1988 Austrian Grand Prix

The 1988 Austrian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at the Österreichring on 7th August 1988. It was the ninth race in both the 1988 Drivers' Championship and the 1988 Constructors' Championship.
== Race Summary ==
Polesitter Danilo Koren got away well and maintained the lead whilst the two Ferrari's of Dingley and Wilson battled for second place. Wilson slipstreamed his way past Dingley into the Bosch Kurve and started to gain on Koren. Further back, the races of Humberto Ribeiro and Eduardo Marques came to a premature end off the line. Marques lost control of his Zakspeed as he was accelerating and crashed into Ribeiro, ending their races after just a few metres. 
Soren Vinter and Hugo Kovacs had contact into the Bosch Kurve when Vinter attempted to pass Kovacs down the inside, resulting in Kovacs hitting the outside barrier and retiring from the race. Vinter would retire half a lap later when he span on the exit of the chicane. He attempted to rejoin the circuit but joined into the path of McLaren's Fabiano Margheriti. Margheriti slammed into the stationary Williams and broke his leg in the impact, with Vinter also getting hurt.
The remaining McLaren car of Santiago Reyes was running well until he was forced to avoid the spinning William O'Conner on lap five. Reyes lost control and ran off track before retiring his car.
Dingley overtook Wilson when the tyres started to wear more, before going on to catch the race leader Koren. He attempted to undercut Koren in the pitstop phase but Koren just maintained the lead when he stopped for tyres and eventually went on to win the race, just half a second ahead of Dingley. Wilson finished third whilst the March team had a great result with fourth and fifth place finishes.
== Classification ==
== Championship Standings ==
Pos	Driver 	Points
1 	Chuck Dingley 	96
2 	Jack Wilson 	75
3 	Fabiano Margheriti	61
4 	William O'Conner 	50
5 	Santiago Reyes 	37
Pos	Constructor	Points
1 	Ferrari 	186
2 	McLaren 	107
3 	Williams 	65
4 	Lotus 	54
5 	Benetton 	40
== Lap Leaders ==
Danilo Koren (Laps 1-27)
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