Race · Round 7 of 16 ·
1988 French Grand Prix
Alain Prost won for McLaren from pole at Circuit Paul Ricard. 11 of the starters were not classified. With this win, Alain Prost set a new record of 32 championship Grand Prix wins.
- Circuit
- Circuit Paul RicardLe Castellet, France
- Winner
- Alain ProstMcLaren
- Pole
- Alain Prost
- Fastest lap
- Alain Prost
- Entries
- 3115 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 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 11 | 1:07.589 | — | — |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 12 | 1:08.067 | +0.478 | +0.478 |
| 3 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 28 | 1:08.282 | +0.693 | +0.215 |
| 4 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 27 | 1:09.422 | +1.833 | +1.140 |
| 5 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 20 | 1:09.587 | +1.998 | +0.165 |
| 6 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 19 | 1:09.718 | +2.129 | +0.131 |
| 7 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 1 | 1:09.734 | +2.145 | +0.016 |
| 8 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 2 | 1:10.250 | +2.661 | +0.516 |
| 9 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 5 | 1:10.337 | +2.748 | +0.087 |
| 10 | Ivan Capelli | March | 16 | 1:10.496 | +2.907 | +0.159 |
| 11 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 17 | 1:10.634 | +3.045 | +0.138 |
| 12 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | 22 | 1:10.861 | +3.272 | +0.227 |
| 13 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 18 | 1:10.979 | +3.390 | +0.118 |
| 14 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 36 | 1:11.211 | +3.622 | +0.232 |
| 15 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 6 | 1:11.286 | +3.697 | +0.075 |
| 16 | Mauricio Gugelmin | March | 15 | 1:11.315 | +3.726 | +0.029 |
| 17 | Philippe Streiff | AGS | 14 | 1:11.466 | +3.877 | +0.151 |
| 18 | Philippe Alliot | Lola | 30 | 1:11.511 | +3.922 | +0.045 |
| 19 | Yannick Dalmas | Lola | 29 | 1:11.747 | +4.158 | +0.236 |
| 20 | Stefano Modena | EuroBrun | 33 | 1:12.007 | +4.418 | +0.260 |
| 21 | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | 10 | 1:12.026 | +4.437 | +0.019 |
| 22 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 23 | 1:12.268 | +4.679 | +0.242 |
| 23 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 3 | 1:12.316 | +4.727 | +0.048 |
| 24 | Nicola Larini | Osella | 21 | 1:12.406 | +4.817 | +0.090 |
| 25 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | 24 | 1:12.525 | +4.936 | +0.119 |
| 26 | Oscar Larrauri | EuroBrun | 32 | 1:12.538 | +4.949 | +0.013 |
| 27 | Rene Arnoux | Ligier | 25 | 1:12.654 | +5.065 | +0.116 |
| 28 | Julian Bailey | Tyrrell | 4 | 1:12.697 | +5.108 | +0.043 |
| 29 | Stefan Johansson | Ligier | 26 | 1:12.801 | +5.212 | +0.104 |
| EX | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed | 9 | 1:12.121 | +4.532 | — |
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 | Stefano Modena | EuroBrun | 33 | 1:12.805 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 36 | 1:12.891 | +0.086 | +0.086 | — |
| 3 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | 22 | 1:12.898 | +0.093 | +0.007 | — |
| 4 | Oscar Larrauri | EuroBrun | 32 | 1:13.452 | +0.647 | +0.554 | — |
| 5 | Gabriele Tarquini | Coloni | 31 | 1:14.214 | +1.409 | +0.762 | — |
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 | 1:08.866 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 12 | 1:09.577 | +0.711 | +0.711 | — |
| 3 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 28 | 1:09.673 | +0.807 | +0.096 | — |
| 4 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 27 | 1:10.059 | +1.193 | +0.386 | — |
| 5 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 1 | 1:10.499 | +1.633 | +0.440 | — |
| 6 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 5 | 1:11.284 | +2.418 | +0.785 | — |
