Round 1 of 16 · Rio de Janeiro · 3 April 1988, Sunday
Brazilian Grand Prix
Key highlights
Senna
pole position
60
laps
9
finishers out of 26
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time / Gap | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 1:36:06.857 | 9 |
| 2 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | +9.873 | 6 |
| 3 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | +1:08.591 | 4 |
| 4 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | +1:13.348 | 3 |
| 5 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | +1:14.556 | 2 |
| 6 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | +1 Lap | |
| 8 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | +1 Lap | |
| 9 | Stefan Johansson | Ligier | +3 Laps | |
| DNF | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | Engine | |
| DNF | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | Transmission | |
| DNF | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | Chassis | |
| DNF | Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | Suspension | |
| DNF | Gabriele Tarquini | Coloni | Suspension | |
| DNF | Philippe Streiff | AGS | Brakes | |
| DNF | Yannick Dalmas | Larrousse | Engine | |
| DSQ | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | Disqualified | |
| DNF | René Arnoux | Ligier | Clutch | |
| DNF | Stefano Modena | Euro Brun | Engine | |
| DNF | Nigel Mansell | Williams | Engine | |
| DNF | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | Engine | |
| DNF | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | Engine | |
| DNF | Ivan Capelli | March | Engine | |
| DNF | Adrián Campos | Minardi | Chassis | |
| DNF | Maurício Gugelmin | March | Gearbox | |
| DNF | Oscar Larrauri | Euro Brun | Electrical | |
| DNQ | Julian Bailey | Tyrrell | Did not qualify | |
| DNQ | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed | Did not qualify | |
| DNQ | Nicola Larini | Osella | Did not qualify | |
| DNQ | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | Did not qualify | |
| DNPQ | Alex Caffi | Dallara | Did not prequalify |
- DNF
- Did not finish
- DSQ
- Disqualified
- DNQ
- Did not qualify
- DNPQ
- Did not pre-qualify