1988 F1 World Championship Season

1987 F1 World Championship

1989 F1 World Championship

Fact File

Drivers’ Champion:	Ayrton Senna (1st title, 22nd different world champion, 3rd Brazilian champion)
Constructors’ Champion:	McLaren (4th title)
Races:	16
Winning drivers:	Ayrton Senna (8) Alain Prost (7) Gerhard Berger (1)
Winning constructors:	McLaren (15) Ferrari (1)
First-time winners (driver):	none
First-time winners (constructor):	none

1988 F1 World Championship Grands Prix

Calendar

DT: Drivers’ title decider
CT: Constructors’ title decider

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Race Result
1	Brazil	Jacarepagua	3 April	1988 Brazilian Grand Prix
2	San Marino	Imola	1 May	1988 San Marino Grand Prix
3	Monaco	Monte Carlo	15 May	1988 Monaco Grand Prix
4	Mexico	Mexico City	29 May	1988 Mexican Grand Prix
5	Canada	Montreal	12 June	1988 Canadian Grand Prix
6	Detroit	Detroit	19 June	1988 Detroit Grand Prix
7	France	Paul Ricard	3 July	1988 French Grand Prix
8	Britain	Silverstone	10 July	1988 British Grand Prix
9	Germany	Hockenheim	24 July	1988 German Grand Prix
10	Hungary	Hungaroring	7 August	1988 Hungarian Grand Prix
11	Belgium CT	Spa-Francorchamps	28 August	1988 Belgian Grand Prix
12	Italy	Monza	11 September	1988 Italian Grand Prix
13	Portugal	Estoril	25 September	1988 Portuguese Grand Prix
14	Spain	Jerez	2 October	1988 Spanish Grand Prix
15	Japan DT	Suzuka	30 October	1988 Japanese Grand Prix
16	Australia	Adelaide	13 November	1988 Australian Grand Prix

Race Winners

Highlight: Home driver race winner

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Start	Win Margin
1	Brazil	Jacarepagua	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	3	9.873s
2	San Marino	Imola	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	2.334s
3	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	2	20.543s
4	Mexico	Mexico City	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	2	7.104s
5	Canada	Montreal	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	5.934s
6	Detroit	Detroit	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	38.713s
7	France	Paul Ricard	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	1	31.752s
8	Britain	Silverstone	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	3	23.344s
9	Germany	Hockenheim	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	13.609s
10	Hungary	Hungaroring	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	0.529s
11	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	30.470s
12	Italy	Monza	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	3	0.502s
13	Portugal	Estoril	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	1	9.553s
14	Spain	Jerez	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	2	26.232s
15	Japan	Suzuka	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	13.363s
16	Australia	Adelaide	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	2	36.787s

Polesitters

Highlight: Home driver polesitter

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Race	Pole Margin
1	Brazil	Jacarepagua	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	DSQ	0.536s
2	San Marino	Imola	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	0.771s
3	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	DNF	1.427s
4	Mexico	Mexico City	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	2	0.629s
5	Canada	Montreal	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	0.182s
6	Detroit	Detroit	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	0.858s
7	France	Paul Ricard	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	1	0.478s
8	Britain	Silverstone	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	9	0.199s
9	Germany	Hockenheim	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	0.277s
10	Hungary	Hungaroring	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	0.108s
11	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	0.410s
12	Italy	Monza	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	10 (DNF)	0.303s
13	Portugal	Estoril	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	1	0.458s
14	Spain	Jerez	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	4	0.067s
15	Japan	Suzuka	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1	0.324s
16	Australia	Adelaide	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	2	0.132s

Fastest Laps

Highlight: Home driver fastest lap setter

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor
1	Brazil	Jacarepagua	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari
2	San Marino	Imola	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda
3	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda
4	Mexico	Mexico City	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda
5	Canada	Montreal	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda
6	Detroit	Detroit	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda
7	France	Paul Ricard	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda
8	Britain	Silverstone	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Judd
9	Germany	Hockenheim	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford Cosworth
10	Hungary	Hungaroring	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda
11	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari
12	Italy	Monza	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari
13	Portugal	Estoril	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari
14	Spain	Jerez	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda
15	Japan	Suzuka	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda
16	Australia	Adelaide	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda

1988 F1 World Championship Standings

Driver

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	90 (94)
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	87 (105)	-3
3	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	41	-49
4	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	27	-63
5	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	24	-66
6	Nelson Piquet	Lotus	22	-68
7	Ivan Capelli	March	17	-73
=	Derek Warwick	Arrows	17	-73
9	Nigel Mansell	Williams	12	-78
=	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	12	-78
11	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	8	-82
12	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	6	-84
13	Mauricio Gugelmin	March	5	-85
=	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	5	-85
15	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial	3	-87
16	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	1	-89
=	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus	1	-89

