Sports car world championship 1988

World championship winning car Jaguar XJR-9, configured for the 24 Hours of Le Mans

The 1988 World Sports Car Championship was the 36th season of this championship. It started on March 6th and ended on November 20th.

championship

In 1988 the point allocation in the drivers and manufacturers' world championships was changed. The sprint races, which had a race distance of 360 kilometers, kept the previous counting method. The points for the first ten were awarded as follows: 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. In the classic long-distance races , which were driven over a distance of 800 and 1000 kilometers, the world championship points were doubled. In the Le Mans 24-hour race , the values ​​to be achieved increased by a further 50%. To get any points at all, 90% of the race distance of the winning team had to be covered in the respective races.

For the second time in a row, the Jaguar team led by Tom Walkinshaw won the sports prototype world championship, this time with a clear lead over the Swiss Sauber team . The six Jaguar successes contrasted with five Sauber victories. However, the British racing team benefited from the new sporting regulations through overall victories in the endurance races and the Le Mans race.

Jaguar driver Martin Brundle was world driver champion with 240 points and 32 points ahead of Sauber driver Jean-Louis Schlesser .

Racing calendar

No.	date	Race name / circuit	team	Overall winner	vehicle	championship
1	6th March	800 km race of Jerez ( Circuito de Jerez )	Team Sauber Mercedes	Jean-Louis Schlesser Jochen Mass Mauro Baldi	Sauber-Mercedes C9 / 88	Brands and drivers
2	March 13th	Jarama 360km Race ( Circuito del Jarama )	Silk Cut Jaguar	Eddie Cheever Martin Brundle	Jaguar XJR-9	Brands and drivers
3	10th of April	1000 km race of Monza ( Autodromo Nazionale di Monza )	Silk Cut Jaguar	Eddie Cheever Martin Brundle	Jaguar XJR-9	Brands and drivers
4th	5th of May	Silverstone 1000km Race ( Silverstone Circuit )	Silk Cut Jaguar	Eddie Cheever Martin Brundle	Jaguar XJR-9	Brands and drivers
5	June 11-12	24 Hours of Le Mans ( Circuit des 24 Heures )	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jan Lammers Johnny Dumfries Andy Wallace	Jaguar XJR-9 LM	Brands and drivers
6th	10th of July	Brno 360 km race ( Automotodrom Brno )	Clean Mercedes	Jean-Louis Schlesser Jochen Mass	Sauber-Mercedes C9 / 88	Brands and drivers
7th	24th July	Brands Hatch 1000km race ( Brands Hatch )	Silk Cut Jaguar	John Nielsen Martin Brundle Andy Wallace	Jaguar XJR-9	Brands and drivers
8th	September 4th	1000 km race on the Nürburgring ( Nürburgring )	Team Sauber Mercedes	Jean-Louis Schlesser Jochen Mass	Sauber-Mercedes C9 / 88	Brands and drivers
9	September 18	Spa-Francorchamps 1000 km race ( Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps )	Team Sauber Mercedes	Stefan Johansson Mauro Baldi	Sauber-Mercedes C9 / 88	Brands and drivers
10	9th October	Fuji 1000K Race ( Fuji Speedway )	Silk Cut Jaguar	Eddie Cheever Martin Brundle	Jaguar XJR-9	Brands and drivers
11	20th November	360km race from Sandown Park ( Sandown Raceway )	Clean Mercedes	Jean-Louis Schlesser Jochen Mass	Sauber-Mercedes C9 / 88	Brands and drivers

