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Overview of the events of 1988 in motorsport
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1988 in sports

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.

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.

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

Births

Date Month Name Nationality Occupation Note Ref
20 June Courtney Force American Drag racer
31 October Sébastien Buemi Swiss Racing driver FIA World Endurance champion (2014). Formula E champion (2015–16).
6 December Johan Kristoffersson Swedish Racing driver FIA World Rallycross champion (2017, 2018).
28 Elfyn Evans British Rally driver 2017 Wales Rally GB winner.

Deaths

Date Month Name Age Nationality Occupation Note Ref
12 January Piero Taruffi 81 Italian Racing driver 1952 Swiss Grand Prix winner
30 September Al Holbert 41 American Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1983, 1986-1987).

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.

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