Points scoring system used:

1st: 9 points
2nd: 6 points
3rd: 4 points
4th: 3 points
5th: 2 points
6th: 1 point

Only the best 11 results counted towards the championship.
Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points	Gap
1	McLaren-Honda	199
2	Ferrari	65	-134
3	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	39	-160
4	Lotus-Honda	23	-176
5	Arrows-Megatron	23	-176
6	March-Judd	22	-177
7	Williams-Judd	20	-179
8	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	5	-194
9	Rial-Ford Cosworth	3	-196
10	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	1	-198

Points scoring system used:

1st: 9 points
2nd: 6 points
3rd: 4 points
4th: 3 points
5th: 2 points
6th: 1 point

Constructors received points for each of their cars.
Only the best 11 results counted towards the championship.
Numbers shown without parentheses are the points scored that counted towards the championship; numbers in parentheses are the total number of points scored.

Qualifying Results Overview

Pos	Driver	BRA	SMR	MCO	MEX	CAN	DET	FRA	GBR	DEU	HUN	BEL	ITA	PRT	ESP	JPN	AUS	Avg.	Best
1	Ayrton Senna	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1.25	1
2	Alain Prost	3	2	2	2	2	4	1	4	2	7	2	2	1	2	2	2	2.50	1
3	Gerhard Berger	4	5	3	3	3	2	3	1	3	9	3	3	4	8	3	4	3.81	1
4	Michele Alboreto	6	10	4	5	4	3	4	2	4	15	4	4	7	10	9	12	6.44	2
5	Nelson Piquet	5	3	11	4	6	8	7	7	5	13	9	7	8	9	5	5	7.00	3
6	Nigel Mansell	2	11	5	14	9	6	9	11	11	2			6	3	8	3	7.14	2
7	Alessandro Nannini	12	4	6	8	5	7	6	8	6	5	7	9	9	5	12	8	7.31	4
8	Thierry Boutsen	7	8	16	11	7	5	5	12	9	3	6	8	13	4	10	10	8.38	3
9	Ivan Capelli	9	9	22	10	14	21	10	6	7	4	14	11	3	6	4	9	9.94	3
10	Riccardo Patrese	8	6	8	17	11	10	15	15	13	6	5	10	11	7	11	6	9.94	5
11	Derek Warwick	11	14	7	9	16	9	11	9	12	12	10	6	10	17	7	7	10.44	6
12	Martin Brundle											12						12.00	12
13	Mauricio Gugelmin	13	20	14	16	18	13	16	5	10	8	13	13	5	11	13	19	12.94	5
14	Eddie Cheever	15	7	9	7	8	15	13	13	15	14	11	5	18	25	15	18	13.00	5
15	Satoru Nakajima	10	12	27	6	13	28	8	10	8	19	8	12	16	15	6	13	13.19	6
16	Andrea de Cesaris	14	16	19	12	12	12	12	14	14	18	19	18	12	23	14	15	15.25	12
17	Philippe Streiff	19	13	12	19	10	11	17	16	16	23	18	23	21	13	18	16	16.56	10
18	Philippe Alliot	16	15	13	13	17	14	18	22	20	20	16	20	20	12	19	24	17.44	12
19	Pierluigi Martini						16	23	19	30	16	28	14	14	20	17	14	19.18	14
20	Alex Caffi	31	24	17	23	31	22	14	21	19	10	15	21	17	18	21	11	19.69	10
21	Aguri Suzuki															20		20.00	20
22	Jonathan Palmer	22	23	10	27	19	17	24	17	24	21	21	27	22	22	16	17	20.56	10
23	Yannick Dalmas	17	19	21	22	29	25	19	23	21	17	23	25	15	16			20.86	15
24	Luis Perez-Sala	20	18	15	25	21	26	26	18	27	11	27	19	19	24	22	21	21.19	11
25	Rene Arnoux	18	29	20	20	20	20	28	25	17	25	17	24	23	19	23	23	21.94	17
26	Jean-Louis Schlesser												22					22.00	22
27	Stefano Modena	24	26			15	19	20	20	25	26	29	30	29	26	30	20	24.21	15
28	Stefan Johansson	21	28	26	24	25	18	30	29	28	24	20	28	24	21	27	22	24.69	18
29	Nicola Larini	29		25	28	28	27	25	26	18	31	26	17	25	14	24	31	24.93	14
30	Piercarlo Ghinzani	28	25	23	18	22	30	22	28	23	30	24	16	28	30	29	26	25.12	16
31	Bernd Schneider	30	30	28	15	30	29	21	30	22	28	25	15	30	27	25	30	25.94	15
32	Adrian Campos	23	22	29	30	27												26.20	22
33	Gabriele Tarquini	25	17	24	21	26	31	31	31	31	22	22	29	26	31	31	27	26.56	17
34	Oscar Larrauri	26	27	18	26	24	24	27	27	26	27	31	31	31	28	28	25	26.62	18
35	Julian Bailey	27	21	30	29	23	23	29	24	29	29	30	26	27	29	26	28	26.88	21
36	Pierre-Henri Raphanel																29	29.00	29

