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Race · Round 15 of 16 ·

1988 Japanese Grand Prix

Ayrton Senna won for McLaren from pole at Suzuka Circuit. 9 of the starters were not classified.

Wet · High of 13 °C, no 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
Suzuka CircuitSuzuka, Japan
Winner
Ayrton SennaMcLaren
Fastest lap
Ayrton Senna
Entries
3117 classified

Classification

Classification
PosDriverConstructorChassisGridLapsOutPointsFL
1Ayrton SennaMcLarenMP4/4151Finished9fastest lap
2Alain ProstMcLarenMP4/4251Finished6
3Thierry BoutsenBenettonB1881051Finished4
4Gerhard BergerFerrariF1/87/88C351Finished3
5Alessandro NanniniBenettonB1881251Finished2
6Riccardo PatreseWilliamsFW121151Finished1
7Satoru NakajimaTeam Lotus100T650Finished0
8Philippe StreiffAGSJH231850Finished0
9Philippe AlliotLolaLC881950Finished0
10Mauricio GugelminMarch8811350Finished0
11Michele AlboretoFerrariF1/87/88C950Finished0
12Jonathan PalmerTyrrell151650Finished0
13Pierluigi MartiniMinardiM1881749Finished0
14Julian BaileyTyrrell152649Finished0
15Luis Pérez-SalaMinardiM1882249Finished0
16Aguri SuzukiLolaLC882048Finished0
17Rene ArnouxLigierJS312348Finished0
DNFAndrea de CesarisRialARC11436Overheating0
DNFEddie CheeverArrowsA10B1535Ignition0
DNFNicola LariniOsella—2434Brakes0
DNFNelson PiquetTeam Lotus100T534Unwell0
DNFNigel MansellWilliamsFW12824Collision0
DNFAlex CaffiDallara—2122Spun off0
DNFIvan CapelliMarch881419Electrical0
DNFDerek WarwickArrowsA10B716Spun off0
DNFBernd SchneiderZakspeed8812514Unfit0
DNQStefan JohanssonLigierJS31——DNQ0
DNQOscar LarrauriEuroBrunER188——DNQ0
DNQPiercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed881——DNQ0
DNQStefano ModenaEuroBrunER188——DNQ0
DNPQGabriele TarquiniColoni———DNPQ0
A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.
F1DB layout suzuka-1 · 5.86 km · 18 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

05101520253035404550Laps completedGridResult11Ayrton Senna22Alain Prost103Thierry Boutsen34Gerhard Berger125Alessandro Nannini116Riccardo Patrese67Satoru Nakajima188Philippe Streiff199Philippe Alliot1310Mauricio Gugelmin911Michele Alboreto1612Jonathan Palmer1713Pierluigi Martini2614Julian Bailey2215Luis Pérez-Sala2016Aguri Suzuki2317Rene Arnoux14DNFAndrea de Cesaris15DNFEddie Cheever24DNFNicola Larini5DNFNelson Piquet8DNFNigel Mansell21DNFAlex Caffi4DNFIvan Capelli7DNFDerek Warwick25DNFBernd Schneider

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
Ayrton Senna1151
Alain Prost2251
Thierry Boutsen10351
Gerhard Berger3451
Alessandro Nannini12551
Riccardo Patrese11651
Satoru Nakajima6750
Philippe Streiff18850
Philippe Alliot19950
Mauricio Gugelmin131050
Michele Alboreto91150
Jonathan Palmer161250
Pierluigi Martini171349
Julian Bailey261449
Luis Pérez-Sala221549
Aguri Suzuki201648
Rene Arnoux231748
Andrea de Cesaris14DNF36
Eddie Cheever15DNF35
Nicola Larini24DNF34
Nelson Piquet5DNF34
Nigel Mansell8DNF24
Alex Caffi21DNF22
Ivan Capelli4DNF19
Derek Warwick7DNF16
Bernd Schneider25DNF14

