Race · Round 15 of 16 ·
1988 Japanese Grand Prix
Ayrton Senna won for McLaren from pole at Suzuka Circuit. 9 of the starters were not classified.
- Circuit
- Suzuka CircuitSuzuka, Japan
- Winner
- Ayrton SennaMcLaren
- Pole
- Ayrton Senna
- Fastest lap
- Ayrton Senna
- Entries
- 3117 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 | 1:41.853 | — | — |
| 2 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 11 | 1:42.177 | +0.324 | +0.324 |
| 3 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 28 | 1:43.353 | +1.500 | +1.176 |
| 4 | Ivan Capelli | March | 16 | 1:43.605 | +1.752 | +0.252 |
| 5 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 1 | 1:43.693 | +1.840 | +0.088 |
| 6 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 2 | 1:43.693 | +1.840 | +0.000 |
| 7 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 17 | 1:43.816 | +1.963 | +0.123 |
| 8 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 5 | 1:43.893 | +2.040 | +0.077 |
| 9 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 27 | 1:43.972 | +2.119 | +0.079 |
| 10 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 20 | 1:44.499 | +2.646 | +0.527 |
| 11 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 6 | 1:44.555 | +2.702 | +0.056 |
| 12 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 19 | 1:44.611 | +2.758 | +0.056 |
| 13 | Mauricio Gugelmin | March | 15 | 1:45.138 | +3.285 | +0.527 |
| 14 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | 22 | 1:45.558 | +3.705 | +0.420 |
| 15 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 18 | 1:45.845 | +3.992 | +0.287 |
| 16 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 3 | 1:45.916 | +4.063 | +0.071 |
| 17 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 23 | 1:46.449 | +4.596 | +0.533 |
| 18 | Philippe Streiff | AGS | 14 | 1:46.486 | +4.633 | +0.037 |
| 19 | Philippe Alliot | Lola | 30 | 1:46.521 | +4.668 | +0.035 |
| 20 | Aguri Suzuki | Lola | 29 | 1:46.920 | +5.067 | +0.399 |
| 21 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 36 | 1:46.982 | +5.129 | +0.062 |
| 22 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | 24 | 1:47.134 | +5.281 | +0.152 |
| 23 | Rene Arnoux | Ligier | 25 | 1:47.193 | +5.340 | +0.059 |
| 24 | Nicola Larini | Osella | 21 | 1:47.547 | +5.694 | +0.354 |
| 25 | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | 10 | 1:47.599 | +5.746 | +0.052 |
| 26 | Julian Bailey | Tyrrell | 4 | 1:48.589 | +6.736 | +0.990 |
| 27 | Stefan Johansson | Ligier | 26 | 1:48.716 | +6.863 | +0.127 |
| 28 | Oscar Larrauri | EuroBrun | 32 | 1:49.265 | +7.412 | +0.549 |
| 29 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed | 9 | 1:49.706 | +7.853 | +0.441 |
| 30 | Stefano Modena | EuroBrun | 33 | 1:49.810 | +7.957 | +0.104 |
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 | 1:49.099 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Nicola Larini | Osella | 21 | 1:50.288 | +1.189 | +1.189 | — |
| 3 | Oscar Larrauri | EuroBrun | 32 | 1:50.942 | +1.843 | +0.654 | — |
| 4 | Stefano Modena | EuroBrun | 33 | 1:51.141 | +2.042 | +0.199 | — |
| 5 | Gabriele Tarquini | Coloni | 31 | 1:52.234 | +3.135 | +1.093 | — |
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 | 1:44.620 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 12 | 1:44.848 | +0.228 | +0.228 | — |
| 3 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 27 | 1:45.706 | +1.086 | +0.858 | — |
| 4 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 5 | 1:45.803 | +1.183 | +0.097 | — |
| 5 | Mauricio Gugelmin | March | 15 | 1:46.152 | +1.532 | +0.349 | — |
| 6 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 2 | 1:46.532 | +1.912 | +0.380 | — |
| 7 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 28 | 1:46.553 | +1.933 | +0.021 | — |
| 8 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 6 | 1:46.975 | +2.355 | +0.422 | — |
| 9 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 20 | 1:47.149 | +2.529 | +0.174 | — |
