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:AUS Peter Brock	Template:AUS Holden Commodore VL TWR	A	5	Template:AUS Peter Brock	1
Template:FRA Voeckler Renault	Template:FRA Renault 21	C	3	Template:FRA Jacques Laffite	All
			4	Template:FRA Yannick Dalmas	All
Template:GBR Prodrive	BMW E30 M3	C	6	Johnny Cecotto	1-3, 5
				Mark Galvin	4, 6-11
Zakspeed	Template:USA Ford Sierra RS500	A	9	Klaus Ludwig	All
			10	Manuel Reuter	All
Volvo Dealer Team	Volvo 240 Turbo	M B	15	Klaus Niedzwiedz	All
			20	Per-Gunnar Andersson	All
			30	Template:AUS John Bowe	1-2
				Anders Olofsson	3-4, 6-11
				Sarel van der Merwe	5
			40	Thomas Lindstrom	All
Template:AUS Holden Dealer Team	Template:AUS Holden VL Commodore TWR	M A	11	Template:AUS Larry Perkins	All
			12	Template:AUS Peter McLeod	All
			50	Template:AUS Giuseppe Markus	All
Template:AUT Union Saver Developments	Toyota Supra Turbo	M B	16	Template:GBR John Cleland	All
			17	Juan María Traverso	All
			18	Template:GBR David Leslie	All
			19	Template:GBR John Llewellyn	All
Lennart König	Alfa Romeo 75 Turbo	C	19	Lennart König	All
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
Template:GBR Roger Dowson Engineering	Template:GBR Rover Vitesse SD1	M B	28	Template:GBR Win Percy	All
			29	Template:DEN Kurt Thiim	All
			30	Template:GBR Robert Kagan	All
Techcraft	Toyota Corolla Levin	D	34	Hideshi Matsuda	2
			35	Morio Nitta	2
Template:GBR Welsh Racing	Alfa Romeo GTV6	C	38	Template:GBR Sian Davies	All
Escuderia Hernandez	Nissan Skyline R31 GTS-R	B	42	Franciso Hernandez	All
Volker Schmidt Racing	Mercedes-Benz 190E	C	42	Ellen Lohr	All
			43	Template:FRA Fabien Giroix	All
Euromotor International	BMW E30 M3	C	44	Mauro Baldi	All
			45	Template:SUI Mario Hytten	All
Nurmester Racing Team	Template:USA Ford Mustang	A	46	Thomas Nurmester	All
	Template:USA Ford Escort RS Turbo	C	47	Lucio Ricchetti	All
Mercedes-Benz AMG Team	Mercedes-Benz 190E	M C	51	Template:GBR Jerry Mahony	All
			52	Luis Perez-Sala	All
			55	Armin Hahne	All
			56	Roland Asch	All
Template:USA Gulf Racing	Template:USA Ford Sierra RS500	A	64	Template:USA Brendon Cassidy	1-4, 11
Template:GBR Hunter Autosport	Template:USA Ford Escort RS Turbo	C	65	Template:GBR Tiff Needell	All
			66	Template:GBR Barbara Cowell	All
Lukoil Ford Racing	Template:USA Ford Escort RS Turbo	C	74	Beate Nodes	All
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
Olaf Manthey Racing	Mercedes-Benz 190E	C	87	Markus Östreich	All
			88	Olaf Manthey	All
Mediterranean Motorsport	Template:FRA Renault 21	M C	93	Adrian Campos	All
			94	Luis Villamil	All
BMW Motorsport	BMW E30 M3	M C	94	Roberto Ravaglia	All
			95	Marc Hessel	All
			96	Christian Danner	All
			97	Template:BEL Didier Theys	All
Lucky Strike Martin Schanche Racing	Template:USA Ford Sierra RS500	A	117	Martin Schanche	4, 6-8, 10-11
Template:AUS Ralliart Australia	Mitsubishi Starion	D	161	Template:AUS Gary Scott	1
Template:AUS Lansvale Racing Team	Template:AUS Holden Commodore VL	A	323	Template:AUS Steve Reed	All
			333	Template:AUS Trevor Ashby	All
Template:AUS Sutherland Mitsbushi	Mitsubishi Starion	D	422	Template:AUS Kevin Bartlett	1
Template:AUS John Donnelly	Template:GBR Rover Metro	D	500	Template:AUS John Donnelly	1
Template:AUS Murphy Johnson Imported Cars	Template:FRA Renault 5 Club	D	755	Template:AUS Gerard Murphy	1
Template:AUS Liverpool Toyota	Toyota Corolla Coupe	D	777	Template:AUS Peter Williamson	1
Template:GBR Christopherson Racing	Template:USA Ford Sierra RS500	A	TBA	Template:GBR Jack Christopherson	8
Nismo Motorsport	Nissan Skyline R32	M A	TBA	Naoki Nagasaka	All
			TBA	Masahiro Hasemi	All
			TBA	Kenji Katayama	All

• 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	B	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