1988 Canadian Grand Prix

F1 Canada Canadian XXVI Molson Grand Prix du Canada Gilles Villeneuve Circuit Montreal (88-93).svg 12 June 1988 5 16 Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Temporary street circuit 2.728 4.390 69 188.220 302.910 Sunny and hot with temperatures up to 29 C F; wind speeds up to 19 km/h mphhttp://www.almanac.com/weather/history/QC/Montreal/1988-06-12 Weather information for the "1988 Canadian Grand Prix" The Old Farmers' Almanac 2014-09-07 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:21.681 Brazil 1968 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:24.973 53 Brazil 1968 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda Brazil 1968 Alain Prost McLaren-Honda France Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford Belgium CAN The 1988 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 12 June 1988 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal. It was the fifth race of the 1988 Formula One World Championship. The 69-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. Report Qualifying The Canadian Grand Prix returned to the Formula One calendar after a year's absence. In the meantime, major changes had been made to the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve: the start-finish line, pit lane and facilities had been moved from the top end of the track to the bottom end, necessitating the removal of two turns, while other turns had been re-profiled slightly. While the new permanent pit facilities and wide pit lane got the thumbs up from the teams and drivers, the one downside was that the new entry lane to the pits was directly off the braking area for turn 16 into the chicane before the new pit straight. The concern being that as the cars had to remain on the racing line to enter the pits, a closely following driver not knowing a car in front was headed to pit lane, could have easily run into the back of them at considerable speed as it was also the fastest part of the circuit. Although thankfully this never eventuated, it did cause concern. The McLarens once again dominated qualifying, with Ayrton Senna taking his fifth consecutive pole position by just under 0.2 seconds from Alain Prost. The Ferraris of Gerhard Berger and Michele Alboreto, benefitting from a revised plenum chamber on the V6 turbo which put the Italian engine back on par with Honda in the power stakes, filled the second row, while the Benetton of Alessandro Nannini was the fastest of the naturally-aspirated cars in fifth, just under 2.3 seconds behind Senna. Nelson Piquet was sixth in his Lotus, followed by Thierry Boutsen in the second Benetton, Eddie Cheever in the Arrows and Nigel Mansell in the Williams, while Philippe Streiff put in a strong performance to take tenth, which would turn out to be the best-ever grid position for the AGS team. Also achieving its best-ever grid placing was EuroBrun, as Stefano Modena took 15th. The Saturday session saw Derek Warwick suffer a big accident in his Arrows. Turning into the chicane into the new start-finish straight, Warwick slid on dirt kicked up moments before by Streiff's AGS. The Arrows spun onto the inside kerb and became airborne, then bounced several times before hitting what is now known as the "Wall of Champions" at unabated speed. Warwick was briefly knocked unconscious, winded from the impact and had hurt his back; he received aid from fellow Briton Mansell, who had suffered a similar crash at Suzuka the previous year (at the time of the crash, which happened directly opposite the Williams pit, Mansell had been on the pit wall talking to Patrick Head and once the red flag was shown he immediately jumped the pit wall and was the first to help his fellow Englishman). However, Warwick was declared fit to race and took up his 16th position on the grid. During qualifying, Williams team owner Frank Williams announced that he had concluded a deal with Renault that would see the team have exclusive use of the French company's V10 engines from the 1989 season onwards. It would see the return of the French manufacturer who had pioneered turbocharging