1988 Brazilian Grand Prix

 1988 Brazilian Grand Prix

Racing data
1st of 16 races in the 1988 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XVII Grande Prêmio do Brasil
Date:	April 3, 1988
Place:	Rio de Janeiro
Course:	Jacarepaguá
Length:	301.86 km in 60 laps of 5.031 km
Weather:	warm and hazy
Pole position
Driver:	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda
Time:	1: 28.096 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari
Time:	1: 32.943 min
Podium
First:	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda
Second:	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari
Third:	Nelson Piquet	Lotus Honda

The 1988 Brazilian Grand Prix took place in Rio de Janeiro on April 3rd and was the first race of the 1988 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

The new season started with some restrictions for turbo engines, so that some teams returned to conventional naturally aspirated engines. Another reason for this was the early announcement that from 1989 a complete ban on turbo engines would apply.

At McLaren they sat still a turbo engines, but those of Honda instead as in previous years by Porsche . Ayrton Senna became the new team mate of the then two-time world champion Alain Prost . Senna's place at Team Lotus was taken by Nelson Piquet , whose successor at Williams was Riccardo Patrese , who had already contested the 1987 season finale in Australia instead of Nigel Mansell for the team.

At Benetton , Teo Fabi was replaced by Alessandro Nannini . His former place at Minardi was taken by Formula 1 newcomer Luis Pérez-Sala . Zakspeed committed Piercarlo Ghinzani and the debutant Bernd Schneider , while Martin Brundle decided for Jaguar at the World Cup sports cars take part. Ghinzani was replaced at Ligier by Stefan Johansson , who had to give up his place at McLaren in favor of Ayrton Senna.

Another newcomer to the field was the Brazilian Maurício Gugelmin , who became Ivan Capelli's team-mate at March . Like Williams and Ligier, the team from then on used a naturally aspirated engine from the manufacturer Judd .

In addition to Tyrrell , AGS , Benetton, Larrousse and Coloni , there were now three other teams with the new Rial , EuroBrun and BMS teams that used a Ford-Cosworth engine. EuroBrun signed Oscar Larrauri, a newcomer, and Stefano Modena, a driver who had only contested a Formula 1 race, under contract. At BMS, Alex Caffi , who had contested the 1987 season for Osella , drove a modified Dallara Formula 3000 car with a 3.0-liter engine . In 1988 this team only used one car for Nicola Larini , which was powered by a further developed Alfa Romeo engine, which from then on bore the name Osella .

Only the Ferrari , Larrousse and Arrows teams retained their respective driver line-ups from the previous year. The Brabham team, which was owned by Bernie Ecclestone , did not run in 1988. Its pilot Andrea de Cesaris was then hired by the German team Rial.

In addition to Schneider, Gugelmin, Pérez-Sala and Larrauri, Julian Bailey , who competed for Tyrrell, was a fifth debutant this weekend.

training

Since a total of 31 pilots competed to qualify for one of the 26 starting positions, a pre-qualification was carried out in which five drivers had to take part. These were the pilots from the Rial, EuroBrun, Coloni and BMS teams. Alex Caffi was eliminated as the slowest. The remaining 30 drivers were admitted to the two regular qualification training sessions.

Ayrton Senna qualified for pole position at his home Grand Prix. To the surprise of the professional world, Nigel Mansell took second place on the grid with the naturally aspirated Williams FW12 . Alain Prost and Gerhard Berger formed the second row ahead of Nelson Piquet and Michele Alboreto .

run

Senna's McLaren's transmission got stuck in first gear during the warm-up lap. On the starting grid he signaled this to the race director with a show of hands so that the start was aborted. After switching to the T-Car , Senna finally took up the race from the pit lane.

Mansell initially took the lead, but was overtaken by Prost on the first lap, who from then on defended the top position to the finish. Senna made it to second place by the 20th lap, but was disqualified eleven laps later because his switch to the T-Car turned out to be illegal.

Berger finished in second place ahead of Piquet. Derek Warwick crossed the finish line in fourth ahead of Michele Alboreto and Satoru Nakajima .

