Race · Round 4 of 16 ·
1988 Mexican Grand Prix
Alain Prost won for McLaren from 2nd on the grid at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. 10 of the starters were not classified. With this win, Alain Prost set a new record of 31 championship Grand Prix wins.
- Circuit
- Autodromo Hermanos RodriguezMexico City, Mexico
- Winner
- Alain ProstMcLaren
- Pole
- Ayrton Senna
- Fastest lap
- Alain Prost
- Entries
- 3116 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 | 1:17.468 | — | — |
| 2 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 11 | 1:18.097 | +0.629 | +0.629 |
| 3 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 28 | 1:18.120 | +0.652 | +0.023 |
| 4 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 1 | 1:18.946 | +1.478 | +0.826 |
| 5 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 27 | 1:19.626 | +2.158 | +0.680 |
| 6 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 2 | 1:20.275 | +2.807 | +0.649 |
| 7 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 18 | 1:20.451 | +2.983 | +0.176 |
| 8 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 19 | 1:20.740 | +3.272 | +0.289 |
| 9 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 17 | 1:20.775 | +3.307 | +0.035 |
| 10 | Ivan Capelli | March | 16 | 1:21.952 | +4.484 | +1.177 |
| 11 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 20 | 1:22.029 | +4.561 | +0.077 |
| 12 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | 22 | 1:22.245 | +4.777 | +0.216 |
| 13 | Philippe Alliot | Lola | 30 | 1:22.348 | +4.880 | +0.103 |
| 14 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 5 | 1:22.363 | +4.895 | +0.015 |
| 15 | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | 10 | 1:22.642 | +5.174 | +0.279 |
| 16 | Mauricio Gugelmin | March | 15 | 1:22.801 | +5.333 | +0.159 |
| 17 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 6 | 1:22.972 | +5.504 | +0.171 |
| 18 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed | 9 | 1:23.078 | +5.610 | +0.106 |
| 19 | Philippe Streiff | AGS | 14 | 1:23.191 | +5.723 | +0.113 |
| 20 | Rene Arnoux | Ligier | 25 | 1:23.287 | +5.819 | +0.096 |
| 21 | Gabriele Tarquini | Coloni | 31 | 1:23.603 | +6.135 | +0.316 |
| 22 | Yannick Dalmas | Lola | 29 | 1:23.606 | +6.138 | +0.003 |
| 23 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 36 | 1:23.716 | +6.248 | +0.110 |
| 24 | Stefan Johansson | Ligier | 26 | 1:23.721 | +6.253 | +0.005 |
| 25 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | 24 | 1:23.857 | +6.389 | +0.136 |
| 26 | Oscar Larrauri | EuroBrun | 32 | 1:24.032 | +6.564 | +0.175 |
| 27 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 3 | 1:24.390 | +6.922 | +0.358 |
| 28 | Nicola Larini | Osella | 21 | 1:24.405 | +6.937 | +0.015 |
| 29 | Julian Bailey | Tyrrell | 4 | 1:25.231 | +7.763 | +0.826 |
| 30 | Adrián Campos | Minardi | 23 | 1:26.058 | +8.590 | +0.827 |
| EX | Stefano Modena | EuroBrun | 33 | — | — | — |
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 Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Warm-up
Practice 1
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 12 | 1:19.475 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 11 | 1:19.803 | +0.328 | +0.328 | — |
| 3 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 28 | 1:19.988 | +0.513 | +0.185 | — |
| 4 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 1 | 1:21.000 | +1.525 | +1.012 | — |
| 5 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 27 | 1:21.452 | +1.977 | +0.452 | — |
| 6 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 18 | 1:22.237 | +2.762 | +0.785 | — |
| 7 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 17 | 1:22.388 | +2.913 | +0.151 | — |
| 8 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 2 | 1:22.824 | +3.349 | +0.436 | — |
| 9 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 20 | 1:22.827 | +3.352 | +0.003 | — |
| 10 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 5 | 1:23.527 | +4.052 | +0.700 | — |
