1988 Formula 1 World Championship

1988 Formula 1 World Championship

World Champion
Driver:	Ayrton Senna
Constructor:	McLaren Honda
Season dates
Number of races:	16
<1987 season	1989 season>

Defending champion Nelson Piquet in a Lotus Honda ahead of Nigel Mansell in Williams-Judd, Canadian GP 1988

The 1988 Formula 1 World Championship was the 39th season of the Formula 1 World Championship . It was held over 16 races between April 3rd and November 13th. Ayrton Senna won the drivers' championship for the first time. McLaren became world constructors champions for the fourth time.

The combination of Senna, Prost and McLaren-Honda was almost unbeatable; McLaren-Honda won 15 of the 16 races; at the race in Monza a certain victory was only prevented by failure or accident of the two McLaren.

Changes in 1988

Regulations

The last year of the “turbo era”, the end of which was announced by the FIA ​​in October 1986, brought further restrictions for the powerful but expensive engines: the boost pressure was limited to a maximum of 2.5  bar and the amount of fuel for this type of engine to just 150 liters. In addition, the minimum vehicle weight has been increased to 540 kg.

Racetracks

The Austrian Grand Prix dropped off the racing calendar, whereas the Canadian Grand Prix returned there after a one-year break. In addition, the sequence of the races was changed: the Mexican Grand Prix , which had taken place in autumn since its reintroduction in 1986, was moved to early summer so that all three races in North America could now take place one after the other. The Belgian Grand Prix has also been moved from spring to late summer, as has the Spanish Grand Prix to autumn.

Teams

The teams Rial , BMS Scuderia Italia and EuroBrun were new to the field . On the other hand, Brabham disappeared from the registration lists , because after the withdrawal of the engine supplier BMW no competitive engines could be procured and team owner Bernie Ecclestone was too tense due to his role at the top of the FOCA .

Engines

With a view to the impending ban on turbo engines in 1989, several teams decided ahead of time to switch to naturally aspirated engines. These included Williams , who installed a Judd engine, and Benetton , who received the new DFR engine exclusively from its engine partner Ford . Ligier also switched to naturally aspirated Judd engines , while Minardi used a Ford engine.

McLaren , which also switched from TAG-Porsche to Honda engines, continued to rely on turbo engines, Lotus (also Honda), Arrows ( Megatron ), Ferrari , Osella and Zakspeed (each of their own designs). The smaller teams Tyrrell , AGS , March , Larrousse and Coloni , on the other hand, had all driven with naturally aspirated engines as early as 1987, with March switching from Ford to Judd engines. The newly registered Rial, BMS Scuderia Italia and EuroBrun also competed with Ford engines.

driver

Nelson Piquet , last year's world champion, switched from Williams to Lotus, whose top driver Ayrton Senna had switched to McLaren. Senna ousted Stefan Johansson to Ligier, whose second driver Piercarlo Ghinzani went to Zakspeed, where he relegated Christian Danner to the role of test and substitute driver. Williams signed Riccardo Patrese as the second driver alongside Nigel Mansell, a driver who had previously driven for Brabham. The other former Brabham driver Andrea de Cesaris brought his routine with him to Rial.

Alessandro Nannini moved from Minardi to Benetton . Since Luis Pérez-Sala succeeded him at Minardi and competed alongside Adrián Campos , the Italian racing team started with a completely Spanish driver pairing.

The driver constellation remained unchanged only with Ferrari, Arrows and Larrousse. However, from this season March took part in the races with two vehicles each, so that Ivan Capelli , who had previously driven alone , formed a driver duo with the Brazilian Maurício Gugelmin , who stayed together until 1991.