| 7 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 20 | 1:11.690 | +2.824 | +0.406 | — |
| 8 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 19 | 1:11.779 | +2.913 | +0.089 | — |
| 9 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 2 | 1:11.807 | +2.941 | +0.028 | — |
| 10 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 18 | 1:11.902 | +3.036 | +0.095 | — |
| 11 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 17 | 1:12.221 | +3.355 | +0.319 | — |
| 12 | Philippe Streiff | AGS | 14 | 1:12.244 | +3.378 | +0.023 | — |
| 13 | Mauricio Gugelmin | March | 15 | 1:12.477 | +3.611 | +0.233 | — |
| 14 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 6 | 1:12.485 | +3.619 | +0.008 | — |
| 15 | Ivan Capelli | March | 16 | 1:12.565 | +3.699 | +0.080 | — |
| 16 | Yannick Dalmas | Lola | 29 | 1:12.573 | +3.707 | +0.008 | — |
| 17 | Philippe Alliot | Lola | 30 | 1:12.773 | +3.907 | +0.200 | — |
| 18 | Stefano Modena | EuroBrun | 33 | 1:12.805 | +3.939 | +0.032 | — |
| 19 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 36 | 1:12.891 | +4.025 | +0.086 | — |
| 20 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | 22 | 1:12.898 | +4.032 | +0.007 | — |
| 21 | Rene Arnoux | Ligier | 25 | 1:13.128 | +4.262 | +0.230 | — |
| 22 | Nicola Larini | Osella | 21 | 1:13.187 | +4.321 | +0.059 | — |
| 23 | Oscar Larrauri | EuroBrun | 32 | 1:13.452 | +4.586 | +0.265 | — |
| 24 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | 24 | 1:13.583 | +4.717 | +0.131 | — |
| 25 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 3 | 1:13.685 | +4.819 | +0.102 | — |
| 26 | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | 10 | 1:13.915 | +5.049 | +0.230 | — |
| 27 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 23 | 1:13.957 | +5.091 | +0.042 | — |
| 28 | Julian Bailey | Tyrrell | 4 | 1:14.054 | +5.188 | +0.097 | — |
| 29 | Gabriele Tarquini | Coloni | 31 | 1:14.214 | +5.348 | +0.160 | — |
| 30 | Stefan Johansson | Ligier | 26 | 1:14.580 | +5.714 | +0.366 | — |
| 31 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed | 9 | 1:15.280 | +6.414 | +0.700 | — |
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 | 1:08.216 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 11 | 1:08.282 | +0.066 | +0.066 | — |
| 3 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 1 | 1:09.660 | +1.444 | +1.378 | — |
| 4 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 20 | 1:10.231 | +2.015 | +0.571 | — |
| 5 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 5 | 1:10.298 | +2.082 | +0.067 | — |
| 6 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 2 | 1:10.490 | +2.274 | +0.192 | — |
| 7 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 28 | 1:10.739 | +2.523 | +0.249 | — |
| 8 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 19 | 1:10.811 | +2.595 | +0.072 | — |
| 9 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 18 | 1:10.969 | +2.753 | +0.158 | — |
| 10 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | 22 | 1:11.201 | +2.985 | +0.232 | — |
| 11 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 17 | 1:11.202 | +2.986 | +0.001 | — |
| 12 | Philippe Alliot | Lola | 30 | 1:11.629 | +3.413 | +0.427 | — |
| 13 | Mauricio Gugelmin | March | 15 | 1:11.664 | +3.448 | +0.035 | — |
| 14 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 6 | 1:11.959 | +3.743 | +0.295 | — |
| 15 | Ivan Capelli | March | 16 | 1:12.107 | +3.891 | +0.148 | — |
| 16 | Philippe Streiff | AGS | 14 | 1:12.195 | +3.979 | +0.088 | — |
| 17 | Stefano Modena | EuroBrun | 33 | 1:12.239 | +4.023 | +0.044 | — |
| 18 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 36 | 1:12.306 | +4.090 | +0.067 | — |
| 19 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 27 | 1:12.358 | +4.142 | +0.052 | — |
