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|Country = Canada
|Country = Canada
|Grand Prix = Canadian
|Grand Prix = Canadian
|Official name = [[Molson]] [[Canadian Grand Prix|Gran Prix du Canada]]
|Official name = XXVI Molson [[Canadian Grand Prix|Grand Prix du Canada]]
| Image = Gilles Villeneuve Circuit Montreal (88-93).svg
|Image = Gilles Villeneuve Circuit Montreal (88-93).svg
|Date = June 12
|Date = 12 June
|Year = 1988
|Year = 1988
|Race_No = 5
|Race_No = 5
|Season_No = 16
|Season_No = 16
|Location = [[Circuit Gilles Villeneuve]], [[Montreal]], [[Canada]]
|Location = [[Circuit Gilles Villeneuve]], [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]]
|Course = Temporary street circuit
|Course = Temporary street circuit
|Course_mi = 2.728
|Course_mi = 2.728
|Course_km = 4.421
|Course_km = 4.390
|Distance_laps = 69
|Distance_laps = 69
|Distance_mi = 188.220
|Distance_mi = 188.220
|Distance_km = 302.910
|Distance_km = 302.910
|Weather = Sunny and hot with temperatures up to {{convert|29|C|F}}; wind speeds up to {{convert|19|km/h|mph}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/QC/Montreal/1988-06-12|title=Weather information for the "1988 Canadian Grand Prix"|publisher=The Old Farmers' Almanac|access-date=2014-09-07}}</ref>
|Weather = Sunny and hot
|Pole_Driver = [[Ayrton Senna]]
|Pole_Driver = [[Ayrton Senna]]
|Pole_Team = [[McLaren (racing)|McLaren]]-[[Honda Racing F1|Honda]]
|Pole_Team = [[McLaren]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]]
|Pole_Time = 1:21.681
|Pole_Time = 1:21.681
|Pole_Country = Brazil
|Pole_Country = Brazil
|pole_flag_suffix = 1968
|Fast_Driver = [[Ayrton Senna]]
|Fast_Driver = [[Ayrton Senna]]
|Fast_Team = [[McLaren (racing)|McLaren]]-[[Honda Racing F1|Honda]]
|Fast_Team = [[McLaren]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]]
|Fast_Time = 1:24.973
|Fast_Time = 1:24.973
|Fast_Lap = 53
|Fast_Lap = 53
|Fast_Country = Brazil
|Fast_Country = Brazil
|fast_flag_suffix = 1968
|First_Driver = [[Ayrton Senna]]
|First_Driver = [[Ayrton Senna]]
|First_Team = [[McLaren (racing)|McLaren]]-[[Honda Racing F1|Honda]]
|First_Team = [[McLaren]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]]
|First_Country = Brazil
|First_Country = Brazil
|first_flag_suffix = 1968
|Second_Driver = [[Alain Prost]]
|Second_Driver = [[Alain Prost]]
|Second_Team = [[McLaren (racing)|McLaren]]-[[Honda Racing F1|Honda]]
|Second_Team = [[McLaren]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]]
|Second_Country = France
|Second_Country = France
|Third_Driver = [[Thierry Boutsen]]
|Third_Driver = [[Thierry Boutsen]]
|Third_Team = [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|Third_Team = [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
|Third_Country = Belgium
|Third_Country = Belgium
|lapchart = {{F1Laps1988|CAN}}
}}
}}


The '''1988 Canadian Grand Prix''' was a [[Formula One]] race held on June 12, 1988 at the [[Circuit Gilles Villeneuve]], [[Montreal]]. It was the fifth race of the [[1988 Formula One season]].
The '''1988 Canadian Grand Prix''' was a [[Formula One]] motor race held on 12 June 1988 at the [[Circuit Gilles Villeneuve]], [[Montreal]]. It was the fifth race of the [[1988 Formula One World Championship]]. The 69-lap race was won from [[pole position]] by Brazilian driver [[Ayrton Senna]], driving a [[McLaren MP4/4|McLaren]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]], with French teammate [[Alain Prost]] second and Belgian [[Thierry Boutsen]] third in a [[Benetton B188|Benetton]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]].


==Qualifying==
==Report==
Formula One returned to [[Canada]] after a one year's absence from the calendar. In that time the pits and facilities of the Gilles Villeneuve circuit had been upgraded and moved further up the track and some modifications to the new pit straight as well. As usual, the qualifying session was to [[McLaren (racing)|McLaren's]] benefit. [[Ayrton Senna]] collected his fifth consecutive pole from [[Alain Prost]] with a time of 1:21.681, this was 2.4 seconds faster than [[Nigel Mansell]]'s pole time from [[1986 Canadian Grand Prix|1986]] when there were no restrictions on turbos. As expected the [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferraris]] of [[Gerhard Berger]] and [[Michele Alboreto]] filled the second row followed by [[Alessandro Nannini]] in 5th, the fastest of the [[Naturally aspirated engine|atmo]] cars with a time of 1:23.968, 2.3 seconds slower than Senna.


