Fuji 1000 Kilometres 1988 - Racing Sports Cars

Event: WEC In Japan, 1988 World FIA Sport Prototypes Championship Fuji 1000km		Date: 9.10.1988
Track: Fuji International Speedway (Japan), 4.470 kms	Organiser: unknown
Fuji 1000 Kilometres
FIA World Sports-Prototype Championship (round 10) All Japan Sports Prototype Championship (round 6) Fuji Long Distance Series (round 4)

Weather:	cloudy
Start time:	unknown
Grid:	unknown
Distance:	1000 kilometres
Attendance:	81500

Entered:	41
Practiced:	35
Qualified:	35
Started:	35
Finished:	22
Classified:	22

Classes:	Pract	Start	Class
Group C1	25	25	15
Group C2	7	7	5
IMSA GTP	3	3	2

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

Pre-race sessions:
2 non-qualifying practice sessions held for a total of 180 minutes on 7/10
2 qualifying sessions held for a total of 180 minutes on 8/10
30 minute pre-race warm-up held

Winners:
Overall:	1	Jaguar XJR-9	Brundle / Cheever
Group C2:	103	Spice SE88C Ford	Salazar / Thyrring
IMSA GTP:	202	Mazda 767	Terada / Kennedy
Fastest Laps:
Overall:	17	Porsche 962 C	Klaus Ludwig (D)	1:21.795	196.736 km/h
Group C2:	103	Spice SE88C Ford	Eliseo Salazar (RCH)	1:26.329
IMSA GTP:	201	Mazda 767	Dieudonné / Yorino / Katayama	1:25.217
Pole Positions:
Overall:	27	Porsche 962 C	Hideki Okada (J)	1:18.210	205.754 km/h
Group C2:	111	Spice SE88C Ford	Spice / Bellm	1:24.844
IMSA GTP:	201	Mazda 767	Dieudonné / Yorino / Katayama	1:21.844
Notes of interest:
Top makes by numbers:	Porsche (13), Spice (5), Mazda (3), Toyota (3), Jaguar (2), Sauber (2), Nissan (2), March (2)
Top engines by numbers:	Porsche (13), Ford (6), Nissan (4), Toyota (4), Mazda (3)
Top car types by numbers:	Porsche 962 (13), Spice SE88C (3), Jaguar XJR-9 (2), Sauber C9 (2), Nissan R88C (2), Mazda 767 (2), Toyota 88C-V (2), March 88S (2)
Driver nationalities:	J (27), GB (15), D (8), I (6), S (5), F (5), USA (4), AUS (3), B (2), ZA (2)
Team nationalities:	J (16), GB (8), D (6), AUS (2), CH (2)
Most used colours:	white (45%), blue (21%), red (12%), black (10%), yellow (4%)
Engine positions:	mid-engined (100%)
Average engine size:	3361 cc (with regard to 65% turbocharged cars and 10% cars with rotary engine an applicable size is 4657 cc)
Oldest known drivers:	Claude Ballot-Léna (52), Brian Redman (51), Kunimitsu Takahashi (48)
Youngest known drivers:	George Fouché (23), Steven Andskar (24), Martin Donnelly (24)

Official Race Programme:

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