| Country: | France |
| Grand Prix: | Pau |
| Date: | 23 May |
| Year: | 1988 |
| Official Name: | XLVIII Pau Grand Prix |
| Location: | Pau, France |
| Course: | Temporary Street Circuit |
| Course Mi: | 1.720 |
| Course Km: | 2.760 |
| Distance Laps: | 72 |
| Distance Mi: | 123.84 |
| Distance Km: | 198.72 |
| Pole Driver: | Roberto Moreno |
| Pole Country: | BRA |
| Pole Flag Suffix: | 1968 |
| Pole Team: | Bromley Motorsport |
| Pole Time: | 1:11.880 |
| Fast Driver: | Marco Apicella |
| Fast Team: | FIRST Racing |
| Fast Time: | 1:12.72 |
| Fast Country: | ITA |
| First Driver: | Roberto Moreno |
| First Country: | BRA |
| First Flag Suffix: | 1968 |
| First Team: | Bromley Motorsport |
| Second Driver: | Jean Alesi |
| Second Country: | FRA |
| Second Team: | Oreca Motorsport |
| Third Driver: | Pierluigi Martini |
| Third Country: | ITA |
| Third Team: | FIRST Racing |
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.
| 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 | - | ||||
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| 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 | |||||||||
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