1988 German Grand Prix

 1988 German Grand Prix

Racing data
9th of 16 races in the 1988 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Mobil 1 Grand Prix of Germany
Date:	July 24, 1988
Place:	Hockenheim
Course:	Hockenheimring
Length:	299.068 km in 44 laps of 6.797 km
Weather:	rain
Pole position
Driver:	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda
Time:	1: 44.596 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford
Time:	2: 03.032 min
Podium
First:	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda
Second:	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda
Third:	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari

The 1988 German Grand Prix took place on July 24th at the Hockenheimring and was the ninth race of the 1988 Formula 1 World Championship .

German Grand Prix in Hockenheim 1988

Reports

background

With regard to the field of participants, there was no change compared to the British Grand Prix two weeks earlier.

training

By far secured Ayrton Senna his seventh pole position of the season ahead of his McLaren -Teamkollegen Alain Prost and the two Ferrari pilots Gerhard Berger and Michele Alboreto . This was followed by Nelson Piquet and Alessandro Nannini in the third row.

run

Shortly before the start of the race, the track began to dry up after it had rained in the morning. As a result, some drivers entered the race on slicks . This decision turned out to be a mistake for Nelson Piquet and Philippe Alliot after just a few laps. Both slipped off the track and were eliminated.

Ayrton Senna achieved a start-to-finish victory. Prost, who had fallen behind Berger and Nannini after a bad start, fought his way back up to second place by the twelfth lap, which ultimately resulted in McLaren's sixth double victory in the ninth race of the season. The two Ferrari drivers Berger and Alboreto took third and fourth place ahead of Ivan Capelli and Thierry Boutsen .

