1988 Brazilian Grand Prix
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Results from the 1988 Formula One Brazilian Grand Prix held at Jacarepaguá on April 3, 1988
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[edit] Classification
[edit] Qualifying
Winter testing had indicated Ferrari would be maintaining their edge that they had gained at the end of the 1987 season,with McLaren and Williams also producing cars that looked like potential race winners.During the qualifying session there was controversy when Nelson Piquet made comments in the local media publicly insulting Ayrton Senna,Nigel Mansell,their wives and families. Mansell produced a sensational performance to qualify 2nd,just some five months after his crash at the 1987 Japanese Grand Prix.On pole was Senna in his first drive for the McLaren team.
[edit] Race summary
There was drama on the parade lap when Senna's gear selector mechanism broke and he had to complete the lap jammed in first gear. The start was aborted and Senna started from the spare car in the pits. Alain Prost led from the start,with Mansell in 2nd place until lap 19 when his temperature gauge overheated-on visiting the pits to investigate,his engine stalled,handing the position to Gerhard Berger Senna was making a remarkable drive from the rear of the grid-climbing to 21st on lap 1,15th on lap 4,8th on lap 10,into the points on lap 13 and by lap 20 was in second place. Prost pitted on lap 26 without losing the lead,and Senna pitted a lap later.He stalled the engine and dropped to 6th place.Shortly afterwards he was shown the black flag and disqualified for changing cars after the parade lap.Despite closing to within 10 seconds of leader Prost,Berger was unable to catch him. Piquet came home in 3rd ahead of Derek Warwick in the Arrows with a fine drive,Michele Alboreto in the Ferrari and Satoru Nakajima in the second Lotus.
[edit] Notes
- Pole position: Ayrton Senna - 1:28.096
- Fastest Lap: Gerhard Berger - 1:32.943
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