Drivers' championship 1988Final standings

1988Drivers’ championship

Ayrton Senna took the 1988 title by 3 points from Prost, with 8 wins.

1988 World Champion

AyrtonSenna

McLaren

90Points

8Wins

Champion: 90; points · Senna
Margin: 3; points to Prost
Rounds: 16; in the season
Winners: 3; different race winners

Round-by-round chart

This season's official totals can't be rebuilt round by round (for example because of dropped scores, shared drives or penalties), so the progression chart is not shown.

Timing sheet

Standings

Official 1988 drivers’ championship table, after round 16.

1988 drivers' championship standings
Pos	Driver	Team	Wins	Gap	Pts
1 (champion)	Ayrton Senna McLaren	McLaren	8	Champion	90Champion
2	Alain Prost McLaren	McLaren	7	+3	87+3
3	Gerhard Berger Ferrari	Ferrari	1	+49	41+49
4	Thierry Boutsen Benetton	Benetton	0	+63	27+63
5	Michele Alboreto Ferrari	Ferrari	0	+66	24+66
6	Nelson Piquet Team Lotus	Team Lotus	0	+68	22+68
7	Ivan Capelli March	March	0	+73	17+73
8	Derek Warwick Arrows	Arrows	0	+73	17+73
9	Nigel Mansell Williams	Williams	0	+78	12+78
10	Alessandro Nannini Benetton	Benetton	0	+78	12+78
11	Riccardo Patrese Williams	Williams	0	+82	8+82
12	Eddie Cheever Arrows	Arrows	0	+84	6+84
13	Maurício Gugelmin March	March	0	+85	5+85
14	Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell	Tyrrell	0	+85	5+85
15	Andrea de Cesaris Rial	Rial	0	+87	3+87
16	Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus	Team Lotus	0	+89	1+89
17	Pierluigi Martini Minardi	Minardi	0	+89	1+89
–	Yannick Dalmas Larrousse	Larrousse	0	+90	0+90
–	Alex Caffi Dallara	Dallara	0	+90	0+90
–	Martin Brundle Williams	Williams	0	+90	0+90
–	Philippe Streiff AGS	AGS	0	+90	0+90
–	Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi	Minardi	0	+90	0+90
–	Gabriele Tarquini Coloni	Coloni	0	+90	0+90
–	Philippe Alliot Larrousse	Larrousse	0	+90	0+90
–	Stefan Johansson Ligier	Ligier	0	+90	0+90
–	Julian Bailey Tyrrell	Tyrrell	0	+90	0+90
–	Nicola Larini Osella	Osella	0	+90	0+90
–	René Arnoux Ligier	Ligier	0	+90	0+90
–	Stefano Modena Euro Brun	Euro Brun	0	+90	0+90
–	Jean-Louis Schlesser Williams	Williams	0	+90	0+90
–	Bernd Schneider Zakspeed	Zakspeed	0	+90	0+90
–	Oscar Larrauri Euro Brun	Euro Brun	0	+90	0+90
–	Piercarlo Ghinzani Zakspeed	Zakspeed	0	+90	0+90
–	Adrián Campos Minardi	Minardi	0	+90	0+90
–	Aguri Suzuki Larrousse	Larrousse	0	+90	0+90

A dash in the position column means the entry is not ranked in the 1988 championship.

Standings after round 16