La stagione 1988 della Formula 3000 giapponese fu corsa su 8 gran premi. Vi presero parte 18 differenti team, 24 differenti piloti, 5 differenti telaisti e 3 differenti motoristi. La serie venne vinta dal pilota nipponico Aguri Suzuki che utilizzò una Footwork MC030-Cosworth Yamaha, una March 87B-Cosworth Yamaha e una Reynard 88D-Cosworth Yamaha

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Team	Telaio	Nr.	Pilota	Gare
Cabin Racing Team with Impul	Lola T88-50-Mugen	1	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Tutte
Team Kitamura	March 87B-Mugen	2	Kenny Acheson	1-6
Cabin Racing Team with Heroes	March 87B-Mugen March 88B-Mugen Reynard 88D-Mugen	3	Akio Morimoto	Tutte
Speed Star Wheel Racing Team	Lola T87-50-Mugen Lola T88-50-Mugen	5	Masahiro Hasemi	Tutte
	Lola T87-50-Mugen	6	Jeff Krosnoff	8
Advan Sports Nova	Lola T88-50-Mugen	7	Kunimitsu Takahashi	Tutte
Meiju Racing	March 88B-Mugen March 87B-Mugen Lola T87-50-Mugen Dome F101-Mugen	8	Keiji Matsumoto	1-4, 6-8
Marlboro Team Nova	Lola T87-50-Mugen Lola T88-50-Mugen	9	Hideki Okada	Tutte
Tenoras with Takeshi Project Racing Team	March 87B-Cosworth	10/20	Hideshi Matsuda	2-8
Middle-Bridge Team Le Mans	March 88B-Mugen Reynard 88D-Mugen	11	Emanuele Pirro	Tutte
Ba-Tsu Racing Team	March 87B-Mugen Lola T88-50-Mugen	12	Ukyo Katayama	Tutte
Leyton House Racing Team	March 88B-Mugen	15	Hitoshi Ogawa	4-8
	March 88B-Mugen Lola T87-50-Mugen	16	Masanori Sekiya	Tutte
Checker Motor Sports Club	Lola T86-50-Cosworth	17	Tetsuya Oota	1-3, 4-7
			Dave Scott	8
Italya Team Le Mans	March 88B-Mugen Reynard 88D-Mugen	25	Geoff Lees	Tutte
Advan Sport Pal	March 88B-Mugen Lola T88-50-Mugen	26	Takao Wada	Tutte
Sics Racing Team	March 88B-Cosworth Lola T88-50-Cosworth	28	Kazuo Mogi	Tutte
Sundai Spilit Team	Lola T88-50-Cosworth	30	Eje Elgh	Tutte
Supercad Racing Team	March 87B-Cosworth	31	Katsunori Iketani	7-8
Shimizu Racing	Lola T88-50-Cosworth	33	Masamoto Shimizu	1-2, 4-8
Wacoal Dome Racing Team	March 87B-Cosworth Yamaha March 88B-Cosworth Yamaha Reynard 88D-Cosworth	38	Ross Cheever	Tutte
Footwork Sports Racing Team	Footowork MC030-Cosworth Yamaha March 87B-Cosworth Yamaha Reynard 88D-Cosworth Yamaha	55	Aguri Suzuki	Tutte
	Mooncraft MC031-Cosworth	56	Dave Scott	6-7
	Mooncraft MC040-Mugen		Mark Blundell	8

Gara	Circuito	Tempo	Velocità	Pole position	GPV	Vincitore	Vettura
1	Suzuka	1'07:41.170	181,935 km/h	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Aguri Suzuki	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Lola-Mugen
2	Fuji	1'01:34.523	196,004 km/h	Aguri Suzuki	Aguri Suzuki	Aguri Suzuki	March-Cosworth Yamaha
3	Mine	1'16:05.876	159,861 km/h	Aguri Suzuki	Aguri Suzuki	Aguri Suzuki	March-Cosworth Yamaha
4	Suzuka	1'07:42.494	181,875 km/h	Aguri Suzuki	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Aguri Suzuki	March-Cosworth Yamaha
5	Sugo	1'09:00.620	173,901 km/h	Ross Cheever	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Geoff Lees	Reynard-Mugen
6	Fuji	1'02:27.678	193,224 km/h	Geoff Lees	Takao Wada	Takao Wada	Lola-Mugen
7	Suzuka	1'14:58.537	164,246 km/h	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Takao Wada	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Lola-Mugen
8	Suzuka	1'06:30.016	185,179 km/h	Masanori Sekiya	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Lola-Mugen

I punti sono assegnati secondo lo schema seguente:

Contano solo i migliori 6 risultati.

