1988 Canadian Grand Prix

1988 Canadian Grand Prix
Race 5 of 16 in the 1988 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date 12 June 1988
Official name XXVI Molson Grand Prix du Canada
Location Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Course Temporary street circuit
Course length 4.390 km (2.728 miles)
Distance 69 laps, 302.910 km (188.220 miles)
Weather Sunny and hot with temperatures up to 29 °C (84 °F); wind speeds up to 19 kilometres per hour (12 mph)[1]
Pole position
Driver McLaren-Honda
Time 1:21.681
Fastest lap
Driver Brazil Ayrton Senna McLaren-Honda
Time 1:24.973 on lap 53
Podium
First McLaren-Honda
Second McLaren-Honda
Third Benetton-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1988 Canadian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 12 June 1988 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal. It was the fifth race of the 1988 Formula One World Championship. The 69-lap race was won from pole position by Brazilian driver Ayrton Senna, driving a McLaren-Honda, with French teammate Alain Prost second and Belgian Thierry Boutsen third in a Benetton-Ford.

  1. ^ "Weather information for the "1988 Canadian Grand Prix"". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2014-09-07.