1988 24 Hours of Le Mans

	1988 24 Hours of Le Mans
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The 1988 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 56th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 11 and 12 June 1988. It was also the fifth round of the World Sports-Prototype Championship season.

Race

The Porsches were able to turn up to turbo boost in qualifying, thus were able to qualify in the top spots. Early in the race Jaguar proved to be faster and overtook all the Porsches (In the normal race configuration turbo boost) by the 2nd lap.

After four years of trying with previous evolutions, Jaguar took the XJR-9 to victory against Porsche's works 962C in 1988. Apart from a lone Jaguar in fourth, Porsches filled the rest of the top ten. The Sauber-Mercedes team withdrew prior to the event following concerns over blowouts from their Michelin tires. The race covered a distance of 5,332.97 km, the most distance covered in any of the Le Mans 24 hours races, except 1971 when the Martini Racing Team Porsche 917K covered 5,335.313 km in 397 laps. Those records would however be broken over 20 years later in the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans, when the #9 Audi R15 TDI plus of Joest Racing (under the name Audi Sport North America) tied the record for the number of laps around the Le Mans circuit (at 397 laps) and, due to its changing course configurations (such as the Mulsanne Straight chicanes), set an outright distance record of 5,410.7 km (3,362.1 mi)—roughly the distance between Miami and Seattle—over the 13.629-km course configuration.

This was the second-to-last 24-hour race without chicanes on the Mulsanne Straight, and Team WM Peugeot had prioritised breaking the speed record that year. The WM-P88 Peugeot driven by Frenchman Roger Dorchy managed to reach a top speed of 407 km/h (253 mph)[1] (since Peugeot had just launched their new model 405, it was agreed to advertise the record as "405".[2]) at the end of the six kilometre long Mulsanne Straight having struggled with reliability for the entire event. Following the record setting run, the issues that had plagued the car all weekend (turbocharger, cooling and electrical) finally ended their race.[3]

The Jaguar team suffered from gearbox problems, Lammers holding the car in 4th gear to prevent the gearbox from damaging itself. The Bell, Stuck, Ludwig Porsche 962C came very close to winning, with Ludwig making a rare error by running out of fuel on the track and losing valuable time getting back to the pits. The win ended Porsche's 7-year reign at Le Mans.

Official results

Class winners in bold. Cars failing to complete 70% of the winner's distance marked as Not Classified (NC).

