1988 Alternate Formula One season

1988 Formula One season
Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler took the title by just 2 points over McLaren team-mate Gerhard Berger, despite Berger scoring more points over the course of the season.
Season
Races	16
Start date	26th March 1988
Start Event	Nestlé Brazilian Grand Prix
End date	6th November 1988
End Event	Template:AUS Foster's Australian Grand Prix
Awards
Driver's Champion	Template:FRA Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler
Constructor's Champion	Template:GBR McLaren-Honda
Seasons
Previous season	Next season
1987	1989

The 1988 Formula One season was the 39th Formula One World Championship season. Gerhard Berger and McLaren returned to defend their titles. With turbocharged engines being outlawed for 1989, 1988 was seen as a transition year by many teams who opted for only incremental updates to the previous year's chassis. For 1988, FISA reduced the permitted boost to 2.5 bar and the fuel limit was reduced to 150 liters. In response to this the manufacturers focused their attention on the new regulations for 1989, the consequence being that only Honda and Ferrari designed turbocharged engines fully adapted for the 1988 regulations with the rest of the grid using detuned turbocharged engines from 1987 or normally-aspirated engines.

McLaren's decision to switch from TAG power units to Honda engines for 1988 proved to be a decision of great consequence, as the McLaren-Honda combination swept to 10 victories in the hands of Berger and Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler. Despite receiving strong competition from Ferrari, whose driver pairing of Alain Prost and Ayrton Senna racked up 6 victories in total, Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler took the title by just 2 points over Berger, despite Berger scoring more points over the course of the season. The furore over Voeckler winning the title despite scoring less points led to the system of the best 11 scores counting towards the championship to be removed.

Teams and Drivers

Team	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	#	Driver	Rounds
Template:GBR Honda Marlboro McLaren	McLaren-Honda	MP4/4	Honda RA168E 1.5 V6t	1	Template:AUT Gerhard Berger	All
				2	Template:FRA Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	All
Template:GBR Tyrrell Racing Organisation	Tyrrell-Ford	017	Ford Cosworth GBA 1.5 V6t	3	Template:GBR Martin Brundle	All
				4	Template:GBR Jonathan Palmer	All
Template:GBR Canon Williams Honda Team	Williams-Honda	FW12	Honda RA168E 1.5 V6t	5	Template:GBR Nigel Mansell	1-10, 14-16
					Emerson Fittipaldi	11-13
				6	Kazuki Fushida	All
West Zakspeed Racing	Zakspeed	881	Zakspeed 1500/4 1.5 L4t	9	Alessandro Nannini	All
				10	Valentino Nicchi	All
Template:GBR Camel Team Lotus	Lotus-Ford	100	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	11	Template:FRA Guillaume Gauthier	All
				12	Template:GBR Derek Warwick	All
Template:FRA Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives	AGS-Ford	AGS JH22	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	14	Template:FRA Philippe Streiff	All
				15	Alex Caffi	All
Template:GBR USF&G Arrows Zakspeed	Arrows-Zakspeed	A11	Zakspeed 1500/4 1.5 L4t	17	Template:USA Brendon Cassidy	All
				18	Template:GBR Chris Dagnall	All
Template:GBR Benetton Formula Ltd	Benetton-Ford	B188	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	19	Template:BEL Thierry Boutsen	1-7, 11-16
					Template:GBR Robert Kagan	8-10
				20	Michele Alboreto	All
Osella Squadra Corse	Osella	FA1I	Osella 890T 1.5 V8t	21	Nicola Larini	All
				22	Oscar Larrauri	1-8
					Stefano Modena	9-16
Lois Minardi Team SpA	Minardi-Ford	M188	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	23	Pierluigi Martini	All
				24	Template:FRA Frédéric-Maxime Voeckler	All
Template:FRA Ligier Loto	Ligier-Judd	JS31	Judd CV 3.5 V8	25	Template:FRA René Arnoux	All
				26	Riccardo Patrese	All
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari	F1/88	Ferrari 033E 1.5 V6t	27	Ayrton Senna	All
				28	Template:FRA Alain Prost	All
Template:FRA Larrousse Calmels	Lola-Ford	LC88	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	29	Aguri Suzuki	1-8
					Template:GBR Harvey Jones	9-16
				30	Isabella Noriko	All
Enzo Coloni Racing Car System	Coloni-Ford	FC187	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	31	Roberto Moreno	All
				32	Arsenio Matarazzo	1-10
					Gabriele Tarquini	11-16

