Race · Round 8 of 16 · 10 July 1988

1988 British Grand Prix

Ayrton Senna won for McLaren from 3rd on the grid at Silverstone Circuit. 7 of the starters were not classified. It was the first championship podium for Alessandro Nannini.

Wet · High of 18 °C, 3.8 mm of rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

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Circuit: Silverstone CircuitSilverstone, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
Winner: Ayrton SennaMcLaren
Pole: Gerhard Berger
Fastest lap: Nigel Mansell
Entries: 3119 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	MP4/4	3	65	Finished	9
2	Nigel Mansell	Williams	FW12	11	65	Finished	6	fastest lap
3	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	B188	8	65	Finished	4
4	Mauricio Gugelmin	March	881	5	65	Finished	3
5	Nelson Piquet	Team Lotus	100T	7	65	Finished	2
6	Derek Warwick	Arrows	A10B	9	64	Finished	1
7	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	A10B	13	64	Finished	0
8	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	FW12	15	64	Finished	0
9	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	F1/87/88C	1	64	Finished	0
10	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	100T	10	64	Finished	0
11	Alex Caffi	Dallara	—	21	64	Finished	0
12	Stefano Modena	EuroBrun	ER188	20	64	Finished	0
13	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	LC88	23	63	Finished	0
14	Philippe Alliot	Lola	LC88	22	63	Finished	0
15	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	M188	19	63	Finished	0
16	Julian Bailey	Tyrrell	15	24	63	Finished	0
17	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	F1/87/88C	2	62	Out of fuel	0
18	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	JS31	25	62	Finished	0
19	Nicola Larini	Osella	—	26	60	Out of fuel	0
DNF	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	B188	12	38	Transmission	0
DNF	Ivan Capelli	March	881	6	34	Alternator	0
DNF	Alain Prost	McLaren	MP4/4	4	24	Handling	0
DNF	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	15	17	14	Engine	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial	ARC1	14	9	Clutch	0
DNF	Philippe Streiff	AGS	JH23	16	8	Broken wing	0
DNF	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	M188	18	0	Suspension	0
DNQ	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun	ER188	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	881	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Stefan Johansson	Ligier	JS31	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	881	—	—	DNQ	0
DNPQ	Gabriele Tarquini	Coloni	—	—	—	DNPQ	0

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

F1DB layout silverstone-3 · 4.778 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

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	3	1	65
Nigel Mansell	11	2	65
Alessandro Nannini	8	3	65
Mauricio Gugelmin	5	4	65
Nelson Piquet	7	5	65
Derek Warwick	9	6	64
Eddie Cheever	13	7	64
Riccardo Patrese	15	8	64
Gerhard Berger	1	9	64
Satoru Nakajima	10	10	64
Alex Caffi	21	11	64
Stefano Modena	20	12	64
Yannick Dalmas	23	13	63
Philippe Alliot	22	14	63
Pierluigi Martini	19	15	63
Julian Bailey	24	16	63
Michele Alboreto	2	17	62
Rene Arnoux	25	18	62
Nicola Larini	26	19	60
Thierry Boutsen	12	DNF	38
Ivan Capelli	6	DNF	34
Alain Prost	4	DNF	24
Jonathan Palmer	17	DNF	14
Andrea de Cesaris	14	DNF	9
Philippe Streiff	16	DNF	8
Luis Pérez-Sala	18	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:10.133	—	0 m	—
2	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:10.332	+0.199	14 m	+0.199
3	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	12	1:10.616	+0.483	33 m	+0.284
4	Alain Prost	McLaren	11	1:10.736	+0.603	41 m	+0.120
5	Mauricio Gugelmin	March	15	1:11.745	+1.612	110 m	+1.009
6	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:12.006	+1.873	128 m	+0.261
7	Nelson Piquet	Team Lotus	1	1:12.040	+1.907	130 m	+0.034
8	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:12.737	+2.604	177 m	+0.697
9	Derek Warwick	Arrows	17	1:12.843	+2.710	185 m	+0.106
10	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	2	1:12.862	+2.729	186 m	+0.019
11	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:12.885	+2.752	187 m	+0.023
12	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	20	1:12.960	+2.827	193 m	+0.075
13	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	18	1:12.984	+2.851	194 m	+0.024
14	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial	22	1:13.438	+3.305	225 m	+0.454
15	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:13.677	+3.544	241 m	+0.239
16	Philippe Streiff	AGS	14	1:14.260	+4.127	281 m	+0.583
17	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:14.451	+4.318	294 m	+0.191
18	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	24	1:14.643	+4.510	307 m	+0.192
19	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:14.732	+4.599	313 m	+0.089
20	Stefano Modena	EuroBrun	33	1:14.888	+4.755	324 m	+0.156
21	Alex Caffi	Dallara	36	1:14.924	+4.791	326 m	+0.036
22	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:14.992	+4.859	331 m	+0.068
23	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	29	1:15.004	+4.871	332 m	+0.012
24	Julian Bailey	Tyrrell	4	1:15.135	+5.002	341 m	+0.131
25	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:15.374	+5.241	357 m	+0.239
26	Nicola Larini	Osella	21	1:15.527	+5.394	367 m	+0.153
27	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun	32	1:16.026	+5.893	401 m	+0.499
28	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	9	1:16.043	+5.910	403 m	+0.017
29	Stefan Johansson	Ligier	26	1:16.110	+5.977	407 m	+0.067
30	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	10	1:18.010	+7.877	537 m	+1.900