Teams and drivers

photo	team	chassis	engine	tires	No.	Regular driver	run	Test / substitute driver
	Camel Team Lotus Honda	Lotus 100T	Honda 1.5 V6t	G	01	Nelson Piquet	1-16	Martin Donnelly
					02	Satoru Nakajima	1-16
	Tyrrell Racing Organization	Tyrrell 017	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	G	03	Jonathan Palmer	1-16	n / A
					04th	Julian Bailey	1-16
	Canon Williams team	Williams FW12	Judd CV 3.5 V8	G	05	Nigel Mansell	1-10, 13-16	Jean-Louis Schlesser
						Martin Brundle	11
						Jean-Louis Schlesser	12
					06th	Riccardo Patrese	1-16
	West Zakspeed Racing	Zakspeed 881 Zakspeed 881B	Zakspeed 1.5 L4t	G	09	Piercarlo Ghinzani	1-16	Christian Danner
					10	Bernd Schneider	1-16
	Honda Marlboro McLaren	McLaren MP4 / 4	Honda 1.5 V6t	G	11	Alain Prost	1-16	Emanuele Pirro
					12	Ayrton Senna	1-16
	Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives	AGS JH23	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	G	14th	Philippe Streiff	1-16	n / A
	Leyton House March Racing Team	March 881	Judd CV 3.5 V8	G	15th	Maurício Gugelmin	1-16	n / A
					16	Ivan Capelli	1-16
	USF & G Arrows Megatron	Arrows A10B	Megatron 1.5 L5t	G	17th	Derek Warwick	1-16	n / A
					18th	Eddie Cheever	1-16
	Benetton Formula Ltd	Benetton B188	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	G	19th	Alessandro Nannini	1-16	Gary Brabham Johnny Dumfries
					20th	Thierry Boutsen	1-16
	Osella Squadra Corse	Osella FA1I Osella FA1L	Osella 890T 1.5 V8t	G	21st	Nicola Larini	1-16	n / A
	Rial Racing	Rial ARC1	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	G	22nd	Andrea de Cesaris	1-16	n / A
	Lois Minardi Team SpA	Minardi M188	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	G	23	Adrian Campos	1-5	Pierluigi Martini
						Pierluigi Martini	6-16
					24	Luis Pérez-Sala	1-16
	Ligier Loto	Ligier JS31	Judd CV 3.5 V8	G	25th	René Arnoux	1-16	n / A
					26th	Stefan Johansson	1-16
	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari F1-87 / 88C	Ferrari 1.5 V6t	G	27	Michele Alboreto	1-16	Dario Benuzzi Gianni Morbidelli Roberto Moreno
					28	Gerhard Berger	1-16
	Larrousse Calmels	Lola LC88	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	G	29	Yannick Dalmas	1-14	n / A
						Aguri Suzuki	15th
						Pierre-Henri Raphanel	16
					30th	Philippe Alliot	1-16
	Coloni SpA	Coloni FC188 Coloni FC188B	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	G	31	Gabriele Tarquini	1-16	n / A
	EuroBrun Racing	EuroBrun ER188	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	G	32	Oscar Larrauri	1-16	n / A
					33	Stefano Modena	1-16
	BMS Scuderia Italia	Dallara 3087 dallara 188	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8 Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	G	36	Alex Caffi	1-16	n / A

Racing calendar

No.	date	Grand Prix	route	Distance (km)	Pole position	Fastest race lap	winner	Overall leading driver	Overall leading designer
01	3rd of April	Brazil	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet	301.860	Ayrton Senna	Gerhard Berger	Alain Prost	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda
02	1st of May	San Marino	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	302,400	Ayrton Senna	Alain Prost	Ayrton Senna
03	May 15	Monaco	Circuit de Monaco	259,584	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna	Alain Prost
04th	May 29th	Mexico	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez	296.207	Ayrton Senna	Alain Prost	Alain Prost
05	June 12	Canada	Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve	302.910	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna
06th	June 19th	United States	Detroit Street Circuit	253,449	Ayrton Senna	Alain Prost	Ayrton Senna
07th	3rd of July	France	Circuit Paul Ricard	305.040	Alain Prost	Alain Prost	Alain Prost
08th	10th of July	Great Britain	Silverstone Circuit	310.570	Gerhard Berger	Nigel Mansell	Ayrton Senna
09	24th July	Germany	Hockenheimring	299,068	Ayrton Senna	Alessandro Nannini	Ayrton Senna
10	August 7th	Hungary	Hungaroring	305.064	Ayrton Senna	Alain Prost	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna
11	August 28th	Belgium	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	298,420	Ayrton Senna	Gerhard Berger	Ayrton Senna
12	September 11	Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	295,800	Ayrton Senna	Michele Alboreto	Gerhard Berger
13	25th of September	Portugal	Circuito do Estoril	304,500	Alain Prost	Gerhard Berger	Alain Prost	Alain Prost
14th	October 2nd	Spain	Circuito de Jerez	303.696	Ayrton Senna	Alain Prost	Alain Prost
15th	30th of October	Japan	Suzuka International Racing Course	298,809	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna
16	November 13th	Australia	Adelaide Street Circuit	309.960	Ayrton Senna	Alain Prost	Alain Prost

