Published evidence

1988 Belgian Grand Prix · race

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Name: 1988 Belgian Grand Prix · race

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/463-race

Original reference ↗

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 Belgian Grand Prix · Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps

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

1988 Formula 1 World Championship · round 11

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1:28:00.549 · 43 laps · honda	9
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	1:28:31.019 · 43 laps · honda	6
3	Ivan Capelli	March	1:29:16.317 · 43 laps · judd	4
4	Nelson Piquet	Lotus	1:29:24.177 · 43 laps · honda	3
5	Derek Warwick	Arrows	1:29:25.904 · 43 laps · megatron	2
6	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	Time not recorded · 42 laps · megatron	1
7	Martin Brundle	Williams	Time not recorded · 42 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
8	Alex Caffi	Dallara	Time not recorded · 42 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
9	Philippe Alliot	Lola	Time not recorded · 42 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
10	Philippe Streiff	AGS	Time not recorded · 42 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
11	Stefan Johansson	Ligier	Engine · Time not recorded · 39 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
12	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	Throttle · Time not recorded · 39 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
13	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	Gearbox · Time not recorded · 38 laps · zakspeed	Unknown / not applicable
NC	Gabriele Tarquini	Coloni	Time not recorded · 36 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	Engine · Time not recorded · 35 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	Engine · Time not recorded · 30 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Maurício Gugelmin	March	Spun off · Time not recorded · 29 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	Oil leak · Time not recorded · 25 laps · zakspeed	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus	Engine · Time not recorded · 22 laps · honda	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Nicola Larini	Osella	Fuel system · Time not recorded · 14 laps · osella	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	Injection · Time not recorded · 11 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	Engine · Time not recorded · 9 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial	Collision · Time not recorded · 2 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	René Arnoux	Ligier	Collision · Time not recorded · 2 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DSQ	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	Illegal fuel · 1:29:00.230 · 43 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DSQ	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	Illegal fuel · 1:29:09.143 · 43 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Stefano Modena	EuroBrun	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Julian Bailey	Tyrrell	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun	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	1:53.718 · honda
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	1:54.128 · honda
3	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:54.581 · ferrari
4	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:55.665 · ferrari
5	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	1:57.138 · judd
6	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	1:57.455 · ford
7	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	1:57.535 · ford
8	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus	1:57.616 · honda
9	Nelson Piquet	Lotus	1:57.821 · honda
10	Derek Warwick	Arrows	1:57.925 · megatron
11	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	1:57.980 · megatron
12	Martin Brundle	Williams	1:58.206 · judd
13	Maurício Gugelmin	March	1:58.361 · judd
14	Ivan Capelli	March	1:59.439 · judd
15	Alex Caffi	Dallara	1:59.776 · ford
16	Philippe Alliot	Lola	1:59.906 · ford
17	René Arnoux	Ligier	2:00.037 · judd
18	Philippe Streiff	AGS	2:00.410 · ford
19	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial	2:00.521 · ford
20	Stefan Johansson	Ligier	2:00.857 · judd
21	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	2:01.078 · ford
22	Gabriele Tarquini	Coloni	2:01.359 · ford
23	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	2:01.467 · ford
24	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	2:01.899 · zakspeed
25	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	2:01.938 · zakspeed
26	Nicola Larini	Osella	2:02.029 · osella
27	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	2:02.129 · ford
28	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	2:02.314 · ford
29	Stefano Modena	EuroBrun	2:02.322 · ford
30	Julian Bailey	Tyrrell	2:02.519 · ford

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1:53.718 · honda
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	1:54.128 · honda
3	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:54.581 · ferrari
4	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:55.665 · ferrari
5	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	1:57.138 · judd
6	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	1:57.455 · ford
7	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	1:57.535 · ford
8	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus	1:57.616 · honda
9	Nelson Piquet	Lotus	1:57.821 · honda
10	Derek Warwick	Arrows	1:57.925 · megatron
11	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	1:57.980 · megatron
12	Martin Brundle	Williams	1:58.206 · judd
13	Maurício Gugelmin	March	1:58.361 · judd
14	Ivan Capelli	March	1:59.439 · judd
15	Alex Caffi	Dallara	1:59.776 · ford
16	Philippe Alliot	Lola	1:59.906 · ford
17	René Arnoux	Ligier	2:00.037 · judd
18	Philippe Streiff	AGS	2:00.410 · ford
19	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial	2:00.521 · ford
20	Stefan Johansson	Ligier	2:00.857 · judd
21	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	2:01.078 · ford
22	Gabriele Tarquini	Coloni	2:01.359 · ford
23	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	2:01.467 · ford
24	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	2:01.899 · zakspeed
25	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	2:01.938 · zakspeed
26	Nicola Larini	Osella	2:02.029 · osella