Sports prototype world championship for racing teams

Overall rating

position	team	vehicle	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	total
1	Silk Cut Jaguar	Jaguar XJR-9	30th	20th	40	40	60	15th	40	30th	30th	40	12	357
2	Team Sauber Mercedes	Clean C9	40	15th	30th	30th		20th	24	40	40	16	20th	275
3	Joest Racing	Porsche 962C	24	3	20th	20th	36	8th	30th	24		24		189
4th	Brun Motorsport	Porsche 962C	12	10	24		12			16	20th			94
5	Spice engineering	Spice SE88C	8th	4th	6th	12		4th	20th		16		8th	78
6th	Porsche AG	Porsche 962C					45					30th		75
7th	Swiss Team Salamin	Porsche 962C	4th		4th	8th		2	8th	4th	8th			38
8th	Porsche Kremer Racing	Porsche 962C Porsche 962CK6		8th	12		9			2				31
9	Richard Lloyd Racing	Porsche 962C GTi	20th							8th				28
10	From-A Racing	Porsche 962C										20th		20th
11	GP motorsport	Spice SE87C		6th					12					18th
12	Chamberlain Engineering	Spice SE86C Spice SE86C	2	1				1	6th		4th		2	16
13	Team Davey	Tiga GC88 Porsche 962C									6th		6th	12
14th	Klemar Racing	Tiga GC85 Tiga GC288				2			4th				3	9
15th	Primagaz Compétition	Cougar C20B Cougar C12 Porsche 962C			8th									8th
16 =	ADA engineering	ADA 03											4th	4th
16 =	Mazdaspeed	Mazda 757 Mazda 767				4th								4th
16 =	Team Lucky Strike Schanche	Argo JM19C							2		2			4th
19th	Schuppan Racing Team	Porsche 962C					3							3
20th	Walter Maurer Racing	Lotec C87											1	1

FIA Cup for group C2 teams

position	team	vehicle	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	total
1	Spice engineering	Spice SE88C	40	20th	40	40	60	20th	40	30th	40	40	20th	390
2	Chamberlain Engineering	Spice SE86C Spice SE88C	24	15th	24	16		12	20th	24	24	16	10	185
3	Kelmar Racing	Tiga GC85 Tiga GC288	12	8th		24		10	16	40	8th	24	12	154
4th	GP motorsport	Spice SE87C	30th						24	16		30th		100
5	Charles Ivey Racing	Tiga GC287	16			20th	36		6th					78
6th	Team Lucky Strike Schanche	Argo JM19C	20th	3			12		12		20th			67
7th	ADA engineering	ADA 03		6th			45						15th	66
8th	PC Automotive	Argo JM19C				12			8th	20th	16			56
9	Roy Baker Racing	Tiga GC286				8th	18th	8th		12				46
10 =	MT Sport	Argo JM19C				30th					6th			36
10 =	Automobiles Louis Descartes	ALD 03 ALD 04				6th	24						6th	36

Drivers World Championship

Overall rating

World championship points were awarded for the best seven placements of the year.

