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	Foster's Australian Grand Prix
Awards
Driver's Champion	Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler
Constructor's Champion	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
Honda Marlboro McLaren	McLaren-Honda	MP4/4	Honda RA168E 1.5 V6t	1	Gerhard Berger	All
				2	Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	All
Tyrrell Racing Organisation	Tyrrell-Ford	017	Ford Cosworth GBA 1.5 V6t	3	Martin Brundle	All
				4	Jonathan Palmer	All
Canon Williams Honda Team	Williams-Honda	FW12	Honda RA168E 1.5 V6t	5	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
Camel Team Lotus	Lotus-Ford	100	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	11	Guillaume Gauthier	All
				12	Derek Warwick	All
Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives	AGS-Ford	AGS JH22	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	14	Philippe Streiff	All
				15	Alex Caffi	All
USF&G Arrows Zakspeed	Arrows-Zakspeed	A11	Zakspeed 1500/4 1.5 L4t	17	Brendon Cassidy	All
				18	Chris Dagnall	All
Benetton Formula Ltd	Benetton-Ford	B188	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	19	Thierry Boutsen	1-7, 11-16
					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	Frédéric-Maxime Voeckler	All
Ligier Loto	Ligier-Judd	JS31	Judd CV 3.5 V8	25	René Arnoux	All
				26	Riccardo Patrese	All
Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC	Ferrari	F1/88	Ferrari 033E 1.5 V6t	27	Ayrton Senna	All
				28	Alain Prost	All
Larrousse Calmels	Lola-Ford	LC88	Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8	29	Aguri Suzuki	1-8
					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	Nestlé Brazilian Grand Prix	Autodromo Hermano da Silva Ramos	March 26	Ayrton Senna	Nigel Mansell	Alain Prost	Ferrari	AGS-Ford	Benetton-Ford
2	Kronenbourg San Marino Grand Prix	Autodromo Dino Ferrari	April 17	Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	McLaren-Honda	Kazuki Fushida	Derek Warwick
3	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco	May 1	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna	Ferrari	Riccardo Patrese	Kazuki Fushida
4	Mexican Grand Prix	Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez	May 15	Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	Ayrton Senna	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda	Pierluigi Martini	Guillaume Gauthier
5	Molson Canadian Grand Prix	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	May 29	Alain Prost	Gerhard Berger	Alain Prost	Ferrari	Guillaume Gauthier	Michele Alboreto
6	EniChem Detroit Grand Prix	Detroit Street Circuit	June 5	Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda	Jonathan Palmer	Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler
7	Rhône-Poulenc French Grand Prix	Circuit Paul Ricard	June 26	Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda	AGS-Ford	Ayrton Senna
8	Shell Oils British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit	July 3	Ayrton Senna	Alain Prost	Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	McLaren-Honda	Nicola Larini	Ligier-Judd
9	Mobil German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring	July 24	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna	Alain Prost	Ferrari	Osella	Gerhard Berger
10	Pop 84 Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungaroring	August 7	Ayrton Senna	Alain Prost	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda	Kazuki Fushida	Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler
11	Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Automotodrom Grobnik	August 14	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna	Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	McLaren-Honda	Emerson Fittipaldi	Ferrari
12	Soviet Grand Prix	Bikernieki Circuit	August 28	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna	Ferrari	Chris Dagnall	Everyone outside the Top 4
13	Coca-Cola Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	September 11	Ayrton Senna	Gerhard Berger	Gerhard Berger	McLaren-Honda	Guillaume Gauthier	Ferrari
14	Champion Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	September 25	Ayrton Senna	Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	McLaren-Honda	Derek Warwick	Alain Prost
15	Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka Circuit	October 23	Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	Ayrton Senna	Ayrton Senna	Ferrari	Martin Brundle	Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
16	Foster's Australian Grand Prix	Adelaide Street Circuit	November 6	Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	Ayrton Senna	Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler	McLaren-Honda	Kazuki Fushida	Ferrari

Championship Standings

Driver's Championship

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Points	9	6	4	3	2	1

• Only the 11 best points finishes counted towards the world championship

Pos Driver BRA SMR MON MEX CAN DET FRA GBR GER HUN YUG SOV ITA BEL JPN 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 Nigel Mansell 4 3 Ret Ret 5 4 Ret 3 4 5 7 Ret 4 24 7 Brendon Cassidy 6 6 Ret 4 6 5 Ret 6 5 6 7 7 2 6 4 Ret 22 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

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Orange Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) Pale Blue Withdrawn (WD) Blank Did Not Enter (No text) Excluded (EX) Did not Start (DNS) Did not Arrive (DNA) Event cancelled (C) Injured (INJ) Bold denotes pole position Italics denote fastest lap † Classification despite retirement ‡ Race not run to scheduled distance

Constructors' Championship

Pos	Constructor	#	BRA	SMR	MON	MEX	CAN	DET	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	YUG	SOV	ITA	BEL	JPN	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