1988 in motorsport

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The following is an overview of the events of 1988 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.

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Annual events

The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.

DateEventRef
1–22 January 10th Dakar Rally [1]
30–31 January 26th 24 Hours of Daytona [2]
14 February 30th Daytona 500 [3]
15 May 46th Monaco Grand Prix [4]
29 May 72nd Indianapolis 500 [5]
30 May-10 June 71st Isle of Man TT [6]
11–12 June 56th 24 Hours of Le Mans [7]
18–19 June 16th 24 Hours of Nurburgring [8]
30–31 July 40th 24 Hours of Spa [9]
31 July 11th Suzuka 8 Hours [10]
2 October 29th Tooheys 1000 [11]
27 November 35th Macau Grand Prix [12]
4 December 1st Race of Champions [13]

Births

DateMonthNameNationalityOccupationNoteRef
20June Courtney Force AmericanDrag racer
31October Sébastien Buemi SwissRacing driver FIA World Endurance champion (2014). Formula E champion (2015–16). [14]
6December Johan Kristoffersson SwedishRacing driver FIA World Rallycross champion (2017, 2018). [15]
28 Elfyn Evans BritishRally driver 2017 Wales Rally GB winner. [16]

Deaths

DateMonthNameAgeNationalityOccupationNoteRef
12January Piero Taruffi 81ItalianRacing driver 1952 Swiss Grand Prix winner [17]
30September Al Holbert 41AmericanRacing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1983, 1986-1987). [18]

See also

References

  1. "1988 Dakar Rally" (PDF). rssp.eu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  2. "Daytona 24 Hours 1988 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. "1988 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. "1988 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  5. "1988 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  6. "TT 1988". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  7. "Le Mans Register - 1988". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  8. "Freunde der Nordschleife - 1988". veedol-freunde-der-nordschleife.de. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  9. "24 h Spa-Francorchamps". touringcarracing.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  10. "Suzuka 8 Hours 1988 results". Moto Racing JAPAN. Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  11. "1988 Bathurst 1000". Unique Cars & Parts. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  12. "1988 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  13. "1988 Motlery". roc.com. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  14. "Sébastien Buemi". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  15. "Johan Kristoffersson". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  16. "Elfyn Evans". ewrc-results.com. ewrc-results.com. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  17. "Piero Taruffi". espn.co.uk. ESPN . Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  18. "Al Holbert". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.