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Brazilian Grand Prix 1988

Round 1 of 16  · 3 April 1988  · Nelson Piquet  · 60 laps

Fastest Lap Gerhard Berger 1:32.943 (lap 45)

Race Result

Pos Driver Team Grid Time / Gap Pts
1 PRO Alain Prost McLaren 3 1:36:06.857 9
2 BER Gerhard Berger FL Ferrari 4 +9.873 6
3 PIQ Nelson Piquet Lotus 5 +1:08.581 4
4 WAR Derek Warwick Arrows 11 +1:13.348 3
5 ALB Michele Alboreto Ferrari 6 +1:14.556 2
6 NAK Satoru Nakajima Lotus 10 +1 lap 1
7 BOU Thierry Boutsen Benetton 7 +1 lap —
8 CHE Eddie Cheever Arrows 15 +1 lap —
9 JOH Stefan Johansson Ligier 21 +3 laps —
DNF DEC Andrea de Cesaris Rial 14 Engine —
DNF PAL Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 22 Transmission —
DNF PER Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi 20 Chassis —
DNF ALL Philippe Alliot Lola 16 Suspension —
DNF TAR Gabriele Tarquini Coloni 25 Suspension —
DNF STR Philippe Streiff AGS 19 Brakes —
DNF DAL Yannick Dalmas Lola 17 Engine —
DNF ARN René Arnoux Ligier 18 Clutch —
DNF MOD Stefano Modena EuroBrun 24 Engine —
DNF MAN Nigel Mansell Williams 2 Engine —
DNF NAN Alessandro Nannini Benetton 12 Engine —
DNF PAT Riccardo Patrese Williams 8 Engine —
DNF CAP Ivan Capelli March 9 Engine —
DNF CAM Adrián Campos Minardi 23 Chassis —
DNF GUG Maurício Gugelmin March 13 Gearbox —
DNF LAR Oscar Larrauri EuroBrun 26 Electrical —
DSQ SEN Ayrton Senna McLaren 1 Illegal car change —
DNQ BAI Julian Bailey Tyrrell — — —
DNQ GHI Piercarlo Ghinzani Zakspeed — — —
DNQ LAR Nicola Larini Osella — — —
DNQ SCH Bernd Schneider Zakspeed — — —
DNPQ CAF Alex Caffi Dallara — — —

Qualifying — Two-session

Pos Driver Team Time
1 SEN Ayrton Senna McLaren 1:28.096
2 MAN Nigel Mansell Williams 1:28.632
3 PRO Alain Prost McLaren 1:28.782
4 BER Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:29.026
5 PIQ Nelson Piquet Lotus 1:30.087
6 ALB Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:30.114
7 BOU Thierry Boutsen Benetton 1:30.140
8 PAT Riccardo Patrese Williams 1:30.439
9 CAP Ivan Capelli March 1:30.929
10 NAK Satoru Nakajima Lotus 1:31.280
11 WAR Derek Warwick Arrows 1:31.723
12 NAN Alessandro Nannini Benetton 1:31.772
13 GUG Maurício Gugelmin March 1:31.833
14 DEC Andrea de Cesaris Rial 1:32.275
15 CHE Eddie Cheever Arrows 1:32.843
16 ALL Philippe Alliot Lola 1:32.933
17 DAL Yannick Dalmas Lola 1:33.408
18 ARN René Arnoux Ligier 1:34.474
19 STR Philippe Streiff AGS 1:34.481
20 PER Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi 1:34.532
21 JOH Stefan Johansson Ligier 1:34.579
22 PAL Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 1:34.686
23 CAM Adrián Campos Minardi 1:34.886
24 MOD Stefano Modena EuroBrun 1:34.910
25 TAR Gabriele Tarquini Coloni 1:35.407
26 LAR Oscar Larrauri EuroBrun 1:35.711
27 BAI Julian Bailey Tyrrell 1:36.137
28 GHI Piercarlo Ghinzani Zakspeed 1:37.621
29 LAR Nicola Larini Osella 1:38.371
30 SCH Bernd Schneider Zakspeed 1:38.614