Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ban da Grand Prix na Ostiraliya inda duka direbobin Ferrari suka sami zaman cancanta mara kyau, Berger ya bayyana a cikin manyan mutane huɗu a cikin cancanta da tsere a duk sauran Grands Prix amma rashin aminci da haɗari ya sa ya gama tsere uku ne kawai a duk shekara (a tsakiyar kakar an gano matsalar da ke gudana ta atomatik ba ta da isasshen iko daga baturin da aka gyara tare da taimakon mai tallafawa ƙungiyar, ƙwararrun lantarki Magneti Marelli). Abubuwa na farko na shekara ba su zo ba har sai ya gama a matsayi na biyu a zagaye na 12 a Grand Prix na Italiya. Ya lashe tseren na gaba a Portugal wanda hatsarin da ya shafi Mansell da Senna ya rufe shi, sannan ya zama na biyu a tseren na gaba a Spain. Wadannan tseren sune ainihin maki kawai da ya zira a wannan shekara amma har yanzu ya isa ya ba shi 7th a gasar bayan zama na 3 a shekarar 1988. Ingantaccen tsari daga Ferrari ya zo da latti. A gasar Grand Prix na Birtaniya
An sanar da cewa Alain Prost zai bar McLaren a ƙarshen kakar don shiga Scuderia yayin da Berger ya yanke shawarar sanya hannu don McLaren wanda, tare da injunan Honda V10, a lokacin shine mafi kyau da sauri a cikin tseren Grand Prix.