1988 British Touring Car Championship

Calendar

All races were held in the United Kingdom. Overall winners in bold.

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Class A winner	Class B winner	Class C Winner	Class D Winner
1	Silverstone Circuit (National), Northamptonshire	27 March	Andy Rouse	Andy Rouse	Jerry Mahony	Frank Sytner	James Kaye	Phil Dowsett
2	Oulton Park (International), Cheshire	1 April	Andy Rouse	Laurence Bristow	Andy Rouse	Frank Sytner	None (no finishers)	Phil Dowsett
3	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	2 May	Steve Soper	Andy Rouse	Steve Soper	Frank Sytner	James Shead	Tony Crudgington
4*	Donington Park (National), Leicestershire	15 May	Andy Rouse	Win Percy Allan Grice	Andy Rouse David Sears	Frank Sytner James Weaver	James Shead John Morris	Geoff Kimber-Smith Barbara Cowell
5	Thruxton Circuit, Hampshire	30 May	Andy Rouse	Mike Newman	Andy Rouse	Roland Ratzenberger	John Brindley	Phil Dowsett
6	Silverstone Circuit (Grand Prix), Northamptonshire	5 June	Andy Rouse	Andy Rouse	Andy Rouse	Frank Sytner	James Shead	Phil Dowsett
7	Silverstone Circuit (Grand Prix), Northamptonshire	10 July	Andy Rouse	Andy Rouse	Andy Rouse	Frank Sytner	Andrew Jeffrey	Phil Dowsett
8	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix), Kent	24 July	Andy Rouse	Andy Rouse	Andy Rouse	Frank Sytner	Andrew Jeffrey	Phil Dowsett
9	Snetterton Motor Racing Circuit, Norfolk	31 July	Andy Rouse	Jerry Mahony	Andy Rouse	Frank Sytner	Andrew Jeffrey	Phil Dowsett
10	Brands Hatch (Grand Prix), Kent	21 August	Andy Rouse	Andy Rouse	Andy Rouse	Frank Sytner	Andrew Jeffrey	Phil Dowsett
11	Birmingham Superprix, Birmingham	29 August	Steve Soper	Race cancelled.
12	Donington Park (National), Leicestershire	18 September	Steve Soper	Andy Rouse	Andy Rouse	Frank Sytner	James Shead	Phil Dowsett
13	Silverstone Circuit (Grand Prix), Northamptonshire	2 October	Andy Rouse	Gianfranco Brancatelli	Gianfranco Brancatelli	Frank Sytner	Alan Minshaw	Phil Dowsett

• 1 hour endurance race.

