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1988 Enichem Detroit Grand Prix · qualifying

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Name: 1988 Enichem Detroit Grand Prix · qualifying

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/458-qualifying

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Historical source & scope

F1DB v2026.17.0 · CC BY 4.0. Normalisation, links and calculations by MotorPedia. Original source observations retained.

Source-reported facts are not independent historical confirmation. Missing times and points remain unknown; source-rounded points retain their published precision. Constructor, entrant and team identities are kept distinct.

Grand Prix context

1988 Enichem Detroit Grand Prix · Detroit Street Circuit

Technical formula: Formula 1. World Championship membership is separate from technical regulations.

1988 Formula 1 World Championship · round 6

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1:54:56.035 · 63 laps · honda	9
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	1:55:34.748 · 63 laps · honda	6
3	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	Time not recorded · 62 laps · ford	4
4	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial	Time not recorded · 62 laps · ford	3
5	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	Time not recorded · 62 laps · ford	2
6	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	Time not recorded · 62 laps · ford	1
7	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	Time not recorded · 61 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
8	Alex Caffi	Dallara	Time not recorded · 61 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
9	Julian Bailey	Tyrrell	Spun off · Time not recorded · 59 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	Gearbox · Time not recorded · 54 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Philippe Alliot	Lola	Halfshaft · Time not recorded · 46 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Stefano Modena	EuroBrun	Spun off · Time not recorded · 46 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	Collision · Time not recorded · 45 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	René Arnoux	Ligier	Overheating · Time not recorded · 45 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Maurício Gugelmin	March	Engine · Time not recorded · 34 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	Electrical · Time not recorded · 26 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Nelson Piquet	Lotus	Spun off · Time not recorded · 26 laps · honda	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun	Gearbox · Time not recorded · 26 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Derek Warwick	Arrows	Spun off · Time not recorded · 24 laps · megatron	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Williams	Engine · Time not recorded · 18 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Philippe Streiff	AGS	Suspension · Time not recorded · 15 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	Suspension · Time not recorded · 14 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	Electrical · Time not recorded · 14 laps · megatron	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Nicola Larini	Osella	Engine · Time not recorded · 7 laps · osella	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	Puncture · Time not recorded · 6 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Stefan Johansson	Ligier	Overheating · Time not recorded · 2 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNS	Ivan Capelli	March	Injury · Time not recorded · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus	Time not recorded · honda	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	Time not recorded · zakspeed	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	Time not recorded · zakspeed	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Gabriele Tarquini	Coloni	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable

Qualifying

Recorded qualifying order; Q1/Q2/Q3 and earlier formats remain distinct in original evidence
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1:40.606 · honda
2	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:41.464 · ferrari
3	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:41.700 · ferrari
4	Alain Prost	McLaren	1:42.019 · honda
5	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	1:42.690 · ford
6	Nigel Mansell	Williams	1:42.897 · judd
7	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	1:43.117 · ford
8	Nelson Piquet	Lotus	1:43.314 · honda
9	Derek Warwick	Arrows	1:43.799 · megatron
10	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	1:43.810 · judd
11	Philippe Streiff	AGS	1:44.204 · ford
12	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial	1:44.216 · ford
13	Maurício Gugelmin	March	1:44.474 · judd
14	Philippe Alliot	Lola	1:44.590 · ford
15	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	1:44.948 · megatron
16	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	1:45.048 · ford
17	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	1:45.268 · ford
18	Stefan Johansson	Ligier	1:45.275 · judd
19	Stefano Modena	EuroBrun	1:45.304 · ford
20	René Arnoux	Ligier	1:45.437 · judd
21	Ivan Capelli	March	1:45.544 · judd
22	Alex Caffi	Dallara	1:45.750 · ford
23	Julian Bailey	Tyrrell	1:46.286 · ford
24	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun	1:46.390 · ford
25	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	1:46.422 · ford
26	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	1:46.593 · ford
27	Nicola Larini	Osella	1:46.623 · osella
28	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus	1:47.243 · honda
29	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	1:48.249 · zakspeed
30	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	1:48.925 · zakspeed

