- Winner
- Ayrton Senna
- Team
- McLaren
- Top listed
- Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, and Ivan Capelli
- Race date
- August 28, 1988
- Pole
- Ayrton Senna
- Fastest lap
- Gerhard Berger
- Classified drivers
- 31
- Circuit
- Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
The decisive result
Ayrton Senna finished first for McLaren. Alain Prost is listed 2 for McLaren, with Ivan Capelli 3 for March.
Grid to finish
Bernd Schneider from P25 to P13 (+12), Ivan Capelli from P14 to P3 (+11), and Stefan Johansson from P20 to P11 (+9) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Ayrton Senna started from the listed P1 grid position.
Status and fastest lap
The classification lists 5 +1 lap, 5 Engine, 5 Finished, 4 DNQ, and 2 Collision. Gerhard Berger holds the fastest-lap entry at 2:00.772 on lap 10. It records the result without speculating about incidents or strategy.
This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jul 26, 2026.