1988 Formula One World Championship

The **1988 Formula One season** was the 39th of the championship. The champion was Ayrton Senna in a close battle.

## Drivers & Constructors

The following drivers and constructors competed in the 1988 season

|Entrant|Constructor|Chassis|Engine|Tyre|No|Driver|||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="2"|Camel Team Lotus Honda|rowspan="2"|Lotus|rowspan="2"|Lotus 100T|rowspan="2"|Honda|rowspan="2"||1|Nelson Piquet||
|2|Satoru Nakajima||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|Tyrell Racing Organization|rowspan="2"|Tyrrell|rowspan="2"|Tyrrell 017|rowspan="2"|Ford Cosworth|rowspan="2"||3|Jonathan Palmer||
|4|Julian Bailey||||||||||||
|rowspan="4"|Williams Grand Prix Engineering|rowspan="4"|WilliamsF1|rowspan="4"|Williams FW12|rowspan="4"|Judd|rowspan="4"||rowspan="3"|5|Nigel Mansell|
|Martin Brundle|||||||||||||
|Jean-Louis Schlesser|||||||||||||
|6|Riccardo Patrese||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|Zakspeed Racing|rowspan="2"|Zakspeed|rowspan="2"|Zakspeed 881|rowspan="2"|Zakspeed|rowspan="2"||9|Piercarlo Ghinzani||
|10|Bernd Schneider||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|Marlboro McLaren International Honda|rowspan="2"|McLaren|rowspan="2"|McLaren MP4/4|rowspan="2"|Honda|rowspan="2"||11|Ayrton Senna||
|12|Alain Prost||||||||||||
|Team AGS|AGS|AGS JH22 AGS JH23|Ford Cosworth||14|Philippe Streiff|||||||
|rowspan="2"|Leyton House March Racing Team|rowspan="2"|March|rowspan="2"|March 881|rowspan="2"|Judd|rowspan="2"||15|Mauricio Gugelmin||
|16|Ivan Capelli||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|Arrows Racing Team|rowspan="2"|Arrows|rowspan="2"|Arrows A10B|rowspan="2"|Megatron|rowspan="2"||17|Derek Warwick||
|18|Eddie Cheever||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|Benetton Formula|rowspan="2"|Benetton|rowspan="2"|Benetton B188|rowspan="2"|Ford Cosworth|rowspan="2"||19|Alessandro Nannini||
|20|Thierry Boutsen||||||||||||
|Osella Squadra Corse|Osella|Osella FA1I Osella FA1L|Osella||21|Nicola Larini|||||||
|Rial Racing|Rial|Rial ARC1|Ford Cosworth||22|Andrea de Cesaris|||||||
|rowspan="3"|Minardi Team|rowspan="3"|Minardi|rowspan="3"|Minardi M188|rowspan="3"|Ford Cosworth|rowspan="3"||rowspan="2"|23|Adrian Campos|
|Pierluigi Martini|||||||||||||
|24|Luis Perez-Sala||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|Equipe Ligier|rowspan="2"|Ligier|rowspan="2"|Ligier JS31|rowspan="2"|Judd|rowspan="2"||25|René Arnoux||
|26|Stefan Johansson||||||||||||
|rowspan="2"|Scuderia Ferrari|rowspan="2"|Ferrari|rowspan="2"|Ferrari F187/88C|rowspan="2"|Scuderia Ferrari|rowspan="2"||27|Michele Alboreto||
|28|Gerhard Berger||||||||||||
|rowspan="4"|Larrousse & Calmels F1|rowspan="4"|Lola|rowspan="4"|Lola LC88|rowspan="4"|Ford Cosworth|rowspan="4"||rowspan="3"|29|Yannick Dalmas|
|Pierre-Henri Raphanel|||||||||||||
|Aguri Suzuki|||||||||||||
|30|Philippe Alliot||||||||||||
|Coloni Racing|Coloni|Coloni FC188 Coloni FC188B|Ford Cosworth||31|Gabriele Tarquini|||||||
|rowspan="2"|Eurobrun Racing|rowspan="2"|Euro Brun|rowspan="2"|Euro Brun ER188|rowspan="2"|Ford Cosworth|rowspan="2"||32|Oscar Larrauri||
|33|Stefano Modena||||||||||||
|Scuderia Italia|Dallara|Dallara 188|Ford Cosworth||36|Alex Caffi|||||||

