1988 Italian Grand Prix

 1988 Italian Grand Prix

Racing data
12th of 16 races in the 1988 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	LIX Coca-Cola Gran Premio d'Italia
Date:	September 11, 1988
Place:	Monza
Course:	Autodromo Nazionale Monza
Length:	295.8 km in 51 laps of 5.8 km
Weather:	sunny
Pole position
Driver:	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda
Time:	1: 25.974 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari
Time:	1: 29.070 min (lap 43)
Podium
First:	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari
Second:	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari
Third:	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron

The 1988 Italian Grand Prix took place on September 11th at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Monza and was the twelfth race of the 1988 Formula 1 World Championship . The winner was Gerhard Berger ( Ferrari ) ahead of Michele Alboreto (Ferrari) and Eddie Cheever ( Arrows-Megatron ).

This Grand Prix was the only one in the 1988 season that was not won by the McLaren duo Prost / Senna . The Ferrari double victory just a month after the death of company founder Enzo Ferrari was particularly emotional for the team and the Italian Tifosi .

Reports

background

After the Belgian Grand Prix , Ayrton Senna led the drivers' standings with 3 points ahead of Alain Prost and 47 points ahead of Gerhard Berger . McLaren-Honda led the constructors' championship with 103 points ahead of Ferrari and with 125 points ahead of Benetton-Ford .

Philippe Streiff contested his 50th Grand Prix at the Italian Grand Prix.

With Nelson Piquet (three times), Prost (twice), René Arnoux (once), three former winners competed in this Grand Prix.

At Williams-Judd , Jean-Louis Schlesser took over the cockpit from Martin Brundle . One race before, Brundle represented the actual regular driver Nigel Mansell , who was not yet ready for action after suffering from chickenpox . Schlesser had never competed in a Grand Prix before and never took part in any other racing weekend.

training

In Friday's free practice session, Senna posted the fastest lap ahead of Prost and Michele Alboreto . In Saturday practice, the McLaren drivers remained in the lead. Ferrari driver Berger was almost three seconds behind Senna in third place.

Qualifying

Oscar Larrauri ( EuroBrun-Ford ) was eliminated in the pre-qualification on Friday, which was attended by five drivers . In qualifying on Friday, Senna set the fastest lap ahead of Prost and Alboreto. In the second part of qualifying on Saturday, Senna kept the lead ahead of Prost and Berger.

The qualification training ended like many others this season with a first row for McLaren-Honda and the pole position for Ayrton Senna. It was the 10th of the season for the Brazilian. This is followed by the two Ferraris led by Berger.

Jonathan Palmer ( Tyrrell-Ford ), Stefan Johansson ( Ligier-Judd ), Gabriele Tarquini ( Coloni-Cosworth ) and Stefano Modena (EuroBrun-Ford) did not qualify .

Warm up

In the warm-up, Senna achieved another best time this weekend ahead of Prost and Alboreto.

run

Alessandro Nannini stopped at the pre-start and had to start the race just under one lap behind. The start of the race itself was uneventful, Prost took the lead briefly, but was overtaken by Senna again before the first corner. The reigning world champion Piquet fell out on lap eleven after a spin in eighth position.

The two McLaren dominated the race until well after half-time, while some cars that had been behind had technical defects. From lap 30 on, Prost slowed down, fell behind Berger and finally had to give up in the pits with engine failure. Towards the end of the race, the front pushed back together, especially Senna slowed down. Two laps before the checkered flag, the decisive scene occurred: Senna collided with Schlesser while lapping the first chicane and retired. Gerhard Berger took the lead to the cheers of the Italian fans and defended it against Alboreto to the finish. It was the first win for Ferrari this season in which every race had previously been won by a McLaren driver.

There was no change in the fight for the drivers' championship due to the failure of Senna and Prost.

After the race

During the technical inspection after the race, the victorious Ferrari No. 28 initially failed several times. The tank was gauged three times and the measurement result was above the permissible limit of 150 liters in each case. It was not until the fourth inspection that the commissioners found a tank size of 149.5 liters.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Camel Team Lotus Honda	01	Nelson Piquet	Lotus 100T	Honda 1.5 V6t	G
	02	Satoru Nakajima
Tyrrell Racing Organization	03	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell 017	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	G
	04th	Julian Bailey
Canon Williams team	05	Jean-Louis Schlesser	Williams FW12	Judd 3.5 V8	G
	06th	Riccardo Patrese
West Zakspeed Racing	09	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed 881B	Zakspeed 1.5 L4t	G
	10	Bernd Schneider
Honda Marlboro McLaren	11	Alain Prost	McLaren MP4 / 4	Honda 1.5 V6t	G
	12	Ayrton Senna
Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives	14th	Philippe Streiff	AGS JH23	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	G
Leyton House March Racing Team	15th	Maurício Gugelmin	March 881	Judd 3.5 V8	G
	16	Ivan Capelli
USF & G Arrows Megatron	17th	Derek Warwick	Arrows A10B	Megatron 1.5 L5t	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 1.5 V8t	G
Rial Racing	22nd	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial ARC1	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	G
Lois Minardi Team SpA	23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi M188	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	G
	24	Luis Pérez-Sala
Ligier Loto	25th	René Arnoux	Ligier JS31	Judd 3.5 V8	G
	26th	Stefan Johansson
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari F1-87 / 88C	Ferrari 1.5 V6t	G
	28	Gerhard Berger
Larrousse Calmels	29	Yannick Dalmas	Lola LC88	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	G
	30th	Philippe Alliot
Coloni SpA	31	Gabriele Tarquini	Coloni FC188B	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	G
EuroBrun Racing	32	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun ER188	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	G
	33	Stefano Modena
BMS Scuderia Italia	36	Alex Caffi	Dallara 188	Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8	G

