| Entry list | Qualifying results | Starting grid |
| Fastest Laps | Classification | Lap Leaders |
Race details |
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| Official Race Name | XLVI Grand Prix de Belgique |
| Date | Sunday, 28 August 1988 |
| Local Start Time | 14:00 h |
| Grand Prix | Belgian GP |
| Circuit | Spa-Francorchamps |
| Round | 11 of 16 |
| Entries | 31 |
| Qualifiers | 26 |
| Finishers | 15 |
| Race distance | 6940 m × 43 laps = 298.420 km |
| Pole position | Right |
| First corner | Right |
| Track direction | Clockwise |
| Weather | Cloudy, Mild, Dry |
Entry List |
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| Car No. |
Entrant | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyres | Lubricant |
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| Camel Team Lotus Honda | Nélson Piquet | Lotus 100T | Honda 1.5 V6T | Goodyear | Elf | |
| Camel Team Lotus Honda | Satoru Nakajima | Lotus 100T | Honda 1.5 V6T | Goodyear | Elf | |
| Tyrrell Racing Organisation | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell 017 | Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8 | Goodyear | Elf | |
| Tyrrell Racing Organisation | Julian Bailey | Tyrrell 017 | Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8 | Goodyear | Elf | |
| Canon Williams Team | Martin Brundle | Williams FW12 | Judd 3.5 V8 | Goodyear | Mobil | |
| Canon Williams Team | Riccardo Patrese | Williams FW12 | Judd 3.5 V8 | Goodyear | Mobil | |
| West Zakspeed Racing | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed 881 | Zakspeed 1.5 L4T | Goodyear | Shell | |
| West Zakspeed Racing | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed 881 | Zakspeed 1.5 L4T | Goodyear | Shell | |
| Honda Marlboro McLaren | Alain Prost | McLaren MP4/4 | Honda 1.5 V6T | Goodyear | Shell | |
| Honda Marlboro McLaren | Ayrton Senna | McLaren MP4/4 | Honda 1.5 V6T | Goodyear | Shell | |
| Automobiles Gonfaronaise Sportive | Philippe Streiff | AGS JH23 | Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8 | Goodyear | Elf | |
| Leyton House March Racing Team | Mauricio Gugelmin | March 881 | Judd 3.5 V8 | Goodyear | - | |
| Leyton House March Racing Team | Ivan Capelli | March 881 | Judd 3.5 V8 | Goodyear | - | |
| USF&G Arrows Megatron | Derek Warwick | Arrows A10B | Megatron 1.5 L4T | Goodyear | Castrol | |
| USF&G Arrows Megatron | Eddie Cheever | Arrows A10B | Megatron 1.5 L4T | Goodyear | Castrol | |
| Benetton Formula Ltd | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton B188 | Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8 | Goodyear | Mobil | |
| Benetton Formula Ltd | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton B188 | Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8 | Goodyear | Mobil | |
| Osella Squadra Corse | Nicola Larini | Osella FA1L | Osella 1.5 V8T | Goodyear | Agip | |
| Rial Racing | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial ARC-01 | Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8 | Goodyear | STP | |
| Lois Minardi Team | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi M188 | Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8 | Goodyear | Agip | |
| Lois Minardi Team | Luis Perez-Sala | Minardi M188 | Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8 | Goodyear | Agip | |
| Ligier Loto | René Arnoux | Ligier JS31 | Judd 3.5 V8 | Goodyear | Valvoline | |
| Ligier Loto | Stefan Johansson | Ligier JS31 | Judd 3.5 V8 | Goodyear | Valvoline | |
| Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari F1-87/88C | Ferrari 1.5 V6T | Goodyear | Agip | |