Qualifying

Qualifying
PosDriverConstructorNo.TimeGap≈ DistanceInterval
1Ayrton SennaMcLaren121:41.853—0 m—
2Alain ProstMcLaren111:42.177+0.32419 m+0.324
3Gerhard BergerFerrari281:43.353+1.50086 m+1.176
4Ivan CapelliMarch161:43.605+1.752101 m+0.252
5Nelson PiquetTeam Lotus11:43.693+1.840106 m+0.088
6Satoru NakajimaTeam Lotus21:43.693+1.840106 m+0.000
7Derek WarwickArrows171:43.816+1.963113 m+0.123
8Nigel MansellWilliams51:43.893+2.040117 m+0.077
9Michele AlboretoFerrari271:43.972+2.119122 m+0.079
10Thierry BoutsenBenetton201:44.499+2.646152 m+0.527
11Riccardo PatreseWilliams61:44.555+2.702155 m+0.056
12Alessandro NanniniBenetton191:44.611+2.758159 m+0.056
13Mauricio GugelminMarch151:45.138+3.285189 m+0.527
14Andrea de CesarisRial221:45.558+3.705213 m+0.420
15Eddie CheeverArrows181:45.845+3.992230 m+0.287
16Jonathan PalmerTyrrell31:45.916+4.063234 m+0.071
17Pierluigi MartiniMinardi231:46.449+4.596264 m+0.533
18Philippe StreiffAGS141:46.486+4.633267 m+0.037
19Philippe AlliotLola301:46.521+4.668269 m+0.035
20Aguri SuzukiLola291:46.920+5.067292 m+0.399
21Alex CaffiDallara361:46.982+5.129295 m+0.062
22Luis Pérez-SalaMinardi241:47.134+5.281304 m+0.152
23Rene ArnouxLigier251:47.193+5.340307 m+0.059
24Nicola LariniOsella211:47.547+5.694328 m+0.354
25Bernd SchneiderZakspeed101:47.599+5.746331 m+0.052
26Julian BaileyTyrrell41:48.589+6.736388 m+0.990
27Stefan JohanssonLigier261:48.716+6.863395 m+0.127
28Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun321:49.265+7.412426 m+0.549
29Piercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed91:49.706+7.853452 m+0.441
30Stefano ModenaEuroBrun331:49.810+7.957458 m+0.104
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
1Alex CaffiDallara361:49.099—0 m——
2Nicola LariniOsella211:50.288+1.18964 m+1.189—
3Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun321:50.942+1.84399 m+0.654—
4Stefano ModenaEuroBrun331:51.141+2.042110 m+0.199—
5Gabriele TarquiniColoni311:52.234+3.135168 m+1.093—
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 ProstMcLaren111:44.620—0 m——
2Ayrton SennaMcLaren121:44.848+0.22813 m+0.228—
3Michele AlboretoFerrari271:45.706+1.08661 m+0.858—
4Nigel MansellWilliams51:45.803+1.18366 m+0.097—
5Mauricio GugelminMarch151:46.152+1.53286 m+0.349—
6Satoru NakajimaTeam Lotus21:46.532+1.912107 m+0.380—
7Gerhard BergerFerrari281:46.553+1.933108 m+0.021—
8Riccardo PatreseWilliams61:46.975+2.355132 m+0.422—
9Thierry BoutsenBenetton201:47.149+2.529142 m+0.174—
10Alessandro NanniniBenetton191:47.180+2.560143 m+0.031—
11Ivan CapelliMarch161:47.200+2.580145 m+0.020—
12Eddie CheeverArrows181:47.694+3.074172 m+0.494—
13Philippe AlliotLola301:47.767+3.147176 m+0.073—
14Derek WarwickArrows171:47.797+3.177178 m+0.030—
15Nelson PiquetTeam Lotus11:48.547+3.927220 m+0.750—
16Andrea de CesarisRial221:48.847+4.227237 m+0.300—
17Alex CaffiDallara361:49.099+4.479251 m+0.252—
18Philippe StreiffAGS141:49.525+4.905275 m+0.426—
19Pierluigi MartiniMinardi231:49.587+4.967278 m+0.062—
20Piercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed91:49.989+5.369301 m+0.402—
21Aguri SuzukiLola291:50.281+5.661317 m+0.292—
22Nicola LariniOsella211:50.288+5.668317 m+0.007—
23Luis Pérez-SalaMinardi241:50.564+5.944333 m+0.276—
24Jonathan PalmerTyrrell31:50.862+6.242350 m+0.298—
25Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun321:50.942+6.322354 m+0.080—
26Bernd SchneiderZakspeed101:51.097+6.477363 m+0.155—
27Stefano ModenaEuroBrun331:51.141+6.521365 m+0.044—
28Julian BaileyTyrrell41:51.196+6.576368 m+0.055—
29Stefan JohanssonLigier261:51.536+6.916387 m+0.340—
30Rene ArnouxLigier251:51.600+6.980391 m+0.064—
31Gabriele TarquiniColoni311:52.234+7.614426 m+0.634—
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
1Michele AlboretoFerrari271:44.290—0 m——
2Ayrton SennaMcLaren121:44.543+0.25314 m+0.253—
3Nigel MansellWilliams51:44.668+0.37821 m+0.125—
4Ivan CapelliMarch161:44.694+0.40423 m+0.026—
5Riccardo PatreseWilliams61:44.930+0.64036 m+0.236—
6Mauricio GugelminMarch151:44.945+0.65537 m+0.015—
7Alain ProstMcLaren111:45.233+0.94353 m+0.288—
