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The '''1988 Australian Grand Prix''' was a [[Formula One]] motor race held at the [[Adelaide Street Circuit]] on 13 November 1988. It was the sixteenth and final race of the [[1988 Formula One World Championship]], and the last race for which [[turbocharger|turbocharged]] engines would be eligible until {{f1|2014}}.
The '''1988 Australian Grand Prix''' was a [[Formula One]] motor race held at the [[Adelaide Street Circuit]] on 13 November 1988. It was the sixteenth and final race of the [[1988 Formula One World Championship]], and the last race for which [[turbocharger|turbocharged]] engines would be eligible until the [[2014 Australian Grand Prix]].


The 82-lap race was won by Frenchman [[Alain Prost]], driving a [[McLaren MP4/4|McLaren]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]]. It was Prost's seventh victory of the season, and the McLaren team's fifteenth, a record for a constructor in a single season that would stand until 2014. Prost's Brazilian teammate and new World Champion [[Ayrton Senna]] finished second, having started from [[pole position]], while Senna's compatriot and outgoing champion [[Nelson Piquet]] came third in a [[Lotus 100T|Lotus]]-Honda, achieving what would turn out to be the final podium finish for the original Team Lotus.
The 82-lap race was won by Frenchman [[Alain Prost]], driving a [[McLaren MP4/4|McLaren]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]]. It was Prost's seventh victory of the season, and the McLaren team's fifteenth, a record for a constructor in a single season that would stand until 2014. Prost's Brazilian teammate and new World Champion [[Ayrton Senna]] finished second, having started from [[pole position]], while Senna's compatriot and outgoing champion [[Nelson Piquet]] came third in a [[Lotus 100T|Lotus]]-Honda, achieving what would turn out to be the final podium finish for the original Team Lotus.
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Third on the grid on both days was [[Nigel Mansell]] in his atmospheric [[Williams FW12|Williams]]-[[Judd (engine)#CV|Judd]], though he was 1.7 seconds slower than Senna. Mansell was ahead of [[1987 Australian Grand Prix|1987]] pole winner [[Gerhard Berger]] in his turbocharged [[Ferrari F1/87#F1/87/88C|Ferrari]]. Fifth was Nelson Piquet, finally finding some balance in his Lotus on the only street circuit he liked, despite a couple of spins in qualifying. Mansell's teammate [[Riccardo Patrese]] lined up sixth.
Third on the grid on both days was [[Nigel Mansell]] in his atmospheric [[Williams FW12|Williams]]-[[Judd (engine)#CV|Judd]], though he was 1.7 seconds slower than Senna. Mansell was ahead of [[1987 Australian Grand Prix|1987]] pole winner [[Gerhard Berger]] in his turbocharged [[Ferrari F1/87#F1/87/88C|Ferrari]]. Fifth was Nelson Piquet, finally finding some balance in his Lotus on the only street circuit he liked, despite a couple of spins in qualifying. Mansell's teammate [[Riccardo Patrese]] lined up sixth.


[[Gabriele Tarquini]] ([[Enzo Coloni Racing Car Systems|Coloni]]), [[Julian Bailey]] ([[Tyrrell 017|Tyrrell]]), [[Pierre-Henri Raphanel]] ([[Larrousse]]-[[Lola Cars|Lola]] making his first appearance in F1 in place of [[Yannick Dalmas]] who had contracted [[Legionaire's Disease]]) and [[Bernd Schneider (racing driver)|Bernd Schneider]] ([[Zakspeed 881|Zakspeed]]) all failed to qualify. The [[Osella FA1L|Osella]] of [[Nicola Larini]] with its ancient "[[Alfa Romeo in Formula One|Osella V8]]" turbocharged engine (which started life as the Alfa Romeo 890T in {{f1|1983}} and was actually the most powerful car in the 1988 field with approximately {{Convert|700|bhp|kW PS|0|abbr=on}}) failed to pre-qualify.
[[Gabriele Tarquini]] ([[Enzo Coloni Racing Car Systems|Coloni]]), [[Julian Bailey (racing driver)|Julian Bailey]] ([[Tyrrell 017|Tyrrell]]), [[Pierre-Henri Raphanel]] ([[Larrousse]]-[[Lola Cars|Lola]] making his first appearance in F1 in place of [[Yannick Dalmas]] who had contracted [[Legionaire's Disease]]) and [[Bernd Schneider (racing driver)|Bernd Schneider]] ([[Zakspeed 881|Zakspeed]]) all failed to qualify. The [[Osella FA1L|Osella]] of [[Nicola Larini]] with its ancient "[[Alfa Romeo in Formula One|Osella V8]]" turbocharged engine (which started life as the Alfa Romeo 890T in {{f1|1983}} and was actually the most powerful car in the 1988 field with approximately {{Convert|700|bhp|kW PS|0|abbr=on}}) failed to pre-qualify.


