Season 1988 · Round 8

British Grand Prix

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1988-07-10 · Silverstone Circuit · UK · British Grand Prix · 65Lap · 310.570km
12 Ayrton Senna
McLaren 1:33:16.367
Team win 9pt P1 · P22
5 Nigel Mansell
Williams +23.344
19 Alessandro Nannini
Benetton +51.214
Fastest Lap
—
DNF
7
Thierry Boutsen L38 Ivan Capelli L34 Alain Prost L24 Jonathan Palmer L14 Andrea de Cesaris L9 Philippe Streiff L8 Luis Pérez-Sala L0
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Jim Clark 5 wins
Alain Prost active 5 wins
Pole-to-win rate 22/61 36.1%
Most DNFs · all-time P13
Most SC/VSC · all-time P1
Closest finish · all-time P34
Most lead changes · all-time P4
Circuit Info
Silverstone Circuit Silverstone, UK
65Lap 310.570km 61 races held (1950–) Lap record 1:18.739 · Michael Schumacher (2004)
Track layout in detail →
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P2 Alain Prost 5 wins · → Lewis Hamilton -4
P4 Nigel Mansell 4 wins · → Alain Prost -1
P17 Ayrton Senna 1 wins · → Sebastian Vettel -1
Starts
P6 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · → Michael Schumacher -1
P14 Andrea de Cesaris 14 starts · → Sebastian Vettel -1
P18 Nelson Piquet 13 starts · → Giancarlo Fisichella -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 50 60 L65 Senna · P3 → P1 · +2 3 Senna SEN 1 Senna SEN Mansell · P11 → P2 · +9 11 Mansell MAN 2 Mansell MAN Nannini · P8 → P3 · +5 8 Nannini NAN 3 Nannini NAN Gugelmin · P5 → P4 · +1 5 Gugelmin GUG 4 Gugelmin GUG Piquet · P7 → P5 · +2 7 Piquet PIQ 5 Piquet PIQ Warwick · P9 → P6 · +3 9 Warwick WAR 6 Warwick WAR Cheever · P13 → P7 · +6 13 Cheever CHE 7 Cheever CHE Patrese · P15 → P8 · +7 15 Patrese PAT 8 Patrese PAT Berger · P1 → P9 · -8 1 Berger BER 9 Berger BER Nakajima · P10 → P10 10 Nakajima NAK 10 Nakajima NAK Caffi · P21 → P11 · +10 21 Caffi CAF 11 Caffi CAF Modena · P20 → P12 · +8 20 Modena MOD 12 Modena MOD Dalmas · P23 → P13 · +10 23 Dalmas DAL 13 Dalmas DAL Alliot · P22 → P14 · +8 22 Alliot ALL 14 Alliot ALL Martini · P19 → P15 · +4 19 Martini MAR 15 Martini MAR Bailey · P24 → P16 · +8 24 Bailey BAI 16 Bailey BAI Alboreto · P2 → P17 · -15 2 Alboreto ALB 17 Alboreto ALB Arnoux · P25 → P18 · +7 25 Arnoux ARN 18 Arnoux ARN Larini · P26 → P19 · +7 26 Larini LAR 19 Larini LAR Boutsen · P12 → retired L38 Boutsen · retired L38 12 Boutsen BOU R Boutsen BOU Capelli · P6 → retired L34 Capelli · retired L34 6 Capelli CAP R Capelli CAP Prost · P4 → retired L24 Prost · retired L24 4 Prost PRO R Prost PRO Palmer · P17 → retired L14 Palmer · retired L14 17 Palmer PAL R Palmer PAL de Cesaris · P14 → retired L9 de Cesaris · retired L9 14 de Cesaris DE R de Cesaris DE Streiff · P16 → retired L8 Streiff · retired L8 16 Streiff STR R Streiff STR Pérez-Sala · P18 → retired L0 Pérez-Sala · retired L0 18 Pérez-Sala PÉR R Pérez-Sala PÉR
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 12 Ayrton Senna McLaren 3 65 1:33:16.367 9
2 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 11 65 +23.344 6
3 19 Alessandro Nannini Benetton 8 65 +51.214 4
4 15 Maurício Gugelmin March 5 65 +1:11.378 3
5 1 Nelson Piquet Team Lotus 7 65 +1:20.835 2
6 17 Derek Warwick Arrows 9 64 +1 Lap 1
7 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows 13 64 +1 Lap
8 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams 15 64 +1 Lap
9 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1 64 +1 Lap
10 2 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 10 64 +1 Lap
11 36 Alex Caffi Dallara 21 64 +1 Lap
12 33 Stefano Modena Euro Brun 20 64 +1 Lap
13 29 Yannick Dalmas Larrousse 23 63 +2 Laps
14 30 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 22 63 +2 Laps
15 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 19 63 +2 Laps
16 4 Julian Bailey Tyrrell 24 63 +2 Laps
17 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 2 62 Out of fuel
18 25 René Arnoux Ligier 25 62 +3 Laps
19 21 Nicola Larini Osella 26 60 Out of fuel
R 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton 12 38 Transmission
R 16 Ivan Capelli March 6 34 Alternator
R 11 Alain Prost McLaren 4 24 Handling
R 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 17 14 Engine
R 22 Andrea de Cesaris Rial 14 9 Clutch
R 14 Philippe Streiff AGS 16 8 Broken wing
R 24 Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi 18 0 Suspension
Not collected for this era — the source only covers 2003 onwards.
Starting grid
Official
1
28 Gerhard Berger
2
27 Michele Alboreto
3
12 Ayrton Senna
4
11 Alain Prost
5
15 Maurício Gugelmin
6
16 Ivan Capelli
7
1 Nelson Piquet
8
19 Alessandro Nannini
9
17 Derek Warwick
10
2 Satoru Nakajima
11
5 Nigel Mansell
12
20 Thierry Boutsen
13
18 Eddie Cheever
14
22 Andrea de Cesaris
15
6 Riccardo Patrese
16
14 Philippe Streiff
17
3 Jonathan Palmer
18
24 Luis Pérez-Sala
19
23 Pierluigi Martini
20
33 Stefano Modena
21
36 Alex Caffi
22
30 Philippe Alliot
23
29 Yannick Dalmas
24
4 Julian Bailey
25
25 René Arnoux
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