Round 16 · 1988
Australian Grand Prix
Adelaide Street Circuit, Australia · Sun 13 Nov · 00:00 UTC
Race
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / Status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 2 | 1:53:14.676 | 9 |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 1 | +36.387 | 6 |
| 3 | Nelson Piquet | Lotus-Borgward | 5 | +47.546 | 4 |
| 4 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 6 | +1:20.088 | 3 |
| 5 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 10 | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 6 | Ivan Capelli | March | 9 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 14 | +2 Laps | |
| 8 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | 15 | Out of fuel | |
| 9 | Stefan Johansson | Ligier | 22 | Out of fuel | |
| 10 | Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | 24 | Out of fuel | |
| 11 | Philippe Streiff | AGS | 16 | Electrical | |
| — | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed | 26 | Fuel system | |
| — | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 3 | Spun off | |
| — | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 8 | Spun off | |
| — | Stefano Modena | Euro Brun | 20 | Halfshaft | |
| — | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 7 | Engine | |
| — | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 18 | Engine | |
| — | Maurício Gugelmin | March | 19 | Collision | |
| — | Satoru Nakajima | Lotus-Borgward | 13 | Collision | |
| — | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | 21 | Engine | |
| — | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 11 | Clutch | |
| — | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 4 | Collision | |
| — | René Arnoux | Ligier | 23 | Collision | |
| — | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 17 | Transmission | |
| — | Oscar Larrauri | Euro Brun | 25 | Halfshaft | |
| — | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 12 | Collision |