| Scuderia Ferrari SpA SEFAC | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari F1-87/88C | Ferrari 1.5 V6T | Goodyear | Agip | |
| Larrousse Calmels | Yannick Dalmas | Lola LC88 | Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8 | Goodyear | BP | |
| Larrousse Calmels | Philippe Alliot | Lola LC88 | Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8 | Goodyear | BP | |
| Coloni SpA | Gabriele Tarquini | Coloni FC-188 | Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8 | Goodyear | - | |
| EuroBrun Racing | Oscar Larrauri | EuroBrun ER-188 | Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8 | Goodyear | Elf | |
| EuroBrun Racing | Stefano Modena | EuroBrun ER-188 | Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8 | Goodyear | Elf | |
| BMS Scuderia Italia | Alex Caffi | Dallara BMS-188 | Ford Cosworth DFZ 3.5 V8 | Goodyear | Castrol | |
Qualification |
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| Pos. | Car No. |
Driver | Car / Engine | Time | Gap | Percentage | Speed (km/h) |
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| Ayrton Senna | McLaren / Honda | - | 100.0% | 219.701 | |||
| Alain Prost | McLaren / Honda | 0.410 | 100.4% | 218.912 | |||
| Gerhard Berger | Ferrari / Ferrari | 0.863 | 100.8% | 218.047 | |||
| Michele Alboreto | Ferrari / Ferrari | 1.947 | 101.7% | 216.003 | |||
| Riccardo Patrese | Williams / Judd | 3.420 | 103.0% | 213.287 | |||
| Thierry Boutsen | Benetton / Ford | 3.737 | 103.3% | 212.711 | |||
| Alessandro Nannini | Benetton / Ford | 3.817 | 103.4% | 212.566 | |||
| Satoru Nakajima | Lotus / Honda | 3.898 | 103.4% | 212.420 | |||
| Nélson Piquet | Lotus / Honda | 4.103 | 103.6% | 212.050 | |||
| Derek Warwick | Arrows / Megatron | 4.207 | 103.7% | 211.863 | |||
| Eddie Cheever | Arrows / Megatron | 4.262 | 103.7% | 211.765 | |||
| Martin Brundle | Williams / Judd | 4.488 | 103.9% | 211.360 | |||
| Mauricio Gugelmin | March / Judd | 4.643 | 104.1% | 211.083 | |||
| Ivan Capelli | March / Judd | 5.721 | 105.0% | 209.178 | |||
| Alex Caffi | Dallara / Ford | 6.058 | 105.3% | 208.589 | |||
| Philippe Alliot | Lola / Ford | 6.188 | 105.4% | 208.363 | |||
| René Arnoux | Ligier / Judd | 6.319 | 105.6% | 208.136 | |||
| Philippe Streiff | AGS / Ford | 6.692 | 105.9% | 207.491 | |||
| Andrea de Cesaris | Rial / Ford | 6.803 | 106.0% | 207.300 | |||
| Stefan Johansson | Ligier / Judd | 7.139 | 106.3% | 206.724 | |||
| Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell / Ford | 7.360 | 106.5% | 206.346 | |||
| Gabriele Tarquini | Coloni / Ford | 7.641 | 106.7% | 205.869 | |||
| Yannick Dalmas | Lola / Ford | 7.749 | 106.8% | 205.685 | |||
| Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed / Zakspeed | 8.181 | 107.2% | 204.957 | |||
| Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed / Zakspeed | 8.220 | 107.2% | 204.891 | |||
| Nicola Larini | Osella / Osella | 8.311 | 107.3% | 204.738 | |||
| dnq | Luis Perez-Sala | Minardi / Ford | 8.411 | 107.4% | 204.571 | ||
| dnq | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi / Ford | 8.596 | 107.6% | 204.261 | ||
| dnq | Stefano Modena | EuroBrun / Ford | 8.604 | 107.6% | 204.248 | ||
| dnq | Julian Bailey | Tyrrell / Ford | 8.801 | 107.7% | 203.919 | ||
| dnpq | Oscar Larrauri | EuroBrun / Ford | 10.490 | 109.2% | 201.146 | ||
Starting grid |
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2  Alain Prost McLaren / Honda 1'54.128 |
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Ayrton Senna McLaren / Honda 1'53.718 |
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4 Michele Alboreto Ferrari / Ferrari 1'55.665 |
