1988 Australian Grand Prix

 1988 Australian Grand Prix

Racing data
16th of 16 races in the 1988 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Foster's Australian Grand Prix
Date:	November 13, 1988
Place:	Adelaide
Course:	Adelaide Street Circuit
Length:	309.96 km in 82 laps of 3.78 km
Weather:	cloudy but warm
Pole position
Driver:	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda
Time:	1: 17.748 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda
Time:	1: 21.216 min
Podium
First:	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda
Second:	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda
Third:	Nelson Piquet	Lotus Honda

The 1988 Australian Grand Prix took place on November 13th as the 16th and final race of the 1988 Formula 1 World Championship on the Adelaide Street Circuit .

Reports

background

Before the last Formula 1 race for the time being, in which turbo engines were permitted, the world championship had already been decided in favor of Ayrton Senna and McLaren . Meanwhile, the team had to defend itself against an allegation by FISA President Jean-Marie Balestre that his compatriot Alain Prost had been disadvantaged in the fight for the world title.

training

Ayrton Senna achieved his 13th pole position of the year on the 16th race weekend. As so often, Alain Prost followed in second place on the grid. Behind them, in his last race for Williams for the time being , Nigel Mansell and his future Ferrari team- mate Gerhard Berger formed the second row in front of Nelson Piquet and Riccardo Patrese , who this weekend set the then valid record of Jacques Laffite with 176 Grand Prix participations .

run

Since Senna started badly, Prost took the lead. In the duel for second place against Senna, Mansell slightly misjudged himself, so that Berger and Piquet could overtake him. Michele Alboreto and Alex Caffi collided further down the field .

The first phase of the race was dominated by Berger, who overtook Senna on the third lap and gradually reduced the gap to Prost. He overtook it on lap 14. However, Berger had been driving with full turbo boost pressure from the start and the high fuel consumption would not have allowed him to finish the race. This was in line with Ferrari's strategy of giving the fans a good show in order to remain competitive with the McLaren until they were eliminated. When trying to lap René Arnoux , Berger provoked a collision with him and retired, whereby Prost came back to the top on lap 26, which he then defended to the finish. More than half a minute behind, Senna crossed the finish line in second place, ahead of Piquet. Riccardo Patrese was fourth ahead of Thierry Boutsen and Ivan Capelli .

McLaren ended the 1988 season with a 15th win in the 16th race. Ten of the successes came in the form of one-two victories.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Camel Team Lotus Honda	1	Nelson Piquet	Lotus 100T	Honda RA168E 1.5 V6 t	G
	2	Satoru Nakajima
Tyrrell Racing Organization	3	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell 017	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	G
	4th	Julian Bailey
Canon Williams team	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams FW12	Judd CV 3.5 V8	G
	6th	Riccardo Patrese
West Zakspeed Racing	9	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed 881	Zakspeed 1500/4 1.5 L4 t	G
	10	Bernd Schneider
Honda Marlboro McLaren	11	Alain Prost	McLaren MP4 / 4	Honda RA168E 1.5 V6 t	G
	12	Ayrton Senna
AGS Racing	14th	Philippe Streiff	AGS JH23	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	G
Leyton House March Racing Team	15th	Maurício Gugelmin	March 881	Judd CV 3.5 V8	G
	16	Ivan Capelli
USF & G Arrows Megatron	17th	Derek Warwick	Arrows A10B	Megatron M12 / 13 1.5 L4 t	G
	18th	Eddie Cheever
Benetton Formula Ltd	19th	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton B188	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	G
	20th	Thierry Boutsen
Osella Squadra Corse	21st	Nicola Larini	Osella FA1L	Osella 890T 1.5 V8 t	G
Rial Racing	22nd	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial ARC1	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	G
Lois Minardi team	23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi M188		G
	24	Luis Pérez-Sala
Ligier Loto	25th	René Arnoux	Ligier JS31	Judd CV 3.5 V8	G
	26th	Stefan Johansson
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari F1-87 / 88C	Ferrari 033E 1.5 V6 t	G
	28	Gerhard Berger
Larrousse Calmels	29	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Lola LC88	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	G
	30th	Philippe Alliot
Coloni SpA	31	Gabriele Tarquini	Coloni FC188		G
EuroBrun Racing	32	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun ER188		G
	33	Stefano Modena
BMS Scuderia Italia	36	Alex Caffi	Dallara F188		G