===Qualifying===
Both [[WilliamsF1|Williams]] drivers were suffering from continuing problems with the [[Williams FW12|FW12's]] [[Active suspension|reactive suspension]] leaving Mansell and [[Riccardo Patrese]] in 9th and 11th respectively with Mansell, 3.2 seconds slower than Senna's pole time and 0.8 slower than his own 1986 pole time set in the [[Williams FW11|Williams]]-[[Honda Racing F1|Honda]].
The Canadian Grand Prix returned to the Formula One calendar after a year's absence. In the meantime, major changes had been made to the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve: the start-finish line, pit lane and facilities had been moved from the top end of the track to the bottom end, necessitating the removal of two turns, while other turns had been re-profiled slightly.


The [[McLaren]]s once again dominated qualifying, with [[Ayrton Senna]] taking his fifth consecutive [[pole position]] by just under 0.2 seconds from [[Alain Prost]]. The [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]s of [[Gerhard Berger]] and [[Michele Alboreto]] filled the second row, while the [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]] of [[Alessandro Nannini]] was the fastest of the [[Naturally aspirated engine|naturally-aspirated]] cars in fifth, just under 2.3 seconds behind Senna. [[Nelson Piquet]] was sixth in his [[Team Lotus|Lotus]], followed by [[Thierry Boutsen]] in the second Benetton, [[Eddie Cheever]] in the [[Arrows Grand Prix International|Arrows]] and [[Nigel Mansell]] in the [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]], while [[Philippe Streiff]] put in a strong performance to take tenth, which would turn out to be the best-ever grid position for the [[Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives|AGS]] team. Also achieving its best-ever grid placing was [[EuroBrun]], as [[Stefano Modena]] took 15th.
[[Derek Warwick]] suffered a serious accident coming onto the new pit straight on the Saturday session when his car flew over the curbs after his [[Arrows A10B]] lost control in the braking area for the chicane on dirt kicked up moments before by the [[Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives|AGS]] of [[Philippe Streiff]]. [[Thierry Boutsen]] in the [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] was following the AGS and seeing what happened he was able to avoid the dirt Streiff had kicked onto the track. Warwick was next through arriving moments later not knowing about the mess and under breaking the Arrows broke away at the rear as Warwick was turning into the right-left chicane. The Arrows bounced over the inside curb and became airborne. When it hit the ground the impact caused Warwick to [[Syncope (medicine)|black out]]. The car, still travelling at speed then became airborne again before landing and hitting what is now the "Mur du Québec" (Quebec Wall) or "The Wall Of Champions" opposite the new pits at unabated speed. In the Williams pit directly opposite was Nigel Mansell who had suffered a similar crash in practice for the [[1987 Japanese Grand Prix]]. Knowing the best thing Warwick could do was not to move at that point he immediately jumped the pit fence onto the track and was the first on the scene to give aid to a now conscious Warwick, removing his helmet and instructing him to stay in the car until F1's on-track medical team headed by Prof. [[Sid Watkins]] arrived. Courageously, Warwick, who had injured his back in the accident and admitted in an interview on race morning to being very stiff and sore, would start from his 16th qualifying position the next day in the same car he crashed, the [[Arrows Grand Prix International|Arrows team]] having repaired it overnight.


The Saturday session saw [[Derek Warwick]] suffer a big accident in his Arrows. Turning into the chicane into the new start-finish straight, Warwick slid on dirt kicked up moments before by Streiff's AGS. The Arrows spun onto the inside kerb and became airborne, then bounced several times before hitting what is now known as the "Wall of Champions" at unabated speed. Warwick was briefly knocked unconscious and hurt his back; he received aid from fellow Briton Mansell, who had suffered a similar crash at [[1987 Japanese Grand Prix|Suzuka]] the previous year. However, Warwick was declared fit to race and took up his 16th position on the grid.
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==Race summary==
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Prost led from the start, away from Senna, the Ferraris and the Benettons, although after ten laps Gerhard Berger began having issues with the fuel system of his Ferrari. On lap 19 while coming up to traffic, Senna managed to pass his teammate at the L'Epingle hairpin to take a lead he would not lose. Alessandro Nannini retired from fourth position in the Benetton with electrical problems on lap 15. On lap 23 Berger retired with engine problems, meanwhile Nigel Mansell relished passing his old team mate [[Nelson Piquet]] in the Honda turbo powered [[Team Lotus|Lotus]], although this would only last six laps before his engine failed. The same happened five laps later to his team mate Riccardo Patrese.


