1988 Pau Grand Prix

1988 Pau Grand Prix
Race details
Date 23 May 1988
Official name XLVIII Pau Grand Prix
Location Pau, France
Course Temporary Street Circuit
Course length 2.760 km (1.720 miles)
Distance 72 laps, 198.72 km (123.84 miles)
Pole position
Driver Bromley Motorsport
Time 1:11.880
Fastest lap
Driver Italy Marco Apicella FIRST Racing
Time 1:12.72
Podium
First Bromley Motorsport
Second Oreca Motorsport
Third FIRST Racing

The 1988 Pau Grand Prix was a Formula 3000 motor race held on 23 May 1988 at the Pau circuit, in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. The race was run as part of the 1988 International Formula 3000 Championship.

Entry list

Entrant Chassis Engine No Driver
United Kingdom Onyx Race Engineering March 88B Cosworth DFV 1 Germany Volker Weidler
2 Spain Alfonso de Vinuesa
United Kingdom Ralt Racing Ltd. Ralt RT22 Judd 3 New Zealand Mike Thackwell
4 France Éric Bernard
United Kingdom Lola Motorsport Lola T88/50 Cosworth DFV 5 United Kingdom Mark Blundell
6 France Paul Belmondo
France Oreca Motorsport Reynard 88D Cosworth DFV 7 France Pierre-Henri Raphanel
8 France Jean Alesi
Italy FIRST Racing March 88B Judd 9 Italy Pierluigi Martini
10 Italy Marco Apicella
France GBDA Motorsport Lola T88/50 Cosworth DFV 11 France Michel Trollé
12 France Olivier Grouillard
Italy Pavesi Racing Ralt RT22 Judd 14 Italy Massimo Monti
15 Italy Fabrizio Barbazza
United Kingdom Madgwick International Reynard 88D Cosworth DFV 16 Netherlands Cor Euser
17 United Kingdom Russell Spence
Italy Forti Corse Dallara 3087 Cosworth DFV 18 Italy Enrico Bertaggia
19 Argentina Fernando Croceri
United Kingdom Gary Evans Motorsport Ralt RT22 Cosworth DFV 20 United Kingdom Gary Evans
21 United Kingdom Andy Wallace
United Kingdom Roni Motorsport March 88B Cosworth DFV 23 Japan Aguri Suzuki
United Kingdom Team Racetech 3000 Lola T88/50 Cosworth DFV 24 Austria Pierre Chauvet
United Kingdom CoBRa Motorsport Lola T88/50 Cosworth DFV 27 Switzerland Andrea Chiesa
United Kingdom GA Motorsport Lola T88/50 Cosworth DFV 28 Switzerland Gregor Foitek
29 Italy Claudio Langes
Republic of Ireland Eddie Jordan Racing Reynard 88D Cosworth DFV 30 Sweden Thomas Danielsson
United Kingdom Colt Racing Lola T88/50 Cosworth DFV 32 Finland Jari Nurminen
33 Italy Giovanna Amati
France Sport Auto Racing Lola T88/50 Cosworth DFV 35 Switzerland Jean-Denis Délétraz
36 France Fabien Giroix
United Kingdom Roger Cowman Racing Lola T87/50 Cosworth DFV 37 United Kingdom David Hunt
38 Italy Franco Scapini
Italy Spirit Racing Reynard 88D Cosworth DFV 39 Belgium Bertrand Gachot
40 Italy Paolo Barilla
Spain Barcelona Motorsport Lola T88/50 Cosworth DFV 41 Spain Fermín Vélez
United Kingdom Bromley Motorsport Reynard 88D Cosworth DFV 42 Brazil Roberto Moreno