For the most part in 1988, qualifying and race times had generally been faster than those set in {{f1|1987}}, showing the advances in development despite the leading turbo powered cars having approximately {{Convert|300|bhp|kW PS|0|abbr=on}} less than they had the previous year. In Adelaide the drop in power meant a big difference to the top speeds on the 900-metre-long [[Jack Brabham|Brabham Straight]] and times were slower as a result. In 1987 the faster cars were topping {{Convert|320|km/h|mph|0|abbr=on}} on the straight, while in 1988 those speeds were down to {{Convert|300|km/h|mph|0|abbr=on}} or less. Senna's 1988 pole time was 0.481 slower than Berger's time in 1987 while Berger himself, driving an updated version of his 1987 Ferrari, was 2.25 seconds slower than his 1987 pole time of 1:17.267.
For the most part in 1988, qualifying and race times had generally been faster than those set in {{f1|1987}}, showing the advances in development despite the leading turbo powered cars having approximately {{Convert|300|bhp|kW PS|0|abbr=on}} less than they had the previous year. In Adelaide the drop in power meant a big difference to the top speeds on the 900-metre-long [[Jack Brabham|Brabham Straight]] and times were slower as a result. In 1987 the faster cars were topping {{Convert|320|km/h|mph|0|abbr=on}} on the straight, while in 1988 those speeds were down to {{Convert|300|km/h|mph|0|abbr=on}} or less. Senna's 1988 pole time was 0.481 slower than Berger's time in 1987 while Berger himself, driving an updated version of his 1987 Ferrari, was 2.25 seconds slower than his 1987 pole time of 1:17.267.


==Race==
==Race==
Prost led off the start from Senna, Berger, Piquet, and Mansell in his last race for [[WilliamsF1|Williams]] before joining Ferrari in 1989. By lap 4, Prost's lead over Senna was 5.5 seconds, with Berger close behind the Brazilian. [[Michele Alboreto]]'s last race for Ferrari ended in retirement shortly after the start, when he collided with [[Alex Caffi]]'s [[Dallara 188|Dallara]].
Prost led off the start from Senna, Berger, Piquet, and Mansell in his last race for [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]] before joining Ferrari in 1989. By lap 4, Prost's lead over Senna was 5.5 seconds, with Berger close behind the Brazilian. [[Michele Alboreto]]'s last race for Ferrari ended in retirement shortly after the start, when he collided with [[Alex Caffi]]'s [[Dallara]].


