The Garagiste.

The Turbo Era  ·  Round 4

Mexican Grand Prix

1988  ·  Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez  ·  29 May 1988  ·  67 laps

  1. 1st Alain Prost McLaren · 01:30:15.737
  2. 2nd Ayrton Senna McLaren · +7.104
  3. 3rd Gerhard Berger Ferrari · +57.314

Scroll · the race, moment by moment

01 Lights Out

Ayrton Senna

McLaren  —  Pole position

02 Lap 27

Satoru Nakajima

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Engine

03 Lap 52

Andrea de Cesaris

Retirement Rial  —  Gearbox

04 Lap 58

Nelson Piquet

Retirement Team Lotus  —  Engine

05 On the Charge

Stefan Johansson

Ligier  —  P24 → P10

06 Victory

Alain Prost

McLaren  —  Won from P2

The result

Classification

#DriverTeamGridLapsTime / RetirementPts
1 Alain Prost McLaren 2 67 01:30:15.737 9
2 Ayrton Senna McLaren 1 67 +7.104 6
3 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 3 67 +57.314 4
4 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 5 66 +1 Lap 3
5 Derek Warwick Arrows 9 66 +1 Lap 2
6 Eddie Cheever Arrows 7 66 +1 Lap 1
7 Alessandro Nannini Benetton 8 65 +2 Laps
8 Thierry Boutsen Benetton 11 64 +3 Laps
9 Yannick Dalmas Larrousse 22 64 +3 Laps
10 Stefan Johansson Ligier 24 63 +4 Laps
11 Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi 25 63 +4 Laps
12 Philippe Streiff AGS 19 63 +4 Laps
13 Oscar Larrauri Euro Brun 26 63 +4 Laps
14 Gabriele Tarquini Coloni 21 62 +5 Laps
15 Piercarlo Ghinzani Zakspeed 18 61 +6 Laps
16 Ivan Capelli March 10 61 +6 Laps
17 Nelson Piquet Team Lotus 4 58 Engine
18 Andrea de Cesaris Rial 12 52 Gearbox
19 Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus 6 27 Engine
20 Nigel Mansell Williams 14 20 Engine
21 Bernd Schneider Zakspeed 15 16 Engine
22 Riccardo Patrese Williams 17 16 Engine
23 René Arnoux Ligier 20 13 Accident
24 Alex Caffi Dallara 23 13 Brakes
25 Maurício Gugelmin March 16 10 Electrical
26 Philippe Alliot Larrousse 13 0 Suspension
31 Stefano Modena Euro Brun 0 Excluded

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