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Round 16 · 1988

Australian Grand Prix

Alain Prost won the Australian Grand Prix 1988 at Adelaide Street Circuit on 13 November 1988, starting from P2 on the grid. Ayrton Senna finished second for McLaren, with Nelson Piquet completing the podium for Team Lotus.

Race Results

PosGridDriverTeamLapsTime / StatusPtsFL
12Alain ProstPROMcLaren821:53:14.6769
21Ayrton SennaSENMcLaren82+36.3876
35Nelson PiquetPIQTeam Lotus82+47.5464
46Riccardo PatresePATWilliams82+1:20.0883
510Thierry BoutsenBOUBenetton81+1 Lap2
69Ivan CapelliCAPMarch81+1 Lap1
714Pierluigi MartiniMARMinardi80+2 Laps0
815Andrea de CesarisDECRial77Out of fuel0
922Stefan JohanssonJOHLigier76Out of fuel0
1024Philippe AlliotALLLarrousse75Out of fuel0
1116Philippe StreiffSTRAGS73Electrical0
R26Piercarlo GhinzaniGHIZakspeed69Fuel system0
R3Nigel MansellMANWilliams65Spun off0
R8Alessandro NanniniNANBenetton63Spun off0
R20Stefano ModenaMODEuro Brun63Halfshaft0
R7Derek WarwickWARArrows52Engine0
R18Eddie CheeverCHEArrows51Engine0
R19Maurício GugelminGUGMarch46Collision0
R13Satoru NakajimaNAKTeam Lotus45Collision0
R21Luis Pérez-SalaPREMinardi41Engine0
R11Alex CaffiCAFDallara32Clutch0
R4Gerhard BergerBERFerrari25Collision0
R23René ArnouxARNLigier24Collision0
R17Jonathan PalmerPALTyrrell16Transmission0
R25Oscar LarrauriLAREuro Brun12Halfshaft0
R12Michele AlboretoALBFerrari0Collision0
F0Gabriele TarquiniTARColoni0Did not qualify0
F0Julian BaileyBAITyrrell0Did not qualify0
F0Pierre-Henri RaphanelRAPLarrousse0Did not qualify0
F0Bernd SchneiderSCHZakspeed0Did not qualify0
F0Nicola LariniLAROsella0Did not prequalify0