Berger passed Senna on lap 5 at the Racetrack Hairpin, a tight second-gear right hander at the end of the Brabham Straight, and began a determined drive, catching and passing Prost at the same place on lap 14. By lap 23 he had a three-second lead before coming up to lap the [[EuroBrun ER188|Eurobrun]]-Ford Cosworth of [[Stefano Modena]] and the [[Ligier JS31|Ligier]]-Judd of notorious blocker [[René Arnoux]]. True to form, Arnoux seemingly ignored the flags and his mirrors telling him he was about to be lapped and turned into the hairpin, causing the Ferrari's left front wheel to ride the rear right wheel of the Ligier and send both cars into a spin. Both cars stopped in the middle of the corner, with the Ligier having stalled and the Ferrari unable to continue with suspension damage. All this handed Arnoux's ex-[[Renault F1|Renault]] teammate a lead he would not lose as he cruised past just a few seconds later. Many, such as [[BBC]] commentators [[Murray Walker]] and {{f1|1976}} World Champion [[James Hunt]], blamed Arnoux for taking Berger out of the race, but the Austrian explained in a television interview with [[Barry Sheene]] after he'd returned to the pits that his hard early charge had left him with a "long brake pedal" and that he simply didn't have the stopping power to pull up before Arnoux turned into the corner. Sheene also interviewed Arnoux a few minutes later and the Frenchman expressed regret for having taken Berger out of the race, but also admitted that he had not actually seen the Ferrari as it had been behind the EuroBrun down the straight, though most chose to believe that it confirmed that the Frenchman, the oldest driver in Formula One at the time (he was 40), rarely used his mirrors.
Berger passed Senna on lap 5 at the Racetrack Hairpin, a tight second-gear right hander at the end of the Brabham Straight, and began a determined drive, catching and passing Prost at the same place on lap 14. He had a three-second lead when he came up to lap [[Stefano Modena]] in the [[EuroBrun]] and [[René Arnoux]] in the [[Equipe Ligier|Ligier]] on lap 23. Arnoux appeared to ignore his mirrors and the blue flags instructing him to let Berger past, causing the Ferrari's left front wheel to ride the Ligier's rear right wheel and send both cars into a spin. Berger retired immediately with suspension damage, putting Prost back into the lead with Senna second.


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Behind the McLarens, Piquet was maintaining third ahead of the Williams pair of Patrese and Mansell. The Italian opened a small gap on his teammate and closed on Piquet, making several attempts to pass the Brazilian. However, he spun on lap 53, letting Mansell past. The Englishman was no more successful in trying to pass Piquet, and he retired on lap 66 when his brakes failed and he spun into the wall. By lap 59 Prost was putting in a succession of fast laps, extending his lead to over 30 seconds and lapping the whole field up to the fifth-placed [[Rial Racing|Rial]] of [[Andrea de Cesaris]].
This left the McLarens in their usual 1–2 position, although Senna's faulty gearbox was getting progressively worse as the race wore on. Piquet was maintaining third ahead of the Williams pair of Patrese and Mansell (the Englishman made a good start and looked like being third into the chicane, but was muscled out of it by Berger's Ferrari with its turbo boost off the clock. He was then passed by Piquet using superior Honda power on Brabham Straight, while Patrese then drafted him past the pits and out braked him going into the chicane at the start of lap 2). The Italian opened a small gap on his teammate and closed on Piquet, making several attempts to pass his former [[Brabham]] teammate, but was hampered by his Judd V8's lack of power on the straights compared to the turbocharged Honda V6 in the Lotus (according to Mansell at the end of qualifying, the Williams-Judd's were around {{Convert|15|km/h|mph|0|abbr=on}} slower on the straight than the turbos). Patrese would often be all over the Lotus through the tighter sections of the circuit, but once onto the straights Piquet put enough distance between them that they were not close enough to pass under braking. The Williams teammates were also hampered by Piquet finally having his Lotus handle to his liking and the race being run on the only street circuit he actually liked. Though despite this, in the first half of the race Piquet was still lapping over a second a lap slower than Prost (and Berger), and around half a second slower than Senna.


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On lap 46, [[Pierluigi Martini]] spun his [[Minardi]] at the chicane and was almost collected by [[Stefan Johansson]]'s Ligier. [[Maurício Gugelmin]] slowed his [[March Engineering|March]] to avoid the pair, only to be hit from behind by [[Satoru Nakajima]]'s Lotus, putting both cars out. This crash also had an effect on Prost who was the first car upon the scene. The McLaren ran over some debris which broke off part of the front wing end plate, causing the car to understeer for the rest of the race, though Prost was able to play with his car's onboard settings to compensate and would set the fastest race lap later in the race.
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On lap 53 Patrese spun at turn 13, letting Mansell past, but he was equally unsuccessful in passing his former teammate and he retired on lap 66 when his brakes failed and he hit the wall, again at turn 13. By lap 59 Prost was putting in a succession of fast laps, gaining a lead of over 30 seconds and lapping the whole field up to the fifth-placed [[Rial Racing|Rial]] of [[Andrea de Cesaris]].


