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1988 Detroit Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitDetroit, 63 laps
Round6 of 16
Race numbers

The 1988 Detroit Grand Prix was the:

  • 458th World Championship race
  • 7th and last World Championship Detroit Grand Prix
  • 7th and last World Championship race at Detroit
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda631hr 54m 56.035s9
2+2(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda63+38.713s6
3+2(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth62+1 lap4
4+8(ITA) Andrea de CesarisRial-Ford Cosworth62+1 lap3
5+12(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth62+1 lap2
6+10(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth62+1 lap1
7+17(FRA) Yannick DalmasLola-Ford Cosworth61+2 laps 
8+13(ITA) Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth61+2 laps 
9+13(GBR) Julian BaileyTyrrell-Ford Cosworth59DNF 
R (ESP) Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth54DNF 
R (FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth46DNF 
R (ITA) Stefano ModenaEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth46DNF 
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari45DNF 
R (FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Judd45DNF 
R (BRA) Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd34DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Judd26DNF 
R (BRA) Nelson PiquetLotus-Honda26DNF 
R (ARG) Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth26DNF 
R (GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron24DNF 
R (GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Judd18DNF 
R (FRA) Philippe StreiffAGS-Ford Cosworth15DNF 
R (ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth14DNF 
R (USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron14DNF 
R (ITA) Nicola LariniOsella7DNF 
R (AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari6DNF 
R (SWE) Stefan JohanssonLigier-Judd2DNF 
Did not start
  (ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd   

Notes

  • Julian Bailey ended lap 59 in P8 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:40.606 
2(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari1:41.4640.858
3(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari1:41.7001.094
4(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda1:42.0191.413
5(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:42.6902.084
6(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Judd1:42.8972.291
7(ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:43.1172.511
8(BRA) Nelson PiquetLotus-Honda1:43.3142.708
9(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron1:43.7993.193
10(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Judd1:43.8103.204
11(FRA) Philippe StreiffAGS-Ford Cosworth1:44.2043.598
12(ITA) Andrea de CesarisRial-Ford Cosworth1:44.2163.610
13(BRA) Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd1:44.4743.868
14(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth1:44.5903.984
15(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron1:44.9484.342
16(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:45.0484.442
17(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:45.2684.662
18(SWE) Stefan JohanssonLigier-Judd1:45.2754.669
19(ITA) Stefano ModenaEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth1:45.3044.698
20(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Judd1:45.4374.831
21(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd1:45.5444.938
22(ITA) Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth1:45.7505.144
23(GBR) Julian BaileyTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:46.2865.680
24(ARG) Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth1:46.3905.784
25(FRA) Yannick DalmasLola-Ford Cosworth1:46.4225.816
26(ESP) Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:46.5935.987
27(ITA) Nicola LariniOsella1:46.6236.017
Did not qualify
28(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda1:47.2436.637
29(DEU) Bernd SchneiderZakspeed1:48.2497.643
30(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed1:48.9258.319
Did not pre-qualify
31(ITA) Gabriele TarquiniColoni-Ford Cosworth1:47.3126.706

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FRA) Alain Prost45
2(BRA) Ayrton Senna33
3(AUT) Gerhard Berger18
4(BRA) Nelson Piquet11
=(BEL) Thierry Boutsen11
6(ITA) Michele Alboreto9
7(GBR) Derek Warwick8
8(GBR) Jonathan Palmer5
9(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris3
10(ITA) Ivan Capelli2
11(JPN) Satoru Nakajima1
=(ITA) Alessandro Nannini1
=(ITA) Riccardo Patrese1
=(USA) Eddie Cheever1
=(ITA) Pierluigi Martini1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Honda78
2Ferrari27
3Lotus-Honda12
=Benetton-Ford Cosworth12
5Arrows-Megatron9
6Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth5
7Rial-Ford Cosworth3
8March-Judd2
9Williams-Judd1
=Minardi-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Wins
9th for Ayrton Senna
61st for McLaren
Race 1-2
13th for McLaren
Podiums
61st for Alain Prost
29th for Ayrton Senna
4th for Thierry Boutsen
155th & 156th for McLaren
6th for Benetton
Poles
22nd for Ayrton Senna
31st for McLaren
Fastest laps
23rd for Alain Prost
43rd for McLaren
Front row starts
28th for Ayrton Senna
8th for Gerhard Berger
Points finishes
1st for Pierluigi Martini (233rd different point scorer, 36th Italian driver)
Pole & win
6th for Ayrton Senna