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1:40.606 · honda
2	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:41.464 · ferrari
3	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:41.700 · ferrari
4	Alain Prost	McLaren	1:42.019 · honda
5	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	1:42.690 · ford
6	Nigel Mansell	Williams	1:42.897 · judd
7	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	1:43.117 · ford
8	Nelson Piquet	Lotus	1:43.314 · honda
9	Derek Warwick	Arrows	1:43.799 · megatron
10	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	1:43.810 · judd
11	Philippe Streiff	AGS	1:44.204 · ford
12	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial	1:44.216 · ford
13	Maurício Gugelmin	March	1:44.474 · judd
14	Philippe Alliot	Lola	1:44.590 · ford
15	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	1:44.948 · megatron
16	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	1:45.048 · ford
17	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	1:45.268 · ford
18	Stefan Johansson	Ligier	1:45.275 · judd
19	Stefano Modena	EuroBrun	1:45.304 · ford
20	René Arnoux	Ligier	1:45.437 · judd
21	Alex Caffi	Dallara	1:45.750 · ford
22	Julian Bailey	Tyrrell	1:46.286 · ford
23	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun	1:46.390 · ford
24	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	1:46.422 · ford
25	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	1:46.593 · ford
26	Nicola Larini	Osella	1:46.623 · osella

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Alain Prost	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	45
2	Ayrton Senna	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	33
3	Gerhard Berger	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	18
4	Nelson Piquet	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	11
4	Thierry Boutsen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	11
6	Michele Alboreto	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	9
7	Derek Warwick	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	8
8	Jonathan Palmer	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	5
9	Andrea de Cesaris	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3
10	Ivan Capelli	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
11	Satoru Nakajima	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
11	Alessandro Nannini	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
11	Riccardo Patrese	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
11	Eddie Cheever	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
11	Pierluigi Martini	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1

Practice & warm-up observations

Original F1DB session observations; bounded to 120 rows. Missing times remain unknown. Not qualifying or race classifications.