classification

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: 26.160	242.340 km / h	1: 25.974	242.864 km / h	01
02	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	-	-	1: 26.277	242.011 km / h	1: 26.428	241.588 km / h	02
03	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	-	-	1: 28.082	237.052 km / h	1: 26.654	240.958 km / h	03
04th	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	-	-	1: 27.618	238.307 km / h	1: 26.988	240.033 km / h	04th
05	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	-	-	1: 28.101	237.001 km / h	1: 27.660	238.193 km / h	05
06th	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	-	-	1: 28.258	236.579 km / h	1: 27.815	237.773 km / h	06th
07th	Nelson Piquet	Lotus Honda	-	-	1: 28.440	236.092 km / h	1: 28.044	237.154 km / h	07th
08th	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	-	-	1: 29.607	233.018 km / h	1: 28.870	234.950 km / h	08th
09	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	-	-	1: 28.969	234.688 km / h	1: 28,958	234.718 km / h	09
10	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Judd	-	-	1: 30.124	231.681 km / h	1: 29.435	233.466 km / h	10
11	Ivan Capelli	March-Judd	-	-	1: 29.513	233.262 km / h	1: 29.696	232.786 km / h	11
12	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Honda	-	-	1: 29.541	233.189 km / h	1: 30.570	230.540 km / h	12
13	Maurício Gugelmin	March-Judd	-	-	1: 30.145	231.627 km / h	1: 30.035	231.910 km / h	13
14th	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	-	-	1: 30.734	230.123 km / h	1: 30.125	231.678 km / h	14th
15th	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	-	-	1: 30.773	230.024 km / h	1: 30.161	231.586 km / h	15th
16	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	-	-	1: 31.182	228.993 km / h	1: 30.476	230.779 km / h	16
17th	Nicola Larini	Osella	1: 33.738	222.749 km / h	1: 31.721	227.647 km / h	1: 30.481	230.767 km / h	17th
18th	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial Ford	-	-	1: 31.263	228.789 km / h	1: 30.560	230.565 km / h	18th
19th	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi-Ford	-	-	1: 30.944	229.592 km / h	1: 30.698	230.215 km / h	19th
20th	Philippe Alliot	Lola Ford	-	-	1: 31.168	229.028 km / h	1: 30.962	229.546 km / h	20th
21st	Alex Caffi	Dallara-Ford	1: 30.877	229.761 km / h	1: 30.989	229.478 km / h	1: 31.009	229.428 km / h	21st
22nd	Jean-Louis Schlesser	Williams-Judd	-	-	1: 31.548	228.077 km / h	1: 31.620	227.898 km / h	22nd
23	Philippe Streiff	AGS-Ford	-	-	1: 31.676	227.759 km / h	1: 31.687	227.731 km / h	23
24	René Arnoux	Ligier-Judd	-	-	1: 32.049	226.836 km / h	1: 32.316	226.180 km / h	24
25th	Yannick Dalmas	Lola Ford	-	-	1: 32.164	226.553 km / h	1: 32.686	225.277 km / h	25th
26th	Julian Bailey	Tyrrell-Ford	-	-	1: 32.573	225.552 km / h	1: 32.290	226.243 km / h	26th
DNQ	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	-	-	1: 32.405	225.962 km / h	1: 33.067	224.354 km / h	-
DNQ	Stefan Johansson	Ligier-Judd	-	-	1: 33.272	223.861 km / h	1: 32.438	225.881 km / h	-
DNQ	Gabriele Tarquini	Coloni-Ford	1: 32.860	224.855 km / h	1: 32.829	224.930 km / h	1: 35.805	217.943 km / h	-
DNQ	Stefano Modena	EuroBrun-Ford	1: 33.292	223.813 km / h	1: 34.727	220.423 km / h	1: 33.226	223.972 km / h	-
DNPQ	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun-Ford	1: 34.044	222.024 km / h	-	-	-	-	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	51	0	1: 17: 39.744	03	1: 29.113 (47.)
02	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	51	0	+ 0.502	04th	1: 29.070 (44th)
03	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	51	0	+ 35.532	05	1: 30.452 (42nd)
04th	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	51	0	+ 36.114	06th	1: 30.504 (43rd)
05	Ivan Capelli	March-Judd	51	0	+ 52.522	11	1: 30.971 (37th)
06th	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	51	0	+ 59.878	08th	1: 31,543 (34th)
07th	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Judd	51	0	+1: 14.743	10	1: 31.704 (26.)
08th	Maurício Gugelmin	March-Judd	51	0	+1: 32.566	13	1: 31.832 (27.)
09	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	50	0	+ 1 lap	09	1: 30.248 (33.)
10	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	49	0	DNF	01	1: 29.569 (29.)
11	Jean-Louis Schlesser	Williams-Judd	49	0	+ 2 rounds	22nd	1: 33,179 (39.)
12	Julian Bailey	Tyrrell-Ford	49	0	+ 2 rounds	26th	1: 33.203 (40.)
13	René Arnoux	Ligier-Judd	49	0	+ 2 rounds	24	1: 33,486 (42nd)
-	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	34	0	DNF	02	1: 29.642 (27.)
-	Philippe Alliot	Lola Ford	33	0	DNF	20th	1: 33.581 (28th)
-	Philippe Streiff	AGS-Ford	31	0	DNF	23	1: 33.898 (31st)
-	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	28	0	DNF	15th	1: 32.054 (24.)
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial Ford	27	0	DNF	18th	1: 33.007 (20.)
-	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	25th	0	DNF	16	1: 33.476 (10.)
-	Alex Caffi	Dallara-Ford	24	0	DNF	21st	1: 32.735 (19.)
-	Yannick Dalmas	Lola Ford	17th	0	DNF	25th	1: 34.723 (15.)
-	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	15th	0	DNF	14th	1: 34.420 ( 08.)
-	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Honda	14th	0	DNF	12	1: 32.804 (11.)
-	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi-Ford	12	0	DNF	19th	1: 35.020 (11.)
-	Nelson Piquet	Lotus Honda	11	0	DNF	07th	1: 31.803 (11.)
-	Nicola Larini	Osella-Alfa Romeo	02	0	DNF	17th	1: 38.570 ( 02.)

