Race · Round 6 of 16 ·
1988 Detroit Grand Prix
Ayrton Senna won for McLaren from pole at Detroit Street Circuit. 17 of the starters were not classified.
- Circuit
- Detroit Street CircuitDetroit, Michigan, United States of America
- Winner
- Ayrton SennaMcLaren
- Pole
- Ayrton Senna
- Fastest lap
- Alain Prost
- Entries
- 319 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 | 1:40.606 | — | — |
| 2 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 28 | 1:41.464 | +0.858 | +0.858 |
| 3 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 27 | 1:41.700 | +1.094 | +0.236 |
| 4 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 11 | 1:42.019 | +1.413 | +0.319 |
| 5 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 20 | 1:42.690 | +2.084 | +0.671 |
| 6 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 5 | 1:42.897 | +2.291 | +0.207 |
| 7 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 19 | 1:43.117 | +2.511 | +0.220 |
| 8 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 1 | 1:43.314 | +2.708 | +0.197 |
| 9 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 17 | 1:43.799 | +3.193 | +0.485 |
| 10 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 6 | 1:43.810 | +3.204 | +0.011 |
| 11 | Philippe Streiff | AGS | 14 | 1:44.204 | +3.598 | +0.394 |
| 12 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | 22 | 1:44.216 | +3.610 | +0.012 |
| 13 | Mauricio Gugelmin | March | 15 | 1:44.474 | +3.868 | +0.258 |
| 14 | Philippe Alliot | Lola | 30 | 1:44.590 | +3.984 | +0.116 |
| 15 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 18 | 1:44.948 | +4.342 | +0.358 |
| 16 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 23 | 1:45.048 | +4.442 | +0.100 |
| 17 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 3 | 1:45.268 | +4.662 | +0.220 |
| 18 | Stefan Johansson | Ligier | 26 | 1:45.275 | +4.669 | +0.007 |
| 19 | Stefano Modena | EuroBrun | 33 | 1:45.304 | +4.698 | +0.029 |
| 20 | Rene Arnoux | Ligier | 25 | 1:45.437 | +4.831 | +0.133 |
| 21 | Ivan Capelli | March | 16 | 1:45.544 | +4.938 | +0.107 |
| 22 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 36 | 1:45.750 | +5.144 | +0.206 |
| 23 | Julian Bailey | Tyrrell | 4 | 1:46.286 | +5.680 | +0.536 |
| 24 | Oscar Larrauri | EuroBrun | 32 | 1:46.390 | +5.784 | +0.104 |
| 25 | Yannick Dalmas | Lola | 29 | 1:46.422 | +5.816 | +0.032 |
| 26 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | 24 | 1:46.593 | +5.987 | +0.171 |
| 27 | Nicola Larini | Osella | 21 | 1:46.623 | +6.017 | +0.030 |
| 28 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 2 | 1:47.243 | +6.637 | +0.620 |
| 29 | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | 10 | 1:48.249 | +7.643 | +1.006 |
| 30 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed | 9 | 1:48.925 | +8.319 | +0.676 |
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 | 1:46.280 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Stefano Modena | EuroBrun | 33 | 1:46.522 | +0.242 | +0.242 | — |
| 3 | Oscar Larrauri | EuroBrun | 32 | 1:46.650 | +0.370 | +0.128 | — |
| 4 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | 22 | 1:46.709 | +0.429 | +0.059 | — |
| 5 | Gabriele Tarquini | Coloni | 31 | 1:47.312 | +1.032 | +0.603 | — |
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 | 1:41.410 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 12 | 1:42.207 | +0.797 | +0.797 | — |
| 3 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 20 | 1:43.829 | +2.419 | +1.622 | — |
| 4 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 5 | 1:43.903 | +2.493 | +0.074 | — |
| 5 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 28 | 1:44.578 | +3.168 | +0.675 | — |
| 6 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 27 | 1:44.783 | +3.373 | +0.205 | — |
| 7 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 6 | 1:45.473 | +4.063 | +0.690 | — |
