1988 season/Round 4
Mexican Grand Prix 1988
- Hermanos Rodríguez
- Mexico City
- 29 May 1988
- 67 laps
- 296.2 km
- 4.421 km a lap
- P1Alain ProstMcLaren1:30:15.737
- P2Ayrton SennaMcLaren+7.104
- P3Gerhard BergerFerrari+57.314
- Pole positionAyrton SennaMcLaren · 1:17.468
- Fastest lapAlain Prost1:18.608 · lap 52
- Winner started fromP2on 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 | 52 | 1:18.608 | |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna | 53 | 1:18.776 | +0.168 |
| 3 | Nelson Piquet | 52 | 1:20.124 | +1.516 |
| 4 | Gerhard Berger | 37 | 1:20.160 | +1.552 |
| 5 | Michele Alboreto | 57 | 1:20.186 | +1.578 |
| 6 | Eddie Cheever | 52 | 1:21.056 | +2.448 |
| 7 | Derek Warwick | 51 | 1:21.068 | +2.460 |
| 8 | Ivan Capelli | 45 | 1:22.375 | +3.767 |
| 9 | Satoru Nakajima | 27 | 1:22.477 | +3.869 |
| 10 | Alessandro Nannini | 57 | 1:22.483 | +3.875 |
Championship after this race
The official standings after round 4. Arrows show the change against the round before.
| Pos | Driver | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost | 33 | |
| 2 | Gerhard Berger | 18 | |
| 3 | Ayrton Senna | 15 | |
| 4 | Michele Alboreto | 9 | ▲1 |
| 5 | Nelson Piquet | 8 | ▼1 |
| 6 | Derek Warwick | 8 | |
| 7 | Thierry Boutsen | 3 | |
| 8 | Jonathan Palmer | 2 | |
| 9 | Alessandro Nannini | 1 | |
| 9 | Eddie Cheever | 1 |