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1988 Monaco Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitMonte Carlo, 78 laps
Round3 of 16
Race numbers

The 1988 Monaco Grand Prix was the:

  • 455th World Championship race
  • 35th World Championship Monaco Grand Prix
  • 35th World Championship race at Monte Carlo
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda781hr 57m 17.077s9
2+1(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari78+20.453s6
3+1(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari78+41.229s4
4+3(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron77+1 lap3
5+5(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth77+1 lap2
6+2(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Judd77+1 lap1
7+14(FRA) Yannick DalmasLola-Ford Cosworth77+1 lap 
8+8(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth76+2 laps 
9+16(ITA) Nicola LariniOsella75+3 laps 
10+12(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd72+6 laps 
R (BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda66DNF 
R (FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth50DNF 
R (BRA) Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd45DNF 
R (ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed43DNF 
R (ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth38DNF 
R (ESP) Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth36DNF 
R (GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Judd32DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisRial-Ford Cosworth28DNF 
R (FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Judd17DNF 
R (ARG) Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth14DNF 
R (USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron8DNF 
R (SWE) Stefan JohanssonLigier-Judd6DNF 
R (ITA) Gabriele TarquiniColoni-Ford Cosworth5DNF 
R (BRA) Nelson PiquetLotus-Honda0DNF 
R (ITA) Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
Did not start
  (FRA) Philippe StreiffAGS-Ford Cosworth   
  (ITA) Stefano ModenaEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth   

Notes

  • Ayrton Senna ended lap 66 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.
  • Stefano Modena was excluded from the Grand Prix for a missed weight check.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:23.998 
2(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda1:25.4251.427
3(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari1:26.6852.687
4(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari1:27.2973.299
5(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Judd1:27.6653.667
6(ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:27.8693.871
7(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron1:27.8723.874
8(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Judd1:28.0164.018
9(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron1:28.2274.229
10(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:28.3584.360
11(BRA) Nelson PiquetLotus-Honda1:28.4034.405
12(FRA) Philippe StreiffAGS-Ford Cosworth1:28.5274.529
13(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth1:28.5364.538
14(BRA) Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd1:28.6104.612
15(ESP) Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:28.6254.627
16(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:28.6404.642
17(ITA) Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth1:29.0755.077
18(ARG) Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth1:29.0935.095
19(ITA) Andrea de CesarisRial-Ford Cosworth1:29.2985.300
20(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Judd1:29.4805.482
21(FRA) Yannick DalmasLola-Ford Cosworth1:29.6015.603
22(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd1:29.6035.605
23(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed1:30.1216.123
24(ITA) Gabriele TarquiniColoni-Ford Cosworth1:30.2526.254
25(ITA) Nicola LariniOsella1:30.3356.337
26(SWE) Stefan JohanssonLigier-Judd1:30.5056.507
Did not qualify
27(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda1:30.6116.613
28(DEU) Bernd SchneiderZakspeed1:30.6136.615
29(ESP) Adrian CamposMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:30.7936.795
30(GBR) Julian BaileyTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:30.8166.818

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FRA) Alain Prost24
2(AUT) Gerhard Berger14
3(BRA) Ayrton Senna9
4(BRA) Nelson Piquet8
5(ITA) Michele Alboreto6
6(GBR) Derek Warwick6
7(BEL) Thierry Boutsen3
8(GBR) Jonathan Palmer2
9(JPN) Satoru Nakajima1
=(ITA) Alessandro Nannini1
=(ITA) Riccardo Patrese1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Honda33
2Ferrari20
3Lotus-Honda9
4Arrows-Megatron6
5Benetton-Ford Cosworth4
6Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth2
7Williams-Judd1

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Oscar Larrauri (first Argentine driver to start a race since 1982)
Wins
30th for Alain Prost (1st driver to win 30 races, 1st French driver)
58th for McLaren
Podiums
58th for Alain Prost
20th for Michele Alboreto (26th driver to score 20 podiums, 1st Italian driver)
7th for Gerhard Berger
314th & 315th for Ferrari
150th for McLaren (3rd constructor to score 150 podiums)
Poles
19th for Ayrton Senna
28th for McLaren
1-2 start
4th for McLaren
Fastest laps
8th for Ayrton Senna (first for McLaren)
40th for McLaren (5th constructor to set 40 fastest laps)
Front row starts
40th for Alain Prost (6th driver to achieve 40 front row starts, 1st French driver)
25th for Ayrton Senna