Race · Round 8 of 16 ·
1988 British Grand Prix
Ayrton Senna won for McLaren from 3rd on the grid at Silverstone Circuit. 7 of the starters were not classified. It was the first championship podium for Alessandro Nannini.
- Circuit
- Silverstone CircuitSilverstone, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom
- Winner
- Ayrton SennaMcLaren
- Pole
- Gerhard Berger
- Fastest lap
- Nigel Mansell
- Entries
- 3119 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 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 28 | 1:10.133 | — | — |
| 2 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 27 | 1:10.332 | +0.199 | +0.199 |
| 3 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 12 | 1:10.616 | +0.483 | +0.284 |
| 4 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 11 | 1:10.736 | +0.603 | +0.120 |
| 5 | Mauricio Gugelmin | March | 15 | 1:11.745 | +1.612 | +1.009 |
| 6 | Ivan Capelli | March | 16 | 1:12.006 | +1.873 | +0.261 |
| 7 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 1 | 1:12.040 | +1.907 | +0.034 |
| 8 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 19 | 1:12.737 | +2.604 | +0.697 |
| 9 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 17 | 1:12.843 | +2.710 | +0.106 |
| 10 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 2 | 1:12.862 | +2.729 | +0.019 |
| 11 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 5 | 1:12.885 | +2.752 | +0.023 |
| 12 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 20 | 1:12.960 | +2.827 | +0.075 |
| 13 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 18 | 1:12.984 | +2.851 | +0.024 |
| 14 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | 22 | 1:13.438 | +3.305 | +0.454 |
| 15 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 6 | 1:13.677 | +3.544 | +0.239 |
| 16 | Philippe Streiff | AGS | 14 | 1:14.260 | +4.127 | +0.583 |
| 17 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 3 | 1:14.451 | +4.318 | +0.191 |
| 18 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | 24 | 1:14.643 | +4.510 | +0.192 |
| 19 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 23 | 1:14.732 | +4.599 | +0.089 |
| 20 | Stefano Modena | EuroBrun | 33 | 1:14.888 | +4.755 | +0.156 |
| 21 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 36 | 1:14.924 | +4.791 | +0.036 |
| 22 | Philippe Alliot | Lola | 30 | 1:14.992 | +4.859 | +0.068 |
| 23 | Yannick Dalmas | Lola | 29 | 1:15.004 | +4.871 | +0.012 |
| 24 | Julian Bailey | Tyrrell | 4 | 1:15.135 | +5.002 | +0.131 |
| 25 | Rene Arnoux | Ligier | 25 | 1:15.374 | +5.241 | +0.239 |
| 26 | Nicola Larini | Osella | 21 | 1:15.527 | +5.394 | +0.153 |
| 27 | Oscar Larrauri | EuroBrun | 32 | 1:16.026 | +5.893 | +0.499 |
| 28 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed | 9 | 1:16.043 | +5.910 | +0.017 |
| 29 | Stefan Johansson | Ligier | 26 | 1:16.110 | +5.977 | +0.067 |
| 30 | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | 10 | 1:18.010 | +7.877 | +1.900 |
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 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | 22 | 1:14.123 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 36 | 1:15.657 | +1.534 | +1.534 | — |
| 3 | Stefano Modena | EuroBrun | 33 | 1:15.802 | +1.679 | +0.145 | — |
| 4 | Oscar Larrauri | EuroBrun | 32 | 1:15.836 | +1.713 | +0.034 | — |
| 5 | Gabriele Tarquini | Coloni | 31 | 1:17.028 | +2.905 | +1.192 | — |
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 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 12 | 1:11.743 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 11 | 1:12.023 | +0.280 | +0.280 | — |
| 3 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 28 | 1:12.544 | +0.801 | +0.521 | — |
| 4 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 27 | 1:12.602 | +0.859 | +0.058 | — |
| 5 | Ivan Capelli | March | 16 | 1:13.107 | +1.364 | +0.505 | — |
| 6 | Mauricio Gugelmin | March | 15 | 1:13.240 | +1.497 | +0.133 | — |
