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

1988 Monaco Grand Prix

DateSunday, 15 May 1988
Winner
  • France flag lazyload Alain Prost
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Honda
Pole position
  • Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton Senna
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Honda
Fastest lap
  • Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton Senna
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Honda
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
More 1988 season
More Monaco Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1France flag lazyload Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda781hr 57m 17.077s9
2+1Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerFerrari78+20.453s6
3+1Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoFerrari78+41.229s4
4+3United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron77+1 lap3
5+5United Kingdom flag lazyload Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth77+1 lap2
6+2Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Judd77+1 lap1
7+14France flag lazyload Yannick DalmasLola-Ford Cosworth77+1 lap 
8+8Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth76+2 laps 
9+16Italy flag lazyload Nicola LariniOsella75+3 laps 
10+12Italy flag lazyload Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd72+6 laps 
R Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda66DNF 
R France flag lazyload Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth50DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd45DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Piercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed43DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth38DNF 
R Spain flag lazyload Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth36DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellWilliams-Judd32DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisRial-Ford Cosworth28DNF 
R France flag lazyload Rene ArnouxLigier-Judd17DNF 
R Argentina flag lazyload Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth14DNF 
R USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron8DNF 
R Sweden flag lazyload Stefan JohanssonLigier-Judd6DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Gabriele TarquiniColoni-Ford Cosworth5DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetLotus-Honda0DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
Did not start
  France flag lazyload Philippe StreiffAGS-Ford Cosworth   
  Italy flag lazyload 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
1Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda
2France flag lazyload Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda
3Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerFerrari
4Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoFerrari
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellWilliams-Judd
6Italy flag lazyload Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron
8Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Judd
9USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron
10United Kingdom flag lazyload Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
11Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetLotus-Honda
12  
13France flag lazyload Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth
14Brazil flag lazyload Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd
15Spain flag lazyload Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth
16Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth
17Italy flag lazyload Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth
18Argentina flag lazyload Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth
19Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisRial-Ford Cosworth
20  
21France flag lazyload Yannick DalmasLola-Ford Cosworth
22Italy flag lazyload Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd
23Italy flag lazyload Piercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed
24Italy flag lazyload Gabriele TarquiniColoni-Ford Cosworth
25Italy flag lazyload Nicola LariniOsella
26Sweden flag lazyload Stefan JohanssonLigier-Judd
Started from the pit lane
 France flag lazyload Rene ArnouxLigier-Judd

Qualifying result

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

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1988 Monaco Grand Prix.

Driver

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

Constructor

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

Statistics & 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
Qualifying 1-2
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

See also

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

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