World Cup stands after the race

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

Driver ranking

The best eleven results were evaluated.

Item driver constructor Points 01  Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda T 75 02  Alain Prost McLaren-Honda T 72 03  Gerhard Berger Ferrari T 37 04th  Michele Alboreto Ferrari T 22nd 05  Nelson Piquet Lotus-Honda T 18th 06th  Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 17th 07th  Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron T 14th 08th  Ivan Capelli March-Judd 10 09  Nigel Mansell Williams-Judd 6th 10  Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron T 6th 11  Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 6th 12  Maurício Gugelmin March-Judd 5 13  Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 5 14th  Andrea de Cesaris Rial Ford 3 15th  Riccardo Patrese Williams-Judd 2 16  Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Honda T 1 17th  Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 1

Item driver constructor Points -  Yannick Dalmas Lola Ford 0 -  Martin Brundle Williams-Judd 0 -  Alex Caffi Dallara-Ford 0 -  Gabriele Tarquini Coloni-Ford 0 -  Stefan Johansson Ligier-Judd 0 -  Philippe Alliot Lola Ford 0 -  Julian Bailey Tyrrell-Ford 0 -  Nicola Larini Osella T 0 -  Philippe Streiff AGS-Ford 0 -  Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi-Ford 0 -  Stefano Modena EuroBrun-Ford 0 -  Jean-Louis Schlesser Williams-Judd 0 -  Bernd Schneider Zakspeed T. 0 -  Oscar Larrauri EuroBrun-Ford 0 -  René Arnoux Ligier-Judd 0 -  Piercarlo Ghinzani Zakspeed T. 0 -  Adrian Campos Minardi-Ford 0

^T = turbo engine

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren-Honda T 147 02  Ferrari T 59 03  Benetton-Ford 23 04th  Arrows-Megatron T 20th 05  Lotus-Honda T 19th 06th  March-Judd 15th 07th  Williams-Judd 8th 08th  Tyrrell-Ford 5 09  Rial Ford 3

Item constructor Points 10  Minardi-Ford 1 -  Lola Ford 0 -  Dallara-Ford 0 -  Coloni-Ford 0 -  Ligier-Judd 0 -  Osella T 0 -  AGS-Ford 0 -  EuroBrun-Ford 0 -  Zakspeed T. 0

^T = turbo engine

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "1. Free training " ( Memento of the original from April 9, 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 January 12, 2011)  
2. ↑ "4. Free training ”  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on January 12, 2011)  
3. ↑ "2. Prequalification ”  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on January 12, 2011)  
4. ↑ "3. Qualification training "  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on January 12, 2011)  
5. ↑ “5. Qualification training "  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on January 12, 2011)  
6. ↑ "6. Warm up ”  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (motorsportarchiv.de; accessed on January 12, 2011)  
7. ↑ 1988 Italian Grand Prix . In: Wikipedia . September 9, 2019 ( wikipedia.org [accessed March 30, 2020]).

Web links

• Race result at Formula1.com
• Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com