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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