1988 Portuguese Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 13 of 16 in the 1988 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 25 September 1988 | ||
| Official name | XXII Grande Prémio de Portugal | ||
| Location | Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril, Portugal | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.350 km (2.703 mi) | ||
| Distance | 71 laps, 304.500 km (189.207 mi) | ||
| Weather | Sunny and hot | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | McLaren-Honda | ||
| Time | 1:17.411 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Gerhard Berger
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Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:21.961 on lap 31 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | McLaren-Honda | ||
| Second | March-Judd | ||
| Third | Benetton-Ford | ||
The 1988 Portuguese Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 25 September 1988 at the Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril. The race, contested over 71 laps, was the thirteenth race of the 1988 Formula One season and was won by Alain Prost, driving a McLaren-Honda, with Ivan Capelli second in a March-Judd and Thierry Boutsen third in a Benetton-Ford. Prost's team-mate and Drivers' Championship rival, Ayrton Senna, could only manage sixth.
McLaren gained their 9th front row of the year with Alain Prost in front of Ayrton Senna for the first time since France. Prost, whose MP4/4 had a brand new, stiffer chassis, set his fastest time early in Saturday qualifying, and then confident that Senna couldn't better the time, spent the rest of qualifying lounging around the McLaren pit in jeans and T-shirt while Senna simply couldn't find a clear lap. They were ahead of Ivan Capelli in the atmospheric March-Judd. In fact, both Marches were in the top five, with Maurício Gugelmin in fifth behind the Ferrari of Monza winner Gerhard Berger. Both Capelli and Gugelmin expressed delight with their cars, especially in the fast corners and many saw them as a chance to upset the McLaren apple cart in the race.
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