Le Mans 24 Hours 1988 - Racing Sports Cars

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Event: 24 Heures du Mans		Date: 12.6.1988
Track: Circuit de la Sarthe, Le Mans (France), 13.535 kms	Organiser: Automobile Club de L'Oest
Le Mans 24 Hours
FIA World Sports-Prototype Championship (round 5)

Weather:	warm, sunny
Start time:	11/6 15:00
Grid:	2-2-2, PP right
Distance:	24 hours
Attendance:	260000

Entered:	69
Practiced:	53
Qualified:	50
Started:	49
Finished:	27
Classified:	25

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Group C1	31	29	15
Group C2	18	17	7
IMSA GTP	3	3	3

Photo Gallery Entered Cars Technical Data Appearance Race Results Grid Qualifying Lap Times

Pre-race sessions:
4 qualifying sessions held on 8-9/6

Winners:

Overall:	2	Jaguar XJR-9 LM	Lammers / Dumfries / Wallace
Group C2:	111	Spice SE88C Ford	Bellm / Spice / de Thoisy
IMSA GTP:	203	Mazda 757	Terada / Kennedy / Dieudonné

Fastest Laps:

Overall:	17	Porsche 962C	Hans-Joachim Stuck (D)	3:22.500	240.622 km/h
IMSA GTP	201	Mazda 767	Katayama / Duez / Leslie	3:34.710

Pole Positions:

Overall:	17	Porsche 962C	Hans-Joachim Stuck (D)	3:15.640	249.059 km/h
Group C2	127	Spice SE86C Hart	Jones / Birrane / Adams	3:30.260
IMSA GTP	202	Mazda 767	Yorino / Hoy / Regout	3:39.320	222.169 km/h

Notes of interest:

Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (11), Spice (6), Jaguar (5), Mazda (3), Tiga (3), Argo (3), Cougar (3)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (14), Ford (13), Jaguar (5), Nissan (4), Mazda (3), BMW (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 962 (11), Jaguar XJR-9 (5), Spice SE88C (3), Argo JM19C (3)
Driver nationalities:	F (35), GB (28), J (16), USA (11), D (8), I (7), B (6), CH (5), S (3), IRL (3), AUS (3), DK (3), ZA (3)
Team nationalities:	GB (13), F (12), J (9), D (7), CH (3), USA (2)
Most used colours:	white (42%), blue (17%), red (16%), yellow (7%)
Engine positions:	middle-engined (100%)
Average engine size:	3439 cc (with regard to 53% turbocharged cars and 6% cars with rotary engine an applicable size is 4418 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Claude Ballot-Léna (52), Brian Redman (51), David Hobbs (49)
Youngest known drivers:	George Fouché (23), Davy Jones (24), Ukyou Katayama (25)

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