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

1988 British Grand Prix

460th World Championship race, 39th World Championship British Grand Prix, 22nd World Championship race at Silverstone

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1988 German Grand Prix

1987 British Grand Prix

1989 British Grand Prix

Jump to: Fact file | Race result | Starting grid | Qualifying result | Championship standings | Statistics & milestones | See also

Fact File

Date:Sunday, 10 July 1988
Winner:Brazil flag Ayrton Senna
United Kingdom flag McLaren-Honda
Pole position:Austria flag Gerhard Berger
Italy flag Ferrari
Fastest lap:United Kingdom flag Nigel Mansell
United Kingdom flag Williams-Judd
Circuit:Silverstone, 65 laps
Round:8 of 16

Race Result

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

Starting Grid

  • Highlight: race winner
  • Highlight: second place
  • Highlight: third place
PosDriverConstructorTime
1Austria flag Gerhard BergerFerrari1:10.133
2Italy flag Michele AlboretoFerrari1:10.332
3Brazil flag Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:10.616
4France flag Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda1:10.736
5Brazil flag Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd1:11.745
6Italy flag Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd1:12.006
7Brazil flag Nelson PiquetLotus-Honda1:12.040
8Italy flag Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:12.737
9United Kingdom flag Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron1:12.843
10Japan flag Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda1:12.862
11United Kingdom flag Nigel MansellWilliams-Judd1:12.885
12Belgium flag Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:12.960
13USA flag Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron1:12.984
14Italy flag Andrea de CesarisRial-Ford Cosworth1:13.438
15Italy flag Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Judd1:13.677
16France flag Philippe StreiffAGS-Ford Cosworth1:14.260
17   
18Spain flag Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:14.643
19Italy flag Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:14.732
20Italy flag Stefano ModenaEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth1:14.888
21Italy flag Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth1:14.924
22France flag Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth1:14.992
23France flag Yannick DalmasLola-Ford Cosworth1:15.004
24United Kingdom flag Julian BaileyTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:15.135
25France flag Rene ArnouxLigier-Judd1:15.374
26Italy flag Nicola LariniOsella1:15.527
Started from the pit lane
 United Kingdom flag Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:14.451

Qualifying Result

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

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1France flag Alain Prost54
2Brazil flag Ayrton Senna48
3Austria flag Gerhard Berger21
4Brazil flag Nelson Piquet15
5Italy flag Michele Alboreto13
6Belgium flag Thierry Boutsen11
7United Kingdom flag Derek Warwick9
8United Kingdom flag Nigel Mansell6
9Italy flag Alessandro Nannini6
10United Kingdom flag Jonathan Palmer5
11Italy flag Andrea de Cesaris3
=Brazil flag Mauricio Gugelmin3
13Italy flag Ivan Capelli2
14Japan flag Satoru Nakajima1
=Italy flag Riccardo Patrese1
=USA flag Eddie Cheever1
=Italy flag Pierluigi Martini1

Constructor

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

Statistics & Milestones

Wins
Driver: 10th for Ayrton Senna
Constructor: 63rd for McLaren
Podiums
Driver: 31st for Ayrton Senna, 25th for Nigel Mansell, 1st for Alessandro Nannini (151st different podium finisher, 22nd Italian driver)
Constructor: 159th for McLaren, 100th for Williams, 7th for Benetton
Poles
Driver: 4th for Gerhard Berger
Constructor: 107th for Ferrari EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Lotus)
Qualifying 1-2
Constructor: 40th for Ferrari
Fastest laps
Driver: 10th for Nigel Mansell
Constructor: 41st for Williams
Front row starts
Driver: 9th for Gerhard Berger, 4th and last for Michele Alboreto
Points finishes
Driver: 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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