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Australian Grand Prix 1988

Round 16 of 16  · 13 November 1988  · Adelaide  · 82 laps

Fastest Lap Alain Prost 1:21.216 (lap 59)

Race Result

Pos Driver Team Grid Time / Gap Pts
1 PRO Alain Prost FL McLaren 2 1:53:14.676 9
2 SEN Ayrton Senna McLaren 1 +36.787 6
3 PIQ Nelson Piquet Lotus 5 +47.546 4
4 PAT Riccardo Patrese Williams 6 +1:20.088 3
5 BOU Thierry Boutsen Benetton 10 +1 lap 2
6 CAP Ivan Capelli March 9 +1 lap 1
7 MAR Pierluigi Martini Minardi 14 +2 laps
8 DEC Andrea de Cesaris Rial 15 Out of fuel
9 JOH Stefan Johansson Ligier 22 Out of fuel
10 ALL Philippe Alliot Lola 24 Out of fuel
11 STR Philippe Streiff AGS 16 Electrical
DNF GHI Piercarlo Ghinzani Zakspeed 26 Fuel system
DNF MAN Nigel Mansell Williams 3 Spun off
DNF NAN Alessandro Nannini Benetton 8 Spun off
DNF MOD Stefano Modena EuroBrun 20 Halfshaft
DNF WAR Derek Warwick Arrows 7 Engine
DNF CHE Eddie Cheever Arrows 18 Engine
DNF GUG Maurício Gugelmin March 19 Collision
DNF NAK Satoru Nakajima Lotus 13 Collision
DNF PER Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi 21 Engine
DNF CAF Alex Caffi Dallara 11 Clutch
DNF BER Gerhard Berger Ferrari 4 Collision
DNF ARN René Arnoux Ligier 23 Collision
DNF PAL Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 17 Transmission
DNF LAR Oscar Larrauri EuroBrun 25 Halfshaft
DNF ALB Michele Alboreto Ferrari 12 Collision
DNQ TAR Gabriele Tarquini Coloni
DNQ BAI Julian Bailey Tyrrell
DNQ RAP Pierre-Henri Raphanel Lola
DNQ SCH Bernd Schneider Zakspeed
DNPQ LAR Nicola Larini Osella

Qualifying — Two-session

Pos Driver Team Time
1 SEN Ayrton Senna McLaren 1:17.748
2 PRO Alain Prost McLaren 1:17.880
3 MAN Nigel Mansell Williams 1:19.427
4 BER Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:19.517
5 PIQ Nelson Piquet Lotus 1:19.535
6 PAT Riccardo Patrese Williams 1:19.925
7 WAR Derek Warwick Arrows 1:20.086
8 NAN Alessandro Nannini Benetton 1:20.182
9 CAP Ivan Capelli March 1:20.459
10 BOU Thierry Boutsen Benetton 1:20.486
11 CAF Alex Caffi Dallara 1:20.781
12 ALB Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:20.844
13 NAK Satoru Nakajima Lotus 1:20.852
14 MAR Pierluigi Martini Minardi 1:21.133
15 DEC Andrea de Cesaris Rial 1:21.164
16 STR Philippe Streiff AGS 1:21.262
17 PAL Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 1:21.307
18 CHE Eddie Cheever Arrows 1:21.393
19 GUG Maurício Gugelmin March 1:21.554
20 MOD Stefano Modena EuroBrun 1:21.856
21 PER Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi 1:21.893
22 JOH Stefan Johansson Ligier 1:21.988
23 ARN René Arnoux Ligier 1:22.028
24 ALL Philippe Alliot Lola 1:22.211
25 LAR Oscar Larrauri EuroBrun 1:22.213
26 GHI Piercarlo Ghinzani Zakspeed 1:22.348
27 TAR Gabriele Tarquini Coloni 1:22.393
28 BAI Julian Bailey Tyrrell 1:22.529
29 RAP Pierre-Henri Raphanel Lola 1:22.733
30 SCH Bernd Schneider Zakspeed 1:23.025