1988 Monaco Grand Prix

1988 Monaco Grand Prix
Race details
	Race 3 of 16 in the 1988 Formula One season
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Date	May 15, 1988
Official name	46e Grand Prix de Monaco
Location	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Course	Street circuit ; 3.328 km (2.068 mi)
Distance	78 laps, 259.584 km (161.298 mi)
Weather	Warm and dry
Pole position
Time	1:23.998
Fastest lap
Time	1:26.321 on lap 59
Podium

The 1988 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on May 15, 1988 at the Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo. It was the third race of the 1988 Formula One season.

Qualifying[]

The domination that the McLaren-Hondas had showed in qualifying at Imola continued in Monaco. Ayrton Senna was in a class of his own being the only driver to get under 1:24.0 and finishing an astonishing 1.4 seconds quicker than team mate and Monaco specialist Alain Prost and 2.7 seconds faster than third placed Gerhard Berger in his Ferrari. The quickest atmo car was the Williams of Nigel Mansell in 5th place, 3.7 seconds off the pace set by Senna.

Lotus-Honda driver Satoru Nakajima failed to qualify for the 26 car grid (in previous years Monaco only had a 20 car grid due to the narrow nature of the Monaco circuit). Also failing to qualify on the tight circuit were the Zakspeed of Bernd Schneider, the Minardi of Adrián Campos and the Tyrrell of Julian Bailey.

Race summary[]

Senna led from the start, with Berger overtaking Prost when the Frenchman missed a gearchange. The first corner at St.Devote saw a variety of accidents: Alex Caffi in his new Dallara hit the wall, AGS's Philippe Streiff retired from a stunning 12th place on the grid when an accelerator cable broke, and Nelson Piquet retired after colliding with Eddie Cheever.

The running order of Senna-Berger-Prost-Mansell-Alboreto-Nannini was maintained until lap 33 when Alboreto took Mansell off at the Swimming Pool with a late passing manoeuvre. On lap 51, there were some dramatic moments when, at the Mirabeau turn, Philippe Alliot in the Lola had a violent collision with Riccardo Patrese's Williams. By lap 54 Prost had finally got past Berger on the run to the first corner and took second place, some 50 seconds behind Senna. He then started trading fastest laps with Senna, who maintained the gap around 50 seconds. With Prost apparently settling for the second place and both McLarens slowing down the pace, Senna spun into the barrier at Portier on lap 65. Immediately after the crash, Senna went to his home at Monaco to contemplate losing a race he had dominated from the first time he took to the track for free practice on Thursday morning. The race was won, for the 4th time in 5 years, by Prost.

The Ferraris took 2nd and 3rd with Derek Warwick in the Arrows-Megatron putting in a fine drive to finish 4th after a race-long battle with the Tyrrell-Ford of Jonathan Palmer. Patrese recovered from his collision to gain the final point by passing the other Lola of Yannick Dalmas on the last lap. Patrese's single point was also the first ever World Championship point scored by a Judd powered car.

Classification[]

Qualifying[]

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Gap
1	12	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	1:26.464	1:23.998	—
2	11	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	1:28.375	1:25.425	+1.427
3	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:29.001	1:26.685	+2.687
4	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:29.931	1:27.297	+3.299
5	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Judd	1:28.475	1:27.665	+3.667
6	19	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	1:29.093	1:27.869	+3.871
7	17	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	1:29.928	1:27.872	+3.874
8	6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Judd	1:29.130	1:28.016	+4.018
9	18	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	1:32.889	1:28.227	+4.229
10	3	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	1:30.679	1:28.358	+4.360
11	1	Nelson Piquet	Lotus-Honda	1:30.924	1:28.403	+4.405
12	14	Philippe Streiff	AGS-Ford	1:29.597	1:28.527	+4.529
13	30	Philippe Alliot	Lola-Ford	1:31.375	1:28.536	+4.538
14	15	Mauricio Gugelmin	March-Judd	1:32.148	1:28.610	+4.612
15	24	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi-Ford	1:31.662	1:28.625	+4.627
16	20	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	1:29.539	1:28.640	+4.642
17	36	Alex Caffi	Dallara-Ford	1:33.691	1:29.075	+5.077
18	32	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun-Ford	1:31.861	1:29.093	+5.095
19	22	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial-Ford	1:33.183	1:29.298	+5.300
20	25	René Arnoux	Ligier-Judd	1:31.964	1:29.480	+5.482
21	29	Yannick Dalmas	Lola-Ford	1:33.158	1:29.601	+5.603
22	16	Ivan Capelli	March-Judd	1:35.216	1:29.603	+5.605
23	9	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	1:33.005	1:30.121	+6.213
24	31	Gabriele Tarquini	Coloni-Ford	1:32.792	1:30.252	+6.254
25	21	Nicola Larini	Osella	1:36.705	1:30.335	+6.337
26	26	Stefan Johansson	Ligier-Judd	1:36.036	1:30.505	+6.507
DNQ	2	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus-Honda	1:30.611	1:31.573	+6.613
DNQ	10	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	1:33.585	1:30.613	+6.615
DNQ	23	Adrián Campos	Minardi-Ford	1:32.627	1:30.793	+6.795
DNQ	4	Julian Bailey	Tyrrell-Ford	1:34.192	1:30.816	+6.818

Race[]

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	78	1:57:17.077	2	9
2	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	78	+ 20.453	3	6
3	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	78	+ 41.229	4	4
4	17	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	77	+ 1 Lap	7	3
5	3	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	77	+ 1 Lap	10	2
6	6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Judd	77	+ 1 Lap	8	1
7	29	Yannick Dalmas	Lola-Ford	77	+ 1 Lap	21
8	20	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	76	+ 2 Laps	16
9	21	Nicola Larini	Osella	75	+ 3 Laps	25
10	16	Ivan Capelli	March-Judd	72	+ 6 Laps	22
Ret	12	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	66	Collision	1
Ret	30	Philippe Alliot	Lola-Ford	50	Collision	13
Ret	15	Maurício Gugelmin	March-Judd	45	Fuel System	14
Ret	9	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	43	Gearbox	23
Ret	19	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford	38	Gearbox	6
Ret	24	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi-Ford	36	Halfshaft	15
Ret	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Judd	32	Collision	5
Ret	22	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial-Ford	28	Engine	19
Ret	25	René Arnoux	Ligier-Judd	17	Engine	20
Ret	32	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun-Ford	14	Brakes	18
Ret	18	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	8	Engine	9
Ret	26	Stefan Johansson	Ligier-Judd	6	Engine	26
Ret	31	Gabriele Tarquini	Coloni-Ford	5	Suspension	24
Ret	1	Nelson Piquet	Lotus-Honda	1	Collision	11
Ret	36	Alex Caffi	Dallara-Ford	0	Spun Off	17
Ret	14	Philippe Streiff	AGS-Ford	0	Throttle	12
DNQ	2	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus-Honda
DNQ	10	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed
DNQ	23	Adrián Campos	Minardi-Ford
DNQ	4	Julian Bailey	Tyrrell-Ford
EX	33	Stefano Modena	EuroBrun-Ford		Excluded

Notes[]

Stefano Modena was excluded for missing a weight check.

Standings after the race[]

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Alain Prost	24
2	Gerhard Berger	14
3	Ayrton Senna	9
4	Nelson Piquet	8
5	Michele Alboreto	6

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	McLaren-Honda	33
2	Ferrari	20
3	Lotus-Honda	9
4	Arrows-Megatron	6
5	Benetton-Ford	4

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References[]

Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from "The Official Formula 1 website". http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1988/265/. Retrieved 2007-07-12.

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