During qualifying, Williams team owner [[Frank Williams (Formula One)|Frank Williams]] announced that he had concluded a deal with [[Renault in Formula One|Renault]] that would see the team have exclusive use of the French company's [[V10 engine]]s from the {{f1|1989}} season onwards. Williams said that "for better or worse you need an association with a major manufacturer to be successful in Formula One".
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On lap 34, Michele Alboreto retired, his Ferrari experiencing a similar engine problem as Berger allowing Thierry Boutsen to take the third place, which he maintained until the finish of the race. With many of the front runners out, minor teams had a clear chance of scoring points. By the middle of the race Philippe Streiff brought his AGS up to the fifth place, ahead of [[Andrea de Cesaris]]' [[Rial Racing|Rial]] in sixth. Their luck didn't last though: Streiff retired after rear suspension failure caused a spin on lap 41, while de Cesaris, with a car that was widely known to have too small a fuel tank, ran out of fuel with 3 laps to go. This allowed [[Ivan Capelli]] to put in the most surprising performance of the day, taking his [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Judd (engine)#CV|Judd]] to the fifth place.


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===Race===
Ayrton Senna won, 5.9 seconds ahead of Prost with Boutsen 45.5 seconds behind Prost in third. Piquet was fourth in the Lotus, albeit a lap down on Senna, with Capelli finishing fifth in the March. The final point surprisingly went to [[Jonathan Palmer]] in the troublesome [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]]. The injured Derek Warwick put in the drive of the race in his Arrows-[[Megatron (engine)|Megatron]] to finish just outside of the points in seventh after a half-race long duel with team mate [[Eddie Cheever]] that ended when Cheever retired with a broken throttle cable on lap 31. Warwick also had to endure the turbo pop-off valve cutting in early leaving him with less than desirable power from his turbo engine and an increasingly sore back from his accident the previous day.
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At the start, Prost led away from Senna, the Ferraris and the Benettons. After ten laps, Berger began having issues with the fuel system of his Ferrari. On lap 19, Senna passed Prost at the L'Epingle hairpin as they came up to traffic, the Brazilian driver thus taking a lead he would not lose. Nannini retired from fourth position on lap 15 with electrical trouble, while Berger retired with similar problems on lap 23. Meanwhile, Mansell passed his old rival Piquet in the Lotus, before his Judd engine failed on lap 29; teammate [[Riccardo Patrese]] suffered the same fate four laps later.


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On lap 34, Alboreto retired with an engine failure, promoting Boutsen to third. With many of the front runners out, minor teams had a clear chance of scoring points. By the middle of the race Philippe Streiff had brought his AGS up to fifth place, ahead of [[Andrea de Cesaris]]' [[Rial Racing|Rial]] in sixth. However, Streiff retired on lap 41 with a rear suspension failure, while de Cesaris ran out of fuel with three laps to go. This promoted [[Ivan Capelli]] in the [[March Engineering|March]] to fifth and [[Jonathan Palmer]] in the [[Tyrrell Racing|Tyrrell]] to sixth.
Senna set the circuit lap record with a 1:24.973 on lap 53 of the 69 lap race. This compared to Nelson Piquet's previous lap record set in 1986 of 1:25.443 set in a Williams-Honda. However, the changes to the circuit between the 1986 and 1988 races had eliminated what were the turn 5 and 6 curves which were replaced by making the new pit straight longer, leaving only a left hand turn leading into the now turn 2 Epingle de L'ile hairpin.


Senna finished just under six seconds ahead of Prost, with Boutsen a further 45 seconds back. Piquet was fourth in the Lotus, albeit a lap down on Senna, with Capelli and Palmer completing the top six. Warwick, despite his injury, finished just outside the points in seventh, having battled with teammate Cheever until the American retired on lap 31 with a broken throttle cable.
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== Classification ==


Senna set the fastest lap of the race on lap 53 with a time of 1:24.973. Boutsen's third place marked the first time since the [[1983 Dutch Grand Prix]] that a naturally-aspirated car had legally finished on a Formula One podium.
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[[File:Ayrton Senna 1988 Canada.jpg|thumb|right|[[Ayrton Senna]] took [[pole position]] and the race win for [[McLaren (racing)|McLaren]].]]