## Season review

|Rnd|Grand Prix|Date|Location|Pole Position|Fastest Lap|Winning Driver|Constructor|Report|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Brazilian Grand Prix|3 April|Jacarepaguá|Ayrton Senna|Gerhard Berger|Alain Prost|McLaren-Honda|Report||
|San Marino Grand Prix|1 May|Imola|Ayrton Senna|Alain Prost|Ayrton Senna|McLaren-Honda|Report||
|Monaco Grand Prix|15 May|Monaco|Ayrton Senna|Ayrton Senna|Alain Prost|McLaren-Honda|Report||
|Mexican Grand Prix|29 May|Hermanos Rodríguez|Ayrton Senna|Alain Prost|Alain Prost|McLaren-Honda|Report||
|Canadian Grand Prix|12 June|Circuit Gilles Villeneuve|Ayrton Senna|Ayrton Senna|Ayrton Senna|McLaren-Honda|Report||
|Detroit Grand Prix|19 June|Detroit|Ayrton Senna|Alain Prost|Ayrton Senna|McLaren-Honda|Report||
|French Grand Prix|3 July|Paul Ricard|Alain Prost|Alain Prost|Alain Prost|McLaren-Honda|Report||
|British Grand Prix|10 July|Silverstone|Gerhard Berger|Nigel Mansell|Ayrton Senna|McLaren-Honda|Report||
|German Grand Prix|24 July|Hockenheimring|Ayrton Senna|Alessandro Nannini|Ayrton Senna|McLaren-Honda|Report||
|Hungarian Grand Prix|7 August|Hungaroring|Ayrton Senna|Alain Prost|Ayrton Senna|McLaren-Honda|Report||
|Belgian Grand Prix|28 August|Spa-Francorchamps|Ayrton Senna|Gerhard Berger|Ayrton Senna|McLaren-Honda|Report||
|Italian Grand Prix|11 September|Monza|Ayrton Senna|Michele Alboreto|Gerhard Berger|Ferrari|Report||
|Portuguese Grand Prix|25 September|Estoril|Alain Prost|Gerhard Berger|Alain Prost|McLaren-Honda|Report||
|Spanish Grand Prix|2 October|Jerez|Ayrton Senna|Alain Prost|Alain Prost|McLaren-Honda|Report||
|Japanese Grand Prix|30 October|Suzuka|Ayrton Senna|Ayrton Senna|Ayrton Senna|McLaren-Honda|Report||
|Australian Grand Prix|13 November|Adelaide|Ayrton Senna|Alain Prost|Alain Prost|McLaren-Honda|Report||

## 1988 Constructors Championship final standings

|Place|Constructor|Chassis|Engine|Tyre|Points|Wins|Podiums|Poles|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|McLaren-Honda|MP4/4|Honda RA186E||199|15|25|15|
|2|Ferrari|F1-87/88C|Ferrari 033E||65|1|8|1|
|3|Benetton-Ford|B188|Ford DFR||39||7||
|4|Arrows-Megatron|A10B|(BMW) Megatron M12/13||23||1||
|5|Lotus-Honda|100T|Honda RA186E||23||3||
|6|March-Judd|881|Judd CV||22||2||
|7|Williams-Judd|FW12|Judd CV||20||2||
|8|Tyrrell-Ford|017|Ford DFZ||5||||
|9|Rial-Ford|ARC1|Ford DFZ||3||||
|10|Minardi-Ford|M188|Ford DFZ||1||||
|11|Zakspeed|881 881B|Zakspeed 1500/4||||||
|12|Coloni-Ford|FC188 FC188B|Ford DFZ||||||
|13|Ligier-Judd|JS31|Judd CV||||||
|14|Osella-Alfa Romeo|FA1I FA1L|Alfa Romeo 890T||||||
|15|Lola-Ford|LC88|Ford DFZ||||||
|16|Dallara-Ford|3087 F188|Ford DFV Ford DFZ||||||
|17|AGS-Ford|JH23|Ford DFZ||||||
|18|Euro Brun-Ford|ER188|Ford DFZ||||||

