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1988 Belgian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
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
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda431hr 28m 00.549s9
2 (FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda43+30.470s6
DQ (BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth43+59.681s 
DQ (ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth43+1m 08.594s 
3+11(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd43+1m 15.768s4
4+5(BRA) Nelson PiquetLotus-Honda43+1m 23.628s3
5+5(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron43+1m 25.355s2
6+5(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron42+1 lap1
7+5(GBR) Martin BrundleWilliams-Judd42+1 lap 
8+7(ITA) Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth42+1 lap 
9+7(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth42+1 lap 
10+8(FRA) Philippe StreiffAGS-Ford Cosworth42+1 lap 
11+9(SWE) Stefan JohanssonLigier-Judd39DNF 
12+9(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth39DNF 
13+12(DEU) Bernd SchneiderZakspeed38DNF 
NC (ITA) Gabriele TarquiniColoni-Ford Cosworth36+7 laps 
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari35DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Judd30DNF 
R (BRA) Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd29DNF 
R (ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed25DNF 
R (JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda22DNF 
R (ITA) Nicola LariniOsella14DNF 
R (AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari11DNF 
R (FRA) Yannick DalmasLola-Ford Cosworth9DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisRial-Ford Cosworth2DNF 
R (FRA) 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
1(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda
2(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda
3(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari
4(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari
5(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Judd
6(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth
7(ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth
8(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda
9(BRA) Nelson PiquetLotus-Honda
10(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron
11(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron
12(GBR) Martin BrundleWilliams-Judd
13(BRA) Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd
14(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd
15(ITA) Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth
16(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth
17(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Judd
18(FRA) Philippe StreiffAGS-Ford Cosworth
19(ITA) Andrea de CesarisRial-Ford Cosworth
20(SWE) Stefan JohanssonLigier-Judd
21(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
22(ITA) Gabriele TarquiniColoni-Ford Cosworth
23(FRA) Yannick DalmasLola-Ford Cosworth
24(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed
25(DEU) Bernd SchneiderZakspeed
26(ITA) Nicola LariniOsella

Qualifying result

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

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Ayrton Senna75
2(FRA) Alain Prost72
3(AUT) Gerhard Berger28
4(BRA) Nelson Piquet18
5(BEL) Thierry Boutsen16
6(ITA) Michele Alboreto16
7(GBR) Derek Warwick11
8(ITA) Ivan Capelli8
9(GBR) Nigel Mansell6
10(ITA) Alessandro Nannini6
11(BRA) Mauricio Gugelmin5
12(GBR) Jonathan Palmer5
13(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris3
14(ITA) Riccardo Patrese2
=(USA) Eddie Cheever2
16(JPN) Satoru Nakajima1
=(ITA) Pierluigi Martini1

Constructor

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

Stats & 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
1-2 start
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