1988 Brazilian Grand Prix

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Results from the 1988 Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix held at Jacarepaguá on April 3, 1988

1 Classification
2 Qualifying
3 Race summary
4 Notes

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	60	1:36:06.857	3	9
2	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	60	+9.873	4	6
3	1	Nelson Piquet	Lotus-Honda	60	+1:08.591	5	4
4	17	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	60	+1:13.348	11	3
5	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	60	+1:14.556	6	2
6	2	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus-Honda	59	+1 Lap	10	1
7	20	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	59	+1 Lap	7
8	18	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	59	+1 Lap	15
9	26	Stefan Johansson	Ligier-Judd	57	+3 Laps	21
Ret	22	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial-Ford	53	Engine	14
Ret	3	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	47	Transmission	22
Ret	24	Luis Perez-Sala	Minardi-Ford	46	Chassis	20
Ret	30	Philippe Alliot	Larrousse-Ford	40	Suspension	16
Ret	31	Gabriele Tarquini	Coloni-Ford	35	Suspension	25
Ret	14	Philippe Streiff	AGS-Ford	35	Brakes	19
Ret	29	Yannick Dalmas	Larrousse-Ford	32	Engine	17
DSQ	12	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	31	Disqualified	1
Ret	25	René Arnoux	Ligier-Judd	23	Clutch	18
Ret	33	Stefano Modena	Euro Brun-Ford	20	Engine	24
Ret	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Judd	18	Engine	2
Ret	19	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	7	Engine	12
Ret	6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Judd	6	Engine	8
Ret	16	Ivan Capelli	March-Judd	6	Engine	9
Ret	23	Adrian Campos	Minardi-Ford	5	Chassis	23
Ret	15	Mauricio Gugelmin	March-Judd	0	Gearbox	13
Ret	32	Oscar Larrauri	Euro Brun-Ford	0	Electrical	26
DNQ	4	Julian Bailey	Tyrrell-Ford
DNQ	9	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed
DNQ	21	Nicola Larini	Osella-Alfa
DNQ	10	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed
DNPQ	36	Alex Caffi	Dallara-Ford

[edit] Qualifying

Winter testing had indicated Ferrari would be maintaining their edge that they had gained at the end of the 1987 season,with McLaren and Williams also producing cars that looked like potential race winners.During the qualifying session there was controversy when Nelson Piquet made comments in the local media publicly insulting Ayrton Senna,Nigel Mansell,their wives and families. Mansell produced a sensational performance to qualify 2nd,just some five months after his crash at the 1987 Japanese Grand Prix.On pole was Senna in his first drive for the McLaren team.

[edit] Race summary

There was drama on the parade lap when Senna's gear selector mechanism broke and he had to complete the lap jammed in first gear. The start was aborted and Senna started from the spare car in the pits. Alain Prost led from the start,with Mansell in 2nd place until lap 19 when his temperature gauge overheated-on visiting the pits to investigate,his engine stalled,handing the position to Gerhard Berger Senna was making a remarkable drive from the rear of the grid-climbing to 21st on lap 1,15th on lap 4,8th on lap 10,into the points on lap 13 and by lap 20 was in second place. Prost pitted on lap 26 without losing the lead,and Senna pitted a lap later.He stalled the engine and dropped to 6th place.Shortly afterwards he was shown the black flag and disqualified for changing cars after the parade lap.Despite closing to within 10 seconds of leader Prost,Berger was unable to catch him. Piquet came home in 3rd ahead of Derek Warwick in the Arrows with a fine drive,Michele Alboreto in the Ferrari and Satoru Nakajima in the second Lotus.

[edit] Notes

Pole position: Ayrton Senna - 1:28.096
Fastest Lap: Gerhard Berger - 1:32.943

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