1988 International Formula 3000 Championship Explained

The 1988 International Formula 3000 Championship was contested over 11 rounds. 24 different teams, 69 different drivers, 5 different chassis and 2 different engines competed.

Drivers and teams

Team	Chassis	Engine		Drivers	Rounds
Onyx Racing	March	Ford Cosworth	1	Volker Weidler	All
			2	Alfonso de Vinuesa	1-3
				Steve Kempton	7
				Russell Spence	9-11
Team Ralt	Ralt	Judd	3	Russell Spence	1-2
				Mike Thackwell	3
				Marco Greco	4-8
				Cor Euser	9-11
			4	Éric Bernard	1-5
				Mario Hytten	6-8
				Perry McCarthy	9-11
Lola Motorsport	Lola	Ford Cosworth	5	Mark Blundell	All
			6	Paul Belmondo	All
Oreca Motorsport	March	Ford Cosworth	7	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	1-2
	Reynard				3-11
	March		8	Jean Alesi	1-2
	Reynard				3-11
First Racing	March	Judd	9	Pierluigi Martini	1-8, 10-11
				Alain Ferté	9
			10	Marco Apicella	All
GBDA Motorsport	Lola	Ford Cosworth	11	Michel Trollé	1-7
				Jean-Denis Délétraz	9-11
			12	Olivier Grouillard	All
Pavesi Racing	Ralt	Judd	14	Massimo Monti	1-10
				Ruggero Melgrati	11
			15	Cathy Muller	1
				Fabrizio Barbazza	2-4
				Walter Voulaz	5
				Fabio Mancini	6-8
				Wladimiro De Tomaso	9-11
Madgwick International	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	16	Cor Euser	1-8
				Andy Wallace	9
				Alfonso de Vinuesa	10-11
			17	Russell Spence	3-8
				Pierre Chauvet	9, 11
				Maurizio Sandro Sala	10
Forti Corse	Dallara	Ford Cosworth	18	Enrico Bertaggia	1-9
	Lola				10-11
	Dallara		19	Fernando Croceri	1-5
				Nino Famà	6
				Enrico Debenedetti	10-11
	Lola		20	Gary Evans	5-11
GEM Motorsport	Ralt	Ford Cosworth	20	Gary Evans	1-4
			21	Andy Wallace	1-4
	Reynard				5-8
				Johnny Dumfries	10-11
Roni Motorsport	Lola	Ford Cosworth	22	Benoît Morand	7
Spirit TOM'S Racing	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	22	Éric Bachelart	9-10
				Jacques Goudchaux	11
			39	Bertrand Gachot	All
			40	Steve Kempton	1, 8
				Paolo Barilla	2-7
				Marco Greco	9-11
Footwork	March	Ford Cosworth	23	Aguri Suzuki	3-4
	Reynard				7
Racetech 3000	Lola	Ford Cosworth	24	Pierre Chauvet	1-5, 7
				Domenico Gitto	6
				James Weaver	8
				Didier Arztet	9-11
Genoa Racing	March	Ford Cosworth	25	Fabrizio Barbazza	5-6
Middlebridge	March	Ford Cosworth	25	Phil Andrews	8
CoBRa Motorsport	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	25	Daniel Campeau	9-11
	March		26	Paolo Barilla	1
				Steven Andskär	4
	Lola			Domenico Gitto	5
				Enrico Debenedetti	6-7
				Daniel Campeau	8
	Lola			Benoît Morand	9-10
	March		27	Andrea Chiesa	1
	Lola				2-5
	Reynard				6-11
GA Motorsport	Lola	Ford Cosworth	28	Gregor Foitek	1-7, 9-11
				Perry McCarthy	8
			29	Claudio Langes	1-9
				Damon Hill	10-11
Eddie Jordan Racing	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	30	Thomas Danielsson	1-5
				Alessandro Santin	6
				Martin Donnelly	7-11
			31	Johnny Herbert	1-2, 4-7
				Paolo Barilla	9-11
Colt Racing	Lola	Ford Cosworth	32	Jari Nurminen	All
			33	Giovanna Amati	1-8
				Éric Bellefroid	9-11
Sport Auto Racing	Lola	Ford Cosworth	35	Jean-Denis Délétraz	1-6, 8
				Markus Oestreich	9, 11
				Bernard de Dryver	10
			36	Fabien Giroix	1-5
				Michel Ferté	6-11
Cowman Racing	Lola	Ford Cosworth	37	David Hunt	1-5, 7-11
			38	Franco Scapini	1-6
			44	Michael Greenfield	5
Repsol Silk Cut Racing	Lola	Ford Cosworth	41	Fermín Vélez	1-4, 6-9
				Claudio Langes	11
Bromley Motorsport	Reynard	Ford Cosworth	42	Roberto Moreno	All
			43	Éric Bernard	7-11
Tamchester Racing	Lola	Ford Cosworth	44	Alfonso de Vinuesa	7-9
				Peter Kox	10
Sources:[1] [2]

