Round 4 of 16 · Mexico City · 29 May 1988, Sunday
Mexican Grand Prix
Key highlights
Senna
pole position
67
laps
16
finishers out of 27
| Pos | Driver | Team | Time / Gap | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 1:30:15.737 | 9 |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | +7.104 | 6 |
| 3 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | +57.314 | 4 |
| 4 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | +1 Lap | 3 |
| 5 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 6 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | +2 Laps | |
| 8 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | +3 Laps | |
| 9 | Yannick Dalmas | Larrousse | +3 Laps | |
| 10 | Stefan Johansson | Ligier | +4 Laps | |
| 11 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | +4 Laps | |
| 12 | Philippe Streiff | AGS | +4 Laps | |
| 13 | Oscar Larrauri | Euro Brun | +4 Laps | |
| 14 | Gabriele Tarquini | Coloni | +5 Laps | |
| 15 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed | +6 Laps | |
| 16 | Ivan Capelli | March | +6 Laps | |
| DNF | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | Engine | |
| DNF | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | Gearbox | |
| DNF | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | Engine | |
| DNF | Nigel Mansell | Williams | Engine | |
| DNF | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | Engine | |
| DNF | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | Engine | |
| DNF | René Arnoux | Ligier | Accident | |
| DNF | Alex Caffi | Dallara | Brakes | |
| DNF | Maurício Gugelmin | March | Electrical | |
| DNF | Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | Suspension | |
| DNQ | Adrián Campos | Minardi | Did not qualify | |
| DNQ | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | Did not qualify | |
| DNQ | Nicola Larini | Osella | Did not qualify | |
| DNQ | Julian Bailey | Tyrrell | Did not qualify | |
| EX | Stefano Modena | Euro Brun | Excluded |
- DNF
- Did not finish
- DNQ
- Did not qualify
- EX
- Excluded