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Gerhard Berger Ferrari / Ferrari 1'54.581 |
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6 Thierry Boutsen Benetton / Ford 1'57.455 |
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Riccardo Patrese Williams / Judd 1'57.138 |
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8 Satoru Nakajima Lotus / Honda 1'57.616 |
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Alessandro Nannini Benetton / Ford 1'57.535 |
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10 Derek Warwick Arrows / Megatron 1'57.925 |
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Nélson Piquet Lotus / Honda 1'57.821 |
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12 Martin Brundle Williams / Judd 1'58.206 |
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Eddie Cheever Arrows / Megatron 1'57.980 |
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14 Ivan Capelli March / Judd 1'59.439 |
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Mauricio Gugelmin March / Judd 1'58.361 |
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16 Philippe Alliot Lola / Ford 1'59.906 |
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Alex Caffi Dallara / Ford 1'59.776 |
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18 Philippe Streiff AGS / Ford 2'00.410 |
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René Arnoux Ligier / Judd 2'00.037 |
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20 Stefan Johansson Ligier / Judd 2'00.857 |
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Andrea de Cesaris Rial / Ford 2'00.521 |
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22 Gabriele Tarquini Coloni / Ford 2'01.359 |
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Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell / Ford 2'01.078 |
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24 Piercarlo Ghinzani Zakspeed / Zakspeed 2'01.899 |
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Yannick Dalmas Lola / Ford 2'01.467 |
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26 Nicola Larini Osella / Osella 2'02.029 |
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Bernd Schneider Zakspeed / Zakspeed 2'01.938 |
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Fastest Laps |
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| Pos. | Car No. |
Driver | Car / Engine | Lap | Time | Gap | Percentage | Speed (km/h) |
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| Gerhard Berger | Ferrari / Ferrari | 2'00.772 | - | 100.0% | 206.869 | |||
| Ayrton Senna | McLaren / Honda | 2'01.061 | 0.289 | 100.2% | 206.375 | |||
| Alain Prost | McLaren / Honda | 2'01.702 | 0.930 | 100.8% | 205.288 | |||
| Michele Alboreto | Ferrari / Ferrari | 2'01.924 | 1.152 | 101.0% | 204.915 | |||
| Mauricio Gugelmin | March / Judd | 2'02.255 | 1.483 | 101.2% | 204.360 | |||
| Ivan Capelli | March / Judd | 2'02.302 | 1.530 | 101.3% | 204.281 | |||
| Nélson Piquet | Lotus / Honda | 2'02.598 | 1.826 | 101.5% | 203.788 | |||
| Derek Warwick | Arrows / Megatron | 2'03.002 | 2.230 | 101.8% | 203.119 | |||
| Riccardo Patrese | Williams / Judd | 2'03.220 | 2.448 | 102.0% | 202.759 | |||
| Satoru Nakajima | Lotus / Honda | 2'03.448 | 2.676 | 102.2% | 202.385 | |||
| Eddie Cheever | Arrows / Megatron | 2'03.653 | 2.881 | 102.4% | 202.049 | |||
| Martin Brundle | Williams / Judd | 2'04.088 | 3.316 | 102.7% | 201.341 | |||
| Alex Caffi | Dallara / Ford | 2'04.475 | 3.703 | 103.1% | 200.715 | |||
| Gabriele Tarquini | Coloni / Ford | 2'04.589 | 3.817 | 103.2% | 200.531 | |||