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

Pre-qualifying

Pre-qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial	22	1:14.123	—	0 m	—	—
2	Alex Caffi	Dallara	36	1:15.657	+1.534	99 m	+1.534	—
3	Stefano Modena	EuroBrun	33	1:15.802	+1.679	108 m	+0.145	—
4	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun	32	1:15.836	+1.713	110 m	+0.034	—
5	Gabriele Tarquini	Coloni	31	1:17.028	+2.905	187 m	+1.192	—

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 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	12	1:11.743	—	0 m	—	—
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	11	1:12.023	+0.280	19 m	+0.280	—
3	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:12.544	+0.801	53 m	+0.521	—
4	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:12.602	+0.859	57 m	+0.058	—
5	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:13.107	+1.364	91 m	+0.505	—
6	Mauricio Gugelmin	March	15	1:13.240	+1.497	100 m	+0.133	—
7	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	20	1:13.241	+1.498	100 m	+0.001	—
8	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:13.628	+1.885	126 m	+0.387	—
9	Derek Warwick	Arrows	17	1:13.802	+2.059	137 m	+0.174	—
10	Nelson Piquet	Team Lotus	1	1:13.890	+2.147	143 m	+0.088	—
11	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial	22	1:14.123	+2.380	159 m	+0.233	—
12	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:14.549	+2.806	187 m	+0.426	—
13	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	2	1:14.796	+3.053	203 m	+0.247	—
14	Philippe Streiff	AGS	14	1:14.920	+3.177	212 m	+0.124	—
15	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:15.064	+3.321	221 m	+0.144	—
16	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:15.538	+3.795	253 m	+0.474	—
17	Alex Caffi	Dallara	36	1:15.657	+3.914	261 m	+0.119	—
18	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	24	1:15.704	+3.961	264 m	+0.047	—
19	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	18	1:15.793	+4.050	270 m	+0.089	—
20	Stefano Modena	EuroBrun	33	1:15.802	+4.059	270 m	+0.009	—
21	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun	32	1:15.836	+4.093	273 m	+0.034	—
22	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:15.874	+4.131	275 m	+0.038	—
23	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	29	1:16.260	+4.517	301 m	+0.386	—
24	Julian Bailey	Tyrrell	4	1:16.726	+4.983	332 m	+0.466	—
25	Nicola Larini	Osella	21	1:16.900	+5.157	343 m	+0.174	—
26	Gabriele Tarquini	Coloni	31	1:17.028	+5.285	352 m	+0.128	—
27	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:17.300	+5.557	370 m	+0.272	—
28	Stefan Johansson	Ligier	26	1:17.319	+5.576	371 m	+0.019	—
29	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:17.571	+5.828	388 m	+0.252	—
30	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	9	1:18.950	+7.207	480 m	+1.379	—
31	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	10	1:21.655	+9.912	660 m	+2.705	—