| 8 | Philippe Streiff | AGS | 14 | 1:45.743 | +4.333 | +0.270 | — |
| 9 | Philippe Alliot | Lola | 30 | 1:45.997 | +4.587 | +0.254 | — |
| 10 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 23 | 1:46.002 | +4.592 | +0.005 | — |
| 11 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 19 | 1:46.051 | +4.641 | +0.049 | — |
| 12 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 36 | 1:46.280 | +4.870 | +0.229 | — |
| 13 | Stefano Modena | EuroBrun | 33 | 1:46.522 | +5.112 | +0.242 | — |
| 14 | Rene Arnoux | Ligier | 25 | 1:46.610 | +5.200 | +0.088 | — |
| 15 | Oscar Larrauri | EuroBrun | 32 | 1:46.650 | +5.240 | +0.040 | — |
| 16 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | 22 | 1:46.709 | +5.299 | +0.059 | — |
| 17 | Stefan Johansson | Ligier | 26 | 1:46.740 | +5.330 | +0.031 | — |
| 18 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 18 | 1:46.824 | +5.414 | +0.084 | — |
| 19 | Yannick Dalmas | Lola | 29 | 1:46.890 | +5.480 | +0.066 | — |
| 20 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 1 | 1:46.940 | +5.530 | +0.050 | — |
| 21 | Mauricio Gugelmin | March | 15 | 1:47.017 | +5.607 | +0.077 | — |
| 22 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | 24 | 1:47.121 | +5.711 | +0.104 | — |
| 23 | Gabriele Tarquini | Coloni | 31 | 1:47.312 | +5.902 | +0.191 | — |
| 24 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 2 | 1:47.486 | +6.076 | +0.174 | — |
| 25 | Nicola Larini | Osella | 21 | 1:47.702 | +6.292 | +0.216 | — |
| 26 | Julian Bailey | Tyrrell | 4 | 1:48.228 | +6.818 | +0.526 | — |
| 27 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 3 | 1:48.276 | +6.866 | +0.048 | — |
| 28 | Ivan Capelli | March | 16 | 1:49.038 | +7.628 | +0.762 | — |
| 29 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 17 | 1:49.983 | +8.573 | +0.945 | — |
| 30 | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | 10 | 1:55.416 | +14.006 | +5.433 | — |
| 31 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed | 9 | 10:39.323 | +8:57.913 | +8:43.907 | — |
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 | 1:40.177 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 11 | 1:40.314 | +0.137 | +0.137 | — |
| 3 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 5 | 1:40.589 | +0.412 | +0.275 | — |
| 4 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 20 | 1:40.679 | +0.502 | +0.090 | — |
| 5 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 27 | 1:41.126 | +0.949 | +0.447 | — |
| 6 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 28 | 1:41.824 | +1.647 | +0.698 | — |
| 7 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 6 | 1:42.135 | +1.958 | +0.311 | — |
| 8 | Mauricio Gugelmin | March | 15 | 1:42.206 | +2.029 | +0.071 | — |
| 9 | Philippe Streiff | AGS | 14 | 1:42.378 | +2.201 | +0.172 | — |
| 10 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 17 | 1:42.511 | +2.334 | +0.133 | — |
| 11 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 18 | 1:42.520 | +2.343 | +0.009 | — |
| 12 | Philippe Alliot | Lola | 30 | 1:42.649 | +2.472 | +0.129 | — |
| 13 | Yannick Dalmas | Lola | 29 | 1:42.961 | +2.784 | +0.312 | — |
| 14 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 3 | 1:43.065 | +2.888 | +0.104 | — |
| 15 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 1 | 1:43.308 | +3.131 | +0.243 | — |
| 16 | Ivan Capelli | March | 16 | 1:43.329 | +3.152 | +0.021 | — |
| 17 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 19 | 1:43.402 | +3.225 | +0.073 | — |
| 18 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | 22 | 1:43.526 | +3.349 | +0.124 | — |
| 19 | Rene Arnoux | Ligier | 25 | 1:43.620 | +3.443 | +0.094 | — |
| 20 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 36 | 1:43.747 | +3.570 | +0.127 | — |
| 21 | Stefan Johansson | Ligier | 26 | 1:43.913 | +3.736 | +0.166 | — |
