1988 1000 km of Spa

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

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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