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1988 Foster's Australian Grand Prix · qualifying

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Profile & context

Name: 1988 Foster's Australian Grand Prix · qualifying

PROVENANCE

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F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/468-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 Foster's Australian Grand Prix · Adelaide Street Circuit

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

1988 Formula 1 World Championship · round 16

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Alain Prost	McLaren	1:53:14.676 · 82 laps · honda	9
2	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1:53:51.463 · 82 laps · honda	6
3	Nelson Piquet	Lotus	1:54:02.222 · 82 laps · honda	4
4	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	1:54:34.764 · 82 laps · judd	3
5	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	Time not recorded · 81 laps · ford	2
6	Ivan Capelli	March	Time not recorded · 81 laps · judd	1
7	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	Time not recorded · 80 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
8	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial	Out of fuel · Time not recorded · 77 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
9	Stefan Johansson	Ligier	Out of fuel · Time not recorded · 76 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
10	Philippe Alliot	Lola	Out of fuel · Time not recorded · 75 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
11	Philippe Streiff	AGS	Electrical · Time not recorded · 73 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	Fuel system · Time not recorded · 69 laps · zakspeed	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Williams	Spun off · Time not recorded · 65 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	Spun off · Time not recorded · 63 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Stefano Modena	EuroBrun	Halfshaft · Time not recorded · 63 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Derek Warwick	Arrows	Engine · Time not recorded · 52 laps · megatron	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	Engine · Time not recorded · 51 laps · megatron	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Maurício Gugelmin	March	Collision · Time not recorded · 46 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus	Collision · Time not recorded · 45 laps · honda	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	Engine · Time not recorded · 41 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Alex Caffi	Dallara	Clutch · Time not recorded · 32 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	Collision · Time not recorded · 25 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	René Arnoux	Ligier	Collision · Time not recorded · 24 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	Transmission · Time not recorded · 16 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun	Halfshaft · Time not recorded · 12 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	Collision · Time not recorded · 0 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Gabriele Tarquini	Coloni	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Julian Bailey	Tyrrell	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Lola	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	Time not recorded · zakspeed	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Nicola Larini	Osella	Time not recorded · osella	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	1:17.748 · honda
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	1:17.880 · honda
3	Nigel Mansell	Williams	1:19.427 · judd
4	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:19.517 · ferrari
5	Nelson Piquet	Lotus	1:19.535 · honda
6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	1:19.925 · judd
7	Derek Warwick	Arrows	1:20.086 · megatron
8	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	1:20.182 · ford
9	Ivan Capelli	March	1:20.459 · judd
10	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	1:20.486 · ford
11	Alex Caffi	Dallara	1:20.781 · ford
12	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:20.844 · ferrari
13	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus	1:20.852 · honda
14	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	1:21.133 · ford
15	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial	1:21.164 · ford
16	Philippe Streiff	AGS	1:21.262 · ford
17	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	1:21.307 · ford
18	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	1:21.393 · megatron
19	Maurício Gugelmin	March	1:21.554 · judd
20	Stefano Modena	EuroBrun	1:21.856 · ford
21	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	1:21.893 · ford
22	Stefan Johansson	Ligier	1:21.988 · judd
23	René Arnoux	Ligier	1:22.028 · judd
24	Philippe Alliot	Lola	1:22.211 · ford
25	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun	1:22.213 · ford
26	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	1:22.348 · zakspeed
27	Gabriele Tarquini	Coloni	1:22.393 · ford
28	Julian Bailey	Tyrrell	1:22.529 · ford
29	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	Lola	1:22.733 · ford
30	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	1:23.025 · zakspeed

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1:17.748 · honda
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	1:17.880 · honda
3	Nigel Mansell	Williams	1:19.427 · judd
4	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:19.517 · ferrari
5	Nelson Piquet	Lotus	1:19.535 · honda
6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	1:19.925 · judd
7	Derek Warwick	Arrows	1:20.086 · megatron
8	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	1:20.182 · ford
9	Ivan Capelli	March	1:20.459 · judd
10	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	1:20.486 · ford
11	Alex Caffi	Dallara	1:20.781 · ford
12	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:20.844 · ferrari
13	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus	1:20.852 · honda
14	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	1:21.133 · ford
15	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial	1:21.164 · ford
16	Philippe Streiff	AGS	1:21.262 · ford
17	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	1:21.307 · ford
18	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	1:21.393 · megatron
19	Maurício Gugelmin	March	1:21.554 · judd
20	Stefano Modena	EuroBrun	1:21.856 · ford
21	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	1:21.893 · ford
22	Stefan Johansson	Ligier	1:21.988 · judd
23	René Arnoux	Ligier	1:22.028 · judd
24	Philippe Alliot	Lola	1:22.211 · ford
25	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun	1:22.213 · ford
26	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	1:22.348 · zakspeed

