1988 Hungarian Grand Prix

The tight and twisty Hungaroring offered a chance for the naturally-aspirated cars against the turbos , and they took seven of the top ten positions in qualifying. However, Ayrton Senna still took pole position in his McLaren - Honda , his eighth of the season, pipping the Williams of Nigel Mansell by 0.1 seconds. Mansell was driving against doctor's orders as he had developed chickenpox . On the second row of the grid were Thierry Boutsen in the Benetton and Ivan Capelli in the March , and on t...

Mansell made a good start and almost took the lead but Senna held onto his position, and thanks to the superior power of his Honda engine he pulled away slightly down the main straight to head the field into turn 1. Patrese also made an excellent start climbing from 6th to 3rd while Prost was slow away and was only 9th at the end of the first lap. Capelli made a great start and in fact almost overtook Mansell into the first turn before his engine suddenly went sour and he pitted after just 2 lap...

On lap 32, Prost had climbed to 3rd place behind Senna and Boutsen. On lap 37, Mansell pitted to replace tyres, which were ragged and causing vibrations to the car. Prost passed Boutsen on lap 47 and set out chasing down Senna. Two laps later, while Senna prepared to lap Yannick Dalmas ' Lola and Gabriele Tarquini 's Coloni , Prost passed all three of them in a breathtaking move down the main straight. However he was too quick going into the first turn and ran wide enabling Senna to regain the l...