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Pre-qualification		1. Qualification training		2. Qualification training		begin
			time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed	time	Ø speed
01	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	-	-	1: 18.332	173.722 km / h	1: 17.748	175.027 km / h	01
02	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	-	-	1: 18.179	174.062 km / h	1: 17.880	174.730 km / h	02
03	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Judd	-	-	1: 19.427	171.327 km / h	1: 19.508	171.153 km / h	03
04th	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	-	-	1: 20.019	170.060 km / h	1: 19.517	171.133 km / h	04th
05	Nelson Piquet	Lotus Honda	-	-	1: 20.477	169.092 km / h	1: 19.535	171.094 km / h	05
06th	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Judd	-	-	1: 19.925	170.260 km / h	1: 19.998	170.104 km / h	06th
07th	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	-	-	1: 20.086	169.917 km / h	1: 20.495	169.054 km / h	07th
08th	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	-	-	1: 20.331	169.399 km / h	1: 20.182	169.714 km / h	08th
09	Ivan Capelli	March-Judd	-	-	1: 21.136	167.718 km / h	1: 20.459	169.130 km / h	09
10	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	-	-	1: 21.114	167.764 km / h	1: 20.486	169.073 km / h	10
11	Alex Caffi	Dallara-Ford	1: 21.519	166.930 km / h	1: 20.781	168.455 km / h	1: 20.881	168.247 km / h	11
12	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	-	-	1: 20.844	168.324 km / h	1: 20.964	168.075 km / h	12
13	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Honda	-	-	1: 21.542	166.883 km / h	1: 20.852	168.308 km / h	13
14th	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	-	-	1: 21.905	166.144 km / h	1: 21.133	167.725 km / h	14th
15th	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial Ford	-	-	1: 21.944	166.065 km / h	1: 21.164	167.661 km / h	15th
16	Philippe Streiff	AGS-Ford	-	-	1: 22.170	165.608 km / h	1: 21.262	167.458 km / h	16
17th	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	-	-	1: 21,959	166.034 km / h	1: 21.307	167.366 km / h	17th
18th	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	-	-	1: 21.393	167.189 km / h	1: 21.514	166.941 km / h	18th
19th	Maurício Gugelmin	March-Judd	-	-	1: 21.871	166.213 km / h	1: 21.554	166.859 km / h	19th
20th	Stefano Modena	EuroBrun-Ford	1: 21.901	166.152 km / h	1: 21.972	166.008 km / h	1: 21.856	166.243 km / h	20th
21st	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi-Ford	-	-	1: 23.022	163.908 km / h	1: 21.893	166.168 km / h	21st
22nd	Stefan Johansson	Ligier-Judd	-	-	1: 23.417	163.132 km / h	1: 21.988	165.976 km / h	22nd
23	René Arnoux	Ligier-Judd	-	-	1: 23.547	162.878 km / h	1: 22.028	165.895 km / h	23
24	Philippe Alliot	Lola Ford	-	-	1: 22.420	165.106 km / h	1: 22.211	165.525 km / h	24
25th	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun-Ford	1: 24.634	160.786 km / h	1: 23.413	163.140 km / h	1: 22.213	165.521 km / h	25th
26th	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	-	-	1: 22.348	165.250 km / h	1: 22.721	164.505 km / h	26th
DNQ	Gabriele Tarquini	Coloni-Ford	1: 22.022	165.907 km / h	1: 23.650	162.678 km / h	1: 22.393	165.160 km / h	-
DNQ	Julian Bailey	Tyrrell-Ford	-	-	1: 23.530	162.912 km / h	1: 22.529	164.887 km / h	-
DNQ	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Lola Ford	-	-	1: 23.393	163.179 km / h	1: 22.733	164.481 km / h	-
DNQ	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	-	-	1: 24.221	161.575 km / h	1: 23.025	163.902 km / h	-
DNPQ	Nicola Larini	Osella	1: 28.440	153.867 km / h	-	-	-	-	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	82	0	1: 53: 14.676	02	1: 21.216
02	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	82	0	+ 36.787	01	1: 21.668
03	Nelson Piquet	Lotus Honda	82	0	+ 47.546	05	1: 21.502
04th	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Judd	82	0	+1: 20.088	06th	1: 21.948
05	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	81	0	+ 1 lap	10	1: 21.793
06th	Ivan Capelli	March-Judd	81	0	+ 1 lap	09	1: 21.526
07th	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	80	0	+ 2 rounds	14th	1: 22.888
08th	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial Ford	77	0	DNF	15th	1: 21.677	Lack of fuel
09	Stefan Johansson	Ligier-Judd	76	0	DNF	22nd	1: 22.433	Lack of fuel
10	Philippe Alliot	Lola Ford	75	0	DNF	24	1: 22.506	Lack of fuel
11	Philippe Streiff	AGS-Ford	73	0	DNF	16	1: 22.288	Electrical damage
-	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	69	0	DNF	26th	1: 26,100	defective fuel pump
-	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Judd	65	0	DNF	03	1: 21.713	Driving error
-	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	63	0	DNF	08th	1: 22.467	Lathe operator
-	Stefano Modena	EuroBrun-Ford	63	0	DNF	20th	1: 22.935	broken drive axle
-	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	52	0	DNF	07th	1: 24.064	Misfires
-	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	51	0	DNF	18th	1: 23.529	Engine failure
-	Maurício Gugelmin	March-Judd	46	0	DNF	19th	1: 23.727	collision
-	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Honda	45	0	DNF	13	1: 23,500	collision
-	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi-Ford	41	0	DNF	21st	1: 23.195	Engine failure
-	Alex Caffi	Dallara-Ford	32	0	DNF	11	1: 23.847	Clutch damage
-	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	25th	0	DNF	04th	1: 21,900	collision
-	René Arnoux	Ligier-Judd	24	0	DNF	23	1: 25.095	collision
-	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	16	0	DNF	17th	1: 24.726	defective power transmission
-	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun-Ford	12	0	DNF	25th	1: 24.777	broken drive axle
-	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	00	0	DNF	12	-	collision

