Australian Grand Prix
1988 · Round 16 · Adelaide, Australia · Nov 13, 1988Race summary
Victory went to Prost (from 2nd on the grid), with a 36.4s margin. Alliot made the biggest gain, from 24th on the grid to 10th (up 14 places). Senna had a difficult race, dropping from 1st to 2nd.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 2 | 82 | 1:53:14.676 | 9 |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 1 | 82 | +36.387 | 6 |
| 3 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 5 | 82 | +47.546 | 4 |
| 4 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 6 | 82 | +1:20.088 | 3 |
| 5 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 10 | 81 | +1 Lap | 2 |
| 6 | Ivan Capelli | March | 9 | 81 | +1 Lap | 1 |
| 7 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 14 | 80 | +2 Laps | 0 |
| 8 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | 15 | 77 | Out of fuel | 0 |
| 9 | Stefan Johansson | Ligier | 22 | 76 | Out of fuel | 0 |
| 10 | Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | 24 | 75 | Out of fuel | 0 |
| 11 | Philippe Streiff | AGS | 16 | 73 | Electrical | 0 |
| – | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed | 26 | 69 | Fuel system | 0 |
| – | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 3 | 65 | Spun off | 0 |
| – | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 8 | 63 | Spun off | 0 |
| – | Stefano Modena | Euro Brun | 20 | 63 | Halfshaft | 0 |
| – | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 7 | 52 | Engine | 0 |
| – | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 18 | 51 | Engine | 0 |
| – | Maurício Gugelmin | March | 19 | 46 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 13 | 45 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | 21 | 41 | Engine | 0 |
| – | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 11 | 32 | Clutch | 0 |
| – | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 4 | 25 | Collision | 0 |
| – | René Arnoux | Ligier | 23 | 24 | Collision | 0 |
| – | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 17 | 16 | Transmission | 0 |
| – | Oscar Larrauri | Euro Brun | 25 | 12 | Halfshaft | 0 |
| – | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 12 | 0 | Collision | 0 |