in Formula One in 1977, but had left the sport as a manufacturer (team) after 1985 and as an engine supplier following 1986. After having had success with first the Cosworth DFV engine and later with the almost exclusive use of the Honda V6 turbo, Frank Williams said that "for better or worse you need an association with a major manufacturer to be successful in Formula One". Race At the start, Prost led away from Senna, the Ferraris and the Benettons. After ten laps, Berger began having issues with the fuel system of his Ferrari. On lap 19, Senna passed Prost at the L'Epingle hairpin as they came up to traffic, the Brazilian driver thus taking a lead he would not lose. Nannini retired from fourth position on lap 15 with electrical trouble, while Berger retired with similar problems on lap 23. Meanwhile, Mansell passed his old rival Piquet in the Lotus, before his Judd engine failed on lap 29; teammate Riccardo Patrese suffered the same fate four laps later. On lap 34, Alboreto retired with an engine failure, promoting Boutsen to third. With many of the front runners out, minor teams had a clear chance of scoring points. By the middle of the race Philippe Streiff had brought his AGS up to fifth place, ahead of Andrea de Cesaris' Rial in sixth. However, Streiff retired on lap 41 with a rear suspension failure, while de Cesaris ran out of fuel with three laps to go. This promoted Ivan Capelli in the March to fifth and Jonathan Palmer in the Tyrrell to sixth. Senna finished just under six seconds ahead of Prost, with Boutsen a further 45 seconds back. Piquet was fourth in the Lotus, albeit a lap down on Senna, with Capelli and Palmer completing the top six. Warwick, despite his injury, finished just outside the points in seventh, having battled with teammate Cheever until the American retired on lap 31 with a broken throttle cable. Senna set the fastest lap of the race on lap 53 with a time of 1:24.973. Boutsen's third place marked the first time since the 1983 Dutch Grand Prix that a naturally-aspirated car had legally finished on a Formula One podium. Classification thumb|right|Ayrton Senna took pole position and the race win for McLaren. thumb|right|Alain Prost finished just under six seconds behind his team-mate. thumb|right|Thierry Boutsen took the final podium position for Benetton. thumb|right|Gerhard Berger retired his Ferrari with electrical problems on lap 23. Pre-qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap 1 33 ITA Stefano Modena EuroBrun-Ford 1:27.274 — 2 22 ITA Andrea de Cesaris Rial-Ford 1:27.426 +0.152 3 32 ARG Oscar Larrauri EuroBrun-Ford 1:27.912 +0.638 4 31 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Coloni-Ford 1:28.709 +1.435 DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 36 ITA Alex Caffi Dallara-Ford 1:29.103 +1.829 Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 12 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:22.392 1:21.681 — 2 11 FRA Alain Prost McLaren-Honda 1:22.499 1:21.863 +0.182 3 28 AUT Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:22.719 1:22.785 +1.038 4 27 ITA Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:23.976 1:23.296 +1.615 5 19 ITA Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 1:25.561 1:23.968 +2.287 6 1 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet Lotus-Honda 1:24.166 1:23.995 +2.314 7 20 BEL Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 1:25.173 1:24.115 +2.434 8 18 USA Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron 1:24.679 1:25.068 +2.998 9 5 GBR Nigel Mansell Williams-Judd 1:24.844 1:25.251 +3.163 10 14 FRA Philippe Streiff AGS-Ford 1:25.878 1:24.968 +3.287 11 6 ITA Riccardo Patrese Williams-Judd 1:24.971 1:25.471 +3.290 12 22 ITA Andrea de Cesaris Rial-Ford 1:26.039 1:24.988 +3.307 13 2 JPN 1947 Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Honda 1:25.373 1:26.650 +3.692 14 16 ITA Ivan Capelli March-Judd 1:25.609 1:26.815 +3.928 15 33 ITA Stefano Modena EuroBrun-Ford 1:26.652 1:25.713 +4.032 16 17 GBR Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 1:26.052 1:25.740 +4.059 17 30 FRA Philippe Alliot