8Satoru NakajimaTeam Lotus21:45.731+1.44181 m+0.498—
9Andrea de CesarisRial221:46.092+1.802101 m+0.361—
10Nelson PiquetTeam Lotus11:46.193+1.903107 m+0.101—
11Thierry BoutsenBenetton201:46.279+1.989112 m+0.086—
12Alex CaffiDallara361:46.853+2.563144 m+0.574—
13Alessandro NanniniBenetton191:47.094+2.804158 m+0.241—
14Pierluigi MartiniMinardi231:47.349+3.059172 m+0.255—
15Eddie CheeverArrows181:47.428+3.138176 m+0.079—
16Philippe AlliotLola301:47.521+3.231182 m+0.093—
17Philippe StreiffAGS141:47.601+3.311186 m+0.080—
18Gerhard BergerFerrari281:47.649+3.359189 m+0.048—
19Stefan JohanssonLigier261:47.733+3.443193 m+0.084—
20Bernd SchneiderZakspeed101:47.921+3.631204 m+0.188—
21Rene ArnouxLigier251:48.036+3.746210 m+0.115—
22Nicola LariniOsella211:48.551+4.261239 m+0.515—
23Piercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed91:48.663+4.373246 m+0.112—
24Aguri SuzukiLola291:48.725+4.435249 m+0.062—
25Luis Pérez-SalaMinardi241:48.807+4.517254 m+0.082—
26Julian BaileyTyrrell41:49.053+4.763268 m+0.246—
27Jonathan PalmerTyrrell31:49.548+5.258295 m+0.495—
28Derek WarwickArrows171:49.569+5.279297 m+0.021—
29Stefano ModenaEuroBrun331:49.576+5.286297 m+0.007—
30Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun321:50.418+6.128344 m+0.842—
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 SennaMcLaren121:46.372—0 m——
2Nigel MansellWilliams51:46.745+0.37321 m+0.373—
3Thierry BoutsenBenetton201:46.885+0.51328 m+0.140—
4Alain ProstMcLaren111:47.063+0.69138 m+0.178—
5Ivan CapelliMarch161:47.147+0.77543 m+0.084—
6Nelson PiquetTeam Lotus11:47.453+1.08160 m+0.306—
7Alessandro NanniniBenetton191:47.549+1.17765 m+0.096—
8Riccardo PatreseWilliams61:47.591+1.21967 m+0.042—
9Mauricio GugelminMarch151:48.125+1.75397 m+0.534—
10Gerhard BergerFerrari281:48.199+1.827101 m+0.074—
11Michele AlboretoFerrari271:48.515+2.143118 m+0.316—
12Satoru NakajimaTeam Lotus21:48.849+2.477136 m+0.334—
13Pierluigi MartiniMinardi231:49.574+3.202176 m+0.725—
14Eddie CheeverArrows181:49.650+3.278181 m+0.076—
15Jonathan PalmerTyrrell31:49.712+3.340184 m+0.062—
16Alex CaffiDallara361:49.865+3.493192 m+0.153—
17Aguri SuzukiLola291:50.428+4.056223 m+0.563—
18Luis Pérez-SalaMinardi241:50.500+4.128227 m+0.072—
19Philippe StreiffAGS141:50.600+4.228233 m+0.100—
20Andrea de CesarisRial221:50.684+4.312238 m+0.084—
21Philippe AlliotLola301:51.066+4.694259 m+0.382—
22Julian BaileyTyrrell41:51.399+5.027277 m+0.333—
23Rene ArnouxLigier251:52.838+6.466356 m+1.439—
24Nicola LariniOsella211:55.085+8.713480 m+2.247—
25Bernd SchneiderZakspeed101:55.601+9.229508 m+0.516—
26Derek WarwickArrows178:07.970+6:21.59821,022 m+6:12.369—
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
Benetton B188
Benetton B188
Benetton B188 Goodwood FoS 2009 2 · Brian Snelson · CC BY 2.0
Ferrari F1/87
Ferrari F1/87
Ferrari F1-87 · Etienne (Li) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Williams FW12
Williams FW12
Williams FW12B (Mansell) front-left 2017 Williams Conference Centre · Morio · CC BY-SA 4.0
Lotus 100T
Lotus 100T
Sato Lotus 100T Suzuka 2010 · https://www.flickr.com/photos/temalive/ · CC BY-SA 2.0
AGS JH23
AGS JH23
Rétromobile 2017 - AGS JH23 - 1989 - 001 · Thesupermat · CC BY-SA 4.0
6 more photographs
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
Tyrrell 017
Tyrrell 017
EMS 2023, Essen (P1160461) · Matti Blume · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
Ligier JS31
Ligier JS31
Ligier JS31 - Rétromobile 2025 · Xavoun · CC BY-SA 4.0
Arrows A10
Arrows A10
Arrows A10 at the 2016 Goodwood Festival of Speed · Matthew Lamb · CC BY-SA 2.0
EuroBrun ER188
EuroBrun ER188
Eurobrun ER188 Italian Grand Prix 2025 · Eustace Bagge · CC BY 4.0
Rial ARC1
Rial ARC1
F1 1988, Rial ARC1, Spa Francorchamps (55425564171) (cropped) · Original: Der Alf / Derivative work: Danyele · CC BY 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
15 of 1988
Grand Prix
Japanese Grand Prix
Dates
Layout raced
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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.