1988 season/Round 7
French Grand Prix 1988
- Paul Ricard
- Le Castellet
- 3 July 1988
- 80 laps
- 305 km
- 3.813 km a lap
- P1Alain ProstMcLaren1:37:37.328
- P2Ayrton SennaMcLaren+31.752
- P3Michele AlboretoFerrari+1:06.505
- Pole positionAlain ProstMcLaren · 1:07.589
- Fastest lapAlain Prost1:11.737 · lap 45
- Winner started fromP1on the grid
Result
A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.
Qualifying
Fastest laps
Each driver's quickest lap of the race.
| Pos | Driver | Lap | Time | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost | 45 | 1:11.737 | |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna | 8 | 1:11.856 | +0.119 |
| 3 | Gerhard Berger | 25 | 1:11.866 | +0.129 |
| 4 | Michele Alboreto | 46 | 1:12.002 | +0.265 |
| 5 | Nelson Piquet | 54 | 1:12.357 | +0.620 |
| 6 | Alessandro Nannini | 70 | 1:12.570 | +0.833 |
| 7 | Andrea de Cesaris | 54 | 1:12.814 | +1.077 |
| 8 | Alex Caffi | 48 | 1:12.970 | +1.233 |
| 9 | Satoru Nakajima | 70 | 1:12.979 | +1.242 |
| 10 | Ivan Capelli | 52 | 1:13.143 | +1.406 |
Championship after this race
The official standings after round 7. Arrows show the change against the round before.
| Pos | Driver | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost | 54 | |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna | 39 | |
| 3 | Gerhard Berger | 21 | |
| 4 | Michele Alboreto | 13 | ▲2 |
| 4 | Nelson Piquet | 13 | |
| 6 | Thierry Boutsen | 11 | ▼2 |
| 7 | Derek Warwick | 8 | |
| 8 | Jonathan Palmer | 5 | |
| 9 | Andrea de Cesaris | 3 | |
| 10 | Ivan Capelli | 2 |