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==Classification==

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[[File:Ayrton Senna 1988 Canada.jpg|thumb|right|[[Ayrton Senna]] took [[pole position]] and the race win for [[McLaren]].]]
[[File:Alain Prost 1988 Canada.jpg|thumb|right|[[Alain Prost]] finished just under six seconds behind his team-mate.]]
[[File:Alain Prost 1988 Canada.jpg|thumb|right|[[Alain Prost]] finished just under six seconds behind his team-mate.]]
[[File:Thierry Boutsen 1988 Canada 2.jpg|thumb|right|[[Thierry Boutsen]] took the final podium position for [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]].]]
[[File:Thierry Boutsen 1988 Canada 2.jpg|thumb|right|[[Thierry Boutsen]] took the final podium position for [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]].]]
[[File:Gerhard Berger 1988 Canada.jpg|thumb|right|[[Gerhard Berger]] retired his [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] with electrical problems on lap 23.]]
[[File:Gerhard Berger 1988 Canada.jpg|thumb|right|[[Gerhard Berger]] retired his [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] with electrical problems on lap 23.]]

===Pre-qualifying===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
⚫
|-
! Pos !! No !! Driver !! Constructor !! Time !! Gap
⚫
|-
! 1
⚫
| 33
⚫
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Stefano Modena]]
⚫
| [[EuroBrun]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:27.274
|align="center"| —
⚫
|-
! 2
| 22
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Andrea de Cesaris]]
| [[Rial Racing|Rial]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:27.426
| +0.152
|-
! 3
| 32
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Oscar Larrauri]]
| [[EuroBrun]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:27.912
| +0.638
|-
! 4
| 31
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Gabriele Tarquini]]
| [[Scuderia Coloni|Coloni]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:28.709
| +1.435
|-
⚫
! DNPQ
| 36
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Alex Caffi]]
| [[Dallara]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 1:29.103
| +1.829
|}


===Qualifying===
===Qualifying===
Line 69: Line 118:
! 1
! 1
| 12
| 12
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ayrton Senna]]
| {{flagicon|BRA|1968}} [[Ayrton Senna]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Honda Racing F1|Honda]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]]
| 1:22.392
| 1:22.392
| '''1:21.681'''
| '''1:21.681'''
Line 78: Line 127:
| 11
| 11
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Alain Prost]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Alain Prost]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Honda Racing F1|Honda]]
| [[McLaren]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]]
| 1:22.499
| 1:22.499
| '''1:21.863'''
| '''1:21.863'''
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! 6
! 6
| 1
| 1
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Nelson Piquet]]
| {{flagicon|BRA|1968}} [[Nelson Piquet]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Honda Racing F1|Honda]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]]
| 1:24.166
| 1:24.166
| '''1:23.995'''
| '''1:23.995'''
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| 18
| 18
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Eddie Cheever]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Eddie Cheever]]
| [[Arrows Grand Prix International|Arrows]]-[[Megatron (engine)|Megatron]]
| [[Arrows Grand Prix International|Arrows]]-[[BMW M12#Megatron|Megatron]]
| '''1:24.679'''
| '''1:24.679'''
| 1:25.068
| 1:25.068
Line 134: Line 183:
| 5
| 5
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Nigel Mansell]]
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Nigel Mansell]]
| [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]-[[Judd (engine)|Judd]]
| [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]]-[[Judd (engine)|Judd]]
| '''1:24.844'''
| '''1:24.844'''
| 1:25.251
| 1:25.251
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| 6
| 6
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Riccardo Patrese]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Riccardo Patrese]]
| [[Williams F1|Williams]]-[[Judd (engine)|Judd]]
| [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]]-[[Judd (engine)|Judd]]
| '''1:24.971'''
| '''1:24.971'''
| 1:25.471
| 1:25.471
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! 13
! 13
| 2
| 2
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Satoru Nakajima]]
| {{flagicon|JPN|1947}} [[Satoru Nakajima]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Honda Racing F1|Honda]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]]
| '''1:25.373'''
| '''1:25.373'''
| 1:26.650
| 1:26.650
Line 190: Line 239:
| 17
| 17
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Derek Warwick]]
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Derek Warwick]]
| [[Arrows Grand Prix International|Arrows]]-[[Megatron (engine)|Megatron]]
| [[Arrows Grand Prix International|Arrows]]-[[BMW M12#Megatron|Megatron]]
| 1:26.052
| 1:26.052
| '''1:25.740'''
| '''1:25.740'''
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! 18
! 18
| 15
| 15
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Mauricio Gugelmin]]
| {{flagicon|BRA|1968}} [[Maurício Gugelmin]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Judd (engine)|Judd]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Judd (engine)|Judd]]
| '''1:25.910'''
| '''1:25.910'''
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! 23
! 23
| 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]]
| 1:28.737
| 1:28.737
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| 31
| 31
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Gabriele Tarquini]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Gabriele Tarquini]]
| [[Enzo Coloni Racing Car Systems|Coloni]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| [[Scuderia Coloni|Coloni]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| no time
| no time
| '''1:27.655'''
| '''1:27.655'''
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|-
|-
! DNQ
! DNQ
| 31
| 10
| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Bernd Schneider (racing driver)|Bernd Schneider]]
| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Bernd Schneider (racing driver)|Bernd Schneider]]
| [[Zakspeed]]
| [[Zakspeed]]
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| '''1:28.215'''
| '''1:28.215'''
| +6.534
| +6.534
⚫
|-
⚫
! DNPQ
⚫
| 36
⚫
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Alex Caffi]]
⚫
| [[Dallara]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
⚫
|
⚫
|
|}
|}


