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Home / Seasons / 1988 F1 World Championship Season / 1988 San Marino Grand Prix

1988 San Marino Grand Prix

DateSunday, 1 May 1988
Winner
  • Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton Senna
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Honda
Pole position
  • Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton Senna
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Honda
Fastest lap
  • France flag lazyload Alain Prost
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Honda
CircuitImola, 60 laps
Round2 of 16
Race numbers

The 1988 San Marino Grand Prix was the

  • 454th World Championship race
  • 8th World Championship San Marino Grand Prix
  • 9th World Championship race at Imola
More 1988 season
More San Marino Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda601hr 32m 41.264s9
2 France flag lazyload Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda60+2.334s6
3 Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetLotus-Honda59+1 lap4
4+4Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth59+1 lap3
5 Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerFerrari59+1 lap2
6-2Italy flag lazyload Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth59+1 lap1
7 USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron59+1 lap 
8+4Japan flag lazyload Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda59+1 lap 
9+5United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron58+2 laps 
10+3France flag lazyload Philippe StreiffAGS-Ford Cosworth58+2 laps 
11+7Spain flag lazyload Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth58+2 laps 
12+7France flag lazyload Yannick DalmasLola-Ford Cosworth58+2 laps 
13-7Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Judd58+2 laps 
14+9United Kingdom flag lazyload Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth58+2 laps 
15+5Brazil flag lazyload Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd58+2 laps 
16+6Spain flag lazyload Adrian CamposMinardi-Ford Cosworth57+3 laps 
17-2France flag lazyload Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth57+3 laps 
18-8Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoFerrari54DNF 
NC Italy flag lazyload Stefano ModenaEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth52+8 laps 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Julian BaileyTyrrell-Ford Cosworth48DNF 
R United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellWilliams-Judd42DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Gabriele TarquiniColoni-Ford Cosworth40DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth18DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Piercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed16DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd2DNF 
R Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisRial-Ford Cosworth0DNF 
Did not start
  Italy flag lazyload Nicola LariniOsella   

Notes

  • Michele Alboreto ended lap 54 in P8 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Nicola Larini was excluded from the Grand Prix for an illegal car part change.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda
2France flag lazyload Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda
3Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetLotus-Honda
4Italy flag lazyload Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth
5Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerFerrari
6Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Judd
7USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron
8Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth
9Italy flag lazyload Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd
10Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoFerrari
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellWilliams-Judd
12Japan flag lazyload Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda
13France flag lazyload Philippe StreiffAGS-Ford Cosworth
14United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron
15France flag lazyload Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth
16  
17Italy flag lazyload Gabriele TarquiniColoni-Ford Cosworth
18Spain flag lazyload Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth
19France flag lazyload Yannick DalmasLola-Ford Cosworth
20Brazil flag lazyload Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd
21United Kingdom flag lazyload Julian BaileyTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
22Spain flag lazyload Adrian CamposMinardi-Ford Cosworth
23United Kingdom flag lazyload Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth
24Italy flag lazyload Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth
25Italy flag lazyload Piercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed
26Italy flag lazyload Stefano ModenaEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth
Started from the pit lane
 Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisRial-Ford Cosworth

Notes

  • Michele Alboreto started the Grand Prix from the back of the grid after failing to pull away at the beginning of the formation lap.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:27.148 
2France flag lazyload Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda1:27.9190.771
3Brazil flag lazyload Nelson PiquetLotus-Honda1:30.5003.352
4Italy flag lazyload Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:30.5903.442
5Austria flag lazyload Gerhard BergerFerrari1:30.6833.535
6Italy flag lazyload Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Judd1:30.9523.804
7USA flag lazyload Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron1:31.3004.152
8Belgium flag lazyload Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:31.4144.266
9Italy flag lazyload Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd1:31.5194.371
10Italy flag lazyload Michele AlboretoFerrari1:31.5204.372
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Nigel MansellWilliams-Judd1:31.6354.487
12Japan flag lazyload Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda1:31.6474.499
13France flag lazyload Philippe StreiffAGS-Ford Cosworth1:32.0134.865
14United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron1:32.4835.335
15France flag lazyload Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth1:32.7125.564
16Italy flag lazyload Andrea de CesarisRial-Ford Cosworth1:33.0375.889
17Italy flag lazyload Gabriele TarquiniColoni-Ford Cosworth1:33.2366.088
18Spain flag lazyload Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:33.2396.091
19France flag lazyload Yannick DalmasLola-Ford Cosworth1:33.3746.226
20Brazil flag lazyload Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd1:33.4486.300
21United Kingdom flag lazyload Julian BaileyTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:33.8746.726
22Spain flag lazyload Adrian CamposMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:33.9036.755
23United Kingdom flag lazyload Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:33.9726.824
24Italy flag lazyload Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth1:34.2047.056
25Italy flag lazyload Piercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed1:34.5677.419
26Italy flag lazyload Stefano ModenaEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth1:34.7827.634
Did not qualify
27Argentina flag lazyload Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth1:35.0777.929
28Sweden flag lazyload Stefan JohanssonLigier-Judd1:35.6548.506
29France flag lazyload Rene ArnouxLigier-Judd1:36.1238.975
30Germany flag lazyload Bernd SchneiderZakspeed1:36.2189.070

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-1988 San Marino Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1France flag lazyload Alain Prost15
2Brazil flag lazyload Ayrton Senna9
3Austria flag lazyload Gerhard Berger8
4Brazil flag lazyload Nelson Piquet8
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Derek Warwick3
=Belgium flag lazyload Thierry Boutsen3
7Italy flag lazyload Michele Alboreto2
8Japan flag lazyload Satoru Nakajima1
=Italy flag lazyload Alessandro Nannini1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Honda24
2Italy flag lazyload Ferrari10
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Lotus-Honda9
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Benetton-Ford Cosworth4
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Arrows-Megatron3

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Julian Bailey
Dallara
Last start
Adrian Campos
Milestone race start
50th for Philippe Alliot (68th driver to start 50 races, 12th French driver)
300th for McLaren (4th constructor to start 300 races)
Wins
7th for Ayrton Senna (first for McLaren)
57th for McLaren
Race 1-2
10th for McLaren (3rd constructor to finish 1-2 in ten races)
Podiums
57th for Alain Prost, 52nd for Nelson Piquet, 26th for Ayrton Senna (first for McLaren)
171st for Lotus, 148th & 149th for McLaren
Poles
18th for Ayrton Senna
27th for McLaren
Qualifying 1-2
3rd for McLaren
Fastest laps
21st for Alain Prost
39th for McLaren
Front row starts
39th for Alain Prost, 24th for Ayrton Senna (first for McLaren)
Points finishes
1st for Alessandro Nannini (232nd different point scorer, 35th Italian driver)
Pole & win
4th for Ayrton Senna (first since 1986; first for McLaren)

See also

  • San Marino Grand Prix
  • Imola circuit
  • 1988 World Championship season

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