1988 Hungarian Grand Prix

February 2021 F1 Hungary Hungarian Pop 84 Magyar NagydíjMotor Racing Programme Covers: 1988 https://www.progcovers.com/motor/hungaroring880807.jpg The Programme Covers Project February 27, 2021 7 August 1988 Hungaroring circuit 1986-1988.svg 10 16 Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary1988 Hungarian Grand Prix https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1988-hungarian-grand-prix/ Motor Sport 8 June 2022 Permanent racing facility 2.494 4.014 76 189.558 305.064 Sunny and hot Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:27.635 Brazil 1968 Alain Prost McLaren-Honda 1:30.639 51 France Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda Brazil 1968 Alain Prost McLaren-Honda France Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford Belgium HUN The 1988 Hungarian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 7 August 1988 at the Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary. It was the tenth race of the 1988 Formula One World Championship. The 76-lap race was won from pole position by Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna, driving a McLaren-Honda, with French teammate Alain Prost second and Belgian Thierry Boutsen third in a Benetton-Ford. The win, Senna's sixth of the season, moved him level on points with Prost at the top of the Drivers' Championship. Gallery Report Qualifying The tight and twisty Hungaroring offered a chance for the naturally-aspirated cars against the turbos, and they took seven of the top ten positions in qualifying. However, Ayrton Senna still took pole position in his McLaren-Honda, his eighth of the season, pipping the Williams of Nigel Mansell by 0.1 seconds. Mansell was driving against doctor's orders as he had developed chickenpox. On the second row of the grid were Thierry Boutsen in the Benetton and Ivan Capelli in the March, and on the third row were Alessandro Nannini in the second Benetton and Riccardo Patrese in the second Williams. Senna's teammate Alain Prost could only manage seventh, while Gerhard Berger was ninth in his Ferrari, the two separated by the second March of Maurício Gugelmin. Completing the top ten was Alex Caffi in the Dallara. Race thumb|left|Senna leads in front of the Williams cars and Benetton cars, next to the pit entry Mansell made a good start and almost took the lead but Senna held onto his position, and thanks to the superior power of his Honda engine he pulled away slightly down the main straight to head the field into turn 1. Patrese also made an excellent start climbing from 6th to 3rd while Prost was slow away and was only 9th at the end of the first lap. Capelli made a great start and in fact almost overtook Mansell into the first turn before his engine suddenly went sour and he pitted after just 2 laps to have a serious misfire investigated. On lap 12, Mansell lost downforce running close behind the McLaren and spun down to 4th place, leaving Senna to fend off the attacks of the other Williams, that of Patrese. The Italian later dropped back with engine problems, while similar problems were afflicting Nannini. thumb|Senna took the chequered flag less than a second before Prost On lap 32, Prost had climbed to 3rd place behind Senna and Boutsen. On lap 37, Mansell pitted to replace tyres, which were ragged and causing vibrations to the car. Prost passed Boutsen on lap 47 and set out chasing down Senna. Two laps later, while Senna prepared to lap Yannick Dalmas' Lola and Gabriele Tarquini's Coloni, Prost passed all three of them in a breathtaking move down the main straight. However he was too quick going into the first turn and ran wide enabling Senna to regain the lead. Prost set the fastest lap of the race but was forced to drop back with vibrations caused by a loose wheel bearing. On lap 58 Mansell retired still feeling the effects of chickenpox. He later admitted that racing in Hungary was a mistake as he was then forced to miss the next two races. Boutsen closed on Prost, but the Frenchman pressed on and pushed Senna. Just half a second covered the two McLarens as they crossed the line. Boutsen took the third spot on the podium, unable to challenge further due to a broken exhaust. Berger, Gugelmin and Patrese completed the points scorers. thumb|Alain Prost of France (L) waves with his cap to the audience, while his team mate Ayrton Senna of Brazil puts his cap on in Budapest on August 7, 1988. Prost finished second in today's Hungarian F1 Grand Prix after Senna. Classification Pre-qualifying PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGap136ITA Alex CaffiDallara-Ford2:01.593232ARG Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun-Ford2:03.343 +1.750331ITA Gabriele TarquiniColoni-Ford2:03.371 +1.778433ITA Stefano ModenaEuroBrun-Ford2:04.168 +2.575DNPQ Did not pre-qualify21ITA Nicola LariniOsella2:05.626 +4.033 Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 12 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:30.422 1:27.635 2 5 GBR Nigel Mansell Williams-Judd 1:30.151 1:27.743 +0.108 3 20 BEL Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 1:30.780 1:27.970 +0.335 4 16 ITA Ivan