Race reports

Brazilian Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1988 Brazilian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	1: 36: 06.857
2	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	+ 9.873
3	Nelson Piquet	Lotus Honda	+1: 08.591
PP	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 28.096
SR	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1: 32.943

The Brazilian Grand Prix at the Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet in Jacarepaguá , a suburb of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, took place on April 3, 1988 and went over 60 laps (301.86 km).

San Marino Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1988 San Marino Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 32: 41.264
2	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	+ 2.334
3	Nelson Piquet	Lotus Honda	+ 1 lap
PP	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 27.148
SR	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	1: 29.685

The San Marino Grand Prix in Imola took place on May 1st, 1988 and went over 60 laps (302.4 km).

Monaco Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1988 Monaco Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	1: 57: 17.077
2	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	+ 20.453
3	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	+ 41.229
PP	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 23.998
SR	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 26.321

The Monaco Grand Prix in Monte Carlo took place on May 15, 1988 and ran over 78 laps (259.584 km).

Mexican Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1988 Mexican Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	1: 30: 15.737
2	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	+ 7.104
3	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	+ 57.314
PP	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 17.468
SR	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	1: 18.608

The Mexican Grand Prix in Mexico City took place on May 29, 1988 and went over a distance of 67 laps (296.2 km).

Canadian Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1988 Canadian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 39: 46.618
2	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	+ 5.934
3	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	+ 51,409
PP	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 21.681
SR	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 24.973

The Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal took place on June 12, 1988 and went over a distance of 69 laps (302.91 km).

United States Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1988 USA Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 54: 56.035
2	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	+ 38.713
3	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	+ 1 lap
PP	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 40.606
SR	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	1: 44.836

The US Grand Prix at the Detroit Street Circuit in Detroit , Michigan took place on June 19, 1988 and covered a distance of 63 laps (253.449 km).

French Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1988 French Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	1: 37,37,328
2	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	+ 31,752
3	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	+1: 06.505
PP	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	1: 07.589
SR	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	1: 11.737

The French Grand Prix at the Paul Ricard Circuit took place on July 3, 1988 and covered a distance of 80 laps (305.04 km).

Great Britain Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1988 British Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 33: 16.367
2	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Judd	+ 23.344
3	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	+ 51.214
PP	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1: 10.133
SR	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Judd	1: 23.308

The Grand Prix of Great Britain at Silverstone took place on July 10, 1988 and went over a distance of 65 laps (310.57 km).

Grand Prix of Germany

→ Main article : 1988 German Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 32: 54.188
2	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	+ 13.609
3	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	+ 52.095
PP	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 44.596
SR	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	2: 03.032

The German Grand Prix in Hockenheim took place on July 24, 1988 and covered a distance of 44 laps (299.068 km).

Hungarian Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1988 Hungarian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 57: 47.081
2	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	+ 0.529
3	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	+ 31,410
PP	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 27.635
SR	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	1: 30.639

The Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród took place on August 7, 1988 and covered a distance of 76 laps (305.064 km).

Belgian Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1988 Belgian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 28: 00,549
2	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	+ 30.47
3	Ivan Capelli	March-Judd	+1: 15.768
PP	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 53.718
SR	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	2: 00.772

The Belgian Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps took place on August 28, 1988 and covered a distance of 43 laps (298.42 km).

Italian Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1988 Italian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1: 17: 39.744
2	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	+ 7.326
3	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	+ 35.532
PP	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 25.974
SR	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1: 29.07

The Italian Grand Prix in Monza took place on September 11, 1988 and covered a distance of 51 laps (295.8 km).

Senna retired due to a collision on lap 49. Prost had to quit the race because of an engine failure.