Le Mans in 1988

Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Chassis	Tyre	Laps
Pos	Class	No	Team	Drivers	Engine	Tyre	Laps
1	C1	2	Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Jan Lammers Johnny Dumfries Andy Wallace	Jaguar XJR-9LM	D	394
1	C1	2	Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Jan Lammers Johnny Dumfries Andy Wallace	Jaguar 7.0L V12	D	394
2	C1	17	Porsche AG	Hans-Joachim Stuck Klaus Ludwig Derek Bell	Porsche 962C	D	394
2	C1	17	Porsche AG	Hans-Joachim Stuck Klaus Ludwig Derek Bell	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	D	394
3	C1	8	Blaupunkt Joest Racing	Frank Jelinski Louis Krages Stanley Dickens	Porsche 962C	G	385
3	C1	8	Blaupunkt Joest Racing	Frank Jelinski Louis Krages Stanley Dickens	Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6	G	385
4	C1	22	Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Derek Daly Kevin Cogan Larry Perkins	Jaguar XJR-9LM	D	383
4	C1	22	Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Derek Daly Kevin Cogan Larry Perkins	Jaguar 7.0L V12	D	383
5	C1	7	Blaupunkt Joest Racing	David Hobbs Didier Theys Franz Konrad	Porsche 962C	G	380
5	C1	7	Blaupunkt Joest Racing	David Hobbs Didier Theys Franz Konrad	Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6	G	380
6	C1	19	Porsche AG	Mario Andretti Michael Andretti John Andretti	Porsche 962C	D	375
6	C1	19	Porsche AG	Mario Andretti Michael Andretti John Andretti	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	D	375
7	C1	5	Repsol Brun Motorsport	Jesús Pareja Massimo Sigala Uwe Schäfer	Porsche 962C	M	372
7	C1	5	Repsol Brun Motorsport	Jesús Pareja Massimo Sigala Uwe Schäfer	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	M	372
8	C1	11	Leyton House Kremer Racing	Kris Nissen Harald Grohs George Fouché	Porsche 962C	Y	371
8	C1	11	Leyton House Kremer Racing	Kris Nissen Harald Grohs George Fouché	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	Y	371
9	C1	10	Kenwood Kremer Racing	Kunimitsu Takahashi Hideki Okada Bruno Giacomelli	Porsche 962CK6	Y	370
9	C1	10	Kenwood Kremer Racing	Kunimitsu Takahashi Hideki Okada Bruno Giacomelli	Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6	Y	370
10	C1	33	Takefuji Schuppan Racing Team	Brian Redman Eje Elgh Jean-Pierre Jarier	Porsche 962C	D	359
10	C1	33	Takefuji Schuppan Racing Team	Brian Redman Eje Elgh Jean-Pierre Jarier	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	D	359
11	C1	72	Primagaz Competition	Jürgen Lässig Pierre Yver Dudley Wood	Porsche 962C	G	356
11	C1	72	Primagaz Competition	Jürgen Lässig Pierre Yver Dudley Wood	Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6	G	356
12	C1	36	Toyota Team Tom's	Geoff Lees Masanori Sekiya Kaoru Hoshino	Toyota 88C	B	351
12	C1	36	Toyota Team Tom's	Geoff Lees Masanori Sekiya Kaoru Hoshino	Toyota 3S-GT 2.1L Turbo I4	B	351
13	C2	111	Spice Engineering	Ray Bellm Gordon Spice Pierre de Thoisy	Spice SE88C	G	351
13	C2	111	Spice Engineering	Ray Bellm Gordon Spice Pierre de Thoisy	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	G	351
14	C1	32	Nissan Motorsports	Allan Grice Mike Wilds Win Percy	Nissan (March) R88C	B	344
14	C1	32	Nissan Motorsports	Allan Grice Mike Wilds Win Percy	Nissan VRH30 3.0L Turbo V8	B	344
15	GTP	203	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	Yojiro Terada David Kennedy Pierre Dieudonné	Mazda 757	D	337
15	GTP	203	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	Yojiro Terada David Kennedy Pierre Dieudonné	Mazda 13G 2.0L 3-Rotor	D	337
16	C1	21	Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Danny Sullivan Davy Jones Price Cobb	Jaguar XJR-9LM	D	331
16	C1	21	Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Danny Sullivan Davy Jones Price Cobb	Jaguar 7.0L V12	D	331
17	GTP	201	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	Yoshimi Katayama David Leslie Marc Duez	Mazda 767	D	330
17	GTP	201	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	Yoshimi Katayama David Leslie Marc Duez	Mazda 13J 2.6L 4-Rotor	D	330
18	C2	115	ADA Engineering	Ian Harrower Jiro Yoneyama Hideo Fukuyama	ADA 03	G	318
18	C2	115	ADA Engineering	Ian Harrower Jiro Yoneyama Hideo Fukuyama	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	G	318
19	GTP	202	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	Takashi Yorino Hervé Regout Will Hoy	Mazda 767	D	305
19	GTP	202	Mazdaspeed Co. Ltd.	Takashi Yorino Hervé Regout Will Hoy	Mazda 13J 2.6L 4-Rotor	D	305
20	C2	123	Charles Ivey Racing Team Istel	Tim Harvey Chris Hodgetts John Sheldon	Tiga GC287	D	301
20	C2	123	Charles Ivey Racing Team Istel	Tim Harvey Chris Hodgetts John Sheldon	Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6	D	301
21	C2	124	MT Sport Racing	Jean Messaoudi Pierre-François Rousselot Jean-Luc Roy	Argo JM19C	A	300
21	C2	124	MT Sport Racing	Jean Messaoudi Pierre-François Rousselot Jean-Luc Roy	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	A	300
22	C2	177	Automobiles Louis Descartes (ALD)	Jacques Heuclin Louis Descartes Dominique Lacaud	ALD 04	A	294
22	C2	177	Automobiles Louis Descartes (ALD)	Jacques Heuclin Louis Descartes Dominique Lacaud	BMW M80 3.5L I6	A	294
23	C2	198	Roy Baker Racing	Mike Allison David Andrews Steve Hynes	Tiga GC286	D	294
23	C2	198	Roy Baker Racing	Mike Allison David Andrews Steve Hynes	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	D	294
24	C1	37	Toyota Team Tom's	Paolo Barilla Hitoshi Ogawa Tiff Needell	Toyota 88C	B	283
24	C1	37	Toyota Team Tom's	Paolo Barilla Hitoshi Ogawa Tiff Needell	Toyota 3S-GT 2.1L Turbo I4	B	283
25	C1	117	Team Lucky Strike Schanche	Martin Schanche Robin Smith Robin Donovan	Argo JM19C	G	278
25	C1	117	Team Lucky Strike Schanche	Martin Schanche Robin Smith Robin Donovan	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	G	278
26 NC	C2	113	Primagaz Competition	Max Cohen-Olivar Patrick de Radiguès	Cougar C12	G	273
