1988 Formula One season facts for kids

The 1988 Formula One season was the 39th of the championship. The champion was Ayrton Senna in a close battle.

Drivers & Constructors

The following drivers and constructors competed in the 1988 season

Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	No	Driver
Camel Team Lotus Honda	Lotus	Lotus 100T	Honda	G	1	Nelson Piquet
					2	Satoru Nakajima
Tyrell Racing Organization	Tyrrell	Tyrrell 017	Ford Cosworth	G	3	Jonathan Palmer
					4	Julian Bailey
Williams Grand Prix Engineering	WilliamsF1	Williams FW12	Judd	G	5	Nigel Mansell
						Martin Brundle
						Jean-Louis Schlesser
					6	Riccardo Patrese
Zakspeed Racing	Zakspeed	Zakspeed 881	Zakspeed	G	9	Piercarlo Ghinzani
					10	Bernd Schneider
Marlboro McLaren International Honda	McLaren	McLaren MP4/4	Honda	G	11	Ayrton Senna
					12	Alain Prost
Team AGS	AGS	AGS JH22 AGS JH23	Ford Cosworth	G	14	Philippe Streiff
Leyton House March Racing Team	March	March 881	Judd	G	15	Mauricio Gugelmin
					16	Ivan Capelli
Arrows Racing Team	Arrows	Arrows A10B	Megatron	G	17	Derek Warwick
					18	Eddie Cheever
Benetton Formula	Benetton	Benetton B188	Ford Cosworth	G	19	Alessandro Nannini
					20	Thierry Boutsen
Osella Squadra Corse	Osella	Osella FA1I Osella FA1L	Osella	G	21	Nicola Larini
Rial Racing	Rial	Rial ARC1	Ford Cosworth	G	22	Andrea de Cesaris
Minardi Team	Minardi	Minardi M188	Ford Cosworth	G	23	Adrian Campos
						Pierluigi Martini
					24	Luis Perez-Sala
Equipe Ligier	Ligier	Ligier JS31	Judd	G	25	René Arnoux
					26	Stefan Johansson
Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	Ferrari F187/88C	Scuderia Ferrari	G	27	Michele Alboreto
					28	Gerhard Berger
Larrousse & Calmels F1	Lola	Lola LC88	Ford Cosworth	G	29	Yannick Dalmas
						Pierre-Henri Raphanel
						Aguri Suzuki
					30	Philippe Alliot
Coloni Racing	Coloni	Coloni FC188 Coloni FC188B	Ford Cosworth	G	31	Gabriele Tarquini
Eurobrun Racing	Euro Brun	Euro Brun ER188	Ford Cosworth	G	32	Oscar Larrauri
					33	Stefano Modena
Scuderia Italia	Dallara	Dallara 188	Ford Cosworth	G	36	Alex Caffi

Season review

Round	Race	Date	Location	Winning driver	Constructor	Report
1	Brazilian Grand Prix	April 3	Jacarepaguá	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	Report
2	San Marino Grand Prix	May 1	Imola	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	Report
3	Monaco Grand Prix	May 15	Monaco	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	Report
4	Mexican Grand Prix	May 29	Hermanos Rodríguez	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	Report
5	Canadian Grand Prix	June 12	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	Report
6	United States Grand Prix East	June 19	Detroit	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	Report
7	French Grand Prix	July 3	Paul Ricard	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	Report
8	British Grand Prix	July 10	Silverstone	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	Report
9	German Grand Prix	July 24	Hockenheimring	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	Report
10	Hungarian Grand Prix	August 7	Hungaroring	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	Report
11	Belgian Grand Prix	August 28	Spa-Francorchamps	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	Report
12	Italian Grand Prix	September 11	Monza	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	Report
13	Portuguese Grand Prix	September 25	Estoril	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	Report
14	Spanish Grand Prix	October 2	Jerez	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	Report
15	Japanese Grand Prix	October 30	Suzuka	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	Report
16	Australian Grand Prix	November 13	Adelaide	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	Report

