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Japanese Grand Prix 1988

Round 15 of 16  · 30 October 1988  · Suzuka  · 51 laps

WDC Decider

Fastest Lap Ayrton Senna 1:46.326 (lap 33)

Race Result

Pos Driver Team Grid Time / Gap Pts
1 SEN Ayrton Senna FL McLaren 1 1:33:26.173 9
2 PRO Alain Prost McLaren 2 +13.363 6
3 BOU Thierry Boutsen Benetton 10 +36.109 4
4 BER Gerhard Berger Ferrari 3 +1:26.714 3
5 NAN Alessandro Nannini Benetton 12 +1:30.603 2
6 PAT Riccardo Patrese Williams 11 +1:37.615 1
7 NAK Satoru Nakajima Lotus 6 +1 lap —
8 STR Philippe Streiff AGS 18 +1 lap —
9 ALL Philippe Alliot Lola 19 +1 lap —
10 GUG Maurício Gugelmin March 13 +1 lap —
11 ALB Michele Alboreto Ferrari 9 +1 lap —
12 PAL Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 16 +1 lap —
13 MAR Pierluigi Martini Minardi 17 +2 laps —
14 BAI Julian Bailey Tyrrell 26 +2 laps —
15 PER Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi 22 +2 laps —
16 SUZ Aguri Suzuki Lola 20 +3 laps —
17 ARN René Arnoux Ligier 23 +3 laps —
DNF DEC Andrea de Cesaris Rial 14 Overheating —
DNF CHE Eddie Cheever Arrows 15 Ignition —
DNF LAR Nicola Larini Osella 24 Brakes —
DNF PIQ Nelson Piquet Lotus 5 Unwell —
DNF MAN Nigel Mansell Williams 8 Collision —
DNF CAF Alex Caffi Dallara 21 Spun off —
DNF CAP Ivan Capelli March 4 Electrical —
DNF WAR Derek Warwick Arrows 7 Spun off —
DNF SCH Bernd Schneider Zakspeed 25 Unfit —
DNQ JOH Stefan Johansson Ligier — — —
DNQ LAR Oscar Larrauri EuroBrun — — —
DNQ GHI Piercarlo Ghinzani Zakspeed — — —
DNQ MOD Stefano Modena EuroBrun — — —
DNPQ TAR Gabriele Tarquini Coloni — — —

Qualifying — Two-session

Pos Driver Team Time
1 SEN Ayrton Senna McLaren 1:41.853
2 PRO Alain Prost McLaren 1:42.177
3 BER Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:43.353
4 CAP Ivan Capelli March 1:43.605
5 PIQ Nelson Piquet Lotus 1:43.693
6 NAK Satoru Nakajima Lotus 1:43.693
7 WAR Derek Warwick Arrows 1:43.816
8 MAN Nigel Mansell Williams 1:43.893
9 ALB Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:43.972
10 BOU Thierry Boutsen Benetton 1:44.499
11 PAT Riccardo Patrese Williams 1:44.555
12 NAN Alessandro Nannini Benetton 1:44.611
13 GUG Maurício Gugelmin March 1:45.138
14 DEC Andrea de Cesaris Rial 1:45.558
15 CHE Eddie Cheever Arrows 1:45.845
16 PAL Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 1:45.916
17 MAR Pierluigi Martini Minardi 1:46.449
18 STR Philippe Streiff AGS 1:46.486
19 ALL Philippe Alliot Lola 1:46.521
20 SUZ Aguri Suzuki Lola 1:46.920
21 CAF Alex Caffi Dallara 1:46.982
22 PER Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi 1:47.134
23 ARN René Arnoux Ligier 1:47.193
24 LAR Nicola Larini Osella 1:47.547
25 SCH Bernd Schneider Zakspeed 1:47.599
26 BAI Julian Bailey Tyrrell 1:48.589
27 JOH Stefan Johansson Ligier 1:48.716
28 LAR Oscar Larrauri EuroBrun 1:49.265
29 GHI Piercarlo Ghinzani Zakspeed 1:49.706
30 MOD Stefano Modena EuroBrun 1:49.810