26 NC	C2	113	Primagaz Competition	Max Cohen-Olivar Patrick de Radiguès	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	G	273
27 NC	C2	151	Pierre-Alain Lombardi	Pierre-Alain Lombardi Bruno Sotty	Rondeau M379	A	271
27 NC	C2	151	Pierre-Alain Lombardi	Pierre-Alain Lombardi Bruno Sotty	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.0L V8	A	271
28 DNF	C1	1	Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Martin Brundle John Nielsen	Jaguar XJR-9LM	D	306
28 DNF	C1	1	Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing	Martin Brundle John Nielsen	Jaguar 7.0L V12	D	306
29 DNF	C1	23	Nissan Motorsports	Kazuyoshi Hoshino Takao Wada Aguri Suzuki	Nissan (March) R88C	B	286
29 DNF	C1	23	Nissan Motorsports	Kazuyoshi Hoshino Takao Wada Aguri Suzuki	Nissan VRH30 3.0L Turbo V8	B	286
30 DNF	C2	103	Spice Engineering	Almo Coppelli Thorkild Thyrring Eliseo Salazar	Spice SE88C	G	281
30 DNF	C2	103	Spice Engineering	Almo Coppelli Thorkild Thyrring Eliseo Salazar	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	G	281
31 DNF	C2	131	Graff Racing	Jean-Philippe Grand Jacques Terrien Maurice Guenoun	Spice SE86C	A	263
31 DNF	C2	131	Graff Racing	Jean-Philippe Grand Jacques Terrien Maurice Guenoun	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	A	263
32 DNF	C1	24	Dollop Racing	Nicola Marozzo Jean-Pierre Frey Ranieri Randaccio	Lancia LC2	D	255
32 DNF	C1	24	Dollop Racing	Nicola Marozzo Jean-Pierre Frey Ranieri Randaccio	Ferrari 308C 3.0L Turbo V8	D	255
33 DNF	C2	127	Chamberlain Engineering	Nick Adams Martin Birrane Richard Jones	Spice SE86C	A	223
33 DNF	C2	127	Chamberlain Engineering	Nick Adams Martin Birrane Richard Jones	Hart 418T 1.8L Turbo I4	A	223
34 DNF	C1	18	Porsche AG	Bob Wollek Sarel van der Merwe Vern Schuppan	Porsche 962C	D	192
34 DNF	C1	18	Porsche AG	Bob Wollek Sarel van der Merwe Vern Schuppan	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	D	192
35 DNF	C1	42	Noël del Bello Racing	Bernard Santal Noël del Bello Bernard de Dryver	Sauber C8	G	157
35 DNF	C1	42	Noël del Bello Racing	Bernard Santal Noël del Bello Bernard de Dryver	Mercedes-Benz M117 5.0L Turbo V8	G	157
36 DNF	C2	121	Cosmik GP Motorsport	Costas Los Wayne Taylor Evan Clements	Spice SE87C	G	145
36 DNF	C2	121	Cosmik GP Motorsport	Costas Los Wayne Taylor Evan Clements	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	G	145
37 DNF	C2	191	PC Automotive	Olindo Iacobelli Alain Ianette John Graham	Argo JM19C	G	130
37 DNF	C2	191	PC Automotive	Olindo Iacobelli Alain Ianette John Graham	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	G	130
38 DNF	C1	3	Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing	John Watson Raul Boesel Henri Pescarolo	Jaguar XJR-9LM	D	129
38 DNF	C1	3	Silk Cut Jaguar Tom Walkinshaw Racing	John Watson Raul Boesel Henri Pescarolo	Jaguar 7.0L V12	D	129
39 DNF	C1	13	Primagaz Competition	Pierre-Henri Raphanel Michel Ferté	Cougar C20B	M	120
39 DNF	C1	13	Primagaz Competition	Pierre-Henri Raphanel Michel Ferté	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	M	120
40 DNF	C2	178	Automobiles Louis Descartes (ALD)	Sylvain Boulay Gérard Tremblay Michel Lateste	ALD 04	A	103
40 DNF	C2	178	Automobiles Louis Descartes (ALD)	Sylvain Boulay Gérard Tremblay Michel Lateste	BMW M80 3.5L I6	A	103
41 DNF	C1	4	Camel Brun Motorsport	Manuel Reuter Walter Lechner Franz Hunkeler	Porsche 962C	M	91
41 DNF	C1	4	Camel Brun Motorsport	Manuel Reuter Walter Lechner Franz Hunkeler	Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6	M	91
42 DNF	C1	85	Italiya Sport Team Le Mans Co.	Michel Trollé Toshio Suzuki Danny Ongais	March 88S	Y	74
42 DNF	C1	85	Italiya Sport Team Le Mans Co.	Michel Trollé Toshio Suzuki Danny Ongais	Nissan VG30ET 3.2L Turbo V6	Y	74
43 DNF	C1	86	Italiya Sport Team Le Mans Co.	Lamberto Leoni Akio Morimoto Anders Olofsson	March 88S	Y	69
43 DNF	C1	86	Italiya Sport Team Le Mans Co.	Lamberto Leoni Akio Morimoto Anders Olofsson	Nissan VG30ET 3.2L Turbo V6	Y	69
44 DNF	C1	30	Courage Compétition	Paul Belmondo François Migault Ukyo Katayama	Courage C22	M	66
44 DNF	C1	30	Courage Compétition	Paul Belmondo François Migault Ukyo Katayama	Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6	M	66
45 DNF	C1	51	WM Secateva	Roger Dorchy Claude Haldi Jean-Daniel Raulet	WM P87	M	59
45 DNF	C1	51	WM Secateva	Roger Dorchy Claude Haldi Jean-Daniel Raulet	Peugeot ZNS4 2.8L Turbo V6	M	59
46 DNF	C2	132	Roland Bassaler	Jean-François Yvon Roland Bassaler Remy Pochauvin	Sauber SHS C6	A	53
46 DNF	C2	132	Roland Bassaler	Jean-François Yvon Roland Bassaler Remy Pochauvin	BMW M80 3.5L I6	A	53
47 DNF	C1	52	WM Secateva	Pascal Pessiot Jean-Daniel Raulet	WM P88	M	22
47 DNF	C1	52	WM Secateva	Pascal Pessiot Jean-Daniel Raulet	Peugeot ZNS4 3.0L Turbo V6	M	22
48 DNF	C2	107	Chamberlain Engineering	Claude Ballot-Léna Jean-Louis Ricci Jean-Claude Andruet	Spice SE88C	A	17
48 DNF	C2	107	Chamberlain Engineering	Claude Ballot-Léna Jean-Louis Ricci Jean-Claude Andruet	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	A	17
49 DNF	C1	20	Team Davey	Tim Lee-Davey Tom Dodd-Noble	Tiga GC88	D	5
49 DNF	C1	20	Team Davey	Tim Lee-Davey Tom Dodd-Noble	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L Turbo V8	D	5
DNS	C2	181	Luigi Taverna Technoracing	Luigi Taverna Fabio Magnani Roberto Ragazzi	Olmas GLT-200	A	-
DNS	C2	181	Luigi Taverna Technoracing	Luigi Taverna Fabio Magnani Roberto Ragazzi	Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8	A	-
DNS	C1	61	Team Sauber Mercedes	Mauro Baldi James Weaver Jochen Mass	Sauber C9	M	-
DNS	C1	61	Team Sauber Mercedes	Mauro Baldi James Weaver Jochen Mass	Mercedes-Benz M117 5.0L Turbo V8	M	-
DNS	C1	62	Team Sauber Mercedes	Klaus Niedzwiedz Kenny Acheson	Sauber C9	M	-
DNS	C1	62	Team Sauber Mercedes	Klaus Niedzwiedz Kenny Acheson	Mercedes-Benz M117 5.0L Turbo V8	M	-

