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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