| 11 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 19 | 1:23.947 | +4.472 | +0.420 | — |
| 12 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | 22 | 1:24.720 | +5.245 | +0.773 | — |
| 13 | Philippe Alliot | Lola | 30 | 1:24.803 | +5.328 | +0.083 | — |
| 14 | Yannick Dalmas | Lola | 29 | 1:24.853 | +5.378 | +0.050 | — |
| 15 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 6 | 1:25.129 | +5.654 | +0.276 | — |
| 16 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed | 9 | 1:25.269 | +5.794 | +0.140 | — |
| 17 | Ivan Capelli | March | 16 | 1:25.346 | +5.871 | +0.077 | — |
| 18 | Rene Arnoux | Ligier | 25 | 1:25.891 | +6.416 | +0.545 | — |
| 19 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 3 | 1:25.897 | +6.422 | +0.006 | — |
| 20 | Philippe Streiff | AGS | 14 | 1:26.305 | +6.830 | +0.408 | — |
| 21 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | 24 | 1:26.613 | +7.138 | +0.308 | — |
| 22 | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | 10 | 1:26.686 | +7.211 | +0.073 | — |
| 23 | Julian Bailey | Tyrrell | 4 | 1:27.092 | +7.617 | +0.406 | — |
| 24 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 36 | 1:27.331 | +7.856 | +0.239 | — |
| 25 | Oscar Larrauri | EuroBrun | 32 | 1:27.523 | +8.048 | +0.192 | — |
| 26 | Mauricio Gugelmin | March | 15 | 1:27.548 | +8.073 | +0.025 | — |
| 27 | Nicola Larini | Osella | 21 | 1:27.803 | +8.328 | +0.255 | — |
| 28 | Adrián Campos | Minardi | 23 | 1:27.973 | +8.498 | +0.170 | — |
| 29 | Gabriele Tarquini | Coloni | 31 | 1:28.498 | +9.023 | +0.525 | — |
| 30 | Stefano Modena | EuroBrun | 33 | 1:31.473 | +11.998 | +2.975 | — |
| 31 | Stefan Johansson | Ligier | 26 | — | — | — | — |
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 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 11 | 1:19.055 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 28 | 1:19.547 | +0.492 | +0.492 | — |
| 3 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 27 | 1:19.796 | +0.741 | +0.249 | — |
| 4 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 12 | 1:20.324 | +1.269 | +0.528 | — |
| 5 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 2 | 1:20.574 | +1.519 | +0.250 | — |
| 6 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 1 | 1:20.955 | +1.900 | +0.381 | — |
| 7 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 17 | 1:21.349 | +2.294 | +0.394 | — |
| 8 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 18 | 1:21.584 | +2.529 | +0.235 | — |
| 9 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 20 | 1:21.675 | +2.620 | +0.091 | — |
| 10 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 19 | 1:21.770 | +2.715 | +0.095 | — |
| 11 | Mauricio Gugelmin | March | 15 | 1:22.320 | +3.265 | +0.550 | — |
| 12 | Ivan Capelli | March | 16 | 1:22.386 | +3.331 | +0.066 | — |
| 13 | Philippe Alliot | Lola | 30 | 1:22.826 | +3.771 | +0.440 | — |
| 14 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 5 | 1:23.273 | +4.218 | +0.447 | — |
| 15 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | 22 | 1:23.282 | +4.227 | +0.009 | — |
| 16 | Philippe Streiff | AGS | 14 | 1:23.863 | +4.808 | +0.581 | — |
| 17 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 6 | 1:23.997 | +4.942 | +0.134 | — |
| 18 | Oscar Larrauri | EuroBrun | 32 | 1:24.037 | +4.982 | +0.040 | — |
| 19 | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | 10 | 1:24.221 | +5.166 | +0.184 | — |
| 20 | Stefan Johansson | Ligier | 26 | 1:24.519 | +5.464 | +0.298 | — |
| 21 | Rene Arnoux | Ligier | 25 | 1:24.880 | +5.825 | +0.361 | — |
| 22 | Julian Bailey | Tyrrell | 4 | 1:24.951 | +5.896 | +0.071 | — |
| 23 | Yannick Dalmas | Lola | 29 | 1:25.016 | +5.961 | +0.065 | — |
| 24 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 36 | 1:25.210 | +6.155 | +0.194 | — |
| 25 | Gabriele Tarquini | Coloni | 31 | 1:25.346 | +6.291 | +0.136 | — |
| 26 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | 24 | 1:25.395 | +6.340 | +0.049 | — |
