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1988 Italian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitMonza, 51 laps
Round12 of 16
Race numbers

The 1988 Italian Grand Prix was the:

  • 464th World Championship race
  • 39th World Championship Italian Grand Prix
  • 38th World Championship race at Monza
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari511hr 17m 39.744s9
2+2(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari51+0.502s6
3+2(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron51+35.532s4
4+2(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron51+36.114s3
5+6(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd51+52.522s2
6+2(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth51+59.878s1
7+3(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Judd51+1m 14.743s 
8+5(BRA) Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd51+1m 32.566s 
9PL(ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth50+1 lap 
10-9(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda49DNF 
11+11(FRA) Jean-Louis SchlesserWilliams-Judd49+2 laps 
12+14(GBR) Julian BaileyTyrrell-Ford Cosworth49+2 laps 
13+11(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Judd49+2 laps 
R (FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda34DNF 
R (FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth33DNF 
R (FRA) Philippe StreiffAGS-Ford Cosworth31DNF 
R (DEU) Bernd SchneiderZakspeed28DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisRial-Ford Cosworth27DNF 
R (ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed25DNF 
R (ITA) Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth24DNF 
R (FRA) Yannick DalmasLola-Ford Cosworth17DNF 
R (ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth15DNF 
R (JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda14DNF 
R (ESP) Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth12DNF 
R (BRA) Nelson PiquetLotus-Honda11DNF 
R (ITA) Nicola LariniOsella2DNF 

Notes

  • Ayrton Senna ended lap 49 as the race leader 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(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron
6(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron
7(BRA) Nelson PiquetLotus-Honda
8(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth
9  
10(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Judd
11(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd
12(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda
13(BRA) Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd
14(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth
15(DEU) Bernd SchneiderZakspeed
16(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed
17(ITA) Nicola LariniOsella
18(ITA) Andrea de CesarisRial-Ford Cosworth
19(ESP) Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth
20(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth
21(ITA) Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth
22(FRA) Jean-Louis SchlesserWilliams-Judd
23(FRA) Philippe StreiffAGS-Ford Cosworth
24(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Judd
25(FRA) Yannick DalmasLola-Ford Cosworth
26(GBR) Julian BaileyTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
Started from the pit lane
 (ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:25.974 
2(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda1:26.2770.303
3(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari1:26.6540.680
4(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari1:26.9881.014
5(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron1:27.6601.686
6(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron1:27.8151.841
7(BRA) Nelson PiquetLotus-Honda1:28.0442.070
8(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:28.8702.896
9(ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:28.9582.984
10(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Judd1:29.4353.461
11(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd1:29.5133.539
12(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda1:29.5413.567
13(BRA) Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd1:30.0354.061
14(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:30.1254.151
15(DEU) Bernd SchneiderZakspeed1:30.1614.187
16(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed1:30.4764.502
17(ITA) Nicola LariniOsella1:30.4814.507
18(ITA) Andrea de CesarisRial-Ford Cosworth1:30.5604.586
19(ESP) Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:30.6984.724
20(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth1:30.9624.988
21(ITA) Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth1:30.9895.015
22(FRA) Jean-Louis SchlesserWilliams-Judd1:31.5485.574
23(FRA) Philippe StreiffAGS-Ford Cosworth1:31.6765.702
24(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Judd1:32.0496.075
25(FRA) Yannick DalmasLola-Ford Cosworth1:32.1646.190
26(GBR) Julian BaileyTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:32.2906.316
Did not qualify
27(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:32.4056.431
28(SWE) Stefan JohanssonLigier-Judd1:32.4386.464
29(ITA) Gabriele TarquiniColoni-Ford Cosworth1:32.8296.855
30(ITA) Stefano ModenaEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth1:33.2267.252
Did not pre-qualify
31(ARG) Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth1:34.0448.070

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Ayrton Senna75
2(FRA) Alain Prost72
3(AUT) Gerhard Berger37
4(ITA) Michele Alboreto22
5(BRA) Nelson Piquet18
6(BEL) Thierry Boutsen17
7(GBR) Derek Warwick14
8(ITA) Ivan Capelli10
9(GBR) Nigel Mansell6
10(ITA) Alessandro Nannini6
=(USA) Eddie Cheever6
12(BRA) Mauricio Gugelmin5
13(GBR) Jonathan Palmer5
14(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris3
15(ITA) Riccardo Patrese2
16(JPN) Satoru Nakajima1
=(ITA) Pierluigi Martini1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Honda147
2Ferrari59
3Benetton-Ford Cosworth23
4Arrows-Megatron20
5Lotus-Honda19
6March-Judd15
7Williams-Judd8
8Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth5
9Rial-Ford Cosworth3
10Minardi-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Jean-Louis Schlesser (only start)
Wins
4th for Gerhard Berger (7th driver to win the Italian Grand Prix for Ferrari)
94th for Ferrari
Race 1-2
39th for Ferrari
Podiums
22nd for Michele Alboreto (last for Ferrari)
10th for Gerhard Berger (47th driver to score ten podiums, 3rd Austrian driver)
8th for Eddie Cheever (first podium since 1983; first for Arrows, first American driver to finish on the podium since 1983)
319th & 320th for Ferrari
6th for Arrows (first since 1985)
Poles
26th for Ayrton Senna
36th for McLaren
1-2 start
10th for McLaren (4th constructor to start 1-2 in ten races)
Fastest laps
5th and last for Michele Alboreto (first since 1985)
107th for Ferrari
Front row starts
46th for Alain Prost
33rd for Ayrton Senna