1988 / ROUND 15

Japanese Grand Prix

WinnerAyrton SennaPublished race classification

Official poleAyrton SennaSeparate from qualifying rank

Race distance298.86 km51 laps

Race entries31Includes non-starts and exclusions

Points after this race

Championship

Result	Driver	Constructor	Qual.	Grid	Laps	Time / status	Points
1	Ayrton Senna	McLaren	1	1	51	1:33:26.173	9
2	Alain Prost	McLaren	2	2	51	1:33:39.536	6
3	Thierry Boutsen	Benetton	10	10	51	1:34:02.282	4
4	Gerhard Berger	Ferrari	3	3	51	1:34:52.887	3
5	Alessandro Nannini	Benetton	12	12	51	1:34:56.776	2
6	Riccardo Patrese	Williams	11	11	51	1:35:03.788	1
7	Satoru Nakajima	Lotus	6	6	50	+1 lap	0
8	Philippe Streiff	AGS	18	18	50	+1 lap	0
9	Philippe Alliot	Lola	19	19	50	+1 lap	0
10	Maurício Gugelmin	March	13	13	50	+1 lap	0
11	Michele Alboreto	Ferrari	9	9	50	+1 lap	0
12	Jonathan Palmer	Tyrrell	16	16	50	+1 lap	0
13	Pierluigi Martini	Minardi	17	17	49	+2 laps	0
14	Julian Bailey	Tyrrell	26	26	49	+2 laps	0
15	Luis Pérez-Sala	Minardi	22	22	49	+2 laps	0
16	Aguri Suzuki	Lola	20	20	48	+3 laps	0
17	René Arnoux	Ligier	23	23	48	+3 laps	0
DNF	Andrea de Cesaris	Rial	14	14	36	Overheating	0
DNF	Eddie Cheever	Arrows	15	15	35	Ignition	0
DNF	Nicola Larini	Osella	24	24	34	Brakes	0
DNF	Nelson Piquet	Lotus	5	5	34	Unwell	0
DNF	Nigel Mansell	Williams	8	8	24	Collision	0
DNF	Alex Caffi	Dallara	21	21	22	Spun off	0
DNF	Ivan Capelli	March	4	4	19	Electrical	0
DNF	Derek Warwick	Arrows	7	7	16	Spun off	0
DNF	Bernd Schneider	Zakspeed	25	25	14	Unfit	0
DNQ	Stefan Johansson	Ligier	27	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Oscar Larrauri	EuroBrun	28	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Piercarlo Ghinzani	Zakspeed	29	—	—	DNQ	0
DNQ	Stefano Modena	EuroBrun	30	—	—	DNQ	0
DNPQ	Gabriele Tarquini	Coloni	—	—	—	DNPQ	0

Position	Driver	Published overall / latest phase
1	Ayrton Senna	1:41.853
2	Alain Prost	1:42.177
3	Gerhard Berger	1:43.353
4	Ivan Capelli	1:43.605
5	Nelson Piquet	1:43.693
6	Satoru Nakajima	1:43.693
7	Derek Warwick	1:43.816
8	Nigel Mansell	1:43.893
9	Michele Alboreto	1:43.972
10	Thierry Boutsen	1:44.499
11	Riccardo Patrese	1:44.555
12	Alessandro Nannini	1:44.611
13	Maurício Gugelmin	1:45.138
14	Andrea de Cesaris	1:45.558
15	Eddie Cheever	1:45.845
16	Jonathan Palmer	1:45.916
17	Pierluigi Martini	1:46.449
18	Philippe Streiff	1:46.486
19	Philippe Alliot	1:46.521
20	Aguri Suzuki	1:46.920
21	Alex Caffi	1:46.982
22	Luis Pérez-Sala	1:47.134
23	René Arnoux	1:47.193
24	Nicola Larini	1:47.547
25	Bernd Schneider	1:47.599
26	Julian Bailey	1:48.589
27	Stefan Johansson	1:48.716
28	Oscar Larrauri	1:49.265
29	Piercarlo Ghinzani	1:49.706
30	Stefano Modena	1:49.810

Time columns can refer to different phases; Head 2 Head uses a common phase. Grid penalties and Sprint-defined grids do not rewrite qualifying.