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

1988 British Grand Prix

DateSunday, 10 July 1988
Winner
  • Ayrton Senna
  • McLaren-Honda
Pole position
  • Gerhard Berger
  • Ferrari
Fastest lap
  • Nigel Mansell
  • Williams-Judd
CircuitSilverstone, 65 laps
Round8 of 16
Race numbers

The 1988 British Grand Prix was the:

  • 460th World Championship race
  • 39th World Championship British Grand Prix
  • 22nd World Championship race at Silverstone
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda651hr 33m 16.367s9
2+9(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Judd65+23.344s6
3+5(ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth65+51.214s4
4+1(BRA) Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd65+1m 11.378s3
5+2(BRA) Nelson PiquetLotus-Honda65+1m 20.835s2
6+3(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron64+1 lap1
7+6(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron64+1 lap 
8+7(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Judd64+1 lap 
9-8(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari64+1 lap 
10 (JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda64+1 lap 
11+10(ITA) Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth64+1 lap 
12+8(ITA) Stefano ModenaEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth64+1 lap 
13+10(FRA) Yannick DalmasLola-Ford Cosworth63+2 laps 
14+8(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth63+2 laps 
15+4(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth63+2 laps 
16+8(GBR) Julian BaileyTyrrell-Ford Cosworth63+2 laps 
17-15(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari62DNF 
18+7(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Judd62+3 laps 
19+7(ITA) Nicola LariniOsella60DNF 
R (BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth38DNF 
R (ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd34DNF 
R (FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda24DNF 
R (GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth14DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisRial-Ford Cosworth9DNF 
R (FRA) Philippe StreiffAGS-Ford Cosworth8DNF 
R (ESP) Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth0DNF 

Notes

  • Michele Alboreto ended lap 62 in P13 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Nicola Larini ended lap 60 in P17 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari1:10.133 
2(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari1:10.3320.199
3(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:10.6160.483
4(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda1:10.7360.603
5(BRA) Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd1:11.7451.612
6(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd1:12.0061.873
7(BRA) Nelson PiquetLotus-Honda1:12.0401.907
8(ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:12.7372.604
9(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron1:12.8432.710
10(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda1:12.8622.729
11(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Judd1:12.8852.752
12(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:12.9602.827
13(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron1:12.9842.851
14(ITA) Andrea de CesarisRial-Ford Cosworth1:13.4383.305
15(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Judd1:13.6773.544
16(FRA) Philippe StreiffAGS-Ford Cosworth1:14.2604.127
17(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:14.4514.318
18(ESP) Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:14.6434.510
19(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:14.7324.599
20(ITA) Stefano ModenaEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth1:14.8884.755
21(ITA) Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth1:14.9244.791
22(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth1:14.9924.859
23(FRA) Yannick DalmasLola-Ford Cosworth1:15.0044.871
24(GBR) Julian BaileyTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:15.1355.002
25(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Judd1:15.3745.241
26(ITA) Nicola LariniOsella1:15.5275.394
Did not qualify
27(ARG) Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth1:16.0265.893
28(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed1:16.0435.910
29(SWE) Stefan JohanssonLigier-Judd1:16.1105.977
30(DEU) Bernd SchneiderZakspeed1:18.0107.877
Did not pre-qualify
31(ITA) Gabriele TarquiniColoni-Ford Cosworth1:17.0286.895

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FRA) Alain Prost54
2(BRA) Ayrton Senna48
3(AUT) Gerhard Berger21
4(BRA) Nelson Piquet15
5(ITA) Michele Alboreto13
6(BEL) Thierry Boutsen11
7(GBR) Derek Warwick9
8(GBR) Nigel Mansell6
9(ITA) Alessandro Nannini6
10(GBR) Jonathan Palmer5
11(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris3
=(BRA) Mauricio Gugelmin3
13(ITA) Ivan Capelli2
14(JPN) Satoru Nakajima1
=(ITA) Riccardo Patrese1
=(USA) Eddie Cheever1
=(ITA) Pierluigi Martini1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Honda102
2Ferrari34
3Benetton-Ford Cosworth17
4Lotus-Honda16
5Arrows-Megatron10
6Williams-Judd7
7March-Judd5
8Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth5
9Rial-Ford Cosworth3
10Minardi-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Wins
10th for Ayrton Senna (19th driver to win ten races, 3rd Brazilian driver; 7th driver to win the British Grand Prix for McLaren)
63rd for McLaren
Podiums
31st for Ayrton Senna
25th for Nigel Mansell
1st for Alessandro Nannini (151st different podium finisher, 22nd Italian driver)
159th for McLaren
100th for Williams (5th constructor to score 100 podiums)
7th for Benetton
Poles
4th for Gerhard Berger (last until 1990)
107th for Ferrari EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Lotus)
1-2 start
40th for Ferrari (1st constructor to start 1-2 in 40 races)
Fastest laps
10th for Nigel Mansell (17th driver to set ten fastest laps, 6th British driver)
41st for Williams
Front row starts
9th for Gerhard Berger
4th and last for Michele Alboreto (first since 1985)
Points finishes
1st for Mauricio Gugelmin (234th different point scorer, 10th Brazilian driver)

See also

  • British Grand Prix
  • Silverstone circuit
  • 1988 World Championship season

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