1988 Hungarian Grand Prix

The 1988 Hungarian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 7 August 1988 at the Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary. It was the tenth race of the 1988 Formula One World Championship.

1988 Hungarian Grand Prix
Race 10 of 16 in the 1988 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date 7 August 1988
Official name Pop 84 Magyar Nagydíj
Location Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.014 km (2.494 miles)
Distance 76 laps, 305.064 km (189.558 miles)
Weather Sunny and hot
Pole position
Driver McLaren-Honda
Time 1:27.635
Fastest lap
Driver Alain Prost McLaren-Honda
Time 1:30.639 on lap 51
Podium
First McLaren-Honda
Second McLaren-Honda
Third
  • Thierry Boutsen
Benetton-Ford
Lap leaders

The 76-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. The win, Senna's sixth of the season, moved him level on points with Prost at the top of the Drivers' Championship.

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