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1988 Portuguese Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitEstoril, 70 laps
Round13 of 16
Race numbers

The 1988 Portuguese Grand Prix was the:

  • 465th World Championship race
  • 8th World Championship Portuguese Grand Prix
  • 5th World Championship race at Estoril
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Race result

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

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

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

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FRA) Alain Prost81
2(BRA) Ayrton Senna76
3(AUT) Gerhard Berger37
4(ITA) Michele Alboreto24
5(BEL) Thierry Boutsen21
6(BRA) Nelson Piquet18
7(GBR) Derek Warwick17
8(ITA) Ivan Capelli16
9(GBR) Nigel Mansell6
10(ITA) Alessandro Nannini6
=(USA) Eddie Cheever6
12(BRA) Mauricio Gugelmin5
13(GBR) Jonathan Palmer5
14(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris3
15(ITA) Riccardo Patrese2
16(JPN) Satoru Nakajima1
=(ITA) Pierluigi Martini1

Constructor

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

Stats & milestones

Milestone race start
50th for Philippe Streiff (69th driver to start 50 races, 13th French driver)
Wins
33rd for Alain Prost
67th for McLaren
Podiums
66th for Alain Prost
6th for Thierry Boutsen
2nd for Ivan Capelli (last podium until 1990; last for March)
166th for McLaren
20th for March (first since 1976)
9th for Benetton
Poles
18th for Alain Prost
37th for McLaren
1-2 start
11th for McLaren
Fastest laps
8th for Gerhard Berger
108th for Ferrari
Front row starts
47th for Alain Prost
34th for Ayrton Senna
Pole & win
11th for Alain Prost