1988 Spanish Grand Prix

1988 Spanish Grand Prix
Race 14 of 16 in the 1988 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date 2 October 1988
Official name XXX Gran Premio Tio Pepe de EspaƱa
Location Circuito Permanente de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.218 km (2.620 miles)
Distance 72 laps, 303.696 km (188.708 miles)
Weather Sunny and hot
Pole position
Driver McLaren-Honda
Time 1:24.067
Fastest lap
Driver France Alain Prost McLaren-Honda
Time 1:27.845 on lap 60
Podium
First McLaren-Honda
Second Williams-Judd
Third Benetton-Ford
Lap leaders

The 1988 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 2 October 1988 at the Circuito Permanente de Jerez, Jerez de la Frontera. It was the fourteenth race of the 1988 Formula One World Championship.

The 72-lap race was won by Frenchman Alain Prost, driving a McLaren-Honda, after he started from second position. British driver Nigel Mansell finished second in a Williams-Judd, with Italian Alessandro Nannini third in a Benetton-Ford. Prost's teammate and Drivers' Championship rival, Brazilian Ayrton Senna, finished fourth having started from pole position.