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:

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:

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