Statistics

Pole Position – Hans-Joachim Stuck, #17 Porsche AG – 3:15.64 (154.758 mph/249.058 km/h)
Fastest Lap – Hans-Joachim Stuck, #17 Porsche AG – 3:22.50
Distance – 5332.97 km
Average Speed – 221.765 km/h
Highest Trap Speed - #51 WM Secaleva - 253 mph (407 km/h) (qualifying) (all-time record)

References

"FIA World Sports-Prototype Championship 1988 - 24 h Le Mans". World Sports Racing Prototypes. 2 October 2005. Archived from the original on 26 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-02.
"Le Mans 24 Hours 1988". Racing Sports Cars. 7 December 2005. Retrieved 2011-02-04.

http://www.mulsannescorner.com/maxspeed.html
"In 1988, a Renegade Le Mans Team Broke The Record At The Mulsanne Straight". roadandtrack.com. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
Lis, Alan (July 2012). "Built for Speed". Racecar Engineering: 36–40. Retrieved 23 February 2013.

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[roadandtrack.com-2] "In 1988, a Renegade Le Mans Team Broke The Record At The Mulsanne Straight". roadandtrack.com. Retrieved 7 June 2017.

[3] Lis, Alan (July 2012). "Built for Speed". Racecar Engineering: 36–40. Retrieved 23 February 2013.

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