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[[Alessandro Nannini]] spun his [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]]; [[Jonathan Palmer]]'s [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]] suffered transmission problems; and [[Arrows Grand Prix International|Arrows]] drivers [[Derek Warwick]] and [[Eddie Cheever]] both suffered engine failures. Driveshaft trouble accounted for the EuroBruns of Modena and [[Oscar Larrauri]], while Caffi succumbed to clutch failure in his Dallara.
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The circuit's demanding nature was obvious: The [[Minardi]]-Ford Cosworth of [[Pierluigi Martini]] spun out of the chicane on lap 46 and was almost collected by the Ligier-Judd of [[Stefan Johansson]]. [[Maurício Gugelmin]] ([[March 881|March]]-Judd) slowed to avoid the pair and was hit from behind by the Lotus-Honda of [[Satoru Nakajima]] who had just come out of the pits on new tyres and couldn't stop in time. Both cars were out on the spot with the front of the Lotus looking very second hand, though both drivers were unhurt. This crash also had an effect on Prost who was the first car upon the scene. The McLaren ran over some debris which broke off part of the front end wing plate, causing the car to understeer for the rest of the race, though Prost was able to play with his cars onboard settings to compensate and would set the fastest race lap later in the race.


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At the finish, only eleven cars were classified, of which just seven saw the chequered flag: de Cesaris, Johansson and [[Philippe Alliot]]'s [[Larrousse]]-[[Lola Cars|Lola]] all ran out of fuel in the closing laps, while [[Philippe Streiff]]'s [[Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives|AGS]] suffered an electrical failure. Prost led home Senna in yet another McLaren 1–2, with Piquet third and Patrese fourth. De Cesaris' misfortune handed fifth place to [[Thierry Boutsen]] in the Benetton despite a spin and a stuttering engine, with [[Ivan Capelli]] taking the final point for sixth in his March despite a puncture.
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[[Alessandro Nannini]] spun his [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]]; [[Jonathan Palmer]]'s [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]] suffered transmission problems; and [[Arrows Grand Prix International|Arrows]] drivers [[Derek Warwick]] and [[Eddie Cheever]] both suffered engine failures. Driveshaft trouble accounted for the [[EuroBrun]]s of [[Stefano Modena]] and [[Oscar Larrauri]], while Alex Caffi succumbed to clutch failure in his Dallara, and [[Philippe Alliot]]'s [[Larrousse]]-[[Lola Cars|Lola]] ran out of fuel.

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At the finish, only eleven cars were classified, of which just seven saw the chequered flag: three cars ran out of fuel in the closing laps, while [[Philippe Streiff]]'s [[Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives|AGS]] suffered an electrical failure. Prost led home Senna in yet another McLaren 1–2, with Piquet third and Patrese fourth. [[Thierry Boutsen]] finished fifth in his Benetton despite a spin and a stuttering engine, whilst [[Ivan Capelli]] took the final point for sixth despite a puncture.


In the last race in which cars with [[Turbocharger|turbocharged]] engines were allowed to compete until {{F1|2014}}, all three podium positions were taken by cars powered by Honda turbos.
In the last race in which cars with [[Turbocharger|turbocharged]] engines were allowed to compete until {{F1|2014}}, all three podium positions were taken by cars powered by Honda turbos.


== Classification ==
== Classification ==

=== Pre-qualifying ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
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!Pos
⚫
!No
⚫
!Driver
⚫
!Constructor
!Time
!Gap
⚫
|-
!1
|36
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Alex Caffi]]
|[[Dallara]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:21.519
| align="center" |—
|-
!2
|33
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Stefano Modena]]
|[[EuroBrun]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:21.901
| +0.382
|-
!3
|31
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Gabriele Tarquini]]
|[[Scuderia Coloni|Coloni]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:22.022
| +0.503
|-
!4
|32
|{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Oscar Larrauri]]
|[[EuroBrun]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|1:24.634
| +3.115
|-
!DNPQ
|21
|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Nicola Larini]]
|[[Osella]]
|1:28.440
| +6.921
|}


