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500 km de Bourgogne

Dijon, France

Date: 29/5/1988
Track length: 3.800 m
Attendance: unknown
Entries accepted: 33
Starters: 31
Finishers: 19

Pole position: Dieudonné/Brancatelli in 1.26,00
Fastest lap: Niedzwietz in 1.27,40

Distance: 500 km
Average speed: 150,9 kmh
Weather: Overcast but dry
Ruleset: Group A
Car info: 1988 Cars

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The curvy track of Dijon wasn’t really suited for the Sierras, but despite this they had a double victory. Niedzwiedz gradually increased his lead after the start to 30 seconds at the first pit stop. Soper took over, but came in again after seven laps with a loose rear wheel. Brancatelli, replacing Ludwig who raced at the Avus, now took the lead but when he changed back to Dieudonné the latter was instructed to let Soper by. Van de Poele and Ravaglia could do no better than finish third in the same lap as the Sierras.


Division 1, 2 and 3
Pos Pos in class # Team / Entrant
Car- Engine
Drivers, Nationality Engine
vol. (cc)
Engine
Type
Group Distance,
time
Qualifying position Qualifying time Fastest lap Reason out,
remarks
1 1 1 Eggenberger Motorsport
Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth
Steve Soper, GB
Klaus Niedzwiedz, D
(Pierre Dieudonné, B)
1993 tc L4 Div. 3 132 1 1.26,00    
2 2 2 Eggenberger Motorsport
Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth
Gianfranco Brancatelli, I
Pierre Dieudonné, B
(Klaus Niedzwiedz, D)
1993 tc L4 Div. 3 132 2 1.26,66    
3 1 56 BMW Motorsport GmbH/Schnitzer
BMW M3
Eric Van de Poele, B
Roberto Ravaglia, I
(Fabien Giroix, F)
2332 L4 Div. 2 132 6 1.27,72    
4 2 52 Team Bigazzi
BMW M3
Jacques Laffite, F
Mark Thatcher, GB
Winfried Vogt, D
2332 L4 Div. 2 131 3 1.27,55    
5 3   Schnitzer
BMW M3
Ellen Lohr, D
Fabien Giroix, F
(Eric Van de Poele, B)
2332 L4 Div. 2 130 4 1.27,58    
6 3 16 Bemani Toyota Schweiz
Toyota Supra 3.0i MA70
Philippe Müller, CH
Volker Strycek, D
2954 L6 Div. 3 129 13 1.29,22    
7 4 69 Prodrive
BMW M3
Eddy Joosen, B
Marc Duez, B
2332 L4 Div. 2 129 12 1.29,13    
8 5 71 Garage Du Bac
BMW M3
Jean-Pierre Malcher, F
Pierre Petit, F
2332 L4 Div. 2 128 10 1.27,92    
9 4 17 Bornebusch Racing
Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth
Kaj Bornebusch, S
Ulf Larsson, S
1993 tc L4 Div. 3 128 5 1.27,61    
10 6 82  
BMW M3
Gérard Bleynie, F
Jean-Pierre Jabouille, F
2332 L4 Div. 2 125 11 1.28,61    
11 7    
BMW M3
Jean-Pierre Castel, F
Denis Morin, F
Ferdinand de Lesseps, F
2332 L4 Div. 2 125 18 1.31,62    
12 8 55 Herba-Proficraft racing
BMW M3
Milos Bychl, CS
Peter Faubel, D
2332 L4 Div. 2 125 23 1.33,37    
13 9 54 Lingmann
BMW M3
Herbert Lingmann, D
Ludwig Hölzl, D
2332 L4 Div. 2 123 17 1.31,43    
14 10 59 úAMK CSSR
BMW M3
Oldrich Vanícek, CS
Vlastimil Tomásek, CS
2332 L4 Div. 2 123 16 1.31,27    
15 11    
BMW M3
Claude Haldi, CH
Luigi Bello, CH
2332 L4 Div. 2 121 14 1.29,80    
16 1 122 FINA Racing Team
Toyota Corolla GT AE86
Guy Katsers, B
Jean-Claude Burton, B
1587 L4 Div. 1 116 27 1.38,34    
17 2 124 Seikel Motorsport
Toyota Corolla GT AE86
Dagmar Suster, YU
Giuseppe Quargentan, I
(Peter Seikel, D)
1587 L4 Div. 1 110 30 1.40,26    
18 3 126 AA GRK Prag
Toyota Corolla GT AE86
Eddy Van Esch, B
Noël Van Den Eeckhout, B
1587 L4 Div. 1 103 28 1.39,01    
19 4   FINA Racing
Toyota Corolla GT AE86
Pierre Fermine, B
Serge De Liedekerke, B
1587 L4 Div. 1 99 25 1.36,09    
DNF   51 Team Bigazzi
BMW M3
Winfried Vogt, D
Jean-Michel Martin, B
Jacques Laffite, F
2332 L4 Div. 2   20 1.31,84    
DNF     Bigazzi
BMW M3
Jacques Laffite, F
Olivier Grouillard, F
2332 L4 Div. 2   7 1.27,75    
DNF      
BMW M3
Bernard Salam, F
Pierre Destic, F
Denis Morin, F
2332 L4 Div. 2   15 1.31,00    
DNF   60 Wollstadt Racing
BMW M3
Johannes Wollstadt, D
Heinz Wirth, D
2332 L4 Div. 2   19 1.31,72    
DNF      
Toyota Corolla GT AE86
Antonín Charouz, CS
Georg Alber, D
1587 L4 Div. 1   26 1.36,63   Con rod
DNF     Seikel Motorsport
Toyota Corolla GT AE86
Girolamo Capra, I
Giovanni da Schio, I
1587 L4 Div. 1   29 1.40,22    
DNF      
BMW 635 CSi
Bruno di Gioia, B
Gerard Févrot, B
3475 L6 Div. 3   24 1.33,42    
DNF   27 Bavaria Automobiles
Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth
Jean-Pierre Jaussaud, F
René Metge, F
1993 tc L4 Div. 3   8 1.27,75    
DNF   12 Conquista
Maserati Biturbo 331 B25
Thomas Lindström, S
Bernard Santal, CH
2491 tc V6 Div. 3   21 1.32,76    
DNF   5 Jolly Club
Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth
Roberto Castagna, I
Roberto Orlandi, I
Romeo Camathias, I
1993 tc L4 Div. 3   22 1.33,22    
DNF   23 Nismo
Nissan Skyline GTS-R Turbo HR31
Allan Grice, AUS
Win Percy, GB
2029 tc L6 Div. 3   9 1.27,81   Transmission
DNF   130 Jumbo racing
Peugeot 205 GTI
Hans "Ali" Frensch, D
Rainer Möllmann, D
1580 L4 Div. 1   31 1.41,84    
DNS?   79  
Mercedes 190 E 2.3-16
Noël del Bello, F
2323 L4 Div. 2          
DNQ   14 Euromotor/Luigi Racing
Ford Sierra RS 500 Cosworth
Thierry Tassin, B
Roman Feitler, L
Jean-Claude Andruet, F
1993 tc L4 Div. 3