La stagione 1988 della Formula 3000 giapponese fu corsa su 8 gran premi. Vi presero parte 18 differenti team, 24 differenti piloti, 5 differenti telaisti e 3 differenti motoristi. La serie venne vinta dal pilota nipponico Aguri Suzuki che utilizzò una Footwork MC030-Cosworth Yamaha, una March 87B-Cosworth Yamaha e una Reynard 88D-Cosworth Yamaha

La pre-stagione Calendario Gara Nome Circuito Giri Lunghezza Data 1All Japan Big 2&4 Race Circuito di Suzuka 35 35x5,864=205,241 km 13 marzo 2International Formula Race Meeting Circuito del Fuji 45 45x4,470=201,15 km 17 aprile 3 All Japan F3000 All Star Race Circuito di Mine 72 72x2,816=202,752 km 14 maggio 4Suzuka Formula Japan Race Circuito di Suzuka 35 35x5,864=205,241 km 29 maggio 5Sugo F3000 Championship Race Circuito di Sugo 54 54x3,704=200,016 km 31 luglio 6RRC Fuji Formula Championship Race Circuito del Fuji 45 45x4,470=201,15 km 14 agosto 7Suzuka Great 20 Drivers Race Circuito di Suzuka 35 35x5,864=205,241 km 25 settembre 8Super Final Round in Suzuka Circuito di Suzuka 35 35x5,864=205,241 km 27 novembre

Tutte le corse sono disputate in Giappone.

Piloti e team Team Telaio Nr. Pilota GareCabin Racing Team with ImpulLola T88-50-Mugen1 Kazuyoshi HoshinoTutteTeam KitamuraMarch 87B-Mugen2 Kenny Acheson1-6Cabin Racing Team with HeroesMarch 87B-MugenMarch 88B-MugenReynard 88D-Mugen3 Akio MorimotoTutteSpeed Star Wheel Racing TeamLola T87-50-MugenLola T88-50-Mugen5 Masahiro HasemiTutteLola T87-50-Mugen6 Jeff Krosnoff8Advan Sports NovaLola T88-50-Mugen7 Kunimitsu TakahashiTutteMeiju RacingMarch 88B-MugenMarch 87B-MugenLola T87-50-MugenDome F101-Mugen8 Keiji Matsumoto1-4, 6-8Marlboro Team NovaLola T87-50-MugenLola T88-50-Mugen9 Hideki OkadaTutteTenoras with Takeshi Project Racing TeamMarch 87B-Cosworth10/20 Hideshi Matsuda2-8Middle-Bridge Team Le MansMarch 88B-MugenReynard 88D-Mugen11 Emanuele PirroTutteBa-Tsu Racing TeamMarch 87B-MugenLola T88-50-Mugen12 Ukyo KatayamaTutteLeyton House Racing TeamMarch 88B-Mugen15 Hitoshi Ogawa4-8March 88B-MugenLola T87-50-Mugen16 Masanori SekiyaTutteChecker Motor Sports ClubLola T86-50-Cosworth17 Tetsuya Oota1-3, 4-7 Dave Scott8Italya Team Le MansMarch 88B-MugenReynard 88D-Mugen25 Geoff LeesTutteAdvan Sport PalMarch 88B-MugenLola T88-50-Mugen26 Takao WadaTutteSics Racing TeamMarch 88B-CosworthLola T88-50-Cosworth28 Kazuo MogiTutteSundai Spilit TeamLola T88-50-Cosworth30 Eje ElghTutteSupercad Racing TeamMarch 87B-Cosworth31 Katsunori Iketani7-8Shimizu RacingLola T88-50-Cosworth33 Masamoto Shimizu1-2, 4-8Wacoal Dome Racing TeamMarch 87B-Cosworth YamahaMarch 88B-Cosworth YamahaReynard 88D-Cosworth38 Ross CheeverTutteFootwork Sports Racing TeamFootowork MC030-Cosworth Yamaha March 87B-Cosworth YamahaReynard 88D-Cosworth Yamaha55 Aguri SuzukiTutteMooncraft MC031-Cosworth56 Dave Scott6-7Mooncraft MC040-Mugen Mark Blundell8