Capelli March-Judd 1:32.675 1:28.350 +0.715 5 19 ITA Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 1:29.779 1:28.493 +0.858 6 6 ITA Riccardo Patrese Williams-Judd 1:30.382 1:28.569 +0.934 7 11 FRA Alain Prost McLaren-Honda 1:29.589 1:28.778 +1.143 8 15 BRA 1968 Maurício Gugelmin March-Judd 1:35.237 1:29.099 +1.464 9 28 AUT Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:31.192 1:29.244 +1.609 10 36 ITA Alex Caffi Dallara-Ford 1:32.887 1:29.891 +2.346 11 24 ESP Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi-Ford 1:33.494 1:30.103 +2.468 12 17 GBR Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 1:32.514 1:30.185 +2.550 13 1 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet Lotus-Honda 1:35.346 1:30.405 +2.770 14 18 USA Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron 1:32.589 1:30.908 +3.273 15 27 ITA Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:32.304 1:31.052 +3.417 16 23 ITA Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 1:33.597 1:31.123 +3.488 17 29 FRA Yannick Dalmas Lola-Ford 1:33.192 1:31.200 +3.565 18 22 ITA Andrea de Cesaris Rial-Ford 1:48.994 1:31.523 +3.888 19 2 JPN 1947 Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Honda 1:34.194 1:31.646 +4.011 20 30 FRA Philippe Alliot Lola-Ford 1:33.132 1:31.719 +4.084 21 3 GBR Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 1:34.001 1:31.741 +4.106 22 31 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Coloni-Ford 1:35.991 1:32.160 +4.525 23 14 FRA Philippe Streiff AGS-Ford 1:32.973 1:32.265 +4.630 24 26 SWE Stefan Johansson Ligier-Judd 1:34.843 1:32.342 +4.707 25 25 FRA René Arnoux Ligier-Judd 1:35.685 1:32.477 +4.842 26 33 ITA Stefano Modena EuroBrun-Ford 1:35.389 1:32.614 +4.979 DNQ Did not qualify 32 ARG Oscar Larrauri EuroBrun-Ford 1:35.990 1:32.987 +5.352 DNQ Did not qualify 10 FRG Bernd Schneider Zakspeed 1:36.716 1:33.357 +5.722 DNQ Did not qualify 4 GBR Julian Bailey Tyrrell-Ford 1:35.693 1:33.694 +6.059 DNQ Did not qualify 9 ITA Piercarlo Ghinzani Zakspeed 1:36.223 1:34.701 +7.066 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 12 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 76 1:57:47.081 1 9 2 11 FRA Alain Prost McLaren-Honda 76 + 0.529 7 6 3 20 BEL Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 76 + 31.410 3 4 4 28 AUT Gerhard Berger Ferrari 76 + 1:28.670 9 3 5 15 BRA 1968 Maurício Gugelmin March-Judd 75 + 1 Lap 8 2 6 6 ITA Riccardo Patrese Williams-Judd 75 + 1 Lap 6 1 7 2 JPN 1947 Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Honda 73 + 3 Laps 19   8 1 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet Lotus-Honda 73 + 3 Laps 13   9 29 FRA Yannick Dalmas Lola-Ford 73 + 3 Laps 17   10 24 ESP Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi-Ford 72 + 4 Laps 11   11 33 ITA Stefano Modena EuroBrun-Ford 72 + 4 Laps 26   12 30 FRA Philippe Alliot Lola-Ford 72 + 4 Laps 20   13 31 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Coloni-Ford 71 + 5 Laps 22   Ret Retired 17 GBR Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 65 Brakes 12   Ret Retired 5 GBR Nigel Mansell Williams-Judd 60 Driver Unwell 2   Ret Retired 18 USA Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron 55 Brakes 14   Ret Retired 27 ITA Michele Alboreto Ferrari 40 Electrical 15   Ret Retired 25 FRA René Arnoux Ligier-Judd 32 Engine 25   Ret Retired 22 ITA Andrea de Cesaris Rial-Ford 28 Halfshaft 18   Ret Retired 19 ITA Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 24 Overheating 5   Ret Retired 36 ITA Alex Caffi Dallara-Ford 22 Engine 10   Ret Retired 26 SWE Stefan Johansson Ligier-Judd 19 Throttle 24   Ret Retired 23 ITA Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 8 Collision 16   Ret Retired 14 FRA Philippe Streiff AGS-Ford 8 Collision 23   Ret Retired 16 ITA Ivan Capelli March-Judd 5 Engine 4   Ret Retired 3 GBR Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 3 Engine 21   DNQ Did not qualify 32 ARG Oscar Larrauri EuroBrun-Ford     DNQ Did not qualify 10 FRG Bernd Schneider Zakspeed     DNQ Did not qualify 4 GBR Julian Bailey Tyrrell-Ford     DNQ Did not qualify 9 ITA Piercarlo Ghinzani Zakspeed     DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 21 ITA Nicola Larini Osella  Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1988/272/ 1988 Hungarian Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150118203902/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1988/272/ 18 January 2015 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna 66 2 FRA Alain Prost 66 3 AUT Gerhard Berger 28 4 BEL Thierry Boutsen 16 5 ITA Michele Alboreto 16Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1988/hongrie/championnat.aspx Hungary 1988 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 18 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 GBR McLaren-Honda132 2 ITA Ferrari44 3 GBR Benetton-Ford22 4 GBR Lotus-Honda16 5 GBR Arrows-Megatron10Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References Hungarian Grand Prix 1988 1988 German Grand Prix 1988 Belgian Grand Prix 1987 Hungarian Grand Prix 1989 Hungarian Grand Prix Hungarian Grand Prix Category:Hungarian Grand Prix Grand Prix Hungarian Grand Prix