Japanese Grand Prix 1988 Suzuka 30 October
Pos. No Driver Nat. Entrant Chassis Engine Laps Result Points Grid 1 12 Ayrton Senna BRA Honda Marlboro McLaren McLaren MP4/4 Honda 51 1h33m26.173s 9 1 2 11 Alain Prost FRA Honda Marlboro McLaren McLaren MP4/4 Honda 51 1h33m39.536s 6 2 3 20 Thierry Boutsen BEL Benetton Formula Benetton B188 Ford 51 1h34m02.282s 4 10 4 28 Gerhard Berger AUT Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari F187/88C Ferrari 51 1h34m52.887s 3 3 5 19 Alessandro Nannini ITA Benetton Formula Benetton B188 Ford 51 1h34m56.776s 2 12 6 06 Riccardo Patrese ITA Canon Williams Team Williams FW12 Judd 51 1h35m03.788s 1 11 7 02 Satoru Nakajima JAP Camel Team Lotus Honda Lotus 100T Honda 50 - - 6 8 14 Philippe Streiff FRA Automobiles Gonfaronaise Sportive AGS JH23 Ford 50 - - 18 9 30 Philippe Alliot FRA Larrousse Calmels Lola LC88 Ford 50 - - 19 10 15 Mauricio Gugelmin BRA Leyton House March Racing Team March 881 Judd 50 - - 13 11 27 Michele Alboreto ITA Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari F187/88C Ferrari 50 - - 9 12 03 Jonathan Palmer GBR Tyrrell Racing Organisation Tyrrell 017 Ford 50 - - 16 13 23 Pierluigi Martini ITA Lois Minardi Team Minardi M188 Ford 49 - - 17 14 04 Julian Bailey GBR Tyrrell Racing Organisation Tyrrell 017 Ford 49 - - 26 15 24 Luis Pèrez Sala SPN Lois Minardi Team Minardi M188 Ford 49 - - 22 16 29 Aguri Suzuki JAP Larrousse Calmels Lola LC88 Ford 48 - - 20 17 25 René Arnoux FRA Ligier Loto Ligier JS31 Judd 48 - - 23 R 22 Andrea De Cesaris ITA Rial Racing Rial ARC1 Ford 38 Overheating - 14 R 18 Eddie Cheever USA USF&G Arrows Megatron Arrows A10B Megatron 35 Turbo - 15 R 21 Nicola Larini ITA Osella Squadra Corse Osella FA1L Osella 34 Lost Wheel - 24 R 01 Nelson Piquet BRA Camel Team Lotus Honda Lotus 100T Honda 34 Driver Ill - 5 R 05 Nigel Mansell GBR Canon Williams Team Williams FW12 Judd 24 Accident - 8 R 36 Alex Caffi ITA Scuderia Italia Dallara 188 Ford 22 Accident - 21 R 16 Ivan Capelli ITA Leyton House March Racing Team March 881 Judd 19 Electrics - 4 R 17 Derek Warwick GBR USF&G Arrows Megatron Arrows A10B Megatron 16 Spun Off - 7 R 10 Bernd Schneider GER West Zakspeed Racing Zakspeed 881 Zakspeed 14 Driver In Pain - 25 DNQ 26 Stefan Johansson SWE Ligier Loto Ligier JS31 Judd - - - - DNQ 32 Oscar Larrauri ARG EuroBrun Racing EuroBrun ER188 Ford - - - - DNQ 09 Piercarlo Ghinzani ITA West Zakspeed Racing Zakspeed 881 Zakspeed - - - - DNQ 33 Stefano Modena ITA EuroBrun Racing EuroBrun ER188 Ford - - - - DNPQ 31 Gabriele Tarquini GBR Coloni SpA Coloni FC188B Ford - - - - Lap Leaders Total Alain Prost 1-15, 17-27 26 Ivan Capelli 16 1 Ayrton Senna 28-51 24 NC=Not Classified NT=No time set in qualifying R=Retired EX=Excluded from meeting W=Withdrawn DQ=Disqualified DNS=Did not start DNQ=Did not qualify DNPQ=Did not pre-qualify Pole Position (1m41.853s) Pole Position and Fastest Lap Fastest Lap (1m46.326s)
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Current Championship Standings

Position Driver Nat. Points 1 Ayrton Senna BRA 87 (88) 2 Alain Prost FRA 84 (96) 3 Gerhard Berger AUT 41 4 Thierry Boutsen BEL 25 5 Michele Alboreto ITA 24 6 Nelson Piquet BRA 18