1988 Japanese Grand Prix

 1988 Japanese Grand Prix

Racing data
15th of 16 races in the 1988 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Fuji Television Japan Grand Prix
Date:	October 30, 1988
Place:	Suzuka
Course:	Suzuka International Racing Course
Length:	298.809 km in 51 laps of 5.859 km
Weather:	wet and cold
Pole position
Driver:	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda
Time:	1: 41.853 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda
Time:	1: 46.326 min
Podium
First:	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda
Second:	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda
Third:	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford

The 1988 Japanese Grand Prix took place in Suzuka on October 30th and was the 15th race of the 1988 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

Since Yannick Dalmas was not available due to illness, the Larrousse team offered the reigning champion of the Japanese Formula 3000, Aguri Suzuki , the opportunity to make his Formula 1 debut on the occasion of his home Grand Prix.

training

After qualifying with Ayrton Senna in front of Alain Prost and Gerhard Berger, the order of the first three starting positions corresponded to the usual picture of the 1988 season. Ivan Capelli followed in fourth place in front of the two Lotus drivers Nelson Piquet and Satoru Nakajima .

run

At the start, Ayrton Senna's engine failed, so that a large part of the field, led by Alain Prost, passed him. On the slightly sloping start-finish straight, Senna managed to get his engine rolling again so that he could start the race in 14th place. After four laps he was back in fourth place. On lap 20 he reached second place behind his team mate, who had been briefly ousted from the lead by Capelli, but had successfully countered.

On lap 28, Senna took the lead and defended it to the finish. He thus secured his first world title, although Prost, who was struggling with a transmission problem, finished second. The points system that was valid at the time, which provided for the results to be deleted according to a certain scheme, prevented Prost from becoming world champion despite better consistency and a higher absolute score.

Thierry Boutsen crossed the finish line in third in front of Gerhard Berger, Alessandro Nannini and Riccardo Patrese . To the delight of the local audience, her compatriot Satoru Nakajima came in seventh.

