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Formula 1 season

1988

16 championship rounds

World Drivers' Championship

Driver standings

35 classified

1 Ayrton Senna McLaren 90 points · 8 wins

2 Alain Prost McLaren 87 points · 7 wins

3 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 41 points · 1 wins

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4 Thierry Boutsen Benetton 27 points · 0 wins

5 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 24 points · 0 wins

6 Nelson Piquet Team Lotus 22 points · 0 wins

7 Ivan Capelli March 17 points · 0 wins

8 Derek Warwick Arrows 17 points · 0 wins

9 Nigel Mansell Williams 12 points · 0 wins

10 Alessandro Nannini Benetton 12 points · 0 wins

11 Riccardo Patrese Williams 8 points · 0 wins

12 Eddie Cheever Arrows 6 points · 0 wins

13 Maurício Gugelmin March 5 points · 0 wins

14 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 5 points · 0 wins

15 Andrea de Cesaris Rial 3 points · 0 wins

16 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 1 points · 0 wins

17 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 1 points · 0 wins

- Yannick Dalmas Larrousse 0 points · 0 wins

- Alex Caffi Dallara 0 points · 0 wins

- Martin Brundle Williams 0 points · 0 wins

- Philippe Streiff AGS 0 points · 0 wins

- Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi 0 points · 0 wins

- Gabriele Tarquini Coloni 0 points · 0 wins

- Philippe Alliot Larrousse 0 points · 0 wins

- Stefan Johansson Ligier 0 points · 0 wins

- Julian Bailey Tyrrell 0 points · 0 wins

- Nicola Larini Osella 0 points · 0 wins

- René Arnoux Ligier 0 points · 0 wins

- Stefano Modena Euro Brun 0 points · 0 wins

- Jean-Louis Schlesser Williams 0 points · 0 wins

- Bernd Schneider Zakspeed 0 points · 0 wins

- Oscar Larrauri Euro Brun 0 points · 0 wins

- Piercarlo Ghinzani Zakspeed 0 points · 0 wins

- Adrián Campos Minardi 0 points · 0 wins

- Aguri Suzuki Larrousse 0 points · 0 wins

World Constructors' Championship

Team standings

18 classified

1 McLaren British 199 points · 15 wins

2 Ferrari Italian 65 points · 1 wins

3 Benetton Italian 39 points · 0 wins

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4 Team Lotus British 23 points · 0 wins

5 Arrows British 23 points · 0 wins

6 March British 22 points · 0 wins

7 Williams British 20 points · 0 wins

8 Tyrrell British 5 points · 0 wins

9 Rial German 3 points · 0 wins

10 Minardi Italian 1 points · 0 wins

- Larrousse French 0 points · 0 wins

- Dallara Italian 0 points · 0 wins

- AGS French 0 points · 0 wins

- Coloni Italian 0 points · 0 wins

- Ligier French 0 points · 0 wins

- Osella Italian 0 points · 0 wins

- Euro Brun Italian 0 points · 0 wins

- Zakspeed German 0 points · 0 wins

Season story

Championship progression

Position after each round

Follow how the Drivers' Championship order changed throughout 1988. First place is shown at the top.

Championship calendar

Race results

16 rounds

01 Brazilian Grand Prix Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 3 April 1988 → 02 San Marino Grand Prix Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari · Imola, Italy 1 May 1988 → 03 Monaco Grand Prix Circuit de Monaco · Monte Carlo, Monaco 15 May 1988 → 04 Mexican Grand Prix Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez · Mexico City, Mexico 29 May 1988 → 05 Canadian Grand Prix Circuit Gilles Villeneuve · Montreal, Canada 12 June 1988 → 06 Detroit Grand Prix Detroit Street Circuit · Detroit, USA 19 June 1988 → 07 French Grand Prix Circuit Paul Ricard · Le Castellet, France 3 July 1988 → 08 British Grand Prix Silverstone Circuit · Silverstone, UK 10 July 1988 → 09 German Grand Prix Hockenheimring · Hockenheim, Germany 24 July 1988 → 10 Hungarian Grand Prix Hungaroring · Budapest, Hungary 7 August 1988 → 11 Belgian Grand Prix Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps · Spa, Belgium 28 August 1988 → 12 Italian Grand Prix Autodromo Nazionale di Monza · Monza, Italy 11 September 1988 → 13 Portuguese Grand Prix Autódromo do Estoril · Estoril, Portugal 25 September 1988 → 14 Spanish Grand Prix Circuito de Jerez · Jerez de la Frontera, Spain 2 October 1988 → 15 Japanese Grand Prix Suzuka Circuit · Suzuka, Japan 30 October 1988 → 16 Australian Grand Prix Adelaide Street Circuit · Adelaide, Australia 13 November 1988 →