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[GMiranda]

Hello

 

May I ask if anybody can find the entry lists and results of the EFDA Formula Opel/Vauxhall Lotus, please? It seems there aren't correctly detailed results or final classifications on the internet, as they don't even detail which team the driver belonged to.

Please, I am primarily interested in the Euroseries and the British series for ongoing research.

 

Best Regards

[70JesperOH]

This is a link to svenskracing.se and the entry list for the 1988 race at Ring Knutstorp providing a lot of team names: https://www.svenskra...type=startlista

 

This is another link to a mixed bag of 1988 euroseries races from racingyears.com: https://www.racingye...otus_Euroseries

 

The last link I recently used to create my own point standings. The top-10 and -12 standings which is the best I've seen in Autosport or the net has matched the racing years results with theoretical 32 point scoring drivers for 1988. I'd like to post my standing, but in time.

 

Jesper

Edited by 70JesperOH, 06 March 2025 - 17:31.

[GMiranda]

This is a link to svenskracing.se and the entry list for the 1988 race at Ring Knutstorp providing a lot of team names: https://www.svenskra...type=startlista

 

This is another link to a mixed bag of 1988 euroseries races from racingyears.com: https://www.racingye...otus_Euroseries

 

The last link I recently used to create my own point standings. The top-10 and -12 standings which is the best I've seen in Autosport or the net has matched the racing years results with theoretical 32 point scoring drivers for 1988. I'd like to post my standing, but in time.

 

Jesper

Many Thanks, I'll take a look.

[70JesperOH]

This is my 1988 standings.Top-10 aligns in position and points with the 1988 Autosport review and basically the rest is mine.

 

Pos. Driver                                       Points

 

1.     Mika Häkkinen (FIN)                126, 4 wins, 6 fastest laps

2.     Henrik Larsen (DNK)               125, 3 wins, 1 fastest lap           

3.     Allan McNish (GBR)                 77, 1 win, 1 fastest lap

4.     Peter Kox (NLD)                       65

5.     Allard Kalff (NLD)                     61 

6.     Heinz-Harald Frentzen (DEU)  56, 2 wins, 1 fastest lap

7.     Niclas Schönström (SWE)        49, 1 fastes lap

8.     Eduar Merhy Neto (BRA)          44

9.     Justin Bell (GBR)                      30

10.   Antonio Albacete (ESP)            25

11.   Jürgen von Gartzen (DEU)       22

12.   Marco Werner (DEU)                18

13.   Markus Grossmann (DEU)       15    

14.   David Brabham (AUS)              14  

15.   Eugene O'Brien (GBR)             14

16.   Peter Hardman (GBR)              10

17.   Miguel Vilar (PRT)                     9

18.   Doug Spencer (GBR)                9

19.   Mark Goddard (GBR)                8

20.   Paul Mather (GBR)                   8

21.   Paul Jud (CHE)                         6

22.   Mathias Arlt (DEU)                    5

23.   David Luyet (CHE)                    4 

24.   Ben Edwards (GBR)                 4

25.   Anders Krohn (SWE)                4

26.   Patrick Dewalk (?)                    3

27.   Jan-Olov Tingdahl (SWE)         2

28.   Andy Sim (GBR)                       2

29.   Pedro Carvalho (PRT)              2

30.   Frans Vöröz (NLD)                   1

31.   Philippe Adams (BEL)              1

32.   Alvaro de Arenzana (ESP)       1

NC   Hatem Achour (?)

NC   Dave Coyne (GBR)

NC   Quentin Smith (GBR)

NC   Gordon Wilson (GBR)

NC   Richard Reynolds (GBR)

NC   Gilles Rousselet (FRA)

NC   Matt Johnson (GBR)

NC   Harrie van den Berg (?)

NC   Gino Ussi (?)

NC   Eric Gabriel (?)

 

Points given for top-10 positions according to the 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 points with an additional point for fastest lap.

 

Qualifying rounds:

 

R1    1988-06-19, Zandvoort (NLD)

R2    1988-07-02, Paul Ricard (FRA), F1 support race

R3    1988-07-10, Silverstone (GBR), F1 support race

R4    1988-07-24, Hockenheimring (DEU), F1 support race

R5    1988-07-30, Spa-Francorchamps (BEL), Spa 24h support race

R6    1988-08-07, Ring Knutstorp (SWE), Kvällsposten News Race

R7    1988-08-21, Brands Hatch (GBR), BTCC support race

R8    1988-09-04, Nürburgring (DEU), WS-PC (Gr. C) support race

R9    1988-09-25, Estoril (PRT), F1 support race

R10  1988-10-02, Jerez (ESP), F1 support race

 

The late start to the inaugural season was to iron out bugs with the cars or proceedings in the national series races, before the EFDA Euroseries started. Seems sensible. From the preceeding EFDA Formula Ford 2000 days there was already a healthy tradition to support european F1 races.

 

From the Autosport review It's noted that Mika Häkkinen seemed way off in wet weather conditions. From retrospective Danish sources Henrik Larsen generally preferred a soft setup, only later to learn that a stiff one worked better for him. Given that Dan Partel has said that the car was soft, that may explain why both revelled and failed as weather conditions changed. It would imply that Häkkinen preferred a hard setup, but I don't know.

The third star of '88 was Heinz-Harald Frentzen. Autosport tells that his budget prevented him from doing both his domestic and the international serieses. His choices allowed him to win the German title and making a big impression on the euroseries late in the year.

 

Since most weekends seemed to have attracted +30 entries, and with national series around, there might have been the double of numbers trying their luck over the 10 races.

 

NB! Mika Häkkinen and Allan McNish were team mates running both the euro and British series. McNish won his home crown.

 

Jesper

Edited by 70JesperOH, 07 March 2025 - 15:49.

