1988 San Marino Grand Prix

The 1988 San Marino Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Imola, Italy on 1st May 1988. It was the second race in both the 1988 Drivers' Championship and the 1988 Constructors' Championship.
== Qualifying ==
Eduardo Ventura carried on his strong form in Imola by taking pole position by over six tenths over Chuck Dingley. Hideki Takeda, who replaced Stefan Wolff at Lotus for the remainder of the season, qualified on the second row. 
== Race Summary ==
Dingley had a strong start due to starting on the soft tyres and lept into the lead, followed by Ventura and Wilson. Vinter and Pinho collided shortly after the race start after Pinho cut across the front of Vinter's Williams, prematurely ending both of their races.
McLaren's Fabiano Margheriti struggled on the first lap and went off at Piratella, picking up damage. He was forced to retire his car on just the second lap due to an electrical failure.
Catherine Smythe had a heavy crash at Tamburello on lap 14 but walked away without injury. The team suspected that a slow puncture had caused the crash.
The front three had quickly pulled away from the rest of the pack and were a class of their own for the remainder of the race. Dingley's strategy forced him to pit twice, whilst Ventura and Wilson were only stopping once. Ventura's pace advantage allowed him to coast until the end of the race with Wilson trailing around ten seconds behind. Dingley pitted a lap later than his teammate Wilson and chased him down until the final lap when he eventually passed Wilson with a daring move into Tosa. Ventura won the race, followed by Dingley and Wilson. Hideki Takeda finished in an impressive fourth place on his Grand Prix debut.
== Classification ==
== Post-Race ==
Alexsandro Pinho was deemed to have caused the incident with Vinter and was penalised with a qualifying ban for the next race, the Monaco Grand Prix.
== Championship Standings ==
Pos	Driver 	Points
1 	Chuck Dingley 	27
2 	Eduardo Ventura 	15
3 	Fabiano Margheriti	12
4 	Skylar West 	12
5 	Jack Wilson 	10
Pos	Constructor	Points
1 	Ferrari 	37
2 	McLaren 	27
3 	Lotus 	18
4 	Benetton 	16
5 	Ligier 	12
==Lap Leaders==
Chuck Dingley (Laps 1, 3-8, 16)
Eduardo Ventura (Laps 2, 9-14, 17-26
Jack Wilson (Lap 15)
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