Гран-при Португалии Формулы-1 1988 года: Прорыв Проста и борьба Сенны.

The 1988 Portuguese Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 25 September 1988 at the Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril. It was the thirteenth race of the 1988 Formula One World Championship. The 71 lap race 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 teammate 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 sat out the rest of the session, confident that Senna could not better the time. Senna indeed qualified second. They were ahead of Ivan Capelli in the atmospheric March Judd, 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. After finishing third and fourth in Italy, the Arrows Megatrons of Derek Warwick (10th) and Eddie Cheever (18th) struggled in Portugal. Both drivers complained of little grip on the rarely used Estoril circuit, which was compounded by slow turns which exposed the Straight 4 Megatron engine's lack of throttle response. After missing the previous two races in Belgium and Italy due to illness, Nigel Mansell was back in his Williams Judd. He complained of a sore neck but qualified 6th, less than 0.1 behind Gugelmin. Julian Bailey (Tyrrell Ford), Stefano Modena (EuroBrun Ford), and the Zakspeeds of Piercarlo Ghinzani and Bernd Schneider all failed to qualify while Oscar Larrauri (EuroBrun Ford) failed to pre qualify.

The first start was aborted when the Rial Ford of Andrea de Cesaris stalled on the grid. The second start was aborted after Derek Warwick stalled his Arrows A10 and was hit by de Cesaris, with Luis Pérez Sala (Minardi) and Satoru Nakajima (Lotus). Ayrton Senna led off at the third start, to the delight of the Portuguese crowd. At the start of lap 2, Alain Prost pulled out of Senna's slipstream to pass him. Senna moved violently over on Prost and forced him towards the pit wall at over The Frenchman nonetheless maintained his will to pass the Brazilian, not lifting off the throttle, and passed Senna into the first corner. Prost was not impressed with Senna's tactics and the pair exchanged words in the McLaren camp after the race. Senna countered Prost's anger by stating that he had almost been pushed onto the grass by Prost before the first corner after the start. Prost's lead built up to 7 seconds and would last until the flag, while Senna was being troubled by an erratic (and ultimately false) fuel readout which was telling him he was using too much. This allowed Capelli to close right up on him. On lap 22 the Italian out braked Senna to excited acclaim and opened up a gap on him. It was the first time all season other than when Prost suffered from severe misfires at both the British and Italian GP's that a McLaren Honda had been passed on track by any other car. Soon after Gerhard Berger also passed the McLaren, leaving Senna exposed to the attacks of Nigel Mansell's Williams. The Briton was closer on the corners, but the Honda turbo was superior in the fast sectors of the track. Berger had claimed the fastest lap in his pursuit of Capelli, but spun off on lap 36. He had accidentally set off his fire extinguisher, with the resultant freezing of his leg with carbon dioxide causing his foot to slip off the pedals. Berger had been attempting a cockpit adjustment to his car but on the bumpy Estoril surface simply hit the wrong button. On lap 55, Mansell and Senna attempted to lap the Tyrrell of Jonathan Palmer: during this manoeuvre Mansell hit the back off the McLaren and spun into the barriers though without any damage to Senna who continued on. Maurício Gugelmin, Nelson Piquet (Lotus Honda), Michele Alboreto (Ferrari), Riccardo Patrese (Williams Judd) and Thierry Boutsen (Benetton Ford) were hotly contesting the last point place in 6th. On lap 29 Patrese retired with a split radiator and the next lap Piquet retired with clutch and gearbox problems. On lap 57, Senna, still having problems with his fuel readout, pitted for a tyre change and was passed by Alboreto, Boutsen and Derek Warwick, falling to 6th. Prost won from Capelli, who at one stage was catching the McLaren, but backed off to save his engine after seeing his teammate's car sitting beside the track with a dead engine; the gap at the line was 9.5 seconds and Prost himself was marginal on fuel. It was Capelli's first podium finish in Formula One and the first time a March had finished on the podium of a Grand Prix since the 1976 Italian Grand Prix. Fuel problems were a feature of this race: on the last corner of the race Alboreto's engine stuttered his car was running out of fuel despite the gauge indicating he had plenty left. Boutsen passed him to get his 5th podium of the year and Warwick claimed 4th place. The dry Ferrari of Alboreto and McLaren of Senna were classified 5th and 6th. Prost's 5th win of the year, and his first since France, along with Senna's 6th place, saw him remain in strong contention for his third World Championship.

