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Japanese Grand Prix

Date
Sun 30th October 1988 (UTC)
Sun 30th October 1988 (Local)

Timestamp
1988-10-30T00:00:00

Time
00:00:00 UTC (00:00:00 Local)

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League
Formula 1

Season
1988

Round
15

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Location
Suzuka International Racing Course

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The 1988 Japanese Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Suzuka Circuit on 30 October 1988. It was the fifteenth and penultimate race of the 1988 season.

The all-McLaren front row was the 11th of the year, but its drivers had contrasting fortunes. Prost led away from Berger and Capelli, while Senna stalled on the grid. However, Suzuka had the only sloping grid of the year and so the Brazilian was able to bump start his car into action. He had dropped to 14th place, but immediately made a charge through the field, gaining six places by the end of the first lap and then passing Riccardo Patrese, Thierry Boutsen, Alessandro Nannini and Michele Alboreto to run fourth on lap 4.
On lap 14 the weather started to come into contention as rain began on parts of the circuit, benefiting Senna.
The race ran out its entire distance, however, with Senna finishing 13 seconds ahead of Prost.
With victory in the race, Senna clinched the World Championship. Due to the scoring system in 1988, Prost could only add three more points to his total even if he won in Australia, which would give him 87 points in total. If Senna then failed to score they would be equal on points, but Senna would still win the title, having taken more wins (8 to 7). Victory in Japan was also Senna's eighth win of the season, which beat the record for total wins in a single season, previously held by Jim Clark (1963) and Prost (1984).


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Result List

01				Ayrton Senna	1:33:26.173
02				Alain Prost	+0:13.363
03				Thierry Boutsen	+0:36.109
04				Gerhard Berger	+1:26.714
05				Alessandro Nannini	+1:30.603
06				Riccardo Patrese	+1:37.615
07				Satoru Nakajima	+1 Lap
08				Philippe Streiff	+1 Lap
10				Maurício Gugelmin	+1 Lap
11				Michele Alboreto	+1 Lap
12				Jonathan Palmer	+1 Lap
13				Pierluigi Martini	+2 Laps
14				Julian Bailey	+2 Laps
15				Sergio Perez	+2 Laps
17				René Arnoux	+3 Laps
18				Andrea De Cesaris	DNF
19				Eddie Cheever	DNF
20				Nicola Larini	DNF
21				Nelson Piquet	DNF
22				Nigel Mansell	DNF
23				Alex Caffi	DNF
24				Ivan Capelli	DNF
25				Derek Warwick	DNF
26				Bernd Schneider	DNF
27				Stefan Johansson	Did not qualify
29				Piercarlo Ghinzani	Did not qualify

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