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1988 / SENNA

A scrolling recap of 1988 in six acts. The champion, the constructor, the bump chart, and the race-by-race podiums.

ACT 1 CUMULATIVE TRAJECTORY

The points reel out, race after race.

Every line is a driver's running championship total. The heaviest three at the top are the ones who mattered. Ayrton Senna closed the year on 90 points, a 3-point gap over P2.

DATA TABLE · CUMULATIVE POINTS

Cumulative points by driver and round for 1988
DRIVER	R01	R02	R03	R04	R05	R06	R07	R08	R09	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16
Ayrton Senna	0	9	9	15	24	33	39	48	57	66	75	75	76	79	87	90
Alain Prost	9	15	24	33	39	45	54	54	60	66	72	72	81	84	84	87
Gerhard Berger	6	8	14	18	18	18	21	21	25	28	28	37	37	38	41	41
Thierry Boutsen	0	3	3	3	7	11	11	11	12	16	16	17	21	21	25	27
Michele Alboreto	2	2	6	9	9	9	13	13	16	16	16	22	24	24	24	24
Nelson Piquet	4	8	8	8	11	11	13	15	15	15	18	18	18	18	18	22
Derek Warwick	3	3	6	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	11	14	17	17	17	17
Ivan Capelli	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	4	4	8	10	16	16	16	17
Alessandro Nannini	0	1	1	1	1	1	2	6	6	6	6	6	6	10	12	12
Nigel Mansell	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	6	6	6	6	12	12	12

ACT 2 CONSTRUCTORS

Two-car teams, one trophy.

The constructors' championship is a different game — both cars score. A team can win it with consistent doubles even when neither driver leads the standings. McLaren–Honda ended on 199 points.

DATA

Constructor championship standings for 1988
POS	CONSTRUCTOR	PTS
P1	MCLAREN–HONDA	199
P2	FERRARI	65
P3	BENETTON–FORD	39
P4	LOTUS–HONDA	23
P5	ARROWS–MEGATRON	23
P6	MARCH–JUDD	22
P7	WILLIAMS–JUDD	20
P8	TYRRELL–FORD	5
P9	RIAL–FORD	3
P10	MINARDI–FORD	1

ACT 3 STANDINGS BUMP

Position by position, week to week.

Cumulative points hide where the order actually changed. The bump chart ranks every driver after each race — every crossing of lines is somebody passing somebody in the table.

DRIVER TRACES · TAP TO ISOLATE

DATA TABLE · OFFICIAL RANK BY ROUND

Official championship rank by driver and round for 1988
DRIVER	R01	R02	R03	R04	R05	R06	R07	R08	R09	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16
Ayrton Senna	—	P2	P3	P3	P2	P2	P2	P2	P2	P1	P1	P1	P2	P2	P1	P1
Alain Prost	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P1	P2	P2	P2	P1	P1	P2	P2
Gerhard Berger	P2	P3	P2	P2	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3	P3
Thierry Boutsen	—	P5	P7	P7	P7	P4	P6	P6	P6	P4	P5	P6	P5	P5	P4	P4
Michele Alboreto	P5	P7	P5	P4	P5	P6	P4	P5	P4	P5	P6	P4	P4	P4	P5	P5
Nelson Piquet	P3	P4	P4	P5	P4	P4	P4	P4	P5	P6	P4	P5	P6	P6	P6	P6
Ivan Capelli	—	—	—	—	P9	P10	P10	P13	P11	P12	P8	P8	P8	P8	P8	P7
Derek Warwick	P4	P5	P6	P6	P6	P7	P7	P7	P7	P7	P7	P7	P7	P7	P7	P8
Nigel Mansell	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	P8	P8	P8	P9	P9	P9	P9	P9	P9
Alessandro Nannini	—	P8	P9	P9	P10	P11	P11	P9	P9	P9	P10	P10	P10	P10	P10	P10
Riccardo Patrese	—	—	P9	P9	P10	P11	P12	P14	P14	P14	P14	P15	P15	P14	P14	P11
Eddie Cheever	—	—	—	P9	P10	P11	P12	P14	P14	P15	P14	P10	P10	P11	P11	P12
Maurício Gugelmin	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	P11	P12	P10	P11	P12	P12	P12	P12	P13
Jonathan Palmer	—	—	P8	P8	P8	P8	P8	P10	P10	P11	P12	P13	P13	P13	P13	P14
Andrea de Cesaris	—	—	—	—	—	P9	P9	P11	P12	P13	P13	P14	P14	P15	P15	P15

ACT 4 RACE-BY-RACE

10 drivers stood on a podium.

