1988 Monaco Grand Prix

The 46e Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco, otherwise known as the 1988 Monaco Grand Prix, was the third round of the FIA Formula One World Championship, staged at the Circuit de Monaco on the 15 May 1988.'Monaco GP, 1988', grandprix.com, (Inside F1 Inc., 2015), http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr455.html, (Accessed 08/04/2019) The race would see Alain Prost inherit an unlikely victory after a poor start, as teammate Ayrton Senna embarrassingly crashed in the closing stages while holding a big lead.
It was Senna who dominated during qualifying, beating teammate Prost by 1.427 seconds to claim pole position. Another huge gap then followed before the appearance of Gerhard Berger in third, with the Austrian's some 2.687 seconds off of Senna's pole time.
The start of the race would see Senna dart into an instant lead, aided by the fact that Prost missed a gear change. The Frenchman therefore dropped behind Berger's Ferrari on the run to Sainte Devote, allowing Senna to escape up the road.
Indeed, Senna put in a series of crushing laps during the opening stages, with Prost unable to find a way past Berger. Indeed, the Frenchman would briefly be threatened by Berger's teammate Michele Alboreto in his search to grab second, although he and Berger would eventually pull clear of the Italian.
Elsewhere, Nigel Mansell would battle with Alboreto for fourth in the , and duly eased ahead of the Ferrari as Berger and Prost battled ahead. World Champion Nelson Piquet, meanwhile, would become an early retirement after a clash with Eddie Cheever, while a promising run for Alessandro Nannini in sixth was curtailed by a gearbox failure.
Indeed, barring accident or incident there would be no changes to the order until lap 54, when Prost finally elbowed his way past Berger at Sainte Devote. The Frenchman duly charged away to catch Senna, although with 50 seconds between himself and the Brazilian there was little hope of him doing so.
Senna duly upped his pace in response to Prost's move into second, resulting in boss Ron Dennis radioing him to tell him to slow down with eleven laps to go. Unfortunately for the McLaren-Honda team that call came too late, for Senna would smash into the barriers at Portier all on his own, with a disconsolate Brazilian duly walking back to his Monaco apartment.
Prost, meanwhile, was left to cruise through to claim the race win, twenty seconds clear of Berger in second. The Austrian was followed across the line by teammate Alboreto, who had elbowed Mansell into the barriers at the Swimming Pool mid-race, with Derek Warwick, Jonathan Palmer and Riccardo Patrese securing the rest of the points.
==Background==
Alain Prost had seen his Championship lead grow last time out in San Marino, moving six clear of his second placed teammate Ayrton Senna. Indeed, the Brazilian's victory in Imola had catapulted him right up to the front of the field, ahead of Gerhard Berger and Nelson Piquet, while Thierry Boutsen completed the top five. Derek Warwick, Michele Alboreto, Alessandro Nannini and Satoru Nakajima were the other early-season scorers.
In the Constructors' Championship it was, unsurprisingly, that led the charge arriving in Monte Carlo, having already established a fourteen point lead. Indeed, were the only team within a race weekend's worth of points of the Anglo-Japanese squad, and just a point ahead of third placed . , meanwhile, had moved ahead of , with those five constructors the only scorers prior to the trip to Monaco.
