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

1988 Monaco Grand Prix

455th World Championship race, 35th World Championship Monaco Grand Prix, 35th World Championship race at Monte Carlo

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1989 Monaco Grand Prix

Jump to: Fact file | Race result | Starting grid | Qualifying result | Championship standings | Statistics & milestones | See also

Fact File

Date:Sunday, 15 May 1988
Winner:France flag Alain Prost
United Kingdom flag McLaren-Honda
Pole position:Brazil flag Ayrton Senna
United Kingdom flag McLaren-Honda
Fastest lap:Brazil flag Ayrton Senna
United Kingdom flag McLaren-Honda
Circuit:Monte Carlo, 78 laps
Round:3 of 16

Race Result

Pos DriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1France flag Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda781hr 57m 17.077s9
2+1Austria flag Gerhard BergerFerrari78+20.453s6
3+1Italy flag Michele AlboretoFerrari78+41.229s4
4+3United Kingdom flag Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron77+1 lap3
5+5United Kingdom flag Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth77+1 lap2
6+2Italy flag Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Judd77+1 lap1
7+14France flag Yannick DalmasLola-Ford Cosworth77+1 lap 
8+8Belgium flag Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth76+2 laps 
9+16Italy flag Nicola LariniOsella75+3 laps 
10+12Italy flag Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd72+6 laps 
R Brazil flag Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda66DNF 
R France flag Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth50DNF 
R Brazil flag Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd45DNF 
R Italy flag Piercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed43DNF 
R Italy flag Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth38DNF 
R Spain flag Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth36DNF 
R United Kingdom flag Nigel MansellWilliams-Judd32DNF 
R Italy flag Andrea de CesarisRial-Ford Cosworth28DNF 
R France flag Rene ArnouxLigier-Judd17DNF 
R Argentina flag Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth14DNF 
R USA flag Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron8DNF 
R Sweden flag Stefan JohanssonLigier-Judd6DNF 
R Italy flag Gabriele TarquiniColoni-Ford Cosworth5DNF 
R Brazil flag Nelson PiquetLotus-Honda0DNF 
R Italy flag Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
Did not start
  France flag Philippe StreiffAGS-Ford Cosworth   
  Italy flag Stefano ModenaEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth   
  • Stefano Modena was excluded from the grand prix for a missed weight check.

Starting Grid

  • Highlight: race winner
  • Highlight: second place
  • Highlight: third place
PosDriverConstructorTime
1Brazil flag Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:23.998
2France flag Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda1:25.425
3Austria flag Gerhard BergerFerrari1:26.685
4Italy flag Michele AlboretoFerrari1:27.297
5United Kingdom flag Nigel MansellWilliams-Judd1:27.665
6Italy flag Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:27.869
7United Kingdom flag Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron1:27.872
8Italy flag Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Judd1:28.016
9USA flag Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron1:28.227
10United Kingdom flag Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:28.358
11Brazil flag Nelson PiquetLotus-Honda1:28.403
12   
13France flag Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth1:28.536
14Brazil flag Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd1:28.610
15Spain flag Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:28.625
16Belgium flag Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:28.640
17Italy flag Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth1:29.075
18Argentina flag Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth1:29.093
19Italy flag Andrea de CesarisRial-Ford Cosworth1:29.298
20   
21France flag Yannick DalmasLola-Ford Cosworth1:29.601
22Italy flag Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd1:29.603
23Italy flag Piercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed1:30.121
24Italy flag Gabriele TarquiniColoni-Ford Cosworth1:30.252
25Italy flag Nicola LariniOsella1:30.335
26Sweden flag Stefan JohanssonLigier-Judd1:30.505
Started from the pit lane
 France flag Rene ArnouxLigier-Judd1:29.480

Qualifying Result

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

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1France flag Alain Prost24
2Austria flag Gerhard Berger14
3Brazil flag Ayrton Senna9
4Brazil flag Nelson Piquet8
5Italy flag Michele Alboreto6
6United Kingdom flag Derek Warwick6
7Belgium flag Thierry Boutsen3
8United Kingdom flag Jonathan Palmer2
9Japan flag Satoru Nakajima1
=Italy flag Alessandro Nannini1
=Italy flag Riccardo Patrese1

Constructor

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

Statistics & Milestones

Race debut
Driver: Oscar Larrauri
Wins
Driver: 30th for Alain Prost
Constructor: 58th for McLaren
Podiums
Driver: 58th for Alain Prost, 20th for Michele Alboreto, 7th for Gerhard Berger
Constructor: 314th & 315th for Ferrari, 150th for McLaren
Poles
Driver: 19th for Ayrton Senna
Constructor: 28th for McLaren
Qualifying 1-2
Constructor: 4th for McLaren
Fastest laps
Driver: 8th for Ayrton Senna
Constructor: 40th for McLaren
Front row starts
Driver: 40th for Alain Prost, 25th for Ayrton Senna

See also

  • Monaco Grand Prix
  • Monte Carlo Circuit
  • 1988 World Championship season

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