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	Aguri Suzuki	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: 42.157	206.470 km / h	1: 41.853	207.087 km / h	01
02	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	-	-	1: 43.806	203.191 km / h	1: 42.177	206.430 km / h	02
03	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	-	-	1: 43.548	203.697 km / h	1: 43.353	204.081 km / h	03
04th	Ivan Capelli	March-Judd	-	-	1: 44.583	201.681 km / h	1: 43.605	203.585 km / h	04th
05	Nelson Piquet	Lotus Honda	-	-	1: 45.171	200.553 km / h	1: 43.693	203.412 km / h	05
06th	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Honda	-	-	1: 45.156	200.582 km / h	1: 43.693	203.412 km / h	06th
07th	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	-	-	1: 46.915	197.282 km / h	1: 43.816	203.171 km / h	07th
08th	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Judd	-	-	1: 44.448	201.942 km / h	1: 43.893	203.020 km / h	08th
09	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	-	-	1: 44.909	201.054 km / h	1: 43.972	202.866 km / h	09
10	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	-	-	1: 44.882	201.106 km / h	1: 44.499	201.843 km / h	10
11	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Judd	-	-	1: 45.510	199.909 km / h	1: 44.555	201.735 km / h	11
12	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	-	-	1: 45.047	200.790 km / h	1: 44.611	201.627 km / h	12
13	Maurício Gugelmin	March-Judd	-	-	1: 45.138	200.616 km / h	1: 45.156	200.582 km / h	13
14th	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial Ford	-	-	1: 48.393	194.592 km / h	1: 45.558	199.818 km / h	14th
15th	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	-	-	1: 45.845	199.276 km / h	1: 46.189	198.631 km / h	15th
16	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	-	-	1: 47.828	195.612 km / h	1: 45.916	199.143 km / h	16
17th	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	-	-	1: 47.638	195.957 km / h	1: 46.449	198.146 km / h	17th
18th	Philippe Streiff	AGS-Ford	-	-	1: 47.583	196.057 km / h	1: 46.486	198.077 km / h	18th
19th	Philippe Alliot	Lola Ford	-	-	1: 47.057	197.020 km / h	1: 46.521	198.012 km / h	19th
20th	Aguri Suzuki	Lola Ford	-	-	1: 48.448	194.493 km / h	1: 46.920	197.273 km / h	20th
21st	Alex Caffi	Dallara-Ford	1: 49.099	193.333 km / h	1: 47.813	195.639 km / h	1: 46.982	197.158 km / h	21st
22nd	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi-Ford	-	-	1: 48.769	193.919 km / h	1: 47.134	196.879 km / h	22nd
23	René Arnoux	Ligier-Judd	-	-	1: 49.165	193.216 km / h	1: 47.193	196.770 km / h	23
24	Nicola Larini	Osella	1: 50.288	191.248 km / h	1: 48.706	194.032 km / h	1: 47.547	196.123 km / h	24
25th	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	-	-	1: 49.897	191.929 km / h	1: 47.599	196.028 km / h	25th
26th	Julian Bailey	Tyrrell-Ford	-	-	1: 49.420	192.765 km / h	1: 48.589	194.241 km / h	26th
DNQ	Stefan Johansson	Ligier-Judd	-	-	1: 49.127	193.283 km / h	1: 48.716	194.014 km / h	-
DNQ	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun-Ford	1: 50.942	190.121 km / h	1: 50.224	191.359 km / h	1: 49.265	193.039 km / h	-
DNQ	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	-	-	1: 49.706	192.263 km / h	1: 50.550	190.795 km / h	-
DNQ	Stefano Modena	EuroBrun-Ford	1: 51.141	189.781 km / h	1: 49.810	192.081 km / h	1: 50.047	191.667 km / h	-
DNPQ	Gabriele Tarquini	Coloni-Ford	1: 52.234	187.932 km / h	-	-	-	-	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	51	0	1: 33: 26,173	01	1: 46.326
02	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	51	0	+ 13,363	02	1: 46.482
03	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	51	0	+ 36.109	10	1: 47.161
04th	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	51	0	+1: 26.714	03	1: 48.655
05	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	51	0	+1: 30.603	12	1: 47.991
06th	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Judd	51	0	+1: 37.615	11	1: 48.289
07th	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Honda	50	0	+ 1 lap	06th	1: 48.660
08th	Philippe Streiff	AGS-Ford	50	0	+ 1 lap	18th	1: 49.218
09	Philippe Alliot	Lola Ford	50	0	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 48.913
10	Maurício Gugelmin	March-Judd	50	0	+ 1 lap	13	1: 48.780
11	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	50	0	+ 1 lap	09	1: 49.014
12	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	50	0	+ 1 lap	16	1: 48.138
13	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford	49	0	+ 2 rounds	17th	1: 50.483
14th	Julian Bailey	Tyrrell-Ford	49	0	+ 2 rounds	26th	1: 51.638
15th	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi-Ford	49	0	+ 2 rounds	22nd	1: 50.553
16	Aguri Suzuki	Lola Ford	48	0	+ 3 rounds	20th	1: 50.642
17th	René Arnoux	Ligier-Judd	48	0	+ 3 rounds	23	1: 52.062
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial Ford	36	0	DNF	14th	1: 49.478	overheated engine
-	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	35	0	DNF	15th	1: 48.734	defective injection pump
-	Nicola Larini	Osella	34	0	DNF	24	1: 51.570	lost wheel
-	Nelson Piquet	Lotus Honda	34	0	DNF	05	1: 48.402	task
-	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Judd	24	0	DNF	08th	1: 48.317	collision
-	Alex Caffi	Dallara-Ford	22nd	0	DNF	21st	1: 50.762	accident
-	Ivan Capelli	March-Judd	19th	0	DNF	04th	1: 47.375	Electrical defect
-	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	16	0	DNF	07th	1: 50.583	Lathe operator
-	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	14th	0	DNF	25th	1: 51.435	task

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 87 (88) 02  Alain Prost McLaren Honda 84 (96) 03  Gerhard Berger Ferrari 41 04th  Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 25th 05  Michele Alboreto Ferrari 24 06th  Nelson Piquet Lotus Honda 18th 07th  Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 17th 08th  Ivan Capelli March-Judd 16 09  Nigel Mansell Williams-Judd 12

Item driver constructor Points 10  Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 12 11  Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron 6th 12  Riccardo Patrese Williams-Judd 5 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 184 02  Ferrari 65 03  Benetton-Ford 37 04th  Arrows-Megatron 23 05  March-Judd 21st

Item constructor Points 06th  Lotus Honda 19th 07th  Williams-Judd 17th 08th  Tyrrell-Ford 5 09  Rial Ford 3 10  Minardi-Ford 1

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Training" ( memento of the original from September 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been 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 September 22, 2013 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"