1988 1000 km of Silverstone

Map of the Silverstone Circuit (1987-1988)

The 1988 Autosport 1000 km was the fourth round of the 1988 World Sportscar Championship season. It took place at the Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom on 8 May 1988.

Official results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 75% of the winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Pos Class No Team Drivers Chassis Tyre Laps
Engine
1 C1 1 United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar United Kingdom Martin Brundle
United States Eddie Cheever
Jaguar XJR-9 D 210
Jaguar 7.0L V12
2 C1 61 Switzerland Team Sauber Mercedes France Jean-Louis Schlesser
Germany Jochen Mass
Sauber C9 M 210
Mercedes-Benz M117 5.0L Turbo V8
3 C1 62 Switzerland Team Sauber Mercedes Italy Mauro Baldi
United Kingdom James Weaver
Sauber C9 M 208
Mercedes-Benz M117 5.0L Turbo V8
4 C1 7 Germany Blaupunkt Joest Racing France Philippe Streiff
France Bob Wollek
United Kingdom David Hobbs
Porsche 962C G 205
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
5 C1 8 Germany Joest Racing Germany Frank Jelinski
Germany "John Winter"
Sweden Stanley Dickens
Porsche 962C G 198
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
6 C2 103 United Kingdom BP Spice Engineering Italy Almo Coppelli
Denmark Thorkild Thyrring
Spice SE88C G 191
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
7 C1 40 Switzerland Swiss Team Salamin Switzerland Antoine Salamin
Morocco Max Cohen-Olivar
Germany Hellmut Mundas
Porsche 962C G 191
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
8 C2 111 United Kingdom BP Spice Engineering United Kingdom Ray Bellm
United Kingdom Gordon Spice
Spice SE88C G 189
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
9 GTP 201 Japan Mazdaspeed Japan Yojiro Terada
Japan Yoshimi Katayama
Republic of Ireland David Kennedy
Mazda 757 D 186
Mazda 13J 2.6L 4-Rotor
10 C2 109 Italy Kelmar Racing Italy Ranieri Randaccio
Italy Vito Veninata
Italy Pasquale Barberio
Tiga GC288 A 181
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
11 C2 123 United Kingdom Charles Ivey Racing
United Kingdom Team Istel
United Kingdom Chris Hodgetts
United Kingdom Duncan Bain
United Kingdom Tim Harvey
Tiga GC287 D 180
Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6
12 C2 107 United Kingdom Chamberlain Engineering France Claude Ballot-Léna
France Jean-Louis Ricci
Spice SE88C A 166
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
13 C2 191 United Kingdom PC Automotive United Kingdom Richard Piper
United States Olindo Iacobelli
Argo JM19C G 166
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
14 C2 198 United Kingdom Roy Baker Racing United Kingdom Chris Ashmore
United Kingdom Mike Kimpton
United Kingdom David Andrews
Tiga GC286 G 165
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
15 C2 178 France Automobiles Louis Descartes France Louis Descartes
France Gérard Tremblay
France Michel Lateste
ALD C2 A 156
BMW M80 3.5L I6
16 C2 181 Italy Luigi Taverna Technoracing Italy Fabio Magnani
Italy Luigi Taverna
Italy Roberto Ragazzi
Olmas GLT-200 A 147
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.0L V8
17
NC
C2 115 United Kingdom ADA Engineering United Kingdom Tom Dodd-Noble
United Kingdom Colin Pool
Italy Stefano Sebastiani
ADA 03 G 129
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
18
DSQ
C1 14 United Kingdom Richard Lloyd Racing United Kingdom Derek Bell
United Kingdom Tiff Needell
Porsche 962C GTi G 205
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
19
DNF
C1 2 United Kingdom Silk Cut Jaguar Netherlands Jan Lammers
United Kingdom Johnny Dumfries
Jaguar XJR-9 D 204
Jaguar 7.0L V12
20
DNF
C2 112 United Kingdom FAI Automotive United Kingdom Sean Walker
United Kingdom Paul Stott
United Kingdom Evan Clements
Tiga GC287 G 73
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
21
DNF
C1 10 Germany Porsche Kremer Racing Germany Harald Grohs
Denmark Kris Nissen
Porsche 962C Y 72
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
22
DNF
C1 42 France Unigestion Team
France Noël del Bello
France Jacques Guillot
France Noël del Bello
Switzerland Bernard Santal
Sauber C8 G 69
Mercedes-Benz M117 5.0L Turbo V8
23
DNF
C2 177 France Automobiles Louis Descartes France Dominique Lacaud
France Michel Lateste
ALD C2 A 67
BMW M80 3.5L I6
23
DNF
C2 121 United Kingdom Cosmik GP Motorsport South Africa Wayne Taylor
Greece Costas Los
Spice SE87C G 50
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
24
DNF
C2 127 United Kingdom Chamberlain Engineering United Kingdom Ian Khan
United Kingdom Nick Adams
Spice SE86C A 40
Hart 418T 1.8L Turbo I4
23
DNF
C2 24 Italy Dollop Racing Italy Nicola Marozzo
Switzerland Jean-Pierre Frey
Lancia LC2 D 28
Ferrari 308C 3.0L Turbo V8
24
DNF
C2 117 Norway Team Lucky Strike Schanche Norway Martin Schanche
United Kingdom Will Hoy
Argo JM19C G 4
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8

† - The #14 Richard Lloyd Racing entry was disqualified after the race due to running a fuel cell which was too large.

Statistics

  • Pole Position - #61 Team Sauber Mercedes - 1:15.020
  • Fastest Lap - #62 Team Sauber Mercedes - 1:18.240
  • Average Speed - 207.024 km/h

References

  • "FIA World Sports-Prototype Championship 1988 - 1000 km Silverstone". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 26 April 2008. Retrieved 2 April 2008.
  • "Silverstone 1000 Kilometres 1988". Racing Sports Cars. 22 February 2007. Retrieved 2 April 2008.


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1988 1000km of Monza
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1988 24 Hours of Le Mans