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.

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

Official results edit

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   Team Sauber Mercedes   Mauro Baldi
  Stefan Johansson
Sauber C9 M 142
Mercedes-Benz M117 5.0L Turbo V8
2 C1 2   Silk Cut Jaguar   Jan Lammers
  Martin Brundle
Jaguar XJR-9 D 142
Jaguar 7.0L V12
3 C1 61   Team Sauber Mercedes   Jean-Louis Schlesser
  Jochen Mass
Sauber C9 M 139
Mercedes-Benz M117 5.0L Turbo V8
4 C1 5   Brun Motorsport   Manuel Reuter
  Oscar Larrauri
Porsche 962C M 138
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
5 C2 103   Spice Engineering   Almo Coppelli
  Thorkild Thyrring
Spice SE88C G 134
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
6 C2 111   Spice Engineering   Ray Bellm
  Gordon Spice
Spice SE88C G 132
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
7 C1 40   Swiss Team Salamin   Antoine Salamin
  Giovanni Lavaggi
Porsche 962C G 129
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
8 C1 20   Team Davey   Tim Lee-Davey
  Tom Dodd-Noble
Porsche 962C D 129
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
9 C2 127   Chamberlain Engineering   John Williams
  Nick Adams
  Richard Jones
Spice SE86C A 127
Hart 418T 1.8L Turbo I4
10 C2 117   Team Lucky Strike Schanche   "Pierre Chauvet"
  Robin Smith
  John Sheldon
Argo JM19C G 126
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
11 C2 191   PC Automotive   Richard Piper
  Olindo Iacobelli
Argo JM19C G 126
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
12 C2 151   Pierre-Alain Lombardi   Pierre-Alain Lombardi
  Bruno Sotty
  Thierry Lecerf
Spice SE86C A 123
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
13 C2 106   Kelmar Racing   Pasquale Barberio
  Vito Veninata
  Stefano Sebastiani
Tiga GC288 A 123
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
14 C2 124   MT Sport Racing   Pierre-François Rousselot
  Jean Messaoudi
Argo JM19C A 122
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
15 C2 109   Kelmar Racing   Ranieri Randaccio
  Maurizio Gellini
  Luigi Taverna
Tiga GC288 A 120
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
16 C2 107   Chamberlain Engineering   Claude Ballot-Léna
  Jean-Louis Ricci
Spice SE88C A 118
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
17 C2 177   Automobiles Louis Descartes   Gérard Tremblay
  David Mercer
ALD C2 A 113
BMW M80 3.5L I6
18
DNF
C1 8   Joest Racing   Frank Jelinski
  "John Winter"
Porsche 962C G 115
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
19
DNF
C2 125   Patrick Oudet Vetir Racing   Patrick Oudet
  Jean-Claude Ferrarin
  Pascal Witmeur
Tiga GC85 A 87
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
20
DNF
C1 35   Walter Lechner Racing School   Walter Lechner
  Ernst Franzmaier
  Jochen Dauer
Porsche 962C D 81
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
21
DNF
C2 177   Automobiles Louis Descartes   Jacques Heuclin
  Louis Descartes
  Dominique Lacaud
ALD C2 A 67
BMW M80 3.5L I6
22
DNF
C1 14   Richard Lloyd Racing   Martin Donnelly
  Derek Bell
Porsche 962C GTi G 63
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
23
DNF
C2 121   GP Motorsport   Wayne Taylor
  Costas Los
Spice SE87C G 56
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
24
DNF
C1 1   Silk Cut Jaguar   Johnny Dumfries
  Eddie Cheever
Jaguar XJR-9 D 49
Jaguar 7.0L V12
25
DNF
C1 4   Brun Motorsport   Walter Brun
  Oscar Larrauri
  Manuel Reuter
Porsche 962C M 39
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
26
DNF
C1 7   Blaupunkt Joest Racing   Paolo Barilla
  Bob Wollek
Porsche 962C G 31
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
27
DNF
C2 198   Roy Baker Racing   Val Musetti
  Stephen Hynes
  Max Cohen-Olivar
Tiga GC286 G 17
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8

Statistics edit

  • 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 edit

  • "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.


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