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Rhone Poulenc Grand Prix de France 1988 · race

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Name: Rhone Poulenc Grand Prix de France 1988 · race

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/459-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

Rhone Poulenc Grand Prix de France 1988 · Circuit Paul Ricard

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

1988 Formula 1 World Championship · round 7

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Alain Prost	McLaren	1:37:37.328 · 80 laps · honda	9
2	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1:38:09.080 · 80 laps · honda	6
3	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:38:43.833 · 80 laps · ferrari	4
4	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	Time not recorded · 79 laps · ferrari	3
5	Nelson Piquet	Lotus	Time not recorded · 79 laps · honda	2
6	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	Time not recorded · 79 laps · ford	1
7	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus	Time not recorded · 79 laps · honda	Unknown / not applicable
8	Maurício Gugelmin	March	Time not recorded · 79 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
9	Ivan Capelli	March	Time not recorded · 79 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
10	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial	Time not recorded · 78 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
11	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	Time not recorded · 78 laps · megatron	Unknown / not applicable
12	Alex Caffi	Dallara	Time not recorded · 78 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
13	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	Time not recorded · 78 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
14	Stefano Modena	EuroBrun	Time not recorded · 77 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
15	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	Time not recorded · 77 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
NC	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	Time not recorded · 70 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun	Clutch · Time not recorded · 64 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Nicola Larini	Osella	Halfshaft · Time not recorded · 56 laps · osella	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	Gearbox · Time not recorded · 55 laps · zakspeed	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Williams	Suspension · Time not recorded · 48 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Philippe Alliot	Lola	Electrical · Time not recorded · 46 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	Engine · Time not recorded · 40 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	Brakes · Time not recorded · 35 laps · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	Engine · Time not recorded · 28 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Philippe Streiff	AGS	Fuel leak · Time not recorded · 20 laps · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Derek Warwick	Arrows	Spun off · Time not recorded · 11 laps · megatron	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	René Arnoux	Ligier	Time not recorded · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Julian Bailey	Tyrrell	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
DNQ	Stefan Johansson	Ligier	Time not recorded · judd	Unknown / not applicable
DNPQ	Gabriele Tarquini	Coloni	Time not recorded · ford	Unknown / not applicable
EX	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	Time not recorded · zakspeed	Unknown / not applicable

Qualifying

Recorded qualifying order; Q1/Q2/Q3 and earlier formats remain distinct in original evidence
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Alain Prost	McLaren	1:07.589 · honda
2	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1:08.067 · honda
3	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:08.282 · ferrari
4	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:09.422 · ferrari
5	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	1:09.587 · ford
6	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	1:09.718 · ford
7	Nelson Piquet	Lotus	1:09.734 · honda
8	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus	1:10.250 · honda
9	Nigel Mansell	Williams	1:10.337 · judd
10	Ivan Capelli	March	1:10.496 · judd
11	Derek Warwick	Arrows	1:10.634 · megatron
12	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial	1:10.861 · ford
13	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	1:10.979 · megatron
14	Alex Caffi	Dallara	1:11.211 · ford
15	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	1:11.286 · judd
16	Maurício Gugelmin	March	1:11.315 · judd
17	Philippe Streiff	AGS	1:11.466 · ford
18	Philippe Alliot	Lola	1:11.511 · ford
19	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	1:11.747 · ford
20	Stefano Modena	EuroBrun	1:12.007 · ford
21	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	1:12.026 · zakspeed
22	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	1:12.268 · ford
23	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	1:12.316 · ford
24	Nicola Larini	Osella	1:12.406 · osella
25	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	1:12.525 · ford
26	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun	1:12.538 · ford
27	René Arnoux	Ligier	1:12.654 · judd
28	Julian Bailey	Tyrrell	1:12.697 · ford
29	Stefan Johansson	Ligier	1:12.801 · judd
EX	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	1:12.121 · zakspeed

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Alain Prost	McLaren	1:07.589 · honda
2	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1:08.067 · honda
3	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	1:08.282 · ferrari
4	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	1:09.422 · ferrari
5	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	1:09.587 · ford
6	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	1:09.718 · ford
7	Nelson Piquet	Lotus	1:09.734 · honda
8	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus	1:10.250 · honda
9	Nigel Mansell	Williams	1:10.337 · judd
10	Ivan Capelli	March	1:10.496 · judd
11	Derek Warwick	Arrows	1:10.634 · megatron
12	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial	1:10.861 · ford
13	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	1:10.979 · megatron
14	Alex Caffi	Dallara	1:11.211 · ford
15	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	1:11.286 · judd
16	Maurício Gugelmin	March	1:11.315 · judd
17	Philippe Streiff	AGS	1:11.466 · ford
18	Philippe Alliot	Lola	1:11.511 · ford
19	Yannick Dalmas	Lola	1:11.747 · ford
20	Stefano Modena	EuroBrun	1:12.007 · ford
21	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	1:12.026 · zakspeed
22	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	1:12.268 · ford
23	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	1:12.316 · ford
24	Nicola Larini	Osella	1:12.406 · osella
25	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	1:12.525 · ford
26	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun	1:12.538 · ford