| 20 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 23 | 1:12.412 | +4.196 | +0.054 | — |
| 21 | Nicola Larini | Osella | 21 | 1:12.523 | +4.307 | +0.111 | — |
| 22 | Rene Arnoux | Ligier | 25 | 1:12.614 | +4.398 | +0.091 | — |
| 23 | Oscar Larrauri | EuroBrun | 32 | 1:12.748 | +4.532 | +0.134 | — |
| 24 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | 24 | 1:12.848 | +4.632 | +0.100 | — |
| 25 | Yannick Dalmas | Lola | 29 | 1:12.949 | +4.733 | +0.101 | — |
| 26 | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | 10 | 1:13.038 | +4.822 | +0.089 | — |
| 27 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed | 9 | 1:13.065 | +4.849 | +0.027 | — |
| 28 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 3 | 1:13.113 | +4.897 | +0.048 | — |
| 29 | Stefan Johansson | Ligier | 26 | 1:13.133 | +4.917 | +0.020 | — |
| 30 | Julian Bailey | Tyrrell | 4 | 1:13.272 | +5.056 | +0.139 | — |
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 | 1:10.135 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 11 | 1:10.503 | +0.368 | +0.368 | — |
| 3 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 20 | 1:11.782 | +1.647 | +1.279 | — |
| 4 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 27 | 1:11.890 | +1.755 | +0.108 | — |
| 5 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 28 | 1:11.988 | +1.853 | +0.098 | — |
| 6 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 1 | 1:12.133 | +1.998 | +0.145 | — |
| 7 | Ivan Capelli | March | 16 | 1:12.248 | +2.113 | +0.115 | — |
| 8 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 5 | 1:12.688 | +2.553 | +0.440 | — |
| 9 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 2 | 1:12.771 | +2.636 | +0.083 | — |
| 10 | Mauricio Gugelmin | March | 15 | 1:12.913 | +2.778 | +0.142 | — |
| 11 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 17 | 1:12.967 | +2.832 | +0.054 | — |
| 12 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 18 | 1:13.123 | +2.988 | +0.156 | — |
| 13 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | 22 | 1:13.439 | +3.304 | +0.316 | — |
| 14 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 6 | 1:13.462 | +3.327 | +0.023 | — |
| 15 | Philippe Streiff | AGS | 14 | 1:13.472 | +3.337 | +0.010 | — |
| 16 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 36 | 1:13.474 | +3.339 | +0.002 | — |
| 17 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 23 | 1:13.492 | +3.357 | +0.018 | — |
| 18 | Philippe Alliot | Lola | 30 | 1:13.505 | +3.370 | +0.013 | — |
| 19 | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | 10 | 1:13.684 | +3.549 | +0.179 | — |
| 20 | Stefano Modena | EuroBrun | 33 | 1:13.700 | +3.565 | +0.016 | — |
| 21 | Yannick Dalmas | Lola | 29 | 1:13.733 | +3.598 | +0.033 | — |
| 22 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 19 | 1:13.896 | +3.761 | +0.163 | — |
| 23 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | 24 | 1:14.024 | +3.889 | +0.128 | — |
| 24 | Oscar Larrauri | EuroBrun | 32 | 1:14.599 | +4.464 | +0.575 | — |
| 25 | Nicola Larini | Osella | 21 | 1:14.651 | +4.516 | +0.052 | — |
| 26 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 3 | 1:15.093 | +4.958 | +0.442 | — |
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
Lotus 100T
Sato Lotus 100T Suzuka 2010 · https://www.flickr.com/photos/temalive/ · CC BY-SA 2.0
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
Arrows A10
Arrows A10 at the 2016 Goodwood Festival of Speed · Matthew Lamb · CC BY-SA 2.06 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
EuroBrun ER188
Eurobrun ER188 Italian Grand Prix 2025 · Eustace Bagge · CC BY 4.0
AGS JH23
Rétromobile 2017 - AGS JH23 - 1989 - 001 · Thesupermat · CC BY-SA 4.0
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
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
- 7 of 1988
- Grand Prix
- French 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.