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Ayrton Senna won the 1988 San Marino Grand Prix

Ayrton Senna won the 1988 San Marino Grand Prix for McLaren, ahead of Alain Prost and Nelson Piquet at Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari.

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Race recap

Winner
Ayrton Senna
Team
McLaren
Top listed
Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, and Nelson Piquet
Race date
May 1, 1988
Pole
Ayrton Senna
Fastest lap
Alain Prost
Classified drivers
31
Circuit
Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari

The decisive result

Ayrton Senna finished first for McLaren. Alain Prost is listed 2 for McLaren, with Nelson Piquet 3 for Team Lotus.

Grid to finish

Jonathan Palmer from P23 to P14 (+9), Luis Pérez-Sala from P18 to P11 (+7), and Yannick Dalmas from P19 to P12 (+7) 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 7 +2 laps, 6 +1 lap, 4 DNQ, 4 Gearbox, and 2 +3 laps. Alain Prost holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:29.685 on lap 53. 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.

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Race classification
PosDriverConstructorTime / statusPoints
1Ayrton SennaMcLaren1:32:41.2649
2Alain ProstMcLaren1:32:43.5986
3Nelson PiquetTeam Lotus+1 lap4
4Thierry BoutsenBenetton+1 lap3
5Gerhard BergerFerrari+1 lap2
6Alessandro NanniniBenetton+1 lap1
7Eddie CheeverArrows+1 lap0
8Satoru NakajimaTeam Lotus+1 lap0
9Derek WarwickArrows+2 laps0
10Philippe StreiffAGS+2 laps0
11Luis Pérez-SalaMinardi+2 laps0
12Yannick DalmasLola+2 laps0
13Riccardo PatreseWilliams+2 laps0
14Jonathan PalmerTyrrell+2 laps0
15Maurício GugelminMarch+2 laps0
16Adrián CamposMinardi+3 laps0
17Philippe AlliotLola+3 laps0
18Michele AlboretoFerrariEngine0
NCStefano ModenaEuroBrun+8 laps0
DNFJulian BaileyTyrrellGearbox0