1988 Constructors Championship final standings

Place	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	Points	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	McLaren-Honda	MP4/4	Honda RA186E	G	199	15	25	15
2	Ferrari	F1-87/88C	Ferrari 033E	G	65	1	8	1
3	Benetton-Ford	B188	Ford DFR	G	39		7
4	Arrows-Megatron	A10B	(BMW) Megatron M12/13	G	23		1
5	Lotus-Honda	100T	Honda RA186E	G	23		3
6	March-Judd	881	Judd CV	G	22		2
7	Williams-Judd	FW12	Judd CV	G	20		2
8	Tyrrell-Ford	017	Ford DFZ	G	5
9	Rial-Ford	ARC1	Ford DFZ	G	3
10	Minardi-Ford	M188	Ford DFZ	G	1
11	Zakspeed	881 881B	Zakspeed 1500/4	G
12	Coloni-Ford	FC188 FC188B	Ford DFZ	G
13	Ligier-Judd	JS31	Judd CV	G
14	Osella-Alfa Romeo	FA1I FA1L	Alfa Romeo 890T	G
15	Lola-Ford	LC88	Ford DFZ	G
16	Dallara-Ford	3087 F188	Ford DFV Ford DFZ	G
17	AGS-Ford	JH23	Ford DFZ	G
18	Euro Brun-Ford	ER188	Ford DFZ	G

1988 Drivers Championship final standings

Pos Driver BRA SMR MON MEX CAN USE FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR ESP JPN AUS Points 1 Ayrton Senna DSQ 1 Ret 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 10 6 4 1 2 90 (94)* 2 Alain Prost 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 Ret 2 2 2 Ret 1 1 2 1 87 (105)* 3 Gerhard Berger 2 5 2 3 Ret Ret 4 9 3 4 Ret 1 Ret 6 4 Ret 41 4 Thierry Boutsen 7 4 8 8 3 3 Ret Ret 6 3 DSQ 6 3 9 3 5 27 5 Michele Alboreto 5 18 3 4 Ret Ret 3 17 4 Ret Ret 2 5 Ret 11 Ret 24 6 Nelson Piquet 3 3 Ret Ret 4 Ret 5 5 Ret 8 4 Ret Ret 8 Ret 3 22 7 Ivan Capelli Ret Ret 10 16 5 DNS 9 Ret 5 Ret 3 5 2 Ret Ret 6 17 8 Derek Warwick 4 9 4 5 7 Ret Ret 6 7 Ret 5 4 4 Ret Ret Ret 17 9 Nigel Mansell Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 2 Ret Ret Ret 2 Ret Ret 12 10 Alessandro Nannini Ret 6 Ret 7 Ret Ret 6 3 18 Ret DSQ 9 Ret 3 5 Ret 12 11 Riccardo Patrese Ret 13 6 Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 Ret 6 Ret 7 Ret 5 6 4 8 12 Eddie Cheever 8 7 Ret 6 Ret Ret 11 7 10 Ret 6 3 Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 13 Mauricio Gugelmin Ret 15 Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 4 8 5 Ret 8 Ret 7 10 Ret 5 14 Jonathan Palmer Ret 14 5 DNQ 6 5 Ret Ret 11 Ret 12 DNQ Ret Ret 12 Ret 5 15 Andrea de Cesaris Ret Ret Ret Ret 9 4 10 Ret 13 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 8 3 16 Satoru Nakajima 6 8 DNQ Ret 11 DNQ 7 10 9 7 Ret Ret Ret Ret 7 Ret 1 17 Pierluigi Martini 6 15 15 DNQ Ret DNQ Ret Ret Ret 13 7 1 18 Yannick Dalmas Ret 12 7 9 DNQ 7 13 13 19 9 Ret Ret Ret 11 0 19 Alex Caffi DNPQ Ret Ret Ret 8 12 11 15 Ret 8 Ret 7 10 Ret Ret 0 20 Martin Brundle 7 0 21 Philippe Streiff Ret 10 Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 10 Ret 9 Ret 8 11 0 22 Luis Perez-Sala Ret 11 Ret 11 13 Ret NC Ret DNQ 10 DNQ Ret 8 12 15 Ret 0 23 Gabriele Tarquini Ret Ret Ret 14 8 DNQ 13 Ret DNQ 11 DNQ 0 24 Philippe Alliot Ret 17 Ret Ret 10 Ret Ret 14 Ret 12 9 Ret Ret 14 9 10 0 25 Stefan Johansson 9 DNQ Ret 10 Ret Ret DNQ DNQ DNQ Ret 11 DNQ Ret Ret DNQ 9 0 26 Julian Bailey DNQ Ret DNQ Ret 9 DNQ 16 DNQ DNQ DNQ 12 DNQ DNQ 14 DNQ 0 27 Nicola Larini DNQ DSQ 9 DNQ DNQ Ret Ret 19 Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret Ret DNPQ 0 28 René Arnoux Ret DNQ Ret Ret Ret Ret DNQ 18 17 Ret Ret 13 10 Ret 17 Ret 0 29 Stefano Modena Ret NC DSQ DSQ 12 Ret 14 12 Ret 11 DNQ DNQ DNQ 13 DNQ Ret 0 30 Jean-Louis Schlesser 11 0 31 Bernd Schneider DNQ DNQ Ret DNQ DNQ Ret DNQ 12 DNQ 13 Ret DNQ DNQ Ret DNQ 0 32 Oscar Larrauri Ret DNQ Ret 13 Ret Ret Ret DNQ 16 DNQ DNQ DNQ Ret 0 33 Piercarlo Ghinzani DNQ Ret Ret 15 14 DNQ DSQ DNQ 14 DNQ Ret Ret DNQ DNQ DNQ Ret 0 34 Adrián Campos Ret 16 DNQ DNQ 0 35 Aguri Suzuki 16 0 — Pierre-Henri Raphanel DNQ 0 Pos Driver BRA SMR MON MEX CAN USE FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR ESP JPN AUS Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Purple Did not finish (Ret) Not classified (NC) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate Injured (INJ) Excluded (EX)

