F1 1988 Season ^new^
Senna | Win: Prost The McLarens were untouchable. Prost led from start to finish, but Senna, after a gearbox issue in qualifying (starting 4th), charged back to 2nd. A perfect 1-2 start. Prost’s first win for McLaren.
1988 was the last year of unrestricted engine development for decades. The screaming 1,000+ bhp qualifying turbos vanished forever. From 1989, F1 became a naturally aspirated, fuel-limited formula. f1 1988 season
Prost | Win: Prost Prost’s home race. He took a rare pole (only 3 for him all year) and won ahead of Senna. Senna | Win: Prost The McLarens were untouchable
The result was a dominance that remains untouched in the sport’s history. McLaren won 15 out of the 16 races. The rest of the grid—the Ferraris, the Lotuses, the Benettons—were fighting for scraps. They were not racing for victory; they were racing for the title of "Best of the Rest." The season was a two-horse race, but the drama lay in who was holding the reins. Prost’s first win for McLaren
By the season finale in Japan, the mathematics were complex. Prost had scored more total points (including dropped scores), but under the archaic "best 11 results" rule, Senna could still win the title if he won the race.