===Qualifying===
===Qualifying===
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| '''1:20.086'''
| 1:20.495
| 1:20.495
| +2.748
| +2.338
|-
|-
! 8
! 8
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! 28
! 28
| 4
| 4
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Julian Bailey]]
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Julian Bailey (racing driver)|Julian Bailey]]
| [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:23.530
| 1:23.530
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===Race===
===Race===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! scope="col" |{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}
⚫
|-
! scope="col" |{{Tooltip|No.|Car number}}
⚫
! Pos
! scope="col" |Driver
⚫
! No
! scope="col" |Constructor
⚫
! Driver
! scope="col" class="unsortable"|{{Tooltip|Laps|Laps completed}}
⚫
! Constructor
! scope="col" class="unsortable"|Time/Retired
! Laps
! scope="col" |{{Tooltip|Grid|Final grid position}}
! Time/Retired
! scope="col" |Points
! Grid
! Points
|-
|-
! 1
! 1
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| '''[[McLaren]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]]'''
| '''[[McLaren]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]]'''
| 82
| 82
| + 36.387
| +36.387
| 1
| 1
| '''6'''
| '''6'''
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| '''[[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]]'''
| '''[[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]]'''
| 82
| 82
| + 47.546
| +47.546
| 5
| 5
| '''4'''
| '''4'''
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| '''[[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]]-[[Judd (engine)|Judd]]'''
| '''[[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]]-[[Judd (engine)|Judd]]'''
| 82
| 82
| + 1:20.088
| +1:20.088
| 6
| 6
| '''3'''
| '''3'''
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| '''[[Benetton Formula|Benetton]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| '''[[Benetton Formula|Benetton]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]'''
| 81
| 81
| + 1 Lap
| +1 lap
| 10
| 10
| '''2'''
| '''2'''
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| '''[[March Engineering|March]]-[[Judd (engine)|Judd]]'''
| '''[[March Engineering|March]]-[[Judd (engine)|Judd]]'''
| 81
| 81
| + 1 Lap
| +1 lap
| 9
| 9
| '''1'''
| '''1'''
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| [[Minardi]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| [[Minardi]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 80
| 80
| + 2 Laps
| +2 laps
| 14
| 14
|  
|  
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| [[Rial Racing|Rial]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| [[Rial Racing|Rial]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 77
| 77
| Out of Fuel
| Out of fuel
| 15
| 15
|  
|  
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| [[Equipe Ligier|Ligier]]-[[Judd (engine)|Judd]]
| [[Equipe Ligier|Ligier]]-[[Judd (engine)|Judd]]
| 76
| 76
| Out of Fuel
| Out of fuel
| 22
| 22
|  
|  
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| [[Lola Cars|Lola]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| [[Lola Cars|Lola]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 75
| 75
| Out of Fuel
| Out of fuel
| 24
| 24
|  
|  
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| [[Zakspeed]]
| [[Zakspeed]]
| 69
| 69
| Fuel System
| Fuel system
| 26
| 26
|  
|  
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| [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]]-[[Judd (engine)|Judd]]
| [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]]-[[Judd (engine)|Judd]]
| 65
| 65
| Spun Off
| Spun off
| 3
| 3
|  
|  
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| [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 63
| 63
| Spun Off
| Spun off
| 8
| 8
|  
|  
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! DNQ
! DNQ
| 4
| 4
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Julian Bailey]]
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Julian Bailey (racing driver)|Julian Bailey]]
| [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|  
|  
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|
|  
|  
|- class="sortbottom"
|colspan="8" align="center"|''[[Fastest lap]]: {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Alain Prost]] ([[McLaren]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]]) – 1:21.216 (lap 59)''
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[[Category:Australian Grand Prix]]
[[Category:Motorsport in Adelaide]]
[[Category:Motorsport in Adelaide]]
[[Category:November 1988 sports events|Australian Grand Prix]]
[[Category:November 1988 sports events in Australia|Australian Grand Prix]]

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1988 Australian Grand Prix
Race 16 of 16 in the 1988 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date 13 November 1988
Official name LIII Foster's Australian Grand Prix
Location Adelaide Street Circuit
Adelaide, South Australia
Course Temporary street circuit
Course length 3.780 km (2.362 miles)
Distance 82 laps, 309.960 km (193.684 miles)
Weather Cloudy and hot
Pole position
Driver
McLaren-Honda
Time 1:17.748
Fastest lap
Driver France Alain Prost McLaren-Honda
Time 1:21.216 on lap 59
Podium
First
McLaren-Honda
Second
McLaren-Honda
Third
Lotus-Honda
Lap leaders

The 1988 Australian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Adelaide Street Circuit on 13 November 1988. It was the sixteenth and final race of the 1988 Formula One World Championship, and the last race for which turbocharged engines would be eligible until the 2014 Australian Grand Prix.

