German GP 1988

JULY 24, 1988

German GP, 1988

After Ferrari's good showing in qualifying at Silverstone the McLaren-Honda domination returned in Germany with Ayrton Senna on pole position by a considerable margin with his team mate Alain Prost second and Gerhard Berger's Ferrari third ahead of his team mate Michele Alboreto. Nelson Piquet (Lotus-Honda) was fifth ahead of Sandro Nannini (Benetton), Ivan Capelli (March), Satoru Nakajima (Lotus), Thierry Boutsen (Benetton) and Mauricio Gugelmin (March).

It was wet for most of Sunday morning but dried just before the race and so there were questions as to which tires would be best. Piquet decided on slicks, everyone else went for wet tires. At the start Senna took the lead and there he stayed for the rest of the afternoon. Prost did not make a very good start but soon worked his way past Nannini and Berger to finish second and Berger was third. Alboreto finished fourth ahead of Capelli and Boutsen.

POSNODRIVERENTRANTLAPSTIME/RETIREMENTQUAL POS
12 Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda  44 1h32m54.188s  
11 Alain Prost McLaren-Honda  44 1h33m07.797s  
28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari  44 1h33m46.283s  
27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari  44 1h34m35.100s  
16 Ivan Capelli March-Judd  44 1h34m43.794s  
20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Cosworth  43  
17 Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron  43  12 
15 Mauricio Gugelmin March-Judd  43  10 
Satoru Nakajimi Lotus-Honda  43  
10 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron  43  15 
11 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Cosworth  43  24 
12 10 Bernd Schneider Zakspeed  43  22 
13 22 Andrea de Cesaris Rial-Cosworth  42  14 
14 Piercarlo Ghinzani Zakspeed  42  23 
15 36 Alex Caffi Dallara-Cosworth  42  19 
16 32 Oscar Larrauri EuroBrun-Cosworth  42  26 
17 25 Rene Arnoux Ligier-Judd  41  17 
18 19 Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Cosworth  40  
19r 29 Yannick Dalmas Lola-Cosworth  39 Clutch 21 
14 Philippe Streiff AGS-Cosworth  38 Throttle Linkage 16 
Riccardo Patrese Williams-Judd  34 Accident 13 
21 Nicola Larini Osella-Alfa Romeo  27 Electronic Ignition 18 
Nigel Mansell Williams-Judd  16 Accident 11 
33 Stefano Modena EuroBrun-Cosworth  15 Electrics 25 
30 Philippe Alliot Lola-Cosworth  Accident 20 
Nelson Piquet Lotus-Honda  Accident 
nq 24 Luis Sala Minardi-Cosworth    27 
nq 26 Stefan Johansson Ligier-Judd    28 
nq Julian Bailey Tyrrell-Cosworth    29 
nq 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Cosworth    30 
npq 31 Gabriele Tarquini Coloni-Cosworth    31