Calendar

Round	Circuit	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winner
1	nowrap	Circuito de Jerez	nowrap	17 April	47	4.218=198.246 km	1'17:20.02	153.811 km/h	nowrap	Johnny Herbert	nowrap	Michel Trollé	nowrap	Johnny Herbert
2	nowrap	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	nowrap	8 May	63	3.2=201.6 km	1'13:49.83	163.835 km/h	nowrap	Gregor Foitek	nowrap	Michel Trollé	nowrap	Gregor Foitek
3	nowrap	Pau Grand Prix	nowrap	23 May	72	2.76=201.48 km	1'29:01.76	133.924 km/h	nowrap	Roberto Moreno	nowrap	Marco Apicella	nowrap	Roberto Moreno
4	nowrap	Silverstone Circuit	nowrap	5 June	42	4.778=200.676 km	0'56:33.83	212.87 km/h	nowrap	Bertrand Gachot	nowrap	Roberto Moreno	nowrap	Roberto Moreno
5	nowrap	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	nowrap	26 June	14+17	5.8=179.8 km	0'51:40.552	208.763 km/h	nowrap	Roberto Moreno	nowrap	Johnny Herbert	nowrap	Roberto Moreno
6	nowrap	Autodromo di Pergusa	nowrap	17 July	3+34	4.95=183.150 km	0'56:20.62	195.035 km/h	nowrap		nowrap	Pierluigi Martini	nowrap
7	nowrap		nowrap	21 August	24+18	4.206=176.652 km	0'54:14.20	194.35 km/h	nowrap		nowrap	Martin Donnelly	nowrap	Martin Donnelly
8	nowrap		nowrap	29 August	43	4.04=173.72 km	1'00:19.78	173.771 km/h	nowrap	Olivier Grouillard	nowrap	Martin Donnelly	nowrap	Roberto Moreno
9	nowrap		nowrap	25 September	47	4.24=199.28 km	1'12:15.23	166.537 km/h	nowrap	Olivier Grouillard	nowrap	Olivier Grouillard	nowrap	Olivier Grouillard
10	nowrap		nowrap	16 October	49	4.194=205.563 km	1.13:30.27	167.75 km/h	nowrap		nowrap	Olivier Grouillard	nowrap	Olivier Grouillard
11	nowrap		nowrap	23 October	54	3.8=205.2 km	1.04:57.03	189.559 km/h	nowrap	Roberto Moreno	nowrap	Mark Blundell	nowrap	Martin Donnelly
Source:[3]

Note:

Race 5, 6 and 7 stopped and restarted.

Final points standings

Driver

For every race points were awarded: 9 points to the winner, 6 for runner-up, 4 for third place, 3 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place. No additional points were awarded.^[4]