| 27 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 3 | 1:25.687 | +6.632 | +0.292 | — |
| 28 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed | 9 | 1:25.763 | +6.708 | +0.076 | — |
| 29 | Adrián Campos | Minardi | 23 | 1:25.938 | +6.883 | +0.175 | — |
| 30 | Nicola Larini | Osella | 21 | 2:56.569 | +1:37.514 | +1:30.631 | — |
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 | 1:20.121 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 11 | 1:20.416 | +0.295 | +0.295 | — |
| 3 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 28 | 1:21.369 | +1.248 | +0.953 | — |
| 4 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 1 | 1:22.228 | +2.107 | +0.859 | — |
| 5 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 27 | 1:22.685 | +2.564 | +0.457 | — |
| 6 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 20 | 1:23.087 | +2.966 | +0.402 | — |
| 7 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 17 | 1:23.322 | +3.201 | +0.235 | — |
| 8 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 2 | 1:23.328 | +3.207 | +0.006 | — |
| 9 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 19 | 1:23.549 | +3.428 | +0.221 | — |
| 10 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 18 | 1:23.961 | +3.840 | +0.412 | — |
| 11 | Ivan Capelli | March | 16 | 1:24.042 | +3.921 | +0.081 | — |
| 12 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 5 | 1:24.481 | +4.360 | +0.439 | — |
| 13 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | 22 | 1:24.643 | +4.522 | +0.162 | — |
| 14 | Yannick Dalmas | Lola | 29 | 1:24.952 | +4.831 | +0.309 | — |
| 15 | Oscar Larrauri | EuroBrun | 32 | 1:26.451 | +6.330 | +1.499 | — |
| 16 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 6 | 1:26.455 | +6.334 | +0.004 | — |
| 17 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | 24 | 1:26.596 | +6.475 | +0.141 | — |
| 18 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed | 9 | 1:26.797 | +6.676 | +0.201 | — |
| 19 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 36 | 1:26.909 | +6.788 | +0.112 | — |
| 20 | Rene Arnoux | Ligier | 25 | 1:26.966 | +6.845 | +0.057 | — |
| 21 | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | 10 | 1:27.019 | +6.898 | +0.053 | — |
| 22 | Stefan Johansson | Ligier | 26 | 1:27.150 | +7.029 | +0.131 | — |
| 23 | Philippe Streiff | AGS | 14 | 1:27.173 | +7.052 | +0.023 | — |
| 24 | Gabriele Tarquini | Coloni | 31 | 1:30.863 | +10.742 | +3.690 | — |
| 25 | Philippe Alliot | Lola | 30 | 2:23.326 | +1:03.205 | +52.463 | — |
| 26 | Mauricio Gugelmin | March | 15 | 6:56.049 | +5:35.928 | +4:32.723 | — |
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
Ferrari F1/87
Ferrari F1-87 · Etienne (Li) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Arrows A10
Arrows A10 at the 2016 Goodwood Festival of Speed · Matthew Lamb · CC BY-SA 2.0
Benetton B188
Benetton B188 Goodwood FoS 2009 2 · Brian Snelson · CC BY 2.0
Lola LC88
Larrousse Lola LC88-Cosworth of Philippe Alliot at the 2025 Adelaide Grand Final - 05 · Yu Chu Chin · CC BY-SA 4.0
Ligier JS31
Ligier JS31 - Rétromobile 2025 · Xavoun · CC BY-SA 4.06 more photographs
AGS JH23
Rétromobile 2017 - AGS JH23 - 1989 - 001 · Thesupermat · CC BY-SA 4.0
EuroBrun ER188
Eurobrun ER188 Italian Grand Prix 2025 · Eustace Bagge · CC BY 4.0
Lotus 100T
Sato Lotus 100T Suzuka 2010 · https://www.flickr.com/photos/temalive/ · CC BY-SA 2.0
Rial ARC1
F1 1988, Rial ARC1, Spa Francorchamps (55425564171) (cropped) · Original: Der Alf / Derivative work: Danyele · CC BY 4.0
Tyrrell 017
EMS 2023, Essen (P1160461) · Matti Blume · CC BY-SA 4.0 · unchecked
Williams FW12
Williams FW12B (Mansell) front-left 2017 Williams Conference Centre · Morio · CC BY-SA 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
- 4 of 1988
- Grand Prix
- Mexican Grand Prix
- Dates
- Layout raced
- Shortened circuit · 4.421 km · 15 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.