The 82-lap race was won by Frenchman Alain Prost, driving a McLaren-Honda. It was Prost's seventh victory of the season, and the McLaren team's fifteenth, a record for a constructor in a single season that would stand until 2014. Prost's Brazilian teammate and new World Champion Ayrton Senna finished second, having started from pole position, while Senna's compatriot and outgoing champion Nelson Piquet came third in a Lotus-Honda, achieving what would turn out to be the final podium finish for the original Team Lotus.

Qualifying

As had become normal in 1988, qualifying was the domain of the McLaren-Hondas. Senna and Prost easily led the time sheets on both Friday and Saturday, with Prost initially fastest on Friday with a 1:18.179 lap, 0.153 ahead of his teammate. The pair traded pole laps in the second qualifying session, with Senna doing his usual act of snatching pole on the last lap of qualifying with a 1:17.748 lap, only 0.132 in front of his teammate, but 1.7 seconds faster than the next fastest car, Nigel Mansell in the Williams-Judd. During qualifying Senna was hampered by a sprained left wrist having injured it during a game of beach soccer in Bali where he had taken a small holiday after winning the championship in Japan. His injury was such that there was speculation the teams test driver Emanuele Pirro would drive in his place, but the new World Champion refused to be sidelined and took his place in Adelaide, though he admitted that driving the MP4/4 on a tight, bumpy street circuit while nursing a sprained wrist was hard. Prost on the other hand had spent his time between Suzuka and Adelaide playing golf at a resort in the Australian state of Queensland. There was also speculation that Honda would run their V10 engines (intended for 1989) in Adelaide instead of the V6 turbo. However, team boss Ron Dennis explained that racing the V10 was never part of the 1988 plan, and that with the RA168-E proving so dominant, Honda wanted to finish the turbo era on the highest possible note.

Third on the grid on both days was Nigel Mansell in his atmospheric Williams-Judd, though he was 1.7 seconds slower than Senna. Mansell was ahead of 1987 pole winner Gerhard Berger in his turbocharged Ferrari. Fifth was Nelson Piquet, finally finding some balance in his Lotus on the only street circuit he liked, despite a couple of spins in qualifying. Mansell's teammate Riccardo Patrese lined up sixth.

Gabriele Tarquini (Coloni), Julian Bailey (Tyrrell), Pierre-Henri Raphanel (Larrousse-Lola making his first appearance in F1 in place of Yannick Dalmas who had contracted Legionaire's Disease) and Bernd Schneider (Zakspeed) all failed to qualify. The Osella of Nicola Larini with its ancient "Osella V8" turbocharged engine (which started life as the Alfa Romeo 890T in 1983 and was actually the most powerful car in the 1988 field with approximately 700 bhp (522 kW; 710 PS)) failed to pre-qualify.

For the most part in 1988, qualifying and race times had generally been faster than those set in 1987, showing the advances in development despite the leading turbo powered cars having approximately 300 bhp (224 kW; 304 PS) less than they had the previous year. In Adelaide the drop in power meant a big difference to the top speeds on the 900-metre-long Brabham Straight and times were slower as a result. In 1987 the faster cars were topping 320 km/h (199 mph) on the straight, while in 1988 those speeds were down to 300 km/h (186 mph) or less. Senna's 1988 pole time was 0.481 slower than Berger's time in 1987 while Berger himself, driving an updated version of his 1987 Ferrari, was 2.25 seconds slower than his 1987 pole time of 1:17.267.

Race

Prost led off the start from Senna, Berger, Piquet, and Mansell in his last race for Williams before joining Ferrari in 1989. By lap 4, Prost's lead over Senna was 5.5 seconds, with Berger close behind the Brazilian. Michele Alboreto's last race for Ferrari ended in retirement shortly after the start, when he collided with Alex Caffi's Dallara.