| Philippe Streiff | AGS / Ford | 2'05.028 | 4.256 | 103.5% | 199.827 | |||
| Philippe Alliot | Lola / Ford | 2'05.083 | 4.311 | 103.6% | 199.739 | |||
| Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell / Ford | 2'05.525 | 4.753 | 103.9% | 199.036 | |||
| Stefan Johansson | Ligier / Judd | 2'05.681 | 4.909 | 104.1% | 198.789 | |||
| Nicola Larini | Osella / Osella | 2'06.514 | 5.742 | 104.8% | 197.480 | |||
| Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed / Zakspeed | 2'06.653 | 5.881 | 104.9% | 197.263 | |||
| Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed / Zakspeed | 2'06.810 | 6.038 | 105.0% | 197.019 | |||
| Yannick Dalmas | Lola / Ford | 2'07.497 | 6.725 | 105.6% | 195.958 | |||
| René Arnoux | Ligier / Judd | 2'07.978 | 7.206 | 106.0% | 195.221 | |||
| Andrea de Cesaris | Rial / Ford | 2'08.821 | 8.049 | 106.7% | 193.944 | |||
| Alessandro Nannini | Benetton / Ford | 2'02.298 | 1.526 | 101.3% | 204.288 | |||
| Thierry Boutsen | Benetton / Ford | 2'02.849 | 2.077 | 101.7% | 203.372 | |||
Classification |
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| Pos. | Car No. |
Driver | Car / Engine | Laps | Time | Gap/ Retirement |
Speed (km/h) |
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| Ayrton Senna | McLaren / Honda | 1:28'00.549 | - | 203.447 | |||
| Alain Prost | McLaren / Honda | 1:28'31.019 | 30.470 | 202.280 | |||
| Ivan Capelli | March / Judd | 1:29'16.317 | 1'15.768 | 200.569 | |||
| Nélson Piquet | Lotus / Honda | 1:29'24.177 | 1'23.628 | 200.275 | |||
| Derek Warwick | Arrows / Megatron | 1:29'25.904 | 1'25.355 | 200.211 | |||
| Eddie Cheever | Arrows / Megatron | 1:28'00.918 | 1 Lap | 198.702 | |||
| Martin Brundle | Williams / Judd | 1:28'01.724 | 1 Lap | 198.671 | |||
| Alex Caffi | Dallara / Ford | 1:28'30.070 | 1 Lap | 197.611 | |||
| Philippe Alliot | Lola / Ford | 1:28'35.863 | 1 Lap | 197.396 | |||
| Philippe Streiff | AGS / Ford | 1:28'54.179 | 1 Lap | 196.718 | |||
| Stefan Johansson | Ligier / Judd | 1:22'42.748 | Engine | 196.338 | |||
| Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell / Ford | 1:22'43.371 | Throttle | 196.313 | |||
| Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed / Zakspeed | 1:22'02.065 | Gearbox | 192.885 | |||
| Thierry Boutsen | Benetton / Ford | 1:29'00.230 | Disqualified | 201.173 | |||
| Alessandro Nannini | Benetton / Ford | 1:29'09.143 | Disqualified | 200.838 | |||
| Gabriele Tarquini | Coloni / Ford | 1:28'31.950 | Steering | 169.321 | |||
| Michele Alboreto | Ferrari / Ferrari | 1:12'06.586 | Engine | 202.109 | |||
| Riccardo Patrese | Williams / Judd | 1:02'33.761 | Engine | 199.672 | |||
| Mauricio Gugelmin | March / Judd | 1:00'32.305 | Spun off | 199.470 | |||
| Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed / Zakspeed | 53'28.971 | Oil leak | 194.642 | |||
| Satoru Nakajima | Lotus / Honda | 46'02.220 | Engine | 198.988 | |||
| Nicola Larini | Osella / Osella | 33'43.632 | Fuel system | 172.846 | |||
| Gerhard Berger | Ferrari / Ferrari | 29'53.720 | Injection | 153.215 | |||
| Yannick Dalmas | Lola / Ford | 19'33.483 | Engine | 191.614 | |||
| Andrea de Cesaris | Rial / Ford | 4'28.658 | Collision | 185.991 | |||
| René Arnoux | Ligier / Judd | 4'28.999 | Collision | 185.755 | |||
Lap Leaders |
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| Pos. | Car No. |
Driver | Car / Engine | Laps Led | Percentage |
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| Ayrton Senna | McLaren / Honda | 100% | |||
Best thanks go to Jonathan Davies from ChicaneF1.com for providing the data on this page!
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