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1988 Canadian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitMontreal, 69 laps
Round5 of 16
Race numbers

The 1988 Canadian Grand Prix was the:

  • 457th World Championship race
  • 20th World Championship Canadian Grand Prix
  • 10th World Championship race at Montreal
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda691hr 39m 46.618s9
2 (FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda69+5.934s6
3+4(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth69+51.409s4
4+2(BRA) Nelson PiquetLotus-Honda68+1 lap3
5+9(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd68+1 lap2
6+13(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth67+2 laps1
7+9(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron67+2 laps 
8+18(ITA) Gabriele TarquiniColoni-Ford Cosworth67+2 laps 
9+3(ITA) Andrea de CesarisRial-Ford Cosworth66DNF 
10+7(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth66DNF 
11+2(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda66+3 laps 
12+3(ITA) Stefano ModenaEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth66+3 laps 
13+8(ESP) Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth64+5 laps 
14+8(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed63DNF 
R (BRA) Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd54DNF 
R (FRA) Philippe StreiffAGS-Ford Cosworth41DNF 
R (FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Judd36DNF 
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari33DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Judd32DNF 
R (USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron31DNF 
R (GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Judd28DNF 
R (SWE) Stefan JohanssonLigier-Judd24DNF 
R (AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari22DNF 
R (ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth15DNF 
R (ARG) Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth8DNF 
R (GBR) Julian BaileyTyrrell-Ford Cosworth0DNF 

Notes

  • Andrea de Cesaris ended lap 66 in P5 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Philippe Alliot ended lap 66 in P7 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Piercarlo Ghinzani ended lap 63 in P13 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) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth
6(BRA) Nelson PiquetLotus-Honda
7(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth
8(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron
9(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Judd
10(FRA) Philippe StreiffAGS-Ford Cosworth
11(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Judd
12(ITA) Andrea de CesarisRial-Ford Cosworth
13(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda
14(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd
15(ITA) Stefano ModenaEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth
16(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron
17(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth
18(BRA) Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd
19(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
20(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Judd
21(ESP) Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth
22(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed
23(GBR) Julian BaileyTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
24(ARG) Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth
25(SWE) Stefan JohanssonLigier-Judd
26(ITA) Gabriele TarquiniColoni-Ford Cosworth

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:21.681 
2(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda1:21.8630.182
3(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari1:22.7191.038
4(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari1:23.2961.615
5(ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:23.9682.287
6(BRA) Nelson PiquetLotus-Honda1:23.9952.314
7(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:24.1152.434
8(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron1:24.6792.998
9(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Judd1:24.8443.163
10(FRA) Philippe StreiffAGS-Ford Cosworth1:24.9683.287
11(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Judd1:24.9713.290
12(ITA) Andrea de CesarisRial-Ford Cosworth1:24.9883.307
13(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda1:25.3733.692
14(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd1:25.6093.928
15(ITA) Stefano ModenaEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth1:25.7134.032
16(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron1:25.7404.059
17(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth1:25.7654.084
18(BRA) Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd1:25.9104.229
19(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:26.0924.411
20(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Judd1:26.3274.646
21(ESP) Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:26.4374.756
22(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed1:26.7845.103
23(GBR) Julian BaileyTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:27.1395.458
24(ARG) Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth1:27.3215.640
25(SWE) Stefan JohanssonLigier-Judd1:27.6375.956
26(ITA) Gabriele TarquiniColoni-Ford Cosworth1:27.6655.984
Did not qualify
27(ESP) Adrian CamposMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:27.8856.204
28(ITA) Nicola LariniOsella1:27.9816.300
29(FRA) Yannick DalmasLola-Ford Cosworth1:28.0126.331
30(DEU) Bernd SchneiderZakspeed1:28.2156.534
Did not pre-qualify
31(ITA) Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth1:29.1037.422

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FRA) Alain Prost39
2(BRA) Ayrton Senna24
3(AUT) Gerhard Berger18
4(BRA) Nelson Piquet11
5(ITA) Michele Alboreto9
6(GBR) Derek Warwick8
7(BEL) Thierry Boutsen7
8(GBR) Jonathan Palmer3
9(ITA) Ivan Capelli2
10(JPN) Satoru Nakajima1
=(ITA) Alessandro Nannini1
=(ITA) Riccardo Patrese1
=(USA) Eddie Cheever1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Honda63
2Ferrari27
3Lotus-Honda12
4Arrows-Megatron9
5Benetton-Ford Cosworth8
6Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth3
7March-Judd2
8Williams-Judd1

Stats & milestones

Wins
8th for Ayrton Senna
60th for McLaren (3rd constructor to win 60 races)
Race 1-2
12th for McLaren
Podiums
60th for Alain Prost (1st driver to score 60 podiums, 1st French driver)
28th for Ayrton Senna
3rd for Thierry Boutsen
153rd & 154th for McLaren
5th for Benetton
Poles
21st for Ayrton Senna
30th for McLaren (5th constructor to take 30 pole positions)
1-2 start
6th for McLaren
Fastest laps
9th for Ayrton Senna
42nd for McLaren
Front row starts
42nd for Alain Prost
27th for Ayrton Senna
Pole & win
5th for Ayrton Senna
Win & fastest lap
4th for Ayrton Senna (first for McLaren)
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
2nd for Ayrton Senna (first since 1985; first Brazilian driver to complete a hat-trick since 1985; first for McLaren)