1988 Belgian Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 11 of 16 in the 1988 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 28 August 1988 | ||
| Official name | XLVI Champion Belgian Grand Prix | ||
| Location | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa, Belgium | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 6.940 km (4.312 mi) | ||
| Distance | 43 laps, 298.420 km (185.429 mi) | ||
| Weather | Warm, dry and overcast | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | McLaren-Honda | ||
| Time | 1:53.718 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Gerhard Berger
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Ferrari | |
| Time | 2:00.772 on lap 10 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | McLaren-Honda | ||
| Second | McLaren-Honda | ||
| Third | March-Judd | ||
The 1988 Belgian Grand Prix (formally the XLVI Champion Belgian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 28 August 1988 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. The race, contested over 43 laps, was the eleventh round of the 1988 Formula One season and was won by Ayrton Senna driving a McLaren-Honda.
This was the first race after the death of Enzo Ferrari. Nigel Mansell was forced to miss the race due to chicken pox and was replaced at Williams by Martin Brundle who actually managed to be fastest in the second, wet qualifying session. The McLaren-Hondas had dominated the first qualifying session and occupied the whole front row for the 7th time in 11 races, though neither Ayrton Senna nor Alain Prost could match Michele Alboreto on the uphill Kemmel Straight as he pushed his Ferrari to 312 km/h (194 mph). This was the first race in 1988 where neither of the new EuroBrun cars made the field.
Riccardo Patrese did a fine job to be 5th on the grid in his naturally aspirated Williams-Judd, but his time of 1:57.138 was still 3.420 seconds slower than pole man Senna. Local driver Thierry Boutsen gave the Belgian crowd something to cheer when he put his Benetton-Ford in 6th place on the grid.
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