===Entry list===
The full entry list for the is outlined below:
No. 	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor 	Chassis 	Engine 	Model 	Tyre
1 	Nelson Piquet 	Camel Team Lotus Honda 	 	100T 	 	RA168E 1.5 V6t 	
2 	Satoru Nakajima 	Camel Team Lotus Honda 	 	100T 	 	RA168E 1.5 V6t 	
3 	Jonathan Palmer 	Tyrrell Racing Organisation 	 	017 	 	DFZ 3.5 V8 	
4 	Julian Bailey 	Tyrrell Racing Organisation 	 	017 	 	DFZ 3.5 V8 	
5 	Nigel Mansell 	Canon Williams Team 	 	FW12 	 	CV 3.5 V8 	
6 	Riccardo Patrese 	Canon Williams Team 	 	FW12 	 	CV 3.5 V8 	
9 	Piercarlo Ghinzani 	West Zakspeed Racing 	 	881 	 	1500/4 1.5 L4t 	
10 	Bernd Schneider 	West Zakspeed Racing 	 	881 	 	1500/4 1.5 L4t 	
11 	Alain Prost 	Honda Marlboro McLaren 	 	MP4/4 	 	RA168E 1.5 V6t 	
12 	Ayrton Senna 	Honda Marlboro McLaren 	 	MP4/4 	 	RA168E 1.5 V6t 	
14 	Philippe Streiff 	Team El Charro AGS 	 	JH23 	 	DFZ 3.5 V8 	
15 	Maurício Gugelmin 	Leyton House March Racing Team 	 	881 	 	CV 3.5 V8 	
16 	Ivan Capelli 	Leyton House March Racing Team 	 	881 	 	CV 3.5 V8 	
17 	Derek Warwick 	USF&G Arrows Megatron 	 	A10B 	 	M12/13 1.5 L4t 	
18 	Eddie Cheever 	USF&G Arrows Megatron 	 	A10B 	 	M12/13 1.5 L4t 	
19 	Alessandro Nannini 	Benetton Formula Ltd. 	 	B188 	 	DFR 3.5 V8 	
20 	Thierry Boutsen 	Benetton Formula Ltd. 	 	B188 	 	DFR 3.5 V8 	
21 	Nicola Larini 	Osella Squadra Corse 	 	FA1L 	 	890T 1.5 V8t 	
22 	Andrea de Cesaris 	Rial Racing 	 	ARC1 	 	DFZ 3.5 V8 	
23 	Adrián Campos 	Lois Minardi Team 	 	M188 	 	DFZ 3.5 V8 	
24 	Luis Pérez-Sala 	Lois Minardi Team 	 	M188 	 	DFZ 3.5 V8 	
25 	René Arnoux 	Equipe Ligier 	 	JS31 	 	CV 3.5 V8 	
26 	Stefan Johansson 	Equipe Ligier 	 	JS31 	 	CV 3.5 V8 	
27 	Michele Alboreto 	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 	 	F187/88C 	 	033E 1.5 V6t 	
28 	Gerhard Berger 	Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC 	 	F187/88C 	 	033E 1.5 V6t 	
29 	Yannick Dalmas 	Larrousse & Camels F1 	 	LC88 	 	DFZ 3.5 V8 	
30 	Philippe Alliot 	Larrousse & Camels F1 	 	LC88 	 	DFZ 3.5 V8 	
31 	Gabriele Tarquini 	Coloni SpA 	 	FC188 	 	DFZ 3.5 V8 	
32 	Oscar Larrauri 	EuroBrun Racing 	 	ER188 	 	DFZ 3.5 V8 	
33 	Stefano Modena 	EuroBrun Racing 	 	ER188 	 	DFZ 3.5 V8 	
36 	Alex Caffi 	BMS Scuderia Italia 	 	188 	 	DFZ 3.5 V8 	
Source:'Monaco 1988: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2015), https://www.statsf1.com/en/1988/monaco/engages.aspx, (Accessed 08/04/2019)	Source:'Monaco 1988: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2015), https://www.statsf1.com/en/1988/monaco/engages.aspx, (Accessed 08/04/2019)	Source:'Monaco 1988: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2015), https://www.statsf1.com/en/1988/monaco/engages.aspx, (Accessed 08/04/2019)	Source:'Monaco 1988: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2015), https://www.statsf1.com/en/1988/monaco/engages.aspx, (Accessed 08/04/2019)	Source:'Monaco 1988: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2015), https://www.statsf1.com/en/1988/monaco/engages.aspx, (Accessed 08/04/2019)	Source:'Monaco 1988: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2015), https://www.statsf1.com/en/1988/monaco/engages.aspx, (Accessed 08/04/2019)	Source:'Monaco 1988: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2015), https://www.statsf1.com/en/1988/monaco/engages.aspx, (Accessed 08/04/2019)	Source:'Monaco 1988: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2015), https://www.statsf1.com/en/1988/monaco/engages.aspx, (Accessed 08/04/2019)
==Practice Overview==
==Qualifying==
===Thursday Qualifying===
===Saturday Qualifying===
===Qualifying Results===
