1988 season/Round 15
Japanese Grand Prix 1988
- Suzuka
- 30 October 1988
- 51 laps
- 298.9 km
- 5.860 km a lap
- Title decided here
- P1Ayrton SennaMcLaren1:33:26.173
- P2Alain ProstMcLaren+13.363
- P3Thierry BoutsenBenetton+36.109
- Pole positionAyrton SennaMcLaren · 1:41.853
- Fastest lapAyrton Senna1:46.326 · lap 33
- 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 | Ayrton Senna | 33 | 1:46.326 | |
| 2 | Alain Prost | 44 | 1:46.482 | +0.156 |
| 3 | Thierry Boutsen | 22 | 1:47.161 | +0.835 |
| 4 | Ivan Capelli | 11 | 1:47.375 | +1.049 |
| 5 | Alessandro Nannini | 34 | 1:47.991 | +1.665 |
| 6 | Jonathan Palmer | 41 | 1:48.138 | +1.812 |
| 7 | Riccardo Patrese | 32 | 1:48.289 | +1.963 |
| 8 | Nigel Mansell | 23 | 1:48.317 | +1.991 |
| 9 | Nelson Piquet | 23 | 1:48.402 | +2.076 |
| 10 | Gerhard Berger | 25 | 1:48.655 | +2.329 |
Championship after this race
The official standings after round 15. Arrows show the change against the round before.
| Pos | Driver | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayrton Senna | 87 | ▲1 |
| 2 | Alain Prost | 84 | ▼1 |
| 3 | Gerhard Berger | 41 | |
| 4 | Thierry Boutsen | 25 | ▲1 |
| 5 | Michele Alboreto | 24 | ▼1 |
| 6 | Nelson Piquet | 18 | |
| 7 | Derek Warwick | 17 | |
| 8 | Ivan Capelli | 16 | |
| 9 | Nigel Mansell | 12 | |
| 10 | Alessandro Nannini | 12 |