• Only best 11 results counted toward the championship. Prost scored 105 points during the year, but only 87 points were counted toward the championship. Senna scored 94 points, with 90 points counted toward the championship. Thus, Senna became the World Champion, although he did not score most points over the course of the year.

Place	Driver	Number	Country	Points	Wins	Podiums	Poles
1	Ayrton Senna	12	Brazil	90 (94)	8	11	13
2	Alain Prost	11	France	87 (105)	7	14	2
3	Gerhard Berger	28	Austria	41	1	5	1
4	Thierry Boutsen	20	Belgium	27		5
5	Michele Alboreto	27	Italy	24		3
6	Nelson Piquet	1	Brazil	22		3
7	Ivan Capelli	16	Italy	17		2
8	Derek Warwick	17	Britain	17
9	Nigel Mansell	5	Britain	12		2
10	Alessandro Nannini	19	Italy	12		2
11	Riccardo Patrese	6	Italy	8
12	Eddie Cheever	18	USA	6		1
13	Mauricio Gugelmin	15	Brazil	5
14	Jonathan Palmer	3	Britain	5
15	Andrea de Cesaris	22	Italy	3
16	Satoru Nakajima	2	Japan	1
17	Pierluigi Martini	23	Italy	1
18	Yannick Dalmas	29	France	0
19	Alex Caffi	36	Italy	0
20	Martin Brundle	5	Britain	0
21	Philippe Streiff	14	France	0
22	Luis Perez-Sala	24	Spain	0
23	Gabriele Tarquini	31	Italy	0
24	Philippe Alliot	30	France	0
25	Stefan Johansson	26	Sweden	0
26	Julian Bailey	4	Britain	0
27	Nicola Larini	21	Italy	0
28	René Arnoux	25	France	0
29	Stefano Modena	33	Italy	0
30	Jean-Louis Schlesser	5	France	0
31	Bernd Schneider	10	Germany	0
32	Oscar Larrauri	32	Argentina	0
33	Piercarlo Ghinzani	9	Italy	0
34	Adrián Campos	23	Spain	0
35	Aguri Suzuki	29	Japan	0
—	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	29	France	0

Images for kids

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  Ayrton Senna won the first of his three Drivers' Championships in 1988.

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  Ayrton Senna won eight races in his McLaren-Honda en route to first Drivers' Championship.

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  Alain Prost was narrowly beaten by McLaren teammate Senna, having won seven races.

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  Gerhard Berger finished third in the Drivers' Championship, and Ferrari were runners-up in the Constructors' Championship, but both were a long way behind McLaren and its drivers.

See also

In Spanish: Temporada 1988 de Fórmula 1 para niños