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French Grand Prix

Rhone Poulenc Grand Prix de France 1988

Round 7 of 16Circuit Paul Ricard, Le CastelletJul 3 198880 laps

Podium

SENMcLaren

PROMcLaren

ALBFerrari

Key facts

WinnerPRO1:37:37.328 from P1

PolePRO1:07.589

Fastest lapPRO1:11.737 on lap 45

Finishers15 / 27classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap
1	PROAlain Prost	McLaren	1	–	80	1:37:37.328	9	1:11.737
2	SENAyrton Senna	McLaren	2	–	80	+31.752s	6	1:11.856
3	ALBMichele Alboreto	Ferrari	4	▲1	80	+66.505s	4	1:12.002
4	BERGerhard Berger	Ferrari	3	▼1	79	+1 lap	3	1:11.866
5	PIQNelson Piquet	Lotus	7	▲2	79	+1 lap	2	1:12.357
6	NANAlessandro Nannini	Benetton	6	–	79	+1 lap	1	1:12.570
7	NAKSatoru Nakajima	Lotus	8	▲1	79	+1 lap		1:12.979
8	GUGMaurício Gugelmin	March	16	▲8	79	+1 lap		1:13.567
9	CAPIvan Capelli	March	10	▲1	79	+1 lap		1:13.143
10	DECAndrea De Cesaris	Rial	12	▲2	78	+2 laps		1:12.814
11	CHEEddie Cheever	Arrows	13	▲2	78	+2 laps		1:13.321
12	CAFAlex Caffi	Dallara	14	▲2	78	+2 laps		1:12.970
13	DALYannick Dalmas	Lola	19	▲6	78	+2 laps		1:13.968
14	MODStefano Modena	EuroBrun	20	▲6	77	+3 laps		1:14.319
15	MARPierluigi Martini	Minardi	22	▲7	77	+3 laps		1:14.551
NC	PERLuis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	25		70	Not classified		1:14.198
DNF	OLAOscar Larrauri	EuroBrun	26		64	Clutch		1:15.487
DNF	LARNicola Larini	Osella	24		56	Halfshaft		1:14.741
DNF	BSCBernd Schneider	Zakspeed	21		55	Gearbox		1:13.844
DNF	MANNigel Mansell	Williams	9		48	Suspension		1:13.671
DNF	ALLPhilippe Alliot	Lola	18		46	Electrical		1:14.594
DNF	PALJonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	23		40	Engine		1:15.490
DNF	PATRiccardo Patrese	Williams	15		35	Brakes		1:15.014
DNF	BOUThierry Boutsen	Benetton	5		28	Engine		1:13.669
DNF	STRPhilippe Streiff	AGS	17		20	Fuel leak		1:14.800
DNF	WARDerek Warwick	Arrows	11		11	Spun off		1:14.197
EX	GHIPiercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	–		0	Excluded		–

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	PROAlain Prost	McLaren	1:07.589
2	SENAyrton Senna	McLaren	1:08.067	+0.478s
3	BERGerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:08.282	+0.693s
4	ALBMichele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:09.422	+1.833s
5	BOUThierry Boutsen	Benetton	1:09.587	+1.998s
6	NANAlessandro Nannini	Benetton	1:09.718	+2.129s
7	PIQNelson Piquet	Lotus	1:09.734	+2.145s
8	NAKSatoru Nakajima	Lotus	1:10.250	+2.661s
9	MANNigel Mansell	Williams	1:10.337	+2.748s
10	CAPIvan Capelli	March	1:10.496	+2.907s
11	WARDerek Warwick	Arrows	1:10.634	+3.045s
12	DECAndrea De Cesaris	Rial	1:10.861	+3.272s
13	CHEEddie Cheever	Arrows	1:10.979	+3.390s
14	CAFAlex Caffi	Dallara	1:11.211	+3.622s
15	PATRiccardo Patrese	Williams	1:11.286	+3.697s
16	GUGMaurício Gugelmin	March	1:11.315	+3.726s
17	STRPhilippe Streiff	AGS	1:11.466	+3.877s
18	ALLPhilippe Alliot	Lola	1:11.511	+3.922s
19	DALYannick Dalmas	Lola	1:11.747	+4.158s
20	MODStefano Modena	EuroBrun	1:12.007	+4.418s
21	BSCBernd Schneider	Zakspeed	1:12.026	+4.437s
22	MARPierluigi Martini	Minardi	1:12.268	+4.679s
23	PALJonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	1:12.316	+4.727s
24	LARNicola Larini	Osella	1:12.406	+4.817s
25	PERLuis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	1:12.525	+4.936s
26	OLAOscar Larrauri	EuroBrun	1:12.538	+4.949s
27	ARNRené Arnoux	Ligier	1:12.654	+5.065s
28	BAIJulian Bailey	Tyrrell	1:12.697	+5.108s
29	JOHStefan Johansson	Ligier	1:12.801	+5.212s
30	GHIPiercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	1:12.121	+4.532s

Circuit Paul Ricard

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

Previous winners here

1987	Nigel Mansell	Williams
1986	Nigel Mansell	Williams
1985	Nelson Piquet	Brabham
1983	Alain Prost	Renault
1982	René Arnoux	Renault
1980	Alan Jones	Williams
1978	Mario Andretti	Lotus
1976	James Hunt	McLaren
1975	Niki Lauda	Ferrari
1973	Ronnie Peterson	Lotus

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