1988 Sporting Regulations

1988 ran 16 rounds with the 9-6-4-3-2-1 points system and best-11-of-16 scoring for drivers. Both the Jim Clark Trophy and Colin Chapman Cup ran for a second and final year. Ayrton Senna won his first World Championship with the dominant McLaren-Honda MP4/4. The dropped-scores rule produced awkwardness when drivers stopped racing hard for points that wouldn't count — a reason it was ultimately abandoned at the end of the decade.