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Race · Round 7 of 16 ·

1988 French Grand Prix

Alain Prost won for McLaren from pole at Circuit Paul Ricard. 11 of the starters were not classified. With this win, Alain Prost set a new record of 32 championship Grand Prix wins.

Dry · High of 22 °C, 0.6 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
Circuit Paul RicardLe Castellet, France
Winner
Alain ProstMcLaren
Fastest lap
Alain Prost
Entries
3115 classified

Classification

Classification
PosDriverConstructorChassisGridLapsOutPointsFL
1Alain ProstMcLarenMP4/4180Finished9fastest lap
2Ayrton SennaMcLarenMP4/4280Finished6
3Michele AlboretoFerrariF1/87/88C480Finished4
4Gerhard BergerFerrariF1/87/88C379Finished3
5Nelson PiquetTeam Lotus100T779Finished2
6Alessandro NanniniBenettonB188679Finished1
7Satoru NakajimaTeam Lotus100T879Finished0
8Mauricio GugelminMarch8811679Finished0
9Ivan CapelliMarch8811079Finished0
10Andrea de CesarisRialARC11278Finished0
11Eddie CheeverArrowsA10B1378Finished0
12Alex CaffiDallara—1478Finished0
13Yannick DalmasLolaLC881978Finished0
14Stefano ModenaEuroBrunER1882077Finished0
15Pierluigi MartiniMinardiM1882277Finished0
NCLuis Pérez-SalaMinardiM1882570NC0
DNFOscar LarrauriEuroBrunER1882664Clutch0
DNFNicola LariniOsella—2456Halfshaft0
DNFBernd SchneiderZakspeed8812155Gearbox0
DNFNigel MansellWilliamsFW12948Suspension0
DNFPhilippe AlliotLolaLC881846Electrical0
DNFJonathan PalmerTyrrell152340Engine0
DNFRiccardo PatreseWilliamsFW121535Brakes0
DNFThierry BoutsenBenettonB188528Engine0
DNFPhilippe StreiffAGSJH231720Fuel leak0
DNFDerek WarwickArrowsA10B1111Spun off0
DNQRene ArnouxLigierJS31——DNQ0
DNQJulian BaileyTyrrell15——DNQ0
DNQStefan JohanssonLigierJS31——DNQ0
DNPQGabriele TarquiniColoni———DNPQ0
EXPiercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed881——EX0
A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.
F1DB layout paul-ricard-2 · 3.813 km · 9 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

01020304050607080Laps completedGridResult11Alain Prost22Ayrton Senna43Michele Alboreto34Gerhard Berger75Nelson Piquet66Alessandro Nannini87Satoru Nakajima168Mauricio Gugelmin109Ivan Capelli1210Andrea de Cesaris1311Eddie Cheever1412Alex Caffi1913Yannick Dalmas2014Stefano Modena2215Pierluigi Martini25NCLuis Pérez-Sala26DNFOscar Larrauri24DNFNicola Larini21DNFBernd Schneider9DNFNigel Mansell18DNFPhilippe Alliot23DNFJonathan Palmer15DNFRiccardo Patrese5DNFThierry Boutsen17DNFPhilippe Streiff11DNFDerek Warwick

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 Prost1180
Ayrton Senna2280
Michele Alboreto4380
Gerhard Berger3479
Nelson Piquet7579
Alessandro Nannini6679
Satoru Nakajima8779
Mauricio Gugelmin16879
Ivan Capelli10979
Andrea de Cesaris121078
Eddie Cheever131178
Alex Caffi141278
Yannick Dalmas191378
Stefano Modena201477
Pierluigi Martini221577
Luis Pérez-Sala25NC70
Oscar Larrauri26DNF64
Nicola Larini24DNF56
Bernd Schneider21DNF55
Nigel Mansell9DNF48
Philippe Alliot18DNF46
Jonathan Palmer23DNF40
Riccardo Patrese15DNF35
Thierry Boutsen5DNF28
Philippe Streiff17DNF20
Derek Warwick11DNF11