| 22 | Julian Bailey | Tyrrell | 4 | 1:44.122 | +3.945 | +0.209 | — |
| 23 | Nicola Larini | Osella | 21 | 1:44.163 | +3.986 | +0.041 | — |
| 24 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 23 | 1:44.477 | +4.300 | +0.314 | — |
| 25 | Oscar Larrauri | EuroBrun | 32 | 1:44.942 | +4.765 | +0.465 | — |
| 26 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed | 9 | 1:45.017 | +4.840 | +0.075 | — |
| 27 | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | 10 | 1:45.644 | +5.467 | +0.627 | — |
| 28 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 2 | 1:45.718 | +5.541 | +0.074 | — |
| 29 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | 24 | 1:45.910 | +5.733 | +0.192 | — |
| 30 | Stefano Modena | EuroBrun | 33 | 1:51.104 | +10.927 | +5.194 | — |
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 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 11 | 1:42.308 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 12 | 1:42.409 | +0.101 | +0.101 | — |
| 3 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 20 | 1:43.167 | +0.859 | +0.758 | — |
| 4 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 5 | 1:43.235 | +0.927 | +0.068 | — |
| 5 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 28 | 1:44.791 | +2.483 | +1.556 | — |
| 6 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 27 | 1:44.955 | +2.647 | +0.164 | — |
| 7 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 1 | 1:45.224 | +2.916 | +0.269 | — |
| 8 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 3 | 1:45.435 | +3.127 | +0.211 | — |
| 9 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 6 | 1:45.479 | +3.171 | +0.044 | — |
| 10 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 17 | 1:45.642 | +3.334 | +0.163 | — |
| 11 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 19 | 1:45.844 | +3.536 | +0.202 | — |
| 12 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 18 | 1:45.909 | +3.601 | +0.065 | — |
| 13 | Philippe Streiff | AGS | 14 | 1:46.040 | +3.732 | +0.131 | — |
| 14 | Rene Arnoux | Ligier | 25 | 1:46.168 | +3.860 | +0.128 | — |
| 15 | Mauricio Gugelmin | March | 15 | 1:46.751 | +4.443 | +0.583 | — |
| 16 | Philippe Alliot | Lola | 30 | 1:46.757 | +4.449 | +0.006 | — |
| 17 | Stefano Modena | EuroBrun | 33 | 1:47.515 | +5.207 | +0.758 | — |
| 18 | Yannick Dalmas | Lola | 29 | 1:47.629 | +5.321 | +0.114 | — |
| 19 | Stefan Johansson | Ligier | 26 | 1:48.145 | +5.837 | +0.516 | — |
| 20 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 23 | 1:48.459 | +6.151 | +0.314 | — |
| 21 | Oscar Larrauri | EuroBrun | 32 | 1:49.030 | +6.722 | +0.571 | — |
| 22 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | 24 | 1:49.623 | +7.315 | +0.593 | — |
| 23 | Julian Bailey | Tyrrell | 4 | 1:49.791 | +7.483 | +0.168 | — |
| 24 | Nicola Larini | Osella | 21 | 1:50.089 | +7.781 | +0.298 | — |
| 25 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | 22 | 1:50.224 | +7.916 | +0.135 | — |
| 26 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 36 | 1:50.914 | +8.606 | +0.690 | — |
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
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
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 4.0A 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.
6 more photographs
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
Ferrari F1/87
Ferrari F1-87 · Etienne (Li) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Ligier JS31
Ligier JS31 - Rétromobile 2025 · Xavoun · CC BY-SA 4.0
Lotus 100T
Sato Lotus 100T Suzuka 2010 · https://www.flickr.com/photos/temalive/ · CC BY-SA 2.0
Williams FW12
Williams FW12B (Mansell) front-left 2017 Williams Conference Centre · Morio · CC BY-SA 4.0Where this comes from
- Round
- 6 of 1988
- Grand Prix
- Detroit 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.