1988 Monaco Grand Prix

February 2021 43 44 4.74 N 7 25 16.8 E scale:1563_type:landmark_region:MC title F1 Monaco Monaco 46e Grand Prix de Monaco 15 May 1988 Circuit de Monaco 1986.png 3 16 Circuit de MonacoMonte Carlo, Monaco Street circuit 2.068 3.328 78 161.298 259.584 Warm and dry Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:23.998 Brazil 1968 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:26.321 59 Brazil 1968 Alain Prost McLaren-Honda France Gerhard Berger Ferrari Austria Michele Alboreto Ferrari Italy MON The 1988 Monaco Grand Prix (formally the 46e Grand Prix de MonacoMotor Racing Programme Covers: 1988 http://www.progcovers.com/motor/monaco880515.jpg The Programme Covers Project 21 February 2018) was a Formula One motor race held on 15 May 1988 at the Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo. It was the third race of the 1988 Formula One World Championship. The 78-lap race was won by Frenchman Alain Prost, driving a McLaren-Honda. Prost took his 30th win – including 4th and final in Monaco – after Brazilian teammate Ayrton Senna crashed out late on while leading comfortably. Austrian driver Gerhard Berger finished second in a Ferrari, with Italian teammate Michele Alboreto third, scoring his 20th podium. It was McLaren's 58th win, 150th podium and 40th fastest lap. Honda engine scored its 30th win. Qualifying Qualifying report The McLaren-Hondas continued their dominant form from the previous race at Imola, as Ayrton Senna took pole position by an almost unbelievable 1.5 seconds ahead of teammate Alain Prost, with a further 1.2 seconds back to the Ferrari of Gerhard Berger in third. Berger's teammate Michele Alboreto was fourth, while Nigel Mansell was fifth in the Williams, the quickest of the naturally-aspirated cars, albeit some 3.6 seconds behind Senna. Completing the top ten were Alessandro Nannini in the Benetton, Derek Warwick in the Arrows, Riccardo Patrese in the second Williams, Eddie Cheever in the second Arrows and Jonathan Palmer in the Tyrrell, while among the non-qualifiers was Satoru Nakajima, whose Lotus was powered by the same Honda turbo engine as the McLaren. Qualifying classification Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 12 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:26.464 1:23.998 2 11 FRA Alain Prost McLaren-Honda 1:28.375 1:25.425 +1.427 3 28 AUT Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:29.001 1:26.685 +2.687 4 27 ITA Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:29.931 1:27.297 +3.299 5 5 GBR Nigel Mansell Williams-Judd 1:28.475 1:27.665 +3.667 6 19 ITA Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 1:29.093 1:27.869 +3.871 7 17 GBR Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 1:29.928 1:27.872 +3.874 8 6 ITA Riccardo Patrese Williams-Judd 1:29.130 1:28.016 +4.018 9 18 USA Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron 1:32.889 1:28.227 +4.229 10 3 GBR Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 1:30.679 1:28.358 +4.360 11 1 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet Lotus-Honda 1:30.924 1:28.403 +4.405 12 14 FRA Philippe Streiff AGS-Ford 1:29.597 1:28.527 +4.529 13 30 FRA Philippe Alliot Lola-Ford 1:31.375 1:28.536 +4.538 14 15 BRA 1968 Maurício Gugelmin March-Judd 1:32.148 1:28.610 +4.612 15 24 ESP Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi-Ford 1:31.662 1:28.625 +4.627 16 20 BEL Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 1:29.539 1:28.640 +4.642 17 36 ITA Alex Caffi Dallara-Ford 1:33.691 1:29.075 +5.077 18 32 ARG Oscar Larrauri EuroBrun-Ford 1:31.861 1:29.093 +5.095 19 22 ITA Andrea de Cesaris Rial-Ford 1:33.183 1:29.298 +5.300 20 25 FRA René Arnoux Ligier-Judd 1:31.964 1:29.480 +5.482 21 29 FRA Yannick Dalmas Lola-Ford 1:33.158 1:29.601 +5.603 22 16 ITA Ivan Capelli March-Judd 1:35.216 1:29.603 +5.605 23 9 ITA Piercarlo Ghinzani Zakspeed 1:33.005 1:30.121 +6.213 24 31 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Coloni-Ford 1:32.792 1:30.252 +6.254 25 21 ITA Nicola Larini Osella 1:36.705 1:30.335 +6.337 26 26 SWE Stefan Johansson Ligier-Judd 1:36.036 1:30.505 +6.507DNQ Did not qualify 2 JPN 1947 Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Honda 1:30.611 1:31.573 +6.613DNQ Did not qualify 10 FRG Bernd Schneider Zakspeed 1:33.585 1:30.613 +6.615DNQ Did not qualify 23 ESP Adrián Campos Minardi-Ford 1:32.627 1:30.793 +6.795DNQ Did not qualify 4 GBR Julian Bailey Tyrrell-Ford 1:34.192 1:30.816 +6.818 Race Race report At the start, Senna led away, while Berger overtook Prost when the Frenchman momentarily could not engage second gear. Behind them, a variety of accidents occurred at Sainte-Dévote: Alex Caffi hit the wall in his Dallara; Philippe Streiff, who had started 12th in his AGS, retired when an accelerator cable broke; and World Champion Nelson Piquet collided with Cheever, which forced the Brazilian to retire at the end of the first lap and thus end a disastrous weekend for the Lotus team. The running order of Senna, Berger, Prost, Mansell, Alboreto and Nannini was maintained until lap 33 when Alboreto took Mansell