Qualifying

Qualifying
PosDriverConstructorNo.TimeGap≈ DistanceInterval
1Alain ProstMcLaren111:07.589—0 m—
2Ayrton SennaMcLaren121:08.067+0.47827 m+0.478
3Gerhard BergerFerrari281:08.282+0.69339 m+0.215
4Michele AlboretoFerrari271:09.422+1.833103 m+1.140
5Thierry BoutsenBenetton201:09.587+1.998113 m+0.165
6Alessandro NanniniBenetton191:09.718+2.129120 m+0.131
7Nelson PiquetTeam Lotus11:09.734+2.145121 m+0.016
8Satoru NakajimaTeam Lotus21:10.250+2.661150 m+0.516
9Nigel MansellWilliams51:10.337+2.748155 m+0.087
10Ivan CapelliMarch161:10.496+2.907164 m+0.159
11Derek WarwickArrows171:10.634+3.045172 m+0.138
12Andrea de CesarisRial221:10.861+3.272185 m+0.227
13Eddie CheeverArrows181:10.979+3.390191 m+0.118
14Alex CaffiDallara361:11.211+3.622204 m+0.232
15Riccardo PatreseWilliams61:11.286+3.697209 m+0.075
16Mauricio GugelminMarch151:11.315+3.726210 m+0.029
17Philippe StreiffAGS141:11.466+3.877219 m+0.151
18Philippe AlliotLola301:11.511+3.922221 m+0.045
19Yannick DalmasLola291:11.747+4.158235 m+0.236
20Stefano ModenaEuroBrun331:12.007+4.418249 m+0.260
21Bernd SchneiderZakspeed101:12.026+4.437250 m+0.019
22Pierluigi MartiniMinardi231:12.268+4.679264 m+0.242
23Jonathan PalmerTyrrell31:12.316+4.727267 m+0.048
24Nicola LariniOsella211:12.406+4.817272 m+0.090
25Luis Pérez-SalaMinardi241:12.525+4.936278 m+0.119
26Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun321:12.538+4.949279 m+0.013
27Rene ArnouxLigier251:12.654+5.065286 m+0.116
28Julian BaileyTyrrell41:12.697+5.108288 m+0.043
29Stefan JohanssonLigier261:12.801+5.212294 m+0.104
EXPiercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed91:12.121+4.532256 m—
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
1Stefano ModenaEuroBrun331:12.805—0 m——
2Alex CaffiDallara361:12.891+0.0865 m+0.086—
3Andrea de CesarisRial221:12.898+0.0935 m+0.007—
4Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun321:13.452+0.64734 m+0.554—
5Gabriele TarquiniColoni311:14.214+1.40974 m+0.762—
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 ProstMcLaren111:08.866—0 m——
2Ayrton SennaMcLaren121:09.577+0.71139 m+0.711—
3Gerhard BergerFerrari281:09.673+0.80745 m+0.096—
4Michele AlboretoFerrari271:10.059+1.19366 m+0.386—
5Nelson PiquetTeam Lotus11:10.499+1.63390 m+0.440—
6Nigel MansellWilliams51:11.284+2.418134 m+0.785—
7Thierry BoutsenBenetton201:11.690+2.824156 m+0.406—
8Alessandro NanniniBenetton191:11.779+2.913161 m+0.089—
9Satoru NakajimaTeam Lotus21:11.807+2.941163 m+0.028—
10Eddie CheeverArrows181:11.902+3.036168 m+0.095—
11Derek WarwickArrows171:12.221+3.355186 m+0.319—
12Philippe StreiffAGS141:12.244+3.378187 m+0.023—
13Mauricio GugelminMarch151:12.477+3.611200 m+0.233—
14Riccardo PatreseWilliams61:12.485+3.619200 m+0.008—
15Ivan CapelliMarch161:12.565+3.699205 m+0.080—
16Yannick DalmasLola291:12.573+3.707205 m+0.008—
17Philippe AlliotLola301:12.773+3.907216 m+0.200—
18Stefano ModenaEuroBrun331:12.805+3.939218 m+0.032—
19Alex CaffiDallara361:12.891+4.025223 m+0.086—
20Andrea de CesarisRial221:12.898+4.032223 m+0.007—
21Rene ArnouxLigier251:13.128+4.262236 m+0.230—
22Nicola LariniOsella211:13.187+4.321239 m+0.059—
23Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun321:13.452+4.586254 m+0.265—
24Luis Pérez-SalaMinardi241:13.583+4.717261 m+0.131—
25Jonathan PalmerTyrrell31:13.685+4.819267 m+0.102—
26Bernd SchneiderZakspeed101:13.915+5.049280 m+0.230—
27Pierluigi MartiniMinardi231:13.957+5.091282 m+0.042—
28Julian BaileyTyrrell41:14.054+5.188287 m+0.097—
29Gabriele TarquiniColoni311:14.214+5.348296 m+0.160—
30Stefan JohanssonLigier261:14.580+5.714316 m+0.366—
31Piercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed91:15.280+6.414355 m+0.700—
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 SennaMcLaren121:08.216—0 m——
