# 1988 1000 km of Nürburgring

The 1988 ADAC 1000 km Nürburgring was the eighth round of the 1988 World Sportscar Championship season. It took place at the Nürburgring, West Germany on September 3 and 4, 1988.

## Pre-race

Prior to the race weekend, the Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club (ADAC), organisers of the event, decided to alter the schedule for the race weekend as well as the format of the race itself.
Rather than being a continual six hour event, the race was broken into two heats. The first heat was to be run on Saturday evening, going from dusk into darkness, and running for three hours of 500 kilometres, whichever was achieved first. The second heat would then be run on Sunday afternoon for an equal distance to make up the 1000 kilometre total distance. The times from each entry would be combined from the two events in order to determine an overall winner.
Several teams and drivers protested this change, in part due to the rain and fog present on the race weekend. All teams however did race any way.

## Official results

These results show the combined times from both heats. 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 |
| Pos | Class | No | Team | Drivers | Engine | Tyre | Laps |
| 1 | C1 | 61 | Team Sauber Mercedes | Jean-Louis Schlesser Jochen Mass | Sauber C9 | M | 200 |
| 1 | C1 | 61 | Team Sauber Mercedes | Jean-Louis Schlesser Jochen Mass | Mercedes-Benz M117 5.0L Turbo V8 | M | 200 |
| 2 | C1 | 1 | Silk Cut Jaguar | Martin Brundle Eddie Cheever | Jaguar XJR-9 | D | 199 |
| 2 | C1 | 1 | Silk Cut Jaguar | Martin Brundle Eddie Cheever | Jaguar 7.0L V12 | D | 199 |
| 3 | C1 | 7 | Joest Racing | Paolo Barilla Bob Wollek | Porsche 962C | G | 196 |
| 3 | C1 | 7 | Joest Racing | Paolo Barilla Bob Wollek | Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 | G | 196 |
| 4 | C1 | 8 | Joest Racing | Frank Jelinski "John Winter" | Porsche 962C | G | 194 |
| 4 | C1 | 8 | Joest Racing | Frank Jelinski "John Winter" | Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 | G | 194 |
| 5 | C1 | 6 | Brun Motorsport | Manuel Reuter Jesús Pareja | Porsche 962C | M | 193 |
| 5 | C1 | 6 | Brun Motorsport | Manuel Reuter Jesús Pareja | Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 | M | 193 |
| 6 | C1 | 4 | Brun Motorsport | Walter Brun Harald Huysman | Porsche 962C | M | 192 |
| 6 | C1 | 4 | Brun Motorsport | Walter Brun Harald Huysman | Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 | M | 192 |
| 7 | C1 | 14 | Richard Lloyd Racing | Martin Donnelly David Hobbs | Porsche 962C GTi | G | 191 |
| 7 | C1 | 14 | Richard Lloyd Racing | Martin Donnelly David Hobbs | Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 | G | 191 |
| 8 | C1 | 2 | Silk Cut Jaguar | Jan Lammers Johnny Dumfries | Jaguar XJR-9 | D | 186 |
| 8 | C1 | 2 | Silk Cut Jaguar | Jan Lammers Johnny Dumfries | Jaguar 7.0L V12 | D | 186 |
| 9 | C1 | 40 | Swiss Team Salamin | Antoine Salamin Giovanni Lavaggi | Porsche 962C | G | 182 |
| 9 | C1 | 40 | Swiss Team Salamin | Antoine Salamin Giovanni Lavaggi | Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 | G | 182 |
| 10 | C1 | 10 | Porsche Kremer Racing | Volker Weidler Bruno Giacomelli | Porsche 962CK6 | Y | 181 |
| 10 | C1 | 10 | Porsche Kremer Racing | Volker Weidler Bruno Giacomelli | Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 | Y | 181 |
| 11 | C1 | 5 | Brun Motorsport | Uwe Schäfer Oscar Larrauri | Porsche 962C | M | 180 |
| 11 | C1 | 5 | Brun Motorsport | Uwe Schäfer Oscar Larrauri | Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 | M | 180 |
| 12 | C2 | 106 | Kelmar Racing | Pasquale Barberio Vito Veninata | Tiga GC288 | A | 176 |
| 12 | C2 | 106 | Kelmar Racing | Pasquale Barberio Vito Veninata | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | A | 176 |
| 13 | C2 | 103 | Spice Engineering | Almo Coppelli Thorkild Thyrring | Spice SE88C | G | 175 |
| 13 | C2 | 103 | Spice Engineering | Almo Coppelli Thorkild Thyrring | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | G | 175 |
| 14 | C2 | 127 | Chamberlain Engineering | John Williams Nick Adams Richard Jones | Spice SE86C | A | 173 |