Season Calendar

	Race	Track	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Drive of the Race	Reject of the Race
1	Grande Prêmio Nestlé do Brasil	Autodromo Hermano da Silva Ramos	March 26	Ayrton Senna	Template:GBR Nigel Mansell	Template:FRA Alain Prost	Ferrari	Template:FRA AGS-Ford	Template:GBR Benetton-Ford
2	Gran Premio di San Marino	Autodromo Dino Ferrari	April 17	Template:FRA Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	Template:FRA Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	Template:FRA Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	Template:GBR McLaren-Honda	Kazuki Fushida	Template:GBR Derek Warwick
3	Grand Prix de Monaco	Circuit de Monaco	May 1	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna	Ferrari	Riccardo Patrese	Kazuki Fushida
4	Gran Premio de Mexico	Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez	May 15	Template:FRA Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	Ayrton Senna	Template:AUT Gerhard Berger	Template:GBR McLaren-Honda	Pierluigi Martini	Template:FRA Guillaume Gauthier
5	Grand Prix du Canada	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	May 29	Template:FRA Alain Prost	Template:AUT Gerhard Berger	Template:FRA Alain Prost	Ferrari	Template:FRA Guillaume Gauthier	Michele Alboreto
6	Template:USA Detroit Grand Prix	Detroit Street Circuit	June 5	Template:FRA Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	Template:FRA Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	Template:AUT Gerhard Berger	Template:GBR McLaren-Honda	Template:GBR Jonathan Palmer	Template:FRA Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler
7	Template:FRA Grand Prix de France	Circuit Paul Ricard	June 26	Template:FRA Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	Template:FRA Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	Template:AUT Gerhard Berger	Template:GBR McLaren-Honda	Template:FRA AGS-Ford	Ayrton Senna
8	Template:GBR Shell Oils British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit	July 3	Ayrton Senna	Template:FRA Alain Prost	Template:FRA Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	Template:GBR McLaren-Honda	Nicola Larini	Template:FRA Ligier-Judd
9	Großer Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland	Hockenheimring	July 24	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna	Template:FRA Alain Prost	Ferrari	Osella	Template:AUT Gerhard Berger
10	Magyar Nagydij	Hungaroring	August 7	Ayrton Senna	Template:FRA Alain Prost	Template:AUT Gerhard Berger	Template:GBR McLaren-Honda	Kazuki Fushida	Template:FRA Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler
11	Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Automotodrom Grobnik	August 14	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna	Template:FRA Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	Template:GBR McLaren-Honda	Emerson Fittipaldi	Ferrari
12	Soviet Grand Prix	Bikernieki Circuit	August 28	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna	Ferrari	Template:GBR Chris Dagnall	Everyone outside the Top 4
13	Gran Premio d'Italia	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	September 11	Ayrton Senna	Template:AUT Gerhard Berger	Template:AUT Gerhard Berger	Template:GBR McLaren-Honda	Template:FRA Guillaume Gauthier	Ferrari
14	Template:BEL Grand Prix de Belgique	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	September 25	Ayrton Senna	Template:FRA Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	Template:FRA Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	Template:GBR McLaren-Honda	Template:GBR Derek Warwick	Template:FRA Alain Prost
15	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka Circuit	October 23	Template:FRA Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna	Ferrari	Template:GBR Martin Brundle	Template:USA Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
16	Template:AUS Foster's Australian Grand Prix	Adelaide Street Circuit	November 6	Template:FRA Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	Ayrton Senna	Template:FRA Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	Template:GBR McLaren-Honda	Kazuki Fushida	Ferrari

Championship Standings

Drivers' Championship

Pos	Driver	BRA	SMR	MON	MEX	CAN	DET	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	YUG	SOV	ITA	BEL	JAP	AUS	Pts
1	Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	2	1	3	2	2	3*	2	1	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	5	1	Ret	1	77 (79)
2	Gerhard Berger	Ret	4	4	1	3	1	1	2	3	1	2	4	1	3	Ret	2	75 (84)
3	Alain Prost	1	2	2	3	1	Ret	3	4	1	3	4	2	Ret	Ret	2	Ret	66 (69)
4	Ayrton Senna	3	Ret	1	Ret	4	2	Ret	Ret	2	2	3	1	Ret	2	1	3*	66
5	Chris Dagnall	5	5	Ret	5	Ret	8*	13*	5	6	4	5	3	9	4	3	Ret	25
6	Brendon Cassidy	6	6	Ret	4	6	5	Ret	6	5	6	7	7	2	6	4	Ret	22
7	Nigel Mansell	4	3	Ret	Ret	5	4	Ret	3	4	5				7	Ret	4	24
8	Valentino Nicchi	13	8	Ret	Ret	9	9	4	8	9	9	10	8	4	16	6	Ret	7
9	Martin Brundle	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	8	8	10	3	Ret	5	Ret	6
10	Frédéric-Maxime Voeckler	Ret	10	Ret	14*	Ret	10	7	14	Ret	Ret	11	5	10	13	8	5	4
11	Pierluigi Martini	12	11	Ret	6	13	11	5	16	11	10	12	14	14	12	9	9	3
12	Alessandro Nannini	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	9	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	5	11	Ret	2
13	Riccardo Patrese	14	13	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	15	15	15	Ret	11	2
14	Emerson Fittipaldi											6	6	Ret				2
15	Kazuki Fushida	7	7	Ret	7	7	7	Ret	Ret	7	7	16	14	13	8	Ret	6	1
16	Philippe Streiff	11	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	6	13	Ret	13	14	11	8	11	10	7	1
17	Jonathan Palmer	Ret	9	Ret	8	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	18	Ret	17*	Ret	12	Ret	1
18	Derek Warwick	15	Ret	6	Ret	11	15	10	12	14	12	15	9	16	9	Ret	8	1
19	Guillaume Gauthier	10	15	Ret	Ret	10	12	Ret	Ret	12	14	17	Ret	6	Ret	13	12	1
20	Nicola Larini	Ret	Ret	7	9	16	18	11	9	13	18	19	DNQ	7	18	16	Ret	0
21	Alex Caffi	17	12	8	10	15	14	8	DNQ	Ret	15	20*	Ret	11	14	7	10	0
22	Michele Alboreto	16	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	9	11	16	17	Ret	13	Ret	10	14	Ret	0
23	Aguri Suzuki	DNQ	18	9	Ret	DNQ	19	DNQ	15									0
24	Isabella Noriko	Ret	Ret	10	11	Ret	17	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	16	17	17	17	16	0
25	René Arnoux	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	14	16	12	10	15	Ret	21*	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	0
26	Harvey Jones									Ret	Ret	Ret	12	12	Ret	Ret	14	0
27	Thierry Boutsen	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	12	Ret	Ret	INJ	INJ	INJ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	15	0
28	Roberto Moreno	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	17	DNQ	14	Ret	DNQ	19	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	0
29	Stefano Modena									Ret	16	19	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	0
30	Oscar Larrauri	Ret	17	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret									0
31	Robert Kagan								Ret	Ret	DNQ							0
32	Arsenio Matarazzo	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ							0
33	Gabriele Tarquini											DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	0