2Alain ProstMcLaren111:08.282+0.0664 m+0.066—
3Nelson PiquetTeam Lotus11:09.660+1.44481 m+1.378—
4Thierry BoutsenBenetton201:10.231+2.015113 m+0.571—
5Nigel MansellWilliams51:10.298+2.082116 m+0.067—
6Satoru NakajimaTeam Lotus21:10.490+2.274127 m+0.192—
7Gerhard BergerFerrari281:10.739+2.523141 m+0.249—
8Alessandro NanniniBenetton191:10.811+2.595145 m+0.072—
9Eddie CheeverArrows181:10.969+2.753154 m+0.158—
10Andrea de CesarisRial221:11.201+2.985167 m+0.232—
11Derek WarwickArrows171:11.202+2.986167 m+0.001—
12Philippe AlliotLola301:11.629+3.413191 m+0.427—
13Mauricio GugelminMarch151:11.664+3.448193 m+0.035—
14Riccardo PatreseWilliams61:11.959+3.743209 m+0.295—
15Ivan CapelliMarch161:12.107+3.891217 m+0.148—
16Philippe StreiffAGS141:12.195+3.979222 m+0.088—
17Stefano ModenaEuroBrun331:12.239+4.023225 m+0.044—
18Alex CaffiDallara361:12.306+4.090229 m+0.067—
19Michele AlboretoFerrari271:12.358+4.142232 m+0.052—
20Pierluigi MartiniMinardi231:12.412+4.196235 m+0.054—
21Nicola LariniOsella211:12.523+4.307241 m+0.111—
22Rene ArnouxLigier251:12.614+4.398246 m+0.091—
23Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun321:12.748+4.532253 m+0.134—
24Luis Pérez-SalaMinardi241:12.848+4.632259 m+0.100—
25Yannick DalmasLola291:12.949+4.733265 m+0.101—
26Bernd SchneiderZakspeed101:13.038+4.822270 m+0.089—
27Piercarlo GhinzaniZakspeed91:13.065+4.849271 m+0.027—
28Jonathan PalmerTyrrell31:13.113+4.897274 m+0.048—
29Stefan JohanssonLigier261:13.133+4.917275 m+0.020—
30Julian BaileyTyrrell41:13.272+5.056283 m+0.139—
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 SennaMcLaren121:10.135—0 m——
2Alain ProstMcLaren111:10.503+0.36820 m+0.368—
3Thierry BoutsenBenetton201:11.782+1.64790 m+1.279—
4Michele AlboretoFerrari271:11.890+1.75595 m+0.108—
5Gerhard BergerFerrari281:11.988+1.853101 m+0.098—
6Nelson PiquetTeam Lotus11:12.133+1.998109 m+0.145—
7Ivan CapelliMarch161:12.248+2.113115 m+0.115—
8Nigel MansellWilliams51:12.688+2.553139 m+0.440—
9Satoru NakajimaTeam Lotus21:12.771+2.636143 m+0.083—
10Mauricio GugelminMarch151:12.913+2.778151 m+0.142—
11Derek WarwickArrows171:12.967+2.832154 m+0.054—
12Eddie CheeverArrows181:13.123+2.988162 m+0.156—
13Andrea de CesarisRial221:13.439+3.304180 m+0.316—
14Riccardo PatreseWilliams61:13.462+3.327181 m+0.023—
15Philippe StreiffAGS141:13.472+3.337181 m+0.010—
16Alex CaffiDallara361:13.474+3.339182 m+0.002—
17Pierluigi MartiniMinardi231:13.492+3.357183 m+0.018—
18Philippe AlliotLola301:13.505+3.370183 m+0.013—
19Bernd SchneiderZakspeed101:13.684+3.549193 m+0.179—
20Stefano ModenaEuroBrun331:13.700+3.565194 m+0.016—
21Yannick DalmasLola291:13.733+3.598196 m+0.033—
22Alessandro NanniniBenetton191:13.896+3.761204 m+0.163—
23Luis Pérez-SalaMinardi241:14.024+3.889211 m+0.128—
24Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun321:14.599+4.464243 m+0.575—
25Nicola LariniOsella211:14.651+4.516246 m+0.052—
26Jonathan PalmerTyrrell31:15.093+4.958270 m+0.442—
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
Benetton B188
Benetton B188
Benetton B188 Goodwood FoS 2009 2 · Brian Snelson · CC BY 2.0
Rial ARC1
Rial ARC1
F1 1988, Rial ARC1, Spa Francorchamps (55425564171) (cropped) · Original: Der Alf / Derivative work: Danyele · CC BY 4.0
Arrows A10
Arrows A10
Arrows A10 at the 2016 Goodwood Festival of Speed · Matthew Lamb · CC BY-SA 2.0
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
EuroBrun ER188
EuroBrun ER188
Eurobrun ER188 Italian Grand Prix 2025 · Eustace Bagge · CC BY 4.0
AGS JH23
AGS JH23
Rétromobile 2017 - AGS JH23 - 1989 - 001 · Thesupermat · CC BY-SA 4.0
Ligier JS31
Ligier JS31
Ligier JS31 - Rétromobile 2025 · Xavoun · CC BY-SA 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
7 of 1988
Grand Prix
French 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.