Line 330: Line 372:
! 1
! 1
| 12
| 12
| {{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Ayrton Senna]]'''
| {{flagicon|BRA|1968}} '''[[Ayrton Senna]]'''
| '''[[McLaren (racing)|McLaren]]-[[Honda Racing F1|Honda]]'''
| '''[[McLaren]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]]'''
| 69
| 69
| 1:39:46.618
| 1:39:46.618
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| 11
| 11
| {{flagicon|FRA}} '''[[Alain Prost]]'''
| {{flagicon|FRA}} '''[[Alain Prost]]'''
| '''[[McLaren (racing)|McLaren]]-[[Honda Racing F1|Honda]]'''
| '''[[McLaren]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]]'''
| 69
| 69
| + 5.934
| + 5.934
Line 357: Line 399:
! 4
! 4
| 1
| 1
| {{flagicon|BRA}} '''[[Nelson Piquet]]'''
| {{flagicon|BRA|1968}} '''[[Nelson Piquet]]'''
| '''[[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Honda Racing F1|Honda]]'''
| '''[[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]]'''
| 68
| 68
| + 1 Lap
| + 1 Lap
Line 385: Line 427:
| 17
| 17
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Derek Warwick]]
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Derek Warwick]]
| [[Arrows Grand Prix International|Arrows]]-[[Megatron (engine)|Megatron]]
| [[Arrows Grand Prix International|Arrows]]-[[BMW M12#Megatron|Megatron]]
| 67
| 67
| + 2 Laps
| + 2 Laps
Line 394: Line 436:
| 31
| 31
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Gabriele Tarquini]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Gabriele Tarquini]]
| [[Enzo Coloni Racing Car Systems|Coloni]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| [[Scuderia Coloni|Coloni]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 67
| 67
| + 2 Laps
| + 2 Laps
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! 11
! 11
| 2
| 2
| {{flagicon|JPN}} [[Satoru Nakajima]]
| {{flagicon|JPN|1947}} [[Satoru Nakajima]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Honda Racing F1|Honda]]
| [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]]
| 66
| 66
| + 3 Laps
| + 3 Laps
Line 430: Line 472:
| 33
| 33
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Stefano Modena]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Stefano Modena]]
| [[Euro Brun]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| [[EuroBrun]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 66
| 66
| + 3 Laps
| + 3 Laps
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! Ret
! Ret
| 15
| 15
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Maurício Gugelmin]]
| {{flagicon|BRA|1968}} [[Maurício Gugelmin]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Judd (engine)|Judd]]
| [[March Engineering|March]]-[[Judd (engine)|Judd]]
| 54
| 54
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| 6
| 6
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Riccardo Patrese]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Riccardo Patrese]]
| [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]-[[Judd (engine)|Judd]]
| [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]]-[[Judd (engine)|Judd]]
| 32
| 32
| Engine
| Engine
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| 18
| 18
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Eddie Cheever]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Eddie Cheever]]
| [[Arrows Grand Prix International|Arrows]]-[[Megatron (engine)|Megatron]]
| [[Arrows Grand Prix International|Arrows]]-[[BMW M12#Megatron|Megatron]]
| 31
| 31
| Throttle
| Throttle
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| 5
| 5
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Nigel Mansell]]
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Nigel Mansell]]
| [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]-[[Judd (engine)|Judd]]
| [[Williams Grand Prix Engineering|Williams]]-[[Judd (engine)|Judd]]
| 28
| 28
| Engine
| Engine
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| 32
| 32
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Oscar Larrauri]]
| {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Oscar Larrauri]]
| [[Euro Brun]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| [[EuroBrun]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| 8
| 8
| Chassis
| Chassis
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! Ret
! Ret
| 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]]
| 0
| 0
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! DNQ
! DNQ
| 10
| 10
| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Bernd Schneider (racecar driver)|Bernd Schneider]]
| {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Bernd Schneider (racing driver)|Bernd Schneider]]
| [[Zakspeed]]
| [[Zakspeed]]
| &nbsp;
| &nbsp;
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==Standings after the race==
==Championship standings after the race==
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{{col-start}}
{{col-2}}
{{col-2}}
;Drivers' Championship standings
;Drivers' Championship standings
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
|-
!Pos
!Pos
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| 1
| 1
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Alain Prost]]
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Alain Prost]]
| align="right"| 39
|align=right| 39
|-
|-
| 2
| 2
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Ayrton Senna]]
| {{flagicon|BRA|1968}} [[Ayrton Senna]]
| align="right"| 24
|align=right| 24
|-
|-
| 3
| 3
| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Gerhard Berger]]
| {{flagicon|AUT}} [[Gerhard Berger]]
| align="right"| 18
|align=right| 18
|-
|-
| 4
| 4
| {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Nelson Piquet]]
| {{flagicon|BRA|1968}} [[Nelson Piquet]]
| align="right"| 11
|align=right| 11
|-
|-
| 5
| 5
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Michele Alboreto]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Michele Alboreto]]
| align="right"| 9
|align=right| 9
|-
!colspan=4|Source: <ref name="champ">{{Cite web|url=https://www.statsf1.com/en/1988/canada/championnat.aspx|title=Canada 1988 - Championship • STATS F1|website=www.statsf1.com|access-date=14 March 2019}}</ref>
|}
|}
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|-
|-
| 1
| 1
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[McLaren]]-[[Honda F1|Honda]]
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[McLaren]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]]
| align="right"|63
|align=right|63
|-
|-
| 2
| 2
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]]
| align="right"|27
|align=right|27
|-
|-
| 3
| 3
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Honda F1|Honda]]
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Team Lotus|Lotus]]-[[Honda in Formula One|Honda]]
| align="right"|12
|align=right|12
|-
|-
| 4
| 4
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Arrows Grand Prix International|Arrows]]-[[Megatron (engine)|Megatron]]
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Arrows Grand Prix International|Arrows]]-[[BMW M12#Megatron|Megatron]]
| align="right"|9
|align=right|9
|-
|-
| 5
| 5
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]]-[[Ford]]
| {{flagicon|GBR}} [[Benetton Formula|Benetton]]-[[Ford Motor Company|Ford]]
| align="right"|8
|align=right|8
|-
!colspan=4|Source: <ref name="champ"/>
|}
|}
{{col-end}}
{{col-end}}


