French Grand Prix
1988 · Round 7 · Le Castellet, France · Jul 3, 1988Race summary
Victory went to Prost (from 1st on the grid), with a 31.8s margin. Gugelmin made the biggest gain, from 16th on the grid to 8th (up 8 places). Berger had a difficult race, dropping from 3rd to 4th.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 1 | 80 | 1:37:37.328 | 9 |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 2 | 80 | +31.752 | 6 |
| 3 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 4 | 80 | +1:06.505 | 4 |
| 4 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 3 | 79 | +1 Lap | 3 |
| 5 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 7 | 79 | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 6 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 6 | 79 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 8 | 79 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 8 | Maurício Gugelmin | March | 16 | 79 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 9 | Ivan Capelli | March | 10 | 79 | +1 Lap | 0 |
| 10 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | 12 | 78 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 11 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 13 | 78 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 12 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 14 | 78 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 13 | Yannick Dalmas | Larrousse | 19 | 78 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 14 | Stefano Modena | Euro Brun | 20 | 77 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| 15 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 22 | 77 | +3 Laps | 0 |
| – | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | 25 | 70 | Not classified | 0 |
| – | Oscar Larrauri | Euro Brun | 26 | 64 | Clutch | 0 |
| – | Nicola Larini | Osella | 24 | 56 | Halfshaft | 0 |
| – | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | 21 | 55 | Gearbox | 0 |
| – | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 9 | 48 | Suspension | 0 |
| – | Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | 18 | 46 | Electrical | 0 |
| – | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 23 | 40 | Engine | 0 |
| – | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 15 | 35 | Brakes | 0 |
| – | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 5 | 28 | Engine | 0 |
| – | Philippe Streiff | AGS | 17 | 20 | Fuel leak | 0 |
| – | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 11 | 11 | Spun off | 0 |
| – | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed | – | 0 | Excluded | 0 |