Pit Lane F1
1988 Season - Round 4 - 1988-05-29
Alain Prost won the 1988 Mexican Grand Prix for McLaren, with Ayrton Senna (McLaren) second and Gerhard Berger (Ferrari) third. The win came from P2 on the grid.
Stefan Johansson (Ligier) 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 11 drivers failing to finish.
27 drivers were classified at the chequered flag of the 1988 Mexican Grand Prix, completing round 4 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 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 3 | Finished | 4 | |
| 4 |
| Michele Alboreto |
| Ferrari |
| 5 |
| +1 Lap |
| 3 |
| 5 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 9 | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 6 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 7 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 8 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 8 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 11 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 9 | Yannick Dalmas | Larrousse | 22 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 10 | Stefan Johansson | Ligier | 24 | +4 Laps | 0 |
| 11 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | 25 | +4 Laps | 0 |
| 12 | Philippe Streiff | AGS | 19 | +4 Laps | 0 |
| 13 | Oscar Larrauri | Euro Brun | 26 | +4 Laps | 0 |
| 14 | Gabriele Tarquini | Coloni | 21 | +5 Laps | 0 |
| 15 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed | 18 | +6 Laps | 0 |
| 16 | Ivan Capelli | March | 10 | +6 Laps | 0 |
| 17 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 4 | Engine | 0 |
| 18 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | 12 | Gearbox | 0 |
| 19 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 6 | Engine | 0 |
| 20 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 14 | Engine | 0 |
| 21 | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | 15 | Engine | 0 |
| 22 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 17 | Engine | 0 |
| 23 | René Arnoux | Ligier | 20 | Accident | 0 |
| 24 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 23 | Brakes | 0 |
| 25 | Maurício Gugelmin | March | 16 | Electrical | 0 |
| 26 | Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | 13 | Suspension | 0 |
| 31 | Stefano Modena | Euro Brun | 0 | Excluded | 0 |