Driver standings and results

Overall DC Class Pos Driver Class SIL OUL THR DON THR SIL SIL BRH SNE BRH BIR DON SIL Pts 1 1 Frank Sytner B 4 6 5 7 13 11 8 7 9 8 C 11 7 103 2 1 Phil Dowsett D 10 10 18 15 17 17 18 17 14 16 C 20 12 98 3 1 Andy Rouse A 16 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 C 1 10 95 4 2 Godfrey Hall B 6 8 7 9 9 13 11 Ret 13 9 C 15 Ret 48 5 3 Mike Smith B 5 14 6 Ret 14 12 Ret 8 19 12 C 40 6 2 Tony Crudgington D 11 14 20 19 19 Ret Ret 17 18 C Ret 17 35 7 2 Jerry Mahony A 1 3 3 Ret 3 8 4 5 8 3 C 9 5 33 8 1 James Shead C DNS 13 19 18 18 14 16 16 DNS C 19 15 31 9 3 Mike Newman A 2 5 19 5 4 3 6 Ret 4 4 C 4 Ret 28 10 2 Andrew Jeffery C Ret 16 DNS 13 15 15 17 C 22 Ret 27 11 4 Roland Ratzenberger B Ret‡ 8 16 Ret 11 C 13 9 26 = 4 Tim Harvey A Ret 4 9 2‡ 5 6 7 Ret 7 2 C Ret 2 26 = 5 Guy Edwards A Ret 3 11 5 2 3 3 5 C 6 4 26 14 3 Geoff Kimber-Smith D 12 DNS 14 Ret DNS 21 DNS Ret C 21 Ret 23 15 6 Steve Soper A DNA 1 2 C 2 21 = 7 Laurence Bristow A Ret Ret 17 2 Ret 4 3 4 Ret Ret C 14 3 21 17 4 John Llewellyn D Ret 20 18 19 C 23 16 20 18 5 Barbara Cowell D 14‡ 19 Ret Ret DNQ DNQ 18 17 19 5 Will Hoy B Ret‡ 9 10 8 16 20 6 James Weaver B DNS 7‡ C 12 15 = 7 Alan Minshaw B 7 7 8 Ret 21 15 22 8 Robb Gravett A Ret 10 15 2 5 11 2 Ret C 14 23 9 Gianfranco Brancatelli A 1 10 = 10 Mike O'Brien A Ret 2 4 8 6 10 12 10 DSQ 13 DNQ 10 Ret 10 25 11 David Sears A 1‡ 9 = 3 John Brindley C 15 Ret 16 DNS 9 27 4 Alan Minshaw C C Ret 13 8 = 12 Karl Jones A Ret 10 Ret 2 9 10 6 6 Ret C 7 DNS 9 = 8 Lionel Wiffen B 13 Ret DNS 18 Ret 20 DNQ 19 9 30 6 Mark Hales D 11 21 DNS 8 = 7 Kevin Eaton D Ret 15 16 8 = 9 Dave Wallis B 12 Ret 12 17 8 34 10 Barrie Williams B 9‡ 7 = 13 Chris Hodgetts A 8 Ret Ret 12 Ret 7 C 3 DNS 7 35 8 Mark Goddard D Ret Ret DNS 14 6 = 9 Tiff Needell D 15‡ 6 37 10 David Loudon D 20 6 = 11 Lionel Abbott B 17‡ Ret 16 6 39 14 Bob Sands A 3 Ret Ret 6 5 = 15 Graham Goode A Ret Ret 11 Ret 7 7 9 13 5 6 C 5 Ret 5 41 5 John Morris C 19‡ DNS 5 = 11 Alex Moss D 16‡ 5 43 16 Johnny Dumfries A 3‡ 4 = 12 Richard Belcher D 14 4 = 17 Win Percy A 4 4 = 18 Allan Grice A 4‡ 4 47 6 Andy Middlehurst C 15 3 = 7 Martin Wray C 22 3 = 19 Peter Buxtorf A 9 9 Ret 12 3 = 12 Robin Parsons B 18‡ 3 = 13 Alistair Davidson D 20‡ 3 = 14 Jeremy Rossiter D 22 3 = 15 Vic Lee D NC 3 54 20 Rob Speak A 5‡ 2 = 16 Patrick Watts D 21‡ 2 56 22 Dave Brodie A DNS 6 1 = 21 Richard Jones A 6‡ 1 = 8 James Kaye C 15 Ret 1 = 13 David Sears B Ret Ret 1 60 23 Sean Brown A 8‡ 0 = 24 Graham Hathaway A Ret 13 DNS 13 10 15 16 Ret 10 C 8 11 0 = 25 Gary Ayles A 10‡ 0 = 26 Dennis Leech A Ret 11 Ret 14 17 12 0 = 27 David Carvell A 11‡ 0 = 28 Mark Hales A Ret‡ Ret NC 11 DNQ 18 Ret 0 = 29 Ian Flux A Ret‡ 14 Ret 0 = 30 Tom Bell A 12 DNS Ret 0 = 31 Barry Robinson A 12‡ 0 = 32 Peter Townsend A 13‡ 0 = 33 Nick May A Ret 21 14 Ret DNQ 24 DNS 0 = 34 Vic Lee A Ret‡ 20 Ret Ret 18 Ret 15 0 = 35 Ray MacDowall A Ret 17 0 = 36 John Lepp A Ret‡ DNS 19 0 Pete Hall A Ret Ret 0 Jon Dooley B DNQ Ret 0 Alistair Lyall A Ret‡ 0 John Llewellyn C Ret‡ 0 Rob Wilson A Ret 0 Chris Hodgetts B Ret 0 John Clark C DNS‡ 0 Tom Walkinshaw A C 0 Nick Whale D C 0 Overall DC Class Pos Driver Class SIL OUL THR DON THR SIL SIL BRH SNE BRH BIR DON SIL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points classification Blue Non-points classification Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired, not classified (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX)

• Note: bold signifies pole position, italics signifies fastest lap in class (1 point given all races).

‡ Endurance driver

Championship results

Driver's championship
Pos.	Driver	Car	Class	Points
1	Frank Sytner	BMW M3	B	103
2	Phil Dowsett	Toyota Corolla GT	D	98
3	Andy Rouse	Ford Sierra RS500	A	95
4	Godfrey Hall	BMW M3	B	48
5	Mike Smith	BMW M3	B	40
6	Tony Crudgington	Toyota Corolla GT	D	35
7	Jerry Mahony	Ford Sierra RS500	A	33
8	James Shead	Volkswagen Golf GTI	C	31

References

External links

• Official website of the British Touring Car Championship