1988 Pau Grand Prix
Race details
Date	23 May 1988
Official name	XLVIII Pau Grand Prix
Location	Pau, France
Course	Temporary Street Circuit
Course length	2.760 km (1.720 miles)
Distance	72 laps, 198.72 km (123.84 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Roberto Moreno	Bromley Motorsport
Time	1:11.880
Fastest lap
Driver	Marco Apicella	FIRST Racing
Time	1:12.72
Podium
First	Roberto Moreno	Bromley Motorsport
Second	Jean Alesi	Oreca Motorsport
Third	Pierluigi Martini	FIRST Racing

The 1988 Pau Grand Prix was a Formula 3000 motor race held on 23 May 1988 at the Pau circuit, in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. The race was run as part of the 1988 International Formula 3000 Championship.

Entry list

Entrant	Chassis	Engine	No	Driver
Onyx Race Engineering	March 88B	Cosworth DFV	1	Volker Weidler
			2	Alfonso de Vinuesa
Ralt Racing Ltd.	Ralt RT22	Judd	3	Mike Thackwell
			4	Éric Bernard
Lola Motorsport	Lola T88/50	Cosworth DFV	5	Mark Blundell
			6	Paul Belmondo
Oreca Motorsport	Reynard 88D	Cosworth DFV	7	Pierre-Henri Raphanel
			8	Jean Alesi
FIRST Racing	March 88B	Judd	9	Pierluigi Martini
			10	Marco Apicella
GBDA Motorsport	Lola T88/50	Cosworth DFV	11	Michel Trollé
			12	Olivier Grouillard
Pavesi Racing	Ralt RT22	Judd	14	Massimo Monti
			15	Fabrizio Barbazza
Madgwick International	Reynard 88D	Cosworth DFV	16	Cor Euser
			17	Russell Spence
Forti Corse	Dallara 3087	Cosworth DFV	18	Enrico Bertaggia
			19	Fernando Croceri
Gary Evans Motorsport	Ralt RT22	Cosworth DFV	20	Gary Evans
			21	Andy Wallace
Roni Motorsport	March 88B	Cosworth DFV	23	Aguri Suzuki
Team Racetech 3000	Lola T88/50	Cosworth DFV	24	Pierre Chauvet
CoBRa Motorsport	Lola T88/50	Cosworth DFV	27	Andrea Chiesa
GA Motorsport	Lola T88/50	Cosworth DFV	28	Gregor Foitek
			29	Claudio Langes
Eddie Jordan Racing	Reynard 88D	Cosworth DFV	30	Thomas Danielsson
Colt Racing	Lola T88/50	Cosworth DFV	32	Jari Nurminen
			33	Giovanna Amati
Sport Auto Racing	Lola T88/50	Cosworth DFV	35	Jean-Denis Délétraz
			36	Fabien Giroix
Roger Cowman Racing	Lola T87/50	Cosworth DFV	37	David Hunt
			38	Franco Scapini
Spirit Racing	Reynard 88D	Cosworth DFV	39	Bertrand Gachot
			40	Paolo Barilla
Barcelona Motorsport	Lola T88/50	Cosworth DFV	41	Fermín Vélez
Bromley Motorsport	Reynard 88D	Cosworth DFV	42	Roberto Moreno