off at the Swimming Pool, ending the Englishman's race. Nannini then suffered a gearbox failure on lap 39. On lap 51, Patrese collided with Philippe Alliot's Lola while trying to lap him; Alliot retired immediately. On lap 54, Prost passed Berger for second on the run to Sainte-Dévote, though he was some 50 seconds behind Senna. In an effort to put some pressure on his team-mate, he started trading fastest laps with him. With 11 laps remaining, McLaren team boss Ron Dennis radioed Senna to slow down to ensure a safe 1-2 finish, allowing Prost to gain six seconds.Rubython Tom The Life of Senna https://books.google.com/books?id=dFJhpwAACAAJ October 2011 Myrtle Books 978-0-9570605-0-0 On lap 67, Senna lost concentration at Portier, causing him to crash his McLaren into the barrier and damage the car's front suspension. Immediately afterwards, he went to his home in Monaco to contemplate losing a race that he had dominated from the first time he took to the track for free practice on Thursday morning; the McLaren team did not even hear from him until that evening, when he walked into the pits as they were packing up.http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2014/4/15769.html Ron Dennis on Senna - Part one: the early years formula1.com dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140623141122/http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2014/4/15769.html 23 June 2014 24 January 2016 Prost thus took his fourth Monaco win in five years, with Berger some 20 seconds behind and Alboreto a further 21 seconds back. Warwick finished fourth after a race-long battle with Palmer, while Patrese recovered from his collision with Alliot to take the final point, passing the other Lola of Yannick Dalmas on the last lap. Patrese's point was also the first-ever World Championship point scored by a Judd-powered car and his first point for Williams. Race classification Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 11 FRA Alain Prost McLaren-Honda 78 1:57:17.077 2 9 2 28 AUT Gerhard Berger Ferrari 78 + 20.453 3 6 3 27 ITA Michele Alboreto Ferrari 78 + 41.229 4 4 4 17 GBR Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 77 + 1 lap 7 3 5 3 GBR Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 77 + 1 lap 10 2 6 6 ITA Riccardo Patrese Williams-Judd 77 + 1 lap 8 1 7 29 FRA Yannick Dalmas Lola-Ford 77 + 1 lap 21   8 20 BEL Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 76 + 2 laps 16   9 21 ITA Nicola Larini Osella 75 + 3 laps 25   10 16 ITA Ivan Capelli March-Judd 72 + 6 laps 22   Ret Retired 12 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 66 Accident 1   Ret Retired 30 FRA Philippe Alliot Lola-Ford 50 Collision 13   Ret Retired 15 BRA 1968 Maurício Gugelmin March-Judd 45 Fuel system 14   Ret Retired 9 ITA Piercarlo Ghinzani Zakspeed 43 Gearbox 23   Ret Retired 19 ITA Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 38 Gearbox 6   Ret Retired 24 ESP Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi-Ford 36 Halfshaft 15   Ret Retired 5 GBR Nigel Mansell Williams-Judd 32 Collision 5   Ret Retired 22 ITA Andrea de Cesaris Rial-Ford 28 Engine 19   Ret Retired 25 FRA René Arnoux Ligier-Judd 17 Engine 20   Ret Retired 32 ARG Oscar Larrauri EuroBrun-Ford 14 Brakes 18   Ret Retired 18 USA Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron 8 Engine 9   Ret Retired 26 SWE Stefan Johansson Ligier-Judd 6 Engine 26   Ret Retired 31 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Coloni-Ford 5 Suspension 24   Ret Retired 1 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet Lotus-Honda 1 Collision 11   Ret Retired 36 ITA Alex Caffi Dallara-Ford 0 Spun off 17   Ret Retired 14 FRA Philippe Streiff AGS-Ford 0 Throttle 12   DNQ Did not qualify 2 JPN 1947 Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Honda     DNQ Did not qualify 10 FRG Bernd Schneider Zakspeed     DNQ Did not qualify 23 ESP Adrián Campos Minardi-Ford     DNQ Did not qualify 4 GBR Julian Bailey Tyrrell-Ford EX Excluded 33 ITA Stefano Modena EuroBrun-Ford   Missed weight check  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1988/265/ 1988 Monaco Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150118193637/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1988/265/ 18 January 2015 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 FRA Alain Prost 24 2 AUT Gerhard Berger 14 3 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna 9 4 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet 8 5 ITA Michele Alboreto 6Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1988/monaco/championnat.aspx Monaco 1988 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 19 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 GBR McLaren-Honda33 2 ITA Ferrari20 3 GBR Lotus-Honda9 4 GBR Arrows-Megatron6 5 GBR Benetton-Ford4Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References Monaco Grand Prix 1988 1988 San Marino Grand Prix 1988 Mexican Grand Prix 1987 Monaco Grand Prix 1989 Monaco Grand Prix Monaco Grand Prix Category:Monaco Grand Prix Grand Prix Category:May 1988 sports events in Europe