Season 1988 · Round 16

Australian Grand Prix

← R15 1988 Season
1988-11-13 · Adelaide Street Circuit · Australia · Australian Grand Prix · 82Lap · 309.960km
11 Alain Prost
McLaren 1:53:14.676
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 1-2
12 Ayrton Senna
McLaren +36.387
1 Nelson Piquet
Team Lotus +47.546
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
15
Piercarlo Ghinzani L69 Nigel Mansell L65 Alessandro Nannini L63 Stefano Modena L63 Derek Warwick L52 Eddie Cheever L51 Maurício Gugelmin L46 Satoru Nakajima L45 Luis Pérez-Sala L41 Alex Caffi L32 +5
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 5/11 45.5%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Circuit Info
Adelaide Street Circuit Adelaide, Australia
82Lap 309.960km 11 races held (1985–)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P4 Alain Prost 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P4 Gerhard Berger 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P4 Ayrton Senna 2 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P11 Gerhard Berger 13 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
P30 Riccardo Patrese 9 starts · → Jacques Villeneuve -1
P30 Martin Brundle 9 starts · → Jacques Villeneuve -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 15 30 45 60 75 L82 Prost · P2 → P1 · +1 2 Prost PRO 1 Prost PRO Senna · P1 → P2 · -1 1 Senna SEN 2 Senna SEN Piquet · P5 → P3 · +2 5 Piquet PIQ 3 Piquet PIQ Patrese · P6 → P4 · +2 6 Patrese PAT 4 Patrese PAT Boutsen · P10 → P5 · +5 10 Boutsen BOU 5 Boutsen BOU Capelli · P9 → P6 · +3 9 Capelli CAP 6 Capelli CAP Martini · P14 → P7 · +7 14 Martini MAR 7 Martini MAR de Cesaris · P15 → P8 · +7 15 de Cesaris DE 8 de Cesaris DE Johansson · P22 → P9 · +13 22 Johansson JOH 9 Johansson JOH Alliot · P24 → P10 · +14 24 Alliot ALL 10 Alliot ALL Streiff · P16 → P11 · +5 16 Streiff STR 11 Streiff STR Ghinzani · P26 → retired L69 Ghinzani · retired L69 26 Ghinzani GHI R Ghinzani GHI Mansell · P3 → retired L65 Mansell · retired L65 3 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN Nannini · P8 → retired L63 Nannini · retired L63 8 Nannini NAN R Nannini NAN Modena · P20 → retired L63 Modena · retired L63 20 Modena MOD R Modena MOD Warwick · P7 → retired L52 Warwick · retired L52 7 Warwick WAR R Warwick WAR Cheever · P18 → retired L51 Cheever · retired L51 18 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE Gugelmin · P19 → retired L46 Gugelmin · retired L46 19 Gugelmin GUG R Gugelmin GUG Nakajima · P13 → retired L45 Nakajima · retired L45 13 Nakajima NAK R Nakajima NAK Pérez-Sala · P21 → retired L41 Pérez-Sala · retired L41 21 Pérez-Sala PÉR R Pérez-Sala PÉR Caffi · P11 → retired L32 Caffi · retired L32 11 Caffi CAF R Caffi CAF Berger · P4 → retired L25 Berger · retired L25 4 Berger BER R Berger BER Arnoux · P23 → retired L24 Arnoux · retired L24 23 Arnoux ARN R Arnoux ARN Palmer · P17 → retired L16 Palmer · retired L16 17 Palmer PAL R Palmer PAL Larrauri · P25 → retired L12 Larrauri · retired L12 25 Larrauri LAR R Larrauri LAR Alboreto · P12 → retired L0 Alboreto · retired L0 12 Alboreto ALB R Alboreto ALB
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 11 Alain Prost McLaren 2 82 1:53:14.676 9
2 12 Ayrton Senna McLaren 1 82 +36.387 6
3 1 Nelson Piquet Team Lotus 5 82 +47.546 4
4 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams 6 82 +1:20.088 3
5 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton 10 81 +1 Lap 2
6 16 Ivan Capelli March 9 81 +1 Lap 1
7 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 14 80 +2 Laps
8 22 Andrea de Cesaris Rial 15 77 Out of fuel
9 26 Stefan Johansson Ligier 22 76 Out of fuel
10 30 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 24 75 Out of fuel
11 14 Philippe Streiff AGS 16 73 Electrical
R 9 Piercarlo Ghinzani Zakspeed 26 69 Fuel system
R 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 3 65 Spun off
R 19 Alessandro Nannini Benetton 8 63 Spun off
R 33 Stefano Modena Euro Brun 20 63 Halfshaft
R 17 Derek Warwick Arrows 7 52 Engine
R 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows 18 51 Engine
R 15 Maurício Gugelmin March 19 46 Collision
R 2 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 13 45 Collision
R 24 Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi 21 41 Engine
R 36 Alex Caffi Dallara 11 32 Clutch
R 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 4 25 Collision
R 25 René Arnoux Ligier 23 24 Collision
R 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 17 16 Transmission
R 32 Oscar Larrauri Euro Brun 25 12 Halfshaft
R 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 12 0 Collision
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
12 Ayrton Senna
2
11 Alain Prost
3
5 Nigel Mansell
4
28 Gerhard Berger
5
1 Nelson Piquet
6
6 Riccardo Patrese
7
17 Derek Warwick
8
19 Alessandro Nannini
9
16 Ivan Capelli
10
20 Thierry Boutsen
11
36 Alex Caffi
12
27 Michele Alboreto
13
2 Satoru Nakajima
14
23 Pierluigi Martini
15
22 Andrea de Cesaris
16
14 Philippe Streiff
17
3 Jonathan Palmer
18
18 Eddie Cheever
19
15 Maurício Gugelmin
20
33 Stefano Modena
21
24 Luis Pérez-Sala
22
26 Stefan Johansson
23
25 René Arnoux
24
30 Philippe Alliot
25
32 Oscar Larrauri
26
9 Piercarlo Ghinzani
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