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Ayrton Senna	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	90
2	Alain Prost	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	87
3	Gerhard Berger	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	41
4	Thierry Boutsen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	27
5	Michele Alboreto	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	24
6	Nelson Piquet	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	22
7	Ivan Capelli	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	17
8	Derek Warwick	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	17
9	Nigel Mansell	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	12
10	Alessandro Nannini	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	12
11	Riccardo Patrese	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	8
12	Eddie Cheever	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	6
13	Maurício Gugelmin	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	5
14	Jonathan Palmer	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	5
15	Andrea de Cesaris	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3
16	Satoru Nakajima	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
16	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	1:19.676
freePractice1Results	Ayrton Senna	2	1:19.973
freePractice1Results	Riccardo Patrese	3	1:20.013
freePractice1Results	Nigel Mansell	4	1:20.689
freePractice1Results	Gerhard Berger	5	1:20.711
freePractice1Results	Thierry Boutsen	6	1:20.722
freePractice1Results	Alessandro Nannini	7	1:20.941
freePractice1Results	Derek Warwick	8	1:21.158
freePractice1Results	Nelson Piquet	9	1:21.316
freePractice1Results	Pierluigi Martini	10	1:21.441
freePractice1Results	Alex Caffi	11	1:21.519
freePractice1Results	Eddie Cheever	12	1:21.592
freePractice1Results	Ivan Capelli	13	1:21.730
freePractice1Results	Stefano Modena	14	1:21.901
freePractice1Results	Philippe Streiff	15	1:21.965
freePractice1Results	Gabriele Tarquini	16	1:22.022
freePractice1Results	Maurício Gugelmin	17	1:22.455
freePractice1Results	Michele Alboreto	18	1:22.529
freePractice1Results	Philippe Alliot	19	1:22.642
freePractice1Results	Stefan Johansson	20	1:22.642
freePractice1Results	Piercarlo Ghinzani	21	1:22.649
freePractice1Results	Luis Pérez-Sala	22	1:22.726
freePractice1Results	Jonathan Palmer	23	1:22.732
freePractice1Results	Andrea de Cesaris	24	1:22.783
freePractice1Results	Satoru Nakajima	25	1:22.840
freePractice1Results	René Arnoux	26	1:23.288
freePractice1Results	Julian Bailey	27	1:23.502
freePractice1Results	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	28	1:23.980
freePractice1Results	Oscar Larrauri	29	1:24.634
freePractice1Results	Bernd Schneider	30	1:27.262
freePractice1Results	Nicola Larini	31	1:28.440
freePractice2Results	Ayrton Senna	1	1:18.414
freePractice2Results	Alain Prost	2	1:18.519
freePractice2Results	Nigel Mansell	3	1:20.088
freePractice2Results	Riccardo Patrese	4	1:20.466
freePractice2Results	Alessandro Nannini	5	1:20.663
freePractice2Results	Gerhard Berger	6	1:20.671
freePractice2Results	Nelson Piquet	7	1:20.796
freePractice2Results	Eddie Cheever	8	1:20.998
freePractice2Results	Satoru Nakajima	9	1:21.129
freePractice2Results	Andrea de Cesaris	10	1:21.230
freePractice2Results	Alex Caffi	11	1:21.296
freePractice2Results	Maurício Gugelmin	12	1:21.410
freePractice2Results	Ivan Capelli	13	1:21.478
freePractice2Results	Jonathan Palmer	14	1:21.481
freePractice2Results	Pierluigi Martini	15	1:21.579
freePractice2Results	Michele Alboreto	16	1:21.629
freePractice2Results	Stefano Modena	17	1:21.786
freePractice2Results	Derek Warwick	18	1:21.915
freePractice2Results	Philippe Alliot	19	1:21.930
freePractice2Results	Philippe Streiff	20	1:21.941
freePractice2Results	Oscar Larrauri	21	1:22.008
freePractice2Results	René Arnoux	22	1:22.011
freePractice2Results	Thierry Boutsen	23	1:22.012
freePractice2Results	Piercarlo Ghinzani	24	1:22.486
freePractice2Results	Julian Bailey	25	1:22.517
freePractice2Results	Luis Pérez-Sala	26	1:22.582
freePractice2Results	Gabriele Tarquini	27	1:22.808
freePractice2Results	Stefan Johansson	28	1:22.869
freePractice2Results	Pierre-Henri Raphanel	29	1:22.929
freePractice2Results	Bernd Schneider	30	1:24.099
warmingUpResults	Alain Prost	1	1:20.835
warmingUpResults	Ayrton Senna	2	1:21.011
warmingUpResults	Thierry Boutsen	3	1:22.075
warmingUpResults	Gerhard Berger	4	1:22.097
warmingUpResults	Riccardo Patrese	5	1:22.458
warmingUpResults	Alessandro Nannini	6	1:22.460
warmingUpResults	Nigel Mansell	7	1:22.596
warmingUpResults	Nelson Piquet	8	1:22.687
warmingUpResults	Andrea de Cesaris	9	1:22.773
warmingUpResults	Ivan Capelli	10	1:22.817
warmingUpResults	Maurício Gugelmin	11	1:22.866
warmingUpResults	Pierluigi Martini	12	1:23.276
warmingUpResults	Satoru Nakajima	13	1:23.286
warmingUpResults	Eddie Cheever	14	1:23.327
warmingUpResults	Alex Caffi	15	1:23.387
warmingUpResults	Stefano Modena	16	1:23.489
warmingUpResults	Philippe Streiff	17	1:23.501
warmingUpResults	Jonathan Palmer	18	1:23.808
warmingUpResults	René Arnoux	19	1:23.823
warmingUpResults	Derek Warwick	20	1:23.879
warmingUpResults	Stefan Johansson	21	1:24.233
warmingUpResults	Luis Pérez-Sala	22	1:24.292
warmingUpResults	Michele Alboreto	23	1:24.316
warmingUpResults	Philippe Alliot	24	1:24.316
warmingUpResults	Oscar Larrauri	25	1:24.397
warmingUpResults	Piercarlo Ghinzani	26	1:25.299