Lap Ledger1950–2027 · every championship race

Race · Round 1 of 16 ·

1988 Brazilian Grand Prix

Alain Prost won for McLaren from 3rd on the grid at Jacarepagua. 17 of the starters were not classified. With this win, Alain Prost set a new record of 29 championship Grand Prix wins.

Dry, with cloud · High of 24 °C, 6.5 mm of rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Circuit
JacarepaguaRio de Janeiro, Brazil
Winner
Alain ProstMcLaren
Fastest lap
Gerhard Berger
Entries
319 classified

Classification

Classification
PosDriverConstructorChassisGridLapsOutPointsFL
1Alain ProstMcLarenMP4/4360Finished9
2Gerhard BergerFerrariF1/87/88C460Finished6fastest lap
3Nelson PiquetTeam Lotus100T560Finished4
4Derek WarwickArrowsA10B1160Finished3
5Michele AlboretoFerrariF1/87/88C660Finished2
6Satoru NakajimaTeam Lotus100T1059Finished1
7Thierry BoutsenBenettonB188759Finished0
8Eddie CheeverArrowsA10B1559Finished0
9Stefan JohanssonLigierJS312157Finished0
DNFAndrea de CesarisRialARC11453Engine0
DNFJonathan PalmerTyrrell152247Transmission0
DNFLuis Pérez-SalaMinardiM1882046Chassis0
DNFPhilippe AlliotLolaLC881640Suspension0
DNFGabriele TarquiniColoni—2535Suspension0
DNFPhilippe StreiffAGSJH231935Brakes0
DNFYannick DalmasLolaLC881732Engine0
DSQAyrton SennaMcLarenMP4/4131Illegal car change0
DNFRene ArnouxLigierJS311823Clutch0
DNFStefano ModenaEuroBrunER1882420Engine0
DNFNigel MansellWilliamsFW12218Engine0
DNFAlessandro NanniniBenettonB188127Engine0
DNFRiccardo PatreseWilliamsFW1286Engine0
DNFIvan CapelliMarch88196Engine0
DNFAdrián CamposMinardiM188235Chassis0
DNFMauricio GugelminMarch881130Gearbox0
DNFOscar LarrauriEuroBrunER188260Electrical0
DNQJulian BaileyTyrrell15——DNQ0
DNQPiercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed881——DNQ0
DNQNicola LariniOsella———DNQ0
DNQBernd SchneiderZakspeed881——DNQ0
DNPQAlex CaffiDallara———DNPQ0
A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.
F1DB layout jacarepagua-1 · 5.031 km · 11 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

0102030405060Laps completedGridResult31Alain Prost42Gerhard Berger53Nelson Piquet114Derek Warwick65Michele Alboreto106Satoru Nakajima77Thierry Boutsen158Eddie Cheever219Stefan Johansson14DNFAndrea de Cesaris22DNFJonathan Palmer20DNFLuis Pérez-Sala16DNFPhilippe Alliot25DNFGabriele Tarquini19DNFPhilippe Streiff17DNFYannick Dalmas1DSQAyrton Senna18DNFRene Arnoux24DNFStefano Modena2DNFNigel Mansell12DNFAlessandro Nannini8DNFRiccardo Patrese9DNFIvan Capelli23DNFAdrián Campos13DNFMauricio Gugelmin26DNFOscar Larrauri

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
DriverGridResultLaps
Alain Prost3160
Gerhard Berger4260
Nelson Piquet5360
Derek Warwick11460
Michele Alboreto6560
Satoru Nakajima10659
Thierry Boutsen7759
Eddie Cheever15859
Stefan Johansson21957
Andrea de Cesaris14DNF53
Jonathan Palmer22DNF47
Luis Pérez-Sala20DNF46
Philippe Alliot16DNF40
Gabriele Tarquini25DNF35
Philippe Streiff19DNF35
Yannick Dalmas17DNF32
Ayrton Senna1DSQ31
Rene Arnoux18DNF23
Stefano Modena24DNF20
Nigel Mansell2DNF18
Alessandro Nannini12DNF7
Riccardo Patrese8DNF6
Ivan Capelli9DNF6
Adrián Campos23DNF5
Mauricio Gugelmin13DNF0
Oscar Larrauri26DNF0

