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1988 Belgian Grand Prix
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The 1988 Belgian Grand Prix (formally the XLVI Champion Belgian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps on 28 August 1988. It was the eleventh race of the 1988 Formula One World Championship.
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1988 Belgian Grand Prix | |||
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Race 11 of 16 in the 1988 Formula One World Championship | |||
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Race details | |||
Date | 28 August 1988 | ||
Official name | XLVI Champion Belgian Grand Prix | ||
Location |
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium[1] | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 6.940 km (4.312 miles) | ||
Distance | 43 laps, 298.420 km (185.429 miles) | ||
Weather | Warm, dry and overcast | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | McLaren-Honda | ||
Time | 1:53.718 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver |
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Time | 2:00.772 on lap 10 | ||
Podium | |||
First | McLaren-Honda | ||
Second | McLaren-Honda | ||
Third | March-Judd | ||
Lap leaders |
The 43-lap race was won from pole position by Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna, driving a McLaren-Honda. Senna's French teammate Alain Prost was second, with Italy's Ivan Capelli third in a March-Judd after the Benetton-Fords of local driver Thierry Boutsen and Alessandro Nannini were disqualified for fuel irregularities.
The win, Senna's seventh of the season and fourth in succession, gave him a three-point lead over Prost in the Drivers' Championship.