Race Results Overview

Pos	Driver	BRA	SMR	MCO	MEX	CAN	DET	FRA	GBR	DEU	HUN	BEL	ITA	PRT	ESP	JPN	AUS	Points
1	Ayrton Senna	DSQ	1	R	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	10^R	6	4	1	2	90 (94)
2	Alain Prost	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	R	2	2	2	R	1	1	2	1	87 (105)
3	Gerhard Berger	2	5	2	3	R	R	4	9	3	4	R	1	R	6	4	R	41
4	Thierry Boutsen	7	4	8	8	3	3	R	R	6	3	DSQ	6	3	9	3	5	27
5	Michele Alboreto	5	18^R	3	4	R	R	3	17^R	4	R	R	2	5	R	11	R	24
6	Nelson Piquet	3	3	R	R	4	R	5	5	R	8	4	R	R	8	R	3	22
7	Ivan Capelli	R	R	10	16	5	DNS	9	R	5	R	3	5	2	R	R	6	17
=	Derek Warwick	4	9	4	5	7	R	R	6	7	R	5	4	4	R	R	R	17
9	Nigel Mansell	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	2	R	R			R	2	R	R	12
=	Alessandro Nannini	R	6	R	7	R	R	6	3	18	R	DSQ	9	R	3	5	R	12
11	Riccardo Patrese	R	13	6	R	R	R	R	8	R	6	R	7	R	5	6	4	8
12	Eddie Cheever	8	7	R	6	R	R	11	7	10	R	6	3	R	R	R	R	6
13	Mauricio Gugelmin	R	15	R	R	R	R	8	4	8	5	R	8	R	7	10	R	5
=	Jonathan Palmer	R	14	5	DNQ	6	5	R	R	11	R	12^R	DNQ	R	R	12	R	5
15	Andrea de Cesaris	R	R	R	R	9^R	4	10	R	13	R	R	R	R	R	R	8^R	3
16	Satoru Nakajima	6	8	DNQ	R	11	DNQ	7	10	9	7	R	R	R	R	7	R	1
=	Pierluigi Martini						6	15	15	DNQ	R	DNQ	R	R	R	13	7	1
	Yannick Dalmas	R	12	7	9	DNQ	7	13	13	19	9	R	R	R	11
	Alex Caffi	DNPQ	R	R	R	DNPQ	8	12	11	15	R	8	R	7	10	R	R
	Martin Brundle											7
	Philippe Streiff	R	10	DNS	12	R	R	R	R	R	R	10	R	9	R	8	11^R
	Luis Perez-Sala	R	11	R	11	13	R	NC	R	DNQ	10	DNQ	R	8	12	15	R
	Gabriele Tarquini	R	R	R	14	8	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	13	NC	DNQ	11	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ
	Philippe Alliot	R	17	R	R	10^R	R	R	14	R	12	9	R	R	14	9	10^R
	Stefan Johansson	9	DNQ	R	10	R	R	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	R	11^R	DNQ	R	R	DNQ	9^R
	Julian Bailey	DNQ	R	DNQ	DNQ	R	9^R	DNQ	16	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	12	DNQ	DNQ	14	DNQ
	Nicola Larini	DNQ		9	DNQ	DNQ	R	R	19^R	R	DNPQ	R	R	12	R	R	DNPQ
	Rene Arnoux	R	DNQ	R	R	R	R	DNQ	18	17	R	R	13	10	R	17	R
	Stefano Modena	R	NC			12	R	14	12	R	11	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	13	DNQ	R
	Jean-Louis Schlesser												11
	Bernd Schneider	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	R	DNQ	DNQ	R	DNQ	12	DNQ	13^R	R	DNQ	DNQ	R	DNQ
	Oscar Larrauri	DNS	DNQ	R	13	R	R	R	DNQ	16	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	R
	Piercarlo Ghinzani	DNQ	R	R	15	14^R	DNQ	DNS	DNQ	14	DNQ	R	R	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	R
	Adrian Campos	R	16	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
	Aguri Suzuki															16
	Pierre-Henri Raphanel																DNQ

Race To The Title

The Race To The Title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season.

1988 F1 World Championship Season Statistics

See: 1988 F1 World Championship Season Statistics