Season 1988 · Round 3

Monaco Grand Prix

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1988-05-15 · Circuit de Monaco · Monaco · Monaco Grand Prix · 78Lap · 259.584km
11 Alain Prost
McLaren 1:57:17.077
28 Gerhard Berger
Ferrari +20.453
Team win 10pt P2 · P3 2-3
27 Michele Alboreto
Ferrari +41.229
Fastest Lap
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DNF
16
Ayrton Senna L66 Philippe Alliot L50 Maurício Gugelmin L45 Piercarlo Ghinzani L43 Alessandro Nannini L38 Luis Pérez-Sala L36 Nigel Mansell L32 Andrea de Cesaris L28 René Arnoux L17 Oscar Larrauri L14 +6
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Ayrton Senna active 6 wins
Graham Hill 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 34/72 47.2%
Most DNFs · all-time P11
Most SC/VSC · all-time P14
Closest finish · all-time P13
Most lead changes · all-time P12
Circuit Info
Circuit de Monaco Monte Carlo, Monaco
78Lap 259.584km 72 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:12.909 · Lewis Hamilton (2021)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Ayrton Senna 6 wins · GP #1
P4 Alain Prost 4 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
P18 Riccardo Patrese 1 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Podiums
P1 Ayrton Senna 8 · GP #1
P6 Alain Prost 6 · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P6 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
P16 Nelson Piquet 13 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P16 Alain Prost 13 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 L78 Prost · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Prost PRO 1 Prost PRO Berger · P3 → P2 · +1 3 Berger BER 2 Berger BER Alboreto · P4 → P3 · +1 4 Alboreto ALB 3 Alboreto ALB Warwick · P7 → P4 · +3 7 Warwick WAR 4 Warwick WAR Palmer · P10 → P5 · +5 10 Palmer PAL 5 Palmer PAL Patrese · P8 → P6 · +2 8 Patrese PAT 6 Patrese PAT Dalmas · P21 → P7 · +14 21 Dalmas DAL 7 Dalmas DAL Boutsen · P16 → P8 · +8 16 Boutsen BOU 8 Boutsen BOU Larini · P25 → P9 · +16 25 Larini LAR 9 Larini LAR Capelli · P22 → P10 · +12 22 Capelli CAP 10 Capelli CAP Senna · P1 → retired L66 Senna · retired L66 1 Senna SEN R Senna SEN Alliot · P13 → retired L50 Alliot · retired L50 13 Alliot ALL R Alliot ALL Gugelmin · P14 → retired L45 Gugelmin · retired L45 14 Gugelmin GUG R Gugelmin GUG Ghinzani · P23 → retired L43 Ghinzani · retired L43 23 Ghinzani GHI R Ghinzani GHI Nannini · P6 → retired L38 Nannini · retired L38 6 Nannini NAN R Nannini NAN Pérez-Sala · P15 → retired L36 Pérez-Sala · retired L36 15 Pérez-Sala PÉR R Pérez-Sala PÉR Mansell · P5 → retired L32 Mansell · retired L32 5 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN de Cesaris · P19 → retired L28 de Cesaris · retired L28 19 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Arnoux · P20 → retired L17 Arnoux · retired L17 20 Arnoux ARN R Arnoux ARN Larrauri · P18 → retired L14 Larrauri · retired L14 18 Larrauri LAR R Larrauri LAR Cheever · P9 → retired L8 Cheever · retired L8 9 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE Johansson · P26 → retired L6 Johansson · retired L6 26 Johansson JOH R Johansson JOH Tarquini · P24 → retired L5 Tarquini · retired L5 24 Tarquini TAR R Tarquini TAR Piquet · P11 → retired L1 Piquet · retired L1 11 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ Caffi · P17 → retired L0 Caffi · retired L0 17 Caffi CAF R Caffi CAF Streiff · P12 → retired L0 Streiff · retired L0 12 Streiff STR R Streiff STR Modena · pit lane → P31 · +1 — Modena MOD 31 Modena MOD
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 11 Alain Prost McLaren 2 78 1:57:17.077 9
2 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 3 78 +20.453 6
3 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 4 78 +41.229 4
4 17 Derek Warwick Arrows 7 77 +1 Lap 3
5 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 10 77 +1 Lap 2
6 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams 8 77 +1 Lap 1
7 29 Yannick Dalmas Larrousse 21 77 +1 Lap
8 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton 16 76 +2 Laps
9 21 Nicola Larini Osella 25 75 +3 Laps
10 16 Ivan Capelli March 22 72 +6 Laps
R 12 Ayrton Senna McLaren 1 66 Spun off
R 30 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 13 50 Collision
R 15 Maurício Gugelmin March 14 45 Fuel system
R 9 Piercarlo Ghinzani Zakspeed 23 43 Gearbox
R 19 Alessandro Nannini Benetton 6 38 Gearbox
R 24 Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi 15 36 Halfshaft
R 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 5 32 Collision
R 22 Andrea de Cesaris Rial 19 28 Engine
R 25 René Arnoux Ligier 20 17 Engine
R 32 Oscar Larrauri Euro Brun 18 14 Brakes
R 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows 9 8 Engine
R 26 Stefan Johansson Ligier 26 6 Engine
R 31 Gabriele Tarquini Coloni 24 5 Suspension
R 1 Nelson Piquet Team Lotus 11 1 Collision
R 36 Alex Caffi Dallara 17 0 Spun off
R 14 Philippe Streiff AGS 12 0 Throttle
D 33 Stefano Modena Euro Brun 0 0 Excluded
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
12 Ayrton Senna
2
11 Alain Prost
3
28 Gerhard Berger
4
27 Michele Alboreto
5
5 Nigel Mansell
6
19 Alessandro Nannini
7
17 Derek Warwick
8
6 Riccardo Patrese
9
18 Eddie Cheever
10
3 Jonathan Palmer
11
1 Nelson Piquet
12
14 Philippe Streiff
13
30 Philippe Alliot
14
15 Maurício Gugelmin
15
24 Luis Pérez-Sala
16
20 Thierry Boutsen
17
36 Alex Caffi
18
32 Oscar Larrauri
19
22 Andrea de Cesaris
20
25 René Arnoux
21
29 Yannick Dalmas
22
16 Ivan Capelli
23
9 Piercarlo Ghinzani
24
31 Gabriele Tarquini
25
21 Nicola Larini
26
26 Stefan Johansson
PIT
33 Stefano Modena pit lane start
Final grid as classified, including any pit lane starts. Source: Jolpica-F1. The arrow compares the grid slot with the qualifying classification; hover a drop to see the stewards document behind it.
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Record Basis · Calculation basis
Race order is the final classification(post-race penalties applied) · qualifying session data 2003+ · lap times 1996+ · pit stops 2012+ (pit-lane transit, not stationary time) · DNF = Finished(Finished·+N Laps) non-Finished statuses
Data sources: Jolpica-F1 (Ergast compatible API) · weather·Race Control OpenF1 (2023+) · Last fetched: 2026-09-05 14:15