1988 French Grand Prix

 1988 French Grand Prix

Racing data
7th of 16 races in the 1988 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Rhône-Poulenc Grand Prix de France
Date:	3rd July 1988
Place:	Le Castellet
Course:	Circuit Paul Ricard
Length:	305.04 km in 80 laps of 3.813 km
Weather:	cloudy but dry
Pole position
Driver:	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda
Time:	1: 07.589 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda
Time:	1: 11.737 min
Podium
First:	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda
Second:	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda
Third:	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari

The 1988 French Grand Prix took place on July 3 at the Paul Ricard Circuit in Le Castellet and was the seventh race of the 1988 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

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

training

As is so often the case this season, the front row was again formed by the two McLaren , but Alain Prost managed to beat his teammate Ayrton Senna for the first time . For the second row, the two qualified Ferrari pilots Gerhard Berger and Michele Alboreto in front of both Benetton of Thierry Boutsen and Alessandro Nannini . The fourth row on the grid also consisted of two team-mates, Nelson Piquet and Satoru Nakajima .

Both Ligier pilots failed to qualify in the team's home race of all places.

run

Prost took the lead ahead of Senna, the two Ferraris and the well-started Piquet.

As a result of a pit stop by Prost, Senna took the lead on lap 37. Soon after, he was faced with gearbox problems, so that Prost was able to catch up again, but initially had no opportunity to overtake. This only came about on lap 61 in the course of a lapping maneuver. While Prost drove towards victory, Senna slowed down towards the end of the race because he no longer had all gears available. He nevertheless reached second place ahead of Alboreto, Berger, Piquet and Nannini.

Alain Prost finished his home Grand Prix with a hat trick .