position	driver	constructor	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	total
1	Martin Brundle	jaguar		20th	40	40		(15)	40	30th	30th	40	(12)	240
2	Jean-Louis Schlesser	Clean	40	(15)	30th	30th		20th	24	40	24	(16)	(20)	208
3	Jochen Mass	Clean	40		30th	30th		20th		40	24		20th	204
4th	Mauro Baldi	Clean	40	15th	30th	24		(10)	24		40		15th	188
5	Eddie Cheever	jaguar		20th	40	40				30th		40	12	182
6th	Klaus Ludwig	Porsche	24		16		45		30th			30th		145
7th	Louis Krages	Porsche	6th	(3)	20th	16	36	8th		20th		24		140
8th	Frank Jelinski	Porsche	6th	3	20th	16	36			20th		24		135
9	Bob Wollek	Porsche	24		16	20th		8th	30th	24				122
10	Jan Lammers	jaguar					60	12		6th	30th		10	118
11	John Nielsen	jaguar	30th	12				15th	40					97
12 =	Ray Bellm	Spice	12	6th	10	10		6th	24		16		10	94
12 =	Gordon Spice	Spice	12	6th	10	10		6th	24		16		10	94
14th	Andy Wallace	jaguar	30th				60							90
15th	Johnny Dumfries	jaguar					60	12		6th			10	88
16	Stanley Dickens	Porsche				16	36					20th		72
17 =	Almo Coppelli	Spice			6th	16		5	20th		20th			72
17 =	Thorkild Thyrring	Spice			6th	16		5	20th		20th			72
19th	Derek Bell	Porsche	20th				45							65
20th	Manuel Reuter	Porsche	12	10						16	20th			58
21st	Stefan Johansson	Clean Toyota									40		15th	55
22nd	James Weaver	Clean Porsche	20th			24		10						54
23	Oscar Larrauri	Porsche		6th	24						20th			50
24	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Porsche					45							45
25th	John Watson	jaguar	30th	12										42
26 =	Massimo Sigala	Porsche		2	24		12							38
26 =	Antoine Salamin	Porsche	4th		4th	8th		2	8th	4th	8th			38
28 =	Uwe Schäfer	Porsche	12	10			12							34
28 =	Jesús Pareja	Porsche	6th				12			16				34
30th	David Hobbs	Porsche					24			8th				32
31 =	Franz Konrad	Porsche					24	6th						30th
31 =	Larry Perkins	jaguar					30th							30th
31 =	Derek Daly	jaguar					30th							30th
31 =	Kevin Cogan	jaguar					30th							30th
35 =	Costa's lot	Spice	10							16				26th
35 =	Hideki Okada	Porsche					6th					20th		26th
37 =	Paolo Barilla	Porsche Toyota								24				24
37 =	Didier Theys	Porsche					24							24
39	Volker Weidler	Porsche		8th	12					2				22nd
40 =	Bruno Giacomelli	Porsche			12		6th			2				20th
40 =	Philippe Streiff	Clean Porsche				20th								20th
42 =	Claude Ballot-Léna	Spice	6th	3					10					19th
42 =	Jean-Louis Ricci	Spice	6th	3					10					19th
44 =	Michael Andretti	Porsche					18th							18th
44 =	John Andretti	Porsche					18th							18th
44 =	Mario Andretti	Porsche					18th							18th
47	Kris Nissen	Porsche			8th		9							17th

FIA Cup for Group C2 drivers

In this table the first 36 positions of the world championship are recorded.

position	driver	constructor	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	total
1 =	Gordon Spice	Spice	40	20th	40	30th	60	(20)	40		30th		(20)	260
1 =	Ray Bellm	Spice	40	20th	40	30th	60	(20)	40		30th		(20)	260
3	Thorkild Thyrring	Spice		(12)	30th	40		15th	30th	30th	40	40		225
4th	Almo Coppelli	Spice		12	30th	40		15th	30th	30th	40			197
5	Vito Veninata	Tiga	8th	8th		24		10	16	40	(8th)	24		130
6 =	Claude Ballot-Léna	Spice	24	15th	24	16				20th		2		101
6 =	Jean-Louis Ricci	Spice	24	15th	24	16				20th		2		101
8th	Costa's lot	Spice	30th						24	16		30th		100
9	Pasquale Barberio	Tiga	8th	8th		24		10		40	8th			98
10	John Sheldon	ADA Tiga		6th			36			12	20th			74
11	Ranieri Randaccio	Tiga Lancia	12						16		4th	24	12	68
12	Jiro Yoneyama	JTK ADA					45					20th		65
13 =	Nick Adams	Spice		10				12		24			10	56
13 =	Richard Piper	Argo				12			8th	20th	16			56
13 =	Olindo Iacobelli	Argo				12			8th	20th	16			56
13 =	Wayne Taylor	Spice Tiga	16						24	16				56
17th	Richard Jones	Spice								24	24			48
18th	Ian Harrower	ADA					45							45
19th	Martin Schanche	Argo	20th				12		12					44
20th	Tim Harvey	Tiga	16			20th			6th					42
21st	Eliseo Salazar	Spice										40		40

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 .
• Thomas Nehlert: Group C. The sports car races 1982–1992. Petrolpics, Bonn 2011, ISBN 3-940306-14-2 .

Web links

Commons : Sports Car World Championship 1988  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

• Results at Wsrp.cz