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	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 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: 44.596	233.940 km / h	1: 50.002	222.443 km / h	01
02	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	-	-	1: 44.873	233.322 km / h	1: 45.868	231.129 km / h	02
03	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	-	-	1: 46.115	230.591 km / h	1: 46.431	229.907 km / h	03
04th	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	-	-	1: 47.154	228.355 km / h	1: 47.418	227.794 km / h	04th
05	Nelson Piquet	Lotus Honda	-	-	1: 47.702	227.194 km / h	1: 47.681	227.238 km / h	05
06th	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	-	-	1: 48.223	226.100 km / h	1: 48.208	226.131 km / h	06th
07th	Ivan Capelli	March-Judd	-	-	1: 48.703	225.101 km / h	1: 49.750	222.954 km / h	07th
08th	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Honda	-	-	1: 49.359	223.751 km / h	1: 48.781	224.940 km / h	08th
09	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	-	-	1: 48.837	224.824 km / h	1: 49.966	222.516 km / h	09
10	Maurício Gugelmin	March-Judd	-	-	1: 49.511	223.441 km / h	1: 49.645	223.167 km / h	10
11	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Judd	-	-	1: 49.880	222.690 km / h	1: 50.673	221.095 km / h	11
12	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	-	-	1: 50.459	221.523 km / h	1: 50.978	220.487 km / h	12
13	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Judd	-	-	1: 51.105	220.235 km / h	1: 50.719	221.003 km / h	13
14th	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial Ford	-	-	1: 51.004	220.435 km / h	1: 51.859	218.750 km / h	14th
15th	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	-	-	1: 51.385	219.681 km / h	1: 51.171	220.104 km / h	15th
16	Philippe Streiff	AGS-Ford	-	-	1: 52.348	217.798 km / h	1: 51.642	219.176 km / h	16
17th	René Arnoux	Ligier-Judd	-	-	1: 54.139	214.381 km / h	1: 52.080	218.319 km / h	17th
18th	Nicola Larini	Osella	1: 52.321	217.851 km / h	1: 52.203	218.080 km / h	1: 52.168	218.148 km / h	18th
19th	Alex Caffi	Dallara-Ford	1: 53.031	216.482 km / h	1: 52.469	217.564 km / h	1: 52.277	217.936 km / h	19th
20th	Philippe Alliot	Lola Ford	-	-	1: 52.293	217.905 km / h	1: 52.629	217.255 km / h	20th
21st	Yannick Dalmas	Lola Ford	-	-	1: 52.795	216.935 km / h	1: 52.436	217.628 km / h	21st
22nd	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	-	-	1: 52.696	217.126 km / h	1: 52.664	217.187 km / h	22nd
23	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	-	-	1: 52.674	217.168 km / h	1: 57.241	208.709 km / h	23
24	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	-	-	1: 53.238	216.086 km / h	1: 52.908	216.718 km / h	24
25th	Stefano Modena	EuroBrun-Ford	1: 54.317	214.047 km / h	1: 52.998	216.545 km / h	1: 53.904	214.823 km / h	25th
26th	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun-Ford	1: 54.184	214.296 km / h	1: 53.832	214.959 km / h	1: 53.043	216.459 km / h	26th
DNQ	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi-Ford	-	-	1: 53.356	215.862 km / h	1: 53.673	215.260 km / h	-
DNQ	Stefan Johansson	Ligier-Judd	-	-	1: 54.717	213.301 km / h	1: 53.507	215.574 km / h	-
DNQ	Julian Bailey	Tyrrell-Ford	-	-	1: 53.674	215.258 km / h	1: 53.576	215.443 km / h	-
DNQ	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	-	-	1: 53.720	215.171 km / h	1: 53.596	215.405 km / h	-
DNPQ	Gabriele Tarquini	Coloni-Ford	1: 54.358	213.970 km / h	-	-	-	-	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	44	0	1: 32: 54.188	01	2: 05.001
02	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	44	0	+ 13.609	02	2: 04.888
03	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	44	0	+ 52.095	03	2: 05.735
04th	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	44	0	+1: 40.912	04th	2: 05.704
05	Ivan Capelli	March-Judd	44	0	+1: 49.606	07th	2: 06.833
06th	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	43	0	+ 1 lap	09	2: 07.273
07th	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	43	0	+ 1 lap	12	2: 07.545
08th	Maurício Gugelmin	March-Judd	43	0	+ 1 lap	10	2: 06.946
09	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Honda	43	0	+ 1 lap	08th	2: 07.242
10	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	43	0	+ 1 lap	15th	2: 07.388
11	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	43	0	+ 1 lap	24	2: 08.507
12	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	43	0	+ 1 lap	22nd	2: 09.142
13	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial Ford	42	0	+ 2 rounds	14th	2: 05.413
14th	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	42	0	+ 2 rounds	23	2: 10.425
15th	Alex Caffi	Dallara-Ford	42	0	+ 2 rounds	19th	2: 06.814
16	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun-Ford	42	0	+ 2 rounds	26th	2: 09.754
17th	René Arnoux	Ligier-Judd	41	0	+ 3 rounds	17th	2: 11.241
18th	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	40	1	+ 4 rounds	06th	2: 03.032
-	Yannick Dalmas	Lola Ford	39	0	DNF	21st	2: 09.545	Clutch damage
-	Philippe Streiff	AGS-Ford	38	0	DNF	16	2: 08.812	cracked throttle cable
-	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Judd	34	0	DNF	13	2: 08.191	Driving error
-	Nicola Larini	Osella	27	0	DNF	18th	2: 09.715	defective fuel supply
-	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Judd	16	0	DNF	11	2: 06.317	Driving error
-	Stefano Modena	EuroBrun-Ford	15th	0	DNF	25th	2: 13.447	defective fuel supply
-	Philippe Alliot	Lola Ford	08th	0	DNF	20th	2: 11.403	Driving error
-	Nelson Piquet	Lotus Honda	01	0	DNF	05	3: 39.605	Driving error

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 60 02  Ayrton Senna McLaren Honda 57 03  Gerhard Berger Ferrari 25th 04th  Michele Alboreto Ferrari 16 05  Nelson Piquet Lotus Honda 15th 06th  Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 12 07th  Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 9 08th  Nigel Mansell Williams-Judd 6th 09  Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 6th

Item driver constructor Points 10  Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 5 11  Ivan Capelli March-Judd 4th 12  Andrea de Cesaris Rial Ford 3 13  Maurício Gugelmin March-Judd 3 14th  Riccardo Patrese Williams-Judd 1 15th  Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron 1 16  Satoru Nakajima Lotus Honda 1 17th  Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren Honda 117 02  Ferrari 41 03  Benetton-Ford 18th 04th  Lotus Honda 16 05  Arrows-Megatron 10

Item constructor Points 06th  March-Judd 7th 07th  Williams-Judd 7th 08th  Tyrrell-Ford 5 09  Rial Ford 3 10  Minardi-Ford 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from December 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on September 7, 2013)  
2. ^ "Report" (accessed on September 7, 2013)
3. ↑ "World Cup stands" ( Memento of the original from April 10, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on September 7, 2013)  

Web links

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