Season 1988 · Round 15

Japanese Grand Prix

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1988-10-30 · Suzuka Circuit · Japan · Japanese Grand Prix · 51Lap · 298.860km
12 Ayrton Senna
McLaren 1:33:26.173
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 1-2
11 Alain Prost
McLaren +13.363
20 Thierry Boutsen
Benetton +36.109
Fastest Lap
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DNF
9
Andrea de Cesaris L36 Eddie Cheever L35 Nicola Larini L34 Nelson Piquet L34 Nigel Mansell L24 Alex Caffi L22 Ivan Capelli L19 Derek Warwick L16 Bernd Schneider L14
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 20/36 55.6%
Most SC/VSC · all-time P14
Closest finish · all-time P27
Most lead changes · all-time P1
Circuit Info
Suzuka Circuit Suzuka, Japan
51Lap 298.860km 36 races held (1987–) Lap record 1:30.965 · Andrea Kimi Antonelli (2025)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P5 Gerhard Berger 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -2
P5 Ayrton Senna 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -2
P10 Riccardo Patrese 1 wins · → Damon Hill -1
Starts
P16 Gerhard Berger 11 starts · → Mark Webber -1
P31 Riccardo Patrese 8 starts · → Romain Grosjean -1
P36 Nigel Mansell 7 starts · → Riccardo Patrese -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 L51 Senna · P1 → P1 1 Senna SEN 1 Senna SEN Prost · P2 → P2 2 Prost PRO 2 Prost PRO Boutsen · P10 → P3 · +7 10 Boutsen BOU 3 Boutsen BOU Berger · P3 → P4 · -1 3 Berger BER 4 Berger BER Nannini · P12 → P5 · +7 12 Nannini NAN 5 Nannini NAN Patrese · P11 → P6 · +5 11 Patrese PAT 6 Patrese PAT Nakajima · P6 → P7 · -1 6 Nakajima NAK 7 Nakajima NAK Streiff · P18 → P8 · +10 18 Streiff STR 8 Streiff STR Alliot · P19 → P9 · +10 19 Alliot ALL 9 Alliot ALL Gugelmin · P13 → P10 · +3 13 Gugelmin GUG 10 Gugelmin GUG Alboreto · P9 → P11 · -2 9 Alboreto ALB 11 Alboreto ALB Palmer · P16 → P12 · +4 16 Palmer PAL 12 Palmer PAL Martini · P17 → P13 · +4 17 Martini MAR 13 Martini MAR Bailey · P26 → P14 · +12 26 Bailey BAI 14 Bailey BAI Pérez-Sala · P22 → P15 · +7 22 Pérez-Sala PÉR 15 Pérez-Sala PÉR Suzuki · P20 → P16 · +4 20 Suzuki SUZ 16 Suzuki SUZ Arnoux · P23 → P17 · +6 23 Arnoux ARN 17 Arnoux ARN de Cesaris · P14 → retired L36 de Cesaris · retired L36 14 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Cheever · P15 → retired L35 Cheever · retired L35 15 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE Larini · P24 → retired L34 Larini · retired L34 24 Larini LAR R Larini LAR Piquet · P5 → retired L34 Piquet · retired L34 5 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ Mansell · P8 → retired L24 Mansell · retired L24 8 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN Caffi · P21 → retired L22 Caffi · retired L22 21 Caffi CAF R Caffi CAF Capelli · P4 → retired L19 Capelli · retired L19 4 Capelli CAP R Capelli CAP Warwick · P7 → retired L16 Warwick · retired L16 7 Warwick WAR R Warwick WAR Schneider · P25 → retired L14 Schneider · retired L14 25 Schneider SCH R Schneider SCH
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 12 Ayrton Senna McLaren 1 51 1:33:26.173 9
2 11 Alain Prost McLaren 2 51 +13.363 6
3 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton 10 51 +36.109 4
4 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 3 51 +1:26.714 3
5 19 Alessandro Nannini Benetton 12 51 +1:30.603 2
6 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams 11 51 +1:37.615 1
7 2 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 6 50 +1 Lap
8 14 Philippe Streiff AGS 18 50 +1 Lap
9 30 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 19 50 +1 Lap
10 15 Maurício Gugelmin March 13 50 +1 Lap
11 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 9 50 +1 Lap
12 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 16 50 +1 Lap
13 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 17 49 +2 Laps
14 4 Julian Bailey Tyrrell 26 49 +2 Laps
15 24 Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi 22 49 +2 Laps
16 29 Aguri Suzuki Larrousse 20 48 +3 Laps
17 25 René Arnoux Ligier 23 48 +3 Laps
R 22 Andrea de Cesaris Rial 14 36 Overheating
R 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows 15 35 Ignition
R 21 Nicola Larini Osella 24 34 Brakes
R 1 Nelson Piquet Team Lotus 5 34 Driver unwell
R 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 8 24 Collision
R 36 Alex Caffi Dallara 21 22 Spun off
R 16 Ivan Capelli March 4 19 Electrical
R 17 Derek Warwick Arrows 7 16 Spun off
R 10 Bernd Schneider Zakspeed 25 14 Driver unwell
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
16 Ivan Capelli
5
1 Nelson Piquet
6
2 Satoru Nakajima
7
17 Derek Warwick
8
5 Nigel Mansell
9
27 Michele Alboreto
10
20 Thierry Boutsen
11
6 Riccardo Patrese
12
19 Alessandro Nannini
13
15 Maurício Gugelmin
14
22 Andrea de Cesaris
15
18 Eddie Cheever
16
3 Jonathan Palmer
17
23 Pierluigi Martini
18
14 Philippe Streiff
19
30 Philippe Alliot
20
29 Aguri Suzuki
21
36 Alex Caffi
22
24 Luis Pérez-Sala
23
25 René Arnoux
24
21 Nicola Larini
25
10 Bernd Schneider
26
4 Julian Bailey
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