Grand Prix of Portugal

→ Main article : 1988 Portuguese Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	1: 37: 40.958
2	Ivan Capelli	March-Judd	+ 9.553
3	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	+ 44.619
PP	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	1: 17.411
SR	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1: 21.961

The Portuguese Grand Prix in Estoril took place on September 25, 1988 and covered a distance of 70 laps (304.5 km).

Spanish Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1988 Spanish Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	1: 48: 43.851
2	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Judd	+ 26.232
3	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	+ 35,446
PP	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 24.067
SR	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	1: 27.845

The Spanish Grand Prix in Jerez took place on October 2nd, 1988 and covered a distance of 72 laps (303.696 km).

Japanese Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1988 Japanese Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 33: 26,173
2	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	+ 13,363
3	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	+ 36.109
PP	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 41.853
SR	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 46.326

The Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka took place on October 30, 1988 and covered a distance of 51 laps (298.809 km).

Australian Grand Prix

→ Main article : 1988 Australian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	1: 53: 14.676
2	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	+ 36.787
3	Nelson Piquet	Lotus Honda	+ 47.546
PP	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	1: 17.748
SR	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	1: 21.216

The Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide took place on November 13, 1988 and went over a distance of 82 laps (309.96 km).

World championship ratings

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th
Points	9	6th	4th	3	2	1

The best eleven results were counted in the drivers 'classification and all results in the constructors' classification.

Driver ranking

Item	driver	No.	constructor																	Points
1	A. Senna	12	McLaren Honda	DSQ	1	DNF	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	10 *	(6)	( 4 )	1	2	90 (94)
2	A. Cheers	11	McLaren Honda	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	DNF	2	( 2 )	(2)	DNF	1	1	(2)	1	87 (105)
3	G. Berger	28	Ferrari	2	5	2	3	DNF	DNF	4th	9	3	4th	DNF	1	DNF	6th	4th	DNF	41
4th	T. Boutsen	20th	Benetton-Ford	7th	4th	8th	8th	3	3	DNF	DNF	6th	3	DSQ	6th	3	9	3	5	27
5	M. Alboreto	27	Ferrari	5	18 *	3	4th	DNF	DNF	3	17 *	4th	DNF	DNF	2	5	DNF	11	DNF	24
6th	N. Piquet	1	Lotus Honda	3	3	DNF	DNF	4th	DNF	5	5	DNF	8th	4th	DNF	DNF	8th	DNF	3	22nd
7th	I. Capelli	16	March-Judd	DNF	DNF	10	16	5	DNS	9	DNF	5	DNF	3	5	2	DNF	DNF	6th	17th
8th	D. Warwick	17th	Arrows-Megatron	4th	9	4th	5	7th	DNF	DNF	6th	7th	DNF	5	4th	4th	DNF	DNF	DNF	17th
9	N. Mansell	5	Williams-Judd	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	2	DNF	DNF			DNF	2	DNF	DNF	12
10	A. Nannini	19th	Benetton-Ford	DNF	6th	DNF	7th	DNF	DNF	6th	3	18th	DNF	DSQ	9	DNF	3	5	DNF	12
11	R. Patrese	6th	Williams-Judd	DNF	13	6th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	8th	DNF	6th	DNF	7th	DNF	5	6th	4th	8th
12	E. Cheever	18th	Arrows-Megatron	8th	7th	DNF	6th	DNF	DNF	11	7th	10	DNF	6th	3	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	6th
13	M. Gugelmin	15th	March-Judd	DNF	15th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	8th	4th	8th	5	DNF	8th	DNF	7th	10	DNF	5
14th	J. Palmer	3	Tyrrell-Ford	DNF	14th	5	DNQ	6th	5	DNF	DNF	11	DNF	12 *	DNQ	DNF	DNF	12	DNF	5
15th	A. de Cesaris	22nd	Rial Ford	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	9 *	4th	10	DNF	13	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	8th*	3
16	S. Nakajima	2	Lotus Honda	6th	8th	DNQ	DNF	11	DNQ	7th	10	9	7th	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	7th	DNF	1
17th	P. Martini	23	Minardi-Ford						6th	15th	15th	DNQ	DNF	DNQ	DNF	DNF	DNF	13	7th	1
-	Y. Dalmas	29	Lola Ford	DNF	12	7th	9	DNQ	7th	13	13	19 *	9	DNF	DNF	DNF	11			0
-	A. Caffi	36	Dallara-Ford	DNPQ	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNPQ	8th	12	11	15th	DNF	8th	DNF	7th	10	DNF	DNF	0
-	M. Brundle	5	Williams-Judd											7th						0
-	P. Streiff	14th	AGS-Ford	DNF	10	DNF	12	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	10	DNF	9	DNF	8th	11 *	0
-	LP Sala	24	Minardi-Ford	DNF	11	DNF	11	13	DNF	NC	DNF	DNQ	10	DNQ	DNF	8th	12	15th	DNF	0
-	G. Tarquini	31	Coloni-Ford	DNF	DNF	DNF	14th	8th	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	13	DNF	DNQ	11	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	0
-	P. Alliot	30th	Lola Ford	DNF	17th	DNF	DNF	10 *	DNF	DNF	14th	DNF	12	9	DNF	DNF	14th	9	10 *	0
-	S. Johansson	26th	Ligier-Judd	9	DNQ	DNF	10	DNF	DNF	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNF	11 *	DNQ	DNF	DNF	DNQ	9 *	0
-	J. Bailey	4th	Tyrrell-Ford	DNQ	DNF	DNQ	DNQ	DNF	9 *	DNQ	16	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	12	DNQ	DNQ	14th	DNQ	0
-	N. Larini	21st	Osella	DNQ	EX	9	DNQ	DNQ	DNF	DNF	19 *	DNF	DNPQ	DNF	DNF	12	DNF	DNF	DNPQ	0
-	R. Arnoux	25th	Ligier-Judd	DNF	DNQ	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNQ	18th	17th	DNF	DNF	13	10	DNF	17th	DNF	0
-	S. Modena	33	EuroBrun-Ford	DNF	NC	DSQ	DSQ	12	DNF	14th	12	DNF	11	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	13	DNQ	DNF	0
-	J.-L. Schlesser	5	Williams-Judd												11					0
-	B. Schneider	10	Zakspeed	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNF	DNQ	DNQ	DNF	DNQ	12	DNQ	13 *	DNF	DNQ	DNQ	DNF	DNQ	0
-	O. Larrauri	32	EuroBrun-Ford	DNF	DNQ	DNF	13	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNQ	16	DNQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNPQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNF	0
-	P. Ghinzani	9	Zakspeed	DNQ	DNF	DNF	15th	14 *	DNQ	EX	DNQ	14th	DNQ	DNF	DNF	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNF	0
-	A. Campos	23	Minardi-Ford	DNF	16	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ												0
-	A. Suzuki	29	Lola Ford															16		0
-	P.-H. Raphanel	29	Lola Ford																DNQ	0