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 JH22	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 FA1I	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	Adrian Campos	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	Yannick Dalmas	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 3087	Ford Cosworth DFV 3.0 V8	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: 30.218	200.754 km / h	1: 28.096	205.589 km / h	01
02	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Judd	-	-	1: 30.928	199.186 km / h	1: 28.632	204.346 km / h	02
03	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	-	-	1: 31.975	196.919 km / h	1: 28.782	204.001 km / h	03
04th	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	-	-	1: 32.123	196.602 km / h	1: 29.026	203.442 km / h	04th
05	Nelson Piquet	Lotus Honda	-	-	1: 32.888	194.983 km / h	1: 30.087	201.046 km / h	05
06th	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	-	-	1: 32.523	195.752 km / h	1: 30.114	200.985 km / h	06th
07th	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	-	-	1: 32.060	196.737 km / h	1: 30.140	200.927 km / h	07th
08th	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Judd	-	-	1: 34.070	192.533 km / h	1: 30.439	200.263 km / h	08th
09	Ivan Capelli	March-Judd	-	-	1: 33.546	193.612 km / h	1: 30.929	199.184 km / h	09
10	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Honda	-	-	1: 33.293	194.137 km / h	1: 31.280	198.418 km / h	10
11	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	-	-	1: 34.323	192.017 km / h	1: 31.723	197.460 km / h	11
12	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	-	-	1: 31.772	197.354 km / h	1: 32.748	195.278 km / h	12
13	Maurício Gugelmin	March-Judd	-	-	1: 34.037	192.601 km / h	1: 31.833	197.223 km / h	13
14th	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial Ford	1: 37.033	186.654 km / h	1: 34.988	190.673 km / h	1: 32.275	196.279 km / h	14th
15th	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	-	-	1: 33.787	193.114 km / h	1: 32.843	195.078 km / h	15th
16	Philippe Alliot	Lola Ford	-	-	1: 35.930	188.800 km / h	1: 32.933	194.889 km / h	16
17th	Yannick Dalmas	Lola Ford	-	-	1: 36.382	187.915 km / h	1: 33.408	193.898 km / h	17th
18th	René Arnoux	Ligier-Judd	-	-	1: 37.274	186.192 km / h	1: 34.474	191.710 km / h	18th
19th	Philippe Streiff	AGS-Ford	-	-	1: 37.601	185.568 km / h	1: 34.481	191.696 km / h	19th
20th	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi-Ford	-	-	1: 36.593	187.504 km / h	1: 34.532	191.592 km / h	20th
21st	Stefan Johansson	Ligier-Judd	-	-	1: 37.454	185.848 km / h	1: 34.579	191.497 km / h	21st
22nd	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	-	-	1: 38.628	183.635 km / h	1: 34.686	191.281 km / h	22nd
23	Adrian Campos	Minardi-Ford	-	-	1: 37.164	186.402 km / h	1: 34.886	190.877 km / h	23
24	Stefano Modena	EuroBrun-Ford	1: 37.886	185.027 km / h	1: 37.506	185.749 km / h	1: 34.910	190.829 km / h	24
25th	Gabriele Tarquini	Coloni-Ford	1: 43.869	174.370 km / h	1: 41.149	179.059 km / h	1: 35.407	189.835 km / h	25th
26th	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun-Ford	1: 38.276	184.293 km / h	1: 38.347	184.160 km / h	1: 35.711	189.232 km / h	26th
DNQ	Julian Bailey	Tyrrell-Ford	-	-	1: 39.771	181.532 km / h	1: 36.137	188.394 km / h	-
DNQ	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	-	-	1: 40.431	180.339 km / h	1: 37.621	185.530 km / h	-
DNQ	Nicola Larini	Osella	-	-	1: 38.927	183.080 km / h	1: 38.371	184.115 km / h	-
DNQ	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	-	-	1: 45.540	171.609 km / h	1: 38.614	183.662 km / h	-
DNPQ	Alex Caffi	Dallara-Ford	1: 46.442	170.155 km / h	-	-	-	-	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	60	0	1: 36: 06.857	03	1: 33.540
02	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	60	0	+ 9.873	04th	1: 32.943
03	Nelson Piquet	Lotus Honda	60	0	+1: 08.581	05	1: 33.597
04th	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	60	0	+1: 13.348	11	1: 35.020
05	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	60	0	+1: 14.556	06th	1: 33.193
06th	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Honda	59	0	+ 1 lap	10	1: 33.903
07th	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	59	0	+ 1 lap	07th	1: 34.457
08th	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	59	0	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 34.632
09	Stefan Johansson	Ligier-Judd	57	0	+ 3 rounds	21st	1: 36.429
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial Ford	53	1	DNF	14th	1: 34.440	Engine failure
-	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	47	0	DNF	22nd	1: 36.758	defective power transmission
-	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi-Ford	46	0	DNF	20th	1: 36.929	broken rear wing
-	Philippe Alliot	Lola Ford	40	0	DNF	16	1: 36.613	defective shock absorbers
-	Philippe Streiff	AGS-Ford	35	0	DNF	19th	1: 36.451	Brake defect
-	Gabriele Tarquini	Coloni-Ford	35	0	DNF	25th	1: 37.112	Electrical damage
-	Yannick Dalmas	Lola Ford	32	0	DNF	17th	1: 35.003	Electrical damage
-	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	31	0	DSQ	01	1: 34.657	disqualified
-	René Arnoux	Ligier-Judd	23	0	DNF	18th	1: 38.556	Clutch damage
-	Stefano Modena	EuroBrun-Ford	20th	0	DNF	24	1: 38.401	Engine failure
-	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Judd	18th	0	DNF	02	1: 35.346	Engine failure
-	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	07th	0	DNF	12	1: 36.616	Engine failure
-	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Judd	06th	0	DNF	08th	1: 37.003	Engine failure
-	Ivan Capelli	March-Judd	06th	0	DNF	09	1: 37.024	overheated engine
-	Adrian Campos	Minardi-Ford	05	0	DNF	23	1: 41.641	broken rear wing attachment
-	Maurício Gugelmin	March-Judd	00	0	DNF	13	-	defective power transmission
-	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun-Ford	00	0	DNS	26th	-	not started

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  Alain Prost McLaren Honda 9 02  Gerhard Berger Ferrari 6th 03  Nelson Piquet Lotus Honda 4th

Item driver constructor Points 04th  Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 3 05  Michele Alboreto Ferrari 2 06th  Satoru Nakajima Lotus Honda 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren Honda 9 02  Ferrari 8th

Item constructor Points 03  Lotus Honda 5 04th  Arrows-Megatron 3

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Training" ( Memento from March 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on September 7, 2013)
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on September 7, 2013)
3. ^ "World Cup stands" ( Memento from December 31, 2012 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"