## 1988 Drivers Championship final standings

|valign="middle"|Pos|valign="middle"|Driver|BRA|SMR|MON|MEX|CAN|USE|FRA|GBR|GER|HUN|BEL|ITA|POR|ESP|JPN|AUS|valign="middle"|Points||||||||||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%;"|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|Ayrton Senna|bgcolor="#000000" style="color: white"|DSQ|bgcolor="#ffffbf"|1|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"|2|bgcolor="#ffffbf"|1|bgcolor="#ffffbf"|1|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"|2|bgcolor="#ffffbf"|1|bgcolor="#ffffbf"|1|bgcolor="#ffffbf"|1|bgcolor="#ffffbf"|1|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|10|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|6|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|4|bgcolor="#ffffbf"|1|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"|2|align="right"|**90 (94)***|
|Alain Prost|bgcolor="#ffffbf"|1|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"|2|bgcolor="#ffffbf"|1|bgcolor="#ffffbf"|1|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"|2|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"|2|bgcolor="#ffffbf"|1|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"|2|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"|2|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"|2|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#ffffbf"|1|bgcolor="#ffffbf"|1|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"|2|bgcolor="#ffffbf"|1|align="right"|**87 (105)***|
|Gerhard Berger|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"|2|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|5|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"|2|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"|3|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|4|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|9|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"|3|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|4|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#ffffbf"|1|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|6|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|4|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|align="right"|**41**|
|Thierry Boutsen|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|7|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|4|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|8|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|8|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"|3|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"|3|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|6|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"|3|bgcolor="#000000" style="color: white"|DSQ|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|6|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"|3|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|9|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"|3|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|5|align="right"|**27**|
|Michele Alboreto|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|5|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|18|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"|3|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|4|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"|3|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|17|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|4|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"|2|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|5|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|11|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|align="right"|**24**|
|Nelson Piquet|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"|3|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"|3|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|4|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|5|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|5|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|8|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|4|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|8|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"|3|align="right"|**22**|
|Ivan Capelli|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|10|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|16|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|5|DNS|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|9|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|5|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"|3|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|5|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"|2|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|6|align="right"|**17**||
|Derek Warwick|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|4|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|9|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|4|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|5|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|7|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|6|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|7|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|5|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|4|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|4|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|align="right"|**17**|
|Nigel Mansell|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"|2|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|||bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"|2|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|align="right"|**12**|||
|Alessandro Nannini|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|6|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|7|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|6|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"|3|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|18|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#000000" style="color: white"|DSQ|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|9|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"|3|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|5|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|align="right"|**12**|
|Riccardo Patrese|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|13|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|6|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|8|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|6|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|7|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|5|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|6|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|4|align="right"|**8**|
|Eddie Cheever|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|8|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|7|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|6|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|11|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|7|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|10|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|6|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"|3|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|align="right"|**6**|
|Mauricio Gugelmin|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|15|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|8|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|4|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|8|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|5|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|8|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|7|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|10|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|align="right"|**5**|
|Jonathan Palmer|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|14|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|5|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|6|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|5|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|11|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|12|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|12|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|align="right"|**5**|
|Andrea de Cesaris|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|9|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|4|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|10|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|13|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|8|align="right"|**3**|
|Satoru Nakajima|bgcolor="#dfffdf"|6|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|8|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|11|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|7|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|10|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|9|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|7|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|7|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|align="right"|**1**|
|Pierluigi Martini||||||bgcolor="#dfffdf"|6|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|15|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|15|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|13|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|7|align="right"|**1**||||||
|Yannick Dalmas|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|12|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|7|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|9|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|7|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|13|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|13|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|19|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|9|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|11|||align="right"|**0**|||
|Alex Caffi|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNPQ|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret||bgcolor="#cfcfff"|8|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|12|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|11|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|15|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|8|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|7|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|10|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|align="right"|**0**||
|Martin Brundle|||||||||||bgcolor="#cfcfff"|7||||||align="right"|**0**||||||||||||||||
|Philippe Streiff|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|10|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|12|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|10|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|9|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|8|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|11|align="right"|**0**|
|Luis Perez-Sala|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|11|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|11|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|13|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|NC|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|10|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|8|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|12|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|15|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|align="right"|**0**|
|Gabriele Tarquini|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|14|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|8|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ||||bgcolor="#cfcfff"|13|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|11|||bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|align="right"|**0**||||||
|Philippe Alliot|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|17|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|10|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|14|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|12|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|9|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|14|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|9|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|10|align="right"|**0**|
|Stefan Johansson|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|9|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|10|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|11|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|9|align="right"|**0**|
|Julian Bailey|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret||bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|9|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|16|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|12|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|14|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|align="right"|**0**||
|Nicola Larini|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#000000" style="color: white"|DSQ|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|9|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|19|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret||bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|12|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNPQ|align="right"|**0**||
|René Arnoux|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|18|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|17|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|13|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|10|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|17|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|align="right"|**0**|
|Stefano Modena|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|NC|bgcolor="#000000" style="color: white"|DSQ|bgcolor="#000000" style="color: white"|DSQ|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|12|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|14|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|12|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|11|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|13|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|align="right"|**0**|
|Jean-Louis Schlesser||||||||||||bgcolor="#cfcfff"|11|||||align="right"|**0**||||||||||||||||
|Bernd Schneider|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ||bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|12|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|13|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|align="right"|**0**||
|Oscar Larrauri|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|13|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|16|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ||||bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|align="right"|**0**||||
|Piercarlo Ghinzani|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|15|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|14|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#000000" style="color: white"|DSQ|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|14|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|align="right"|**0**|
|Adrián Campos|bgcolor="#efcfff"|Ret|bgcolor="#cfcfff"|16|bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ||bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ||||||||||||align="right"|**0**|||||||||||||
|Aguri Suzuki|||||||||||||||bgcolor="#cfcfff"|16||align="right"|**0**||||||||||||||||
|Pierre-Henri Raphanel||||||||||||||||bgcolor="#ffcfcf"|DNQ|align="right"|**0**||||||||||||||||
|}|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
- **Only best 11 results counted toward the championship. Prost scored 105 points during the year, but only 87 points were counted toward the championship. Senna scored 94 points, with 90 points counted toward the championship. Thus, Senna became the World Champion, although he did not score most points over the course of the year.**