Risultati e classifiche Risultati Gara Circuito Tempo Velocità Pole position GPV Vincitore Vettura 1 Suzuka 1'07:41.170 181,935 km/h Kazuyoshi Hoshino Aguri Suzuki Kazuyoshi Hoshino Lola-Mugen 2 Fuji 1'01:34.523 196,004 km/h Aguri Suzuki Aguri Suzuki Aguri Suzuki March-Cosworth Yamaha 3 Mine 1'16:05.876 159,861 km/h Aguri Suzuki Aguri Suzuki Aguri Suzuki March-Cosworth Yamaha 4 Suzuka 1'07:42.494 181,875 km/h Aguri Suzuki Kazuyoshi Hoshino Aguri Suzuki March-Cosworth Yamaha 5 Sugo 1'09:00.620 173,901 km/h Ross Cheever Kazuyoshi Hoshino Geoff Lees Reynard-Mugen 6 Fuji 1'02:27.678 193,224 km/h Geoff Lees Takao Wada Takao Wada Lola-Mugen 7 Suzuka 1'14:58.537 164,246 km/h Kazuyoshi Hoshino Takao Wada Kazuyoshi Hoshino Lola-Mugen 8 Suzuka 1'06:30.016 185,179 km/h Masanori Sekiya Kazuyoshi Hoshino Kazuyoshi Hoshino Lola-Mugen

Classifica piloti I punti sono assegnati secondo lo schema seguente: Sistema di punteggio Posizione  1º   2º   3º   4º   5º   6º  Punti 9 6 4 3 2 1

Contano solo i migliori 6 risultati.

Pos Pilota 2&4 INT ALL SFJ SUG RRC GRT SFR Punti validiTra parentesi i punti totali. 1 Aguri Suzuki2111Rit22Rit 45 2 Kazuyoshi Hoshino12323Rit11 43 (47) 3 Emanuele Pirro95242434 25 (27) 4 Masanori SekiyaRit363RitRit42 18 5 Geoff Lees4134Rit1RitRitRit15 6 Takao Wada57RitRit4161015 7 Kunimitsu Takahashi3Rit756310612 8 Hideki OkadaRit45675Rit510 9 Masahiro HasemiRitRit81387Rit34 10 Ross Cheever6812Rit1465Rit4 11 Ukyo Katayama11RitRit75812Rit2 12 Keiji Matsumoto136RitRitRit16Rit1 13 Akio Morimoto10Rit118RitRit770 14 Eje Elgh712101099990 15 Kenny Acheson8Rit915Rit140 16 Dave Scott108Rit0 17 Hitoshi Ogawa1212111180 18 Masamoto Shimizu1299101213Rit0 19 Kazuo MogiRit10Rit11RitRit15110 20 Tetsuya OotaRit111411RitRit0 21 Hideshi MatsudaNP13Rit13131412022 Jeff Krosnoff130- Katsunori Iketani NQRit-- Mark BlundellRit- Pos Pilota 2&4 INT ALL SFJ SUG RRC GRT SFR Punti validi

Risultati Completi Prima colonna 10 = posizione in griglia Seconda colonna 10 = risultato in gara

R=ritirato NS=non parte NQ=non qualificato

Pos Nome Team Telaio Motore 2&4INT ALL SFJSUG RRCGRT SFR 1 Aguri Suzuki Footwork Racing International Footwork Cosworth-Yamaha 18 March 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 R 4 2 Reynard 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 Reynard 8 2 13 4 5 3 12 4 4 Masanori Sekiya Leyton House Racing March Mugen Honda 3 R Lola 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 Reynard 2 1 1 R 2 R 2 R Takao Wada Advan Sport Pal March Mugen Honda 4 5 Lola 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 Reynard 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 Lola 6 5 8 8 12 12 5 R 12 Keiji Matsumoto Meiju Racing March Mugen Honda 7 13 10 6 9 R - - Lola 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 Reynard 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 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 - Kazumo Mogi Sics Racing March Cosworth 16 R 18 10 16 R Lola 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 Pos Nome Team Telaio Motore 2&4INT ALL SFJSUG RRCGRT SFR

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