Brno 360 km race in 1988
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The 1988 360 km race from Brno , also Grand Prix ČSSR, Mistrovství Světa Sportovních Prototypů, Automotodrom Brno , took place on July 10th at the Automotodrom Brno and was the sixth round of the sports car world championship of that year.
The race
In the league race in Brno the duel between the place of Sauber Motorsport used C9 and the Jaguar XJR-9 from Tom Walkinshaw its continuation. After four victories in a row, including a triumph in the Le Mans 24-hour race , the Jaguars were also favorites in Czechoslovakia . The training was dominated by the Sauber C9; Jean-Louis Schlesser achieved the fastest lap time with a time of 146,440 minutes and started from pole position . The race on Sunday turned out to be one of the most exciting of the season. The first four placed vehicles crossed the finish line within one lap. The winning team Jochen Mass / Jean-Louis Schlesser had a lead of 20 seconds over the Jaguar of Martin Brundle and John Nielsen .
Results
Final ranking
| Item | class | No. | team | driver | vehicle | Round | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C1 | 62 |
 Clean Mercedes
|
 Jochen Mass Jean-Louis Schlesser
|
Clean C9 | 67 | ||
| 2 | C1 | 11 |
 Jaguar Silk Cut
|
Martin Brundle John Nielsen
|
Jaguar XJR-9 | 67 | ||
| 3 | C1 | 2 |
Jaguar Silk Cut
|
 Jan Lammers Johnny Dumfries
|
Jaguar XJR-9 | 67 | ||
| 4th | C1 | 61 |
Clean Mercedes
|
 Mauro Baldi James Weaver
|
Clean C9 | 67 | ||
| 5 | C1 | 7th |
Blaupunkt Joest Racing
|
Bob Wollek Louis Krages
|
Porsche 962C | 66 | ||
| 6th | C1 | 8th |
Blaupunkt Joest Racing
|
Franz Konrad Jürgen Barth
|
Porsche 962C | 65 | ||
| 7th | C2 | 111 |
Spice engineering
|
Gordon Spice Ray Bellm
|
Spice SE88C | 65 | ||
| 8th | C2 | 103 |
BP Spice Engineering
|
Thorkild Thyrring Almo Coppelli
|
Spice SE88C | 64 | ||
| 9 | C1 | 40 |
Swiss Team Salamin
|
Antoine Salamin Luigi Taverna
|
Porsche 962C | 63 | ||
| 10 | C2 | 127 |
Chamberlain Engineering
|
Nick Adams Paul Scott
|
Spice SE86C | 60 | ||
| 11 | C2 | 106 |
Kelmar Racing
|
Pasquale Barberio Vita Veninata
|
Tiga GC288 | 60 | ||
| 12 | C2 | 198 |
Roy Baker Racing
|
 Lon Bender Mike Kimpton
|
Tiga GC286 | 56 | ||
| Disqualified | ||||||||
| 13 | C2 | 107 |
Chamberlain Engineering
|
Jean-Louis Ricci Claude Ballot-Léna
|
Spice SE88C | 62 | ||
| Failed | ||||||||
| 14th | C2 | 121 |
GP motorsport
|
 Costas Los Evan Clements
|
Spice SE87C | 62 | ||
| 15th | C2 | 177 |
Automobiles Louis Descartes
|
Louis Descartes Gérard Tremblay
|
ALD 03 | 32 | ||
| 16 | C1 | 24 |
Dollop Racing
|
Jean-Pierre Frey Paolo Giangrossi
|
Lancia LC2 | 19th | ||
| 17th | C2 | 109 |
Kelmar Racing
|
Maurizio Gellini Raniero Randaccio
|
Tiga GC288 | 12 | ||
| Not started | ||||||||
| 18th | C1 | 20th |
Team Lee-Davey
|
Tim Lee-Davey Chris Hodgetts
|
Tiga GC288 | 1 | ||
| 19th | C1 | 1T |
Jaguar Silk Cut
|
Jan Lammers Johnny Dumfries
|
Jaguar XJR-9 | 2 | ||
1 car fire in training 2 training cars
Only in the entry list
Here you will find teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the race but did not take part for a variety of reasons.
| Item | class | No. | team | driver | chassis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20th | C1 | 10 |
Porsche Kremer Racing
|
Kris Nissen
|
Porsche 962C |
| 21st | C2 | 117 |
 Lucky Strike Schanche
|
Martin Schanche
|
Argo JM19C |
| 22nd | C2 | 160 |
Gebhardt Motorsport
|
Günter Gebhardt Rudi Seher Stanley Dickens Frank Jelinski 
|
Gebhardt JC873 |
| 23 | C2 | 181 |
Luigi Taverna
|
Luigi Taverna
|
Olma's GLT-200 |
| 24 | C2 | 191 |
PC Automotive
|
Richard Piper
|
Argo JM19C |
Class winner
| class | driver | driver | vehicle | Placement in the overall ranking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C1 |
Jochen Mass
|
Jean-Louis Schlesser
|
Clean C9 | Overall victory |
| C2 |
Gordon Spice
|
Ray Bellm
|
Spiece SE88C | Rank 7 |
Racing data
- Registered: 24
- Started: 17
- Valued: 12
- Race classes: 2
- Spectators: 78,000
- Race day weather: warm and dry
- Route length: 5.394 km
- Driving time of the winning team: 2:06: 40.620 hours
- Total laps of the winning team: 67
- Total distance of the winning team: 361.398 km
- Winner's average: 171.175 km / h
- Pole position: Jean-Louis Schlesser - Sauber C9 (# 62) - 1: 46.440 = 182.435 km / h
- Fastest race lap: Mauro Baldi - Sauber C9 (# 61) - 1.49.770 = 176.901 km / h
- Racing series: Round 6 of the Sports Car World Championship in 1988
Web links
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Previous race of the Le Mans 24-hour race in 1988 |
Sports car world championship |
Successor 1000 km race at Brands Hatch 1988 |