1988 Portuguese Grand Prix

F1 Portuguese Portugal XXII Grande Prémio de Portugal 25 September 1988 13 16 Circuito_de_Estoril_1972-1993.png Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril, Portugal Permanent racing facility 2.703 4.350 70 189.207 304.500 Sunny and hot Alain Prost France McLaren-Honda 1:17.411 Gerhard Berger Austria Ferrari 1:21.961 31 Alain Prost France McLaren-Honda Ivan Capelli Italy March-Judd Thierry Boutsen Belgium Benetton-Ford POR The 1988 Portuguese Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 25 September 1988 at the Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril. It was the thirteenth race of the 1988 Formula One World Championship. The 71-lap race was won by Alain Prost, driving a McLaren-Honda, with Ivan Capelli second in a March-Judd and Thierry Boutsen third in a Benetton-Ford. Prost's teammate and Drivers' Championship rival, Ayrton Senna, could only manage sixth. Qualifying McLaren gained their 9th front row of the year with Alain Prost in front of Ayrton Senna for the first time since France. Prost, whose MP4/4 had a brand new, stiffer chassis, set his fastest time early in Saturday qualifying, and then sat out the rest of the session, confident that Senna could not better the time. Senna indeed qualified second. They were ahead of Ivan Capelli in the atmospheric March-Judd, with Maurício Gugelmin in fifth behind the Ferrari of Monza winner Gerhard Berger. Both Capelli and Gugelmin expressed delight with their cars, especially in the fast corners.December 2019 After finishing third and fourth in Italy, the Arrows-Megatrons of Derek Warwick (10th) and Eddie Cheever (18th) struggled in Portugal. Both drivers complained of little grip on the rarely used Estoril circuit, which was compounded by slow turns which exposed the Straight-4 Megatron engine's lack of throttle response. After missing the previous two races in Belgium and Italy due to illness, Nigel Mansell was back in his Williams-Judd. Not surprisingly after a layoff due to illness, Mansell complained of a sore neck after qualifying but still managed to qualify 6th, less than 0.1 behind Gugelmin. Julian Bailey (Tyrrell-Ford), Stefano Modena (EuroBrun-Ford), and the Zakspeeds of Piercarlo Ghinzani and Bernd Schneider all failed to qualify while Oscar Larrauri (EuroBrun-Ford) failed to pre-qualify. Race The first start was aborted when the Rial-Ford of Andrea de Cesaris stalled on the grid. The second start was aborted after Derek Warwick stalled his Arrows A10 and was hit by de Cesaris, with Luis Pérez-Sala (Minardi) and Satoru Nakajima (Lotus). Ayrton Senna led off at the third start, to the delight of the Portuguese crowd. At the start of lap 2, Alain Prost pulled out of Senna's slipstream to pass him. Senna moved violently over on Prost and forced him towards the pit wall at over 280 km/h mph 0 on. The Frenchman nonetheless maintained his will to pass the Brazilian, not lifting off the throttle, and passed Senna into the first corner. Prost was not impressed with Senna's tactics and the pair exchanged words in the McLaren camp after the race. Senna countered Prost's anger by stating that he had almost been pushed onto the grass by Prost before the first corner after the start.December 2019 Prost's lead built up to 7 seconds and would last until the flag, while Senna was being troubled by an erratic (and ultimately false) fuel readout which was telling him he was using too much. This allowed Capelli to close right up on him. On lap 22 the Italian out-braked Senna to excited acclaim and opened up a gap on him. It was the first time all season other than when Prost suffered from severe misfires at both the British and Italian GP's that a McLaren-Honda had been passed on track by any other car. Soon after Gerhard Berger also passed the McLaren, leaving Senna exposed to the attacks of Nigel Mansell's Williams. The Briton was closer on the corners, but the Honda turbo was superior in the fast sectors