15 May 1988 Monaco Grand Prix
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The 1988 Monaco Grand Prix was Round 3 of the 1988 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held on the streets of Monte Carlo on Sunday, 15 May 1988. Ayrton Senna started on pole position in the McLaren Honda and his team-mate Alain Prost was the race winner. Having also won in 1984, 1985 and 1986, this was Prost’s fourth and final Monaco Grand Prix victory.
1988 Monaco Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Started | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | Alain Prost | France | McLaren Honda | Goodyear | 78 | 1:57:17.077 | 1:57:17.077 | - | - | 1:26.714 | 57 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | 28 | Gerhard Berger | Austria | Ferrari | Goodyear | 78 | +20.453 | 1:57:37.530 | +20.453 | +20.453 | 1:28.899 | 56 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 27 | Michele Alboreto | Italy | Ferrari | Goodyear | 78 | +41.229 | 1:57:58.306 | +41.229 | +20.776 | 1:28.931 | 36 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | 17 | Derek Warwick | Great Britain | Arrows Megatron | Goodyear | 77 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:29.618 | 38 | 7 | 3 | |
| 5 | 3 | Jonathan Palmer | Great Britain | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 77 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:30.171 | 34 | 10 | 2 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Italy | Williams Judd | Goodyear | 77 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:28.411 | 75 | 8 | 1 | ||
| 7 | 29 | Yannick Dalmas | France | Lola Ford | Goodyear | 77 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:28.465 | 74 | 21 | |||
| 8 | 20 | Thierry Boutsen | Belgium | Benetton Ford | Goodyear | 76 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1 lap | 1:29.831 | 62 | 16 | ||
| 9 | 21 | Nicola Larini | Italy | Osella | Goodyear | 75 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 1 lap | 1:31.635 | 49 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 16 | Ivan Capelli | Italy | March Judd | Goodyear | 72 | +6 laps | 6 laps | 3 laps | 1:29.642 | 25 | 22 | ||
| DNF | 12 | Ayrton Senna | Brazil | McLaren Honda | Goodyear | 66 | Spun Off | 12 laps | 6 laps | 1:26.321 | 59 | 1 | ||
| DNF | 30 | Philippe Alliot | France | Lola Ford | Goodyear | 50 | Collision | 28 laps | 16 laps | 1:30.749 | 22 | 13 | ||
| DNF | 15 | Maurício Gugelmin | Brazil | March Judd | Goodyear | 45 | Fuel System | 33 laps | 5 laps | 1:29.934 | 32 | 14 | ||
| DNF | 9 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Italy | Zakspeed | Goodyear | 43 | Gearbox | 35 laps | 2 laps | 1:32.308 | 41 | 23 | ||
| DNF | 19 | Alessandro Nannini | Italy | Benetton Ford | Goodyear | 38 | Gearbox | 40 laps | 5 laps | 1:29.693 | 13 | 6 | ||
| DNF | 24 | Luis Perez-Sala | Spain | Minardi Ford | Goodyear | 36 | Halfshaft | 42 laps | 2 laps | 1:30.226 | 26 | 15 | ||
| DNF | 5 | Nigel Mansell | Great Britain | Williams Judd | Goodyear | 32 | Collision | 46 laps | 4 laps | 1:28.975 | 25 | 5 | ||
| DNF | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris | Italy | Rial Ford | Goodyear | 28 | Engine | 50 laps | 4 laps | 1:30.397 | 21 | 16 | ||
| DNF | 25 | René Arnoux | France | Ligier Judd | Goodyear | 17 | Engine | 61 laps | 11 laps | 1:32.797 | 8 | 20 | ||
| DNF | 32 | Oscar Larrauri | Argentina | Euro Brun Ford | Goodyear | 14 | Brakes | 64 laps | 3 laps | 1:32.320 | 7 | 18 | ||
| DNF | 18 | Eddie Cheever | United States | Arrows Megatron | Goodyear | 8 | Engine | 70 laps | 6 laps | 1:31.757 | 7 | 9 | ||
| DNF | 26 | Stefan Johansson | Sweden | Ligier Judd | Goodyear | 6 | Engine | 72 laps | 2 laps | 1:34.016 | 5 | 26 | ||
| DNF | 31 | Gabriele Tarquini | Italy | Coloni Ford | Goodyear | 5 | Suspension | 73 laps | 1 lap | 1:33.570 | 4 | 24 | ||
| DNF | 1 | Nelson Piquet | Brazil | Lotus Honda | Goodyear | 1 | Collision | 77 laps | 4 laps | 11 | ||||
| DNF | 36 | Alex Caffi | Italy | Dallara Ford | Goodyear | Spun Off | 78 laps | 1 lap | 17 | |||||
| DNF | 14 | Philippe Streiff | France | AGS Ford | Goodyear | Throttle | 78 laps | 12 | ||||||
| DSQ | 33 | Stefano Modena | Italy | Euro Brun Ford | Goodyear | Excluded | 78 laps | |||||||
| DNQ | 2 | Satoru Nakajima | Japan | Lotus Honda | Goodyear | |||||||||
| DNQ | 10 | Bernd Schneider | Germany | Zakspeed | Goodyear | |||||||||
| DNQ | 23 | Adrian Campos | Spain | Minardi Ford | Goodyear | |||||||||
| DNQ | 4 | Julian Bailey | Great Britain | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | |||||||||
| DNQ | 33 | Stefano Modena | Italy | Euro Brun Ford | Goodyear |