Round 7 · 3 July 1988
French Grand Prix
Circuit Paul Ricard · Le Castellet, France
Championship progression
Drivers' standings
Before the race
32 drivers
After Round 6
1
Alain Prost
McLaren
45
pts
2
Ayrton Senna
McLaren
33
pts
3
Gerhard Berger
Ferrari
18
pts
4
Thierry Boutsen
Benetton
11
pts
5
Nelson Piquet
Team Lotus
11
pts
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6
Michele Alboreto
Ferrari
9
pts
7
Derek Warwick
Arrows
8
pts
8
Jonathan Palmer
Tyrrell
5
pts
9
Andrea de Cesaris
Rial
3
pts
10
Ivan Capelli
March
2
pts
11
Eddie Cheever
Arrows
1
pts
12
Alessandro Nannini
Benetton
1
pts
13
Satoru Nakajima
Team Lotus
1
pts
14
Riccardo Patrese
Williams
1
pts
15
Pierluigi Martini
Minardi
1
pts
-
Yannick Dalmas
Larrousse
0
pts
-
Gabriele Tarquini
Coloni
0
pts
-
Alex Caffi
Dallara
0
pts
-
Stefan Johansson
Ligier
0
pts
-
Julian Bailey
Tyrrell
0
pts
-
Nicola Larini
Osella
0
pts
-
Philippe Streiff
AGS
0
pts
-
Philippe Alliot
Larrousse
0
pts
-
Luis Pérez-Sala
Minardi
0
pts
-
Stefano Modena
Euro Brun
0
pts
-
Oscar Larrauri
Euro Brun
0
pts
-
Piercarlo Ghinzani
Zakspeed
0
pts
-
Maurício Gugelmin
March
0
pts
-
Adrián Campos
Minardi
0
pts
-
René Arnoux
Ligier
0
pts
-
Nigel Mansell
Williams
0
pts
-
Bernd Schneider
Zakspeed
0
pts
After the race
32 drivers
After Round 7
1
Alain Prost
McLaren
—
54
+9
2
Ayrton Senna
McLaren
—
39
+6
3
Gerhard Berger
Ferrari
—
21
+3
4
Michele Alboreto
Ferrari
↑2
13
+4
5
Nelson Piquet
Team Lotus
—
13
+2
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6
Thierry Boutsen
Benetton
↓2
11
+0
7
Derek Warwick
Arrows
—
8
+0
8
Jonathan Palmer
Tyrrell
—
5
+0
9
Andrea de Cesaris
Rial
—
3
+0
10
Ivan Capelli
March
—
2
+0
11
Alessandro Nannini
Benetton
↑1
2
+1
12
Satoru Nakajima
Team Lotus
↑1
1
+0
13
Eddie Cheever
Arrows
↓2
1
+0
14
Riccardo Patrese
Williams
—
1
+0
15
Pierluigi Martini
Minardi
—
1
+0
-
Yannick Dalmas
Larrousse
—
0
+0
-
Alex Caffi
Dallara
—
0
+0
-
Gabriele Tarquini
Coloni
—
0
+0
-
Maurício Gugelmin
March
—
0
+0
-
Stefan Johansson
Ligier
—
0
+0
-
Nicola Larini
Osella
—
0
+0
-
Julian Bailey
Tyrrell
—
0
+0
-
Philippe Streiff
AGS
—
0
+0
-
Philippe Alliot
Larrousse
—
0
+0
-
Luis Pérez-Sala
Minardi
—
0
+0
-
Stefano Modena
Euro Brun
—
0
+0
-
Oscar Larrauri
Euro Brun
—
0
+0
-
Piercarlo Ghinzani
Zakspeed
—
0
+0
-
Adrián Campos
Minardi
—
0
+0
-
René Arnoux
Ligier
—
0
+0
-
Nigel Mansell
Williams
—
0
+0
-
Bernd Schneider
Zakspeed
—
0
+0
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Race classification
27 starters| Pos | Driver | Constructor | Grid | Status / time | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PRO Alain Prost | McLaren | 1 | 1:37:37.328 | 9 |
| 2 | SEN Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 2 | +31.752 | 6 |
| 3 | ALB Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 4 | +1:06.505 | 4 |
| 4 | BER Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 3 | 1L | 3 |
| 5 | PIQ Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 7 | 1L | 2 |
| 6 | NAN Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 6 | 1L | 1 |
| 7 | NAK Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 8 | 1L | 0 |
| 8 | GUG Maurício Gugelmin | March | 16 | 1L | 0 |
| 9 | CAP Ivan Capelli | March | 10 | 1L | 0 |
| 10 | DE Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | 12 | 2L | 0 |
| 11 | CHE Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 13 | 2L | 0 |
| 12 | CAF Alex Caffi | Dallara | 14 | 2L | 0 |
| 13 | DAL Yannick Dalmas | Larrousse | 19 | 2L | 0 |
| 14 | MOD Stefano Modena | Euro Brun | 20 | 3L | 0 |
| 15 | MAR Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 22 | 3L | 0 |
| R | PÉR Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | 25 | — | 0 |
| R | LAR Oscar Larrauri | Euro Brun | 26 | — | 0 |
| R | LAR Nicola Larini | Osella | 24 | — | 0 |
| R | SCH Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | 21 | — | 0 |
| R | MAN Nigel Mansell | Williams | 9 | — | 0 |
| R | ALL Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | 18 | — | 0 |
| R | PAL Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 23 | — | 0 |
| R | PAT Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 15 | — | 0 |
| R | BOU Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 5 | — | 0 |
| R | STR Philippe Streiff | AGS | 17 | — | 0 |
| R | WAR Derek Warwick | Arrows | 11 | — | 0 |
| D | GHI Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed | Pit | — | 0 |