Season 1988 · Round 9

German Grand Prix

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1988-07-24 · Hockenheimring · Germany · German Grand Prix · 44Lap · 299.068km
12 Ayrton Senna
McLaren 1:32:54.188
Team win 15pt P1 · P2 1-2
11 Alain Prost
McLaren +13.609
28 Gerhard Berger
Ferrari +52.095
Fastest Lap
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DNF
7
Philippe Streiff L38 Riccardo Patrese L34 Nicola Larini L27 Nigel Mansell L16 Stefano Modena L15 Philippe Alliot L8 Nelson Piquet L1
Tyre usage Race Control
Storylines · This Grand Prix & circuit
Most wins at this GP
Pole-to-win rate 18/37 48.6%
Most DNFs · all-time P5
Closest finish · all-time P33
Most lead changes · all-time P12
Circuit Info
Hockenheimring Hockenheim, Germany
44Lap 299.068km 37 races held (1970–) Lap record 1:13.780 · Kimi Räikkönen (2004)
Records Watch · Active drivers ranked at this Grand Prix
Wins
P3 Nelson Piquet 3 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
P3 Ayrton Senna 3 wins · → Michael Schumacher -1
P8 Nigel Mansell 2 wins · → Ayrton Senna -1
Pole Position
P3 Nigel Mansell 3 · → Jacky Ickx -1
P3 Alain Prost 3 · → Jacky Ickx -1
P3 Ayrton Senna 3 · → Jacky Ickx -1
Starts
P2 Riccardo Patrese 17 starts · → Rubens Barrichello -1
P6 Nelson Piquet 14 starts · → Jenson Button -1
P10 Alain Prost 13 starts · → Kimi Räikkönen -1
Grid → Finish · places gained and lost
GRID FINISH 10 20 30 40 L44 Senna · P1 → P1 1 Senna SEN 1 Senna SEN Prost · P2 → P2 2 Prost PRO 2 Prost PRO Berger · P3 → P3 3 Berger BER 3 Berger BER Alboreto · P4 → P4 4 Alboreto ALB 4 Alboreto ALB Capelli · P7 → P5 · +2 7 Capelli CAP 5 Capelli CAP Boutsen · P9 → P6 · +3 9 Boutsen BOU 6 Boutsen BOU Warwick · P12 → P7 · +5 12 Warwick WAR 7 Warwick WAR Gugelmin · P10 → P8 · +2 10 Gugelmin GUG 8 Gugelmin GUG Nakajima · P8 → P9 · -1 8 Nakajima NAK 9 Nakajima NAK Cheever · P15 → P10 · +5 15 Cheever CHE 10 Cheever CHE Palmer · P24 → P11 · +13 24 Palmer PAL 11 Palmer PAL Schneider · P22 → P12 · +10 22 Schneider SCH 12 Schneider SCH de Cesaris · P14 → P13 · +1 14 de Cesaris DE 13 de Cesaris DE Ghinzani · P23 → P14 · +9 23 Ghinzani GHI 14 Ghinzani GHI Caffi · P19 → P15 · +4 19 Caffi CAF 15 Caffi CAF Larrauri · P26 → P16 · +10 26 Larrauri LAR 16 Larrauri LAR Arnoux · P17 → P17 17 Arnoux ARN 17 Arnoux ARN Nannini · P6 → P18 · -12 6 Nannini NAN 18 Nannini NAN Dalmas · P21 → P19 · +2 21 Dalmas DAL 19 Dalmas DAL Streiff · P16 → retired L38 Streiff · retired L38 16 Streiff STR R Streiff STR Patrese · P13 → retired L34 Patrese · retired L34 13 Patrese PAT R Patrese PAT Larini · P18 → retired L27 Larini · retired L27 18 Larini LAR R Larini LAR Mansell · P11 → retired L16 Mansell · retired L16 11 Mansell MAN R Mansell MAN Modena · P25 → retired L15 Modena · retired L15 25 Modena MOD R Modena MOD Alliot · P20 → retired L8 Alliot · retired L8 20 Alliot ALL R Alliot ALL Piquet · P5 → retired L1 Piquet · retired L1 5 Piquet PIQ R Piquet PIQ
retired horizontal axis = laps completed · line thickness = places gained or lost
PosDriverTeamGridLapTime / StatusPoints
1 12 Ayrton Senna McLaren 1 44 1:32:54.188 9
2 11 Alain Prost McLaren 2 44 +13.609 6
3 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 3 44 +52.095 4
4 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 4 44 +1:40.912 3
5 16 Ivan Capelli March 7 44 +1:49.606 2
6 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton 9 43 +1 Lap 1
7 17 Derek Warwick Arrows 12 43 +1 Lap
8 15 Maurício Gugelmin March 10 43 +1 Lap
9 2 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 8 43 +1 Lap
10 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows 15 43 +1 Lap
11 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 24 43 +1 Lap
12 10 Bernd Schneider Zakspeed 22 43 +1 Lap
13 22 Andrea de Cesaris Rial 14 42 +2 Laps
14 9 Piercarlo Ghinzani Zakspeed 23 42 +2 Laps
15 36 Alex Caffi Dallara 19 42 +2 Laps
16 32 Oscar Larrauri Euro Brun 26 42 +2 Laps
17 25 René Arnoux Ligier 17 41 +3 Laps
18 19 Alessandro Nannini Benetton 6 40 +4 Laps
19 29 Yannick Dalmas Larrousse 21 39 Clutch
R 14 Philippe Streiff AGS 16 38 Throttle
R 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams 13 34 Spun off
R 21 Nicola Larini Osella 18 27 Engine
R 5 Nigel Mansell Williams 11 16 Spun off
R 33 Stefano Modena Euro Brun 25 15 Engine
R 30 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 20 8 Spun off
R 1 Nelson Piquet Team Lotus 5 1 Spun off
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
1 Nelson Piquet
6
19 Alessandro Nannini
7
16 Ivan Capelli
8
2 Satoru Nakajima
9
20 Thierry Boutsen
10
15 Maurício Gugelmin
11
5 Nigel Mansell
12
17 Derek Warwick
13
6 Riccardo Patrese
14
22 Andrea de Cesaris
15
18 Eddie Cheever
16
14 Philippe Streiff
17
25 René Arnoux
18
21 Nicola Larini
19
36 Alex Caffi
20
30 Philippe Alliot
21
29 Yannick Dalmas
22
10 Bernd Schneider
23
9 Piercarlo Ghinzani
24
3 Jonathan Palmer
25
33 Stefano Modena
26
32 Oscar Larrauri
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