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Japanese Grand Prix

1988 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix

Round 15 of 16Suzuka Circuit, SuzukaOct 30 198851 laps

Podium

PROMcLaren

SENMcLaren

BOUBenetton

Key facts

WinnerSEN1:33:26.173 from P1

PoleSEN1:41.853

Fastest lapSEN1:46.326 on lap 33

Finishers17 / 26classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap
1	SENAyrton Senna	McLaren	1	–	51	1:33:26.173	9	1:46.326
2	PROAlain Prost	McLaren	2	–	51	+13.363s	6	1:46.482
3	BOUThierry Boutsen	Benetton	10	▲7	51	+36.109s	4	1:47.161
4	BERGerhard Berger	Ferrari	3	▼1	51	+86.714s	3	1:48.655
5	NANAlessandro Nannini	Benetton	12	▲7	51	+90.603s	2	1:47.991
6	PATRiccardo Patrese	Williams	11	▲5	51	+97.615s	1	1:48.289
7	NAKSatoru Nakajima	Lotus	6	▼1	50	+1 lap		1:48.660
8	STRPhilippe Streiff	AGS	18	▲10	50	+1 lap		1:49.218
9	ALLPhilippe Alliot	Lola	19	▲10	50	+1 lap		1:48.913
10	GUGMaurício Gugelmin	March	13	▲3	50	+1 lap		1:48.780
11	ALBMichele Alboreto	Ferrari	9	▼2	50	+1 lap		1:49.014
12	PALJonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	16	▲4	50	+1 lap		1:48.138
13	MARPierluigi Martini	Minardi	17	▲4	49	+2 laps		1:50.483
14	BAIJulian Bailey	Tyrrell	26	▲12	49	+2 laps		1:51.638
15	PERLuis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	22	▲7	49	+2 laps		1:50.553
16	SUZAguri Suzuki	Lola	20	▲4	48	+3 laps		1:50.642
17	ARNRené Arnoux	Ligier	23	▲6	48	+3 laps		1:52.062
DNF	DECAndrea De Cesaris	Rial	14		36	Overheating		1:49.478
DNF	CHEEddie Cheever	Arrows	15		35	Ignition		1:48.734
DNF	LARNicola Larini	Osella	24		34	Brakes		1:51.570
DNF	PIQNelson Piquet	Lotus	5		34	Unwell		1:48.402
DNF	MANNigel Mansell	Williams	8		24	Collision		1:48.317
DNF	CAFAlex Caffi	Dallara	21		22	Spun off		1:50.762
DNF	CAPIvan Capelli	March	4		19	Electrical		1:47.375
DNF	WARDerek Warwick	Arrows	7		16	Spun off		1:50.583
DNF	BSCBernd Schneider	Zakspeed	25		14	Unfit		1:51.435

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	SENAyrton Senna	McLaren	1:41.853
2	PROAlain Prost	McLaren	1:42.177	+0.324s
3	BERGerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:43.353	+1.500s
4	CAPIvan Capelli	March	1:43.605	+1.752s
5	PIQNelson Piquet	Lotus	1:43.693	+1.840s
6	NAKSatoru Nakajima	Lotus	1:43.693	+1.840s
7	WARDerek Warwick	Arrows	1:43.816	+1.963s
8	MANNigel Mansell	Williams	1:43.893	+2.040s
9	ALBMichele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:43.972	+2.119s
10	BOUThierry Boutsen	Benetton	1:44.499	+2.646s
11	PATRiccardo Patrese	Williams	1:44.555	+2.702s
12	NANAlessandro Nannini	Benetton	1:44.611	+2.758s
13	GUGMaurício Gugelmin	March	1:45.138	+3.285s
14	DECAndrea De Cesaris	Rial	1:45.558	+3.705s
15	CHEEddie Cheever	Arrows	1:45.845	+3.992s
16	PALJonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	1:45.916	+4.063s
17	MARPierluigi Martini	Minardi	1:46.449	+4.596s
18	STRPhilippe Streiff	AGS	1:46.486	+4.633s
19	ALLPhilippe Alliot	Lola	1:46.521	+4.668s
20	SUZAguri Suzuki	Lola	1:46.920	+5.067s
21	CAFAlex Caffi	Dallara	1:46.982	+5.129s
22	PERLuis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	1:47.134	+5.281s
23	ARNRené Arnoux	Ligier	1:47.193	+5.340s
24	LARNicola Larini	Osella	1:47.547	+5.694s
25	BSCBernd Schneider	Zakspeed	1:47.599	+5.746s
26	BAIJulian Bailey	Tyrrell	1:48.589	+6.736s
27	JOHStefan Johansson	Ligier	1:48.716	+6.863s
28	OLAOscar Larrauri	EuroBrun	1:49.265	+7.412s
29	GHIPiercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	1:49.706	+7.853s
30	MODStefano Modena	EuroBrun	1:49.810	+7.957s

Suzuka Circuit

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

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1987

Gerhard Berger

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