Round 9 of 16 · Hockenheim · 24 July 1988, Sunday
German Grand Prix
Key highlights
Senna
pole position
44
laps
19
finishers out of 26
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time / Gap | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 1:32:54.188 | 9 |
| 2 | Alain Prost | McLaren | +13.609 | 6 |
| 3 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | +52.095 | 4 |
| 4 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | +1:40.912 | 3 |
| 5 | Ivan Capelli | March | +1:49.606 | 2 |
| 6 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | +1 Lap | |
| 8 | Maurício Gugelmin | March | +1 Lap | |
| 9 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | +1 Lap | |
| 10 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | +1 Lap | |
| 11 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | +1 Lap | |
| 12 | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | +1 Lap | |
| 13 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | +2 Laps | |
| 14 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed | +2 Laps | |
| 15 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | +2 Laps | |
| 16 | Oscar Larrauri | Euro Brun | +2 Laps | |
| 17 | René Arnoux | Ligier | +3 Laps | |
| 18 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | +4 Laps | |
| 19 | Yannick Dalmas | Larrousse | Clutch | |
| DNF | Philippe Streiff | AGS | Throttle | |
| DNF | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | Spun off | |
| DNF | Nicola Larini | Osella | Engine | |
| DNF | Nigel Mansell | Williams | Spun off | |
| DNF | Stefano Modena | Euro Brun | Engine | |
| DNF | Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | Spun off | |
| DNF | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | Spun off | |
| DNQ | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | Did not qualify | |
| DNQ | Stefan Johansson | Ligier | Did not qualify | |
| DNQ | Julian Bailey | Tyrrell | Did not qualify | |
| DNQ | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | Did not qualify | |
| DNPQ | Gabriele Tarquini | Coloni | Did not prequalify |
- DNF
- Did not finish
- DNQ
- Did not qualify
- DNPQ
- Did not pre-qualify