Berger passed Senna on lap 5 at the Racetrack Hairpin, a tight second-gear right hander at the end of the Brabham Straight, and began a determined drive, catching and passing Prost at the same place on lap 14. He had a three-second lead when he came up to lap Stefano Modena in the EuroBrun and René Arnoux in the Ligier on lap 23. Arnoux appeared to ignore his mirrors and the blue flags instructing him to let Berger past, causing the Ferrari's left front wheel to ride the Ligier's rear right wheel and send both cars into a spin. Berger retired immediately with suspension damage, putting Prost back into the lead with Senna second.

Behind the McLarens, Piquet was maintaining third ahead of the Williams pair of Patrese and Mansell. The Italian opened a small gap on his teammate and closed on Piquet, making several attempts to pass the Brazilian. However, he spun on lap 53, letting Mansell past. The Englishman was no more successful in trying to pass Piquet, and he retired on lap 66 when his brakes failed and he spun into the wall. By lap 59 Prost was putting in a succession of fast laps, extending his lead to over 30 seconds and lapping the whole field up to the fifth-placed Rial of Andrea de Cesaris.

On lap 46, Pierluigi Martini spun his Minardi at the chicane and was almost collected by Stefan Johansson's Ligier. Maurício Gugelmin slowed his March to avoid the pair, only to be hit from behind by Satoru Nakajima's Lotus, putting both cars out. This crash also had an effect on Prost who was the first car upon the scene. The McLaren ran over some debris which broke off part of the front wing end plate, causing the car to understeer for the rest of the race, though Prost was able to play with his car's onboard settings to compensate and would set the fastest race lap later in the race.

Alessandro Nannini spun his Benetton; Jonathan Palmer's Tyrrell suffered transmission problems; and Arrows drivers Derek Warwick and Eddie Cheever both suffered engine failures. Driveshaft trouble accounted for the EuroBruns of Modena and Oscar Larrauri, while Caffi succumbed to clutch failure in his Dallara.

At the finish, only eleven cars were classified, of which just seven saw the chequered flag: de Cesaris, Johansson and Philippe Alliot's Larrousse-Lola all ran out of fuel in the closing laps, while Philippe Streiff's AGS suffered an electrical failure. Prost led home Senna in yet another McLaren 1–2, with Piquet third and Patrese fourth. De Cesaris' misfortune handed fifth place to Thierry Boutsen in the Benetton despite a spin and a stuttering engine, with Ivan Capelli taking the final point for sixth in his March despite a puncture.

In the last race in which cars with turbocharged engines were allowed to compete until 2014, all three podium positions were taken by cars powered by Honda turbos.

Classification

Pre-qualifying

Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap
1 36 Italy Alex Caffi Dallara-Ford 1:21.519 —
2 33 Italy Stefano Modena EuroBrun-Ford 1:21.901 +0.382
3 31 Italy Gabriele Tarquini Coloni-Ford 1:22.022 +0.503
4 32 Argentina Oscar Larrauri EuroBrun-Ford 1:24.634 +3.115
DNPQ 21 Italy Nicola Larini Osella 1:28.440 +6.921

