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Brazilian Grand Prix

Grande Prêmio do Brasil 1988

Round 1 of 16Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet, Rio de JaneiroApr 3 198860 laps

Podium

BERFerrari

PROMcLaren

PIQLotus

Key facts

WinnerPRO1:36:06.857 from P3

PoleSEN1:28.096

Fastest lapBER1:32.943 on lap 45

Finishers9 / 26classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap
1	PROAlain Prost	McLaren	3	▲2	60	1:36:06.857	9	1:33.540
2	BERGerhard Berger	Ferrari	4	▲2	60	+9.873s	6	1:32.943
3	PIQNelson Piquet	Lotus	5	▲2	60	+68.581s	4	1:33.597
4	WARDerek Warwick	Arrows	11	▲7	60	+73.348s	3	1:35.020
5	ALBMichele Alboreto	Ferrari	6	▲1	60	+74.556s	2	1:33.193
6	NAKSatoru Nakajima	Lotus	10	▲4	59	+1 lap	1	1:33.903
7	BOUThierry Boutsen	Benetton	7	–	59	+1 lap		1:34.457
8	CHEEddie Cheever	Arrows	15	▲7	59	+1 lap		1:34.632
9	JOHStefan Johansson	Ligier	21	▲12	57	+3 laps		1:36.429
DNF	DECAndrea De Cesaris	Rial	14		53	Engine		1:34.440
DNF	PALJonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	22		47	Transmission		1:36.758
DNF	PERLuis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	20		46	Chassis		1:36.929
DNF	ALLPhilippe Alliot	Lola	16		40	Suspension		1:36.613
DNF	TARGabriele Tarquini	Coloni	25		35	Suspension		1:37.112
DNF	STRPhilippe Streiff	AGS	19		35	Brakes		1:36.451
DNF	DALYannick Dalmas	Lola	17		32	Engine		1:35.003
DNF	ARNRené Arnoux	Ligier	18		23	Clutch		1:38.556
DNF	MODStefano Modena	EuroBrun	24		20	Engine		1:38.401
DNF	MANNigel Mansell	Williams	2		18	Engine		1:35.346
DNF	NANAlessandro Nannini	Benetton	12		7	Engine		1:36.616
DNF	PATRiccardo Patrese	Williams	8		6	Engine		1:37.003
DNF	CAPIvan Capelli	March	9		6	Engine		1:37.024
DNF	CAMAdrián Campos	Minardi	23		5	Chassis		1:41.641
DNF	GUGMaurício Gugelmin	March	13		0	Gearbox		–
DNF	OLAOscar Larrauri	EuroBrun	26		0	Electrical		–
DSQ	SENAyrton Senna	McLaren	1		31	Illegal car change		1:34.657

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	SENAyrton Senna	McLaren	1:28.096
2	MANNigel Mansell	Williams	1:28.632	+0.536s
3	PROAlain Prost	McLaren	1:28.782	+0.686s
4	BERGerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:29.026	+0.930s
5	PIQNelson Piquet	Lotus	1:30.087	+1.991s
6	ALBMichele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:30.114	+2.018s
7	BOUThierry Boutsen	Benetton	1:30.140	+2.044s
8	PATRiccardo Patrese	Williams	1:30.439	+2.343s
9	CAPIvan Capelli	March	1:30.929	+2.833s
10	NAKSatoru Nakajima	Lotus	1:31.280	+3.184s
11	WARDerek Warwick	Arrows	1:31.723	+3.627s
12	NANAlessandro Nannini	Benetton	1:31.772	+3.676s
13	GUGMaurício Gugelmin	March	1:31.833	+3.737s
14	DECAndrea De Cesaris	Rial	1:32.275	+4.179s
15	CHEEddie Cheever	Arrows	1:32.843	+4.747s
16	ALLPhilippe Alliot	Lola	1:32.933	+4.837s
17	DALYannick Dalmas	Lola	1:33.408	+5.312s
18	ARNRené Arnoux	Ligier	1:34.474	+6.378s
19	STRPhilippe Streiff	AGS	1:34.481	+6.385s
20	PERLuis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	1:34.532	+6.436s
21	JOHStefan Johansson	Ligier	1:34.579	+6.483s
22	PALJonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	1:34.686	+6.590s
23	CAMAdrián Campos	Minardi	1:34.886	+6.790s
24	MODStefano Modena	EuroBrun	1:34.910	+6.814s
25	TARGabriele Tarquini	Coloni	1:35.407	+7.311s
26	OLAOscar Larrauri	EuroBrun	1:35.711	+7.615s
27	BAIJulian Bailey	Tyrrell	1:36.137	+8.041s
28	GHIPiercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	1:37.621	+9.525s
29	LARNicola Larini	Osella	1:38.371	+10.275s
30	BSCBernd Schneider	Zakspeed	1:38.614	+10.518s

Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet

Layout of the circuit as raced in 1988. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

1987	Alain Prost	McLaren
1986	Nelson Piquet	Williams
1985	Alain Prost	McLaren
1984	Alain Prost	McLaren
1983	Nelson Piquet	Brabham
1982	Alain Prost	Renault
1981	Carlos Reutemann	Williams
1978	Carlos Reutemann	Ferrari

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