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1988 German Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
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
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Race result

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

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

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

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FRA) Alain Prost60
2(BRA) Ayrton Senna57
3(AUT) Gerhard Berger25
4(ITA) Michele Alboreto16
5(BRA) Nelson Piquet15
6(BEL) Thierry Boutsen12
7(GBR) Derek Warwick9
8(GBR) Nigel Mansell6
9(ITA) Alessandro Nannini6
10(GBR) Jonathan Palmer5
11(ITA) Ivan Capelli4
12(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris3
=(BRA) Mauricio Gugelmin3
14(JPN) Satoru Nakajima1
=(ITA) Riccardo Patrese1
=(USA) Eddie Cheever1
=(ITA) Pierluigi Martini1

Constructor

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

Stats & 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
1-2 start
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