Qualifying

Qualifying
PosDriverConstructorNo.TimeGap≈ DistanceInterval
1Ayrton SennaMcLaren121:28.096—0 m—
2Nigel MansellWilliams51:28.632+0.53631 m+0.536
3Alain ProstMcLaren111:28.782+0.68639 m+0.150
4Gerhard BergerFerrari281:29.026+0.93053 m+0.244
5Nelson PiquetTeam Lotus11:30.087+1.991114 m+1.061
6Michele AlboretoFerrari271:30.114+2.018115 m+0.027
7Thierry BoutsenBenetton201:30.140+2.044117 m+0.026
8Riccardo PatreseWilliams61:30.439+2.343134 m+0.299
9Ivan CapelliMarch161:30.929+2.833162 m+0.490
10Satoru NakajimaTeam Lotus21:31.280+3.184182 m+0.351
11Derek WarwickArrows171:31.723+3.627207 m+0.443
12Alessandro NanniniBenetton191:31.772+3.676210 m+0.049
13Mauricio GugelminMarch151:31.833+3.737213 m+0.061
14Andrea de CesarisRial221:32.275+4.179239 m+0.442
15Eddie CheeverArrows181:32.843+4.747271 m+0.568
16Philippe AlliotLola301:32.933+4.837276 m+0.090
17Yannick DalmasLola291:33.408+5.312303 m+0.475
18Rene ArnouxLigier251:34.474+6.378364 m+1.066
19Philippe StreiffAGS141:34.481+6.385365 m+0.007
20Luis Pérez-SalaMinardi241:34.532+6.436368 m+0.051
21Stefan JohanssonLigier261:34.579+6.483370 m+0.047
22Jonathan PalmerTyrrell31:34.686+6.590376 m+0.107
23Adrián CamposMinardi231:34.886+6.790388 m+0.200
24Stefano ModenaEuroBrun331:34.910+6.814389 m+0.024
25Gabriele TarquiniColoni311:35.407+7.311418 m+0.497
26Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun321:35.711+7.615435 m+0.304
27Julian BaileyTyrrell41:36.137+8.041459 m+0.426
28Piercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed91:37.621+9.525544 m+1.484
29Nicola LariniOsella211:38.371+10.275587 m+0.750
30Bernd SchneiderZakspeed101:38.614+10.518601 m+0.243
Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.
How it is derived: distance, Qualifying

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Pit stops

Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.

Practice sessions Pre-qualifying · Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Warm-up

Pre-qualifying

Pre-qualifying
PosDriverConstructorNo.Best lapGap≈ DistanceIntervalLaps
1Andrea de CesarisRial221:37.033—0 m——
2Stefano ModenaEuroBrun331:37.886+0.85344 m+0.853—
3Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun321:38.276+1.24364 m+0.390—
4Gabriele TarquiniColoni311:43.869+6.836354 m+5.593—
5Alex CaffiDallara361:46.442+9.409488 m+2.573—
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Pre-qualifying

