1988 Season

Races

Champion

Ayrton Senna

Constructor

McLaren

The 1988 Formula 1 World Championship featured 16 Grand Prix races across the season. Ayrton Senna of Brazilian claimed the Drivers' Championship with 90 points and 8 race victories. Alain Prost finished as runner-up, 3 points behind. McLaren won the Constructors' Championship with 199 points. 3 different drivers stood on the top step of the podium during the 1988 campaign. The top three in the final standings were Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Gerhard Berger.

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What races were in the 1988 F1 season?

Rd	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Winner
1	Brazilian Grand Prix	Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet	1988-04-03	Alain Prost(McLaren)
2	San Marino Grand Prix	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	1988-05-01	Ayrton Senna(McLaren)
3	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco	1988-05-15	Alain Prost(McLaren)
4	Mexican Grand Prix	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez	1988-05-29	Alain Prost(McLaren)
5	Canadian Grand Prix	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	1988-06-12	Ayrton Senna(McLaren)
6	Detroit Grand Prix	Detroit Street Circuit	1988-06-19	Ayrton Senna(McLaren)
7	French Grand Prix	Circuit Paul Ricard	1988-07-03	Alain Prost(McLaren)
8	British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit	1988-07-10	Ayrton Senna(McLaren)
9	German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	1988-07-24	Ayrton Senna(McLaren)
10	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungaroring	1988-08-07	Ayrton Senna(McLaren)
11	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	1988-08-28	Ayrton Senna(McLaren)
12	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	1988-09-11	Gerhard Berger(Ferrari)
13	Portuguese Grand Prix	Autódromo do Estoril	1988-09-25	Alain Prost(McLaren)
14	Spanish Grand Prix	Circuito de Jerez	1988-10-02	Alain Prost(McLaren)
15	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka Circuit	1988-10-30	Ayrton Senna(McLaren)
16	Australian Grand Prix	Adelaide Street Circuit	1988-11-13	Alain Prost(McLaren)

Championship Battle

Championship Progression

Round	Prost	Berger	Piquet	Senna
R1Brazilian Grand Prix	9	6	4	—
R2San Marino Grand Prix	15	8	8	9
R3Monaco Grand Prix	24	14	8	9
R4Mexican Grand Prix	33	18	8	15
R5Canadian Grand Prix	39	18	11	24
R6Detroit Grand Prix	45	18	11	33
R7French Grand Prix	54	21	13	39
R8British Grand Prix	54	21	15	48
R9German Grand Prix	60	25	15	57
R10Hungarian Grand Prix	66	28	—	66
R11Belgian Grand Prix	72	28	18	75
R12Italian Grand Prix	72	37	18	75
R13Portuguese Grand Prix	81	37	—	76
R14Spanish Grand Prix	84	38	—	79
R15Japanese Grand Prix	84	41	—	87
R16Australian Grand Prix	87	41	—	90

Who won the 1988 F1 driver championship?

Pos	Driver	Nationality	Wins	Points
1	Ayrton Senna	Brazilian	8	90
2	Alain Prost	French	7	87
3	Gerhard Berger	Austrian	1	41
4	Thierry Boutsen	Belgian	0	27
5	Michele Alboreto	Italian	0	24
6	Nelson Piquet	Brazilian	0	22
7	Ivan Capelli	Italian	0	17
8	Derek Warwick	British	0	17
9	Nigel Mansell	British	0	12
10	Alessandro Nannini	Italian	0	12
11	Riccardo Patrese	Italian	0	8
12	Eddie Cheever	American	0	6
13	Maurício Gugelmin	Brazilian	0	5
14	Jonathan Palmer	British	0	5
15	Andrea de Cesaris	Italian	0	3
16	Satoru Nakajima	Japanese	0	1
17	Pierluigi Martini	Italian	0	1
18	Yannick Dalmas	French	0	0
19	Alex Caffi	Italian	0	0
20	Martin Brundle	British	0	0
21	Philippe Streiff	French	0	0
22	Luis Pérez-Sala	Spanish	0	0
23	Gabriele Tarquini	Italian	0	0
24	Philippe Alliot	French	0	0
25	Stefan Johansson	Swedish	0	0
26	Julian Bailey	British	0	0
27	Nicola Larini	Italian	0	0
28	René Arnoux	French	0	0
29	Stefano Modena	Italian	0	0
30	Jean-Louis Schlesser	French	0	0
31	Bernd Schneider	German	0	0
32	Oscar Larrauri	Argentine	0	0
33	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Italian	0	0
34	Adrián Campos	Spanish	0	0
35	Aguri Suzuki	Japanese	0	0
36	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	French	0	0

Who won the 1988 constructors' championship?

Pos	Constructor	Nationality	Wins	Points
1	McLaren	British	15	199
2	Ferrari	Italian	1	65
3	Benetton	Italian	0	39
4	Team Lotus	British	0	23
5	Arrows	British	0	23
6	March	British	0	22
7	Williams	British	0	20
8	Tyrrell	British	0	5
9	Rial	German	0	3
10	Minardi	Italian	0	1
11	Larrousse	French	0	0
12	Dallara	Italian	0	0
13	AGS	French	0	0
14	Coloni	Italian	0	0
15	Ligier	French	0	0
16	Osella	Italian	0	0
17	Euro Brun	Italian	0	0
18	Zakspeed	German	0	0