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1988 Japanese Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitSuzuka, 51 laps
Round15 of 16
Race numbers

The 1988 Japanese Grand Prix was the:

  • 467th World Championship race
  • 4th World Championship Japanese Grand Prix
  • 2nd World Championship race at Suzuka
  • 1988 Drivers’ title decider
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda511hr 33m 26.173s9
2 (FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda51+13.363s6
3+7(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth51+36.109s4
4-1(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari51+1m 26.714s3
5+7(ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth51+1m 30.603s2
6+5(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Judd51+1m 37.615s1
7-1(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda50+1 lap 
8+10(FRA) Philippe StreiffAGS-Ford Cosworth50+1 lap 
9+10(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth50+1 lap 
10+3(BRA) Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd50+1 lap 
11-2(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari50+1 lap 
12+4(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth50+1 lap 
13+4(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth49+2 laps 
14+12(GBR) Julian BaileyTyrrell-Ford Cosworth49+2 laps 
15+7(ESP) Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth49+2 laps 
16+4(JPN) Aguri SuzukiLola-Ford Cosworth48+3 laps 
17+6(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Judd48+3 laps 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisRial-Ford Cosworth36DNF 
R (USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron35DNF 
R (ITA) Nicola LariniOsella34DNF 
R (BRA) Nelson PiquetLotus-Honda34DNF 
R (GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Judd24DNF 
R (ITA) Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth22DNF 
R (ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd19DNF 
R (GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron16DNF 
R (DEU) Bernd SchneiderZakspeed14DNF 

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:41.853 
2(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda1:42.1770.324
3(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari1:43.3531.500
4(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd1:43.6051.752
5(BRA) Nelson PiquetLotus-Honda1:43.6931.840
6(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda1:43.6931.840
7(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron1:43.8161.963
8(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Judd1:43.8932.040
9(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari1:43.9722.119
10(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:44.4992.646
11(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Judd1:44.5552.702
12(ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:44.6112.758
13(BRA) Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd1:45.1383.285
14(ITA) Andrea de CesarisRial-Ford Cosworth1:45.5583.705
15(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron1:45.8453.992
16(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:45.9164.063
17(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:46.4494.596
18(FRA) Philippe StreiffAGS-Ford Cosworth1:46.4864.633
19(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth1:46.5214.668
20(JPN) Aguri SuzukiLola-Ford Cosworth1:46.9205.067
21(ITA) Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth1:46.9825.129
22(ESP) Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:47.1345.281
23(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Judd1:47.1935.340
24(ITA) Nicola LariniOsella1:47.5475.694
25(DEU) Bernd SchneiderZakspeed1:47.5995.746
26(GBR) Julian BaileyTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:48.5896.736
Did not qualify
27(SWE) Stefan JohanssonLigier-Judd1:48.7166.863
28(ARG) Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth1:49.2657.412
29(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed1:49.7067.853
30(ITA) Stefano ModenaEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth1:49.8107.957
Did not pre-qualify
31(ITA) Gabriele TarquiniColoni-Ford Cosworth1:52.23410.381

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Ayrton Senna87
2(FRA) Alain Prost84
3(AUT) Gerhard Berger41
4(BEL) Thierry Boutsen25
5(ITA) Michele Alboreto24
6(BRA) Nelson Piquet18
7(GBR) Derek Warwick17
8(ITA) Ivan Capelli16
9(GBR) Nigel Mansell12
10(ITA) Alessandro Nannini12
11(USA) Eddie Cheever6
12(BRA) Mauricio Gugelmin5
13(GBR) Jonathan Palmer5
14(ITA) Riccardo Patrese5
15(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris3
16(JPN) Satoru Nakajima1
=(ITA) Pierluigi Martini1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Honda184
2Ferrari65
3Benetton-Ford Cosworth37
4Arrows-Megatron23
5March-Judd21
6Lotus-Honda19
7Williams-Judd17
8Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth5
9Rial-Ford Cosworth3
10Minardi-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Aguri Suzuki
Milestone race start
50th for Zakspeed (26th constructor to start 50 races)
World Champion
1st title for Ayrton Senna (22nd driver to win the World Championship, 3rd Brazilian champion)
Wins
14th for Ayrton Senna
69th for McLaren
Race 1-2
18th for McLaren
Podiums
68th for Alain Prost
35th for Ayrton Senna
7th for Thierry Boutsen (last for Benetton)
168th & 169th for McLaren
11th for Benetton
Poles
28th for Ayrton Senna
39th for McLaren
1-2 start
13th for McLaren
Fastest laps
10th for Ayrton Senna (18th driver to set ten fastest laps, 2nd Brazilian driver)
47th for McLaren
Front row starts
49th for Alain Prost NEW RECORD
36th for Ayrton Senna
Pole & win
10th for Ayrton Senna (4th driver to win ten races from pole, 1st Brazilian driver)
Win & fastest lap
5th for Ayrton Senna
Hat-trick (pole, win & fastest lap)
3rd for Ayrton Senna