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

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

• 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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