Pos Pilota 2&4 INT ALL SFJ SUG RRC GRT SFR Punti validi[1] 1 Aguri Suzuki 2 1 1 1 Rit 2 2 Rit 45 2 Kazuyoshi Hoshino 1 2 3 2 3 Rit 1 1 43 (47) 3 Emanuele Pirro 9 5 2 4 2 4 3 4 25 (27) 4 Masanori Sekiya Rit 3 6 3 Rit Rit 4 2 18 5 Geoff Lees 4 13 4 Rit 1 Rit Rit Rit 15 6 Takao Wada 5 7 Rit Rit 4 1 6 10 15 7 Kunimitsu Takahashi 3 Rit 7 5 6 3 10 6 12 8 Hideki Okada Rit 4 5 6 7 5 Rit 5 10 9 Masahiro Hasemi Rit Rit 8 13 8 7 Rit 3 4 10 Ross Cheever 6 8 12 Rit 14 6 5 Rit 4 11 Ukyo Katayama 11 Rit Rit 7 5 8 12 Rit 2 12 Keiji Matsumoto 13 6 Rit Rit Rit 16 Rit 1 13 Akio Morimoto 10 Rit 11 8 Rit Rit 7 7 0 14 Eje Elgh 7 12 10 10 9 9 9 9 0 15 Kenny Acheson 8 Rit 9 15 Rit 14 0 16 Dave Scott 10 8 Rit 0 17 Hitoshi Ogawa 12 12 11 11 8 0 18 Masamoto Shimizu 12 9 9 10 12 13 Rit 0 19 Kazuo Mogi Rit 10 Rit 11 Rit Rit 15 11 0 20 Tetsuya Oota Rit 11 14 11 Rit Rit 0 21 Hideshi Matsuda NP 13 Rit 13 13 14 12 0 22 Jeff Krosnoff 13 0 - Katsunori Iketani NQ Rit - - Mark Blundell Rit - Pos Pilota 2&4 INT ALL SFJ SUG RRC GRT SFR Punti validi

Colore Risultato Oro Vincitore Argento 2º posto Bronzo 3º posto Verde Finito a punti Blu Finito senza punti Viola Ritirato (Rit) Non classificato (NC) Rosso Non qualificato (NQ) Nero Squalificato (SQ) Bianco Non partito (NP) Bianco Non ha gareggiato Infortunato (INF) Escluso (ES) Gara cancellata (C)

R=ritirato NS=non parte NQ=non qualificato

Pos	Nome	Team	Telaio	Motore	2&4		INT		ALL		SFJ		SUG		RRC		GRT		SFR
1	Aguri Suzuki	Footwork Racing International	Footwork	Cosworth-Yamaha	18
			March			2	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	R	4	2
			Reynard														3	2	4	R
2	Kazuyoshi Hoshino	Team Impul	Lola	Mugen Honda	1	1	5	2	3	3	3	2	5	3	2	R	1	1	3	1
3	Emanuele Pirro	Team LeMans	March	Mugen Honda	17	9	16	5	5	2	8	4
			Reynard										8	2	13	4	5	3	12	4
4	Masanori Sekiya	Leyton House Racing	March	Mugen Honda	3	R
			Lola				2	3	6	6	2	3	3	R	3	R	4	4	1	2
5	Geoff Lees	Team LeMans	March	Mugen Honda	6	4	3	13	2	4	5	R
			Reynard										2	1	1	R	2	R	2	R
	Takao Wada	Advan Sport Pal	March	Mugen Honda	4	5
			Lola				11	7	13	R	6	R	10	4	6	1	11	6	11	10
7	Kunimitsu Takahashi	Team Nova	Lola	Mugen Honda	5	3	7	R	15	7	7	5	11	6	10	3	7	10	10	6
8	Hideki Okada	Team Nova	Lola	Mugen Honda	2	R	4	4	4	5	4	6	7	7	7	5	6	R	13	5
9	Ross Cheever	Dome	March	Cosworth-Yamaha	9	6	8	8	8	12	10	R
			Reynard										1	14	9	6	9	5	22	R
	Masahiro Hasemi	Speed Star Wheel Racing Team	Lola	Mugen Honda	8	R	6	R	11	8	11	13	9	8	12	7	16	R	7	3
11	Ukyo Katayama	Ba-Tsu Racing	March	Mugen Honda	13	11	13	R	7	R	14	7
			Lola										6	5	8	8	12	12	5	R
12	Keiji Matsumoto	Meiju Racing	March	Mugen Honda	7	13	10	6			9	R	-	-
			Lola						10	R					5	R	15	16	6	R
-	Akio Morimoto	Cabin Racing/Heroes	March	Mugen Honda	10	10	12	R	12	11	16	8	17	R
			Reynard												11	R	8	7	14	7
-	Eje Elgh	Sundai Spilit Team	Lola	Mugen Honda	15	7	14	12	14	10	18	10	16	9	15	9	14	9	16	9
-	Kenny Acheson	Team Kitamura	March	Mugen Honda	11	8	9	R	9	9	12	15	14	R	14	14	-	-	-	-
-	Dave Scott	Footwork Racing International	Mooncraft	Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	10	10	8
		Checker Motor Sports Club	Lola																19	R
-	Hitoshi Ogawa	Leyton House Racing	March	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	-	-	13	12	13	12	17	11	13	11	8	8
-	Masatomo Shimizu	Shimizu Racing	Lola	Cosworth	12	12	15	9	-	-	15	9	12	10	18	12	17	13	20	R
-	Kazumo Mogi	Sics Racing	March	Cosworth	16	R	18	10	16	R
			Lola								19	11	19	R	19	R	19	15	18	11
-	Tetsuya Ota	Checker Motor Sports Club	Lola	Cosworth	14	R	19	11	-	-	20	14	15	11	20	R	21	R	-	-
-	Hideshi Matsuda	Takeshi Project Racing	March	Cosworth	-	-	17	NS	17	13	17	R	18	13	21	13	18	14	17	12
-	Jeff Krosnoff	Speed Star Wheel Racing	Lola	Mugen Honda	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15	13
-	Katsunori Iketani	Supercard Racing	March	Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	NQ	21	R
-	Mark Blundell	Footwork Racing International	Mooncraft	Cosworth	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	R
Pos	Nome	Team	Telaio	Motore	2&4		INT		ALL		SFJ		SUG		RRC		GRT		SFR

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