Season 1988 · Round 6

Detroit Grand Prix

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1988-06-19 · Detroit Street Circuit · USA · Detroit Grand Prix · 63Lap · 253.449km
12 Ayrton Senna
McLaren 1:54:56.035
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 1-2
11 Alain Prost
McLaren +38.713
20 Thierry Boutsen
Benetton
Fastest Lap
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DNF
17
Luis Pérez-Sala L54 Philippe Alliot L46 Stefano Modena L46 Michele Alboreto L45 René Arnoux L45 Maurício Gugelmin L34 Riccardo Patrese L26 Nelson Piquet L26 Oscar Larrauri L26 Derek Warwick L24 +7
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Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most DNFs · all-time P2
Circuit Info
Detroit Street Circuit Detroit, USA
63Lap 253.449km 7 races held (1982–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Ayrton Senna 3 wins · GP #1
P2 Nelson Piquet 1 wins · → Ayrton Senna -2
P2 Michele Alboreto 1 wins · → Ayrton Senna -2
Pole Position
P1 Ayrton Senna 3 · GP #1
P2 René Arnoux 1 · → Ayrton Senna -2
P2 Nelson Piquet 1 · → Ayrton Senna -2
Podiums
P1 Alain Prost 3 · GP #1
P1 Ayrton Senna 3 · GP #1
P3 Nelson Piquet 2 · → Ayrton Senna -1
Starts
P1 Riccardo Patrese 7 starts · GP #1
P1 Eddie Cheever 7 starts · GP #1
P1 Nigel Mansell 7 starts · GP #1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L63 Senna · P1 → P1 1 Senna SEN 1 Senna SEN Prost · P4 → P2 · +2 4 Prost PRO 2 Prost PRO Boutsen · P5 → P3 · +2 5 Boutsen BOU 3 Boutsen BOU de Cesaris · P12 → P4 · +8 12 de Cesaris DE 4 de Cesaris DE Palmer · P17 → P5 · +12 17 Palmer PAL 5 Palmer PAL Martini · P16 → P6 · +10 16 Martini MAR 6 Martini MAR Dalmas · P24 → P7 · +17 24 Dalmas DAL 7 Dalmas DAL Caffi · P21 → P8 · +13 21 Caffi CAF 8 Caffi CAF Bailey · P22 → P9 · +13 22 Bailey BAI 9 Bailey BAI Pérez-Sala · P25 → retired L54 Pérez-Sala · retired L54 25 Pérez-Sala PÉR R Pérez-Sala PÉR Alliot · P14 → retired L46 Alliot · retired L46 14 Alliot ALL R Alliot ALL Modena · P19 → retired L46 Modena · retired L46 19 Modena MOD R Modena MOD Alboreto · P3 → retired L45 Alboreto · retired L45 3 Alboreto ALB R Alboreto ALB Arnoux · P20 → retired L45 Arnoux · retired L45 20 Arnoux ARN R Arnoux ARN Gugelmin · P13 → retired L34 Gugelmin · retired L34 13 Gugelmin GUG R Gugelmin GUG Patrese · P10 → retired L26 Patrese · retired L26 10 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Piquet · P8 → retired L26 Piquet · retired L26 8 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ Larrauri · P23 → retired L26 Larrauri · retired L26 23 Larrauri LAR R Larrauri LAR Warwick · P9 → retired L24 Warwick · retired L24 9 Warwick WAR R Warwick WAR Mansell · P6 → retired L18 Mansell · retired L18 6 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN Streiff · P11 → retired L15 Streiff · retired L15 11 Streiff STR R Streiff STR Nannini · P7 → retired L14 Nannini · retired L14 7 Nannini NAN R Nannini NAN Cheever · P15 → retired L14 Cheever · retired L14 15 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE Larini · P26 → retired L7 Larini · retired L7 26 Larini LAR R Larini LAR Berger · P2 → retired L6 Berger · retired L6 2 Berger BER R Berger BER Johansson · P18 → retired L2 Johansson · retired L2 18 Johansson JOH R Johansson JOH Capelli · pit lane → P27 · +1 — Capelli CAP 27 Capelli CAP
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 12 Ayrton Senna McLaren 1 63 1:54:56.035 9
2 11 Alain Prost McLaren 4 63 +38.713 6
3 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton 5 62 +1 Lap 4
4 22 Andrea de Cesaris Rial 12 62 +1 Lap 3
5 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 17 62 +1 Lap 2
6 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 16 62 +1 Lap 1
7 29 Yannick Dalmas Larrousse 24 61 +2 Laps
8 36 Alex Caffi Dallara 21 61 +2 Laps
9 4 Julian Bailey Tyrrell 22 59 Spun off
R 24 Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi 25 54 Gearbox
R 30 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 14 46 Halfshaft
R 33 Stefano Modena Euro Brun 19 46 Spun off
R 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 3 45 Collision
R 25 René Arnoux Ligier 20 45 Overheating
R 15 Maurício Gugelmin March 13 34 Engine
R 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams 10 26 Electrical
R 1 Nelson Piquet Team Lotus 8 26 Spun off
R 32 Oscar Larrauri Euro Brun 23 26 Gearbox
R 17 Derek Warwick Arrows 9 24 Spun off
R 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 6 18 Engine
R 14 Philippe Streiff AGS 11 15 Suspension
R 19 Alessandro Nannini Benetton 7 14 Suspension
R 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows 15 14 Electrical
R 21 Nicola Larini Osella 26 7 Engine
R 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 2 6 Puncture
R 26 Stefan Johansson Ligier 18 2 Overheating
W 16 Ivan Capelli March 0 0 Injured
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
12 Ayrton Senna
2
28 Gerhard Berger
3
27 Michele Alboreto
4
11 Alain Prost
5
20 Thierry Boutsen
6
5 Nigel Mansell
7
19 Alessandro Nannini
8
1 Nelson Piquet
9
17 Derek Warwick
10
6 Riccardo Patrese
11
14 Philippe Streiff
12
22 Andrea de Cesaris
13
15 Maurício Gugelmin
14
30 Philippe Alliot
15
18 Eddie Cheever
16
23 Pierluigi Martini
17
3 Jonathan Palmer
18
26 Stefan Johansson
19
33 Stefano Modena
20
25 René Arnoux
21
36 Alex Caffi
22
4 Julian Bailey
23
32 Oscar Larrauri
24
29 Yannick Dalmas
25
24 Luis Pérez-Sala
26
21 Nicola Larini
PIT
16 Ivan Capelli 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