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	42	Roberto Moreno	Bromley Motorsport	1:10.860	1
2	7	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Oreca Motorsport	1:11.080	2
3	8	Jean Alesi	Oreca Motorsport	1:11.260	3
4	9	Pierluigi Martini	FIRST Racing	1:11.630	4
5	4	Éric Bernard	Ralt Racing Ltd.	1:11.720	5
6	39	Bertrand Gachot	Spirit Racing	1:11.670	6
7	12	Olivier Grouillard	GDBA Motorsport	1:12.060	7
8	11	Michel Trollé	GDBA Motorsport	1:11.700	8
9	40	Paolo Barilla	Spirit Racing	1:12.170	9
10	3	Mike Thackwell	Ralt Racing Ltd.	1:11.930	10
11	16	Cor Euser	Madgwick International	1:12.350	11
12	27	Andrea Chiesa	CoBRa Motorsport	1:12.170	12
13	36	Fabien Giroix	Sport Auto Racing	1:12.500	13
14	17	Russell Spence	Madgwick International	1:12.500	14
15	30	Thomas Danielsson	Eddie Jordan Racing	1:12.690	15
16	35	Jean-Denis Délétraz	Sport Auto Racing	1:12.540	16
17	10	Marco Apicella	FIRST Racing	1:12.710	17
18	29	Claudio Langes	GA Motorsport	1:12.720	18
19	6	Paul Belmondo	Lola Motorsport	1:12.710	19
20	5	Mark Blundell	Lola Motorsport	1:12.750	20
21	29	Pierre Chauvet	Team Racetech 3000	1:13.010	21
22	23	Aguri Suzuki	Roni Motorsport	1:12.890	22
Did not qualify
-	21	Andy Wallace	Gary Evans Motorsport	1:12.900	-
-	18	Enrico Bertaggia	Forti Corse	1:13.010	-
-	20	Gary Evans	Gary Evans Motorsport	1:13.240	-
-	1	Volker Weidler	Onyx Race Engineering	1:13.520	-
-	15	Fabrizio Barbazza	Pavesi Racing	1:13.670	-
-	28	Gregor Foitek	GA Motorsport	1:13.680	-
-	41	Fermín Vélez	Barcelona Motorsport	1:13.680	-
-	32	Jari Nurminen	Colt Racing	1:13.980	-
-	19	Fernando Croceri	Forti Corse	1:14.010	-
-	37	David Hunt	Roger Cowman Racing	1:14.250	-
-	2	Alfonso de Vinuesa	Onyx Race Engineering	1:14.400	-
-	38	Franco Scapini	Roger Cowman Racing	1:14.660	-
-	14	Massimo Monti	Pavesi Racing	1:15.940	-
-	33	Giovanna Amati	Colt Racing	1:16.480	-
Sources:[1][2]

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/retired	Grid	Pts
1	42	Roberto Moreno	Bromley Motorsport	72	1hr 29min 1.760sec	1	9
2	8	Jean Alesi	Oreca Motorsport	72	+ 22.030 s	3	6
3	9	Pierluigi Martini	FIRST Racing	72	+ 22.950 s	4	4
4	4	Éric Bernard	Ralt Racing Ltd.	72	+ 23.460 s	5	3
5	10	Marco Apicella	FIRST Racing	72	+ 24.540 s	17	2
6	7	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Oreca Motorsport	72	+ 52.480 s	2	1
7	3	Mike Thackwell	Ralt Racing Ltd.	72		10
8	36	Fabien Giroix	Sport Auto Racing	71	+ 1 lap	13
9	16	Cor Euser	Madgwick International	71	+ 1 lap	11
10	29	Claudio Langes	GA Motorsport	71	+ 1 lap	18
11	23	Aguri Suzuki	Roni Motorsport	69	+ 3 laps	22
Ret	12	Olivier Grouillard	GBDA Motorsport	55	Accident	7
Ret	11	Michel Trollé	GBDA Motorsport	53	Accident	8
Ret	17	Russell Spence	Madgwick International	50	Accident	14
Ret	6	Paul Belmondo	Lola Motorsport	45	Gearbox	19
Ret	29	Pierre Chauvet	Team Racetech 3000	41	Accident	24
Ret	40	Paolo Barilla	Spirit Racing	27	Accident	9
Ret	5	Mark Blundell	Lola Motorsport	18	Handling	20
Ret	27	Andrea Chiesa	COBRA Motorsport	1	Accident	12
Ret	35	Jean-Denis Délétraz	Sport Auto Racing	1	Accident	16
Ret	39	Bertrand Gachot	Spirit Racing	0	Accident	6
DNS	30	Thomas Danielsson	Eddie Jordan Racing	0	Did not start	15
Fastest Lap: Marco Apicella (FIRST Racing) – 1:12.72
Sources:[1][2]

References