The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 6

Detroit Grand Prix

1988  ·  Detroit Street Circuit  ·  19 June 1988  ·  63 laps

  1. 1st Ayrton Senna McLaren · 01:54:56.035
  2. 2nd Alain Prost McLaren · +38.713
  3. 3rd Thierry Boutsen Benetton

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Ayrton Senna

McLaren  —  Pole position

02 Lap 6

Gerhard Berger

Retirement Ferrari  —  Puncture

03 Lap 18

Nigel Mansell

Retirement Williams  —  Engine

04 Lap 45

Michele Alboreto

Retirement Ferrari  —  Collision

05 Lap 46

Philippe Alliot

Retirement Larrousse  —  Halfshaft

06 Lap 46

Stefano Modena

Retirement Euro Brun  —  Spun off

07 Lap 54

Luis Pérez-Sala

Retirement Minardi  —  Gearbox

08 On the Charge

Yannick Dalmas

Larrousse  —  P24 → P7

09 Victory

Ayrton Senna

McLaren  —  Won from P1

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Ayrton Senna McLaren 1 63 01:54:56.035 9
2 Alain Prost McLaren 4 63 +38.713 6
3 Thierry Boutsen Benetton 5 62 +1 Lap 4
4 Andrea de Cesaris Rial 12 62 +1 Lap 3
5 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell 17 62 +1 Lap 2
6 Pierluigi Martini Minardi 16 62 +1 Lap 1
7 Yannick Dalmas Larrousse 24 61 +2 Laps
8 Alex Caffi Dallara 21 61 +2 Laps
9 Julian Bailey Tyrrell 22 59 Spun off
10 Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi 25 54 Gearbox
11 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 14 46 Halfshaft
12 Stefano Modena Euro Brun 19 46 Spun off
13 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 3 45 Collision
14 René Arnoux Ligier 20 45 Overheating
15 Maurício Gugelmin March 13 34 Engine
16 Riccardo Patrese Williams 10 26 Electrical
17 Nelson Piquet Team Lotus 8 26 Spun off
18 Oscar Larrauri Euro Brun 23 26 Gearbox
19 Derek Warwick Arrows 9 24 Spun off
20 Nigel Mansell Williams 6 18 Engine
21 Philippe Streiff AGS 11 15 Suspension
22 Alessandro Nannini Benetton 7 14 Suspension
23 Eddie Cheever Arrows 15 14 Electrical
24 Nicola Larini Osella 26 7 Engine
25 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 2 6 Puncture
26 Stefan Johansson Ligier 18 2 Overheating
27 Ivan Capelli March 0 Injured

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