1988 F1 season

Season info

Season no.	39
Races	16
Drivers’ Champion	Ayrton Senna (1st title; 22nd different World Champion, 3rd Brazilian champion)
Constructors’ Champion	McLaren-Honda (4th title for McLaren)
Reigning Drivers’ Champion	Nelson Piquet
Reigning Constructors’ Champion	Williams

#	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date
1	Brazil	Jacarepagua	03 April
2	San Marino	Imola	01 May
3	Monaco	Monte Carlo	15 May
4	Mexico	Mexico City	29 May
5	Canada	Montreal	12 June
6	Detroit	Detroit	19 June
7	France	Le Castellet	03 July
8	Britain	Silverstone	10 July
9	Germany	Hockenheim	24 July
10	Hungary	Hungaroring	07 August
11	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	28 August
12	Italy	Monza	11 September
13	Portugal	Estoril	25 September
14	Spain	Jerez	02 October
15	Japan	Suzuka	30 October
16	Australia	Adelaide	13 November

#	Grand Prix	Result
1	Brazil	Result
2	San Marino	Result
3	Monaco	Result
4	Mexico	Result
5	Canada	Result
6	Detroit	Result
7	France	Result
8	Britain	Result
9	Germany	Result
10	Hungary	Result
11	Belgium (constructors’ title decider)	Result
12	Italy	Result
13	Portugal	Result
14	Spain	Result
15	Japan (drivers’ title decider)	Result
16	Australia	Result

The following drivers and constructors participated in the 1988 F1 season. Round(s) entered are shown in parentheses.

AGS: (FRA) Philippe Streiff (All)
Arrows: (USA) Eddie Cheever (All); (GBR) Derek Warwick (All)
Benetton: (BEL) Thierry Boutsen (All); (ITA) Alessandro Nannini (All)
Coloni: (ITA) Gabriele Tarquini (All)
Dallara: (ITA) Alex Caffi (All)
EuroBrun: (ARG) Oscar Larrauri (All) (Rookie); (ITA) Stefano Modena (All)
Ferrari: (ITA) Michele Alboreto (All); (AUT) Gerhard Berger (All)
Ligier: (FRA) Rene Arnoux (All); (SWE) Stefan Johansson (All)
Lola: (FRA) Philippe Alliot (All); (FRA) Yannick Dalmas (1-14); (JPN) Aguri Suzuki (15) (Rookie); (FRA) Pierre-Henri Raphanel (16)
Lotus: (JPN) Satoru Nakajima (All); (BRA) Nelson Piquet (All)
March: (ITA) Ivan Capelli (All); (BRA) Mauricio Gugelmin (All) (Rookie)
McLaren: (FRA) Alain Prost (All); (BRA) Ayrton Senna (All)
Minardi: (ESP) Luis Perez-Sala (All) (Rookie); (ESP) Adrian Campos (1-5); (ITA) Pierluigi Martini (6-16)
Osella: (ITA) Nicola Larini (All)
Rial: (ITA) Andrea de Cesaris (All)
Tyrrell: (GBR) Julian Bailey (All) (Rookie); (GBR) Jonathan Palmer (All)
Williams: (ITA) Riccardo Patrese (All); (GBR) Nigel Mansell (1-10, 13-16); (GBR) Martin Brundle (11); (FRA) Jean-Louis Schlesser (12) (Rookie)
Zakspeed: (ITA) Piercarlo Ghinzani (All); (DEU) Bernd Schneider (All) (Rookie)

Final season (drivers): Adrian Campos; Jean-Louis Schlesser; Philippe Streiff
First entry (drivers) since…: 1983 for Jean-Louis Schlesser; 1985 for Pierluigi Martini
Last entry (drivers) until…: 1991 for Julian Bailey
Debut season (constructors): Dallara; EuroBrun; Rial

There were no first-time winners in 1988.

Driver	Grand Prix
Alessandro Nannini (Benetton)	Britain
Ivan Capelli (March)	Belgium

There were no first-time polesitters in 1988.

1990 was the next season to feature a first-time polesitter.