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1988 Australian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitAdelaide, 82 laps
Round16 of 16
Race numbers

The 1988 Australian Grand Prix was the:

  • 468th World Championship race
  • 4th World Championship Australian Grand Prix
  • 4th World Championship race at Adelaide
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda821hr 53m 14.676s9
2-1(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda82+36.787s6
3+2(BRA) Nelson PiquetLotus-Honda82+47.546s4
4+2(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Judd82+1m 20.088s3
5+5(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth81+1 lap2
6+3(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd81+1 lap1
7+7(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth80+2 laps 
8+7(ITA) Andrea de CesarisRial-Ford Cosworth77DNF 
9+13(SWE) Stefan JohanssonLigier-Judd76DNF 
10+14(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth75DNF 
11+5(FRA) Philippe StreiffAGS-Ford Cosworth73DNF 
R (ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed69DNF 
R (GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Judd65DNF 
R (ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth63DNF 
R (ITA) Stefano ModenaEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth63DNF 
R (GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron52DNF 
R (USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron51DNF 
R (BRA) Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd46DNF 
R (JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda45DNF 
R (ESP) Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth41DNF 
R (ITA) Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth32DNF 
R (AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari25DNF 
R (FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Judd24DNF 
R (GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth16DNF 
R (ARG) Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth12DNF 
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari0DNF 

Notes

  • Andrea de Cesaris ended lap 77 in P5 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Stefan Johansson ended lap 76 in P7 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Philippe Alliot ended lap 75 in P10 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Philippe Streiff ended lap 73 in P7 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Gerhard Berger ended lap 25 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda
2(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda
3(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Judd
4(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari
5(BRA) Nelson PiquetLotus-Honda
6(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Judd
7(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron
8(ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth
9(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd
10(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth
11(ITA) Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth
12(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari
13(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda
14(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth
15(ITA) Andrea de CesarisRial-Ford Cosworth
16(FRA) Philippe StreiffAGS-Ford Cosworth
17(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
18(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron
19(BRA) Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd
20(ITA) Stefano ModenaEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth
21(ESP) Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth
22(SWE) Stefan JohanssonLigier-Judd
23(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Judd
24(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth
25(ARG) Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth
26(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed

Notes

  • Stefano Modena started the Grand Prix from the back of the grid after failing to pull away at the beginning of the formation lap.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:17.748 
2(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda1:17.8800.132
3(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Judd1:19.4271.679
4(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari1:19.5171.769
5(BRA) Nelson PiquetLotus-Honda1:19.5351.787
6(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Judd1:19.9252.177
7(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron1:20.0862.338
8(ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:20.1822.434
9(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd1:20.4592.711
10(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:20.4862.738
11(ITA) Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth1:20.7813.033
12(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari1:20.8443.096
13(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda1:20.8523.104
14(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:21.1333.385
15(ITA) Andrea de CesarisRial-Ford Cosworth1:21.1643.416
16(FRA) Philippe StreiffAGS-Ford Cosworth1:21.2623.514
17(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:21.3073.559
18(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron1:21.3933.645
19(BRA) Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd1:21.5543.806
20(ITA) Stefano ModenaEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth1:21.8564.108
21(ESP) Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:21.8934.145
22(SWE) Stefan JohanssonLigier-Judd1:21.9884.240
23(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Judd1:22.0284.280
24(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth1:22.2114.463
25(ARG) Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth1:22.2134.465
26(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed1:22.3484.600
Did not qualify
27(ITA) Gabriele TarquiniColoni-Ford Cosworth1:22.3934.645
28(GBR) Julian BaileyTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:22.5294.781
29(FRA) Pierre-Henri RaphanelLola-Ford Cosworth1:22.7334.985
30(DEU) Bernd SchneiderZakspeed1:23.0255.277
Did not pre-qualify
31(ITA) Nicola LariniOsella1:28.44010.692

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Ayrton Senna90
2(FRA) Alain Prost87
3(AUT) Gerhard Berger41
4(BEL) Thierry Boutsen27
5(ITA) Michele Alboreto24
6(BRA) Nelson Piquet22
7(ITA) Ivan Capelli17
8(GBR) Derek Warwick17
9(GBR) Nigel Mansell12
10(ITA) Alessandro Nannini12
11(ITA) Riccardo Patrese8
12(USA) Eddie Cheever6
13(BRA) Mauricio Gugelmin5
14(GBR) Jonathan Palmer5
15(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris3
16(JPN) Satoru Nakajima1
=(ITA) Pierluigi Martini1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Honda199
2Ferrari65
3Benetton-Ford Cosworth39
4Lotus-Honda23
5Arrows-Megatron23
6March-Judd22
7Williams-Judd20
8Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth5
9Rial-Ford Cosworth3
10Minardi-Ford Cosworth1

Statistics & milestones

Last start
Oscar Larrauri (last Argentine driver to start a race until 1997)
Philippe Streiff
Wins
35th for Alain Prost
70th for McLaren (3rd constructor to win 70 races)
Race 1-2
19th for McLaren
Podiums
69th for Alain Prost
53rd for Nelson Piquet (last podium until 1990; last for Lotus)
36th for Ayrton Senna
172nd and last for Lotus
170th & 171st for McLaren
Poles
29th for Ayrton Senna
40th for McLaren (3rd constructor to take 40 pole positions)
1-2 start
14th for McLaren
Fastest laps
27th for Alain Prost
48th for McLaren
Front row starts
50th for Alain Prost (1st driver to achieve 50 front row starts, 1st French driver)
37th for Ayrton Senna
Points finishes
75th for Nelson Piquet
Win & fastest lap
17th for Alain Prost