	Driver	JER	VLL	PAU	SIL	MNZ	PER	BRH	BIR	BUG	ZOL	DIJ	Points
1		Ret	4	1	1	1	Ret	Ret	1	5	5	Ret	43
2		5	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	DNS	1	1	3	34
3								1	2	2	Ret	1	30
4		8	11	3	10	Ret	1	2	3		Ret	10	23
5		Ret	2	Ret	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	5	4	6	4	21
6		2	5	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	7	2	Ret	18
7		Ret	1	DNQ	4	4	Ret	Ret		Ret	Ret	Ret	15
8		1	Ret		7	3	Ret	Ret					13
9		6	10	4	11	DNQ		DSQ	DSQ	Ret	4	2	13
10		11	9	2	5	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	5	11
11		13	7	5	6	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	9
12		3	6	Ret	12	Ret	3	DNQ					9
13		9	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	Ret	DNQ		10	3	3	Ret	8
14		15	18	6	3	Ret	5	DNS	Ret	6	Ret	12	8
15	Claudio Langes	7	Ret	10	Ret	5	4	Ret	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	5
16		Ret	12	DNQ	14	9	Ret	6	4	DNS	Ret	6	5
17		Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	4		Ret	Ret	7	3
18		4	17	8	Ret	Ret							3
19		DNQ	8	9	DNQ	Ret	7	5	Ret	9	DNQ	DNQ	2
20		DNQ	Ret	Ret	15	6	10	8	Ret	DNQ	13	DNS	1
21							13	Ret	6	10	12	15	1
22		14	16	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	Ret	Ret	7	DNQ	DNQ	9	0
23		DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	7	16	DNS	DNQ	DNQ	11	Ret	0
24		DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	17	DNQ		7	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	0
25				7									0
26											7		0
27		Ret	14	Ret	DNQ	8	DNQ	DNQ	9	8	Ret	11	0
28		DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	0
29		Ret	Ret	DNS	8	Ret							0
30							8	Ret	Ret				0
31											Ret	8	0
32											8		0
33		12	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret			0
34		10	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	10	12	DNQ	DNQ				0
35		Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	DNS	Ret	Ret	11	DNQ	Ret	0
36				11	DNQ			Ret					0
37		DNS						DNQ	11				0
38							11						0
39		DNQ	13	DNQ	DNQ		14	DNQ	12	15			0
40										12			0
41		Ret	Ret	DNQ	13	Ret	15	DNQ	DNQ	13	DNQ		0
42											Ret	13	0
43		Ret	DNQ	Ret	19	DNQ		DNQ		Ret		14	0
44										DNQ	14	DNQ	0
45		DNQ	15	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ						0
46									DNQ	Ret	Ret	16	0
47			DNQ	DNQ	18	Ret	DNQ						0
48					20								0
		DNQ	DNQ	DNQ				DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
					DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
		DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
	Daniel Campeau								DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
	Enrico Debenedetti						DNQ	DNQ			DNQ	DNQ
	Fabio Mancini						DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
	Benoît Morand							DNQ		DNQ	DNQ
	Éric Bellefroid									DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
										DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
	Domenico Gitto					DNQ	DNQ
										DNQ	DNQ
										DNQ		DNQ
		DNQ
	Walter Voulaz					DNQ
						DNQ
	Nino Famà						DNQ
									DNQ
									DNQ
											DNQ
												DNQ
	Ruggero Melgrati											DNQ
	Driver	JER	VLL	PAU	SIL	MNZ	PER	BRH	BIR	BUG	ZOL	DIJ	Points
Sources:[5] [6] [7]

Complete Overview

first column of every race

10

= grid position

second column of every race

10

= race result

R=retired NS=did not start NQ=did not qualify NT=no time set in qualifying DIS(6)=disqualified after finishing in sixth place

