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Ayrton Senna won the 1988 British Grand Prix

Ayrton Senna won the 1988 British Grand Prix for McLaren, ahead of Nigel Mansell and Alessandro Nannini at Silverstone Circuit.

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Race recap

Winner
Ayrton Senna
Team
McLaren
Top listed
Ayrton Senna, Nigel Mansell, and Alessandro Nannini
Race date
July 10, 1988
Pole
Gerhard Berger
Fastest lap
Nigel Mansell
Classified drivers
31
Circuit
Silverstone Circuit

The decisive result

Ayrton Senna finished first for McLaren. Nigel Mansell is listed 2 for Williams, with Alessandro Nannini 3 for Benetton.

Grid to finish

Alex Caffi from P21 to P11 (+10), Yannick Dalmas from P23 to P13 (+10), and Nigel Mansell from P11 to P2 (+9) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Gerhard Berger started from the listed P1 grid position.

Status and fastest lap

The classification lists 7 +1 lap, 5 Finished, 4 +2 laps, 4 DNQ, and 2 Out of fuel. Nigel Mansell holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:23.308 on lap 48. 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 SennaMcLaren1:33:16.3679
2Nigel MansellWilliams1:33:39.7116
3Alessandro NanniniBenetton1:34:07.5814
4Maurício GugelminMarch1:34:27.7453
5Nelson PiquetTeam Lotus1:34:37.2022
6Derek WarwickArrows+1 lap1
7Eddie CheeverArrows+1 lap0
8Riccardo PatreseWilliams+1 lap0
9Gerhard BergerFerrari+1 lap0
10Satoru NakajimaTeam Lotus+1 lap0
11Alex CaffiDallara+1 lap0
12Stefano ModenaEuroBrun+1 lap0
13Yannick DalmasLola+2 laps0
14Philippe AlliotLola+2 laps0
15Pierluigi MartiniMinardi+2 laps0
16Julian BaileyTyrrell+2 laps0
17Michele AlboretoFerrariOut of fuel0
18René ArnouxLigier+3 laps0
19Nicola LariniOsellaOut of fuel0
DNFThierry BoutsenBenettonTransmission0