Sports car world championship 1988
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
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 .