Supercup (Group C) 1988

Jean-Louis Schlesser won the championship title in 1988 with the Sauber-Mercedes C9 / 88

The 1988 Supercup was the third season of the Supercup . The first run took place on May 1st, 1988 at the Nürburgring and the season finale also took place there on September 25th. A total of five races were held in Germany during the season.

The Frenchman Jean-Louis Schlesser won the title in the drivers' championship with 42 points. The Blaupunkt-Joest Racing team secured the team title for the second time after 1986.

championship

In the 1988 season, the regulations of the ADAC Würth Supercup were slightly changed. The racing distance has been increased to around 220 km and the fuel limit for classes C1, IMSA-GTP and GTC has been increased in parallel.

The same venues were on the racing calendar as in the previous season.

The Sauber Mercedes team fielded the Sauber-Mercedes C9 / 88, which was improved on the previous year, in the championship . This racing car was on par with the Porsche 962 C and so Jean-Louis Schlesser won three of the five races with the Sauber-Mercedes. The two rivals Bob Wollek and Hans-Joachim Stuck could only win one race each and ultimately had to be content with second and third place at the end of the season.

Race calendar and results

round	Race (track)	date	Pole position	Fastest lap	winner	team	vehicle
1	Eifel race Nürburgring	1st of May	Jean-Louis Schlesser	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Bob Wollek	Blaupunkt-Joest Racing	Porsche 962 C.
2	Supercup Hockenheimring	May 29th	Jean-Louis Schlesser	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Jean-Louis Schlesser	Team Sauber Mercedes	Sauber-Mercedes C9 / 88
3	200 miles from Nuremberg Norisring	June 26th	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Jean-Louis Schlesser	Jean-Louis Schlesser	Team Sauber Mercedes	Sauber-Mercedes C9 / 88
4th	Airfield race Diepholz Diepholz	August 7th	Jean-Louis Schlesser	Mauro Baldi	Jean-Louis Schlesser	Team Sauber Mercedes	Sauber-Mercedes C9 / 88
5	Super sprint Nürburgring	25th of September	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Hans-Joachim Stuck	Porsche AG	Porsche 962 C.

Championship results

Point system

Points were awarded to the first 10 classified drivers in the following number:

space	1.	2.	3.	4th	5.	6th	7th	8th.	9.	10.
Points	12	10	8th	7th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

Driver ranking

space	driver	class	ONLY1	HOC	NOR	THE	ONLY2	Points
1	Jean-Louis Schlesser	C1	?	1	1	1	5	42
2	Bob Wollek	C1	1	2	DNF	3	2	40
3	Hans-Joachim Stuck	C1	2	11	2	DNF	1	32
4th	Uwe Schäfer	C1	3	3	4th	9	6th	30th
5	Jochen duration	C1	4th	6th	DNF	4th	10	20th
6th	Walter Brun	C1	5	5	DNF	7th	9	18th
6th	Louis Krages ("John Winter")	C1	8th	4th	6th	8th	DNF	18th
8th	Klaus Ludwig	C1				5	4th	13
9	Antoine Salamin	C1	6th	9	8th	10	?	11
10	Mauro Baldi	C1				2		10
11	Franz Konrad	C1			DNF	6th	8th	8th
11	Jochen Mass	C1					3	8th
11	Manuel Reuter	C1			3			8th
14th	Chip Robinson	C1			5			6th
15th	Walter Lechner	C1	?	7th	DNF		?	4th
15th	Costa's lot	C2			7th			4th
15th	Nicola Marozzo	C2	7th					4th
18th	Karl-Heinz Becker	C2		8th	?	DNA	DNA	3
18th	Peter Fritsch	C2	9	10	DNA	DNA	DNA	3
20th	Helmut Gall	C2			9	DNA		2
21st	Heinz-Jörgen Dahmen	C1			?	11	10	1
21st	Jean-Pierre Frey	C1	10		DNA	DNA	?	1
21st	Rudi seer	C2	?		10	12	11	1
24	David Coyne	C2		?				0
24	Günther Gebhardt	C2		?				0
24	Harald Grohs	C2					?	0
24	Walter Maurer	C2			?	DNA	DNA	0
24	Kris Nissen	C1			DNS			0
24	Peter Stürtz	C2			?	DNA		0
space	driver	class	ONLY1	HOC	NOR	THE	ONLY2	Points

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Team evaluation

space	team	class	ONLY1	HOC	NOR	THE	ONLY2	Points
1	Blaupunkt-Joest Racing	C1	15th	17th	5	16	13	66
2	Team Sauber Mercedes	C1	0	12	12	22nd	14th	60
3	Jägermeister-Brun-Motorsport	C1	14th	14th	15th	6th	7th	56
4th	Porsche AG	C1	10	0	10	6th	19th	45
5	Victor-Duration Racing	C1	7th	5	6th	7th	1	26th
6th	Swiss Team Salamin	C1	5	2	3	1	0	11
7th	Dollop Racing	C2	5				0	5
8th	GP motorsport	C2			4th			4th
8th	Walter Lechner Racing School	C1	0	4th	0		0	4th
10	Karl-Heinz Becker	C2		3	0			3
10	Pero Racing Team	C2	2	1				3
12	Roy Baker Racing	C2			2			2
13	Heinz-Jörgen Dahmen	C1			0	0	1	1
13	Gebhardt Motorsport	C2	0	0	1	0	0	1
15th	Porsche Kremer Racing	C1			0			0
15th	Walter Maurer	C2			0			0
15th	Peter Stürtz Motorsport	C2			0		0	0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Racingsportscars - website: Supercup. From: www.racingsportscars.com , accessed May 20, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Rennsport-Revue - Website: Langstrecken-Helden, Neujahrskinder (1): Hans-Joachim "Strietzel" Stuck, born on January 1st, 1951. On: rennsport-revue.de , accessed on May 20th, 2019 .