| 10 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 19 | 1:47.180 | +2.560 | +0.031 | — |
| 11 | Ivan Capelli | March | 16 | 1:47.200 | +2.580 | +0.020 | — |
| 12 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 18 | 1:47.694 | +3.074 | +0.494 | — |
| 13 | Philippe Alliot | Lola | 30 | 1:47.767 | +3.147 | +0.073 | — |
| 14 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 17 | 1:47.797 | +3.177 | +0.030 | — |
| 15 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 1 | 1:48.547 | +3.927 | +0.750 | — |
| 16 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | 22 | 1:48.847 | +4.227 | +0.300 | — |
| 17 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 36 | 1:49.099 | +4.479 | +0.252 | — |
| 18 | Philippe Streiff | AGS | 14 | 1:49.525 | +4.905 | +0.426 | — |
| 19 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 23 | 1:49.587 | +4.967 | +0.062 | — |
| 20 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed | 9 | 1:49.989 | +5.369 | +0.402 | — |
| 21 | Aguri Suzuki | Lola | 29 | 1:50.281 | +5.661 | +0.292 | — |
| 22 | Nicola Larini | Osella | 21 | 1:50.288 | +5.668 | +0.007 | — |
| 23 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | 24 | 1:50.564 | +5.944 | +0.276 | — |
| 24 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 3 | 1:50.862 | +6.242 | +0.298 | — |
| 25 | Oscar Larrauri | EuroBrun | 32 | 1:50.942 | +6.322 | +0.080 | — |
| 26 | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | 10 | 1:51.097 | +6.477 | +0.155 | — |
| 27 | Stefano Modena | EuroBrun | 33 | 1:51.141 | +6.521 | +0.044 | — |
| 28 | Julian Bailey | Tyrrell | 4 | 1:51.196 | +6.576 | +0.055 | — |
| 29 | Stefan Johansson | Ligier | 26 | 1:51.536 | +6.916 | +0.340 | — |
| 30 | Rene Arnoux | Ligier | 25 | 1:51.600 | +6.980 | +0.064 | — |
| 31 | Gabriele Tarquini | Coloni | 31 | 1:52.234 | +7.614 | +0.634 | — |
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 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 27 | 1:44.290 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 12 | 1:44.543 | +0.253 | +0.253 | — |
| 3 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 5 | 1:44.668 | +0.378 | +0.125 | — |
| 4 | Ivan Capelli | March | 16 | 1:44.694 | +0.404 | +0.026 | — |
| 5 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 6 | 1:44.930 | +0.640 | +0.236 | — |
| 6 | Mauricio Gugelmin | March | 15 | 1:44.945 | +0.655 | +0.015 | — |
| 7 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 11 | 1:45.233 | +0.943 | +0.288 | — |
| 8 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 2 | 1:45.731 | +1.441 | +0.498 | — |
| 9 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | 22 | 1:46.092 | +1.802 | +0.361 | — |
| 10 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 1 | 1:46.193 | +1.903 | +0.101 | — |
| 11 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 20 | 1:46.279 | +1.989 | +0.086 | — |
| 12 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 36 | 1:46.853 | +2.563 | +0.574 | — |
| 13 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 19 | 1:47.094 | +2.804 | +0.241 | — |
| 14 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 23 | 1:47.349 | +3.059 | +0.255 | — |
| 15 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 18 | 1:47.428 | +3.138 | +0.079 | — |
| 16 | Philippe Alliot | Lola | 30 | 1:47.521 | +3.231 | +0.093 | — |
| 17 | Philippe Streiff | AGS | 14 | 1:47.601 | +3.311 | +0.080 | — |
| 18 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 28 | 1:47.649 | +3.359 | +0.048 | — |
| 19 | Stefan Johansson | Ligier | 26 | 1:47.733 | +3.443 | +0.084 | — |
| 20 | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | 10 | 1:47.921 | +3.631 | +0.188 | — |
| 21 | Rene Arnoux | Ligier | 25 | 1:48.036 | +3.746 | +0.115 | — |
| 22 | Nicola Larini | Osella | 21 | 1:48.551 | +4.261 | +0.515 | — |
| 23 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed | 9 | 1:48.663 | +4.373 | +0.112 | — |
| 24 | Aguri Suzuki | Lola | 29 | 1:48.725 | +4.435 | +0.062 | — |
| 25 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | 24 | 1:48.807 | +4.517 | +0.082 | — |
