Race · Round 2 of 16 · 1 May 1988

1988 San Marino Grand Prix

Ayrton Senna won for McLaren from pole at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari. 8 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 21 °C, 0.2 mm of rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

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Circuit: Autodromo Enzo e Dino FerrariImola, Italy
Winner: Ayrton SennaMcLaren
Pole: Ayrton Senna
Fastest lap: Alain Prost
Entries: 3118 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	MP4/4	1	60	Finished	9
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/4	2	60	Finished	6	fastest lap
3	Nelson Piquet	Team Lotus	100T	3	59	Finished	4
4	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	B188	8	59	Finished	3
5	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	F1/87/88C	5	59	Finished	2
6	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	B188	4	59	Finished	1
7	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	A10B	7	59	Finished	0
8	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	100T	12	59	Finished	0
9	Derek Warwick	Arrows	A10B	14	58	Finished	0
10	Philippe Streiff	AGS	JH23	13	58	Finished	0
11	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	M188	18	58	Finished	0
12	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	LC88	19	58	Finished	0
13	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	FW12	6	58	Finished	0
14	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	15	23	58	Finished	0
15	Mauricio Gugelmin	March	881	20	58	Finished	0
16	Adrián Campos	Minardi	M188	22	57	Finished	0
17	Philippe Alliot	Lola	LC88	15	57	Finished	0
18	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	F1/87/88C	10	54	Engine	0
NC	Stefano Modena	EuroBrun	ER188	26	52	NC	0
DNF	Julian Bailey	Tyrrell	15	21	48	Gearbox	0
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Williams	FW12	11	42	Engine	0
DNF	Gabriele Tarquini	Coloni	—	17	40	Fuel system	0
DNF	Alex Caffi	Dallara	—	24	18	Gearbox	0
DNF	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	881	25	16	Gearbox	0
DNF	Ivan Capelli	March	881	9	2	Gearbox	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial	ARC1	16	1	Suspension	0
DNQ	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun	ER188	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Stefan Johansson	Ligier	JS31	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	JS31	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	881	—	—	DNQ	0
EX	Nicola Larini	Osella	—	—	—	Failed scrutineering	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout imola-1 · 5.04 km · 22 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

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
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Ayrton Senna	1	1	60
Alain Prost	2	2	60
Nelson Piquet	3	3	59
Thierry Boutsen	8	4	59
Gerhard Berger	5	5	59
Alessandro Nannini	4	6	59
Eddie Cheever	7	7	59
Satoru Nakajima	12	8	59
Derek Warwick	14	9	58
Philippe Streiff	13	10	58
Luis Pérez-Sala	18	11	58
Yannick Dalmas	19	12	58
Riccardo Patrese	6	13	58
Jonathan Palmer	23	14	58
Mauricio Gugelmin	20	15	58
Adrián Campos	22	16	57
Philippe Alliot	15	17	57
Michele Alboreto	10	18	54
Stefano Modena	26	NC	52
Julian Bailey	21	DNF	48
Nigel Mansell	11	DNF	42
Gabriele Tarquini	17	DNF	40
Alex Caffi	24	DNF	18
Piercarlo Ghinzani	25	DNF	16
Ivan Capelli	9	DNF	2
Andrea de Cesaris	16	DNF	1

