Pit Lane F1
1988 Season - Round 1 - 1988-04-03
Alain Prost won the 1988 Brazilian Grand Prix for McLaren, with Gerhard Berger (Ferrari) second and Nelson Piquet (Team Lotus) third. The win came from P3 on the grid.
Stefan Johansson (Ligier) made the biggest gain of the race, climbing from P21 on the grid to P9 at the flag — a 12-place improvement. Attrition was high, with 17 drivers failing to finish.
26 drivers were classified at the chequered flag of the 1988 Brazilian Grand Prix, completing round 1 of the season.
How good was this Grand Prix?
Pick your score, 1 to 10.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Status | Fastest Lap | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 3 | Finished | 9 | |
| 2 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 4 | Finished | 6 | |
| 3 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 5 | Finished | 4 | |
| 4 |
| Derek Warwick |
| Arrows |
| 11 |
| Finished |
| 3 |
| 5 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 6 | Finished | 2 |
| 6 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 10 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 7 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 8 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 15 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 9 | Stefan Johansson | Ligier | 21 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 10 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | 14 | Engine | 0 |
| 11 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 22 | Transmission | 0 |
| 12 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | 20 | Chassis | 0 |
| 13 | Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | 16 | Suspension | 0 |
| 14 | Gabriele Tarquini | Coloni | 25 | Suspension | 0 |
| 15 | Philippe Streiff | AGS | 19 | Brakes | 0 |
| 16 | Yannick Dalmas | Larrousse | 17 | Engine | 0 |
| 17 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 1 | Disqualified | 0 |
| 18 | René Arnoux | Ligier | 18 | Clutch | 0 |
| 19 | Stefano Modena | Euro Brun | 24 | Engine | 0 |
| 20 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 2 | Engine | 0 |
| 21 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 12 | Engine | 0 |
| 22 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 8 | Engine | 0 |
| 23 | Ivan Capelli | March | 9 | Engine | 0 |
| 24 | Adrián Campos | Minardi | 23 | Chassis | 0 |
| 25 | Maurício Gugelmin | March | 13 | Gearbox | 0 |
| 26 | Oscar Larrauri | Euro Brun | 26 | Electrical | 0 |