PosNoDriverConstructorTimeGap136 Alex CaffiDallara Ford1:21.468—221 Nicola LariniOsella1:23.051 +1.583331 Gabriele TarquiniColoni Ford1:23.807 +2.339433 Stefano ModenaEuroBrun Ford1:24.076 +2.608DNPQ32 Oscar LarrauriEuroBrun Ford1:25.146 +3.678

Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Gap 1 11 Alain Prost McLaren Honda 1:18.378 1:17.411 — 2 12 Ayrton Senna McLaren Honda 1:18.032 1:17.869 +0.458 3 16 Ivan Capelli March Judd 1:20.390 1:18.812 +1.401 4 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 1:20.065 1:18.903 +1.492 5 15 Maurício Gugelmin March Judd 1:20.791 1:19.045 +1.634 6 5 Nigel Mansell Williams Judd 1:20.908 1:19.131 +1.720 7 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 1:21.647 1:19.372 +1.961 8 1 Nelson Piquet Lotus Honda 1:19.551 1:19.872 +2.140 9 19 Alessandro Nannini Benetton Ford 1:21.008 1:19.572 +2.161 10 17 Derek Warwick Arrows Megatron 1:21.240 1:19.603 +2.192 11 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams Judd 1:19.878 1:19.797 +2.386 12 22 Andrea de Cesaris Rial Ford 1:21.386 1:19.940 +2.529 13 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton Ford 1:20.700 1:20.314 +2.903 14 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi Ford 1:21.292 1:20.741 +3.330 15 29 Yannick Dalmas Lola Ford 1:21.655 1:20.748 +3.337 16 2 Satoru Nakajima Lotus Honda 1:22.496 1:20.783 +3.372 17 36 Alex Caffi Dallara Ford 1:22.349 1:20.922 +3.511 18 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows Megatron 1:21.519 1:20.965 +3.554 19 24 Luis Pérez Sala Minardi Ford 1:21.909 1:21.094 +3.683 20 30 Philippe Alliot Lola Ford 1:21.809 1:21.096 +3.685 21 14 Philippe Streiff AGS Ford 1:21.644 1:21.418 +4.007 22 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell Ford 1:22.797 1:21.788 +4.377 23 25 René Arnoux Ligier Judd 1:22.786 1:21.790 +4.379 24 26 Stefan Johansson Ligier Judd 1:22.778 1:22.035 +4.624 25 21 Nicola Larini Osella 1:22.883 1:22.119 +4.708 26 31 Gabriele Tarquini Coloni Ford 1:23.057 1:22.170 +4.759 DNQ 4 Julian Bailey Tyrrell Ford 1:22.946 1:22.296 +4.885 DNQ 9 Piercarlo Ghinzani Zakspeed 1:24.127 1:22.549 +5.138 DNQ 33 Stefano Modena EuroBrun Ford 1:23.075 1:23.232 +5.664 DNQ 10 Bernd Schneider Zakspeed 1:23.393 1:23.300 +5.889

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 11 Alain Prost McLaren Honda 70 1:37:40.958 1 9 2 16 Ivan Capelli March Judd 70 + 9.553 3 6 3 20 Thierry Boutsen Benetton Ford 70 + 44.619 13 4 4 17 Derek Warwick Arrows Megatron 70 + 1:07.419 10 3 5 27 Michele Alboreto Ferrari 70 + 1:11.884 7 2 6 12 Ayrton Senna McLaren Honda 70 + 1:18.269 2 1 7 36 Alex Caffi Dallara Ford 69 + 1 Lap 17   8 24 Luis Pérez Sala Minardi Ford 68 + 2 Laps 19   9 14 Philippe Streiff AGS Ford 68 + 2 Laps 21   10 25 René Arnoux Ligier Judd 68 + 2 Laps 23   11 31 Gabriele Tarquini Coloni Ford 65 + 5 Laps 26   12 21 Nicola Larini Osella 63 + 7 Laps 25   Ret 15 Maurício Gugelmin March Judd 59 Engine 5   Ret 5 Nigel Mansell Williams Judd 54 Spun Off 6   Ret 3 Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell Ford 53 Overheating 22   Ret 19 Alessandro Nannini Benetton Ford 52 Handling 9   Ret 28 Gerhard Berger Ferrari 35 Spun Off 4   Ret 1 Nelson Piquet Lotus Honda 34 Clutch 8   Ret 6 Riccardo Patrese Williams Judd 29 Radiator 11   Ret 23 Pierluigi Martini Minardi Ford 27 Engine 14   Ret 29 Yannick Dalmas Lola Ford 20 Alternator 15   Ret 2 Satoru Nakajima Lotus Honda 16 Spun Off 16   Ret 22 Andrea de Cesaris Rial Ford 11 Halfshaft 12   Ret 18 Eddie Cheever Arrows Megatron 10 Turbo 18   Ret 30 Philippe Alliot Lola Ford 7 Engine 20   Ret 26 Stefan Johansson Ligier Judd 4 Engine 24   DNQ 4 Julian Bailey Tyrrell Ford     DNQ 9 Piercarlo Ghinzani Zakspeed     DNQ 33 Stefano Modena EuroBrun Ford     DNQ 10 Bernd Schneider Zakspeed     DNPQ 32 Oscar Larrauri EuroBrun Ford    Source: