1988 French Grand Prix

The 1988 French Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Paul Ricard on 3rd July 1988. It was the sixth race in both the 1988 Drivers' Championship and the 1988 Constructors' Championship.
== Background ==
Team Lotus entered adminstration shortly before the race weekend due to funding issues. This left their drivers Santiago Reyes and Hideki Takeda without seats, although Reyes was quick to pick up the second seat at McLaren after their main driver Eduardo Ventura crashed heavily at a Silverstone test.
== Qualifying ==
Chuck Dingley just about managed to take pole position ahead of the new McLaren driver Santiago Reyes and Alexsandro Pinho.
== Race Summary ==
Dingley pulled away at the front and was unchallenged for the rest of the race. Further back, there was a tight battle for the podium between Margheriti, Reyes, and O'Connor. Margheriti was still ahead after everyone stopped for tyres but was caught quickly by Reyes and O'Connor who were both on the soft tyres. In order to not hold each other up, Ron Dennis implemented team orders and asked Margheriti to let Reyes through. Margheriti was reluctant to follow the order and battled with Reyes for a lap before eventually letting him past. Reyes went on to finish second to a distant Dingley, with Margheriti in third.
== Classification ==
== Championship Standings ==
Pos	Driver 	Points
1 	Chuck Dingley 	57
2 	Fabiano Margheriti	46
3 	Jack Wilson 	43
4 	William O'Conner 	42
5 	Hideki Takeda 	35
Pos	Constructor	Points
1 	Ferrari 	115
2 	McLaren 	86
3 	Lotus 	54
4 	Williams 	43
5 	Ligier 	30
== Lap Leaders ==
Chuck Dingley (Laps 1-35)
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