The 1988 Japanese Formula 3000 Championship was contested over 8 rounds. 18 different teams, 24 different drivers, 5 different chassis and 3 different engines competed.
Calendar Race No Track Country Date Laps Distance Time Speed Winner Pole position Fastest race lap 1 Suzuka 13 March 1988 35 5.864=205.241 km 1'07:41.170 181.935 km/h Kazuyoshi Hoshino Kazuyoshi Hoshino Aguri Suzuki 2 Fuji 17 April 1988 45 4.470=201.15 km 1'01:34.523 196.004 km/h Aguri Suzuki Aguri Suzuki Aguri Suzuki 3 Nishinihon 8 May 1988 72 2.816=202.752 km 1'16:05.876 159.861 km/h Aguri Suzuki Aguri Suzuki Aguri Suzuki 4 Suzuka 29 May 1988 35 5.864=205.241 km 1'07:42.494 181.875 km/h Aguri Suzuki Aguri Suzuki Kazuyoshi Hoshino 5 Sugo 31 July 1988 54 3.704=200.016 km 1'09:00.620 173.901 km/h Geoff Lees Ross Cheever Kazuyoshi Hoshino 6 Fuji 14 August 1988 45 4.470=201.15 km 1'02:27.678 193.224 km/h Takao Wada Geoff Lees Takao Wada 7 Suzuka 25 September 1988 35 5.864=205.241 km 1'14:58.537 164.246 km/h Kazuyoshi Hoshino Kazuyoshi Hoshino Takao Wada 8 Suzuka 27 November 1988 35 5.864=205.241 km 1'06:30.016 185.179 km/h Kazuyoshi Hoshino Masanori Sekiya Kazuyoshi Hoshino
Final point 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. The best 6 results count. Two drivers had a point deduction, which are given in ().
Place Name Country Team Chassis Engine Total points 1 Aguri Suzuki Footwork Racing International March Cosworth-Yamaha 6 9 9 9 - 6 45 Reynard Cosworth-Yamaha 6 - 2 Kazuyoshi Hoshino Team Impul Lola Mugen Honda 9 6 4 6 (4) - 9 9 43 (47) 3 Emanuele Pirro Team LeMans March Mugen Honda - (2) 6 3 25 (27) Team LeMans Reynard Mugen Honda 6 3 4 3 4 Masanori Sekiya Leyton House Racing Lola Mugen Honda - 4 1 4 - - 3 6 18 5 Geoff Lees Team LeMans March Mugen Honda 3 - 3 - 15 Team LeMans Reynard Mugen Honda 9 - - - Takao Wada Advan Sport Pal March Mugen Honda 2 15 Advan Sport Pal Lola Mugen Honda - - - 3 9 1 - 7 Kunimitsu Takahashi Team Nova Lola Mugen Honda 4 - - 2 1 4 - 1 12 8 Hideki Okada Team Nova Lola Mugen Honda - 3 2 1 - 2 - 2 10 9 Ross Cheever Dome March Cosworth-Yamaha 1 - - - 4 Dome Reynard Cosworth-Yamaha 1 2 - - Masahiro Hasemi Speed Star Wheel Racing Team Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - - - 4 4 11 Ukyo Katayama Ba-Tsu Racing Lola Mugen Honda - - - - 2 - - - 2 12 Keiji Matsumoto Meiju Racing March Mugen Honda - 1 - - - - - - 1
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
Place Name Country Team Chassis Engine 1 Aguri Suzuki Footwork Racing International Footwork Cosworth-Yamaha 18 Footwork Racing International March Cosworth-Yamaha 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 R 4 2 Footwork Racing International Reynard Cosworth-Yamaha 3 2 4 R 2 Kazuyoshi Hoshino Team Impul Lola Mugen Honda 1 1 5 2 3 3 3 2 5 3 2 R 1 1 3 1 3 Emanuele Pirro Team LeMans March Mugen Honda 17 9 16 5 5 2 8 4 Team LeMans Reynard Mugen Honda 8 2 13 4 5 3 12 4 4 Masanori Sekiya Leyton House Racing March Mugen Honda 3 R Leyton House Racing Lola Mugen Honda 2 3 6 6 2 3 3 R 3 R 4 4 1 2 5 Geoff Lees Team LeMans March Mugen Honda 6 4 3 13 2 4 5 R Team LeMans Reynard Mugen Honda 2 1 1 R 2 R 2 R Takao Wada Advan Sport Pal March Mugen Honda 4 5 Advan Sport Pal Lola Mugen Honda 11 7 13 R 6 R 10 4 6 1 11 6 11 10 7 Kunimitsu Takahashi Team Nova Lola Mugen Honda 5 3 7 R 15 7 7 5 11 6 10 3 7 10 10 6 8 Hideki Okada Team Nova Lola Mugen Honda 2 R 4 4 4 5 4 6 7 7 7 5 6 R 13 5 9 Ross Cheever Dome March Cosworth-Yamaha 9 6 8 8 8 12 10 R Dome Reynard Cosworth-Yamaha 1 14 9 6 9 5 22 R Masahiro Hasemi Speed Star Wheel Racing Team Lola Mugen Honda 8 R 6 R 11 8 11 13 9 8 12 7 16 R 7 3 11 Ukyo Katayama Ba-Tsu Racing March Mugen Honda 13 11 13 R 7 R 14 7 Ba-Tsu Racing Lola Mugen Honda 6 5 8 8 12 12 5 R 12 Keiji Matsumoto Meiju Racing March Mugen Honda 7 13 10 6 9 R - - Meiju Racing Lola Mugen Honda 10 R 5 R 15 16 6 R - Akio Morimoto Cabin Racing/Heroes March Mugen Honda 10 10 12 R 12 11 16 8 17 R Cabin Racing/Heroes Reynard Mugen Honda 11 R 8 7 14 7 - Eje Elgh Sundai Spilit Team Lola Mugen Honda 15 7 14 12 14 10 18 10 16 9 15 9 14 9 16 9 - Kenny Acheson Team Kitamura March Mugen Honda 11 8 9 R 9 9 12 15 14 R 14 14 - - - - - Dave Scott Footwork Racing International Mooncraft Cosworth - - - - - - - - - - 16 10 10 8 Checker Motor Sports Club Lola Cosworth 19 R - Hitoshi Ogawa Leyton House Racing March Mugen Honda - - - - - - 13 12 13 12 17 11 13 11 8 8 - Masatomo Shimizu Shimizu Racing Lola Cosworth 12 12 15 9 - - 15 9 12 10 18 12 17 13 20 R - Kazuo Mogi Sics Racing March Cosworth 16 R 18 10 16 R Sics Racing Lola Cosworth 19 11 19 R 19 R 19 15 18 11 - Tetsuya Ota Checker Motor Sports Club Lola Cosworth 14 R 19 11 - - 20 14 15 11 20 R 21 R - - - Hideshi Matsuda Takeshi Project Racing March Cosworth - - 17 NS 17 13 17 R 18 13 21 13 18 14 17 12 - Jeff Krosnoff Speed Star Wheel Racing Lola Mugen Honda - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 15 13 - Katsunori Iketani Supercard Racing March Cosworth - - - - - - - - - - - - 20 NQ 21 R - Mark Blundell Footwork Racing International Mooncraft Cosworth - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9 R