The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 16

Australian Grand Prix

1988  ·  Adelaide Street Circuit  ·  13 November 1988  ·  82 laps

  1. 1st Alain Prost McLaren · 01:53:14.676
  2. 2nd Ayrton Senna McLaren · +36.387
  3. 3rd Nelson Piquet Team Lotus · +47.546

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Ayrton Senna

McLaren  —  Pole position

02 Lap 25

Gerhard Berger

Retirement Ferrari  —  Collision

03 Lap 63

Alessandro Nannini

Retirement Benetton  —  Spun off

04 Lap 63

Stefano Modena

Retirement Euro Brun  —  Halfshaft

05 Lap 65

Nigel Mansell

Retirement Williams  —  Spun off

06 Lap 69

Piercarlo Ghinzani

Retirement Zakspeed  —  Fuel system

07 On the Charge

Philippe Alliot

Larrousse  —  P24 → P10

08 Victory

Alain Prost

McLaren  —  Won from P2

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Alain Prost McLaren 2 82 01:53:14.676 9
2 Ayrton Senna McLaren 1 82 +36.387 6
3 Nelson Piquet Team Lotus 5 82 +47.546 4
4 Riccardo Patrese Williams 6 82 +1:20.088 3
5 Thierry Boutsen Benetton 10 81 +1 Lap 2
6 Ivan Capelli March 9 81 +1 Lap 1
7 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 14 80 +2 Laps
8 Andrea de Cesaris Rial 15 77 Out of fuel
9 Stefan Johansson Ligier 22 76 Out of fuel
10 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 24 75 Out of fuel
11 Philippe Streiff AGS 16 73 Electrical
12 Piercarlo Ghinzani Zakspeed 26 69 Fuel system
13 Nigel Mansell Williams 3 65 Spun off
14 Alessandro Nannini Benetton 8 63 Spun off
15 Stefano Modena Euro Brun 20 63 Halfshaft
16 Derek Warwick Arrows 7 52 Engine
17 Eddie Cheever Arrows 18 51 Engine
18 Maurício Gugelmin March 19 46 Collision
19 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 13 45 Collision
20 Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi 21 41 Engine
21 Alex Caffi Dallara 11 32 Clutch
22 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 4 25 Collision
23 René Arnoux Ligier 23 24 Collision
24 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 17 16 Transmission
25 Oscar Larrauri Euro Brun 25 12 Halfshaft
26 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 12 0 Collision

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