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	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	-	-	1: 08.171	201.358 km / h	1: 07.589	203.092 km / h	01
02	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	-	-	1: 08.456	200.520 km / h	1: 08.067	201.666 km / h	02
03	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	-	-	1: 09.032	198.847 km / h	1: 08.282	201.031 km / h	03
04th	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	-	-	1: 09.624	197.156 km / h	1: 09.422	197.730 km / h	04th
05	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	-	-	1: 11.170	192.873 km / h	1: 09.587	197.261 km / h	05
06th	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	-	-	1: 10.743	194.038 km / h	1: 09.718	196.890 km / h	06th
07th	Nelson Piquet	Lotus Honda	-	-	1: 09.734	196.845 km / h	1: 09,900	196.378 km / h	07th
08th	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Honda	-	-	1: 11.394	192.268 km / h	1: 10.250	195.399 km / h	08th
09	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Judd	-	-	1: 11,112	193.031 km / h	1: 10.337	195.158 km / h	09
10	Ivan Capelli	March-Judd	-	-	1: 11.779	191.237 km / h	1: 10.496	194.717 km / h	10
11	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	-	-	1: 11.339	192.416 km / h	1: 10.634	194.337 km / h	11
12	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial Ford	1: 12.898	188.301 km / h	1: 11.854	191.037 km / h	1: 10.861	193.714 km / h	12
13	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	-	-	1: 11.567	191.803 km / h	1: 10.979	193.392 km / h	13
14th	Alex Caffi	Dallara-Ford	1: 12.891	188.320 km / h	1: 13.144	187.668 km / h	1: 11.211	192.762 km / h	14th
15th	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Judd	-	-	1: 11.671	191.525 km / h	1: 11.286	192.560 km / h	15th
16	Maurício Gugelmin	March-Judd	-	-	1: 11.315	192.481 km / h	1: 11.404	192.241 km / h	16
17th	Philippe Streiff	AGS-Ford	-	-	1: 12.004	190.639 km / h	1: 11.466	192.075 km / h	17th
18th	Philippe Alliot	Lola Ford	-	-	1: 12.286	189.896 km / h	1: 11.511	191.954 km / h	18th
19th	Yannick Dalmas	Lola Ford	-	-	1: 12.547	189.213 km / h	1: 11.747	191.322 km / h	19th
20th	Stefano Modena	EuroBrun-Ford	1: 12.805	188.542 km / h	1: 12.997	188.046 km / h	1: 12.007	190.631 km / h	20th
21st	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	-	-	1: 13.523	186.701 km / h	1: 12.026	190.581 km / h	21st
22nd	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	-	-	1: 13.039	187.938 km / h	1: 12.268	189.943 km / h	22nd
23	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	-	-	1: 13.053	187.902 km / h	1: 12.316	189.817 km / h	23
24	Nicola Larini	Osella	-	-	1: 13.037	187.943 km / h	1: 12.406	189.581 km / h	24
25th	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi-Ford	-	-	1: 12.938	188.198 km / h	1: 12.525	189.270 km / h	25th
26th	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun-Ford	1: 13,452	186.881 km / h	1: 13.888	185.778 km / h	1: 12.538	189.236 km / h	26th
DNQ	René Arnoux	Ligier-Judd	-	-	1: 12.654	188.934 km / h	1: 12.736	188.721 km / h	-
DNQ	Julian Bailey	Tyrrell-Ford	-	-	1: 13.839	185.902 km / h	1: 12.697	188.822 km / h	-
DNQ	Stefan Johansson	Ligier-Judd	-	-	1: 13.629	186.432 km / h	1: 12.801	188.552 km / h	-
DNQ	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	-	-	1: 14.797	183.521 km / h	-	-	-
DNPQ	Gabriele Tarquini	Coloni-Ford	1: 14.214	184.962 km / h	-	-	-	-	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	80	1	1: 37: 37.328	01	1: 11.737
02	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	80	1	+ 31,752	02	1: 11.856
03	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	80	0	+1: 06.505	04th	1: 12.002
04th	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	79	0	+ 1 lap	03	1: 11.866
05	Nelson Piquet	Lotus Honda	79	0	+ 1 lap	07th	1: 12.357
06th	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	79	0	+ 1 lap	06th	1: 12.570
07th	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Honda	79	0	+ 1 lap	08th	1: 12.979
08th	Maurício Gugelmin	March-Judd	79	0	+ 1 lap	16	1: 13.567
09	Ivan Capelli	March-Judd	79	0	+ 1 lap	10	1: 13.143
10	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial Ford	78	0	+ 2 rounds	12	1: 12.814
11	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	78	0	+ 2 rounds	13	1: 13.321
12	Alex Caffi	Dallara-Ford	78	0	+ 2 rounds	14th	1: 12.970
13	Yannick Dalmas	Lola Ford	78	0	+ 2 rounds	19th	1: 13.968
14th	Stefano Modena	EuroBrun-Ford	77	0	+ 3 rounds	20th	1: 14.319
15th	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	77	0	+ 3 rounds	22nd	1: 14.551
-	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi-Ford	70	0	NC	25th	1: 14.198	Unrated
-	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun-Ford	64	0	DNF	26th	1: 15.487	Clutch damage
-	Nicola Larini	Osella	56	0	DNF	24	1: 14.741	Engine failure
-	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	55	0	DNF	21st	1: 13.844	Gearbox damage
-	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Judd	48	0	DNF	09	1: 13.671	Suspension damage
-	Philippe Alliot	Lola Ford	46	0	DNF	18th	1: 14.594	Electrical damage
-	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	40	0	DNF	23	1: 15.490	Engine failure
-	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Judd	35	0	DNF	15th	1: 15.014	Brake defect
-	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	28	0	DNF	05	1: 13.669	Engine failure
-	Philippe Streiff	AGS-Ford	20th	0	DNF	17th	1: 14,800	Fuel leak
-	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	11	0	DNF	11	1: 14.197	accident

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 54 02  Ayrton Senna McLaren Honda 39 03  Gerhard Berger Ferrari 21st 04th  Nelson Piquet Lotus Honda 13 05  Michele Alboreto Ferrari 13 06th  Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 11 07th  Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 8th 08th  Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 5

Item driver constructor Points 09  Andrea de Cesaris Rial Ford 3 10  Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 2 11  Ivan Capelli March-Judd 2 12  Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron 1 13  Satoru Nakajima Lotus Honda 1 14th  Riccardo Patrese Williams-Judd 1 15th  Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren Honda 93 02  Ferrari 34 03  Lotus Honda 14th 04th  Benetton-Ford 13 05  Arrows-Megatron 9

Item constructor Points 06th  Tyrrell-Ford 5 07th  Rial Ford 3 08th  March-Judd 2 09  Minardi-Ford 1 10  Williams-Judd 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( Memento of the original from April 10, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet 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"