1988 Alternate Formula One season
1988 Formula One season | |
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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.
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Teams and Drivers
Team | Constructor | Chassis | Engine | # | Driver | Rounds |
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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 | |
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1 | Grande Prêmio Nestlé do Brasil | Autodromo Hermano da Silva Ramos | March 26 | Ayrton Senna | Nigel Mansell | Alain Prost | Ferrari | AGS-Ford | Benetton-Ford |
2 | Gran Premio di San Marino | Autodromo Dino Ferrari | April 17 | Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler | Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler | Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler | McLaren-Honda | Kazuki Fushida | 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 | Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler | Ayrton Senna | Gerhard Berger | McLaren-Honda | Pierluigi Martini | Guillaume Gauthier |
5 | Grand Prix du Canada | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve | May 29 | Alain Prost | Gerhard Berger | Alain Prost | Ferrari | Guillaume Gauthier | Michele Alboreto |
6 | Detroit Grand Prix | Detroit Street Circuit | June 5 | Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler | Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler | Gerhard Berger | McLaren-Honda | Jonathan Palmer | Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler |
7 | Grand Prix de France | 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 | Großer Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland | Hockenheimring | July 24 | Ayrton Senna | Ayrton Senna | Alain Prost | Ferrari | Osella | Gerhard Berger |
10 | Magyar Nagydij | 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 | Gran Premio d'Italia | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | September 11 | Ayrton Senna | Gerhard Berger | Gerhard Berger | McLaren-Honda | Guillaume Gauthier | Ferrari |
14 | Grand Prix de Belgique | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | September 25 | Ayrton Senna | Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler | Jérémy-Étienne Voeckler | McLaren-Honda | Derek Warwick | Alain Prost |
15 | 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 |
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Points | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Constructors' Championship
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