Lola-Ford 1:27.543 1:25.765 +4.084 18 15 BRA 1968 Maurício Gugelmin March-Judd 1:25.910 1:25.982 +4.229 19 3 GBR Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 1:27.230 1:26.092 +4.411 20 25 FRA René Arnoux Ligier-Judd 1:26.716 1:26.327 +4.646 21 24 ESP Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi-Ford 1:26.822 1:26.437 +4.756 22 9 ITA Piercarlo Ghinzani Zakspeed 1:28.400 1:26.786 +5.105 23 4 GBR Julian Bailey Tyrrell-Ford 1:28.737 1:27.139 +5.458 24 32 ARG Oscar Larrauri EuroBrun-Ford 1:27.676 1:27.321 +5.640 25 26 SWE Stefan Johansson Ligier-Judd 1:28.614 1:27.637 +5.956 26 31 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Coloni-Ford no time 1:27.655 +5.974 DNQ Did not qualify 23 ESP Adrián Campos Minardi-Ford 1:27.885 1:27.979 +6.204 DNQ Did not qualify 21 ITA Nicola Larini Osella 1:39.782 1:27.981 +6.300 DNQ Did not qualify 29 FRA Yannick Dalmas Lola-Ford no time 1:28.012 +6.331 DNQ Did not qualify 10 FRG Bernd Schneider Zakspeed 1:29.110 1:28.215 +6.534 Race thumb|right|250px|The top 3 drivers of the race: Prost (2nd), Senna (winner), Boutsen (3rd) Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 12 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 69 1:39:46.618 1 9 2 11 FRA Alain Prost McLaren-Honda 69 + 5.934 2 6 3 20 BEL Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 69 + 51.409 7 4 4 1 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet Lotus-Honda 68 + 1 Lap 6 3 5 16 ITA Ivan Capelli March-Judd 68 + 1 Lap 14 2 6 3 GBR Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 67 + 2 Laps 19 1 7 17 GBR Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 67 + 2 Laps 16   8 31 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Coloni-Ford 67 + 2 Laps 26   9 22 ITA Andrea de Cesaris Rial-Ford 66 Out of Fuel 12   10 30 FRA Philippe Alliot Lola-Ford 66 Electrical 17   11 2 JPN 1947 Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Honda 66 + 3 Laps 13   12 33 ITA Stefano Modena EuroBrun-Ford 66 + 3 Laps 15   13 24 ESP Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi-Ford 64 + 5 Laps 21   14 9 ITA Piercarlo Ghinzani Zakspeed 63 Engine 22   Ret Retired 15 BRA 1968 Maurício Gugelmin March-Judd 54 Gearbox 18   Ret Retired 14 FRA Philippe Streiff AGS-Ford 41 Suspension 10   Ret Retired 25 FRA René Arnoux Ligier-Judd 36 Transmission 20   Ret Retired 27 ITA Michele Alboreto Ferrari 33 Engine 4   Ret Retired 6 ITA Riccardo Patrese Williams-Judd 32 Engine 11   Ret Retired 18 USA Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron 31 Throttle 8   Ret Retired 5 GBR Nigel Mansell Williams-Judd 28 Engine 9   Ret Retired 26 SWE Stefan Johansson Ligier-Judd 24 Engine 25   Ret Retired 28 AUT Gerhard Berger Ferrari 22 Electrical 3   Ret Retired 19 ITA Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 15 Ignition 5   Ret Retired 32 ARG Oscar Larrauri EuroBrun-Ford 8 Chassis 24   Ret Retired 4 GBR Julian Bailey Tyrrell-Ford 0 Collision 23   DNQ Did not qualify 23 ESP Adrián Campos Minardi-Ford     DNQ Did not qualify 21 ITA Nicola Larini Osella     DNQ Did not qualify 29 FRA Yannick Dalmas Lola-Ford     DNQ Did not qualify 10 FRG Bernd Schneider Zakspeed     DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 36 ITA Alex Caffi Dallara-FordSource:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1988/267/ 1988 Canadian Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150118225931/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1988/266/ 18 January 2015 Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 FRA Alain Prost 39 2 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna 24 3 AUT Gerhard Berger 18 4 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet 11 5 ITA Michele Alboreto 9Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1988/canada/championnat.aspx Canada 1988 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 14 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 GBR McLaren-Honda63 2 ITA Ferrari27 3 GBR Lotus-Honda12 4 GBR Arrows-Megatron9 5 GBR Benetton-Ford8Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. 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