| 14 | C2 | 127 | Chamberlain Engineering | John Williams Nick Adams Richard Jones | Hart 418T 1.8L Turbo I4 | A | 173 |
| 15 | C2 | 191 | PC Automotive | Richard Piper Olindo Iacobelli | Argo JM19C | G | 159 |
| 15 | C2 | 191 | PC Automotive | Richard Piper Olindo Iacobelli | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | G | 159 |
| 16 | C2 | 121 | GP Motorsport | Wayne Taylor Costas Los | Spice SE87C | G | 158 |
| 16 | C2 | 121 | GP Motorsport | Wayne Taylor Costas Los | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | G | 158 |
| 17 NC | C2 | 198 | Roy Baker Racing | John Sheldon Neil Crang | Tiga GC286 | G | 137 |
| 17 NC | C2 | 198 | Roy Baker Racing | John Sheldon Neil Crang | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | G | 137 |
| 18 DNF | C2 | 109 | Kelmar Racing | Ranieri Randaccio Maurizio Gellini | Tiga GC288 | A | 137 |
| 18 DNF | C2 | 109 | Kelmar Racing | Ranieri Randaccio Maurizio Gellini | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | A | 137 |
| 19 DNF | C2 | 177 | Automobiles Louis Descartes | Gérard Tremblay Louis Descartes Dominique Lacaud | ALD C2 | A | 126 |
| 19 DNF | C2 | 177 | Automobiles Louis Descartes | Gérard Tremblay Louis Descartes Dominique Lacaud | BMW M80 3.5L I6 | A | 126 |
| 20 DNF | C2 | 124 | MT Sport Racing | Pierre-François Rousselot Jean Messaoudi | Argo JM19C | A | 125 |
| 20 DNF | C2 | 124 | MT Sport Racing | Pierre-François Rousselot Jean Messaoudi | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | A | 125 |
| 21 DNF | C1 | 20 | Team Davey | Tim Lee-Davey Tom Dodd-Noble Peter Oberndofer | Porsche 962C | D | 110 |
| 21 DNF | C1 | 20 | Team Davey | Tim Lee-Davey Tom Dodd-Noble Peter Oberndofer | Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 | D | 110 |
| 22 DNF | C1 | 24 | Dollop Racing | Paolo Giangrossi Jean-Pierre Frey | Lancia LC2 | D | 99 |
| 22 DNF | C1 | 24 | Dollop Racing | Paolo Giangrossi Jean-Pierre Frey | Ferrari 308C 3.0L Turbo V8 | D | 99 |
| 23 DNF | C1 | 62 | Team Sauber Mercedes | Mauro Baldi Stefan Johansson | Sauber C9 | M | 89 |
| 23 DNF | C1 | 62 | Team Sauber Mercedes | Mauro Baldi Stefan Johansson | Mercedes-Benz M117 5.0L Turbo V8 | M | 89 |
| 24 DNF | C2 | 160 | Günter Gebhardt Motorsport | Hellmut Mundas Stefan Neuberger Rudi Seher | Gebhardt JC873 | ? | 89 |
| 24 DNF | C2 | 160 | Günter Gebhardt Motorsport | Hellmut Mundas Stefan Neuberger Rudi Seher | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | ? | 89 |
| 25 DNF | C2 | 117 | Team Lucky Strike Schanche | "Pierre Chauvet" Robin Smith | Argo JM19C | G | 86 |
| 25 DNF | C2 | 117 | Team Lucky Strike Schanche | "Pierre Chauvet" Robin Smith | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | G | 86 |
| 26 DNF | C1 | 16 | Dauer Racing | Jochen Dauer Franz Konrad | Porsche 962C | G | 84 |
| 26 DNF | C1 | 16 | Dauer Racing | Jochen Dauer Franz Konrad | Porsche Type-935 3.0L Turbo Flat-6 | G | 84 |
| 27 DNF | C2 | 183 | Walter Maurer | Walter Maurer Helmut Gall Edgar Dören | Maurer Lotec C87 | ? | 80 |
| 27 DNF | C2 | 183 | Walter Maurer | Walter Maurer Helmut Gall Edgar Dören | BMW 2.0L Turbo I4 | ? | 80 |
| 28 DNF | C2 | 111 | Spice Engineering | Ray Bellm Gordon Spice | Spice SE88C | G | 75 |
| 28 DNF | C2 | 111 | Spice Engineering | Ray Bellm Gordon Spice | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | G | 75 |
| 29 DNF | C2 | 107 | Chamberlain Engineering | Claude Ballot-Léna Jean-Louis Ricci | Spice SE88C | A | 63 |
| 29 DNF | C2 | 107 | Chamberlain Engineering | Claude Ballot-Léna Jean-Louis Ricci | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | A | 63 |
| 30 DNF | C2 | 151 | Pierre-Alain Lombardi | Pierre-Alain Lombardi Bruno Sotty | Spice SE86C | A | 36 |
| 30 DNF | C2 | 151 | Pierre-Alain Lombardi | Pierre-Alain Lombardi Bruno Sotty | Ford Cosworth DFL 3.3L V8 | A | 36 |
| DNQ | C2 | 182 | Pero Racing | Peter Fritsch Dieter Heinzelmann | Argo JM19 | ? | - |
| DNQ | C2 | 182 | Pero Racing | Peter Fritsch Dieter Heinzelmann | Porsche Type-935 2.8L Turbo Flat-6 | ? | - |

## Statistics

* Pole Position - #61 Team Sauber Mercedes - 1:24.920
* Fastest Lap - #61 Team Sauber Mercedes - 1:28.550
* Average Speed - 154.359 km/h