1988 Formula 1 World Championship
A historical profile with source-linked evidence. Further research is in progress.
Profile & context
Championship season: 1988
- Name
- 1988 Formula 1 World Championship
Sources behind this page
v2026.17.0 · seasons/1988
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.
Season coverage
16 of 16 source-calendar events have race results; 16 have qualifying; 16 have grids.
Rules audit: incomplete; published standings retained without summing gross race points. A populated calendar does not establish historical completeness.
Constructor championship: source_reported.
Historical scoring context
Finishing-point scale: [9, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1]. Retention: 11.
Use source participant awards; eligibility and allocation vary historically. Use recorded awards; no universal half-points inference. Source decimals may round fractional awards; no guessed exact restoration.
Partial rule context only; this does not replace the source's retained championship standings.
Championship calendar
| Round | Grand Prix | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grande Prêmio do Brasil 1988 | 1988-04-03 | completed |
| 2 | Gran Premio Kronenbourg di San Marino 1988 | 1988-05-01 | completed |
| 3 | Grand Prix de Monaco 1988 | 1988-05-15 | completed |
| 4 | Gran Premio de México 1988 | 1988-05-29 | completed |
| 5 | Grand Prix Molson du Canada 1988 | 1988-06-12 | completed |
| 6 | 1988 Enichem Detroit Grand Prix | 1988-06-19 | completed |
| 7 | Rhone Poulenc Grand Prix de France 1988 | 1988-07-03 | completed |
| 8 | 1988 Shell Oils British Grand Prix | 1988-07-10 | completed |
| 9 | Mobil 1 Grosser Preis von Deutschland 1988 | 1988-07-24 | completed |
| 10 | Pop 84 Magyar Nagydíj 1988 | 1988-08-07 | completed |
| 11 | 1988 Belgian Grand Prix | 1988-08-28 | completed |
| 12 | Coca Cola Gran Premio d'Italia 1988 | 1988-09-11 | completed |
| 13 | Grande Prémio de Portugal 1988 | 1988-09-25 | completed |
| 14 | Gran Premio Tio Pepe de España 1988 | 1988-10-02 | completed |
| 15 | 1988 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix | 1988-10-30 | completed |
| 16 | 1988 Foster's Australian Grand Prix | 1988-11-13 | completed |
Driver championship standings
| 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 |
Constructor championship standings
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not recorded | McLaren | Time not recorded · honda | 199 |
| 2 | Not recorded | Ferrari | Time not recorded · ferrari | 65 |
| 3 | Not recorded | Benetton | Time not recorded · ford | 39 |
| 4 | Not recorded | Lotus | Time not recorded · honda | 23 |
| 5 | Not recorded | Arrows | Time not recorded · megatron | 23 |
| 6 | Not recorded | March | Time not recorded · judd | 22 |
| 7 | Not recorded | Williams | Time not recorded · judd | 20 |
| 8 | Not recorded | Tyrrell | Time not recorded · ford | 5 |
| 9 | Not recorded | Rial | Time not recorded · ford | 3 |
| 10 | Not recorded | Minardi | Time not recorded · ford | 1 |