Race · Round 11 of 16 ·
1988 Belgian Grand Prix
Ayrton Senna won for McLaren from pole at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. 13 of the starters were not classified. It was the first championship podium for Ivan Capelli.
- Circuit
- Circuit de Spa-FrancorchampsStavelot, Belgium
- Winner
- Ayrton SennaMcLaren
- Pole
- Ayrton Senna
- Fastest lap
- Gerhard Berger
- Entries
- 3113 classified
Classification
A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.
Grid to flag
Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.
Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Time | Gap | Interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 12 | 1:53.718 | — | — |
| 2 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 11 | 1:54.128 | +0.410 | +0.410 |
| 3 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 28 | 1:54.581 | +0.863 | +0.453 |
| 4 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 27 | 1:55.665 | +1.947 | +1.084 |
| 5 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 6 | 1:57.138 | +3.420 | +1.473 |
| 6 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 20 | 1:57.455 | +3.737 | +0.317 |
| 7 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 19 | 1:57.535 | +3.817 | +0.080 |
| 8 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 2 | 1:57.616 | +3.898 | +0.081 |
| 9 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 1 | 1:57.821 | +4.103 | +0.205 |
| 10 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 17 | 1:57.925 | +4.207 | +0.104 |
| 11 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 18 | 1:57.980 | +4.262 | +0.055 |
| 12 | Martin Brundle | Williams | 5 | 1:58.206 | +4.488 | +0.226 |
| 13 | Mauricio Gugelmin | March | 15 | 1:58.361 | +4.643 | +0.155 |
| 14 | Ivan Capelli | March | 16 | 1:59.439 | +5.721 | +1.078 |
| 15 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 36 | 1:59.776 | +6.058 | +0.337 |
| 16 | Philippe Alliot | Lola | 30 | 1:59.906 | +6.188 | +0.130 |
| 17 | Rene Arnoux | Ligier | 25 | 2:00.037 | +6.319 | +0.131 |
| 18 | Philippe Streiff | AGS | 14 | 2:00.410 | +6.692 | +0.373 |
| 19 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | 22 | 2:00.521 | +6.803 | +0.111 |
| 20 | Stefan Johansson | Ligier | 26 | 2:00.857 | +7.139 | +0.336 |
| 21 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 3 | 2:01.078 | +7.360 | +0.221 |
| 22 | Gabriele Tarquini | Coloni | 31 | 2:01.359 | +7.641 | +0.281 |
| 23 | Yannick Dalmas | Lola | 29 | 2:01.467 | +7.749 | +0.108 |
| 24 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed | 9 | 2:01.899 | +8.181 | +0.432 |
| 25 | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | 10 | 2:01.938 | +8.220 | +0.039 |
| 26 | Nicola Larini | Osella | 21 | 2:02.029 | +8.311 | +0.091 |
| 27 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | 24 | 2:02.129 | +8.411 | +0.100 |
| 28 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 23 | 2:02.314 | +8.596 | +0.185 |
| 29 | Stefano Modena | EuroBrun | 33 | 2:02.322 | +8.604 | +0.008 |
| 30 | Julian Bailey | Tyrrell | 4 | 2:02.519 | +8.801 | +0.197 |
Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.
Pit stops
Pit stops are recorded from 1994. F1DB, the source of every stop here, holds none before then, so this race has no stints to draw.