of the track. Berger had claimed the fastest lap in his pursuit of Capelli, but spun off on lap 36. He had accidentally set off his fire extinguisher, with the resultant freezing of his leg with carbon dioxide causing his foot to slip off the pedals. Berger had been attempting a cockpit adjustment to his car but on the bumpy Estoril surface simply hit the wrong button. On lap 55, Mansell and Senna attempted to lap the Tyrrell of Jonathan Palmer: during this manoeuvre Mansell hit the back off the McLaren and spun into the barriers though without any damage to Senna who continued on. Maurício Gugelmin, Nelson Piquet (Lotus-Honda), Michele Alboreto (Ferrari), Riccardo Patrese (Williams-Judd) and Thierry Boutsen (Benetton-Ford) were hotly contesting the last point place in 6th. On lap 29 Patrese retired with a split radiator and the next lap Piquet retired with clutch and gearbox problems. On lap 57, Senna, still having problems with his fuel readout, pitted for a tyre change and was passed by Alboreto, Boutsen and Derek Warwick, falling to 6th. Prost won from Capelli, who at one stage was catching the McLaren, but backed off to save his engine after seeing his teammate's car sitting beside the track with a dead engine; the gap at the line was 9.5 seconds and Prost himself was marginal on fuel. It was Capelli's second podium finish in Formula One. Fuel problems were a feature of this race: on the last corner of the race Alboreto's engine stuttered-his car was running out of fuel despite the gauge indicating he had plenty left. Boutsen passed him to get his 5th podium of the year and Warwick claimed 4th place. The dry Ferrari of Alboreto and McLaren of Senna were classified 5th and 6th. Prost's 5th win of the year, and his first since France, along with Senna's 6th place, saw him remain in strong contention for his third World Championship. Classification Pre-qualifying PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGap136ITA Alex CaffiDallara-Ford1:21.468—221ITA Nicola LariniOsella1:23.051 +1.583331ITA Gabriele TarquiniColoni-Ford1:23.807 +2.339433ITA Stefano ModenaEuroBrun-Ford1:24.076 +2.608DNPQ Did not pre-qualify32ARG Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun-Ford1:25.146 +3.678 Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 11 FRA Alain Prost McLaren-Honda 1:18.378 1:17.411 — 2 12 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:18.032 1:17.869 +0.458 3 16 ITA Ivan Capelli March-Judd 1:20.390 1:18.812 +1.401 4 28 AUT Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:20.065 1:18.903 +1.492 5 15 BRA 1968 Maurício Gugelmin March-Judd 1:20.791 1:19.045 +1.634 6 5 GBR Nigel Mansell Williams-Judd 1:20.908 1:19.131 +1.720 7 27 ITA Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:21.647 1:19.372 +1.961 8 1 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet Lotus-Honda 1:19.551 1:19.872 +2.140 9 19 ITA Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 1:21.008 1:19.572 +2.161 10 17 GBR Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 1:21.240 1:19.603 +2.192 11 6 ITA Riccardo Patrese Williams-Judd 1:19.878 1:19.797 +2.386 12 22 ITA Andrea de Cesaris Rial-Ford 1:21.386 1:19.940 +2.529 13 20 BEL Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 1:20.700 1:20.314 +2.903 14 23 ITA Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 1:21.292 1:20.741 +3.330 15 29 FRA Yannick Dalmas Lola-Ford 1:21.655 1:20.748 +3.337 16 2 JPN 1947 Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Honda 1:22.496 1:20.783 +3.372 17 36 ITA Alex Caffi Dallara-Ford 1:22.349 1:20.922 +3.511 18 18 USA Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron 1:21.519 1:20.965 +3.554 19 24 ESP Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi-Ford 1:21.909 1:21.094 +3.683 20 30 FRA Philippe Alliot Lola-Ford 1:21.809 1:21.096 +3.685 21 14 FRA Philippe Streiff AGS-Ford 1:21.644 1:21.418 +4.007 22 3 GBR Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 1:22.797 1:21.788 +4.377 23 25 FRA