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	39
3	Gerhard Berger	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	21
4	Nelson Piquet	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	13
4	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	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	Alessandro Nannini	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
12	Satoru Nakajima	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
12	Riccardo Patrese	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
12	Eddie Cheever	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
12	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	1:08.866
freePractice1Results	Ayrton Senna	2	1:09.577
freePractice1Results	Gerhard Berger	3	1:09.673
freePractice1Results	Michele Alboreto	4	1:10.059
freePractice1Results	Nelson Piquet	5	1:10.499
freePractice1Results	Nigel Mansell	6	1:11.284
freePractice1Results	Thierry Boutsen	7	1:11.690
freePractice1Results	Alessandro Nannini	8	1:11.779
freePractice1Results	Satoru Nakajima	9	1:11.807
freePractice1Results	Eddie Cheever	10	1:11.902
freePractice1Results	Derek Warwick	11	1:12.221
freePractice1Results	Philippe Streiff	12	1:12.244
freePractice1Results	Maurício Gugelmin	13	1:12.477
freePractice1Results	Riccardo Patrese	14	1:12.485
freePractice1Results	Ivan Capelli	15	1:12.565
freePractice1Results	Yannick Dalmas	16	1:12.573
freePractice1Results	Philippe Alliot	17	1:12.773
freePractice1Results	Stefano Modena	18	1:12.805
freePractice1Results	Alex Caffi	19	1:12.891
freePractice1Results	Andrea de Cesaris	20	1:12.898
freePractice1Results	René Arnoux	21	1:13.128
freePractice1Results	Nicola Larini	22	1:13.187
freePractice1Results	Oscar Larrauri	23	1:13.452
freePractice1Results	Luis Pérez-Sala	24	1:13.583
freePractice1Results	Jonathan Palmer	25	1:13.685
freePractice1Results	Bernd Schneider	26	1:13.915
freePractice1Results	Pierluigi Martini	27	1:13.957
freePractice1Results	Julian Bailey	28	1:14.054
freePractice1Results	Gabriele Tarquini	29	1:14.214
freePractice1Results	Stefan Johansson	30	1:14.580
freePractice1Results	Piercarlo Ghinzani	31	1:15.280
freePractice2Results	Ayrton Senna	1	1:08.216
freePractice2Results	Alain Prost	2	1:08.282
freePractice2Results	Nelson Piquet	3	1:09.660
freePractice2Results	Thierry Boutsen	4	1:10.231
freePractice2Results	Nigel Mansell	5	1:10.298
freePractice2Results	Satoru Nakajima	6	1:10.490
freePractice2Results	Gerhard Berger	7	1:10.739
freePractice2Results	Alessandro Nannini	8	1:10.811
freePractice2Results	Eddie Cheever	9	1:10.969
freePractice2Results	Andrea de Cesaris	10	1:11.201
freePractice2Results	Derek Warwick	11	1:11.202
freePractice2Results	Philippe Alliot	12	1:11.629
freePractice2Results	Maurício Gugelmin	13	1:11.664
freePractice2Results	Riccardo Patrese	14	1:11.959
freePractice2Results	Ivan Capelli	15	1:12.107
freePractice2Results	Philippe Streiff	16	1:12.195
freePractice2Results	Stefano Modena	17	1:12.239
freePractice2Results	Alex Caffi	18	1:12.306
freePractice2Results	Michele Alboreto	19	1:12.358
freePractice2Results	Pierluigi Martini	20	1:12.412
freePractice2Results	Nicola Larini	21	1:12.523
freePractice2Results	René Arnoux	22	1:12.614
freePractice2Results	Oscar Larrauri	23	1:12.748
freePractice2Results	Luis Pérez-Sala	24	1:12.848
freePractice2Results	Yannick Dalmas	25	1:12.949
freePractice2Results	Bernd Schneider	26	1:13.038
freePractice2Results	Piercarlo Ghinzani	27	1:13.065
freePractice2Results	Jonathan Palmer	28	1:13.113
freePractice2Results	Stefan Johansson	29	1:13.133
freePractice2Results	Julian Bailey	30	1:13.272
warmingUpResults	Ayrton Senna	1	1:10.135
warmingUpResults	Alain Prost	2	1:10.503
warmingUpResults	Thierry Boutsen	3	1:11.782
warmingUpResults	Michele Alboreto	4	1:11.890
warmingUpResults	Gerhard Berger	5	1:11.988
warmingUpResults	Nelson Piquet	6	1:12.133
warmingUpResults	Ivan Capelli	7	1:12.248
warmingUpResults	Nigel Mansell	8	1:12.688
warmingUpResults	Satoru Nakajima	9	1:12.771
warmingUpResults	Maurício Gugelmin	10	1:12.913
warmingUpResults	Derek Warwick	11	1:12.967
warmingUpResults	Eddie Cheever	12	1:13.123
warmingUpResults	Andrea de Cesaris	13	1:13.439
warmingUpResults	Riccardo Patrese	14	1:13.462
warmingUpResults	Philippe Streiff	15	1:13.472
warmingUpResults	Alex Caffi	16	1:13.474
warmingUpResults	Pierluigi Martini	17	1:13.492
warmingUpResults	Philippe Alliot	18	1:13.505
warmingUpResults	Bernd Schneider	19	1:13.684
warmingUpResults	Stefano Modena	20	1:13.700
warmingUpResults	Yannick Dalmas	21	1:13.733
warmingUpResults	Alessandro Nannini	22	1:13.896
warmingUpResults	Luis Pérez-Sala	23	1:14.024
warmingUpResults	Oscar Larrauri	24	1:14.599
warmingUpResults	Nicola Larini	25	1:14.651
warmingUpResults	Jonathan Palmer	26	1:15.093