[ReWind]

DriverDB has some more participants.

[70JesperOH]

Thank you ReWind. Already spotted a new driver and the nationality of another.

 

Jesper

[GMiranda]

This is my 1988 standings.Top-10 aligns in position and points with the 1988 Autosport review and basically the rest is mine.

 

Pos. Driver                                       Points

 

1.     Mika Häkkinen (FIN)                126, 4 wins, 6 fastest laps

2.     Henrik Larsen (DNK)               125, 3 wins, 1 fastest lap           

3.     Allan McNish (GBR)                 77, 1 win, 1 fastest lap

4.     Peter Kox (NLD)                       65

5.     Allard Kalff (NLD)                     61 

6.     Heinz-Harald Frentzen (DEU)  56, 2 wins, 1 fastest lap

7.     Niclas Schönström (SWE)        49, 1 fastes lap

8.     Eduar Merhy Neto (BRA)          44

9.     Justin Bell (GBR)                      30

10.   Antonio Albacete (ESP)            25

11.   Jürgen von Gartzen (DEU)       22

12.   Marco Werner (DEU)                18

13.   Markus Grossmann (DEU)       15    

14.   David Brabham (AUS)              14  

15.   Eugene O'Brien (GBR)             14

16.   Peter Hardman (GBR)              10

17.   Miguel Vilar (PRT)                     9

18.   Doug Spencer (GBR)                9

19.   Mark Goddard (GBR)                8

20.   Paul Mather (GBR)                   8

21.   Paul Jud (CHE)                         6

22.   Mathias Arlt (DEU)                    5

23.   David Luyet (CHE)                    4 

24.   Ben Edwards (GBR)                 4

25.   Anders Krohn (SWE)                4

26.   Patrick Dewalk (?)                    3

27.   Jan-Olov Tingdahl (SWE)         2

28.   Andy Sim (GBR)                       2

29.   Pedro Carvalho (PRT)              2

30.   Frans Vöröz (NLD)                   1

31.   Philippe Adams (BEL)              1

32.   Alvaro de Arenzana (ESP)       1

NC   Hatem Achour (?)

NC   Dave Coyne (GBR)

NC   Quentin Smith (GBR)

NC   Gordon Wilson (GBR)

NC   Richard Reynolds (GBR)

NC   Gilles Rousselet (FRA)

NC   Matt Johnson (GBR)

NC   Harrie van den Berg (?)

NC   Gino Ussi (?)

NC   Eric Gabriel (?)

 

Points given for top-10 positions according to the 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1 points with an additional point for fastest lap.

 

Qualifying rounds:

 

R1    1988-06-19, Zandvoort (NLD)

R2    1988-07-02, Paul Ricard (FRA), F1 support race

R3    1988-07-10, Silverstone (GBR), F1 support race

R4    1988-07-24, Hockenheimring (DEU), F1 support race

R5    1988-07-30, Spa-Francorchamps (BEL), Spa 24h support race

R6    1988-08-07, Ring Knutstorp (SWE), Kvällsposten News Race

R7    1988-08-21, Brands Hatch (GBR), BTCC support race

R8    1988-09-04, Nürburgring (DEU), WS-PC (Gr. C) support race

R9    1988-09-25, Estoril (PRT), F1 support race

R10  1988-10-02, Jerez (ESP), F1 support race

 

The late start to the inaugural season was to iron out bugs with the cars or proceedings in the national series races, before the EFDA Euroseries started. Seems sensible. From the preceeding EFDA Formula Ford 2000 days there was already a healthy tradition to support european F1 races.

 

From the Autosport review It's noted that Mika Häkkinen seemed way off in wet weather conditions. From retrospective Danish sources Henrik Larsen generally preferred a soft setup, only later to learn that a stiff one worked better for him. Given that Dan Partel has said that the car was soft, that may explain why both revelled and failed as weather conditions changed. It would imply that Häkkinen preferred a hard setup, but I don't know.

The third star of '88 was Heinz-Harald Frentzen. Autosport tells that his budget prevented him from doing both his domestic and the international serieses. His choices allowed him to win the German title and making a big impression on the euroseries late in the year.

 

Since most weekends seemed to have attracted +30 entries, and with national series around, there might have been the double of numbers trying their luck over the 10 races.

 

NB! Mika Häkkinen and Allan McNish were team mates running both the euro and British series. McNish won his home crown.

 

Jesper

 

Many Thanks!!! The details are impressive!

[Mark A]

UK Championship results

Motorsport Winners

[70JesperOH]

UK Championship results

Motorsport Winners

 

Thank you. Interestingly the British Grand Prix support race seems to have doubled as both a Euroseries Opel-Lotus and a British Vauxhall-Lotus race, with Henrik Larsen the winner of both. This would have been the eigths of ten rounds of the British series, but only the third round of the Euroseries. Reading through the Autosport review of the season, the British GP event was the only joint round of both series ..and it was wet. Interestingly Allan McNish received 20 points for second place rather than 15 for the British Challenge, as winner Henrik Larsen was not registered for the BritishChallenge? Mika Häkkinen received 3 points for presumably eigth on the road, but 12 points for third best Vauxhall Challenger.

 

Jesper

Edited by 70JesperOH, 07 March 2025 - 19:23.

[bigears]

I am guessing finding the qualifying times are more difficult as I am still on the lookout for the qualifying line up at the 1988 Birmingham Superprix before the race was cancelled?

[nexfast]

On the driver's nationality (always a tricky subject ), Anders Krohn is Norwegian, not Swedish, Hatem Achour is Tunisian, Gino Ussi is a South African of Italian origin (double nationality) and  Harrie van den Berg is Dutch. Can't help on Dewalk and Gabriel, though.

[70JesperOH]

But, thank you for the contribution.

 

Jesper