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 1

Practice 1
PosDriverConstructorNo.Best lapGap≈ DistanceIntervalLaps
1Alain ProstMcLaren111:31.234—0 m——
2Ayrton SennaMcLaren121:31.761+0.52729 m+0.527—
3Nigel MansellWilliams51:31.987+0.75342 m+0.226—
4Michele AlboretoFerrari271:32.609+1.37576 m+0.622—
5Alessandro NanniniBenetton191:32.887+1.65391 m+0.278—
6Thierry BoutsenBenetton201:33.137+1.903105 m+0.250—
7Gerhard BergerFerrari281:33.276+2.042113 m+0.139—
8Eddie CheeverArrows181:33.953+2.719150 m+0.677—
9Derek WarwickArrows171:33.974+2.740151 m+0.021—
10Nelson PiquetTeam Lotus11:34.177+2.943162 m+0.203—
11Riccardo PatreseWilliams61:35.146+3.912216 m+0.969—
12Mauricio GugelminMarch151:35.346+4.112227 m+0.200—
13Satoru NakajimaTeam Lotus21:35.357+4.123227 m+0.011—
14Yannick DalmasLola291:36.585+5.351295 m+1.228—
15Philippe AlliotLola301:36.871+5.637311 m+0.286—
16Rene ArnouxLigier251:36.975+5.741317 m+0.104—
17Adrián CamposMinardi231:36.984+5.750317 m+0.009—
18Andrea de CesarisRial221:37.033+5.799320 m+0.049—
19Luis Pérez-SalaMinardi241:37.821+6.587363 m+0.788—
20Stefano ModenaEuroBrun331:37.886+6.652367 m+0.065—
21Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun321:38.276+7.042388 m+0.390—
22Stefan JohanssonLigier261:38.520+7.286402 m+0.244—
23Philippe StreiffAGS141:39.058+7.824431 m+0.538—
24Jonathan PalmerTyrrell31:39.782+8.548471 m+0.724—
25Piercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed91:40.377+9.143504 m+0.595—
26Ivan CapelliMarch161:41.397+10.163560 m+1.020—
27Nicola LariniOsella211:42.421+11.187617 m+1.024—
28Julian BaileyTyrrell41:42.591+11.357626 m+0.170—
29Gabriele TarquiniColoni311:43.869+12.635697 m+1.278—
30Alex CaffiDallara361:46.442+15.208839 m+2.573—
31Bernd SchneiderZakspeed1010:35.816+9:04.58230,030 m+8:49.374—
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Practice 1

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 2

Practice 2
PosDriverConstructorNo.Best lapGap≈ DistanceIntervalLaps
1Ayrton SennaMcLaren121:29.521—0 m——
2Gerhard BergerFerrari281:30.568+1.04759 m+1.047—
3Thierry BoutsenBenetton201:30.675+1.15465 m+0.107—
4Nigel MansellWilliams51:31.118+1.59790 m+0.443—
5Michele AlboretoFerrari271:31.381+1.860105 m+0.263—
6Nelson PiquetTeam Lotus11:31.915+2.394135 m+0.534—
7Riccardo PatreseWilliams61:32.173+2.652149 m+0.258—
8Mauricio GugelminMarch151:32.390+2.869161 m+0.217—
9Derek WarwickArrows171:32.793+3.272184 m+0.403—
10Andrea de CesarisRial221:32.835+3.314186 m+0.042—
11Satoru NakajimaTeam Lotus21:33.181+3.660206 m+0.346—
12Eddie CheeverArrows181:33.756+4.235238 m+0.575—
13Philippe AlliotLola301:33.761+4.240238 m+0.005—
14Alain ProstMcLaren111:34.027+4.506253 m+0.266—
15Alessandro NanniniBenetton191:34.215+4.694264 m+0.188—
16Adrián CamposMinardi231:35.162+5.641317 m+0.947—
17Yannick DalmasLola291:35.397+5.876330 m+0.235—
18Ivan CapelliMarch161:35.408+5.887331 m+0.011—
19Stefan JohanssonLigier261:35.635+6.114344 m+0.227—
20Luis Pérez-SalaMinardi241:35.793+6.272352 m+0.158—
21Philippe StreiffAGS141:35.875+6.354357 m+0.082—
22Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun321:36.244+6.723378 m+0.369—
23Rene ArnouxLigier251:36.409+6.888387 m+0.165—
24Gabriele TarquiniColoni311:36.420+6.899388 m+0.011—
25Jonathan PalmerTyrrell31:36.689+7.168403 m+0.269—
26Piercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed91:37.907+8.386471 m+1.218—
27Stefano ModenaEuroBrun331:38.352+8.831496 m+0.445—
28Nicola LariniOsella211:38.443+8.922501 m+0.091—
29Julian BaileyTyrrell41:38.677+9.156515 m+0.234—
30Bernd SchneiderZakspeed101:39.302+9.781550 m+0.625—
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Practice 2