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Ayrton Senna	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	75
2	Alain Prost	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	72
3	Gerhard Berger	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	28
4	Nelson Piquet	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	18
5	Thierry Boutsen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	16
6	Michele Alboreto	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	16
7	Derek Warwick	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	11
8	Ivan Capelli	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	8
9	Nigel Mansell	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	6
10	Alessandro Nannini	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	6
11	Maurício Gugelmin	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	5
12	Jonathan Palmer	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	5
13	Andrea de Cesaris	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3
14	Riccardo Patrese	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
14	Eddie Cheever	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
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	1:55.389
freePractice1Results	Ayrton Senna	2	1:55.539
freePractice1Results	Gerhard Berger	3	1:55.645
freePractice1Results	Michele Alboreto	4	1:58.022
freePractice1Results	Alessandro Nannini	5	1:58.277
freePractice1Results	Thierry Boutsen	6	1:58.487
freePractice1Results	Ivan Capelli	7	1:58.678
freePractice1Results	Martin Brundle	8	1:59.073
freePractice1Results	Riccardo Patrese	9	1:59.125
freePractice1Results	Eddie Cheever	10	1:59.197
freePractice1Results	Maurício Gugelmin	11	1:59.530
freePractice1Results	Derek Warwick	12	1:59.555
freePractice1Results	René Arnoux	13	2:00.728
freePractice1Results	Philippe Alliot	14	2:00.993
freePractice1Results	Alex Caffi	15	2:01.068
freePractice1Results	Satoru Nakajima	16	2:01.538
freePractice1Results	Philippe Streiff	17	2:01.760
freePractice1Results	Yannick Dalmas	18	2:01.998
freePractice1Results	Gabriele Tarquini	19	2:02.101
freePractice1Results	Nicola Larini	20	2:02.347
freePractice1Results	Stefan Johansson	21	2:02.809
freePractice1Results	Stefano Modena	22	2:02.933
freePractice1Results	Jonathan Palmer	23	2:03.040
freePractice1Results	Pierluigi Martini	24	2:03.191
freePractice1Results	Luis Pérez-Sala	25	2:03.399
freePractice1Results	Bernd Schneider	26	2:03.564
freePractice1Results	Piercarlo Ghinzani	27	2:03.671
freePractice1Results	Oscar Larrauri	28	2:04.208
freePractice1Results	Nelson Piquet	29	2:04.398
freePractice1Results	Julian Bailey	30	2:06.612
freePractice1Results	Andrea de Cesaris	31	2:07.111
freePractice2Results	Ayrton Senna	1	2:14.444
freePractice2Results	Gerhard Berger	2	2:15.567
freePractice2Results	Maurício Gugelmin	3	2:15.657
freePractice2Results	Ivan Capelli	4	2:15.773
freePractice2Results	Michele Alboreto	5	2:15.889
freePractice2Results	Martin Brundle	6	2:16.172
freePractice2Results	Alex Caffi	7	2:16.414
freePractice2Results	Alain Prost	8	2:16.561
freePractice2Results	Nelson Piquet	9	2:16.767
freePractice2Results	Riccardo Patrese	10	2:16.803
freePractice2Results	Alessandro Nannini	11	2:17.724
freePractice2Results	Philippe Streiff	12	2:18.070
freePractice2Results	Satoru Nakajima	13	2:18.392
freePractice2Results	Thierry Boutsen	14	2:18.431
freePractice2Results	Andrea de Cesaris	15	2:18.472
freePractice2Results	Nicola Larini	16	2:18.945
freePractice2Results	Pierluigi Martini	17	2:18.990
freePractice2Results	Julian Bailey	18	2:19.343
freePractice2Results	Eddie Cheever	19	2:19.478
freePractice2Results	Jonathan Palmer	20	2:19.623
freePractice2Results	Bernd Schneider	21	2:20.160
freePractice2Results	Philippe Alliot	22	2:21.064
freePractice2Results	Stefan Johansson	23	2:21.782
freePractice2Results	Stefano Modena	24	2:22.095
freePractice2Results	René Arnoux	25	2:22.462
freePractice2Results	Derek Warwick	26	2:22.729
freePractice2Results	Luis Pérez-Sala	27	2:23.229
freePractice2Results	Yannick Dalmas	28	2:26.474
freePractice2Results	Gabriele Tarquini	29	2:27.897
warmingUpResults	Ayrton Senna	1	1:59.988
warmingUpResults	Alain Prost	2	2:00.459
warmingUpResults	Michele Alboreto	3	2:01.129
warmingUpResults	Alessandro Nannini	4	2:01.201
warmingUpResults	Gerhard Berger	5	2:01.376
warmingUpResults	Maurício Gugelmin	6	2:02.148
warmingUpResults	Derek Warwick	7	2:02.849
warmingUpResults	Nelson Piquet	8	2:02.914
warmingUpResults	Ivan Capelli	9	2:03.142
warmingUpResults	Satoru Nakajima	10	2:03.158
warmingUpResults	Riccardo Patrese	11	2:03.474
warmingUpResults	Martin Brundle	12	2:03.769
warmingUpResults	Eddie Cheever	13	2:04.006
warmingUpResults	Philippe Alliot	14	2:04.276
warmingUpResults	Andrea de Cesaris	15	2:04.488
warmingUpResults	René Arnoux	16	2:04.682
warmingUpResults	Stefan Johansson	17	2:04.937
warmingUpResults	Philippe Streiff	18	2:05.010
warmingUpResults	Yannick Dalmas	19	2:05.130
warmingUpResults	Jonathan Palmer	20	2:06.136
warmingUpResults	Gabriele Tarquini	21	2:06.231
warmingUpResults	Nicola Larini	22	2:06.406
warmingUpResults	Bernd Schneider	23	2:06.410
warmingUpResults	Piercarlo Ghinzani	24	2:06.652
warmingUpResults	Alex Caffi	25	2:06.685
warmingUpResults	Thierry Boutsen	26	10:40.031