- Winner
- Ayrton Senna
- Team
- McLaren
- Top listed
- Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, and Gerhard Berger
- Race date
- July 24, 1988
- Pole
- Ayrton Senna
- Fastest lap
- Alessandro Nannini
- Classified drivers
- 31
- Circuit
- Hockenheimring
The decisive result
Ayrton Senna finished first for McLaren. Alain Prost is listed 2 for McLaren, with Gerhard Berger 3 for Ferrari.
Grid to finish
Jonathan Palmer from P24 to P11 (+13), Bernd Schneider from P22 to P12 (+10), and Oscar Larrauri from P26 to P16 (+10) 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 +1 lap, 5 Finished, 4 +2 laps, 4 DNQ, and 4 Spun off. Alessandro Nannini holds the fastest-lap entry at 2:03.032 on lap 40. 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.