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Warm-up

Warm-up
PosDriverConstructorNo.Best lapGap≈ DistanceIntervalLaps
1Ayrton SennaMcLaren121:45.165—0 m——
2Thierry BoutsenBenetton201:46.460+1.29562 m+1.295—
3Alessandro NanniniBenetton191:46.885+1.72082 m+0.425—
4Alain ProstMcLaren111:46.908+1.74383 m+0.023—
5Nigel MansellWilliams51:47.073+1.90891 m+0.165—
6Gerhard BergerFerrari281:47.920+2.755132 m+0.847—
7Ivan CapelliMarch161:48.172+3.007144 m+0.252—
8Derek WarwickArrows171:49.463+4.298206 m+1.291—
9Michele AlboretoFerrari271:49.470+4.305206 m+0.007—
10Riccardo PatreseWilliams61:49.484+4.319207 m+0.014—
11Andrea de CesarisRial221:49.676+4.511216 m+0.192—
12Satoru NakajimaTeam Lotus21:49.883+4.718226 m+0.207—
13Mauricio GugelminMarch151:49.900+4.735227 m+0.017—
14Nelson PiquetTeam Lotus11:50.486+5.321255 m+0.586—
15Eddie CheeverArrows181:50.556+5.391258 m+0.070—
16Stefan JohanssonLigier261:51.062+5.897282 m+0.506—
17Philippe AlliotLola301:51.285+6.120293 m+0.223—
18Yannick DalmasLola291:51.673+6.508311 m+0.388—
19Rene ArnouxLigier251:51.857+6.692320 m+0.184—
20Adrián CamposMinardi231:51.884+6.719321 m+0.027—
21Jonathan PalmerTyrrell31:52.026+6.861328 m+0.142—
22Stefano ModenaEuroBrun331:52.901+7.736370 m+0.875—
23Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun321:53.194+8.029384 m+0.293—
24Gabriele TarquiniColoni311:53.897+8.732418 m+0.703—
25Luis Pérez-SalaMinardi241:54.879+9.714465 m+0.982—
26Philippe StreiffAGS141:55.128+9.963477 m+0.249—
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Warm-up

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

McLaren MP4/4
McLaren MP4/4
McLaren MP4-4 front-right Honda Collection Hall · Morio · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ferrari F1/87
Ferrari F1/87
Ferrari F1-87 · Etienne (Li) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Lotus 100T
Lotus 100T
Sato Lotus 100T Suzuka 2010 · https://www.flickr.com/photos/temalive/ · CC BY-SA 2.0
Arrows A10
Arrows A10
Arrows A10 at the 2016 Goodwood Festival of Speed · Matthew Lamb · CC BY-SA 2.0
Benetton B188
Benetton B188
Benetton B188 Goodwood FoS 2009 2 · Brian Snelson · CC BY 2.0
Ligier JS31
Ligier JS31
Ligier JS31 - Rétromobile 2025 · Xavoun · CC BY-SA 4.0
6 more photographs
AGS JH23
AGS JH23
Rétromobile 2017 - AGS JH23 - 1989 - 001 · Thesupermat · CC BY-SA 4.0
EuroBrun ER188
EuroBrun ER188
Eurobrun ER188 Italian Grand Prix 2025 · Eustace Bagge · CC BY 4.0
Lola LC88
Lola LC88
Larrousse Lola LC88-Cosworth of Philippe Alliot at the 2025 Adelaide Grand Final - 05 · Yu Chu Chin · CC BY-SA 4.0
Rial ARC1
Rial ARC1
F1 1988, Rial ARC1, Spa Francorchamps (55425564171) (cropped) · Original: Der Alf / Derivative work: Danyele · CC BY 4.0
Tyrrell 017
Tyrrell 017
EMS 2023, Essen (P1160461) · Matti Blume · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
Williams FW12
Williams FW12
Williams FW12B (Mansell) front-left 2017 Williams Conference Centre · Morio · CC BY-SA 4.0

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

Where this comes from

Round
1 of 1988
Grand Prix
Brazilian Grand Prix
Dates
Layout raced
—
Format
Standard weekend
Constructor
McLaren
Entrant
McLaren-Honda
Confidence
reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.