3 different drivers won a race. Tap any chip to pin a driver's appearances across the calendar — the matching tiles light up. Empty bars mean a race where the chosen driver missed the top three.

PODIUM DRIVERS

R01 BRAZIL

1 PROST

2 BERGER

3 PIQUET

R02 SAN MARI

1 SENNA

2 PROST

3 PIQUET

R03 MONACO

1 PROST

2 BERGER

3 ALBORETO

R04 MEXICO

1 PROST

2 SENNA

3 BERGER

R05 CANADA

1 SENNA

2 PROST

3 BOUTSEN

R06 DETROIT

1 SENNA

2 PROST

3 BOUTSEN

R07 FRANCE

1 PROST

2 SENNA

3 ALBORETO

R08 GREAT BR

1 SENNA

2 MANSELL

3 NANNINI

R09 GERMANY

1 SENNA

2 PROST

3 BERGER

R10 HUNGARY

1 SENNA

2 PROST

3 BOUTSEN

R11 BELGIUM

1 SENNA

2 PROST

3 CAPELLI

R12 ITALY

1 BERGER

2 ALBORETO

3 CHEEVER

R13 PORTUGAL

1 PROST

2 CAPELLI

3 BOUTSEN

R14 SPAIN

1 PROST

2 MANSELL

3 NANNINI

R15 JAPAN

1 SENNA

2 PROST

3 BOUTSEN

R16 AUSTRALI

1 PROST

2 SENNA

3 PIQUET

DATA TABLE · RACE PODIUMS

EPILOGUE BY THE NUMBERS

The year in five numbers.

ROUNDS

16

DRIVERS

17

WINNERS

3

PODIUM·DRIVERS

10

POINTS·SHARED

378

CHAMPION

Ayrton Senna

90 PTS · 8 WINS

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ROUND	RACE	P1	P2	P3
R01 · Grande Prêmio do Brasil 1988	Grande Prêmio do Brasil 1988	PROST	BERGER	PIQUET
R02 · Gran Premio Kronenbourg di San Marino 1988	Gran Premio Kronenbourg di San Marino 1988	SENNA	PROST	PIQUET
R03 · Grand Prix de Monaco 1988	Grand Prix de Monaco 1988	PROST	BERGER	ALBORETO
R04 · Gran Premio de México 1988	Gran Premio de México 1988	PROST	SENNA	BERGER
R05 · Grand Prix Molson du Canada 1988	Grand Prix Molson du Canada 1988	SENNA	PROST	BOUTSEN
R06 · 1988 Enichem Detroit Grand Prix	1988 Enichem Detroit Grand Prix	SENNA	PROST	BOUTSEN
R07 · Rhone Poulenc Grand Prix de France 1988	Rhone Poulenc Grand Prix de France 1988	PROST	SENNA	ALBORETO
R08 · 1988 Shell Oils British Grand Prix	1988 Shell Oils British Grand Prix	SENNA	MANSELL	NANNINI
R09 · Mobil 1 Grosser Preis von Deutschland 1988	Mobil 1 Grosser Preis von Deutschland 1988	SENNA	PROST	BERGER
R10 · Pop 84 Magyar Nagydíj 1988	Pop 84 Magyar Nagydíj 1988	SENNA	PROST	BOUTSEN
R11 · 1988 Belgian Grand Prix	1988 Belgian Grand Prix	SENNA	PROST	CAPELLI
R12 · Coca Cola Gran Premio d'Italia 1988	Coca Cola Gran Premio d'Italia 1988	BERGER	ALBORETO	CHEEVER
R13 · Grande Prémio de Portugal 1988	Grande Prémio de Portugal 1988	PROST	CAPELLI	BOUTSEN
R14 · Gran Premio Tio Pepe de España 1988	Gran Premio Tio Pepe de España 1988	PROST	MANSELL	NANNINI
R15 · 1988 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix	1988 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix	SENNA	PROST	BOUTSEN
R16 · 1988 Foster's Australian Grand Prix	1988 Foster's Australian Grand Prix	PROST	SENNA	PIQUET