| 26 | Julian Bailey | Tyrrell | 4 | 1:49.053 | +4.763 | +0.246 | — |
| 27 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 3 | 1:49.548 | +5.258 | +0.495 | — |
| 28 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 17 | 1:49.569 | +5.279 | +0.021 | — |
| 29 | Stefano Modena | EuroBrun | 33 | 1:49.576 | +5.286 | +0.007 | — |
| 30 | Oscar Larrauri | EuroBrun | 32 | 1:50.418 | +6.128 | +0.842 | — |
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 | 1:46.372 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 5 | 1:46.745 | +0.373 | +0.373 | — |
| 3 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 20 | 1:46.885 | +0.513 | +0.140 | — |
| 4 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 11 | 1:47.063 | +0.691 | +0.178 | — |
| 5 | Ivan Capelli | March | 16 | 1:47.147 | +0.775 | +0.084 | — |
| 6 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 1 | 1:47.453 | +1.081 | +0.306 | — |
| 7 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 19 | 1:47.549 | +1.177 | +0.096 | — |
| 8 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 6 | 1:47.591 | +1.219 | +0.042 | — |
| 9 | Mauricio Gugelmin | March | 15 | 1:48.125 | +1.753 | +0.534 | — |
| 10 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 28 | 1:48.199 | +1.827 | +0.074 | — |
| 11 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 27 | 1:48.515 | +2.143 | +0.316 | — |
| 12 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 2 | 1:48.849 | +2.477 | +0.334 | — |
| 13 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 23 | 1:49.574 | +3.202 | +0.725 | — |
| 14 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 18 | 1:49.650 | +3.278 | +0.076 | — |
| 15 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 3 | 1:49.712 | +3.340 | +0.062 | — |
| 16 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 36 | 1:49.865 | +3.493 | +0.153 | — |
| 17 | Aguri Suzuki | Lola | 29 | 1:50.428 | +4.056 | +0.563 | — |
| 18 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | 24 | 1:50.500 | +4.128 | +0.072 | — |
| 19 | Philippe Streiff | AGS | 14 | 1:50.600 | +4.228 | +0.100 | — |
| 20 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | 22 | 1:50.684 | +4.312 | +0.084 | — |
| 21 | Philippe Alliot | Lola | 30 | 1:51.066 | +4.694 | +0.382 | — |
| 22 | Julian Bailey | Tyrrell | 4 | 1:51.399 | +5.027 | +0.333 | — |
| 23 | Rene Arnoux | Ligier | 25 | 1:52.838 | +6.466 | +1.439 | — |
| 24 | Nicola Larini | Osella | 21 | 1:55.085 | +8.713 | +2.247 | — |
| 25 | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | 10 | 1:55.601 | +9.229 | +0.516 | — |
| 26 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 17 | 8:07.970 | +6:21.598 | +6:12.369 | — |
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
Benetton B188
Benetton B188 Goodwood FoS 2009 2 · Brian Snelson · CC BY 2.0
Ferrari F1/87
Ferrari F1-87 · Etienne (Li) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Williams FW12
Williams FW12B (Mansell) front-left 2017 Williams Conference Centre · Morio · CC BY-SA 4.0
Lotus 100T
Sato Lotus 100T Suzuka 2010 · https://www.flickr.com/photos/temalive/ · CC BY-SA 2.0
AGS JH23
Rétromobile 2017 - AGS JH23 - 1989 - 001 · Thesupermat · CC BY-SA 4.06 more photographs
Lola LC88
Larrousse Lola LC88-Cosworth of Philippe Alliot at the 2025 Adelaide Grand Final - 05 · Yu Chu Chin · CC BY-SA 4.0
Tyrrell 017
EMS 2023, Essen (P1160461) · Matti Blume · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
Ligier JS31
Ligier JS31 - Rétromobile 2025 · Xavoun · CC BY-SA 4.0
Arrows A10
Arrows A10 at the 2016 Goodwood Festival of Speed · Matthew Lamb · CC BY-SA 2.0
EuroBrun ER188
Eurobrun ER188 Italian Grand Prix 2025 · Eustace Bagge · CC BY 4.0
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
- 15 of 1988
- Grand Prix
- Japanese Grand Prix
- Dates
- Layout raced
- —
- Format
- Standard weekend
- Constructor
- McLaren
- Entrant
- McLaren-Honda
- Confidence
- reference
No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.