Season 1988 · Round 1

Brazilian Grand Prix

1988 Season R2 →
1988-04-03 · Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet · Brazil · Brazilian Grand Prix · 60Lap · 301.860km
11 Alain Prost
McLaren 1:36:06.857
Team win 9pt P1 · P17
28 Gerhard Berger
Ferrari +9.873
1 Nelson Piquet
Team Lotus +1:08.591
Fastest Lap
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DNF
16
Andrea de Cesaris L53 Jonathan Palmer L47 Luis Pérez-Sala L46 Philippe Alliot L40 Gabriele Tarquini L35 Philippe Streiff L35 Yannick Dalmas L32 René Arnoux L23 Stefano Modena L20 Nigel Mansell L18 +6
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Alain Prost active 6 wins
Pole-to-win rate 1/10 10%
Most DNFs · all-time P30
Circuit Info
60Lap 301.860km 10 races held (1978–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P1 Alain Prost 6 wins · GP #1
P5 Nelson Piquet 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P5 Nigel Mansell 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Pole Position
P1 Ayrton Senna 6 · GP #1
P6 Nigel Mansell 2 · → Felipe Massa -1
P6 Alain Prost 2 · → Felipe Massa -1
Starts
P5 Riccardo Patrese 16 starts · → Jenson Button -1
P10 Nelson Piquet 13 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
P10 Alain Prost 13 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L60 Prost · P3 → P1 · +2 3 Prost PRO 1 Prost PRO Berger · P4 → P2 · +2 4 Berger BER 2 Berger BER Piquet · P5 → P3 · +2 5 Piquet PIQ 3 Piquet PIQ Warwick · P11 → P4 · +7 11 Warwick WAR 4 Warwick WAR Alboreto · P6 → P5 · +1 6 Alboreto ALB 5 Alboreto ALB Nakajima · P10 → P6 · +4 10 Nakajima NAK 6 Nakajima NAK Boutsen · P7 → P7 7 Boutsen BOU 7 Boutsen BOU Cheever · P15 → P8 · +7 15 Cheever CHE 8 Cheever CHE Johansson · P21 → P9 · +12 21 Johansson JOH 9 Johansson JOH de Cesaris · P14 → retired L53 de Cesaris · retired L53 14 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Palmer · P22 → retired L47 Palmer · retired L47 22 Palmer PAL R Palmer PAL Pérez-Sala · P20 → retired L46 Pérez-Sala · retired L46 20 Pérez-Sala PÉR R Pérez-Sala PÉR Alliot · P16 → retired L40 Alliot · retired L40 16 Alliot ALL R Alliot ALL Tarquini · P25 → retired L35 Tarquini · retired L35 25 Tarquini TAR R Tarquini TAR Streiff · P19 → retired L35 Streiff · retired L35 19 Streiff STR R Streiff STR Dalmas · P17 → retired L32 Dalmas · retired L32 17 Dalmas DAL R Dalmas DAL Senna · P1 → P17 · -16 1 Senna SEN 17 Senna SEN Arnoux · P18 → retired L23 Arnoux · retired L23 18 Arnoux ARN R Arnoux ARN Modena · P24 → retired L20 Modena · retired L20 24 Modena MOD R Modena MOD Mansell · P2 → retired L18 Mansell · retired L18 2 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN Nannini · P12 → retired L7 Nannini · retired L7 12 Nannini NAN R Nannini NAN Patrese · P8 → retired L6 Patrese · retired L6 8 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Capelli · P9 → retired L6 Capelli · retired L6 9 Capelli CAP R Capelli CAP Campos · P23 → retired L5 Campos · retired L5 23 Campos CAM R Campos CAM Gugelmin · P13 → retired L0 Gugelmin · retired L0 13 Gugelmin GUG R Gugelmin GUG Larrauri · P26 → retired L0 Larrauri · retired L0 26 Larrauri LAR R Larrauri LAR
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 11 Alain Prost McLaren 3 60 1:36:06.857 9
2 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 4 60 +9.873 6
3 1 Nelson Piquet Team Lotus 5 60 +1:08.591 4
4 17 Derek Warwick Arrows 11 60 +1:13.348 3
5 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 6 60 +1:14.556 2
6 2 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 10 59 +1 Lap 1
7 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton 7 59 +1 Lap
8 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows 15 59 +1 Lap
9 26 Stefan Johansson Ligier 21 57 +3 Laps
R 22 Andrea de Cesaris Rial 14 53 Engine
R 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 22 47 Transmission
R 24 Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi 20 46 Chassis
R 30 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 16 40 Suspension
R 31 Gabriele Tarquini Coloni 25 35 Suspension
R 14 Philippe Streiff AGS 19 35 Brakes
R 29 Yannick Dalmas Larrousse 17 32 Engine
D 12 Ayrton Senna McLaren 1 31 Disqualified
R 25 René Arnoux Ligier 18 23 Clutch
R 33 Stefano Modena Euro Brun 24 20 Engine
R 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 2 18 Engine
R 19 Alessandro Nannini Benetton 12 7 Engine
R 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams 8 6 Engine
R 16 Ivan Capelli March 9 6 Engine
R 23 Adrián Campos Minardi 23 5 Chassis
R 15 Maurício Gugelmin March 13 0 Gearbox
R 32 Oscar Larrauri Euro Brun 26 0 Electrical
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
12 Ayrton Senna
2
5 Nigel Mansell
3
11 Alain Prost
4
28 Gerhard Berger
5
1 Nelson Piquet
6
27 Michele Alboreto
7
20 Thierry Boutsen
8
6 Riccardo Patrese
9
16 Ivan Capelli
10
2 Satoru Nakajima
11
17 Derek Warwick
12
19 Alessandro Nannini
13
15 Maurício Gugelmin
14
22 Andrea de Cesaris
15
18 Eddie Cheever
16
30 Philippe Alliot
17
29 Yannick Dalmas
18
25 René Arnoux
19
14 Philippe Streiff
20
24 Luis Pérez-Sala
21
26 Stefan Johansson
22
3 Jonathan Palmer
23
23 Adrián Campos
24
33 Stefano Modena
25
31 Gabriele Tarquini
26
32 Oscar Larrauri
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