Season 1988 · Round 4

Mexican Grand Prix

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1988-05-29 · Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez · Mexico · Mexican Grand Prix · 67Lap · 296.207km
11 Alain Prost
McLaren 1:30:15.737
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 1-2
12 Ayrton Senna
McLaren +7.104
28 Gerhard Berger
Ferrari +57.314
Fastest Lap
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DNF
10
Nelson Piquet L58 Andrea de Cesaris L52 Satoru Nakajima L27 Nigel Mansell L20 Bernd Schneider L16 Riccardo Patrese L16 René Arnoux L13 Alex Caffi L13 Maurício Gugelmin L10 Philippe Alliot L0
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Pole-to-win rate 12/25 48%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Most SC/VSC · all-time P14
Circuit Info
Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Mexico City, Mexico
67Lap 296.207km 26 races held (1963–) Lap record 1:17.774 · Valtteri Bottas (2021)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Nigel Mansell 2 wins · GP #1
P1 Alain Prost 2 wins · GP #1
P6 Riccardo Patrese 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
Podiums
P1 Riccardo Patrese 4 · GP #1
P1 Nigel Mansell 4 · GP #1
P1 Ayrton Senna 4 · GP #1
Starts
P4 Riccardo Patrese 7 starts · → Pedro Rodríguez -1
P4 Nigel Mansell 7 starts · → Pedro Rodríguez -1
P4 Andrea de Cesaris 7 starts · → Pedro Rodríguez -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L67 Prost · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Prost PRO 1 Prost PRO Senna · P1 → P2 · -1 1 Senna SEN 2 Senna SEN Berger · P3 → P3 3 Berger BER 3 Berger BER Alboreto · P5 → P4 · +1 5 Alboreto ALB 4 Alboreto ALB Warwick · P9 → P5 · +4 9 Warwick WAR 5 Warwick WAR Cheever · P7 → P6 · +1 7 Cheever CHE 6 Cheever CHE Nannini · P8 → P7 · +1 8 Nannini NAN 7 Nannini NAN Boutsen · P11 → P8 · +3 11 Boutsen BOU 8 Boutsen BOU Dalmas · P22 → P9 · +13 22 Dalmas DAL 9 Dalmas DAL Johansson · P24 → P10 · +14 24 Johansson JOH 10 Johansson JOH Pérez-Sala · P25 → P11 · +14 25 Pérez-Sala PÉR 11 Pérez-Sala PÉR Streiff · P19 → P12 · +7 19 Streiff STR 12 Streiff STR Larrauri · P26 → P13 · +13 26 Larrauri LAR 13 Larrauri LAR Tarquini · P21 → P14 · +7 21 Tarquini TAR 14 Tarquini TAR Ghinzani · P18 → P15 · +3 18 Ghinzani GHI 15 Ghinzani GHI Capelli · P10 → P16 · -6 10 Capelli CAP 16 Capelli CAP Piquet · P4 → retired L58 Piquet · retired L58 4 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ de Cesaris · P12 → retired L52 de Cesaris · retired L52 12 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Nakajima · P6 → retired L27 Nakajima · retired L27 6 Nakajima NAK R Nakajima NAK Mansell · P14 → retired L20 Mansell · retired L20 14 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN Schneider · P15 → retired L16 Schneider · retired L16 15 Schneider SCH R Schneider SCH Patrese · P17 → retired L16 Patrese · retired L16 17 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Arnoux · P20 → retired L13 Arnoux · retired L13 20 Arnoux ARN R Arnoux ARN Caffi · P23 → retired L13 Caffi · retired L13 23 Caffi CAF R Caffi CAF Gugelmin · P16 → retired L10 Gugelmin · retired L10 16 Gugelmin GUG R Gugelmin GUG Alliot · P13 → retired L0 Alliot · retired L0 13 Alliot ALL R Alliot ALL 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 67 1:30:15.737 9
2 12 Ayrton Senna McLaren 1 67 +7.104 6
3 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 3 67 +57.314 4
4 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 5 66 +1 Lap 3
5 17 Derek Warwick Arrows 9 66 +1 Lap 2
6 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows 7 66 +1 Lap 1
7 19 Alessandro Nannini Benetton 8 65 +2 Laps
8 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton 11 64 +3 Laps
9 29 Yannick Dalmas Larrousse 22 64 +3 Laps
10 26 Stefan Johansson Ligier 24 63 +4 Laps
11 24 Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi 25 63 +4 Laps
12 14 Philippe Streiff AGS 19 63 +4 Laps
13 32 Oscar Larrauri Euro Brun 26 63 +4 Laps
14 31 Gabriele Tarquini Coloni 21 62 +5 Laps
15 9 Piercarlo Ghinzani Zakspeed 18 61 +6 Laps
16 16 Ivan Capelli March 10 61 +6 Laps
R 1 Nelson Piquet Team Lotus 4 58 Engine
R 22 Andrea de Cesaris Rial 12 52 Gearbox
R 2 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 6 27 Engine
R 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 14 20 Engine
R 10 Bernd Schneider Zakspeed 15 16 Engine
R 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams 17 16 Engine
R 25 René Arnoux Ligier 20 13 Accident
R 36 Alex Caffi Dallara 23 13 Brakes
R 15 Maurício Gugelmin March 16 10 Electrical
R 30 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 13 0 Suspension
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
1 Nelson Piquet
5
27 Michele Alboreto
6
2 Satoru Nakajima
7
18 Eddie Cheever
8
19 Alessandro Nannini
9
17 Derek Warwick
10
16 Ivan Capelli
11
20 Thierry Boutsen
12
22 Andrea de Cesaris
13
30 Philippe Alliot
14
5 Nigel Mansell
15
10 Bernd Schneider
16
15 Maurício Gugelmin
17
6 Riccardo Patrese
18
9 Piercarlo Ghinzani
19
14 Philippe Streiff
20
25 René Arnoux
21
31 Gabriele Tarquini
22
29 Yannick Dalmas
23
36 Alex Caffi
24
26 Stefan Johansson
25
24 Luis Pérez-Sala
26
32 Oscar Larrauri
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