The 1988 1000 km Fuji was the tenth round of the 1988 World Sports-Prototype Championship as well as the sixth and final round of the 1988 All Japan Sports Prototype Car Endurance Championship. It took place at the Fuji Speedway, Japan on September 18, 1988.

Layout of the Fuji Speedway (1987–2003)

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 224
Jaguar 7.0L V12
2 C1 17   Omron Porsche AG   Klaus Ludwig
  Price Cobb
Porsche 962C D 223
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
3 C1 8   Joest Racing   Frank Jelinski
  "John Winter"
Porsche 962C G 221
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
4 C1 27   From-A Racing   Hideki Okada
  Stanley Dickens
Porsche 962C B 221
Porsche Type-935 3.2L Turbo Flat-6
5 C1 61   Team Sauber Mercedes   Jean-Louis Schlesser
  Jochen Mass
  Kenny Acheson
Sauber C9 M 220
Mercedes-Benz M117 5.0L Turbo V8
6 C1 25   Advan Alpha Nova   Kunimitsu Takahashi
  Kazou Mogi
Porsche 962C Y 217
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
7 C1 99   Rothmans Porsche Team Schuppan   Maurizio Sandro Sala
  Eje Elgh
Porsche 962C D 214
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
8 C1 28   Leyton House Racing Team   Naoki Nagasaka
  Kaoru Hoshino
  Masahiko Kageyama
Porsche 962C B 214
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
9 C1 23   Nissan Motorsports   Kazuyoshi Hoshino
  Kenji Takahashi
  Allan Grice
Nissan R88C B 214
Nissan VEJ30 3.0L Turbo V8
10 C1 100   Trust Racing Team   Sarel van der Merwe
  George Fouché
  Vern Schuppan
Porsche 962C GTi D 214
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
11 C2 103   BP Spice Engineering   Eliseo Salazar
  Thorkild Thyrring
Spice SE88C G 212
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
12 C1 32   Nissan Motorsports   Masahiro Hasemi
  Aguri Suzuki
Nissan R88C B 210
Nissan VEJ30 3.0L Turbo V8
13 C2 121   Cosmik GP Motorsport   Tom Hessert
  Costas Los
Spice SE87C G 209
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
14 GTP 202   Mazdaspeed   Yojiro Terada
  David Kennedy
Mazda 767 D 209
Mazda 13J 2.6L 4-Rotor
15 C2 106   Kelmar Racing   Ranieri Randaccio
  Vito Veninata
Tiga GC288 A 207
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
16 C1 11   Leyton House Racing Team
  Porsche Kremer Racing
  Oscar Larrauri
  Bruno Giacomelli
Porsche 962CK6 B 206
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
17 C1 33   Takefuji Racing Team Schuppan   Brian Redman
  Derek Bell
Porsche 962C D 192
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
18 C2 171   British Barn Racing Team   Hideo Fukuyama
  Jirou Yoneyama
  Kiyoshi Misaki
British Barn JTK 63C ? 189
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
19 C2 127   Chamberlain Engineering   Ian Khan
  Arthur Abrahams
  Dan Murphy
Spice SE86C A 187
Hart 418T 1.8L Turbo I4
20 GTP 230   Shizumatsu Racing   Tetsuji Shiratori
  Syuuji Fujii
  Terumitsu Fujieda
Mazda 757 ? 181
Mazda 13G 2.0L 3-Rotor
21 C1 37   Toyota Team Tom's   Hitoshi Ogawa
  Stefan Johansson
  Paolo Barilla
Toyota 88C-V B 161
Toyota R32V 3.2L Turbo V8
22 C1 36   Toyota Team Tom's   Masanori Sekiya
  Keiichi Suzuki
  Geoff Lees
Toyota 88C-V B 159
Toyota R32V 3.2L Turbo V8
23
DNF
C2 107   Chamberlain Engineering   Claude Ballot-Léna
  Jean-Louis Ricci
  Ian Khan
Spice SE88C A 197
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
24
DNF
C1 7   Joest Racing   Harald Grohs
  Bob Wollek
Porsche 962C G 191
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
25
DNF
C1 62   Team Sauber Mercedes   Mauro Baldi
  Philippe Streiff
Sauber C9 M 175
Mercedes-Benz M117 5.0L Turbo V8
26
DNF
C2 111   BP Spice Engineering   Ray Bellm
  Gordon Spice
Spice SE88C G 175
Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8
27
DNF
C1 10   Porsche Kremer Racing   Volker Weidler
  Manuel Reuter
Porsche 962CK6 Y 171
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
28
DNF
C1 20   Team Davey   Tim Lee-Davey
  Tom Dodd-Noble
  Katsunori Iketani
Porsche 962C D 112
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
29
DNF
C1 50   SARD   Syuuroku Sasaki
  Martin Donnelly
  Jochen Dauer
SARD MC88S D 109
Toyota 3S-GTM 2.1L Turbo I4
30
DNF
GTP 201   Mazdaspeed   Takashi Yorino
  Yoshimi Katayama
  Pierre Dieudonné
Mazda 767 D 96
Mazda 13J 2.6L 4-Rotor
31
DNF
C1 2   Silk Cut Jaguar   Jan Lammers
  Johnny Dumfries
Jaguar XJR-9 D 35
Jaguar 7.0L V12
32
DNF
C1 86   Italiya Racing Team
  Team Le Mans
  Takao Wada
  Anders Olofsson
March 88S Y 25
Nissan VG30 3.2L Turbo V6
33
DNF
C1 77   Memorex Telex Racing Team
  Brun Motorsport
  Tiff Needell
  Gianpiero Moretti
  Harald Huysman
Porsche 962C ? 14
Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6
34
DNF
C1 85   Person's Racing Team
  Team Le Mans
  Toshio Suzuki
  Akio Morimoto
March 88S Y 11
Nissan VG30 3.2L Turbo V6
35
DNF
C1 45   Auto Beaurex Motorsport   Andrew Gilbert-Scott
  Steven Andskär
Toyota 87C D 6
Toyota 3S-GTM 2.1L Turbo I4

Statistics

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  • Pole Position - #27 From-A Racing - 1:18.210
  • Fastest Lap - #17 Omron Porsche AG - 1:21.795
  • Average Speed - 183.106 km/h

References

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  • "FIA World Sports-Prototype Championship 1988 - 1000 km Fuji". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 26 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
  • "Fuji 1000 Kilometres 1988". Racing Sports Cars. 13 August 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-05.


World Sportscar Championship
Previous race:
1988 1000km of Spa
1988 season Next race:
1988 360km of Sandown Park
All Japan Sports Prototype Championship
Previous race:
1988 1000km of Suzuka
1988 season Next race:
None