Merkur Racing	1988	21	2	9.52%
3	Nismo Motorsport	1988	21	1	4.76%
	Impul	1988
	Zakspeed	1988

Most Consecutive Wins

Pos.	Team	Season(s)	Wins	First Win	Last Win
1	Template:GBR Kaliber Industrial Control Services Racing	1988	9	1988 Fuji Endurance Race	1988 Hockenheim Endurance Race
2		1988	6	Template:GBR 1988 Birmingham Endurance Race	Template:BEL 1988 Spa Sprint Race

Most 1-2 Finishes in a Season

Pos.	Team	Season(s)	Races	1-2's
1	Template:GBR Kaliber Industrial Control Services Racing	1988	21	12

Most Consecutives 1-2 Finishes

Pos.	Team	Season(s)	1-2's	First 1-2	Last 1-2
1	Template:GBR Kaliber Industrial Control Services Racing	1988	6	1988 Fuji Endurance Race	1988 Norisring Sprint Race
2		1988	3	Template:GBR 1988 Birmingham Sprint Race	1988 Monza Sprint Race

Podiums

Pos.	Team	Podiums
1	Template:GBR Kaliber Industrial Control Services Racing	44
2	Zakspeed	7
3	Template:USA Merkur Racing	6
4	Nismo Motorsport	4
5	Impul	2

Class Podiums

Pos.	Team	Podiums
1	Template:GBR Kaliber Industrial Control Services Racing	74
2	Mercedes-Benz AMG Team	47
3	Nismo Motorsport	42
4	BMW Motorsport	33
5	Impul	16
	Volvo Dealer Team
7	Joest Racing	11
8	Euromotor International	10
	Template:AUT Union Saver Developments
10	Escuderia Hernandez	8
	Zakspeed

Most Consecutive Podiums

Pos.	Team	Season(s)	Podiums	First Podium	Last Podium
1	Template:GBR Kaliber Industrial Control Services Racing	1988	20	Template:AUS 1988 Bathurst Sprint Race	1988 Nordschleife Race
2	Impul	1988	2	Template:AUS 1988 Bathurst Endurance Race	Template:AUS 1988 Bathurst Sprint Race
	Zakspeed	1988		1988 Hockenheim Sprint Race	Template:FRA 1988 Charade Endurance Race
	Template:USA Merkur Racing	1988		Template:FRA 1988 Charade Sprint Race	Template:GBR 1988 Birmingham Sprint Race

Most Podiums in a Season

Pos.	Team	Season(s)	Races	Podiums	Percentages
1	Template:GBR Kaliber Industrial Control Services Racing	1988	21	44	69.84%
2	Zakspeed	1988	21	7	11.11%
3	Template:USA Merkur Racing	1988	21	6	9.52%
4	Nismo Motorsport	1988	21	4	6.35%
5	Impul	1988	21	2	3.17%

Pole Positions

Pos.	Team	Poles
1	Template:GBR Kaliber Industrial Control Services Racing	10
2	Nismo Motorsport	1

Class Pole Positions

Pos.	Team	Poles
1	Template:GBR Kaliber Industrial Control Services Racing	20
2	Mercedes-Benz AMG Team	13
3	Nismo Motorsport	10
4	Template:AUT Union Saver Developments	9
5	Joest Racing	6
6	BMW Motorsport	5
7	Escuderia Hernandez	3
	Euromotor International
9	Haribo Racing Team	2
	Template:AUT Austrian Racing Team
	Template:FRA Claude Ballot-Léna
	Template:USA Texas American Racing Team
	Antonio Amodio
	Techcraft
	Template:AUS Murphy Johnson Imported Cars
	Impul

Most Pole Positions in a Season

Pos.	Team	Season(s)	Races	Poles	Percentage
1	Template:GBR Kaliber Industrial Control Services Racing	1988	11	10	90.91%
2	Nismo Motorsport	1988	11	1	9.09%

Most Consecutive Pole Positions

Pos.	Team	Season(s)	Poles	First Pole	Last Pole
1	Template:GBR Kaliber Industrial Control Services Racing	1988	10	1988 Fuji Round	1988 Nordschleife Round

Fastest Laps

Pos.	Team	Fastest Laps
1	Template:GBR Kaliber Industrial Control Services Racing	17
2	Nismo Motorsport	1
	Impul
	Wolf Racing Team
	Template:USA Merkur Racing Team

Class Fastest Laps

Pos.	Team	Fastest Laps
1	Template:GBR Kaliber Industrial Control Services Racing	28
2	Mercedes-Benz AMG Team	15
3	Nismo Motorsport	12
4	Joest Racing	10
	Template:AUT Union Saver Developments
	BMW Motorsport
7	Impul	7
8	Euromotor International	4
9	Haribo Racing Team	3
	Template:SUI Bemani Toyota
	Renault Brasil
	Volvo Dealer Team