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Constructors' championship

McLaren MP4 / 4 Honda Turbo from 1988

Item constructor Points 1  McLaren-Honda T 199 2  Ferrari T 65 3  Benetton-Ford 39 4th  Lotus-Honda T 23 5  Arrows-Megatron T 23 6th  March-Judd 22nd 7th  Williams-Judd 20th 8th  Tyrrell-Ford 5 9  Rial Ford 3

Item constructor Points 10  Minardi-Ford 1 11  Lola Ford 0 12  Dallara-Ford 0 13  AGS-Ford 0 14th  Coloni-Ford 0 15th  Ligier-Judd 0 16  Osella T 0 17th  EuroBrun-Ford 0 18th  Zakspeed T. 0

^T = turbo engine

News in brief Formula 1

• McLaren switched from TAG - Porsche to Honda and won 15 of 16 world championship races with the MP4 / 4 . Ayrton Senna became world champion for the first time.
• For the first time since 1964, a World Cup was decided on the basis of the deleted results. Without taking the deleted results into account, Alain Prost scored more than the title holder with the record number of 105 points at the time. Senna was able to achieve eight Grand Prix victories, Prost seven. In addition, the Brazilian set the fastest time in training 13 times.
• The constructors' championship was won by McLaren-Honda with 199 points. All other racing teams together scored 201 points.
• The German racing team Rial got into Formula 1.

Web links

Commons : Formula 1 season 1988  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official Formula 1 website Results Season 1988 (English)