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	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	12	1:11.308	—	0 m	—	—
2	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:11.718	+0.410	27 m	+0.410	—
3	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:11.817	+0.509	34 m	+0.099	—
4	Alain Prost	McLaren	11	1:11.819	+0.511	34 m	+0.002	—
5	Mauricio Gugelmin	March	15	1:12.202	+0.894	60 m	+0.383	—
6	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:12.399	+1.091	73 m	+0.197	—
7	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	20	1:12.808	+1.500	101 m	+0.409	—
8	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:13.506	+2.198	147 m	+0.698	—
9	Nelson Piquet	Team Lotus	1	1:13.593	+2.285	153 m	+0.087	—
10	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:13.647	+2.339	157 m	+0.054	—
11	Derek Warwick	Arrows	17	1:13.768	+2.460	165 m	+0.121	—
12	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	18	1:13.884	+2.576	173 m	+0.116	—
13	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:14.178	+2.870	192 m	+0.294	—
14	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial	22	1:14.490	+3.182	213 m	+0.312	—
15	Philippe Streiff	AGS	14	1:14.913	+3.605	242 m	+0.423	—
16	Stefano Modena	EuroBrun	33	1:15.292	+3.984	267 m	+0.379	—
17	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	24	1:15.379	+4.071	273 m	+0.087	—
18	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:15.423	+4.115	276 m	+0.044	—
19	Alex Caffi	Dallara	36	1:15.525	+4.217	283 m	+0.102	—
20	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	29	1:15.689	+4.381	294 m	+0.164	—
21	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:15.787	+4.479	300 m	+0.098	—
22	Julian Bailey	Tyrrell	4	1:15.797	+4.489	301 m	+0.010	—
23	Nicola Larini	Osella	21	1:15.829	+4.521	303 m	+0.032	—
24	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:16.035	+4.727	317 m	+0.206	—
25	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun	32	1:16.200	+4.892	328 m	+0.165	—
26	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:16.315	+5.007	335 m	+0.115	—
27	Stefan Johansson	Ligier	26	1:16.642	+5.334	357 m	+0.327	—
28	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	2	1:16.651	+5.343	358 m	+0.009	—
29	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	9	1:17.676	+6.368	427 m	+1.025	—
30	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	10	1:18.487	+7.179	481 m	+0.811	—

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	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	12	1:17.264	—	0 m	—	—
2	Ivan Capelli	March	16	1:17.293	+0.029	2 m	+0.029	—
3	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	28	1:19.138	+1.874	116 m	+1.845	—
4	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial	22	1:19.184	+1.920	119 m	+0.046	—
5	Satoru Nakajima	Team Lotus	2	1:19.478	+2.214	137 m	+0.294	—
6	Nelson Piquet	Team Lotus	1	1:19.487	+2.223	137 m	+0.009	—
7	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	3	1:19.596	+2.332	144 m	+0.109	—
8	Stefano Modena	EuroBrun	33	1:19.806	+2.542	157 m	+0.210	—
9	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	27	1:19.885	+2.621	162 m	+0.079	—
10	Nigel Mansell	Williams	5	1:20.022	+2.758	171 m	+0.137	—
11	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	29	1:20.054	+2.790	173 m	+0.032	—
12	Derek Warwick	Arrows	17	1:20.213	+2.949	182 m	+0.159	—
13	Philippe Alliot	Lola	30	1:20.261	+2.997	185 m	+0.048	—
14	Alain Prost	McLaren	11	1:20.330	+3.066	190 m	+0.069	—
15	Rene Arnoux	Ligier	25	1:20.384	+3.120	193 m	+0.054	—
16	Julian Bailey	Tyrrell	4	1:21.378	+4.114	254 m	+0.994	—
17	Alex Caffi	Dallara	36	1:23.705	+6.441	398 m	+2.327	—
18	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	19	1:24.099	+6.835	423 m	+0.394	—
19	Philippe Streiff	AGS	14	1:25.457	+8.193	507 m	+1.358	—
20	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	20	1:25.871	+8.607	532 m	+0.414	—
21	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	6	1:26.241	+8.977	555 m	+0.370	—
22	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	18	1:28.500	+11.236	695 m	+2.259	—
23	Nicola Larini	Osella	21	1:28.594	+11.330	701 m	+0.094	—
24	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	23	1:29.057	+11.793	729 m	+0.463	—
25	Mauricio Gugelmin	March	15	1:29.247	+11.983	741 m	+0.190	—
26	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	24	1:31.934	+14.670	907 m	+2.687	—

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.

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.

6 more photographs

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: 8 of 1988
Grand Prix: British Grand Prix
Dates: 10 Jul 1988
Layout raced: With Bridge chicane · 4.778 km
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: McLaren
Entrant: McLaren-Honda
Confidence: reference

The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.