The full qualifying results for the are outlined below:
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor 	Time 	Time 	Gap
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor 	Q1 	Q2 	Gap
1 	12 	Ayrton Senna 	 	1:26.464 	1:23.998 	—
2 	11 	Alain Prost 	 	1:28.375 	1:25.425 	+1.427s
3 	28 	Gerhard Berger 	 	1:29.001 	1:26.685 	+2.687s
4 	27 	Michele Alboreto 	 	1:29.931 	1:27.297 	+3.299s
5 	5 	Nigel Mansell 	 	1:28.475 	1:27.665 	+3.667s
6 	19 	Alessandro Nannini 	 	1:29.093 	1:27.869 	+3.871s
7 	17 	Derek Warwick 	 	1:29.928 	1:27.872 	+3.874s
8 	6 	Riccardo Patrese 	 	1:29.130 	1:28.016 	+4.018s
9 	18 	Eddie Cheever 	 	1:32.889 	1:28.227 	+4.229s
10 	3 	Jonathan Palmer 	 	1:30.679 	1:28.358 	+4.360s
11 	1 	Nelson Piquet 	 	1:30.924 	1:28.403 	+4.405s
12 	14 	Philippe Streiff 	 	1:29.597 	1:28.527 	+4.529s
13 	30 	Philippe Alliot 	 	1:31.375 	1:28.536 	+4.538s
14 	15 	Maurício Gugelmin 	 	1:32.148 	1:28.610 	+4.612s
15 	24 	Luis Pérez-Sala 	 	1:31.662 	1:28.625 	+4.627s
16 	20 	Thierry Boutsen 	 	1:29.539 	1:28.640 	+4.642s
17 	36 	Alex Caffi 	 	1:33.691 	1:29.075 	+5.077s
18 	32 	Oscar Larrauri 	 	1:31.861 	1:29.093 	+5.095s
19 	22 	Andrea de Cesaris 	 	1:33.183 	1:29.298 	+5.300s
20 	25 	René Arnoux 	 	1:31.964 	1:29.480 	+5.482s
21 	29 	Yannick Dalmas 	 	1:33.158 	1:29.601 	+5.603s
22 	16 	Ivan Capelli 	 	1:35.216 	1:29.603 	+5.605s
23 	9 	Piercarlo Ghinzani 	 	1:33.005 	1:30.121 	+6.213s
24 	31 	Gabriele Tarquini 	 	1:32.792 	1:30.252 	+6.254s
25 	21 	Nicola Larini 	 	1:36.705 	1:30.335 	+6.337s
26 	26 	Stefan Johansson 	 	1:36.036 	1:30.505 	+6.507s
DNQ 	2 	Satoru Nakajima 	 	1:30.611 	1:31.573 	+6.613s
DNQ 	10 	Bernd Schneider 	 	1:33.585 	1:30.613 	+6.615s
DNQ 	23 	Adrián Campos 	 	1:32.627 	1:30.793 	+6.795s
DNQ 	4 	Julian Bailey 	 	1:34.192 	1:30.816 	+6.818s
EXC* 	33 	Stefano Modena 	 	Excluded 	Excluded 	Excluded
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*T Indicates a driver used their test/spare car to set their best time in that session.
*Bold indicates a driver's best/qualifying time.
** Modena was excluded from the results of the entire weekend after missing a weight check.
===Grid===
** Arnoux would start the race from the pit lane.
==Race==
===Report===
===Results===
The full results for the are outlined below:
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor 	Laps 	Time/Retired 	Grid 	Points
1 	11 	Alain Prost 	 	78 	1:57:17.077 	2 	9
2 	28 	Gerhard Berger 	 	78 	+20.453s 	3 	6
3 	27 	Michele Alboreto 	 	78 	+41.229s 	4 	4
4 	17 	Derek Warwick 	 	77 	+1 Lap 	7 	3
5 	3 	Jonathan Palmer 	 	77 	+1 Lap 	10 	2
6 	6 	Riccardo Patrese 	 	77 	+1 Lap 	8 	1
7 	29 	Yannick Dalmas 	 	77 	+1 Lap 	21 	
8 	20 	Thierry Boutsen 	 	76 	+2 Laps 	16 	
9 	21 	Nicola Larini 	 	75 	+3 Laps 	25 	
10 	16 	Ivan Capelli 	 	72 	+6 Laps 	22 	
Ret 	12 	Ayrton Senna 	 	66 	Accident 	1 	
Ret 	30 	Philippe Alliot 	 	50 	Collsion 	13 	
Ret 	15 	Maurício Gugelmin 	 	45 	Fuel system 	14 	
Ret 	9 	Piercarlo Ghinzani 	 	43 	Gearbox 	23 	
Ret 	19 	Alessandro Nannini 	 	38 	Gearbox 	6 	
Ret 	24 	Luis Pérez-Sala 	 	36 	Halfshaft 	15 	
Ret 	5 	Nigel Mansell 	 	32 	Collision 	5 	
Ret 	22 	Andrea de Cesaris 	 	28 	Engine 	19 	
Ret 	25T 	René Arnoux 	 	17 	Engine 	20 	
Ret 	32 	Oscar Larrauri 	 	14 	Brakes 	18 	
Ret 	18 	Eddie Cheever 	 	8 	Engine 	9 	
Ret 	26 	Stefan Johansson 	 	6 	Engine 	26 	
Ret 	31 	Gabriele Tarquini 	 	5 	Suspension 	24 	
Ret 	1 	Nelson Piquet 	 	1 	Collision 	11 	
Ret 	36 	Alex Caffi 	 	0 	Spin 	17 	
Ret 	14 	Philippe Streiff 	 	0 	Throttle 	12 	
DNQ 	2 	Satoru Nakajima 	 	 	 	 	
DNQ 	10 	Bernd Schneider 	 	 	 	 	
DNQ 	23 	Adrián Campos 	 	 	 	 	
DNQ 	4 	Julian Bailey 	 	 	 	 	
