1988 1000 km of Fuji

The 1000 - km race at Fuji in 1988 was held on October 9 and was the tenth championship round of the World Sportscar Championship this year. In addition, the race belonged to the Japanese sports car for Fuji Long Distance Series.

The race

The race at the Fuji Speedway was the tenth championship round of the World Sportscar Championship. The World Cup had already been decided. With the second overall on the previous race, the 1000 - km race in Spa -Francorchamps, the Jaguar factory team secured under the leadership of Tom Walkinshaw, the Rating brands World Cup and Martin Brundle the title of a sports car world champion driver.

Although this important decision had been made, 40 vehicles were reported, of which 35 participated in the race. The fastest in practice achieved surprisingly, the Japanese Hideki Okada, of a Porsche 962C shared with the Swede Stanley Dickens. The quickest C2 -powered car was missing from the training of Spice SE88C of Gordon Spice and Ray Bellm, the six seconds on the fastest C1 vehicles. The class of the IMSA GTP prototypes dominated the works cars from Mazda.

The race ended with another Jaguar overall victory. Martin Brundle and Eddie Cheever won on a XJR- 9 with the one-lap advantage on the works Porsche 962C by Price Cobb and Klaus Ludwig, who also scored the fastest lap time in the race. Third place went to Frank Jelinski and Louis Krages in another Porsche 962C; This car was reported by Joest Racing. In the C2 class victory went to the former Chilean Formula 1 driver Eliseo Salazar, a spice with the Dane Thorkild Thyrring shared. The class victory in the IMSA GTP series Yojiro Terada and Dave Kennedy picked up on a Mazda 767

Results

Final ranking

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Here are the teams, drivers and vehicles that were originally registered for the competition, but it did not participate for various reasons.

Class winner

Race data

• Reported: 40
• Starter: 35
• Counted: 22
• Racing classes: 3
• Attendance: 81,500
• Weather on race day: cloudy but dry
• Track length: 4.470 km
• Travel time of the winning team: 5:28:05,941 hours
• Total rounds of the winning team: 224
• Total distance of the winning team: 1001.280 km
• Winners section: 183.106 km / h
• Pole Position: Hideki Okada - Porsche 962C (# 27) - 1.21.795 - 196.736 km / h
• Fastest race lap: Klaus Ludwig - Porsche 962C (# 17) - 1.16.180 - 193.941 km / h
• Racing Series: Round 10 of the World Sportscar Championship in 1988