| 7 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 20 | 1:13.241 | +1.498 | +0.001 | — |
| 8 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 19 | 1:13.628 | +1.885 | +0.387 | — |
| 9 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 17 | 1:13.802 | +2.059 | +0.174 | — |
| 10 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 1 | 1:13.890 | +2.147 | +0.088 | — |
| 11 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | 22 | 1:14.123 | +2.380 | +0.233 | — |
| 12 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 5 | 1:14.549 | +2.806 | +0.426 | — |
| 13 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 2 | 1:14.796 | +3.053 | +0.247 | — |
| 14 | Philippe Streiff | AGS | 14 | 1:14.920 | +3.177 | +0.124 | — |
| 15 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 6 | 1:15.064 | +3.321 | +0.144 | — |
| 16 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 23 | 1:15.538 | +3.795 | +0.474 | — |
| 17 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 36 | 1:15.657 | +3.914 | +0.119 | — |
| 18 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | 24 | 1:15.704 | +3.961 | +0.047 | — |
| 19 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 18 | 1:15.793 | +4.050 | +0.089 | — |
| 20 | Stefano Modena | EuroBrun | 33 | 1:15.802 | +4.059 | +0.009 | — |
| 21 | Oscar Larrauri | EuroBrun | 32 | 1:15.836 | +4.093 | +0.034 | — |
| 22 | Philippe Alliot | Lola | 30 | 1:15.874 | +4.131 | +0.038 | — |
| 23 | Yannick Dalmas | Lola | 29 | 1:16.260 | +4.517 | +0.386 | — |
| 24 | Julian Bailey | Tyrrell | 4 | 1:16.726 | +4.983 | +0.466 | — |
| 25 | Nicola Larini | Osella | 21 | 1:16.900 | +5.157 | +0.174 | — |
| 26 | Gabriele Tarquini | Coloni | 31 | 1:17.028 | +5.285 | +0.128 | — |
| 27 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 3 | 1:17.300 | +5.557 | +0.272 | — |
| 28 | Stefan Johansson | Ligier | 26 | 1:17.319 | +5.576 | +0.019 | — |
| 29 | Rene Arnoux | Ligier | 25 | 1:17.571 | +5.828 | +0.252 | — |
| 30 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed | 9 | 1:18.950 | +7.207 | +1.379 | — |
| 31 | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | 10 | 1:21.655 | +9.912 | +2.705 | — |
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 | 1:11.308 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 27 | 1:11.718 | +0.410 | +0.410 | — |
| 3 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 28 | 1:11.817 | +0.509 | +0.099 | — |
| 4 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 11 | 1:11.819 | +0.511 | +0.002 | — |
| 5 | Mauricio Gugelmin | March | 15 | 1:12.202 | +0.894 | +0.383 | — |
| 6 | Ivan Capelli | March | 16 | 1:12.399 | +1.091 | +0.197 | — |
| 7 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 20 | 1:12.808 | +1.500 | +0.409 | — |
| 8 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 19 | 1:13.506 | +2.198 | +0.698 | — |
| 9 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 1 | 1:13.593 | +2.285 | +0.087 | — |
| 10 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 5 | 1:13.647 | +2.339 | +0.054 | — |
| 11 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 17 | 1:13.768 | +2.460 | +0.121 | — |
| 12 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 18 | 1:13.884 | +2.576 | +0.116 | — |
| 13 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 6 | 1:14.178 | +2.870 | +0.294 | — |
| 14 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | 22 | 1:14.490 | +3.182 | +0.312 | — |
| 15 | Philippe Streiff | AGS | 14 | 1:14.913 | +3.605 | +0.423 | — |
| 16 | Stefano Modena | EuroBrun | 33 | 1:15.292 | +3.984 | +0.379 | — |
| 17 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | 24 | 1:15.379 | +4.071 | +0.087 | — |
| 18 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 23 | 1:15.423 | +4.115 | +0.044 | — |
| 19 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 36 | 1:15.525 | +4.217 | +0.102 | — |
| 20 | Yannick Dalmas | Lola | 29 | 1:15.689 | +4.381 | +0.164 | — |
