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

1988 Brazilian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 3 April 1988
Winner
  • France flag lazyload Alain Prost
  • 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
CircuitJacarepagua, 60 laps
Round1 of 16
Race numbers

The 1988 Brazilian Grand Prix was the

  • 453rd World Championship race
  • 16th World Championship Brazilian Grand Prix
  • 9th World Championship race at Jacarepagua
More 1988 season
More Brazilian Grands Prix
Previous race1987 Australian Grand Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2France flag lazyload Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda601hr 36m 06.857s9
2+2Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerFerrari60+9.873s6
3+2Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetLotus-Honda60+1m 08.581s4
4+7United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron60+1m 13.348s3
5+1Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoFerrari60+1m 14.556s2
6+4Japan flag lazyload Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda59+1 lap1
7 Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth59+1 lap 
8+7USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron59+1 lap 
9+12Sweden flag lazyload Stefan JohanssonLigier-Judd57+3 laps 
R Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisRial-Ford Cosworth53DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth47DNF 
R Spain flag lazyload Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth46DNF 
R France flag lazyload Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth40DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Gabriele TarquiniColoni-Ford Cosworth35DNF 
R France flag lazyload Philippe StreiffAGS-Ford Cosworth35DNF 
R France flag lazyload Yannick DalmasLola-Ford Cosworth32DNF 
DQ Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda31DSQ 
R France flag lazyload Rene ArnouxLigier-Judd23DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Stefano ModenaEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth20DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellWilliams-Judd18DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth7DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Judd6DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd6DNF 
R Spain flag lazyload Adrian CamposMinardi-Ford Cosworth5DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd0DNF 
Did not start
  Argentina flag lazyload Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth   

Notes

  • Oscar Larrauri did not start due to electrical issues on the formation lap.
  • Ayrton Senna was disqualified during the race for changing into the spare car after the first race start was aborted. Instead of completing another parade lap Senna started the second race start from the pit lane in the spare car. On the first parade lap Senna had been stuck in first gear.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1  
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellWilliams-Judd
3France flag lazyload Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda
4Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerFerrari
5Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetLotus-Honda
6Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoFerrari
7Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth
8Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Judd
9  
10Japan flag lazyload Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron
12Italy flag lazyload Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth
13Brazil flag lazyload Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd
14Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisRial-Ford Cosworth
15USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron
16France flag lazyload Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth
17France flag lazyload Yannick DalmasLola-Ford Cosworth
18France flag lazyload Rene ArnouxLigier-Judd
19France flag lazyload Philippe StreiffAGS-Ford Cosworth
20Spain flag lazyload Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth
21Sweden flag lazyload Stefan JohanssonLigier-Judd
22United Kingdom flag lazyload Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
23Spain flag lazyload Adrian CamposMinardi-Ford Cosworth
24Italy flag lazyload Stefano ModenaEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth
25Italy flag lazyload Gabriele TarquiniColoni-Ford Cosworth
Started from the pit lane
 Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda
 Italy flag lazyload Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd

Notes

  • Stefan Johansson 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
1Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:28.096 
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellWilliams-Judd1:28.6320.536
3France flag lazyload Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda1:28.7820.686
4Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerFerrari1:29.0260.930
5Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetLotus-Honda1:30.0871.991
6Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoFerrari1:30.1142.018
7Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:30.1402.044
8Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Judd1:30.4392.343
9Italy flag lazyload Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd1:30.9292.833
10Japan flag lazyload Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda1:31.2803.184
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron1:31.7233.627
12Italy flag lazyload Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:31.7723.676
13Brazil flag lazyload Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd1:31.8333.737
14Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisRial-Ford Cosworth1:32.2754.179
15USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron1:32.8434.747
16France flag lazyload Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth1:32.9334.837
17France flag lazyload Yannick DalmasLola-Ford Cosworth1:33.4085.312
18France flag lazyload Rene ArnouxLigier-Judd1:34.4746.378
19France flag lazyload Philippe StreiffAGS-Ford Cosworth1:34.4816.385
20Spain flag lazyload Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:34.5326.436
21Sweden flag lazyload Stefan JohanssonLigier-Judd1:34.5796.483
22United Kingdom flag lazyload Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:34.6866.590
23Spain flag lazyload Adrian CamposMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:34.8866.790
24Italy flag lazyload Stefano ModenaEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth1:34.9106.814
25Italy flag lazyload Gabriele TarquiniColoni-Ford Cosworth1:35.4077.311
26Argentina flag lazyload Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth1:35.7117.615
Did not qualify
27United Kingdom flag lazyload Julian BaileyTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:36.1378.041
28Italy flag lazyload Piercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed1:37.6219.525
29Italy flag lazyload Nicola LariniOsella1:38.37110.275
30Germany flag lazyload Bernd SchneiderZakspeed1:38.61410.518
Did not pre-qualify
31Italy flag lazyload Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth1:46.44218.346

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1France flag lazyload Alain Prost9
2Austria flag lazyload Gerhard Berger6
3Brazil flag lazyload Nelson Piquet4
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek Warwick3
5Italy flag lazyload Michele Alboreto2
6Japan flag lazyload Satoru Nakajima1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Honda9
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari8
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Honda5
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Arrows-Megatron3

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Mauricio Gugelmin, Luis Perez-Sala
EuroBrun, Rial
Milestone race start
150th for March (10th constructor to start 150 races)
Wins
29th for Alain Prost
56th for McLaren
Podiums
56th for Alain Prost, 51st for Nelson Piquet (first for Lotus), 6th for Gerhard Berger
313th for Ferrari, 170th for Lotus, 147th for McLaren
Poles
17th for Ayrton Senna (first for McLaren)
26th for McLaren
Fastest laps
6th for Gerhard Berger
105th for Ferrari
Front row starts
29th for Nigel Mansell

See also

  • Brazilian Grand Prix
  • Jacarepagua circuit
  • 1988 World Championship season

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