Australian Grand Prix
Round 16 · 13 November 1988 ·Adelaide Street Circuit, Adelaide, Australia
Senna
McLaren
2
Prost
McLaren
1
Piquet
Team Lotus
3
Race classification
| Pos. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Laps | Time | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 82 | 1:53:14.676 | 9 | |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 82 | +36.387 | 6 | |
| 3 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 82 | +47.546 | 4 | |
| 4 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 82 | +1:20.088 | 3 | |
| 5 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 81 | +1 Lap | 2 | |
| 6 | Ivan Capelli | March | 81 | +1 Lap | 1 | |
| 7 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 80 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| 8 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | 77 | Out of fuel | 0 | |
| 9 | Stefan Johansson | Ligier | 76 | Out of fuel | 0 | |
| 10 | Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | 75 | Out of fuel | 0 | |
| 11 | Philippe Streiff | AGS | 73 | Electrical | 0 | |
| R | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed | 69 | Fuel system | 0 | |
| R | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 65 | Spun off | 0 | |
| R | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 63 | Spun off | 0 | |
| R | Stefano Modena | Euro Brun | 63 | Halfshaft | 0 | |
| R | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 52 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 51 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | Maurício Gugelmin | March | 46 | Collision | 0 | |
| R | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 45 | Collision | 0 | |
| R | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | 41 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 32 | Clutch | 0 | |
| R | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 25 | Collision | 0 | |
| R | René Arnoux | Ligier | 24 | Collision | 0 | |
| R | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 16 | Transmission | 0 | |
| R | Oscar Larrauri | Euro Brun | 12 | Halfshaft | 0 | |
| R | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 0 | Collision | 0 | |
| F | Gabriele Tarquini | Coloni | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 | |
| F | Julian Bailey | Tyrrell | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 | |
| F | Pierre-Henri Raphanel | Larrousse | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 | |
| F | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 | |
| F | Nicola Larini | Osella | 0 | Did not prequalify | 0 |
- R
- Retired
- F
- Failed to qualify