Session	Driver	Position	Time
freePractice1Results	Alain Prost	1	1:41.410
freePractice1Results	Ayrton Senna	2	1:42.207
freePractice1Results	Thierry Boutsen	3	1:43.829
freePractice1Results	Nigel Mansell	4	1:43.903
freePractice1Results	Gerhard Berger	5	1:44.578
freePractice1Results	Michele Alboreto	6	1:44.783
freePractice1Results	Riccardo Patrese	7	1:45.473
freePractice1Results	Philippe Streiff	8	1:45.743
freePractice1Results	Philippe Alliot	9	1:45.997
freePractice1Results	Pierluigi Martini	10	1:46.002
freePractice1Results	Alessandro Nannini	11	1:46.051
freePractice1Results	Alex Caffi	12	1:46.280
freePractice1Results	Stefano Modena	13	1:46.522
freePractice1Results	René Arnoux	14	1:46.610
freePractice1Results	Oscar Larrauri	15	1:46.650
freePractice1Results	Andrea de Cesaris	16	1:46.709
freePractice1Results	Stefan Johansson	17	1:46.740
freePractice1Results	Eddie Cheever	18	1:46.824
freePractice1Results	Yannick Dalmas	19	1:46.890
freePractice1Results	Nelson Piquet	20	1:46.940
freePractice1Results	Maurício Gugelmin	21	1:47.017
freePractice1Results	Luis Pérez-Sala	22	1:47.121
freePractice1Results	Gabriele Tarquini	23	1:47.312
freePractice1Results	Satoru Nakajima	24	1:47.486
freePractice1Results	Nicola Larini	25	1:47.702
freePractice1Results	Julian Bailey	26	1:48.228
freePractice1Results	Jonathan Palmer	27	1:48.276
freePractice1Results	Ivan Capelli	28	1:49.038
freePractice1Results	Derek Warwick	29	1:49.983
freePractice1Results	Bernd Schneider	30	1:55.416
freePractice1Results	Piercarlo Ghinzani	31	10:39.323
freePractice2Results	Ayrton Senna	1	1:40.177
freePractice2Results	Alain Prost	2	1:40.314
freePractice2Results	Nigel Mansell	3	1:40.589
freePractice2Results	Thierry Boutsen	4	1:40.679
freePractice2Results	Michele Alboreto	5	1:41.126
freePractice2Results	Gerhard Berger	6	1:41.824
freePractice2Results	Riccardo Patrese	7	1:42.135
freePractice2Results	Maurício Gugelmin	8	1:42.206
freePractice2Results	Philippe Streiff	9	1:42.378
freePractice2Results	Derek Warwick	10	1:42.511
freePractice2Results	Eddie Cheever	11	1:42.520
freePractice2Results	Philippe Alliot	12	1:42.649
freePractice2Results	Yannick Dalmas	13	1:42.961
freePractice2Results	Jonathan Palmer	14	1:43.065
freePractice2Results	Nelson Piquet	15	1:43.308
freePractice2Results	Ivan Capelli	16	1:43.329
freePractice2Results	Alessandro Nannini	17	1:43.402
freePractice2Results	Andrea de Cesaris	18	1:43.526
freePractice2Results	René Arnoux	19	1:43.620
freePractice2Results	Alex Caffi	20	1:43.747
freePractice2Results	Stefan Johansson	21	1:43.913
freePractice2Results	Julian Bailey	22	1:44.122
freePractice2Results	Nicola Larini	23	1:44.163
freePractice2Results	Pierluigi Martini	24	1:44.477
freePractice2Results	Oscar Larrauri	25	1:44.942
freePractice2Results	Piercarlo Ghinzani	26	1:45.017
freePractice2Results	Bernd Schneider	27	1:45.644
freePractice2Results	Satoru Nakajima	28	1:45.718
freePractice2Results	Luis Pérez-Sala	29	1:45.910
freePractice2Results	Stefano Modena	30	1:51.104
warmingUpResults	Alain Prost	1	1:42.308
warmingUpResults	Ayrton Senna	2	1:42.409
warmingUpResults	Thierry Boutsen	3	1:43.167
warmingUpResults	Nigel Mansell	4	1:43.235
warmingUpResults	Gerhard Berger	5	1:44.791
warmingUpResults	Michele Alboreto	6	1:44.955
warmingUpResults	Nelson Piquet	7	1:45.224
warmingUpResults	Jonathan Palmer	8	1:45.435
warmingUpResults	Riccardo Patrese	9	1:45.479
warmingUpResults	Derek Warwick	10	1:45.642
warmingUpResults	Alessandro Nannini	11	1:45.844
warmingUpResults	Eddie Cheever	12	1:45.909
warmingUpResults	Philippe Streiff	13	1:46.040
warmingUpResults	René Arnoux	14	1:46.168
warmingUpResults	Maurício Gugelmin	15	1:46.751
warmingUpResults	Philippe Alliot	16	1:46.757
warmingUpResults	Stefano Modena	17	1:47.515
warmingUpResults	Yannick Dalmas	18	1:47.629
warmingUpResults	Stefan Johansson	19	1:48.145
warmingUpResults	Pierluigi Martini	20	1:48.459
warmingUpResults	Oscar Larrauri	21	1:49.030
warmingUpResults	Luis Pérez-Sala	22	1:49.623
warmingUpResults	Julian Bailey	23	1:49.791
warmingUpResults	Nicola Larini	24	1:50.089
warmingUpResults	Andrea de Cesaris	25	1:50.224
warmingUpResults	Alex Caffi	26	1:50.914