1988 Monaco Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 3 of 16 in the 1988 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | May 15, 1988 | ||
| Official name | 46e Grand Prix de Monaco | ||
| Location | Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco | ||
| Course | Street circuit | ||
| Course length | 3.328 km (2.068 mi) | ||
| Distance | 78 laps, 259.584 km (161.298 mi) | ||
| Weather | Warm and dry | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | McLaren-Honda | ||
| Time | 1:23.998 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Ayrton Senna
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McLaren-Honda | |
| Time | 1:26.321 on lap 59 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | McLaren-Honda | ||
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | Ferrari | ||
Coordinates: 43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E
The 1988 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on May 15, 1988, at the Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo. The race, contested over 78 laps, was the third race of the 1988 Formula One season and was won by Alain Prost, driving a McLaren-Honda, after team-mate Ayrton Senna crashed out late on while leading comfortably. Ferrari drivers Gerhard Berger and Michele Alboreto finished second and third respectively.
The McLaren-Hondas continued their dominant form from the previous race at Imola, as Ayrton Senna took pole by some 1.4 seconds from team-mate Alain Prost, with a further 1.2 seconds back to the Ferrari of Gerhard Berger in third. Berger's team-mate Michele Alboreto was fourth, while Nigel Mansell was fifth in the Williams, the quickest of the naturally-aspirated cars, albeit some 3.6 seconds behind Senna. Completing the top ten were Alessandro Nannini in the Benetton, Derek Warwick in the Arrows, Riccardo Patrese in the second Williams, Eddie Cheever in the second Arrows and Jonathan Palmer in the Tyrrell, while among the non-qualifiers was Satoru Nakajima, whose Lotus was powered by the same Honda turbo engine as the McLaren.
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