* <small>'''Note''': Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.</small>
*{{small|'''Note''': Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.}}


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}
* ''Unless otherwise indicated, all race results are taken from {{cite web |title=The Official Formula 1 website |url=http://www.formula1.com/results/season/1988/267/ |accessdate=2007-07-12}}


==External links==
==External links==
{{commons category|1988 Canadian Grand Prix}}
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1988 Canadian Grand Prix
Race 5 of 16 in the 1988 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date 12 June 1988
Official name XXVI Molson Grand Prix du Canada
Location Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Course Temporary street circuit
Course length 4.390 km (2.728 miles)
Distance 69 laps, 302.910 km (188.220 miles)
Weather Sunny and hot with temperatures up to 29 °C (84 °F); wind speeds up to 19 kilometres per hour (12 mph)[1]
Pole position
Driver
McLaren-Honda
Time 1:21.681
Fastest lap
Driver Brazil Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda
Time 1:24.973 on lap 53
Podium
First
McLaren-Honda
Second
McLaren-Honda
Third
Benetton-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1988 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 12 June 1988 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal. It was the fifth race of the 1988 Formula One World Championship. The 69-lap race was won from pole position by Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna, driving a McLaren-Honda, with French teammate Alain Prost second and Belgian Thierry Boutsen third in a Benetton-Ford.

Report

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Qualifying

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The Canadian Grand Prix returned to the Formula One calendar after a year's absence. In the meantime, major changes had been made to the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve: the start-finish line, pit lane and facilities had been moved from the top end of the track to the bottom end, necessitating the removal of two turns, while other turns had been re-profiled slightly.

