1988 Canadian Grand Prix

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Results from the 1988 Formula One Canadian Grand Prix held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on June 12, 1988

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	12	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	69	39:47.3	1	9
2	11	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	69	5.934	2	6
3	20	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	69	51.409	7	4
4	1	Nelson Piquet	Lotus-Honda	68	+ 1 Lap	6	3
5	16	Ivan Capelli	March-Judd	68	+ 1 Lap	14	2
6	3	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	67	+ 2 Laps	19	1
7	17	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	67	+ 2 Laps	16
8	31	Gabriele Tarquini	Coloni-Ford	67	+ 2 Laps	26
9	22	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial-Ford	66	Out of Fuel	12
10	30	Philippe Alliot	Larrousse-Ford	66	Electrical	17
11	2	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus-Honda	66	+ 3 Laps	13
12	33	Stefano Modena	Euro Brun-Ford	66	+ 3 Laps	15
13	24	Luis Perez-Sala	Minardi-Ford	64	+ 5 Laps	21
14	9	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	63	Engine	22
Ret	15	Mauricio Gugelmin	March-Judd	54	Gearbox	18
Ret	14	Philippe Streiff	AGS-Ford	41	Suspension	10
Ret	25	René Arnoux	Ligier-Judd	36	Transmission	20
Ret	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	33	Engine	4
Ret	6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Judd	32	Engine	11
Ret	18	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	31	Throttle	8
Ret	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Judd	28	Engine	9
Ret	26	Stefan Johansson	Ligier-Judd	24	Engine	25
Ret	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	22	Electrical	3
Ret	19	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	15	Ignition	5
Ret	32	Oscar Larrauri	Euro Brun-Ford	8	Chassis	24
Ret	4	Julian Bailey	Tyrrell-Ford	0	Collision	23
DNQ	23	Adrian Campos	Minardi-Ford
DNQ	21	Nicola Larini	Osella
DNQ	29	Yannick Dalmas	Larrousse-Ford
DNQ	10	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed

[edit] Race summary

This was the first visit to Canada in two years. Pits and facilities had been upgraded, but as usual this season the McLaren team dominated. Ayrton Senna collected his fifth consecutive pole from Alain Prost some 4 seconds inside the current pole record. The Williams drivers were suffering, qualifying merely ninth and 11th. Derek Warwick raced despite a serious accident in his Arrows on the Saturday.

Prost led from the start, away from Senna and the two Ferraris, although after ten laps Gerhard Berger backed off with fuel problems. On lap 19 while coming up to traffic, Senna managed to pass his teammate to retake the lead. Alessandro Nannini retired with a split hose. On lap 23 Berger retired with engine problems. On the same lap, Nigel Mansell passed Nelson Piquet, although this would only last for six laps before his engine failed, some five laps before that of his teammate Riccardo Patrese.

On lap 34, Michele Alboreto also retired his Ferrari with a similar engine problem as his teammate. The minor teams outperformed themselves. Philippe Streiff put in an unbelievable drive in the AGS in fifth place ahead of Andrea de Cesaris in the Rial in sixth. Though not placing in a points-scoring, Stefano Modena's eighth place was a stunning achievement for the hapless EuroBrun team.

Senna won against Prost ahead of Thierry Boutsen. Piquet was fourth albeit lapped, with Ivan Capelli taking fifth after Streiff spun out. de Cesaris' fine drive was ruined by running out of fuel with two laps to go, dropping him to ninth and handing the final point to Jonathan Palmer's Tyrrell.

[edit] Notes

• Fastest Lap: Ayrton Senna 1'24.973

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