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	12	1:27.148	—	0 m	—
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	11	1:27.919	+0.771	45 m	+0.771
3	Nelson Piquet	Team Lotus	1	1:30.500	+3.352	194 m	+2.581
4	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:30.590	+3.442	199 m	+0.090
5	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:30.683	+3.535	204 m	+0.093
6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:30.952	+3.804	220 m	+0.269
7	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	18	1:31.300	+4.152	240 m	+0.348
8	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	20	1:31.414	+4.266	247 m	+0.114
9	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:31.519	+4.371	253 m	+0.105
10	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:31.520	+4.372	253 m	+0.001
11	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:31.635	+4.487	259 m	+0.115
12	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	2	1:31.647	+4.499	260 m	+0.012
13	Philippe Streiff	AGS	14	1:32.013	+4.865	281 m	+0.366
14	Derek Warwick	Arrows	17	1:32.483	+5.335	309 m	+0.470
15	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:32.712	+5.564	322 m	+0.229
16	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial	22	1:33.037	+5.889	341 m	+0.325
17	Gabriele Tarquini	Coloni	31	1:33.236	+6.088	352 m	+0.199
18	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	24	1:33.239	+6.091	352 m	+0.003
19	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	29	1:33.374	+6.226	360 m	+0.135
20	Mauricio Gugelmin	March	15	1:33.448	+6.300	364 m	+0.074
21	Julian Bailey	Tyrrell	4	1:33.874	+6.726	389 m	+0.426
22	Adrián Campos	Minardi	23	1:33.903	+6.755	391 m	+0.029
23	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:33.972	+6.824	395 m	+0.069
24	Alex Caffi	Dallara	36	1:34.204	+7.056	408 m	+0.232
25	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	9	1:34.567	+7.419	429 m	+0.363
26	Stefano Modena	EuroBrun	33	1:34.782	+7.634	441 m	+0.215
27	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun	32	1:35.077	+7.929	459 m	+0.295
28	Stefan Johansson	Ligier	26	1:35.654	+8.506	492 m	+0.577
29	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:36.123	+8.975	519 m	+0.469
30	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	10	1:36.218	+9.070	525 m	+0.095

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

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 Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Warm-up

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	12	1:46.453	—	0 m	—	—
2	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:46.828	+0.375	18 m	+0.375	—
3	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:47.265	+0.812	38 m	+0.437	—
4	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:47.772	+1.319	62 m	+0.507	—
5	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:48.049	+1.596	76 m	+0.277	—
6	Alain Prost	McLaren	11	1:48.128	+1.675	79 m	+0.079	—
7	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	20	1:48.169	+1.716	81 m	+0.041	—
8	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:48.526	+2.073	98 m	+0.357	—
9	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:49.541	+3.088	146 m	+1.015	—
10	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	18	1:49.604	+3.151	149 m	+0.063	—
11	Derek Warwick	Arrows	17	1:50.162	+3.709	176 m	+0.558	—
12	Mauricio Gugelmin	March	15	1:51.659	+5.206	246 m	+1.497	—
13	Nelson Piquet	Team Lotus	1	1:51.790	+5.337	253 m	+0.131	—
14	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	29	1:52.010	+5.557	263 m	+0.220	—
15	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial	22	1:52.011	+5.558	263 m	+0.001	—
16	Alex Caffi	Dallara	36	1:52.070	+5.617	266 m	+0.059	—
17	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	2	1:52.523	+6.070	287 m	+0.453	—
18	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	9	1:52.554	+6.101	289 m	+0.031	—
19	Philippe Streiff	AGS	14	1:52.849	+6.396	303 m	+0.295	—
20	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:52.881	+6.428	304 m	+0.032	—
21	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	10	1:52.931	+6.478	307 m	+0.050	—
22	Gabriele Tarquini	Coloni	31	1:53.231	+6.778	321 m	+0.300	—
23	Stefan Johansson	Ligier	26	1:54.028	+7.575	359 m	+0.797	—
24	Julian Bailey	Tyrrell	4	1:54.299	+7.846	371 m	+0.271	—
25	Stefano Modena	EuroBrun	33	1:55.076	+8.623	408 m	+0.777	—
26	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:55.151	+8.698	412 m	+0.075	—
27	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun	32	1:55.415	+8.962	424 m	+0.264	—
28	Adrián Campos	Minardi	23	1:56.129	+9.676	458 m	+0.714	—
29	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	24	1:57.156	+10.703	507 m	+1.027	—
30	Ivan Capelli	March	16	2:14.657	+28.204	1,335 m	+17.501	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

