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Event Overview • SessionsEntry List
Qualifying Qualification
Race Starting GridClassificationFastest LapsLaps Led

Details
DateSunday 24 July 1988
Start time14:00
Event German GP
Circuit Hockenheim
Event FormatRace of 44 laps
ChampionshipWorld Championship
Race number#9 of 16 in 1988
#461 (of all time)
Circuit
Laps44
Circuit Perimeter6797 m
Race Distance6797 × 44 = 299.068 km
Grid Format2-2-2-2 (staggered)
Pole PositionLeft
First CornerRight
Track DirectionClockwise
Weather
WeatherOvercast, Rain
Participants
Entries31
Qualifiers26
Finishers19
DebutantsNone
MilestonesCamel Team Lotus Honda – 50th Race Entry (Entrant)
Judd – 50th Race Entry (Engine Manufacturer)
USF&G Arrows Megatron – 50th Race Entry (Entrant)
 March – 500th Race Entry (Car Manufacturer)
 Alessandro Nannini – 1st Fastest Lap (Driver)
Records Broken 1. Most Consecutive Race Wins McLaren (9)
Records Extended 1. Most Drivers' Championship Points Scores Ferrari (517),
2. Most Podium Finishes Ferrari (330),
3. Most Constructors' Championship Points Scores Ferrari (385),
4. Most Retirements Lotus (486),
5. Most Drivers' Championship Points Scores Alain Prost (77),
6. Most Constructors' Championship Points Scores Alain Prost (77),
7. Most Retirements Riccardo Patrese (103),
8. Most Podium Finishes Alain Prost (63),
9. Most 3rd Place Finishes Ferrari (107),
10. Most 4th Place Finishes Ferrari (93),
11. Most 9th Place Finishes Lotus (32),
12. Most Race Entries Lotus (1126),
13. Most 2nd Place Qualifications Alain Prost (28),
14. Most 3rd Place Qualifications Ferrari (107),
15. Most 4th Place Qualifications Ferrari (103),
16. Most 12th Place Qualifications Derek Warwick (14),
17. Most 23rd Place Qualifications Piercarlo Ghinzani (11),
18. Most 24th Place Qualifications Jonathan Palmer (11)

World Championship standings
1  Alain Prost 60 
2  Ayrton Senna 57 
3  Gerhard Berger 25 
4  Michele Alboreto 16 up
5  Nélson Piquet 15 up
6  Thierry Boutsen 12 
7  Derek Warwick 9 
8  Nigel Mansell 6 
9  Alessandro Nannini 6 
10  Jonathan Palmer 5 
11  Ivan Capelli 4 up
12  Andrea de Cesaris 3 up
  Mauricio Gugelmin 3 up
14  Pierluigi Martini 1 
  Satoru Nakajima 1 
  Eddie Cheever 1 
  Riccardo Patrese 1 
1  McLaren / Honda 117 
2  Ferrari / Ferrari 41 
3  Benetton / Ford 18 
4  Lotus / Honda 16 
5  Arrows / Megatron 10 
6  Williams / Judd 7 
7  March / Judd 7 
8  Tyrrell / Ford 5 
9  Rial / Ford 3 
10  Minardi / Ford 1 

Results
 WinnerPole PositionFastest Lap
Car NumberCar 12Car 12Car 19
EntrantHonda Marlboro McLarenHonda Marlboro McLarenBenetton Formula Ltd
Driver Ayrton Senna Ayrton Senna Alessandro Nannini
Car McLaren MP4/4 McLaren MP4/4 Benetton B188
EngineHonda 1.5 V6THonda 1.5 V6TFord Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8
Time1:32'54.1881'44.5962'03.032
Speed193.148 km/h233.940 km/h198.885 km/h