1988 Rhone Poulenc Grand Prix de France
Paul Ricard · · Formula 1
Race summary
| Winner | Grid | Cars | Margin | Laps | km | Fastest lap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alain Prost | 1 | 26 | 31.752 | 80 | 305 | Alain Prost |
Finishing order
Interval is the deficit to the winner: seconds where official timing recorded them, laps where a car finished down. ★ marks the fastest lap.
| Fin | Grid | No. | Driver | Constructor | Engine | Laps | FL | Interval | Status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 11 | Alain Prost | McLaren | Honda | 80 | ★ | Finished | 9 | |
| 2 | 2 | 12 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | Honda | 80 | +31.752s | Finished | 6 | |
| 3 | 4 | 27 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | Ferrari | 80 | +66.505s | Finished | 4 | |
| 4 | 3 | 28 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | Ferrari | 79 | +1 lap | Finished | 3 | |
| 5 | 7 | 1 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | Honda | 79 | +1 lap | Finished | 2 | |
| 6 | 6 | 19 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | Ford | 79 | +1 lap | Finished | 1 | |
| 7 | 8 | 2 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | Honda | 79 | +1 lap | Finished | ||
| 8 | 16 | 15 | Maurício Gugelmin | March | Judd | 79 | +1 lap | Finished | ||
| 9 | 10 | 16 | Ivan Capelli | March | Judd | 79 | +1 lap | Finished | ||
| 10 | 12 | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | Ford | 78 | +2 laps | Finished | ||
| 11 | 13 | 18 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | Megatron | 78 | +2 laps | Finished | ||
| 12 | 14 | 36 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | Ford | 78 | +2 laps | Finished | ||
| 13 | 19 | 29 | Yannick Dalmas | Lola | Ford | 78 | +2 laps | Finished | ||
| 14 | 20 | 33 | Stefano Modena | EuroBrun | Ford | 77 | +3 laps | Finished | ||
| 15 | 22 | 23 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | Ford | 77 | +3 laps | Finished | ||
| — | 25 | 24 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | Ford | 70 | +10 laps | Not classified | ||
| — | 26 | 32 | Oscar Larrauri | EuroBrun | Ford | 64 | — | Clutch | ||
| — | 24 | 21 | Nicola Larini | Osella | Osella | 56 | — | Halfshaft | ||
| — | 21 | 10 | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | Zakspeed | 55 | — | Gearbox | ||
| — | 9 | 5 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | Judd | 48 | — | Suspension | ||
| — | 18 | 30 | Philippe Alliot | Lola | Ford | 46 | — | Electrical | ||
| — | 23 | 3 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | Ford | 40 | — | Engine | ||
| — | 15 | 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | Judd | 35 | — | Brakes | ||
| — | 5 | 20 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | Ford | 28 | — | Engine | ||
| — | 17 | 14 | Philippe Streiff | AGS | Ford | 20 | — | Fuel leak | ||
| — | 11 | 17 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | Megatron | 11 | — | Spun off | ||
| — | — | 25 | René Arnoux | Ligier | Judd | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 4 | Julian Bailey | Tyrrell | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 26 | Stefan Johansson | Ligier | Judd | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 31 | Gabriele Tarquini | Coloni | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 9 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed | Zakspeed | — | Not classified |