Constructors' Championship

Pos	Constructor	#	BRA	SMR	MON	MEX	CAN	DET	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	YUG	SOV	ITA	BEL	JAP	AUS	Pts
1	McLaren-Honda	1	Ret	4	4	1	3	1	1	2	3	1	2	4	1	3	Ret	2	163
		2	2	1	3	2	2	3*	2	1	Ret	Ret	1	Ret	5	1	Ret	1
2	Ferrari	27	3	Ret	1	Ret	4	2	Ret	Ret	2	2	3	1	Ret	2	1	3	135
		28	1	2	2	3	1	Ret	3	4	1	3	4	2	Ret	Ret	2	Ret
3	Arrows-Zakspeed	17	6	6	Ret	4	6	5	Ret	6	5	6	7	7	2	6	4	Ret	47
		18	5	5	Ret	5	Ret	8*	13*	5	6	4	5	3	9	4	3	Ret
4	Williams-Honda	5	4	3	Ret	Ret	5	4	Ret	3	4	5	6	6	Ret	7	Ret	4	27
		6	7	7	Ret	7	7	7	Ret	Ret	7	7	16	14	13	8	Ret	6
5	Zakspeed	9	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	9	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	5	6	Ret	9
		10	13	8	Ret	Ret	9	9	4	8	10	9	10	8	4	16	11	Ret
6	Tyrrell-Ford	3	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	8	8	10	3	Ret	5	Ret	7
		4	Ret	9	Ret	8	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	18	Ret	17*	Ret	12	Ret
7	Minardi-Ford	23	12	11	Ret	6	13	11	5	16	11	10	11	Ret	14	12	9	5	7
		24	Ret	10	Ret	14*	Ret	10	7	14	Ret	Ret	12	5	10	13	8	9
8	Ligier-Judd	25	Ret	16	Ret	Ret	14	16	12	10	15	Ret	21*	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	2
		26	14	13	5	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	15	15	15	Ret	11
9	Lotus-Ford	11	10	15	Ret	Ret	10	12	Ret	12	12	14	17	Ret	6	Ret	13	8	2
		12	15	Ret	6	Ret	11	15	10	Ret	14	12	15	9	16	9	Ret	12
10	AGS-Ford	14	11	14	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	6	13	Ret	13	14	11	8	11	10	7	1
		15	17	12	8	10	15	14	8	DNQ	Ret	15	20*	Ret	11	14	7	10
11	Osella	21	Ret	Ret	7	9	16	18	11	9	13	18	Ret	DNQ	7	18	16	Ret	0
		22	Ret	17	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	19	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret
12	Benetton-Ford	19	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	15	0
		20	16	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	Ret	9	11	16	17	Ret	13	Ret	10	14	Ret
13	Lola-Ford	29	DNQ	18	9	Ret	DNQ	19	DNQ	15	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	12	Ret	Ret	14	0
		30	Ret	Ret	10	11	Ret	17	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNQ	16	17	17	17	16
14	Coloni-Ford	31	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	17	DNQ	14	Ret	DNQ	19	Ret	Ret	DNQ	Ret	DNQ	DNQ	0
		32	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