Qualifying

Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap
1 12 Brazil Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:18.332 1:17.748
2 11 France Alain Prost McLaren-Honda 1:18.179 1:17.880 +0.132
3 5 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Williams-Judd 1:19.427 1:19.508 +1.760
4 28 Austria Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:20.019 1:19.517 +1.769
5 1 Brazil Nelson Piquet Lotus-Honda 1:20.477 1:19.535 +1.787
6 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Williams-Judd 1:19.925 1:19.998 +2.177
7 17 United Kingdom Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 1:20.086 1:20.495 +2.338
8 19 Italy Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 1:20.331 1:20.182 +2.434
9 16 Italy Ivan Capelli March-Judd 1:21.136 1:20.459 +2.711
10 20 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 1:21.114 1:20.486 +2.738
11 36 Italy Alex Caffi Dallara-Ford 1:20.781 1:20.881 +3.033
12 27 Italy Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:20.844 1:20.964 +3.096
13 2 Japan Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Honda 1:21.542 1:20.852 +3.104
14 23 Italy Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 1:21.905 1:21.133 +3.385
15 22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Rial-Ford 1:21.944 1:21.164 +3.416
16 14 France Philippe Streiff AGS-Ford 1:22.170 1:21.262 +3.514
17 3 United Kingdom Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 1:21.959 1:21.307 +3.559
18 18 United States Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron 1:21.393 1:21.514 +3.645
19 15 Brazil Maurício Gugelmin March-Judd 1:21.871 1:21.554 +3.806
20 33 Italy Stefano Modena EuroBrun-Ford 1:21.972 1:21.856 +4.108
21 24 Spain Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi-Ford 1:23.022 1:21.893 +4.145
22 26 Sweden Stefan Johansson Ligier-Judd 1:23.417 1:21.988 +4.240
23 25 France René Arnoux Ligier-Judd 1:23.547 1:22.028 +4.280
24 30 France Philippe Alliot Lola-Ford 1:22.420 1:22.211 +4.463
25 32 Argentina Oscar Larrauri EuroBrun-Ford 1:23.413 1:22.213 +4.465
26 9 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Zakspeed 1:22.348 1:22.271 +4.523
27 31 Italy Gabriele Tarquini Coloni-Ford 1:23.650 1:22.393 +4.645
28 4 United Kingdom Julian Bailey Tyrrell-Ford 1:23.530 1:22.529 +4.781
29 29 France Pierre-Henri Raphanel Lola-Ford 1:23.393 1:22.733 +4.985
30 10 West Germany Bernd Schneider Zakspeed 1:24.221 1:23.025 +5.277

Race

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 11 France Alain Prost McLaren-Honda 82 1:53:14.676 2 9
2 12 Brazil Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 82 +36.387 1 6
3 1 Brazil Nelson Piquet Lotus-Honda 82 +47.546 5 4
4 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Williams-Judd 82 +1:20.088 6 3
5 20 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 81 +1 lap 10 2
6 16 Italy Ivan Capelli March-Judd 81 +1 lap 9 1
7 23 Italy Pierluigi Martini Minardi-Ford 80 +2 laps 14  
8 22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Rial-Ford 77 Out of fuel 15  
9 26 Sweden Stefan Johansson Ligier-Judd 76 Out of fuel 22  
10 30 France Philippe Alliot Lola-Ford 75 Out of fuel 24  
11 14 France Philippe Streiff AGS-Ford 73 Electrical 16  
Ret 9 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Zakspeed 69 Fuel system 26  
Ret 5 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Williams-Judd 65 Spun off 3  
Ret 19 Italy Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 63 Spun off 8  
Ret 33 Italy Stefano Modena EuroBrun-Ford 63 Halfshaft 20  
Ret 17 United Kingdom Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 52 Engine 7  
Ret 18 United States Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron 51 Engine 18  
Ret 15 Brazil Maurício Gugelmin March-Judd 46 Collision 19  
Ret 2 Japan Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Honda 45 Collision 13  
Ret 24 Spain Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi-Ford 41 Engine 21  
Ret 36 Italy Alex Caffi Dallara-Ford 32 Clutch 11  
Ret 28 Austria Gerhard Berger Ferrari 25 Collision 4  
Ret 25 France René Arnoux Ligier-Judd 24 Collision 23  
Ret 3 United Kingdom Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 16 Transmission 17  
Ret 32 Argentina Oscar Larrauri EuroBrun-Ford 12 Halfshaft 25  
Ret 27 Italy Michele Alboreto Ferrari 0 Collision 12  
DNQ 31 Italy Gabriele Tarquini Coloni-Ford    
DNQ 4 United Kingdom Julian Bailey Tyrrell-Ford    
DNQ 29 France Pierre-Henri Raphanel Lola-Ford    
DNQ 10 West Germany Bernd Schneider Zakspeed    
DNPQ 21 Italy Nicola Larini Osella    
Fastest lap: France Alain Prost (McLaren-Honda) – 1:21.216 (lap 59)
Source:[1]

Championship standings after the race

  • Bold text indicates World Champions.
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. Drivers could only count their best 11 results; numbers without parentheses are points counting towards the Drivers' Championship, while numbers in parentheses are total points scored. Points accurate at final declaration of results. The Benettons were subsequently disqualified from the Belgian Grand Prix and their points reallocated.

References

  1. ^ "1988 Australian Grand Prix". Formula One. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Australia 1988 – Championship". StatsF1.com. Retrieved 6 March 2019.


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