World Cup stands after the race

The first six of the race got 9, 6, 4, 3, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Ayrton Senna McLaren Honda 90 (94) 02  Alain Prost McLaren Honda 87 (105) 03  Gerhard Berger Ferrari 41 04th  Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 27 05  Michele Alboreto Ferrari 24 06th  Nelson Piquet Lotus Honda 22nd 07th  Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 17th 08th  Ivan Capelli March-Judd 17th 09  Nigel Mansell Williams-Judd 12

Item driver constructor Points 10  Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 12 11  Riccardo Patrese Williams-Judd 8th 12  Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron 6th 13  Maurício Gugelmin March-Judd 5 14th  Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 5 15th  Andrea de Cesaris Rial Ford 3 16  Satoru Nakajima Lotus Honda 1 17th  Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren Honda 199 02  Ferrari 65 03  Benetton-Ford 39 04th  Arrows-Megatron 23 05  Lotus Honda 23

Item constructor Points 06th  March-Judd 22nd 07th  Williams-Judd 20th 08th  Tyrrell-Ford 5 09  Rial Ford 3 10  Minardi-Ford 1

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Training" ( memento from September 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on September 7, 2013)
2. ^ Gerhard Berger and Herbert Völker: home straight. Edition Autorevue, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-9500754-0-2 , p. 31.
3. ^ "Report" (accessed on September 7, 2013)
4. ^ "World Cup stands" ( Memento from September 23, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on September 7, 2013)

Web links

• Race result on the official Formula 1 website
• Race result on "Motorsportarchiv.de"