Classification

Qualifying

Pos No Driver Team Time Grid
1 42 Brazil Roberto Moreno Bromley Motorsport 1:10.860 1
2 7 France Pierre-Henri Raphanel Oreca Motorsport 1:11.080 2
3 8 France Jean Alesi Oreca Motorsport 1:11.260 3
4 9 Italy Pierluigi Martini FIRST Racing 1:11.630 4
5 4 France Éric Bernard Ralt Racing Ltd. 1:11.720 5
6 39 Belgium Bertrand Gachot Spirit Racing 1:11.670 6
7 12 France Olivier Grouillard GDBA Motorsport 1:12.060 7
8 11 France Michel Trollé GDBA Motorsport 1:11.700 8
9 40 Italy Paolo Barilla Spirit Racing 1:12.170 9
10 3 New Zealand Mike Thackwell Ralt Racing Ltd. 1:11.930 10
11 16 Netherlands Cor Euser Madgwick International 1:12.350 11
12 27 Switzerland Andrea Chiesa CoBRa Motorsport 1:12.170 12
13 36 France Fabien Giroix Sport Auto Racing 1:12.500 13
14 17 United Kingdom Russell Spence Madgwick International 1:12.500 14
15 30 Sweden Thomas Danielsson Eddie Jordan Racing 1:12.690 15
16 35 Switzerland Jean-Denis Délétraz Sport Auto Racing 1:12.540 16
17 10 Italy Marco Apicella FIRST Racing 1:12.710 17
18 29 Italy Claudio Langes GA Motorsport 1:12.720 18
19 6 France Paul Belmondo Lola Motorsport 1:12.710 19
20 5 France Mark Blundell Lola Motorsport 1:12.750 20
21 29 Austria Pierre Chauvet Team Racetech 3000 1:13.010 21
22 23 Japan Aguri Suzuki Roni Motorsport 1:12.890 22
Did not qualify
- 21 United Kingdom Andy Wallace Gary Evans Motorsport 1:12.900 -
- 18 Italy Enrico Bertaggia Forti Corse 1:13.010 -
- 20 United Kingdom Gary Evans Gary Evans Motorsport 1:13.240 -
- 1 Germany Volker Weidler Onyx Race Engineering 1:13.520 -
- 15 Italy Fabrizio Barbazza Pavesi Racing 1:13.670 -
- 28 Switzerland Gregor Foitek GA Motorsport 1:13.680 -
- 41 Spain Fermín Vélez Barcelona Motorsport 1:13.680 -
- 32 Finland Jari Nurminen Colt Racing 1:13.980 -
- 19 Argentina Fernando Croceri Forti Corse 1:14.010 -
- 37 United Kingdom David Hunt Roger Cowman Racing 1:14.250 -
- 2 Spain Alfonso de Vinuesa Onyx Race Engineering 1:14.400 -
- 38 Italy Franco Scapini Roger Cowman Racing 1:14.660 -
- 14 Italy Massimo Monti Pavesi Racing 1:15.940 -
- 33 Italy Giovanna Amati Colt Racing 1:16.480 -
Sources:[1][2]

Race

Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/retired Grid Pts
1 42 Brazil Roberto Moreno Bromley Motorsport 72 1hr 29min 1.760sec 1 9
2 8 France Jean Alesi Oreca Motorsport 72 + 22.030 s 3 6
3 9 Italy Pierluigi Martini FIRST Racing 72 + 22.950 s 4 4
4 4 France Éric Bernard Ralt Racing Ltd. 72 + 23.460 s 5 3
5 10 Italy Marco Apicella FIRST Racing 72 + 24.540 s 17 2
6 7 France Pierre-Henri Raphanel Oreca Motorsport 72 + 52.480 s 2 1
7 3 New Zealand Mike Thackwell Ralt Racing Ltd. 72 10
8 36 France Fabien Giroix Sport Auto Racing 71 + 1 lap 13
9 16 Netherlands Cor Euser Madgwick International 71 + 1 lap 11
10 29 Italy Claudio Langes GA Motorsport 71 + 1 lap 18
11 23 Japan Aguri Suzuki Roni Motorsport 69 + 3 laps 22
Ret 12 France Olivier Grouillard GBDA Motorsport 55 Accident 7
Ret 11 France Michel Trollé GBDA Motorsport 53 Accident 8
Ret 17 United Kingdom Russell Spence Madgwick International 50 Accident 14
Ret 6 France Paul Belmondo Lola Motorsport 45 Gearbox 19
Ret 29 Austria Pierre Chauvet Team Racetech 3000 41 Accident 24
Ret 40 Italy Paolo Barilla Spirit Racing 27 Accident 9
Ret 5 United Kingdom Mark Blundell Lola Motorsport 18 Handling 20
Ret 27 Switzerland Andrea Chiesa COBRA Motorsport 1 Accident 12
Ret 35 Switzerland Jean-Denis Délétraz Sport Auto Racing 1 Accident 16
Ret 39 Belgium Bertrand Gachot Spirit Racing 0 Accident 6
DNS 30 Sweden Thomas Danielsson Eddie Jordan Racing 0 Did not start 15
Fastest Lap: Marco Apicella (FIRST Racing) – 1:12.72
Sources:[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b "48th Grand Prix de Pau". ultimateracinghistory.com. Retrieved 2018-09-29.
  2. ^ a b "1988 Pau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Retrieved 2018-09-29.