Jerez 800 km race in 1988

Clean C9

The 800 km race of Jerez 1988 , also Jerez 800 Kilometers, Jerez , took place on March 6th at the Circuito de Jerez and was the first race of the sports car world championship of that year.

The race

Both the Swiss Sauber team and the British Jaguar team had carried out extensive test drives on the Circuit de Jerez before the start of the season. Both teams came to the event well prepared and fought the duel for the overall victory expected by the audience. The decision to win the race was made due to a mistake by Andy Wallace in the leading Jaguar, who made a spin while lapping and lost almost a whole lap in the process. At the finish, Wallace and his teammates John Nielsen and John Watson were 24 seconds short of the Sauber of Jean-Louis Schlesser , Mauro Baldi and Jochen Mass .

Results

Final ranking

Item	class	No.	team	driver	vehicle	Round
1	C1	61	Team Sauber Mercedes	Jean-Louis Schlesser Mauro Baldi Jochen Mass	Clean C9	190
2	C1	3	Jaguar Silk Cut	John Nielsen John Watson Andy Wallace	Jaguar XJR-9	190
3	C1	7th	Joest Racing	Bob Wollek Klaus Ludwig	Porsche 962C	188
4th	C1	14th	Richard Lloyd Racing	James Weaver Derek Bell	Porsche 962C GTi	184
5	C1	8th	Joest Racing	Frank Jelinski Louis Krages	Porsche 962C	183
6th	C1	5	Brun Motorsport	Manuel Reuter Uwe Schäfer	Porsche 962C	183
7th	C2	111	Spice engineering	Gordon Spice Ray Bellm	Spice SE88C	180
8th	C2	121	GP motorsport	Costas Los Philippe de Henning	Spice SE87C	178
9	C1	40	Swiss Team Salamin	Antoine Salamin Enzo Calderari	Porsche 962C	174
10	C2	107	Chamberlain Engineering	Claude Ballot-Léna Jean-Louis Ricci	Spice SE88C	173
11	C2	117	Team Lucky Strike Schanche	Will Hoy Martin Schanche	Argo JM19C	172
12	C1	4th	Brun Motorsport	Massimo Sigala Oscar Larrauri	Porsche 962C	167
13	C2	123	Charles Ivey Racing	Wayne Taylor Tim Harvey	Tiga GC287	167
14th	C2	109	Kelmar Racing	Ranieri Randaccio Paolo Ciafardoni Maurizio Gellini	Tiga GC85	165
15th	C2	106	Kelmar Racing	Pasquale Barberio Vito Veninata	Tiga GC85	133
Not classified
16	C2	115	ADA engineering	Steve Kempton Dudley Wood Johnny Herbert	ADA 03	131
Failed
17th	C1	1	Silk Cut Jaguar	Martin Brundle Eddie Cheever	Jaguar XJR-9	139
18th	C1	2	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jan Lammers Johnny Dumfries	Jaguar XJR-9	132
19th	C2	103	Spice engineering	Thorkild Thyrring Almo Coppelli	Spice SE88C	131
20th	C2	177	Louis Descartes	Gérard Tremblay Sylvain Boulay Louis Descartes	ALD 03	130
21st	C1	6th	Brun Motorsport	Jesús Pareja Walter Brun	Porsche 962C	44
22nd	C2	101	Dollop Racing	Jean-Pierre Frey Nicola Marozzo	Argo JM19B	44
23	C2	127	Chamberlain Engineering	Graham Duxbury Nick Adams	Spice SE86C	15th
Not started
24	C2	172	Automobiles Louis Descartes	Pierre Yver Bruno Sotty	ALD 04	1
25th	C2	188	Ark Racing	Max Payne Max Cohen-Olivar	Ceekar 83J-1	2
26th	C1	61T	Team Sauber Mercedes	Jean-Louis Schlesser Mauro Baldi Jochen Mass	Sauber-Mercedes C9 / 88	3

¹ accident during training ² accident during training ³ 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
27	C1		Walter Lechner Racing School		Porsche 962C
28	C1	10	Kremer Racing	Kris Nissen Volker Weidler	Porsche 962C
29	C1	15th	Richard Lloyd Racing	Derek Bell James Weaver	Porsche 962C GTi

Class winner

class	driver	driver	driver	vehicle	Placement in the overall ranking
C1	Jean-Louis Schlesser	Mauro Baldi	Jochen Mass	Sauber-Mercedes C9 / 88	Overall victory
C2	Gordon Spice	Ray Bellm		Spice SE88C	Rank 7

Racing data

• Registered: 29
• Started: 23
• Valued: 15
• Race classes: 2
• Spectator: unknown
• Race day weather: warm and dry
• Route length: 4.218 km
• Driving time of the winning team: 5: 18: 03.150 hours
• Total laps of the winning team: 190
• Total distance of the winning team: 801.420 km
• Winner's average: 151.186 km / h
• Pole position: Jean-Louis Schlesser - Sauber C9 (# 62) - 1: 28.670 = 171.251 km / h
• Fastest race lap: unknown
• Racing series: 1st round of the Sports Car World Championship in 1988

literature

• Peter Higham: The Guinness Guide to International Motor Racing. A complete Reference from Formula 1 to Touring Car. Guinness Publishing Ltd., London 1995, ISBN 0-85112-642-1 .

Web links

• Race results at wspr

Previous race Fuji 1000 km race 1987

Sports car world championship

Succession race 360-km race at Jarama in 1988