Pit Lane F1
1988 Season - Round 16 - 1988-11-13
Alain Prost won the 1988 Australian Grand Prix for McLaren, with Ayrton Senna (McLaren) second and Nelson Piquet (Team Lotus) third. The win came from P2 on the grid.
Philippe Alliot (Larrousse) made the biggest gain of the race, climbing from P24 on the grid to P10 at the flag — a 14-place improvement. Attrition was high, with 19 drivers failing to finish.
26 drivers were classified at the chequered flag of the 1988 Australian Grand Prix, completing round 16 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 | 2 | Finished | 9 | |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 1 | Finished | 6 | |
| 3 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 5 | Finished | 4 | |
| 4 |
| Riccardo Patrese |
| Williams |
| 6 |
| Finished |
| 3 |
| 5 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 10 | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 6 | Ivan Capelli | March | 9 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 14 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 8 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | 15 | Out of fuel | 0 |
| 9 | Stefan Johansson | Ligier | 22 | Out of fuel | 0 |
| 10 | Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | 24 | Out of fuel | 0 |
| 11 | Philippe Streiff | AGS | 16 | Electrical | 0 |
| 12 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed | 26 | Fuel system | 0 |
| 13 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 3 | Spun off | 0 |
| 14 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 8 | Spun off | 0 |
| 15 | Stefano Modena | Euro Brun | 20 | Halfshaft | 0 |
| 16 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 7 | Engine | 0 |
| 17 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 18 | Engine | 0 |
| 18 | Maurício Gugelmin | March | 19 | Collision | 0 |
| 19 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 13 | Collision | 0 |
| 20 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | 21 | Engine | 0 |
| 21 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 11 | Clutch | 0 |
| 22 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 4 | Collision | 0 |
| 23 | René Arnoux | Ligier | 23 | Collision | 0 |
| 24 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 17 | Transmission | 0 |
| 25 | Oscar Larrauri | Euro Brun | 25 | Halfshaft | 0 |
| 26 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 12 | Collision | 0 |