Practice sessions Pre-qualifying · Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Warm-up
Pre-qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 36 | 2:01.068 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Gabriele Tarquini | Coloni | 31 | 2:02.101 | +1.033 | +1.033 | — |
| 3 | Nicola Larini | Osella | 21 | 2:02.347 | +1.279 | +0.246 | — |
| 4 | Stefano Modena | EuroBrun | 33 | 2:02.933 | +1.865 | +0.586 | — |
| 5 | Oscar Larrauri | EuroBrun | 32 | 2:04.208 | +3.140 | +1.275 | — |
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
Practice 1
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 11 | 1:55.389 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 12 | 1:55.539 | +0.150 | +0.150 | — |
| 3 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 28 | 1:55.645 | +0.256 | +0.106 | — |
| 4 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 27 | 1:58.022 | +2.633 | +2.377 | — |
| 5 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 19 | 1:58.277 | +2.888 | +0.255 | — |
| 6 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 20 | 1:58.487 | +3.098 | +0.210 | — |
| 7 | Ivan Capelli | March | 16 | 1:58.678 | +3.289 | +0.191 | — |
| 8 | Martin Brundle | Williams | 5 | 1:59.073 | +3.684 | +0.395 | — |
| 9 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 6 | 1:59.125 | +3.736 | +0.052 | — |
| 10 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 18 | 1:59.197 | +3.808 | +0.072 | — |
| 11 | Mauricio Gugelmin | March | 15 | 1:59.530 | +4.141 | +0.333 | — |
| 12 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 17 | 1:59.555 | +4.166 | +0.025 | — |
| 13 | Rene Arnoux | Ligier | 25 | 2:00.728 | +5.339 | +1.173 | — |
| 14 | Philippe Alliot | Lola | 30 | 2:00.993 | +5.604 | +0.265 | — |
| 15 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 36 | 2:01.068 | +5.679 | +0.075 | — |
| 16 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 2 | 2:01.538 | +6.149 | +0.470 | — |
| 17 | Philippe Streiff | AGS | 14 | 2:01.760 | +6.371 | +0.222 | — |
| 18 | Yannick Dalmas | Lola | 29 | 2:01.998 | +6.609 | +0.238 | — |
| 19 | Gabriele Tarquini | Coloni | 31 | 2:02.101 | +6.712 | +0.103 | — |
| 20 | Nicola Larini | Osella | 21 | 2:02.347 | +6.958 | +0.246 | — |
| 21 | Stefan Johansson | Ligier | 26 | 2:02.809 | +7.420 | +0.462 | — |
| 22 | Stefano Modena | EuroBrun | 33 | 2:02.933 | +7.544 | +0.124 | — |
| 23 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 3 | 2:03.040 | +7.651 | +0.107 | — |
| 24 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 23 | 2:03.191 | +7.802 | +0.151 | — |
| 25 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | 24 | 2:03.399 | +8.010 | +0.208 | — |
| 26 | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | 10 | 2:03.564 | +8.175 | +0.165 | — |
| 27 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed | 9 | 2:03.671 | +8.282 | +0.107 | — |
| 28 | Oscar Larrauri | EuroBrun | 32 | 2:04.208 | +8.819 | +0.537 | — |
| 29 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 1 | 2:04.398 | +9.009 | +0.190 | — |
| 30 | Julian Bailey | Tyrrell | 4 | 2:06.612 | +11.223 | +2.214 | — |
| 31 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | 22 | 2:07.111 | +11.722 | +0.499 | — |
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
Practice 2
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 12 | 2:14.444 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 28 | 2:15.567 | +1.123 | +1.123 | — |
| 3 | Mauricio Gugelmin | March | 15 | 2:15.657 | +1.213 | +0.090 | — |
| 4 | Ivan Capelli | March | 16 | 2:15.773 | +1.329 | +0.116 | — |
| 5 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 27 | 2:15.889 | +1.445 | +0.116 | — |
| 6 | Martin Brundle | Williams | 5 | 2:16.172 | +1.728 | +0.283 | — |
| 7 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 36 | 2:16.414 | +1.970 | +0.242 | — |
| 8 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 11 | 2:16.561 | +2.117 | +0.147 | — |
| 9 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 1 | 2:16.767 | +2.323 | +0.206 | — |
| 10 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 6 | 2:16.803 | +2.359 | +0.036 | — |
| 11 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 19 | 2:17.724 | +3.280 | +0.921 | — |
| 12 | Philippe Streiff | AGS | 14 | 2:18.070 | +3.626 | +0.346 | — |
| 13 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 2 | 2:18.392 | +3.948 | +0.322 | — |
| 14 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 20 | 2:18.431 | +3.987 | +0.039 | — |
| 15 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | 22 | 2:18.472 | +4.028 | +0.041 | — |
| 16 | Nicola Larini | Osella | 21 | 2:18.945 | +4.501 | +0.473 | — |
| 17 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 23 | 2:18.990 | +4.546 | +0.045 | — |
| 18 | Julian Bailey | Tyrrell | 4 | 2:19.343 | +4.899 | +0.353 | — |
