1988 San Marino Grand Prix

Fact File

Date:	Sunday, 1 May 1988
Winner:	Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda
Pole position:	Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda
Fastest lap:	Alain Prost McLaren-Honda
Circuit:	Imola, 60 laps
Round:	2 of 16

Race Result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1		Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	60	1hr 32m 41.264s	9
2		Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	60	+2.334s	6
3		Nelson Piquet	Lotus-Honda	59	+1 lap	4
4	+4	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	59	+1 lap	3
5		Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	59	+1 lap	2
6	-2	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	59	+1 lap	1
7		Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	59	+1 lap
8	+4	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus-Honda	59	+1 lap
9	+5	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	58	+2 laps
10	+3	Philippe Streiff	AGS-Ford Cosworth	58	+2 laps
11	+7	Luis Perez-Sala	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	58	+2 laps
12	+7	Yannick Dalmas	Lola-Ford Cosworth	58	+2 laps
13	-7	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Judd	58	+2 laps
14	+9	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	58	+2 laps
15	+5	Mauricio Gugelmin	March-Judd	58	+2 laps
16	+6	Adrian Campos	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	57	+3 laps
17	-2	Philippe Alliot	Lola-Ford Cosworth	57	+3 laps
18	-8	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	54	DNF
NC		Stefano Modena	EuroBrun-Ford Cosworth	52	+8 laps
R		Julian Bailey	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	48	DNF
R		Nigel Mansell	Williams-Judd	42	DNF
R		Gabriele Tarquini	Coloni-Ford Cosworth	40	DNF
R		Alex Caffi	Dallara-Ford Cosworth	18	DNF
R		Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	16	DNF
R		Ivan Capelli	March-Judd	2	DNF
R		Andrea de Cesaris	Rial-Ford Cosworth	0	DNF
Did not start
		Nicola Larini	Osella

Starting Grid

• Highlight: race winner
• Highlight: second place
• Highlight: third place

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1:27.148
2	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	1:27.919
3	Nelson Piquet	Lotus-Honda	1:30.500
4	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	1:30.590
5	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:30.683
6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Judd	1:30.952
7	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	1:31.300
8	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	1:31.414
9	Ivan Capelli	March-Judd	1:31.519
10	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:31.520
11	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Judd	1:31.635
12	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus-Honda	1:31.647
13	Philippe Streiff	AGS-Ford Cosworth	1:32.013
14	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	1:32.483
15	Philippe Alliot	Lola-Ford Cosworth	1:32.712
16
17	Gabriele Tarquini	Coloni-Ford Cosworth	1:33.236
18	Luis Perez-Sala	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	1:33.239
19	Yannick Dalmas	Lola-Ford Cosworth	1:33.374
20	Mauricio Gugelmin	March-Judd	1:33.448
21	Julian Bailey	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:33.874
22	Adrian Campos	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	1:33.903
23	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:33.972
24	Alex Caffi	Dallara-Ford Cosworth	1:34.204
25	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	1:34.567
26	Stefano Modena	EuroBrun-Ford Cosworth	1:34.782
Started from the pit lane
	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial-Ford Cosworth	1:33.037

Qualifying Result

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1:27.148
2	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	1:27.919	0.771
3	Nelson Piquet	Lotus-Honda	1:30.500	3.352
4	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	1:30.590	3.442
5	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:30.683	3.535
6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Judd	1:30.952	3.804
7	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	1:31.300	4.152
8	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	1:31.414	4.266
9	Ivan Capelli	March-Judd	1:31.519	4.371
10	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:31.520	4.372
11	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Judd	1:31.635	4.487
12	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus-Honda	1:31.647	4.499
13	Philippe Streiff	AGS-Ford Cosworth	1:32.013	4.865
14	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	1:32.483	5.335
15	Philippe Alliot	Lola-Ford Cosworth	1:32.712	5.564
16	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial-Ford Cosworth	1:33.037	5.889
17	Gabriele Tarquini	Coloni-Ford Cosworth	1:33.236	6.088
18	Luis Perez-Sala	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	1:33.239	6.091
19	Yannick Dalmas	Lola-Ford Cosworth	1:33.374	6.226
20	Mauricio Gugelmin	March-Judd	1:33.448	6.300
21	Julian Bailey	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:33.874	6.726
22	Adrian Campos	Minardi-Ford Cosworth	1:33.903	6.755
23	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth	1:33.972	6.824
24	Alex Caffi	Dallara-Ford Cosworth	1:34.204	7.056
25	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	1:34.567	7.419
26	Stefano Modena	EuroBrun-Ford Cosworth	1:34.782	7.634
Did not qualify
27	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun-Ford Cosworth	1:35.077	7.929
28	Stefan Johansson	Ligier-Judd	1:35.654	8.506
29	Rene Arnoux	Ligier-Judd	1:36.123	8.975
30	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	1:36.218	9.070

Championship Standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Alain Prost	15
2	Ayrton Senna	9
3	Gerhard Berger	8
4	Nelson Piquet	8
5	Derek Warwick	3
=	Thierry Boutsen	3
7	Michele Alboreto	2
8	Satoru Nakajima	1
=	Alessandro Nannini	1

Constructor

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	McLaren-Honda	24
2	Ferrari	10
3	Lotus-Honda	9
4	Benetton-Ford Cosworth	4
5	Arrows-Megatron	3

Statistics & Milestones

Race debut

Driver: Julian Bailey

Constructor: Dallara

Last start

Driver: Adrian Campos

Milestone race start

Driver: 50th for Philippe Alliot

Wins

Driver: 7th for Ayrton Senna

Constructor: 57th for McLaren

Race 1-2

Constructor: 10th for McLaren

Podiums

Driver: 57th for Alain Prost, 52nd for Nelson Piquet, 26th for Ayrton Senna

Constructor: 171st for Lotus, 148th & 149th for McLaren

Poles

Driver: 18th for Ayrton Senna

Constructor: 27th for McLaren

Qualifying 1-2

Constructor: 3rd for McLaren

Fastest laps

Driver: 21st for Alain Prost

Constructor: 39th for McLaren

Front row starts

Driver: 39th for Alain Prost, 24th for Ayrton Senna

Points finishes

Driver: 1st for Alessandro Nannini (232nd different point scorer, 35th Italian driver)

Pole & win

Driver: 4th for Ayrton Senna

See also

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