René Arnoux Ligier-Judd 1:22.786 1:21.790 +4.379 24 26 SWE Stefan Johansson Ligier-Judd 1:22.778 1:22.035 +4.624 25 21 ITA Nicola Larini Osella 1:22.883 1:22.119 +4.708 26 31 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Coloni-Ford 1:23.057 1:22.170 +4.759 DNQ Did not qualify 4 GBR Julian Bailey Tyrrell-Ford 1:22.946 1:22.296 +4.885 DNQ Did not qualify 9 ITA Piercarlo Ghinzani Zakspeed 1:24.127 1:22.549 +5.138 DNQ Did not qualify 33 ITA Stefano Modena EuroBrun-Ford 1:23.075 1:23.232 +5.664 DNQ Did not qualify 10 FRG Bernd Schneider Zakspeed 1:23.393 1:23.300 +5.889 Race Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 11 FRA Alain Prost McLaren-Honda 70 1:37:40.958 1 9 2 16 ITA Ivan Capelli March-Judd 70 + 9.553 3 6 3 20 BEL Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 70 + 44.619 13 4 4 17 GBR Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 70 + 1:07.419 10 3 5 27 ITA Michele Alboreto Ferrari 70 + 1:11.884 7 2 6 12 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 70 + 1:18.269 2 1 7 36 ITA Alex Caffi Dallara-Ford 69 + 1 lap 17   8 24 ESP Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi-Ford 68 + 2 laps 19   9 14 FRA Philippe Streiff AGS-Ford 68 + 2 laps 21   10 25 FRA René Arnoux Ligier-Judd 68 + 2 laps 23   11 31 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Coloni-Ford 65 + 5 laps 26   12 21 ITA Nicola Larini Osella 63 + 7 laps 25   Ret Retired 15 BRA 1968 Maurício Gugelmin March-Judd 59 Engine 5   Ret Retired 5 GBR Nigel Mansell Williams-Judd 54 Spun off 6   Ret Retired 3 GBR Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 53 Overheating 22   Ret Retired 19 ITA Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 52 Handling 9   Ret Retired 28 AUT Gerhard Berger Ferrari 35 Spun off 4   Ret Retired 1 BRA 1968 Nelson Piquet Lotus-Honda 34 Clutch 8   Ret Retired 6 ITA Riccardo Patrese Williams-Judd 29 Radiator 11   Ret Retired 23 ITA Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 27 Engine 14   Ret Retired 29 FRA Yannick Dalmas Lola-Ford 20 Alternator 15   Ret Retired 2 JPN 1947 Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Honda 16 Spun off 16   Ret Retired 22 ITA Andrea de Cesaris Rial-Ford 11 Halfshaft 12   Ret Retired 18 USA Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron 10 Turbo 18   Ret Retired 30 FRA Philippe Alliot Lola-Ford 7 Engine 20   Ret Retired 26 SWE Stefan Johansson Ligier-Judd 4 Engine 24   DNQ Did not qualify 4 GBR Julian Bailey Tyrrell-Ford     DNQ Did not qualify 9 ITA Piercarlo Ghinzani Zakspeed     DNQ Did not qualify 33 ITA Stefano Modena EuroBrun-Ford     DNQ Did not qualify 10 FRG Bernd Schneider Zakspeed     DNPQ Did not pre-qualify 32 ARG Oscar Larrauri EuroBrun-Ford    Source:http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1988/275/ 1988 Portuguese Grand Prix formula1.com 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150118203918/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1988/275/ 18 January 2015 Championship standings after the race Bold text indicates World Champions. Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 FRA Alain Prost 81 2 BRA 1968 Ayrton Senna 76 3 AUT Gerhard Berger 37 4 ITA Michele Alboreto 24 5 BEL Thierry Boutsen 21Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/1988/portugal/championnat.aspx Portugal 1988 - Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 20 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 GBR McLaren-Honda157 2 ITA Ferrari61 3 GBR Benetton-Ford34 4 GBR Arrows-Megatron20 5 GBR March-Judd19Source: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Points accurate at final declaration of results. The Benettons were subsequently disqualified from the Belgian Grand Prix and their points reallocated. References Portuguese Grand Prix 1988 1988 Italian Grand Prix 1988 Spanish Grand Prix 1987 Portuguese Grand Prix 1989 Portuguese Grand Prix Portuguese Grand Prix Portuguese Grand Prix Category:Portuguese Grand Prix Portuguese Grand Prix