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

1988 Spanish Grand Prix

DateSunday, 2 October 1988
Winner
  • Alain Prost
  • McLaren-Honda
Pole position
  • Ayrton Senna
  • McLaren-Honda
Fastest lap
  • Alain Prost
  • McLaren-Honda
CircuitJerez, 72 laps
Round14 of 16
Race numbers

The 1988 Spanish Grand Prix was the:

  • 466th World Championship race
  • 18th World Championship Spanish Grand Prix
  • 3rd World Championship race at Jerez
More 1988 season
More Spanish Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda721hr 48m 43.851s9
2+1(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Judd72+26.232s6
3+2(ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth72+35.446s4
4-3(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda72+46.710s3
5+2(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Judd72+47.430s2
6+2(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari72+51.813s1
7+4(BRA) Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd72+1m 15.964s 
8+1(BRA) Nelson PiquetLotus-Honda72+1m 17.309s 
9-5(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth72+1m 17.655s 
10+8(ITA) Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth71+1 lap 
11+5(FRA) Yannick DalmasLola-Ford Cosworth71+1 lap 
12+12(ESP) Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth70+2 laps 
13+13(ITA) Stefano ModenaEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth70+2 laps 
14-2(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth69+3 laps 
R (SWE) Stefan JohanssonLigier-Judd62DNF 
R (USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron60DNF 
R (ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd45DNF 
R (GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron41DNF 
R (ITA) Andrea de CesarisRial-Ford Cosworth37DNF 
R (FRA) Philippe StreiffAGS-Ford Cosworth16DNF 
R (ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari15DNF 
R (ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth15DNF 
R (JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda14DNF 
R (ITA) Nicola LariniOsella9DNF 
R (GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth4DNF 
R (FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Judd0DNF 

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(BRA) Ayrton SennaMcLaren-Honda1:24.067 
2(FRA) Alain ProstMcLaren-Honda1:24.1340.067
3(GBR) Nigel MansellWilliams-Judd1:24.2690.202
4(BEL) Thierry BoutsenBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:24.9040.837
5(ITA) Alessandro NanniniBenetton-Ford Cosworth1:25.0320.965
6(ITA) Ivan CapelliMarch-Judd1:25.1151.048
7(ITA) Riccardo PatreseWilliams-Judd1:25.2171.150
8(AUT) Gerhard BergerFerrari1:25.4661.399
9(BRA) Nelson PiquetLotus-Honda1:25.6481.581
10(ITA) Michele AlboretoFerrari1:26.4472.380
11(BRA) Mauricio GugelminMarch-Judd1:26.5782.511
12(FRA) Philippe AlliotLola-Ford Cosworth1:26.8322.765
13(FRA) Philippe StreiffAGS-Ford Cosworth1:26.9712.904
14(ITA) Nicola LariniOsella1:27.0122.945
15(JPN) Satoru NakajimaLotus-Honda1:27.1713.104
16(FRA) Yannick DalmasLola-Ford Cosworth1:27.1873.120
17(GBR) Derek WarwickArrows-Megatron1:27.2403.173
18(ITA) Alex CaffiDallara-Ford Cosworth1:27.3503.283
19(FRA) Rene ArnouxLigier-Judd1:27.3513.284
20(ITA) Pierluigi MartiniMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:27.4073.340
21(SWE) Stefan JohanssonLigier-Judd1:27.4743.407
22(GBR) Jonathan PalmerTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:27.5483.481
23(ITA) Andrea de CesarisRial-Ford Cosworth1:27.7983.731
24(ESP) Luis Perez-SalaMinardi-Ford Cosworth1:27.8333.766
25(USA) Eddie CheeverArrows-Megatron1:27.8593.792
26(ITA) Stefano ModenaEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth1:27.9773.910
Did not qualify
27(DEU) Bernd SchneiderZakspeed1:28.1944.127
28(ARG) Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun-Ford Cosworth1:28.6644.597
29(GBR) Julian BaileyTyrrell-Ford Cosworth1:29.0664.999
30(ITA) Piercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed1:29.5035.436
Did not pre-qualify
31(ITA) Gabriele TarquiniColoni-Ford Cosworth1:30.4596.392

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(FRA) Alain Prost84
2(BRA) Ayrton Senna79
3(AUT) Gerhard Berger38
4(ITA) Michele Alboreto24
5(BEL) Thierry Boutsen21
6(BRA) Nelson Piquet18
7(GBR) Derek Warwick17
8(ITA) Ivan Capelli16
9(GBR) Nigel Mansell12
10(ITA) Alessandro Nannini10
11(USA) Eddie Cheever6
12(BRA) Mauricio Gugelmin5
13(GBR) Jonathan Palmer5
14(ITA) Riccardo Patrese4
15(ITA) Andrea de Cesaris3
16(JPN) Satoru Nakajima1
=(ITA) Pierluigi Martini1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Honda169
2Ferrari62
3Benetton-Ford Cosworth31
4Arrows-Megatron23
5March-Judd21
6Lotus-Honda19
7Williams-Judd16
8Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth5
9Rial-Ford Cosworth3
10Minardi-Ford Cosworth1

Stats & milestones

Wins
34th for Alain Prost
68th for McLaren
Podiums
67th for Alain Prost
26th for Nigel Mansell
2nd for Alessandro Nannini
167th for McLaren
101st for Williams
10th for Benetton (18th constructor to score ten podiums)
Poles
27th for Ayrton Senna
38th for McLaren
1-2 start
12th for McLaren
Fastest laps
26th for Alain Prost
46th for McLaren
Front row starts
48th for Alain Prost EQUALLED RECORD (shared with Juan Manuel Fangio & Jim Clark)
35th for Ayrton Senna
Win & fastest lap
16th for Alain Prost

See also

  • Spanish Grand Prix
  • Jerez circuit
  • 1988 World Championship season

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