Place	Name	Team	Chassis	Engine	JER		VLL		PAU		SIL		MNZ		PER		BRH		BIR		BUG		ZOL		DIJ
1					12	R	5	4	1	1	2	1	1	1	5	R	8	R	3	1	5	5	9	5	1	R
2					4	5	3	3	7	R	18	R	5	R	1	2	6	R	1	NS	1	1	3	1	3	3
3					-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	7	2	3	2	1	R	5	1
4					17	8	16	11	4	3	7	10	6	R	2	1	3	2	4	3	-	-	10	R	12	10
5					3	R	6	2	6	R	1	2	2	R	24	R	5	R	16	5	6	4	8	6	8	4
6					5	2	10	5	20	R	11	9	4	R	16	R	7	3	6	R	18	7	2	2	2	R
7					8	R	1	1	28	NQ	4	4	11	4	3	R	4	R	-	-	17	R	11	R	7	R
8					1	1	4	R	-	-	9	7	10	3	4	R	1	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
					14	6	25	10	5	4	20	11	29	NQ	-	-
																19	DIS(6)	8	DIS(6)	2	R	6	4	4	2
10					24	11	21	9
								3	2	10	5	13	R	11	6	10	R	9	R	7	R	5	9	9	5
11					20	13	7	7	17	5	6	6	3	2	7	R	18	R	5	R	11	R	21	R	15	R
					7	3	2	6	8	R	13	12	8	R	10	3	NT	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
13					19	15	24	18
								2	6	3	3	16	R	6	5	9	NS	2	R	16	6	12	R	20	12
					11	9	30	NQ	16	R	27	NQ	24	R	32	NQ	-	-	26	10
																				4	3	4	3	16	R
15					15	7	8	R	18	10	15	R	12	5	8	4	11	R	12	R	14	R	26	10
																								22	R
					21	R	20	12	26	NQ	17	14	26	9	18	R	13	6	14	4	10	NS	24	R	6	6
17					2	4	9	17	13	8	16	R	15	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
					23	R
						31	NQ	9	R	8	R	19	R	29	NQ	22	4	-	-
																				8	R	22	R	14	7
19					27	NQ	13	8	11	9	30	NQ	9	R	21	7	14	5	11	R
																				12	9	28	NQ	31	NQ
20					32	NQ
						18	R	12	R	21	15	14	6	20	10
																25	8	10	R	30	NQ	14	13	18	NS
					-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	13	12	R	15	6	15	10	25	12	23	15
-					16	14	19	16	30	NQ	32	NQ	27	NQ	13	R	24	R	13	7	27	NQ	31	NQ	13	9
-					34	NQ	27	NQ	24	NQ	34	NQ	21	7	19	16	26	NS	31	NQ	35	NQ
																						13	11	17	R
-					31	NQ	29	NQ	32	NQ	23	17	30	NQ	-	-	23	7	20	R	26	14	16	R	24	R
-					-	-	-	-	10	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-					-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	7	-	-
-					18	R	17	14	19	R	28	NQ	23	8	27	NQ	30	NQ	17	9	9	8	7	R	11	11
-					28	NQ	28	NQ	25	NQ	22	16
												25	R	9	R	16	R	19	8	23	R	30	NQ	NT	NQ
-					6	R	15	R	15	NS	14	8	7	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-					-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	23	8	20	R	23	R	-	-	-	-	-	-
-					-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	R	10	8
-					-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	8	-	-
-					25	12	14	R	23	NQ	19	R
												22	R	14	9	17	R	18	R
																				13	R	-	-	-	-
-					13	10	12	R	36	NQ	29	NQ	20	10	20	12	33	NQ	30	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-
-					9	R	22	R
								14	R	5	R	36	NQ	12	NS	21	R	22	R
																				21	11	32	NQ	19	R
-					-	-	-	-	22	11	37	NQ	-	-	-	-
																15	R	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-					22	NS	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-			25	11	-	-	-	-	-	-
																36	NQ
-					-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-					29	NQ	26	13	29	NQ	33	NQ	-	-	26	14	27	NQ	24	12	24	15	-	-	-	-
-					-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	12	-	-	-	-
-					10	R	11	R	35	NQ	24	13	17	R	15	15	NT	NQ	33	NQ	25	13	33	NQ	-	-
-					-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20	R	26	13
-					26	R	33	NQ	21	R	12	19	37	NQ	-	-	28	NQ	-	-
																				22	R	-	-	25	14
-					-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	NQ	17	14	NT	NQ
-					33	NQ	23	15	34	NQ	36	NQ	33	NQ	31	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-					-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	27	NQ
																				19	R	15	R	21	16
-					-	-	35	NQ	27	NQ	25	18
												18	R	28	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-					-	-	-	-	-	-	26	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-					35	NQ	32	NQ	33	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-
																31	NQ	21	R	37	NQ
																						29	NQ	28	NQ
-					-	-	-	-	-	-	35	NQ	34	NQ	34	NQ	29	NQ	28	NQ
																				31	NQ	35	NQ	30	NQ
-					36	NQ	34	NQ	31	NQ	31	NQ	28	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-					-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	NQ
																				33	NQ	34	NQ	27	NQ
-					-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	33	NQ	34	NQ	-	-	-	-
																						27	NQ	36	NQ
-	Fabio Mancini				-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	NT	NQ	35	NQ	34	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-
-					-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	32	NQ	-	-
												-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	34	NQ	38	NQ	-	-
-					-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	28	NQ	36	NQ	29	NQ
-					-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	38	NQ	39	NQ	34	NQ
-					-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	31	NQ
														35	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-					-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	32	NQ	37	NQ	-	-
-					-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	36	NQ	-	-	33	NQ
-					30	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Walter Voulaz				-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	32	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-					-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	35	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-					-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	30	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-					-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	32	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-
-					-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	35	NQ	-	-	-	-	-	-
-					-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	40	NQ	-	-
-					-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	32	NQ
-					-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	35	NQ

Notes and References

1. Web site: FIA Formula 3000 Int. Championship - 1988: Entrylist. Speedsport Magazine. 30 December 2023.
2. Web site: F3000 International Championship Entry List 1988. Motorsport Stats. 30 December 2023.
3. Web site: F3000 International Championship Results 1988. Motorsport Stats. 30 December 2023.
4. Web site: FIA Formula 3000 Int. Championship - Season 1988: Points standings. Speedsport Magazine. 30 December 2023.
5. Web site: F3000 International Championship Standings 1988. Motorsport Stats. 30 December 2023.
6. Web site: FIA Formula 3000 Int. Championship - Season 1988: Results. Speedsport Magazine. 30 December 2023.
7. Web site: 1988 FIA International F3000 Championship. Motor Sport. 30 December 2023.