Round 16 of 16 · Adelaide · 13 November 1988, Sunday
Australian Grand Prix
Key highlights
Senna
pole position
82
laps
11
finishers out of 26
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time / Gap | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 1:53:14.676 | 9 |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | +36.387 | 6 |
| 3 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | +47.546 | 4 |
| 4 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | +1:20.088 | 3 |
| 5 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 6 | Ivan Capelli | March | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | +2 Laps | |
| 8 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | Out of fuel | |
| 9 | Stefan Johansson | Ligier | Out of fuel | |
| 10 | Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | Out of fuel | |
| 11 | Philippe Streiff | AGS | Electrical | |
| DNF | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed | Fuel system | |
| DNF | Nigel Mansell | Williams | Spun off | |
| DNF | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | Spun off | |
| DNF | Stefano Modena | Euro Brun | Halfshaft | |
| DNF | Derek Warwick | Arrows | Engine | |
| DNF | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | Engine | |
| DNF | Maurício Gugelmin | March | Collision | |
| DNF | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | Collision | |
| DNF | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | Engine | |
| DNF | Alex Caffi | Dallara | Clutch | |
| DNF | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | Collision | |
| DNF | René Arnoux | Ligier | Collision | |
| DNF | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | Transmission | |
| DNF | Oscar Larrauri | Euro Brun | Halfshaft | |
| DNF | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | Collision | |
| DNQ | Gabriele Tarquini | Coloni | Did not qualify | |
| DNQ | Julian Bailey | Tyrrell | Did not qualify | |
| DNQ | Pierre-Henri Raphanel | Larrousse | Did not qualify | |
| DNQ | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | Did not qualify | |
| DNPQ | Nicola Larini | Osella | Did not prequalify |
- DNF
- Did not finish
- DNQ
- Did not qualify
- DNPQ
- Did not pre-qualify