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

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Alain Prost	McLaren	11	1:29.272	—	0 m	—	—
2	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	12	1:31.137	+1.865	105 m	+1.865	—
3	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:31.146	+1.874	106 m	+0.009	—
4	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:31.701	+2.429	137 m	+0.555	—
5	Nelson Piquet	Team Lotus	1	1:31.734	+2.462	139 m	+0.033	—
6	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	18	1:31.985	+2.713	153 m	+0.251	—
7	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:32.088	+2.816	159 m	+0.103	—
8	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:32.106	+2.834	160 m	+0.018	—
9	Philippe Streiff	AGS	14	1:32.839	+3.567	201 m	+0.733	—
10	Mauricio Gugelmin	March	15	1:33.076	+3.804	215 m	+0.237	—
11	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	29	1:33.182	+3.910	221 m	+0.106	—
12	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	2	1:33.205	+3.933	222 m	+0.023	—
13	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:33.228	+3.956	223 m	+0.023	—
14	Derek Warwick	Arrows	17	1:33.587	+4.315	244 m	+0.359	—
15	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:33.628	+4.356	246 m	+0.041	—
16	Gabriele Tarquini	Coloni	31	1:33.638	+4.366	246 m	+0.010	—
17	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	24	1:33.949	+4.677	264 m	+0.311	—
18	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	20	1:34.015	+4.743	268 m	+0.066	—
19	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:34.337	+5.065	286 m	+0.322	—
20	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:34.408	+5.136	290 m	+0.071	—
21	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:34.422	+5.150	291 m	+0.014	—
22	Stefano Modena	EuroBrun	33	1:34.453	+5.181	293 m	+0.031	—
23	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun	32	1:34.457	+5.185	293 m	+0.004	—
24	Julian Bailey	Tyrrell	4	1:35.143	+5.871	331 m	+0.686	—
25	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial	22	1:35.282	+6.010	339 m	+0.139	—
26	Adrián Campos	Minardi	23	1:35.541	+6.269	354 m	+0.259	—
27	Stefan Johansson	Ligier	26	1:35.751	+6.479	366 m	+0.210	—
28	Alex Caffi	Dallara	36	1:36.971	+7.699	435 m	+1.220	—
29	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	10	1:37.158	+7.886	445 m	+0.187	—
30	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	9	1:37.301	+8.029	453 m	+0.143	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

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

Warm-up

Warm-up
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Alain Prost	McLaren	11	1:32.027	—	0 m	—	—
2	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	12	1:32.544	+0.517	28 m	+0.517	—
3	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:33.308	+1.281	70 m	+0.764	—
4	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:33.338	+1.311	72 m	+0.030	—
5	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	20	1:33.368	+1.341	73 m	+0.030	—
6	Nelson Piquet	Team Lotus	1	1:33.902	+1.875	103 m	+0.534	—
7	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	18	1:33.943	+1.916	105 m	+0.041	—
8	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:34.156	+2.129	117 m	+0.213	—
9	Mauricio Gugelmin	March	15	1:34.444	+2.417	132 m	+0.288	—
10	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:34.454	+2.427	133 m	+0.010	—
11	Derek Warwick	Arrows	17	1:35.011	+2.984	163 m	+0.557	—
12	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:35.056	+3.029	166 m	+0.045	—
13	Philippe Streiff	AGS	14	1:35.080	+3.053	167 m	+0.024	—
14	Alex Caffi	Dallara	36	1:35.135	+3.108	170 m	+0.055	—
15	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	29	1:35.153	+3.126	171 m	+0.018	—
16	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	2	1:35.573	+3.546	194 m	+0.420	—
17	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	24	1:35.796	+3.769	206 m	+0.223	—
18	Gabriele Tarquini	Coloni	31	1:36.268	+4.241	232 m	+0.472	—
19	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:36.468	+4.441	243 m	+0.200	—
20	Stefano Modena	EuroBrun	33	1:36.627	+4.600	252 m	+0.159	—
21	Adrián Campos	Minardi	23	1:36.633	+4.606	252 m	+0.006	—
22	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:36.873	+4.846	265 m	+0.240	—
23	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:37.279	+5.252	288 m	+0.406	—
24	Julian Bailey	Tyrrell	4	1:37.533	+5.506	302 m	+0.254	—
25	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	9	1:41.994	+9.967	546 m	+4.461	—
26	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial	22	1:50.061	+18.034	988 m	+8.067	—

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

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

Photographs from this race

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The cars in this race

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Where this comes from

Round: 2 of 1988
Grand Prix: San Marino Grand Prix
Dates: 1 May 1988
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.