1988 World Sportscar Championship season

1988 World Sportscar Championship season
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The 1988 World Sports-Prototype Championship season was the 36th FIA World Sportscar Championship season. It was a series running under the Group C formula, running cars in two classes known as C1 and C2. An invitational GTP class was also run for IMSA-spec cars. It ran from March 6, 1988 to November 20, 1988, and was composed of 11 races.

Contents

Schedule

Rnd Race Circuit Date
1 800 km Jerez Circuito Permanente de Jerez March 6
2 360 km Jarama Circuito Permanente Del Jarama March 13
3 1000km Monza Autodromo Nazionale Monza April 10
4 Autosport 1000 km Silverstone Silverstone Circuit May 8
5 24 Hours of Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe June 11
June 12
6 Grand Prix ČSSR Autodrom Brno July 10
7 1000 km Brands Hatch Brands Hatch July 24
8 ADAC 1000km Nürburgring Nürburgring September 4
9 1000km Spa Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps September 18
10 Fuji 1000 km Fuji Speedway October 9
11 Lucas Supersprint Sandown Park November 20

Season results

Points were awarded to the top 10 finishers in the following orders dependent on race distance:

Exceptions included:

Races

Rnd Circuit C1 Winning Team C2 Winning Team Results
C1 Winning Drivers C2 Winning Drivers
1 Jerez Team Sauber Mercedes Spice Engineering Results
Jean-Louis Schlesser
Mauro Baldi
Jochen Mass
Gordon Spice
Ray Bellm
2 Jarama Silk Cut Jaguar Spice Engineering Results
Eddie Cheever
Martin Brundle
Gordon Spice
Ray Bellm
3 Monza Silk Cut Jaguar Spice Engineering Results
Eddie Cheever
Martin Brundle
Gordon Spice
Ray Bellm
4 Silverstone Silk Cut Jaguar Spice Engineering Results
Eddie Cheever
Martin Brundle
Almo Coppelli
Thorkild Thyrring
5 La Sarthe Silk Cut Jaguar Spice Engineering Results
Andy Wallace
Johnny Dumfries
Jan Lammers
Gordon Spice
Ray Bellm
Pierre de Thoisy
6 Brno Team Sauber Mercedes Spice Engineering Results
Jean-Louis Schlesser
Jochen Mass
Gordon Spice
Ray Bellm
7 Brands Hatch Silk Cut Jaguar Spice Engineering Results
Andy Wallace
Martin Brundle
John Nielsen
Gordon Spice
Ray Bellm
8 Nürburgring Team Sauber Mercedes Kelmar Racing Team Results
Jean-Louis Schlesser
Jochen Mass
Vito Veninata
Pasquale Barberio
9 Spa-Francorchamps Team Sauber Mercedes Spice Engineering Results
Mauro Baldi
Stefan Johansson
Almo Coppelli
Thorkild Thyrring
10 Fuji Silk Cut Jaguar Spice Engineering Results
Eddie Cheever
Martin Brundle
John Nielsen
Eliseo Salazar
Thorkild Thyrring
11 Sandown Park Team Sauber Mercedes Spice Engineering Results
Jean-Louis Schlesser
Jochen Mass
Gordon Spice
Ray Bellm

Teams Championship

Overall Teams Championship

All cars were awarded points for the overall championship, but C2 class cars were scored separately for their own championship.

Pos Team Chassis Engine Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Rd6 Rd7 Rd8 Rd9 Rd10 Rd11 Total
1 Silk Cut Jaguar Jaguar XJR-8
Jaguar XJR-9
Jaguar 7.0L V12
30

20

40

40

60

15

40

30

30

40

12
357
2 Team Sauber Mercedes Sauber C9 Mercedes M117 5.0L Turbo V8 40 15 30 30 20 24 40 40 16 20 275
3 Joest Racing Porsche Porsche 962C Porsche 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 24 3 20 20 36 8 30 24 24 189
4 Brun Motorsport Porsche 962C Porsche 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 12 10 24 12 16 20 94
5 Spice Engineering Spice SE88C Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 8 4 6 12 4 20 16 8 78
6 Porsche AG Porsche 962C Porsche 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 45 30 75
7 Swiss Team Salamin Porsche 962C Porsche 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 4 4 8 2 8 4 8 38
8 Porsche Kremer Racing Porsche 962C
Porsche 962CK6
Porsche 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 8 12 9 2 31
9 Richard Lloyd Racing Porsche 962C GTi Porsche 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 20 8 28
10 From-A Racing Porsche 962C Porsche 3.2L Turbo Flat-6 20 20
11 GP Motorsport Spice SE87C Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 6 12 18
12 Chamberlain Engineering Spice SE86C
Spice SE88C
Hart 418T 1.8L Turbo I4
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8

2

1
1
6
4 2 16
13 Team Davey Tiga GC88
Porsche 962C
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L Turbo V8
Porsche 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
6 6 12
14 Kelmar Racing Tiga Tiga GC85
Tiga GC288
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
2

4

3
9
15 Primagaz Competition Cougar C20B
Porsche 962C
Cougar C12
Porsche 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
Porsche 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
8 8
16= ADA Engineering ADA 03 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 4 4
16= Mazdaspeed Mazda 757
Mazda 767
Mazda 13G 2.0L 3-Rotor
Mazda 13J 2.6L 4-Rotor

4
4
18 Team Lucky Strike Schanche Argo JM19C Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 2 2 4
19 Schuppan Racing Team Porsche 962C Porsche 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 3 3
20 Walter Maurer Racing Lotec C87 BMW 2.0L Turbo I4 1 1

C2 Teams Championship

Pos Team Chassis Engine Rd1 Rd2 Rd3 Rd4 Rd5 Rd6 Rd7 Rd8 Rd9 Rd10 Rd11 Total
1 Spice Engineering Spice SE88C Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 40 20 40 40 60 20 40 30 40 40 20 390
2 Chamberlain Engineering Spice SE86C
Spice SE88C
Hart 418T 1.8L Turbo I4
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8

24

15

24

16
12
20
24 24 16 10 185
3 Kelmar Racing Tiga Tiga GC85
Tiga GC288
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 12
8

24

10

16

40

8

24

12
154
4 GP Motorsport Spice SE87C Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 30 24 16 30 100
5 Charles Ivey Racing Tiga GC287 Porsche 2.8L Turbo Flat-6 16 20 36 6 78
6 ADA Engineering ADA 03 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 6 45 15 72
7 Team Lucky Strike Schanche Argo JM19C Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 20 3 12 12 20 67
8 PC Automotive Argo JM19C Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 12 8 20 16 56
9 Roy Baker Racing Tiga GC286 Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 8 18 8 12 46
10 MT Sport Racing Argo JM19C Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 30 6 36
11 Automobiles Louis Descartes ALD 03
ALD 04
BMW M80 3.5L I6
6

24
6 30

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