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1988 French Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitLe Castellet, 80 laps
Round7 of 16
Race numbers

The 1988 French Grand Prix was the:

  • 459th World Championship race
  • 38th World Championship French Grand Prix
  • 12th World Championship race at Le Castellet
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda801hr 37m 37.328s9
2 (BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda80+31.752s6
3+1(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari80+1m 06.505s4
4-1(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari79+1 lap3
5+2(BRA) Nelson PiquetLotus-Honda79+1 lap2
6 (ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth79+1 lap1
7+1(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda79+1 lap 
8+8(BRA) Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd79+1 lap 
9+1(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd79+1 lap 
10+2(ITA) Andrea de CesarisRial-Ford Cosworth78+2 laps 
11+2(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron78+2 laps 
12+2(ITA) Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth78+2 laps 
13+6(FRA) Yannick DalmasLola-Ford Cosworth78+2 laps 
14+6(ITA) Stefano ModenaEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth77+3 laps 
15+7(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth77+3 laps 
NC (ESP) Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth70+10 laps 
R (ARG) Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth64DNF 
R (ITA) Nicola LariniOsella56DNF 
R (DEU) Bernd SchneiderZakspeed55DNF 
R (GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Judd48DNF 
R (FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth46DNF 
R (GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth40DNF 
R (ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Judd35DNF 
R (BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth28DNF 
R (FRA) Philippe StreiffAGS-Ford Cosworth20DNF 
R (GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron11DNF 
Did not start
  (ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed   

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda1:07.589 
2(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:08.0670.478
3(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari1:08.2820.693
4(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari1:09.4221.833
5(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:09.5871.998
6(ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:09.7182.129
7(BRA) Nelson PiquetLotus-Honda1:09.7342.145
8(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda1:10.2502.661
9(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Judd1:10.3372.748
10(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd1:10.4962.907
11(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron1:10.6343.045
12(ITA) Andrea de CesarisRial-Ford Cosworth1:10.8613.272
13(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron1:10.9793.390
14(ITA) Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth1:11.2113.622
15(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Judd1:11.2863.697
16(BRA) Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd1:11.3153.726
17(FRA) Philippe StreiffAGS-Ford Cosworth1:11.4663.877
18(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth1:11.5113.922
19(FRA) Yannick DalmasLola-Ford Cosworth1:11.7474.158
20(ITA) Stefano ModenaEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth1:12.0074.418
21(DEU) Bernd SchneiderZakspeed1:12.0264.437
22(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed1:12.1214.532
23(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:12.2684.679
24(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:12.3164.727
25(ITA) Nicola LariniOsella1:12.4064.817
26(ESP) Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:12.5254.936
27(ARG) Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth1:12.5384.949
Did not qualify
28(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Judd1:12.6545.065
29(GBR) Julian BaileyTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:12.6975.108
30(SWE) Stefan JohanssonLigier-Judd1:12.8015.212
Did not pre-qualify
31(ITA) Gabriele TarquiniColoni-Ford Cosworth1:14.2146.625

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FRA) Alain Prost54
2(BRA) Ayrton Senna39
3(AUT) Gerhard Berger21
4(ITA) Michele Alboreto13
=(BRA) Nelson Piquet13
6(BEL) Thierry Boutsen11
7(GBR) Derek Warwick8
8(GBR) Jonathan Palmer5
9(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris3
10(ITA) Ivan Capelli2
11(ITA) Alessandro Nannini2
12(JPN) Satoru Nakajima1
=(ITA) Riccardo Patrese1
=(USA) Eddie Cheever1
=(ITA) Pierluigi Martini1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Honda93
2Ferrari34
3Lotus-Honda14
4Benetton-Ford Cosworth13
5Arrows-Megatron9
6Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth5
7Rial-Ford Cosworth3
8March-Judd2
9Williams-Judd1
=Minardi-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Wins
32nd for Alain Prost
62nd for McLaren
Race 1-2
14th for McLaren
Podiums
62nd for Alain Prost
30th for Ayrton Senna (14th driver to score 30 podiums, 3rd Brazilian driver)
21st for Michele Alboreto
317th for Ferrari
157th & 158th for McLaren
Poles
17th for Alain Prost (first since 1986)
32nd for McLaren
1-2 start
7th for McLaren
Fastest laps
24th for Alain Prost
44th for McLaren
Front row starts
43rd for Alain Prost
29th for Ayrton Senna
Points finishes
75th for Alain Prost
Pole & win
10th for Alain Prost (3rd driver to win ten races from pole, 1st French driver; first since 1986)
Win & fastest lap
15th for Alain Prost
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
6th for Alain Prost (first since 1986 and last until 1993; last French driver to complete a hat-trick until 1993; last for McLaren)