1988 1000 km of Silverstone

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.

Map of the Silverstone Circuit (1987-1988)

Official results

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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   Silk Cut Jaguar   Martin Brundle
  Eddie Cheever
Jaguar XJR-9 D 210
Jaguar 7.0L V12
2 C1 61   Team Sauber Mercedes   Jean-Louis Schlesser
  Jochen Mass
Sauber C9 M 210
Mercedes-Benz M117 5.0L Turbo V8
3 C1 62   Team Sauber Mercedes   Mauro Baldi
  James Weaver
Sauber C9 M 208
Mercedes-Benz M117 5.0L Turbo V8
4 C1 7   Blaupunkt Joest Racing   Philippe Streiff
  Bob Wollek
  David Hobbs
Porsche 962C G 205
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
5 C1 8   Joest Racing   Frank Jelinski
  "John Winter"
  Stanley Dickens
Porsche 962C G 198
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
6 C2 103   BP Spice Engineering   Almo Coppelli
  Thorkild Thyrring
Spice SE88C G 191
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
7 C1 40   Swiss Team Salamin   Antoine Salamin
  Max Cohen-Olivar
  Hellmut Mundas
Porsche 962C G 191
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
8 C2 111   BP Spice Engineering   Ray Bellm
  Gordon Spice
Spice SE88C G 189
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
9 GTP 201   Mazdaspeed   Yojiro Terada
  Yoshimi Katayama
  David Kennedy
Mazda 757 D 186
Mazda 13J 2.6L 4-Rotor
10 C2 109   Kelmar Racing   Ranieri Randaccio
  Vito Veninata
  Pasquale Barberio
Tiga GC288 A 181
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
11 C2 123   Charles Ivey Racing
  Team Istel
  Chris Hodgetts
  Duncan Bain
  Tim Harvey
Tiga GC287 D 180
Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6
12 C2 107   Chamberlain Engineering   Claude Ballot-Léna
  Jean-Louis Ricci
Spice SE88C A 166
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
13 C2 191   PC Automotive   Richard Piper
  Olindo Iacobelli
Argo JM19C G 166
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
14 C2 198   Roy Baker Racing   Chris Ashmore
  Mike Kimpton
  David Andrews
Tiga GC286 G 165
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
15 C2 178   Automobiles Louis Descartes   Louis Descartes
  Gérard Tremblay
  Michel Lateste
ALD C2 A 156
BMW M80 3.5L I6
16 C2 181   Luigi Taverna Technoracing   Fabio Magnani
  Luigi Taverna
  Roberto Ragazzi
Olmas GLT-200 A 147
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.0L V8
17
NC
C2 115   ADA Engineering   Tom Dodd-Noble
  Colin Pool
  Stefano Sebastiani
ADA 03 G 129
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
18
DSQ
C1 14   Richard Lloyd Racing   Derek Bell
  Tiff Needell
Porsche 962C GTi G 205
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
19
DNF
C1 2   Silk Cut Jaguar   Jan Lammers
  Johnny Dumfries
Jaguar XJR-9 D 204
Jaguar 7.0L V12
20
DNF
C2 112   FAI Automotive   Sean Walker
  Paul Stott
  Evan Clements
Tiga GC287 G 73
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
21
DNF
C1 10   Porsche Kremer Racing   Harald Grohs
  Kris Nissen
Porsche 962C Y 72
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
22
DNF
C1 42   Unigestion Team
  Noël del Bello
  Jacques Guillot
  Noël del Bello
  Bernard Santal
Sauber C8 G 69
Mercedes-Benz M117 5.0L Turbo V8
23
DNF
C2 177   Automobiles Louis Descartes   Dominique Lacaud
  Michel Lateste
ALD C2 A 67
BMW M80 3.5L I6
23
DNF
C2 121   Cosmik GP Motorsport   Wayne Taylor
  Costas Los
Spice SE87C G 50
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
24
DNF
C2 127   Chamberlain Engineering   Ian Khan
  Nick Adams
Spice SE86C A 40
Hart 418T 1.8L Turbo I4
23
DNF
C2 24   Dollop Racing   Nicola Marozzo
  Jean-Pierre Frey
Lancia LC2 D 28
Ferrari 308C 3.0L Turbo V8
24
DNF
C2 117   Team Lucky Strike Schanche   Martin Schanche
  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

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  • 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

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  • "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
1988 season Next race:
1988 24 Hours of Le Mans