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

1988 German Grand Prix

DateSunday, 24 July 1988
Winner
  • Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton Senna
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Honda
Pole position
  • Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton Senna
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Honda
Fastest lap
  • Italy flag lazyload Alessandro Nannini
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Benetton-Ford Cosworth
CircuitHockenheim, 44 laps
Round9 of 16
Race numbers

The 1988 German Grand Prix was the

  • 461st World Championship race
  • 36th World Championship German Grand Prix
  • 12th World Championship race at Hockenheim
More 1988 season
More German Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda441hr 32m 54.188s9
2 France flag lazyload Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda44+13.609s6
3 Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerFerrari44+52.095s4
4 Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoFerrari44+1m 40.912s3
5+2Italy flag lazyload Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd44+1m 49.606s2
6+3Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth43+1 lap1
7+5United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron43+1 lap 
8+2Brazil flag lazyload Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd43+1 lap 
9-1Japan flag lazyload Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda43+1 lap 
10+5USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron43+1 lap 
11+13United Kingdom flag lazyload Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth43+1 lap 
12+10Germany flag lazyload Bernd SchneiderZakspeed43+1 lap 
13+1Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisRial-Ford Cosworth42+2 laps 
14+9Italy flag lazyload Piercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed42+2 laps 
15+4Italy flag lazyload Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth42+2 laps 
16+10Argentina flag lazyload Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth42+2 laps 
17 France flag lazyload Rene ArnouxLigier-Judd41+3 laps 
18-12Italy flag lazyload Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth40+4 laps 
19+2France flag lazyload Yannick DalmasLola-Ford Cosworth39+5 laps 
R France flag lazyload Philippe StreiffAGS-Ford Cosworth38DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Judd34DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Nicola LariniOsella27DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellWilliams-Judd16DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Stefano ModenaEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth15DNF 
R France flag lazyload Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth8DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetLotus-Honda1DNF 

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda
2France flag lazyload Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda
3Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerFerrari
4Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoFerrari
5Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetLotus-Honda
6Italy flag lazyload Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth
7Italy flag lazyload Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd
8Japan flag lazyload Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda
9Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth
10Brazil flag lazyload Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellWilliams-Judd
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron
13Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Judd
14Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisRial-Ford Cosworth
15USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron
16France flag lazyload Philippe StreiffAGS-Ford Cosworth
17France flag lazyload Rene ArnouxLigier-Judd
18  
19Italy flag lazyload Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth
20France flag lazyload Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth
21France flag lazyload Yannick DalmasLola-Ford Cosworth
22Germany flag lazyload Bernd SchneiderZakspeed
23Italy flag lazyload Piercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed
24United Kingdom flag lazyload Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
25Italy flag lazyload Stefano ModenaEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth
26Argentina flag lazyload Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth
Started from the pit lane
 Italy flag lazyload Nicola LariniOsella

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:44.596 
2France flag lazyload Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda1:44.8730.277
3Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerFerrari1:46.1151.519
4Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoFerrari1:47.1542.558
5Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetLotus-Honda1:47.6813.085
6Italy flag lazyload Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:48.2083.612
7Italy flag lazyload Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd1:48.7034.107
8Japan flag lazyload Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda1:48.7814.185
9Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:48.8374.241
10Brazil flag lazyload Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd1:49.5114.915
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellWilliams-Judd1:49.8805.284
12United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron1:50.4595.863
13Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Judd1:50.7196.123
14Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisRial-Ford Cosworth1:51.0046.408
15USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron1:51.1716.575
16France flag lazyload Philippe StreiffAGS-Ford Cosworth1:51.6427.046
17France flag lazyload Rene ArnouxLigier-Judd1:52.0807.484
18Italy flag lazyload Nicola LariniOsella1:52.1687.572
19Italy flag lazyload Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth1:52.2777.681
20France flag lazyload Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth1:52.2937.697
21France flag lazyload Yannick DalmasLola-Ford Cosworth1:52.4367.840
22Germany flag lazyload Bernd SchneiderZakspeed1:52.6648.068
23Italy flag lazyload Piercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed1:52.6748.078
24United Kingdom flag lazyload Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:52.9088.312
25Italy flag lazyload Stefano ModenaEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth1:52.9988.402
26Argentina flag lazyload Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth1:53.0438.447
Did not qualify
27Spain flag lazyload Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:53.3568.760
28Sweden flag lazyload Stefan JohanssonLigier-Judd1:53.5078.911
29United Kingdom flag lazyload Julian BaileyTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:53.5768.980
30Italy flag lazyload Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:53.5969.000
Did not pre-qualify
31Italy flag lazyload Gabriele TarquiniColoni-Ford Cosworth1:54.3589.762

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1988 German Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1France flag lazyload Alain Prost60
2Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton Senna57
3Austria flag lazyload Gerhard Berger25
4Italy flag lazyload Michele Alboreto16
5Brazil flag lazyload Nelson Piquet15
6Belgium flag lazyload Thierry Boutsen12
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek Warwick9
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel Mansell6
9Italy flag lazyload Alessandro Nannini6
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Jonathan Palmer5
11Italy flag lazyload Ivan Capelli4
12Italy flag lazyload Andrea de Cesaris3
=Brazil flag lazyload Mauricio Gugelmin3
14Japan flag lazyload Satoru Nakajima1
=Italy flag lazyload Riccardo Patrese1
=USA flag lazyload Eddie Cheever1
=Italy flag lazyload Pierluigi Martini1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Honda117
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari41
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Benetton-Ford Cosworth18
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Honda16
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Arrows-Megatron10
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Judd7
7United Kingdom flag lazyload March-Judd7
8United Kingdom flag lazyload Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth5
9Germany flag lazyload Rial-Ford Cosworth3
10Italy flag lazyload Minardi-Ford Cosworth1

Statistics & milestones

Milestone race start
150th for Nelson Piquet (6th driver to start 150 races, 1st Brazilian driver)
Wins
11th for Ayrton Senna
64th for McLaren
Race 1-2
15th for McLaren
Podiums
63rd for Alain Prost, 32nd for Ayrton Senna, 9th for Gerhard Berger
318th for Ferrari, 160th & 161st for McLaren
Poles
23rd for Ayrton Senna
33rd for McLaren
Qualifying 1-2
8th for McLaren
Fastest laps
1st and only for Alessandro Nannini (84th different fastest lap setter, 14th Italian driver; last until 1990)
5th for Benetton
Front row starts
44th for Alain Prost, 30th for Ayrton Senna (11th driver to achieve 30 front row starts, 2nd Brazilian driver)
Pole & win
7th for Ayrton Senna

See also

  • German Grand Prix
  • Hockenheim circuit
  • 1988 World Championship season

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