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
Season review
1988 Constructors Championship final standings
Place | Constructor | Chassis | Engine | Tyre | Points | Wins | Podiums | Poles |
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1 | McLaren-Honda | MP4/4 | Honda RA186E | G | 199 | 15 | 25 | 15 |
2 | Ferrari | F1-87/88C | Ferrari 033E | G | 65 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
3 | Benetton-Ford | B188 | Ford DFR | G | 39 | 7 | ||
4 | Arrows-Megatron | A10B | (BMW) Megatron M12/13 | G | 23 | 1 | ||
5 | Lotus-Honda | 100T | Honda RA186E | G | 23 | 3 | ||
6 | March-Judd | 881 | Judd CV | G | 22 | 2 | ||
7 | Williams-Judd | FW12 | Judd CV | G | 20 | 2 | ||
8 | Tyrrell-Ford | 017 | Ford DFZ | G | 5 | |||
9 | Rial-Ford | ARC1 | Ford DFZ | G | 3 | |||
10 | Minardi-Ford | M188 | Ford DFZ | G | 1 | |||
11 | Zakspeed | 881 881B |
Zakspeed 1500/4 | G | ||||
12 | Coloni-Ford | FC188 FC188B |
Ford DFZ | G | ||||
13 | Ligier-Judd | JS31 | Judd CV | G | ||||
14 | Osella-Alfa Romeo | FA1I FA1L |
Alfa Romeo 890T | G | ||||
15 | Lola-Ford | LC88 | Ford DFZ | G | ||||
16 | Dallara-Ford | 3087 F188 |
Ford DFV Ford DFZ |
G | ||||
17 | AGS-Ford | JH23 | Ford DFZ | G | ||||
18 | Euro Brun-Ford | ER188 | Ford DFZ | G |
1988 Drivers Championship final standings
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- 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.
1988 Formula One World Championship Media
Ayrton Senna won the first of his three Drivers' Championships in 1988, in his first year with McLaren
Ayrton Senna won eight races in his McLaren-Honda en route to first Drivers' Championship.
Alain Prost was narrowly beaten by McLaren teammate Senna, having won seven races.
Gerhard Berger finished third in the Drivers' Championship, and Ferrari were runners-up in the Constructors' Championship, but both were a long way behind McLaren and its drivers.