EXC 	33 	Stefano Modena 	 	 	 	 	
Source:'Monaco 1988: Result', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2016), https://www.statsf1.com/en/1988/monaco/classement.aspx, (Accessed 08/04/2019)	Source:'Monaco 1988: Result', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2016), https://www.statsf1.com/en/1988/monaco/classement.aspx, (Accessed 08/04/2019)	Source:'Monaco 1988: Result', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2016), https://www.statsf1.com/en/1988/monaco/classement.aspx, (Accessed 08/04/2019)	Source:'Monaco 1988: Result', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2016), https://www.statsf1.com/en/1988/monaco/classement.aspx, (Accessed 08/04/2019)	Source:'Monaco 1988: Result', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2016), https://www.statsf1.com/en/1988/monaco/classement.aspx, (Accessed 08/04/2019)	Source:'Monaco 1988: Result', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2016), https://www.statsf1.com/en/1988/monaco/classement.aspx, (Accessed 08/04/2019)	Source:'Monaco 1988: Result', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2016), https://www.statsf1.com/en/1988/monaco/classement.aspx, (Accessed 08/04/2019)	Source:'Monaco 1988: Result', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2016), https://www.statsf1.com/en/1988/monaco/classement.aspx, (Accessed 08/04/2019)
*T Indicates a driver used their test/spare car.
==Milestones==
* 20th entry for Alex Caffi.'1988 Monaco GP', chicanef1.com, (Chicane F1, 2014), http://www.chicanef1.com/racetit.pl?year=1988&gp=Monaco%20GP&r=1, (Accessed 08/04/2019)
* 30th victory for Alain Prost.'3. Monaco 1988', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2014), https://www.statsf1.com/en/1988/monaco.aspx, (Accessed 08/04/2019)
* secured their 58th win as a constructor.
** It was also their 150th podium finish.
** Engine partners claimed their 30th victory.
* Michele Alboreto secured his twentieth podium finish.
* Ayrton Senna recorded the 40th fastest lap set by a McLaren chassis.
==Standings==
Victory for the second time in three races left Alain Prost with a healthy ten point lead in the Championship, meaning the Frenchman could already afford to miss an entire weekend. Gerhard Berger, meanwhile, had moved up into second ahead of Ayrton Senna, while Nelson Piquet retained fourth. The top five was then completed by Michele Alboreto, with eleven drivers in total already on the board.
In the Constructors' Championship, meanwhile, had managed to chip into 's lead, although the Anglo-Japanese squad's advantage was still colossal. Indeed, McLaren-Honda were thirteen points ahead of the Scuderia at the end of the weekend, with another significant gap back to third placed . Elsewhere, and were on the board, meaning seven teams had scored in the opening three rounds.
 
World Championship for Drivers	World Championship for Drivers	World Championship for Drivers	World Championship for Drivers
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts. 	+/-
1 	Alain Prost 	24 	
2 	Gerhard Berger 	14 	1
3 	Ayrton Senna 	9 	1
4 	Nelson Piquet 	8 	
5 	Michele Alboreto 	6 	2
6 	Derek Warwick 	6 	
7 	Thierry Boutsen 	3 	2
8 	Jonathan Palmer 	2 	8
9 	Satoru Nakajima 	1 	1
10 	Alessandro Nannini 	1 	1
11 	Riccardo Patrese 	1 	4
World Championship for Constructors	World Championship for Constructors	World Championship for Constructors	World Championship for Constructors
Pos. 	Team 	Pts. 	+/-
1 	 	33 	
2 	 	20 	
3 	 	9 	
4 	 	6 	1
5 	 	4 	1
6 	 	2 	5
7 	 	1 	3
Only point scoring drivers and constructors are shown.
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