| 21 | Philippe Alliot | Lola | 30 | 1:15.787 | +4.479 | +0.098 | — |
| 22 | Julian Bailey | Tyrrell | 4 | 1:15.797 | +4.489 | +0.010 | — |
| 23 | Nicola Larini | Osella | 21 | 1:15.829 | +4.521 | +0.032 | — |
| 24 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 3 | 1:16.035 | +4.727 | +0.206 | — |
| 25 | Oscar Larrauri | EuroBrun | 32 | 1:16.200 | +4.892 | +0.165 | — |
| 26 | Rene Arnoux | Ligier | 25 | 1:16.315 | +5.007 | +0.115 | — |
| 27 | Stefan Johansson | Ligier | 26 | 1:16.642 | +5.334 | +0.327 | — |
| 28 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 2 | 1:16.651 | +5.343 | +0.009 | — |
| 29 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed | 9 | 1:17.676 | +6.368 | +1.025 | — |
| 30 | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | 10 | 1:18.487 | +7.179 | +0.811 | — |
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 | 1:17.264 | — | — | — |
| 2 | Ivan Capelli | March | 16 | 1:17.293 | +0.029 | +0.029 | — |
| 3 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 28 | 1:19.138 | +1.874 | +1.845 | — |
| 4 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | 22 | 1:19.184 | +1.920 | +0.046 | — |
| 5 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 2 | 1:19.478 | +2.214 | +0.294 | — |
| 6 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 1 | 1:19.487 | +2.223 | +0.009 | — |
| 7 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 3 | 1:19.596 | +2.332 | +0.109 | — |
| 8 | Stefano Modena | EuroBrun | 33 | 1:19.806 | +2.542 | +0.210 | — |
| 9 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 27 | 1:19.885 | +2.621 | +0.079 | — |
| 10 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 5 | 1:20.022 | +2.758 | +0.137 | — |
| 11 | Yannick Dalmas | Lola | 29 | 1:20.054 | +2.790 | +0.032 | — |
| 12 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 17 | 1:20.213 | +2.949 | +0.159 | — |
| 13 | Philippe Alliot | Lola | 30 | 1:20.261 | +2.997 | +0.048 | — |
| 14 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 11 | 1:20.330 | +3.066 | +0.069 | — |
| 15 | Rene Arnoux | Ligier | 25 | 1:20.384 | +3.120 | +0.054 | — |
| 16 | Julian Bailey | Tyrrell | 4 | 1:21.378 | +4.114 | +0.994 | — |
| 17 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 36 | 1:23.705 | +6.441 | +2.327 | — |
| 18 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 19 | 1:24.099 | +6.835 | +0.394 | — |
| 19 | Philippe Streiff | AGS | 14 | 1:25.457 | +8.193 | +1.358 | — |
| 20 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 20 | 1:25.871 | +8.607 | +0.414 | — |
| 21 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 6 | 1:26.241 | +8.977 | +0.370 | — |
| 22 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 18 | 1:28.500 | +11.236 | +2.259 | — |
| 23 | Nicola Larini | Osella | 21 | 1:28.594 | +11.330 | +0.094 | — |
| 24 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 23 | 1:29.057 | +11.793 | +0.463 | — |
| 25 | Mauricio Gugelmin | March | 15 | 1:29.247 | +11.983 | +0.190 | — |
| 26 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | 24 | 1:31.934 | +14.670 | +2.687 | — |
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
Williams FW12
Williams FW12B (Mansell) front-left 2017 Williams Conference Centre · Morio · CC BY-SA 4.0
Benetton B188
Benetton B188 Goodwood FoS 2009 2 · Brian Snelson · CC BY 2.0
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
Ferrari F1/87
Ferrari F1-87 · Etienne (Li) · CC BY-SA 3.06 more photographs
EuroBrun ER188
Eurobrun ER188 Italian Grand Prix 2025 · Eustace Bagge · CC BY 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
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
AGS JH23
Rétromobile 2017 - AGS JH23 - 1989 - 001 · Thesupermat · CC BY-SA 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
- 8 of 1988
- Grand Prix
- British Grand Prix
- Dates
- Layout raced
- With Bridge chicane · 4.778 km
- 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.