Season 1988 · Round 5

Canadian Grand Prix

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1988-06-12 · Circuit Gilles Villeneuve · Canada · Canadian Grand Prix · 69Lap · 302.910km
12 Ayrton Senna
McLaren 1:39:46.618
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 1-2
11 Alain Prost
McLaren +5.934
20 Thierry Boutsen
Benetton +51.409
Fastest Lap
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DNF
12
Maurício Gugelmin L54 Philippe Streiff L41 René Arnoux L36 Michele Alboreto L33 Riccardo Patrese L32 Eddie Cheever L31 Nigel Mansell L28 Stefan Johansson L24 Gerhard Berger L22 Alessandro Nannini L15 +2
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 22/45 48.9%
Most SC/VSC · all-time P6
Closest finish · all-time P8
Most lead changes · all-time P12
Circuit Info
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal, Canada
69Lap 302.910km 45 races held (1978–) Lap record 1:13.078 · Valtteri Bottas (2019)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P3 Nelson Piquet 3 wins · → Michael Schumacher -4
P5 Ayrton Senna 2 wins · → Nelson Piquet -1
P10 René Arnoux 1 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P5 Riccardo Patrese 16 starts · → Lewis Hamilton -1
P9 Andrea de Cesaris 14 starts · → David Coulthard -1
P12 Nelson Piquet 13 starts · → Felipe Massa -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L69 Senna · P1 → P1 1 Senna SEN 1 Senna SEN Prost · P2 → P2 2 Prost PRO 2 Prost PRO Boutsen · P7 → P3 · +4 7 Boutsen BOU 3 Boutsen BOU Piquet · P6 → P4 · +2 6 Piquet PIQ 4 Piquet PIQ Capelli · P14 → P5 · +9 14 Capelli CAP 5 Capelli CAP Palmer · P19 → P6 · +13 19 Palmer PAL 6 Palmer PAL Warwick · P16 → P7 · +9 16 Warwick WAR 7 Warwick WAR Tarquini · P26 → P8 · +18 26 Tarquini TAR 8 Tarquini TAR de Cesaris · P12 → P9 · +3 12 de Cesaris DE 9 de Cesaris DE Alliot · P17 → P10 · +7 17 Alliot ALL 10 Alliot ALL Nakajima · P13 → P11 · +2 13 Nakajima NAK 11 Nakajima NAK Modena · P15 → P12 · +3 15 Modena MOD 12 Modena MOD Pérez-Sala · P21 → P13 · +8 21 Pérez-Sala PÉR 13 Pérez-Sala PÉR Ghinzani · P22 → P14 · +8 22 Ghinzani GHI 14 Ghinzani GHI Gugelmin · P18 → retired L54 Gugelmin · retired L54 18 Gugelmin GUG R Gugelmin GUG Streiff · P10 → retired L41 Streiff · retired L41 10 Streiff STR R Streiff STR Arnoux · P20 → retired L36 Arnoux · retired L36 20 Arnoux ARN R Arnoux ARN Alboreto · P4 → retired L33 Alboreto · retired L33 4 Alboreto ALB R Alboreto ALB Patrese · P11 → retired L32 Patrese · retired L32 11 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Cheever · P8 → retired L31 Cheever · retired L31 8 Cheever CHE R Cheever CHE Mansell · P9 → retired L28 Mansell · retired L28 9 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN Johansson · P25 → retired L24 Johansson · retired L24 25 Johansson JOH R Johansson JOH Berger · P3 → retired L22 Berger · retired L22 3 Berger BER R Berger BER Nannini · P5 → retired L15 Nannini · retired L15 5 Nannini NAN R Nannini NAN Larrauri · P24 → retired L8 Larrauri · retired L8 24 Larrauri LAR R Larrauri LAR Bailey · P23 → retired L0 Bailey · retired L0 23 Bailey BAI R Bailey BAI
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 12 Ayrton Senna McLaren 1 69 1:39:46.618 9
2 11 Alain Prost McLaren 2 69 +5.934 6
3 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton 7 69 +51.409 4
4 1 Nelson Piquet Team Lotus 6 68 +1 Lap 3
5 16 Ivan Capelli March 14 68 +1 Lap 2
6 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 19 67 +2 Laps 1
7 17 Derek Warwick Arrows 16 67 +2 Laps
8 31 Gabriele Tarquini Coloni 26 67 +2 Laps
9 22 Andrea de Cesaris Rial 12 66 Out of fuel
10 30 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 17 66 Electrical
11 2 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 13 66 +3 Laps
12 33 Stefano Modena Euro Brun 15 66 +3 Laps
13 24 Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi 21 64 +5 Laps
14 9 Piercarlo Ghinzani Zakspeed 22 63 Engine
R 15 Maurício Gugelmin March 18 54 Gearbox
R 14 Philippe Streiff AGS 10 41 Suspension
R 25 René Arnoux Ligier 20 36 Transmission
R 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 4 33 Engine
R 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams 11 32 Engine
R 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows 8 31 Throttle
R 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 9 28 Engine
R 26 Stefan Johansson Ligier 25 24 Engine
R 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 3 22 Electrical
R 19 Alessandro Nannini Benetton 5 15 Ignition
R 32 Oscar Larrauri Euro Brun 24 8 Chassis
R 4 Julian Bailey Tyrrell 23 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
28 Gerhard Berger
4
27 Michele Alboreto
5
19 Alessandro Nannini
6
1 Nelson Piquet
7
20 Thierry Boutsen
8
18 Eddie Cheever
9
5 Nigel Mansell
10
14 Philippe Streiff
11
6 Riccardo Patrese
12
22 Andrea de Cesaris
13
2 Satoru Nakajima
14
16 Ivan Capelli
15
33 Stefano Modena
16
17 Derek Warwick
17
30 Philippe Alliot
18
15 Maurício Gugelmin
19
3 Jonathan Palmer
20
25 René Arnoux
21
24 Luis Pérez-Sala
22
9 Piercarlo Ghinzani
23
4 Julian Bailey
24
32 Oscar Larrauri
25
26 Stefan Johansson
26
31 Gabriele Tarquini
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