Season 1988 · Round 11

Belgian Grand Prix

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1988-08-28 · Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps · Belgium · Belgian Grand Prix · 43Lap · 298.420km
12 Ayrton Senna
McLaren 1:28:00.549
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 1-2
11 Alain Prost
McLaren +30.470
16 Ivan Capelli
March +1:15.768
Fastest Lap
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DNF
11
Gabriele Tarquini L36 Michele Alboreto L35 Riccardo Patrese L30 Maurício Gugelmin L29 Piercarlo Ghinzani L25 Satoru Nakajima L22 Nicola Larini L14 Gerhard Berger L11 Yannick Dalmas L9 Andrea de Cesaris L2 +1
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Ayrton Senna active 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 22/59 37.3%
Most DNFs · all-time P30
Most SC/VSC · all-time P6
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
43Lap 298.420km 59 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:44.701 · Sergio Pérez (2024)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P2 Ayrton Senna 5 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
P10 Alain Prost 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P14 Nigel Mansell 1 wins · → Alain Prost -1
Starts
P3 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · → Lewis Hamilton -3
P12 Alain Prost 13 starts · → Graham Hill -1
P12 Andrea de Cesaris 13 starts · → Graham Hill -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 L43 Senna · P1 → P1 1 Senna SEN 1 Senna SEN Prost · P2 → P2 2 Prost PRO 2 Prost PRO Capelli · P14 → P3 · +11 14 Capelli CAP 3 Capelli CAP Piquet · P9 → P4 · +5 9 Piquet PIQ 4 Piquet PIQ Warwick · P10 → P5 · +5 10 Warwick WAR 5 Warwick WAR Cheever · P11 → P6 · +5 11 Cheever CHE 6 Cheever CHE Brundle · P12 → P7 · +5 12 Brundle BRU 7 Brundle BRU Caffi · P15 → P8 · +7 15 Caffi CAF 8 Caffi CAF Alliot · P16 → P9 · +7 16 Alliot ALL 9 Alliot ALL Streiff · P18 → P10 · +8 18 Streiff STR 10 Streiff STR Johansson · P20 → P11 · +9 20 Johansson JOH 11 Johansson JOH Palmer · P21 → P12 · +9 21 Palmer PAL 12 Palmer PAL Schneider · P25 → P13 · +12 25 Schneider SCH 13 Schneider SCH Boutsen · P6 → P14 · -8 6 Boutsen BOU 14 Boutsen BOU Nannini · P7 → P15 · -8 7 Nannini NAN 15 Nannini NAN Tarquini · P22 → retired L36 Tarquini · retired L36 22 Tarquini TAR R Tarquini TAR Alboreto · P4 → retired L35 Alboreto · retired L35 4 Alboreto ALB R Alboreto ALB Patrese · P5 → retired L30 Patrese · retired L30 5 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Gugelmin · P13 → retired L29 Gugelmin · retired L29 13 Gugelmin GUG R Gugelmin GUG Ghinzani · P24 → retired L25 Ghinzani · retired L25 24 Ghinzani GHI R Ghinzani GHI Nakajima · P8 → retired L22 Nakajima · retired L22 8 Nakajima NAK R Nakajima NAK Larini · P26 → retired L14 Larini · retired L14 26 Larini LAR R Larini LAR Berger · P3 → retired L11 Berger · retired L11 3 Berger BER R Berger BER Dalmas · P23 → retired L9 Dalmas · retired L9 23 Dalmas DAL R Dalmas DAL de Cesaris · P19 → retired L2 de Cesaris · retired L2 19 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Arnoux · P17 → retired L2 Arnoux · retired L2 17 Arnoux ARN R Arnoux ARN
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 12 Ayrton Senna McLaren 1 43 1:28:00.549 9
2 11 Alain Prost McLaren 2 43 +30.470 6
3 16 Ivan Capelli March 14 43 +1:15.768 4
4 1 Nelson Piquet Team Lotus 9 43 +1:23.628 3
5 17 Derek Warwick Arrows 10 43 +1:25.355 2
6 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows 11 42 +1 Lap 1
7 5 Martin Brundle Williams 12 42 +1 Lap
8 36 Alex Caffi Dallara 15 42 +1 Lap
9 30 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 16 42 +1 Lap
10 14 Philippe Streiff AGS 18 42 +1 Lap
11 26 Stefan Johansson Ligier 20 39 Engine
12 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 21 39 Throttle
13 10 Bernd Schneider Zakspeed 25 38 Gearbox
D 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton 6 43 Disqualified
D 19 Alessandro Nannini Benetton 7 43 Disqualified
R 31 Gabriele Tarquini Coloni 22 36 Steering
R 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 4 35 Engine
R 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams 5 30 Engine
R 15 Maurício Gugelmin March 13 29 Spun off
R 9 Piercarlo Ghinzani Zakspeed 24 25 Oil leak
R 2 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 8 22 Engine
R 21 Nicola Larini Osella 26 14 Fuel system
R 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 3 11 Injection
R 29 Yannick Dalmas Larrousse 23 9 Engine
R 22 Andrea de Cesaris Rial 19 2 Accident
R 25 René Arnoux Ligier 17 2 Accident
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
6 Riccardo Patrese
6
20 Thierry Boutsen
7
19 Alessandro Nannini
8
2 Satoru Nakajima
9
1 Nelson Piquet
10
17 Derek Warwick
11
18 Eddie Cheever
12
5 Martin Brundle
13
15 Maurício Gugelmin
14
16 Ivan Capelli
15
36 Alex Caffi
16
30 Philippe Alliot
17
25 René Arnoux
18
14 Philippe Streiff
19
22 Andrea de Cesaris
20
26 Stefan Johansson
21
3 Jonathan Palmer
22
31 Gabriele Tarquini
23
29 Yannick Dalmas
24
9 Piercarlo Ghinzani
25
10 Bernd Schneider
26
21 Nicola Larini
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