1988 Monaco Grand Prix

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Results from the 1988 Formula One Monaco Grand Prix held at Monaco on May 15, 1988

[edit] Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Alain Prost	McLaren-Honda	78	57:17.0	2	9
2	28	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	78	20.453	3	6
3	27	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	78	41.229	4	4
4	17	Derek Warwick	Arrows-Megatron	77	+ 1 Lap	7	3
5	3	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell-Ford	77	+ 1 Lap	10	2
6	6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams-Judd	77	+ 1 Lap	8	1
7	29	Yannick Dalmas	Larrousse-Ford	77	+ 1 Lap	21
8	20	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton-Ford	76	+ 2 Laps	16
9	21	Nicola Larini	Osella	75	+ 3 Laps	25
10	16	Ivan Capelli	March-Judd	72	+ 6 Laps	22
Ret	12	Ayrton Senna	McLaren-Honda	66	Spun Off	1
Ret	30	Philippe Alliot	Larrousse-Ford	50	Collision	13
Ret	15	Mauricio Gugelmin	March-Judd	45	Fuel System	14
Ret	9	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	43	Gearbox	23
Ret	19	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton-Ford		Gearbox
Ret	24	Luis Perez-Sala	Minardi-Ford		Halfshaft
Ret	5	Nigel Mansell	Williams-Judd		Collision
Ret	22	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial-Ford		Engine
Ret	25	René Arnoux	Ligier-Judd		Engine
Ret	32	Oscar Larrauri	Euro Brun-Ford		Brakes
Ret	18	Eddie Cheever	Arrows-Megatron		Engine
Ret	26	Stefan Johansson	Ligier-Judd		Engine
Ret	31	Gabriele Tarquini	Coloni-Ford		Suspension
Ret	1	Nelson Piquet	Lotus-Honda		Collision
Ret	36	Alex Caffi	Dallara-Ford		Spun Off
Ret	14	Philippe Streiff	AGS-Ford		Throttle
DSQ	33	Stefano Modena	Euro Brun-Ford		Excluded
DNQ	2	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus-Honda
DNQ	10	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed
DNQ	23	Adrian Campos	Minardi-Ford

[edit] Race summary

The McLaren team had dominated qualifying,with Ayrton Senna gaining pole by 1.4 seconds from Alain Prost and 3.5 seconds ahead of the highest placed non-turbo car.Senna led from the start,with Gerhard Berger in the Ferrari having overtaken Prost when he missed a gearchange.The first corner at St.Devote saw the usual variety of casualties-Alex Caffi hit the wall,Philippe Streiff retired the AGS from a stunning 12th place on the grid when an accelerator cable broke,and Nelson Piquet retired after colliding with Eddie Cheever.The order of Senna-Berger-Nigel Mansell-Michele Alboreto-Alessandro Nannini was maintained until lap 33 when Alboreto took Mansell off with a late passing manoeuvre.On lap 51,there was drama at the Mirabeau turn when Philippe Alliot in the Lola had a violent collision with Riccardo Patrese's Williams.By lap 54 Prost had worn Berger down and took second place.He then traded fastest laps with Senna.Reassured by team manager Ron Dennis that his lead was safe,Senna slowed down.This was to be his downfall,as on lap 67 he lost concentration and spun into the barrier at Portier meaning that the race was won,for the 4th time in 5 years by Prost.The Ferraris took 2nd and 3rd with Derek Warwick putting in a fine drive to finish 4th after a race-long battle with Jonathan Palmer.Patrese recovered from his collision to gain the final point by passing the other Lola-that of Yannick Dalmas on the last lap.

[edit] Notes

Fastest Lap: Ayrton Senna 1'26.321

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