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Home / Seasons / 1988 F1 World Championship Season / 1988 Belgian Grand Prix

1988 Belgian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 28 August 1988
Winner
  • Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton Senna
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Honda
Pole position
  • Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton Senna
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Honda
Fastest lap
  • Austria flag lazyload Gerhard Berger
  • Italy flag lazyload Ferrari
CircuitSpa-Francorchamps, 43 laps
Round11 of 16
Race numbers

The 1988 Belgian Grand Prix was the

  • 463rd World Championship race
  • 35th World Championship Belgian Grand Prix
  • 23rd World Championship race at Spa-Francorchamps
  • 1988 Constructors’ title decider
More 1988 season
More Belgian Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda431hr 28m 00.549s9
2 France flag lazyload Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda43+30.470s6
DQ Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth43+59.681s 
DQ Italy flag lazyload Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth43+1m 08.594s 
3+11Italy flag lazyload Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd43+1m 15.768s4
4+5Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetLotus-Honda43+1m 23.628s3
5+5United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron43+1m 25.355s2
6+5USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron42+1 lap1
7+5United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin BrundleWilliams-Judd42+1 lap 
8+7Italy flag lazyload Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth42+1 lap 
9+7France flag lazyload Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth42+1 lap 
10+8France flag lazyload Philippe StreiffAGS-Ford Cosworth42+1 lap 
11+9Sweden flag lazyload Stefan JohanssonLigier-Judd39DNF 
12+9United Kingdom flag lazyload Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth39DNF 
13+12Germany flag lazyload Bernd SchneiderZakspeed38DNF 
NC Italy flag lazyload Gabriele TarquiniColoni-Ford Cosworth36+7 laps 
R Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoFerrari35DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Judd30DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd29DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Piercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed25DNF 
R Japan flag lazyload Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda22DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Nicola LariniOsella14DNF 
R Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerFerrari11DNF 
R France flag lazyload Yannick DalmasLola-Ford Cosworth9DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisRial-Ford Cosworth2DNF 
R France flag lazyload Rene ArnouxLigier-Judd2DNF 

Notes

  • Benetton drivers Thierry Boutsen and  Alessandro Nannini were disqualified post-race for fuel irregularities.
  • Stefan Johansson ended lap 39 in P13 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Jonathan Palmer ended lap 39 in P14 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Bernd Schneider ended lap 38 in P15 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda
2France flag lazyload Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda
3Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerFerrari
4Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoFerrari
5Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Judd
6Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth
7Italy flag lazyload Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth
8Japan flag lazyload Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda
9Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetLotus-Honda
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron
11USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin BrundleWilliams-Judd
13Brazil flag lazyload Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd
14Italy flag lazyload Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd
15Italy flag lazyload Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth
16France flag lazyload Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth
17France flag lazyload Rene ArnouxLigier-Judd
18France flag lazyload Philippe StreiffAGS-Ford Cosworth
19Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisRial-Ford Cosworth
20Sweden flag lazyload Stefan JohanssonLigier-Judd
21United Kingdom flag lazyload Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
22Italy flag lazyload Gabriele TarquiniColoni-Ford Cosworth
23France flag lazyload Yannick DalmasLola-Ford Cosworth
24Italy flag lazyload Piercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed
25Germany flag lazyload Bernd SchneiderZakspeed
26Italy flag lazyload Nicola LariniOsella

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:53.718 
2France flag lazyload Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda1:54.1280.410
3Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerFerrari1:54.5810.863
4Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoFerrari1:55.6651.947
5Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Judd1:57.1383.420
6Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:57.4553.737
7Italy flag lazyload Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:57.5353.817
8Japan flag lazyload Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda1:57.6163.898
9Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetLotus-Honda1:57.8214.103
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron1:57.9254.207
11USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron1:57.9804.262
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Martin BrundleWilliams-Judd1:58.2064.488
13Brazil flag lazyload Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd1:58.3614.643
14Italy flag lazyload Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd1:59.4395.721
15Italy flag lazyload Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth1:59.7766.058
16France flag lazyload Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth1:59.9066.188
17France flag lazyload Rene ArnouxLigier-Judd2:00.0376.319
18France flag lazyload Philippe StreiffAGS-Ford Cosworth2:00.4106.692
19Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisRial-Ford Cosworth2:00.5216.803
20Sweden flag lazyload Stefan JohanssonLigier-Judd2:00.8577.139
21United Kingdom flag lazyload Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth2:01.0787.360
22Italy flag lazyload Gabriele TarquiniColoni-Ford Cosworth2:01.3597.641
23France flag lazyload Yannick DalmasLola-Ford Cosworth2:01.4677.749
24Italy flag lazyload Piercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed2:01.8998.181
25Germany flag lazyload Bernd SchneiderZakspeed2:01.9388.220
26Italy flag lazyload Nicola LariniOsella2:02.0298.311
Did not qualify
27Spain flag lazyload Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth2:02.1298.411
28Italy flag lazyload Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth2:02.3148.596
29Italy flag lazyload Stefano ModenaEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth2:02.3228.604
30United Kingdom flag lazyload Julian BaileyTyrrell-Ford Cosworth2:02.5198.801
Did not pre-qualify
31Argentina flag lazyload Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth2:04.20810.490

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1988 Belgian Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton Senna75
2France flag lazyload Alain Prost72
3Austria flag lazyload Gerhard Berger28
4Brazil flag lazyload Nelson Piquet18
5Belgium flag lazyload Thierry Boutsen16
6Italy flag lazyload Michele Alboreto16
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek Warwick11
8Italy flag lazyload Ivan Capelli8
9United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel Mansell6
10Italy flag lazyload Alessandro Nannini6
11Brazil flag lazyload Mauricio Gugelmin5
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Jonathan Palmer5
13Italy flag lazyload Andrea de Cesaris3
14Italy flag lazyload Riccardo Patrese2
=USA flag lazyload Eddie Cheever2
16Japan flag lazyload Satoru Nakajima1
=Italy flag lazyload Pierluigi Martini1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Honda147
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari44
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Benetton-Ford Cosworth22
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Honda19
5United Kingdom flag lazyload March-Judd13
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Arrows-Megatron13
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Judd8
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth5
9Germany flag lazyload Rial-Ford Cosworth3
10Italy flag lazyload Minardi-Ford Cosworth1

Statistics & milestones

World Champion
4th title for McLaren (4th constructor to win four championships)
Wins
13th for Ayrton Senna
66th for McLaren
Race 1-2
17th for McLaren
Podiums
65th for Alain Prost, 34th for Ayrton Senna, 1st for Ivan Capelli (152nd different podium finisher, 23rd Italian driver)
164th & 165th for McLaren, 19th for March
Poles
25th for Ayrton Senna
35th for McLaren
Qualifying 1-2
9th for McLaren
Fastest laps
7th for Gerhard Berger
106th for Ferrari
Front row starts
45th for Alain Prost, 32nd for Ayrton Senna
Pole & win
9th for Ayrton Senna

See also

  • Belgian Grand Prix
  • Spa-Francorchamps circuit
  • 1988 World Championship season

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