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

1988 Portuguese Grand Prix

465th World Championship race, 8th World Championship Portuguese Grand Prix, 5th World Championship race at Estoril

1988 Italian Grand Prix

1988 Spanish Grand Prix

1987 Portuguese Grand Prix

1989 Portuguese Grand Prix

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

Fact File

Date:Sunday, 25 September 1988
Winner:France flag Alain Prost
United Kingdom flag McLaren-Honda
Pole position:France flag Alain Prost
United Kingdom flag McLaren-Honda
Fastest lap:Austria flag Gerhard Berger
Italy flag Ferrari
Circuit:Estoril, 70 laps
Round:13 of 16

Race Result

Pos DriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 France flag Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda701hr 37m 40.958s9
2+1Italy flag Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd70+9.553s6
3+10Belgium flag Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth70+44.619s4
4+6United Kingdom flag Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron70+1m 07.419s3
5+2Italy flag Michele AlboretoFerrari70+1m 11.884s2
6-4Brazil flag Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda70+1m 18.269s1
7+10Italy flag Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth69+1 lap 
8+11Spain flag Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth68+2 laps 
9+12France flag Philippe StreiffAGS-Ford Cosworth68+2 laps 
10+13France flag Rene ArnouxLigier-Judd68+2 laps 
11+15Italy flag Gabriele TarquiniColoni-Ford Cosworth65+5 laps 
12+13Italy flag Nicola LariniOsella63+7 laps 
R Brazil flag Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd59DNF 
R United Kingdom flag Nigel MansellWilliams-Judd54DNF 
R United Kingdom flag Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth53DNF 
R Italy flag Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth52DNF 
R Austria flag Gerhard BergerFerrari35DNF 
R Brazil flag Nelson PiquetLotus-Honda34DNF 
R Italy flag Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Judd29DNF 
R Italy flag Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth27DNF 
R France flag Yannick DalmasLola-Ford Cosworth20DNF 
R Japan flag Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda16DNF 
R Italy flag Andrea de CesarisRial-Ford Cosworth11DNF 
R USA flag Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron10DNF 
R France flag Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth7DNF 
R Sweden flag Stefan JohanssonLigier-Judd4DNF 

Starting Grid

  • Highlight: race winner
  • Highlight: second place
  • Highlight: third place
PosDriverConstructorTime
1France flag Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda1:17.411
2Brazil flag Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:17.869
3Italy flag Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd1:18.812
4Austria flag Gerhard BergerFerrari1:18.903
5Brazil flag Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd1:19.045
6United Kingdom flag Nigel MansellWilliams-Judd1:19.131
7Italy flag Michele AlboretoFerrari1:19.372
8Brazil flag Nelson PiquetLotus-Honda1:19.551
9Italy flag Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:19.572
10United Kingdom flag Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron1:19.603
11Italy flag Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Judd1:19.797
12Italy flag Andrea de CesarisRial-Ford Cosworth1:19.940
13Belgium flag Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:20.314
14Italy flag Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:20.741
15France flag Yannick DalmasLola-Ford Cosworth1:20.748
16Japan flag Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda1:20.783
17Italy flag Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth1:20.922
18USA flag Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron1:20.965
19Spain flag Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:21.094
20France flag Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth1:21.096
21France flag Philippe StreiffAGS-Ford Cosworth1:21.418
22United Kingdom flag Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:21.788
23France flag Rene ArnouxLigier-Judd1:21.790
24Sweden flag Stefan JohanssonLigier-Judd1:22.035
25Italy flag Nicola LariniOsella1:22.119
26Italy flag Gabriele TarquiniColoni-Ford Cosworth1:22.170

Qualifying Result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1France flag Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda1:17.411 
2Brazil flag Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:17.8690.458
3Italy flag Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd1:18.8121.401
4Austria flag Gerhard BergerFerrari1:18.9031.492
5Brazil flag Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd1:19.0451.634
6United Kingdom flag Nigel MansellWilliams-Judd1:19.1311.720
7Italy flag Michele AlboretoFerrari1:19.3721.961
8Brazil flag Nelson PiquetLotus-Honda1:19.5512.140
9Italy flag Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:19.5722.161
10United Kingdom flag Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron1:19.6032.192
11Italy flag Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Judd1:19.7972.386
12Italy flag Andrea de CesarisRial-Ford Cosworth1:19.9402.529
13Belgium flag Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:20.3142.903
14Italy flag Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:20.7413.330
15France flag Yannick DalmasLola-Ford Cosworth1:20.7483.337
16Japan flag Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda1:20.7833.372
17Italy flag Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth1:20.9223.511
18USA flag Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron1:20.9653.554
19Spain flag Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:21.0943.683
20France flag Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth1:21.0963.685
21France flag Philippe StreiffAGS-Ford Cosworth1:21.4184.007
22United Kingdom flag Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:21.7884.377
23France flag Rene ArnouxLigier-Judd1:21.7904.379
24Sweden flag Stefan JohanssonLigier-Judd1:22.0354.624
25Italy flag Nicola LariniOsella1:22.1194.708
26Italy flag Gabriele TarquiniColoni-Ford Cosworth1:22.1704.759
Did not qualify
27United Kingdom flag Julian BaileyTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:22.2964.885
28Italy flag Piercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed1:22.5495.138
29Italy flag Stefano ModenaEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth1:23.0755.664
30Germany flag Bernd SchneiderZakspeed1:23.3005.889
Did not pre-qualify
31Argentina flag Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth1:23.0755.664

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

  • Highlight: driver/constructor confirmed as world champion for 1988

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1France flag Alain Prost81
2Brazil flag Ayrton Senna76
3Austria flag Gerhard Berger37
4Italy flag Michele Alboreto24
5Belgium flag Thierry Boutsen21
6Brazil flag Nelson Piquet18
7United Kingdom flag Derek Warwick17
8Italy flag Ivan Capelli16
9United Kingdom flag Nigel Mansell6
10Italy flag Alessandro Nannini6
=USA flag Eddie Cheever6
12Brazil flag Mauricio Gugelmin5
13United Kingdom flag Jonathan Palmer5
14Italy flag Andrea de Cesaris3
15Italy flag Riccardo Patrese2
16Japan flag Satoru Nakajima1
=Italy flag Pierluigi Martini1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag McLaren-Honda157
2Italy flag Ferrari61
3United Kingdom flag Benetton-Ford Cosworth27
4United Kingdom flag Arrows-Megatron23
5United Kingdom flag March-Judd21
6United Kingdom flag Lotus-Honda19
7United Kingdom flag Williams-Judd8
8United Kingdom flag Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth5
9Germany flag Rial-Ford Cosworth3
10Italy flag Minardi-Ford Cosworth1

Statistics & Milestones

Milestone race start
Driver: 50th for Philippe Streiff
Wins
Driver: 33rd for Alain Prost
Constructor: 67th for McLaren
Podiums
Driver: 66th for Alain Prost, 6th for Thierry Boutsen, 2nd for Ivan Capelli
Constructor: 166th for McLaren, 20th for March, 9th for Benetton
Poles
Driver: 18th for Alain Prost
Constructor: 37th for McLaren
Qualifying 1-2
Constructor: 11th for McLaren
Fastest laps
Driver: 8th for Gerhard Berger
Constructor: 108th for Ferrari
Front row starts
Driver: 47th for Alain Prost, 34th for Ayrton Senna
Pole & win
Driver: 11th for Alain Prost

See also

  • Portuguese Grand Prix
  • Estoril Circuit
  • 1988 World Championship season

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