1988 1000 km of Spa

Sportscar Championship
Layout of the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (1981-1993, 1995-2003)

The 1988 1000 km Spa was the ninth round of the 1988 World Sportscar Championship season. It took place at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium on September 18, 1988.

Official results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of the winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 C1 62 Switzerland Team Sauber Mercedes Italy Mauro Baldi
Sweden Stefan Johansson
Sauber C9 M 142
Mercedes-Benz M117 5.0L Turbo V8
2 C1 2 United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar Netherlands Jan Lammers
United Kingdom Martin Brundle
Jaguar XJR-9 D 142
Jaguar 7.0L V12
3 C1 61 Switzerland Team Sauber Mercedes France Jean-Louis Schlesser
Germany Jochen Mass
Sauber C9 M 139
Mercedes-Benz M117 5.0L Turbo V8
4 C1 5 Switzerland Brun Motorsport Germany Manuel Reuter
Argentina Oscar Larrauri
Porsche 962C M 138
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
5 C2 103 United Kingdom Spice Engineering Italy Almo Coppelli
Denmark Thorkild Thyrring
Spice SE88C G 134
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
6 C2 111 United Kingdom Spice Engineering United Kingdom Ray Bellm
United Kingdom Gordon Spice
Spice SE88C G 132
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
7 C1 40 Switzerland Swiss Team Salamin Switzerland Antoine Salamin
Italy Giovanni Lavaggi
Porsche 962C G 129
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
8 C1 20 United Kingdom Team Davey United Kingdom Tim Lee-Davey
United Kingdom Tom Dodd-Noble
Porsche 962C D 129
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
9 C2 127 United Kingdom Chamberlain Engineering United Kingdom John Williams
United Kingdom Nick Adams
United Kingdom Richard Jones
Spice SE86C A 127
Hart 418T 1.8L Turbo I4
10 C2 117 Norway Team Lucky Strike Schanche Austria "Pierre Chauvet"
United Kingdom Robin Smith
United Kingdom John Sheldon
Argo JM19C G 126
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
11 C2 191 United Kingdom PC Automotive United Kingdom Richard Piper
United States Olindo Iacobelli
Argo JM19C G 126
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
12 C2 151 Switzerland Pierre-Alain Lombardi Switzerland Pierre-Alain Lombardi
France Bruno Sotty
France Thierry Lecerf
Spice SE86C A 123
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
13 C2 106 Italy Kelmar Racing Italy Pasquale Barberio
Italy Vito Veninata
Italy Stefano Sebastiani
Tiga GC288 A 123
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
14 C2 124 France MT Sport Racing France Pierre-François Rousselot
France Jean Messaoudi
Argo JM19C A 122
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
15 C2 109 Italy Kelmar Racing Italy Ranieri Randaccio
Italy Maurizio Gellini
Italy Luigi Taverna
Tiga GC288 A 120
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
16 C2 107 United Kingdom Chamberlain Engineering France Claude Ballot-Léna
France Jean-Louis Ricci
Spice SE88C A 118
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
17 C2 177 France Automobiles Louis Descartes France Gérard Tremblay
United Kingdom David Mercer
ALD C2 A 113
BMW M80 3.5L I6
18
DNF
C1 8 Germany Joest Racing Germany Frank Jelinski
Germany "John Winter"
Porsche 962C G 115
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
19
DNF
C2 125 France Patrick Oudet Vetir Racing France Patrick Oudet
France Jean-Claude Ferrarin
Belgium Pascal Witmeur
Tiga GC85 A 87
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
20
DNF
C1 35 Austria Walter Lechner Racing School Austria Walter Lechner
Austria Ernst Franzmaier
Germany Jochen Dauer
Porsche 962C D 81
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
21
DNF
C2 177 France Automobiles Louis Descartes France Jacques Heuclin
France Louis Descartes
France Dominique Lacaud
ALD C2 A 67
BMW M80 3.5L I6
22
DNF
C1 14 United Kingdom Richard Lloyd Racing United Kingdom Martin Donnelly
United Kingdom Derek Bell
Porsche 962C GTi G 63
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
23
DNF
C2 121 United Kingdom GP Motorsport South Africa Wayne Taylor
Greece Costas Los
Spice SE87C G 56
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
24
DNF
C1 1 United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar United Kingdom Johnny Dumfries
United States Eddie Cheever
Jaguar XJR-9 D 49
Jaguar 7.0L V12
25
DNF
C1 4 Switzerland Brun Motorsport Switzerland Walter Brun
Argentina Oscar Larrauri
Germany Manuel Reuter
Porsche 962C M 39
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
26
DNF
C1 7 Germany Blaupunkt Joest Racing Italy Paolo Barilla
France Bob Wollek
Porsche 962C G 31
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
27
DNF
C2 198 United Kingdom Roy Baker Racing United Kingdom Val Musetti
United States Stephen Hynes
Morocco Max Cohen-Olivar
Tiga GC286 G 17
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8

Statistics

  • Pole Position - #62 Team Sauber Mercedes - 2:02.250
  • Fastest Lap - #2 Silk Cut Jaguar - 2:22.120
  • Average Speed - 163.533 km/h

References

  • "FIA World Sports-Prototype Championship 1988 - 1000 km Spa". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 26 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
  • "Spa 1000 Kilometres 1988". Racing Sports Cars. 10 July 2002. Archived from the original on 12 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-05.


World Sportscar Championship
Previous race:
1988 1000km of Nürburgring
1988 season Next race:
1988 1000km of Fuji
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  • The event would run on a distance of 1,000 km before 2011.