| 19 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 18 | 2:19.478 | +5.034 | +0.135 | — |
| 20 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 3 | 2:19.623 | +5.179 | +0.145 | — |
| 21 | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | 10 | 2:20.160 | +5.716 | +0.537 | — |
| 22 | Philippe Alliot | Lola | 30 | 2:21.064 | +6.620 | +0.904 | — |
| 23 | Stefan Johansson | Ligier | 26 | 2:21.782 | +7.338 | +0.718 | — |
| 24 | Stefano Modena | EuroBrun | 33 | 2:22.095 | +7.651 | +0.313 | — |
| 25 | Rene Arnoux | Ligier | 25 | 2:22.462 | +8.018 | +0.367 | — |
| 26 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 17 | 2:22.729 | +8.285 | +0.267 | — |
| 27 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | 24 | 2:23.229 | +8.785 | +0.500 | — |
| 28 | Yannick Dalmas | Lola | 29 | 2:26.474 | +12.030 | +3.245 | — |
| 29 | Gabriele Tarquini | Coloni | 31 | 2:27.897 | +13.453 | +1.423 | — |
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
Warm-up
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 12 | 1:59.988 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 11 | 2:00.459 | +0.471 | +0.471 | — |
| 3 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 27 | 2:01.129 | +1.141 | +0.670 | — |
| 4 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 19 | 2:01.201 | +1.213 | +0.072 | — |
| 5 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 28 | 2:01.376 | +1.388 | +0.175 | — |
| 6 | Mauricio Gugelmin | March | 15 | 2:02.148 | +2.160 | +0.772 | — |
| 7 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 17 | 2:02.849 | +2.861 | +0.701 | — |
| 8 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 1 | 2:02.914 | +2.926 | +0.065 | — |
| 9 | Ivan Capelli | March | 16 | 2:03.142 | +3.154 | +0.228 | — |
| 10 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 2 | 2:03.158 | +3.170 | +0.016 | — |
| 11 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 6 | 2:03.474 | +3.486 | +0.316 | — |
| 12 | Martin Brundle | Williams | 5 | 2:03.769 | +3.781 | +0.295 | — |
| 13 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 18 | 2:04.006 | +4.018 | +0.237 | — |
| 14 | Philippe Alliot | Lola | 30 | 2:04.276 | +4.288 | +0.270 | — |
| 15 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | 22 | 2:04.488 | +4.500 | +0.212 | — |
| 16 | Rene Arnoux | Ligier | 25 | 2:04.682 | +4.694 | +0.194 | — |
| 17 | Stefan Johansson | Ligier | 26 | 2:04.937 | +4.949 | +0.255 | — |
| 18 | Philippe Streiff | AGS | 14 | 2:05.010 | +5.022 | +0.073 | — |
| 19 | Yannick Dalmas | Lola | 29 | 2:05.130 | +5.142 | +0.120 | — |
| 20 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 3 | 2:06.136 | +6.148 | +1.006 | — |
| 21 | Gabriele Tarquini | Coloni | 31 | 2:06.231 | +6.243 | +0.095 | — |
| 22 | Nicola Larini | Osella | 21 | 2:06.406 | +6.418 | +0.175 | — |
| 23 | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | 10 | 2:06.410 | +6.422 | +0.004 | — |
| 24 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed | 9 | 2:06.652 | +6.664 | +0.242 | — |
| 25 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 36 | 2:06.685 | +6.697 | +0.033 | — |
| 26 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 20 | 10:40.031 | +8:40.043 | +8:33.346 | — |
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
The cars in this race
The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.
McLaren MP4/4
McLaren MP4-4 front-right Honda Collection Hall · Morio · CC BY-SA 3.0
Lotus 100T
Sato Lotus 100T Suzuka 2010 · https://www.flickr.com/photos/temalive/ · CC BY-SA 2.0
Arrows A10
Arrows A10 at the 2016 Goodwood Festival of Speed · Matthew Lamb · CC BY-SA 2.0
Williams FW12
Williams FW12B (Mansell) front-left 2017 Williams Conference Centre · Morio · CC BY-SA 4.0
Lola LC88
Larrousse Lola LC88-Cosworth of Philippe Alliot at the 2025 Adelaide Grand Final - 05 · Yu Chu Chin · CC BY-SA 4.0
AGS JH23
Rétromobile 2017 - AGS JH23 - 1989 - 001 · Thesupermat · CC BY-SA 4.06 more photographs
Ligier JS31
Ligier JS31 - Rétromobile 2025 · Xavoun · CC BY-SA 4.0
Tyrrell 017
EMS 2023, Essen (P1160461) · Matti Blume · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
Benetton B188
Benetton B188 Goodwood FoS 2009 2 · Brian Snelson · CC BY 2.0
EuroBrun ER188
Eurobrun ER188 Italian Grand Prix 2025 · Eustace Bagge · CC BY 4.0
Ferrari F1/87
Ferrari F1-87 · Etienne (Li) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Rial ARC1
F1 1988, Rial ARC1, Spa Francorchamps (55425564171) (cropped) · Original: Der Alf / Derivative work: Danyele · CC BY 4.0A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.
Where this comes from
- Round
- 11 of 1988
- Grand Prix
- Belgian Grand Prix
- Dates
- Layout raced
- Modern circuit · 7.004 km · 19 turns
- Format
- Standard weekend
- Constructor
- McLaren
- Entrant
- McLaren-Honda
- Confidence
- reference
The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.