|Place|Driver|Number|Country|Points|Wins|Podiums|Poles|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Ayrton Senna|12|Brazil|90 (94)|8|11|13|
|2|Alain Prost|11|France|87 (105)|7|14|2|
|3|Gerhard Berger|28|Austria|41|1|5|1|
|4|Thierry Boutsen|20|Belgium|27||5||
|5|Michele Alboreto|27|Italy|24||3||
|6|Nelson Piquet|1|Brazil|22||3||
|7|Ivan Capelli|16|Italy|17||2||
|8|Derek Warwick|17|Britain|17||||
|9|Nigel Mansell|5|Britain|12||2||
|10|Alessandro Nannini|19|Italy|12||2||
|11|Riccardo Patrese|6|Italy|8||||
|12|Eddie Cheever|18|USA|6||1||
|13|Mauricio Gugelmin|15|Brazil|5||||
|14|Jonathan Palmer|3|Britain|5||||
|15|Andrea de Cesaris|22|Italy|3||||
|16|Satoru Nakajima|2|Japan|1||||
|17|Pierluigi Martini|23|Italy|1||||
|18|Yannick Dalmas|29|France|0||||
|19|Alex Caffi|36|Italy|0||||
|20|Martin Brundle|5|Britain|0||||
|21|Philippe Streiff|14|France|0||||
|22|Luis Perez-Sala|24|Spain|0||||
|23|Gabriele Tarquini|31|Italy|0||||
|24|Philippe Alliot|30|France|0||||
|25|Stefan Johansson|26|Sweden|0||||
|26|Julian Bailey|4|Britain|0||||
|27|Nicola Larini|21|Italy|0||||
|28|René Arnoux|25|France|0||||
|29|Stefano Modena|33|Italy|0||||
|30|Jean-Louis Schlesser|5|France|0||||
|31|Bernd Schneider|10|Germany|0||||
|32|Oscar Larrauri|32|Argentina|0||||
|33|Piercarlo Ghinzani|9|Italy|0||||
|34|Adrián Campos|23|Spain|0||||
|35|Aguri Suzuki|29|Japan|0||||
|—|Pierre-Henri Raphanel|29|France|0||||