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1988 World Champion

Ayrton SennaMcLaren

90 pts · 8 wins · 3 clear of Prost

1988 F1 Standings

P2 over P3
46 pts
Prost over Berger
Most wins
8
Senna
Constructors
134 pts
McLaren over Ferrari

1988 Drivers Championship

  1. 1Ayrton SennaWorld ChampionMcLaren · 8 wins890
  2. 2Alain ProstMcLaren · 7 wins7−3−387
  3. 3Gerhard BergerFerrari · 1 win1−46−4941
  4. 4Thierry BoutsenBenetton–−14−6327
  5. 5Michele AlboretoFerrari–−3−6624
  6. 6Nelson PiquetTeam Lotus–−2−6822
  7. 7Ivan CapelliMarch–−5−7317
  8. 8Derek WarwickArrows–Level−7317
  9. 9Nigel MansellWilliams–−5−7812
  10. 10Alessandro NanniniBenetton–Level−7812
  11. 11Riccardo PatreseWilliams–−4−828
  12. 12Eddie CheeverArrows–−2−846
  13. 13Maurício GugelminMarch–−1−855
  14. 14Jonathan PalmerTyrrell–Level−855
  15. 15Andrea de CesarisRial–−2−873
  16. 16Satoru NakajimaTeam Lotus–−2−891
  17. 17Pierluigi MartiniMinardi–Level−891
  18. 18Yannick DalmasLarrousse–−1−900
  19. 19Alex CaffiDallara–Level−900
  20. 20Martin BrundleWilliams–Level−900
  21. 21Philippe StreiffAGS–Level−900
  22. 22Luis Pérez-SalaMinardi–Level−900
  23. 23Gabriele TarquiniColoni–Level−900
  24. 24Philippe AlliotLarrousse–Level−900
  25. 25Stefan JohanssonLigier–Level−900
  26. 26Julian BaileyTyrrell–Level−900
  27. 27Nicola LariniOsella–Level−900
  28. 28René ArnouxLigier–Level−900
  29. 29Stefano ModenaEuro Brun–Level−900
  30. 30Jean-Louis SchlesserWilliams–Level−900
1988 Season Report

Ayrton Senna won the 1988 Formula 1 World Drivers' Championship driving for McLaren, finishing on 90 points, 3 clear of Alain Prost. Senna won 8 races that season.

McLaren took the Constructors' Championship with 199 points, 134 ahead of Ferrari.

3 different drivers won a Grand Prix, and 17 drivers scored championship points.

Championships in this era were decided on a "best results" basis — drivers counted only their highest-scoring finishes towards the title, so season totals can differ from the sum of every race result. Dropped scores were abolished from 1991.

Standings compiled from the Ergast/Jolpica Formula 1 results archive. Spotted an error? Tell us.