The McLarens once again dominated qualifying, with Ayrton Senna taking his fifth consecutive pole position by just under 0.2 seconds from Alain Prost. The Ferraris of Gerhard Berger and Michele Alboreto filled the second row, while the Benetton of Alessandro Nannini was the fastest of the naturally-aspirated cars in fifth, just under 2.3 seconds behind Senna. Nelson Piquet was sixth in his Lotus, followed by Thierry Boutsen in the second Benetton, Eddie Cheever in the Arrows and Nigel Mansell in the Williams, while Philippe Streiff put in a strong performance to take tenth, which would turn out to be the best-ever grid position for the AGS team. Also achieving its best-ever grid placing was EuroBrun, as Stefano Modena took 15th.

The Saturday session saw Derek Warwick suffer a big accident in his Arrows. Turning into the chicane into the new start-finish straight, Warwick slid on dirt kicked up moments before by Streiff's AGS. The Arrows spun onto the inside kerb and became airborne, then bounced several times before hitting what is now known as the "Wall of Champions" at unabated speed. Warwick was briefly knocked unconscious and hurt his back; he received aid from fellow Briton Mansell, who had suffered a similar crash at Suzuka the previous year. However, Warwick was declared fit to race and took up his 16th position on the grid.

During qualifying, Williams team owner Frank Williams announced that he had concluded a deal with Renault that would see the team have exclusive use of the French company's V10 engines from the 1989 season onwards. Williams said that "for better or worse you need an association with a major manufacturer to be successful in Formula One".

Race

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At the start, Prost led away from Senna, the Ferraris and the Benettons. After ten laps, Berger began having issues with the fuel system of his Ferrari. On lap 19, Senna passed Prost at the L'Epingle hairpin as they came up to traffic, the Brazilian driver thus taking a lead he would not lose. Nannini retired from fourth position on lap 15 with electrical trouble, while Berger retired with similar problems on lap 23. Meanwhile, Mansell passed his old rival Piquet in the Lotus, before his Judd engine failed on lap 29; teammate Riccardo Patrese suffered the same fate four laps later.

On lap 34, Alboreto retired with an engine failure, promoting Boutsen to third. With many of the front runners out, minor teams had a clear chance of scoring points. By the middle of the race Philippe Streiff had brought his AGS up to fifth place, ahead of Andrea de Cesaris' Rial in sixth. However, Streiff retired on lap 41 with a rear suspension failure, while de Cesaris ran out of fuel with three laps to go. This promoted Ivan Capelli in the March to fifth and Jonathan Palmer in the Tyrrell to sixth.

Senna finished just under six seconds ahead of Prost, with Boutsen a further 45 seconds back. Piquet was fourth in the Lotus, albeit a lap down on Senna, with Capelli and Palmer completing the top six. Warwick, despite his injury, finished just outside the points in seventh, having battled with teammate Cheever until the American retired on lap 31 with a broken throttle cable.

Senna set the fastest lap of the race on lap 53 with a time of 1:24.973. Boutsen's third place marked the first time since the 1983 Dutch Grand Prix that a naturally-aspirated car had legally finished on a Formula One podium.

Classification

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Ayrton Senna took pole position and the race win for McLaren.
Alain Prost finished just under six seconds behind his team-mate.
Thierry Boutsen took the final podium position for Benetton.
Gerhard Berger retired his Ferrari with electrical problems on lap 23.

Pre-qualifying

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Pos No Driver Constructor Time Gap
1 33 Italy Stefano Modena EuroBrun-Ford 1:27.274 —
2 22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Rial-Ford 1:27.426 +0.152
3 32 Argentina Oscar Larrauri EuroBrun-Ford 1:27.912 +0.638
4 31 Italy Gabriele Tarquini Coloni-Ford 1:28.709 +1.435
DNPQ 36 Italy Alex Caffi Dallara-Ford 1:29.103 +1.829

