The 1988 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 42nd season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It featured the 1988 Formula One World Championship for Drivers and the 1988 Formula One World Champion
Ayrton Senna won the first of his three Drivers' Championships with 90 points in his first year with McLaren.
Gerhard Berger finished third, driving for Ferrari.
McLaren-Honda won the World Constructors' Championship winning all but one race with the McLaren MP4/4.
Ferrari finished runner-up in the Constructors' Championship with the Ferrari F1/87/88C.
The 1989 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 43rd season of FIA Formula One motor racing. It began on 26 March and ended on 5 November. Alain Prost won his third Drivers' Championship, and McLa
1988 Formula One World Championship
…constructors competed in the 1988 season. All teams competed with tyres supplied by Goodyear. Naturally aspirated engines would become mandatory from 1989 onwards and this year already saw severe restrictions on the turbocharged units (see Regulation changes), so four teams took the gamble of making the…
Alain Prost won the Drivers' title for the third time with McLaren-Honda on 76 points in his last season with the team.
Defending champion and Prost's teammate Ayrton Senna finished runner-up, 16 points behind.
Riccardo Patrese came third on 40 points for Williams-Renault.
McLaren-Honda won the Constructors' Championship in 1989 with the MP4/5 (the white-and-red cars nearest the camera).