Round 7 · 1988
French Grand Prix
WinnerPROMcLaren · from P1
PolePRO
Fastest lap1:11.737Prost · L45
Biggest gain+8Gugelmin P16→P8
Retirements12of 27 starters
Classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | +/− | Laps | Time / Status | Pits | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost PRO | McLaren | 1 | 0 | 80 | 1:37:37.328 FL | — | 9 |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna SEY | McLaren | 2 | 0 | 80 | +31.750 | — | 6 |
| 3 | Michele Alboreto ALB | Ferrari | 4 | +1 | 80 | +1:06.510 | — | 4 |
| 4 | Gerhard Berger BEG | Ferrari | 3 | -1 | 79 | +1 lap | — | 3 |
| 5 | Team Lotus | 7 | +2 | 79 | +1 lap | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Benetton | 6 | 0 | 79 | +1 lap | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Satoru Nakajima NAJ | Team Lotus | 8 | +1 | 79 | +1 lap | — | |
| 8 | March | 16 | +8 | 79 | +1 lap | — | ||
| 9 | Ivan Capelli CAP | March | 10 | +1 | 79 | +1 lap | — | |
| 10 | Rial | 12 | +2 | 78 | +2 laps | — | ||
| 11 | Eddie Cheever Jr CHE | Arrows | 13 | +2 | 78 | +2 laps | — | |
| 12 | Alex Caffi CAF | Dallara | 14 | +2 | 78 | +2 laps | — | |
| 13 | Yannick Dalmas DAS | Lola | 19 | +6 | 78 | +2 laps | — | |
| 14 | Stefano Modena MOD | Euro Brun | 20 | +6 | 77 | +3 laps | — | |
| 15 | Minardi | 22 | +7 | 77 | +3 laps | — | ||
| — | Nicola Larini LAI | Osella | 24 | 56 | DNF · L56 | — | ||
| — | Riccardo Patrese PAC | Williams | 15 | 35 | DNF · L35 | — | ||
| — | Ligier | — | 0 | DNQ | — | |||
| — | Stefan Johansson JOF | Ligier | — | 0 | DNQ | — | ||
| — | Nigel Mansell MNS | Williams | 9 | 48 | DNF · L48 | — | ||
| — | Zakspeed | — | 0 | DSQ | — | |||
| — | Derek Warwick WAW | Arrows | 11 | 11 | DNF · L11 | — | ||
| — | Thierry Boutsen BOS | Benetton | 5 | 28 | DNF · L28 | — | ||
| — | Jonathan Palmer PAO | Tyrrell | 23 | 40 | DNF · L40 | — | ||
| — | Philippe Alliot ALI | Lola | 18 | 46 | DNF · L46 | — | ||
| — | Philippe Streiff STI | AGS | 17 | 20 | DNF · L20 | — | ||
| — | Coloni | — | 0 | Not Pre-Qualified | — | |||
| — | Luis Perez-Sala PEZ | Minardi | 25 | 70 | NC · L70 | — | ||
| — | Bernd Schneider SCN | Zakspeed | 21 | 55 | DNF · L55 | — | ||
| — | Euro Brun | 26 | 64 | DNF · L64 | — | |||
| — | Julian Bailey BAI | Tyrrell | — | 0 | DNQ | — |
Session schedule
Grand PrixFinal
Recent winners at Circuit Paul Ricard
Circuit DNA| Season | Event | Winner | Team | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | French Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell MNS | Williams | 1 |
| 1986 | French Grand Prix | Nigel Mansell MNS | Williams | 2 |
| 1985 | French Grand Prix | Brabham | 5 | |
| 1983 | French Grand Prix | Alain Prost PRO | Toleman | 1 |
| 1982 | French Grand Prix | Toleman | 1 | |
| 1980 | French Grand Prix | Alan Jones JOE | Williams | 4 |
| 1978 | French Grand Prix | Mario Andretti ANI | Team Lotus | 2 |
| 1976 | French Grand Prix | James Hunt HUN | McLaren | 1 |