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1988 Shell Oils British Grand Prix · race

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Name: 1988 Shell Oils British Grand Prix · race

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/460-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 Shell Oils British Grand Prix · Silverstone Circuit

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

1988 Formula 1 World Championship · round 8

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1:33:16.367 · 65 laps · honda	9
2	Nigel Mansell	Williams	1:33:39.711 · 65 laps · judd	6
3	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	1:34:07.581 · 65 laps · ford	4
4	Maurício Gugelmin	March	1:34:27.745 · 65 laps · judd	3
5	Nelson Piquet	Lotus	1:34:37.202 · 65 laps · honda	2
6	Derek Warwick	Arrows	Time not recorded · 64 laps · megatron	1
7	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	Time not recorded · 64 laps · megatron	Unknown / not applicable
8	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	Time not recorded · 64 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
9	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	Time not recorded · 64 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
10	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus	Time not recorded · 64 laps · honda	Unknown / not applicable
11	Alex Caffi	Dallara	Time not recorded · 64 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
12	Stefano Modena	EuroBrun	Time not recorded · 64 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
13	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	Time not recorded · 63 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
14	Philippe Alliot	Lola	Time not recorded · 63 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
15	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	Time not recorded · 63 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
16	Julian Bailey	Tyrrell	Time not recorded · 63 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
17	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	Out of fuel · Time not recorded · 62 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
18	René Arnoux	Ligier	Time not recorded · 62 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
19	Nicola Larini	Osella	Out of fuel · Time not recorded · 60 laps · osella	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	Transmission · Time not recorded · 38 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Ivan Capelli	March	Alternator · Time not recorded · 34 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Alain Prost	McLaren	Handling · Time not recorded · 24 laps · honda	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	Engine · Time not recorded · 14 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial	Clutch · Time not recorded · 9 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Philippe Streiff	AGS	Broken wing · Time not recorded · 8 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	Suspension · Time not recorded · 0 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	Time not recorded · zakspeed	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Stefan Johansson	Ligier	Time not recorded · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Bernd Schneider	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	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:10.133 · ferrari
2	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:10.332 · ferrari
3	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1:10.616 · honda
4	Alain Prost	McLaren	1:10.736 · honda
5	Maurício Gugelmin	March	1:11.745 · judd
6	Ivan Capelli	March	1:12.006 · judd
7	Nelson Piquet	Lotus	1:12.040 · honda
8	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	1:12.737 · ford
9	Derek Warwick	Arrows	1:12.843 · megatron
10	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus	1:12.862 · honda
11	Nigel Mansell	Williams	1:12.885 · judd
12	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	1:12.960 · ford
13	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	1:12.984 · megatron
14	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial	1:13.438 · ford
15	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	1:13.677 · judd
16	Philippe Streiff	AGS	1:14.260 · ford
17	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	1:14.451 · ford
18	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	1:14.643 · ford
19	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	1:14.732 · ford
20	Stefano Modena	EuroBrun	1:14.888 · ford
21	Alex Caffi	Dallara	1:14.924 · ford
22	Philippe Alliot	Lola	1:14.992 · ford
23	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	1:15.004 · ford
24	Julian Bailey	Tyrrell	1:15.135 · ford
25	René Arnoux	Ligier	1:15.374 · judd
26	Nicola Larini	Osella	1:15.527 · osella
27	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun	1:16.026 · ford
28	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	1:16.043 · zakspeed
29	Stefan Johansson	Ligier	1:16.110 · judd
30	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	1:18.010 · zakspeed