Qualifying

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Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap
1 12 Brazil Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 1:22.392 1:21.681 —
2 11 France Alain Prost McLaren-Honda 1:22.499 1:21.863 +0.182
3 28 Austria Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:22.719 1:22.785 +1.038
4 27 Italy Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:23.976 1:23.296 +1.615
5 19 Italy Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 1:25.561 1:23.968 +2.287
6 1 Brazil Nelson Piquet Lotus-Honda 1:24.166 1:23.995 +2.314
7 20 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 1:25.173 1:24.115 +2.434
8 18 United States Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron 1:24.679 1:25.068 +2.998
9 5 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Williams-Judd 1:24.844 1:25.251 +3.163
10 14 France Philippe Streiff AGS-Ford 1:25.878 1:24.968 +3.287
11 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Williams-Judd 1:24.971 1:25.471 +3.290
12 22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Rial-Ford 1:26.039 1:24.988 +3.307
13 2 Japan Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Honda 1:25.373 1:26.650 +3.692
14 16 Italy Ivan Capelli March-Judd 1:25.609 1:26.815 +3.928
15 33 Italy Stefano Modena EuroBrun-Ford 1:26.652 1:25.713 +4.032
16 17 United Kingdom Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 1:26.052 1:25.740 +4.059
17 30 France Philippe Alliot Lola-Ford 1:27.543 1:25.765 +4.084
18 15 Brazil Maurício Gugelmin March-Judd 1:25.910 1:25.982 +4.229
19 3 United Kingdom Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 1:27.230 1:26.092 +4.411
20 25 France René Arnoux Ligier-Judd 1:26.716 1:26.327 +4.646
21 24 Spain Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi-Ford 1:26.822 1:26.437 +4.756
22 9 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Zakspeed 1:28.400 1:26.786 +5.105
23 4 United Kingdom Julian Bailey Tyrrell-Ford 1:28.737 1:27.139 +5.458
24 32 Argentina Oscar Larrauri EuroBrun-Ford 1:27.676 1:27.321 +5.640
25 26 Sweden Stefan Johansson Ligier-Judd 1:28.614 1:27.637 +5.956
26 31 Italy Gabriele Tarquini Coloni-Ford no time 1:27.655 +5.974
DNQ 23 Spain Adrián Campos Minardi-Ford 1:27.885 1:27.979 +6.204
DNQ 21 Italy Nicola Larini Osella 1:39.782 1:27.981 +6.300
DNQ 29 France Yannick Dalmas Lola-Ford no time 1:28.012 +6.331
DNQ 10 West Germany Bernd Schneider Zakspeed 1:29.110 1:28.215 +6.534

Race

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The top 3 drivers of the race: Prost (2nd), Senna (winner), Boutsen (3rd)
Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 12 Brazil Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda 69 1:39:46.618 1 9
2 11 France Alain Prost McLaren-Honda 69 + 5.934 2 6
3 20 Belgium Thierry Boutsen Benetton-Ford 69 + 51.409 7 4
4 1 Brazil Nelson Piquet Lotus-Honda 68 + 1 Lap 6 3
5 16 Italy Ivan Capelli March-Judd 68 + 1 Lap 14 2
6 3 United Kingdom Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell-Ford 67 + 2 Laps 19 1
7 17 United Kingdom Derek Warwick Arrows-Megatron 67 + 2 Laps 16  
8 31 Italy Gabriele Tarquini Coloni-Ford 67 + 2 Laps 26  
9 22 Italy Andrea de Cesaris Rial-Ford 66 Out of Fuel 12  
10 30 France Philippe Alliot Lola-Ford 66 Electrical 17  
11 2 Japan Satoru Nakajima Lotus-Honda 66 + 3 Laps 13  
12 33 Italy Stefano Modena EuroBrun-Ford 66 + 3 Laps 15  
13 24 Spain Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi-Ford 64 + 5 Laps 21  
14 9 Italy Piercarlo Ghinzani Zakspeed 63 Engine 22  
Ret 15 Brazil Maurício Gugelmin March-Judd 54 Gearbox 18  
Ret 14 France Philippe Streiff AGS-Ford 41 Suspension 10  
Ret 25 France René Arnoux Ligier-Judd 36 Transmission 20  
Ret 27 Italy Michele Alboreto Ferrari 33 Engine 4  
Ret 6 Italy Riccardo Patrese Williams-Judd 32 Engine 11  
Ret 18 United States Eddie Cheever Arrows-Megatron 31 Throttle 8  
Ret 5 United Kingdom Nigel Mansell Williams-Judd 28 Engine 9  
Ret 26 Sweden Stefan Johansson Ligier-Judd 24 Engine 25  
Ret 28 Austria Gerhard Berger Ferrari 22 Electrical 3  
Ret 19 Italy Alessandro Nannini Benetton-Ford 15 Ignition 5  
Ret 32 Argentina Oscar Larrauri EuroBrun-Ford 8 Chassis 24  
Ret 4 United Kingdom Julian Bailey Tyrrell-Ford 0 Collision 23  
DNQ 23 Spain Adrián Campos Minardi-Ford    
DNQ 21 Italy Nicola Larini Osella    
DNQ 29 France Yannick Dalmas Lola-Ford    
DNQ 10 West Germany Bernd Schneider Zakspeed    
DNPQ 36 Italy Alex Caffi Dallara-Ford
Source:[2]

Championship standings after the race

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  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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  1. ^ "Weather information for the "1988 Canadian Grand Prix"". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2014-09-07.
  2. ^ "1988 Canadian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Canada 1988 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
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