Round 7 of 16 · Le Castellet · 3 July 1988, Sunday
French Grand Prix
Key highlights
Prost
pole position
80
laps
15
finishers out of 27
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time / Gap | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 1:37:37.328 | 9 |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | +31.752 | 6 |
| 3 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | +1:06.505 | 4 |
| 4 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | +1 Lap | 3 |
| 5 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 6 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | +1 Lap | |
| 8 | Maurício Gugelmin | March | +1 Lap | |
| 9 | Ivan Capelli | March | +1 Lap | |
| 10 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | +2 Laps | |
| 11 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | +2 Laps | |
| 12 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | +2 Laps | |
| 13 | Yannick Dalmas | Larrousse | +2 Laps | |
| 14 | Stefano Modena | Euro Brun | +3 Laps | |
| 15 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | +3 Laps | |
| NC | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | Not classified | |
| DNF | Oscar Larrauri | Euro Brun | Clutch | |
| DNF | Nicola Larini | Osella | Halfshaft | |
| DNF | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | Gearbox | |
| DNF | Nigel Mansell | Williams | Suspension | |
| DNF | Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | Electrical | |
| DNF | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | Engine | |
| DNF | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | Brakes | |
| DNF | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | Engine | |
| DNF | Philippe Streiff | AGS | Fuel leak | |
| DNF | Derek Warwick | Arrows | Spun off | |
| DNQ | René Arnoux | Ligier | Did not qualify | |
| DNQ | Julian Bailey | Tyrrell | Did not qualify | |
| DNQ | Stefan Johansson | Ligier | Did not qualify | |
| DNPQ | Gabriele Tarquini | Coloni | Did not prequalify | |
| EX | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed | Excluded |
- DNF
- Did not finish
- NC
- Not classified
- DNQ
- Did not qualify
- DNPQ
- Did not pre-qualify
- EX
- Excluded