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:10.133 · ferrari
2	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:10.332 · ferrari
3	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1:10.616 · honda
4	Alain Prost	McLaren	1:10.736 · honda
5	Maurício Gugelmin	March	1:11.745 · judd
6	Ivan Capelli	March	1:12.006 · judd
7	Nelson Piquet	Lotus	1:12.040 · honda
8	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	1:12.737 · ford
9	Derek Warwick	Arrows	1:12.843 · megatron
10	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus	1:12.862 · honda
11	Nigel Mansell	Williams	1:12.885 · judd
12	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	1:12.960 · ford
13	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	1:12.984 · megatron
14	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial	1:13.438 · ford
15	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	1:13.677 · judd
16	Philippe Streiff	AGS	1:14.260 · ford
17	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	1:14.451 · ford
18	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	1:14.643 · ford
19	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	1:14.732 · ford
20	Stefano Modena	EuroBrun	1:14.888 · ford
21	Alex Caffi	Dallara	1:14.924 · ford
22	Philippe Alliot	Lola	1:14.992 · ford
23	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	1:15.004 · ford
24	Julian Bailey	Tyrrell	1:15.135 · ford
25	René Arnoux	Ligier	1:15.374 · judd
26	Nicola Larini	Osella	1:15.527 · 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	54
2	Ayrton Senna	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	48
3	Gerhard Berger	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	21
4	Nelson Piquet	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	15
5	Michele Alboreto	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	13
6	Thierry Boutsen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	11
7	Derek Warwick	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	9
8	Nigel Mansell	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	6
9	Alessandro Nannini	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	6
10	Jonathan Palmer	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	5
11	Andrea de Cesaris	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3
11	Maurício Gugelmin	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3
13	Ivan Capelli	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
14	Satoru Nakajima	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
14	Riccardo Patrese	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
14	Eddie Cheever	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
14	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	Ayrton Senna	1	1:11.743
freePractice1Results	Alain Prost	2	1:12.023
freePractice1Results	Gerhard Berger	3	1:12.544
freePractice1Results	Michele Alboreto	4	1:12.602
freePractice1Results	Ivan Capelli	5	1:13.107
freePractice1Results	Maurício Gugelmin	6	1:13.240
freePractice1Results	Thierry Boutsen	7	1:13.241
freePractice1Results	Alessandro Nannini	8	1:13.628
freePractice1Results	Derek Warwick	9	1:13.802
freePractice1Results	Nelson Piquet	10	1:13.890
freePractice1Results	Andrea de Cesaris	11	1:14.123
freePractice1Results	Nigel Mansell	12	1:14.549
freePractice1Results	Satoru Nakajima	13	1:14.796
freePractice1Results	Philippe Streiff	14	1:14.920
freePractice1Results	Riccardo Patrese	15	1:15.064
freePractice1Results	Pierluigi Martini	16	1:15.538
freePractice1Results	Alex Caffi	17	1:15.657
freePractice1Results	Luis Pérez-Sala	18	1:15.704
freePractice1Results	Eddie Cheever	19	1:15.793
freePractice1Results	Stefano Modena	20	1:15.802
freePractice1Results	Oscar Larrauri	21	1:15.836
freePractice1Results	Philippe Alliot	22	1:15.874
freePractice1Results	Yannick Dalmas	23	1:16.260
freePractice1Results	Julian Bailey	24	1:16.726
freePractice1Results	Nicola Larini	25	1:16.900
freePractice1Results	Gabriele Tarquini	26	1:17.028
freePractice1Results	Jonathan Palmer	27	1:17.300
freePractice1Results	Stefan Johansson	28	1:17.319
freePractice1Results	René Arnoux	29	1:17.571
freePractice1Results	Piercarlo Ghinzani	30	1:18.950
freePractice1Results	Bernd Schneider	31	1:21.655
freePractice2Results	Ayrton Senna	1	1:11.308
freePractice2Results	Michele Alboreto	2	1:11.718
freePractice2Results	Gerhard Berger	3	1:11.817
freePractice2Results	Alain Prost	4	1:11.819
freePractice2Results	Maurício Gugelmin	5	1:12.202
freePractice2Results	Ivan Capelli	6	1:12.399
freePractice2Results	Thierry Boutsen	7	1:12.808
freePractice2Results	Alessandro Nannini	8	1:13.506
freePractice2Results	Nelson Piquet	9	1:13.593
freePractice2Results	Nigel Mansell	10	1:13.647
freePractice2Results	Derek Warwick	11	1:13.768
freePractice2Results	Eddie Cheever	12	1:13.884
freePractice2Results	Riccardo Patrese	13	1:14.178
freePractice2Results	Andrea de Cesaris	14	1:14.490
freePractice2Results	Philippe Streiff	15	1:14.913
freePractice2Results	Stefano Modena	16	1:15.292
freePractice2Results	Luis Pérez-Sala	17	1:15.379
freePractice2Results	Pierluigi Martini	18	1:15.423
freePractice2Results	Alex Caffi	19	1:15.525
freePractice2Results	Yannick Dalmas	20	1:15.689
freePractice2Results	Philippe Alliot	21	1:15.787
freePractice2Results	Julian Bailey	22	1:15.797
freePractice2Results	Nicola Larini	23	1:15.829
freePractice2Results	Jonathan Palmer	24	1:16.035
freePractice2Results	Oscar Larrauri	25	1:16.200
freePractice2Results	René Arnoux	26	1:16.315
freePractice2Results	Stefan Johansson	27	1:16.642
freePractice2Results	Satoru Nakajima	28	1:16.651
freePractice2Results	Piercarlo Ghinzani	29	1:17.676
freePractice2Results	Bernd Schneider	30	1:18.487
warmingUpResults	Ayrton Senna	1	1:17.264
warmingUpResults	Ivan Capelli	2	1:17.293
warmingUpResults	Gerhard Berger	3	1:19.138
warmingUpResults	Andrea de Cesaris	4	1:19.184
warmingUpResults	Satoru Nakajima	5	1:19.478
warmingUpResults	Nelson Piquet	6	1:19.487
warmingUpResults	Jonathan Palmer	7	1:19.596
warmingUpResults	Stefano Modena	8	1:19.806
warmingUpResults	Michele Alboreto	9	1:19.885
warmingUpResults	Nigel Mansell	10	1:20.022
warmingUpResults	Yannick Dalmas	11	1:20.054
warmingUpResults	Derek Warwick	12	1:20.213
warmingUpResults	Philippe Alliot	13	1:20.261
warmingUpResults	Alain Prost	14	1:20.330
warmingUpResults	René Arnoux	15	1:20.384
warmingUpResults	Julian Bailey	16	1:21.378
warmingUpResults	Alex Caffi	17	1:23.705
warmingUpResults	Alessandro Nannini	18	1:24.099
warmingUpResults	Philippe Streiff	19	1:25.457
warmingUpResults	Thierry Boutsen	20	1:25.871
warmingUpResults	Riccardo Patrese	21	1:26.241
warmingUpResults	Eddie Cheever	22	1:28.500
warmingUpResults	Nicola Larini	23	1:28.594
warmingUpResults	Pierluigi Martini	24	1:29.057
warmingUpResults	Maurício Gugelmin	25	1:29.247
warmingUpResults	Luis Pérez-Sala	26	1:31.934