1988 Mexican Grand Prix

 1988 Mexican Grand Prix

Racing data
4th of 16 races in the 1988 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Gran Premio de Mexico
Date:	May 29, 1988
Place:	Mexico city
Course:	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez
Length:	296.207 km in 67 laps of 4.421 km
Weather:	cloudy but warm
Pole position
Driver:	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda
Time:	1: 17.468 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda
Time:	1: 18.608 min
Podium
First:	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda
Second:	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda
Third:	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari

The 1988 Mexican Grand Prix took place in Mexico City on May 29 and was the fourth race of the 1988 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

A new, relatively early date was found for the World Championship run in Mexico in order to be able to use logistical advantages in connection with the two following races in Canada and the USA .

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

training

Ayrton Senna again prevailed over his teammate Alain Prost in qualifying by setting a lap time that was around six tenths of a second shorter. Gerhard Berger and Nelson Piquet shared the second row in front of their respective teammates Michele Alboreto and Satoru Nakajima .

Philippe Alliot had a spectacular accident which he survived unharmed. Nevertheless, he decided not to take part in the race. Stefano Modena was banned from the race weekend after training because of an illegal rear wing.

run

Prost got off to a better start, allowing him to take the lead from Senna. This was initially overtaken by Piquet, but was able to restore a McLaren double lead before the end of the first lap . In the ninth lap, Berger took third place from Piquet. From then on, nothing changed about this order on the podium until the finish. Piquet lost his fourth place nine laps before the end of the race when he had to retire due to an engine failure. Michele Alboreto achieved fourth place in front of the two Arrows pilots Derek Warwick and Eddie Cheever .

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	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 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: 17.468	205.447 km / h	1: 17.666	204.924 km / h	01
02	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	-	-	1: 18.097	203.793 km / h	1: 18.301	203.262 km / h	02
03	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	-	-	1: 19.725	199.631 km / h	1: 18.120	203.733 km / h	03
04th	Nelson Piquet	Lotus Honda	-	-	1: 20.380	198.004 km / h	1: 18.946	201.601 km / h	04th
05	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	-	-	1: 20.328	198.133 km / h	1: 19.626	199.879 km / h	05
06th	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Honda	-	-	1: 21.694	194.820 km / h	1: 20.275	198.263 km / h	06th
07th	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	-	-	1: 21.691	194.827 km / h	1: 20.451	197.830 km / h	07th
08th	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	-	-	1: 20.740	197.122 km / h	1: 21.005	196.477 km / h	08th
09	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	-	-	1: 20.775	197.036 km / h	1: 21.403	195.516 km / h	09
10	Ivan Capelli	March-Judd	-	-	1: 22.335	193.303 km / h	1: 21,952	194.206 km / h	10
11	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	-	-	1: 22.164	193.705 km / h	1: 22.029	194.024 km / h	11
12	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial Ford	1: 24.720	187.861 km / h	1: 22.864	192.069 km / h	1: 22.245	193.514 km / h	12
13	Philippe Alliot	Lola Ford	-	-	1: 22.348	193.272 km / h	1: 22.559	192.778 km / h	13
14th	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Judd	-	-	1: 23.246	191.188 km / h	1: 22.363	193.237 km / h	14th
15th	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	-	-	1: 24.335	188.719 km / h	1: 22.642	192.585 km / h	15th
16	Maurício Gugelmin	March-Judd	-	-	1: 22.801	192.215 km / h	-	-	16
17th	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Judd	-	-	1: 24.142	189.152 km / h	1: 22.972	191.819 km / h	17th
18th	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	-	-	1: 25.375	186.420 km / h	1: 23.078	191.574 km / h	18th
19th	Philippe Streiff	AGS-Ford	-	-	1: 23.191	191.314 km / h	1: 23.750	190.037 km / h	19th
20th	René Arnoux	Ligier-Judd	-	-	1: 24.315	188.764 km / h	1: 23.287	191.093 km / h	20th
21st	Gabriele Tarquini	Coloni-Ford	1: 28.498	179.841 km / h	1: 24.662	187.990 km / h	1: 23.603	190.371 km / h	21st
22nd	Yannick Dalmas	Lola Ford	-	-	1: 24.279	188.844 km / h	1: 23.606	190.364 km / h	22nd
23	Alex Caffi	Dallara-Ford	1: 27.331	182.245 km / h	1: 25.564	186.008 km / h	1: 23.716	190.114 km / h	23
24	Stefan Johansson	Ligier-Judd	-	-	1: 25.277	186.634 km / h	1: 23.721	190.103 km / h	24
25th	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi-Ford	-	-	1: 23.911	189.672 km / h	1: 23.857	189.795 km / h	25th
26th	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun-Ford	1: 27.523	181.845 km / h	1: 24.364	188.654 km / h	1: 24.032	189.399 km / h	26th
DNQ	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	-	-	1: 24.390	188.596 km / h	1: 24.489	188.375 km / h	-
DNQ	Nicola Larini	Osella	-	-	1: 24.405	188.562 km / h	1: 25.408	186.348 km / h	-
DNQ	Julian Bailey	Tyrrell-Ford	-	-	1: 25.525	186.093 km / h	1: 25.231	186.735 km / h	-
DNQ	Adrian Campos	Minardi-Ford	-	-	1: 26.696	183.579 km / h	1: 26.058	184.940 km / h	-
DNPQ	Stefano Modena	EuroBrun-Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap	Failure reason
01	Alain Prost	McLaren Honda	67	0	1: 30: 15.737	02	1: 18.608
02	Ayrton Senna	McLaren Honda	67	0	+ 7.104	01	1: 18.776
03	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	67	0	+ 57.314	03	1: 20.160
04th	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	66	0	+ 1 lap	05	1: 20.186
05	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	66	0	+ 1 lap	09	1: 21.068
06th	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	66	0	+ 1 lap	07th	1: 21.056
07th	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	65	0	+ 2 rounds	08th	1: 22.483
08th	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	64	0	+ 3 rounds	11	1: 22.822
09	Yannick Dalmas	Lola Ford	64	0	+ 3 rounds	22nd	1: 23.409
10	Stefan Johansson	Ligier-Judd	63	0	+ 4 rounds	24	1: 23.553
11	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi-Ford	63	0	+ 4 rounds	25th	1: 24.369
12	Philippe Streiff	AGS-Ford	63	0	+ 4 rounds	19th	1: 22.703
13	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun-Ford	63	0	+ 4 rounds	26th	1: 25.057
14th	Gabriele Tarquini	Coloni-Ford	62	0	+ 5 rounds	21st	1: 25.072
15th	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	61	0	+ 6 rounds	18th	1: 24.660
16	Ivan Capelli	March-Judd	61	0	+ 6 rounds	10	1: 22.375
-	Nelson Piquet	Lotus Honda	58	0	DNF	04th	1: 20.124	Engine failure
-	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial Ford	52	0	DNF	12	1: 23.118	Gearbox damage
-	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus Honda	27	0	DNF	06th	1: 22.477	Turbocharger damage
-	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Judd	20th	0	DNF	14th	1: 26.061	Engine failure
-	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	16	0	DNF	15th	1: 24.704	Engine failure
-	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Judd	16	0	DNF	17th	1: 25.697	Engine failure
-	René Arnoux	Ligier-Judd	13	0	DNF	20th	1: 27.524	collision
-	Alex Caffi	Dallara-Ford	13	0	DNF	23	1: 27.076	collision
-	Maurício Gugelmin	March-Judd	10	0	DNF	16	1: 25.246	broken battery cable
-	Philippe Alliot	Lola Ford	00	0	DNF	13	-	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  Alain Prost McLaren Honda 33 02  Gerhard Berger Ferrari 18th 03  Ayrton Senna McLaren Honda 15th 04th  Michele Alboreto Ferrari 9 05  Nelson Piquet Lotus Honda 8th 06th  Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 8th

Item driver constructor Points 07th  Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 3 08th  Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 2 09  Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron 1 10  Satoru Nakajima Lotus Honda 1 11  Riccardo Patrese Williams-Judd 1 12  Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 1

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren Honda 48 02  Ferrari 27 03  Arrows-Megatron 9 04th  Lotus Honda 9

Item constructor Points 05  Benetton-Ford 4th 06th  Tyrrell-Ford 2 07th  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"