High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1988 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on September 11, 1988 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza. It was the twelfth race of the 1988 Formula One season. It is often remembered for the extremely improbable 1-2 finish for the Ferrari team, and the only race of the 1988 season that McLaren failed to win.