1988 German Grand Prix

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Results from the 1988 Formula One German Grand Prix held at Hockenheimring on July 24, 1988

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	12	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	44	1'32:54.1	1	9
2	11	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	44	+13.609	2	6
3	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	44	+52.095	3	4
4	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	44	+ 1:40.912	4	3
5	16	Ivan Capelli	March-Judd	44	+ 1:49.606	7	2
6	20	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	43	+ 1 Lap	9	1
7	17	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	43	+ 1 Lap	12
8	15	Mauricio Gugelmin	March-Judd	43	+ 1 Lap	10
9	2	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus-Honda	43	+ 1 Lap	8
10	18	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron	43	+ 1 Lap	15
11	3	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	43	+ 1 Lap	24
12	10	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed		+ 1 Lap
13	22	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial-Ford		+ 2 Laps
14	9	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed		+ 2 Laps
15	36	Alex Caffi	Dallara-Ford		+ 2 Laps
16	32	Oscar Larrauri	Euro Brun-Ford		+ 2 Laps
17	25	René Arnoux	Ligier-Judd		+ 3 Laps
18	19	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford		+ 4 Laps
19	29	Yannick Dalmas	Larrousse-Ford		Clutch
Ret	14	Philippe Streiff	AGS-Ford		Throttle
Ret	6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Judd		Spun Off
Ret	21	Nicola Larini	Osella		Engine
Ret	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Judd		Spun Off
Ret	33	Stefano Modena	Euro Brun-Ford		Engine
Ret	30	Philippe Alliot	Larrousse-Ford		Spun Off
Ret	1	Nelson Piquet	Lotus-Honda		Spun Off
DNQ	24	Luis Perez-Sala	Minardi-Ford
DNQ	26	Stefan Johansson	Ligier-Judd
DNQ	4	Julian Bailey	Tyrrell-Ford
DNQ	23	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi-Ford

[edit] Race summary

The grid was composed of a front row of two McLarens,then Michele Alboreto in the Ferrari,the two Marches and Gerhard Berger's Ferrari.Qualifying had been severely impeded due to violent thunderstorms,lightning and torrential rain. Ayrton Senna led off the start line from Berger and Alessandro Nannini.Nelson Piquet was a first-lap retirement, aquaplaning off the track at the Ostkurve.Alain Prost fought back from a bad start where he dropped to 4th to recover to 2nd behind Senna,but failed to catch him-indeed traffic problems and further spins meant the gap increased and McLaren registered their 6th 1-2 of the year. On lap 9,Senna forced Philippe Alliot off at the Sudkurve chicane.Alliot had changed to slicks to exploit the developing dry line and would have been in a promising position had the track continued to dry. Nannini had been in 3rd and then 4th place consistently until he had to pit on lap 38 to have a broken throttle bracket repaired.He rejoined 4 laps down and despite finishing only 18th,chalked up the fastest lap of the race. Ferrari came home in 3rd and 4th hampered with fuel consumption whilst Ivan Capelli drove superbly with no clutch for 30 laps to come home 5th.Thierry Boutsen gained an excellent point for 6th place in a car set up for the dry. Nigel Mansell retired from 7th with a spin after a broken bolt had jammed his gearbox.Bernd Schneider earned his first Grand Prix finish in 12th in his home race.

[edit] Notes

Fastest Lap: Alessandro Nannini 2'3.032

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