April 3, 1988 Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet | Lap distance 5.031 km
| Pos | Points | No | Driver | Car | Engine | Tyres | Laps | Race Time | Delay | Qualifying | Fastest Lap | |||
| 1 | 9 | 11 | Alain Prost (FRA) | McLaren MP4-4 | Honda RA168-E | Goodyear | 60 | 6.000000.857 | 3 | 8.000000.782 | 3 | 3.000000.540 | (57) | |
| 2 | 6 | 28 | Gerhard Berger (AUT) | Ferrari F1/87-88C | Ferrari 156/88 | Goodyear | 60 | 6.000000.730 | +9.000000.873 | 4 | 9.000000.026 | 1 | 2.000000.943 | (45) |
| 3 | 4 | 1 | Nelson Piquet (BRA) | Team Lotus 100T | Honda RA168-E | Goodyear | 60 | 5.000000.438 | +8.000000.581 | 5 | 0.000 | 4 | 3.000000.597 | (44) |
| 4 | 3 | 17 | Derek Warwick (GBR) | Arrows A10B | Megatron | Goodyear | 60 | 0.000 | +3.000000.348 | 11 | 1.000000.723 | 10 | 5.000000.020 | (44) |
| 5 | 2 | 27 | Michele Alboreto (ITA) | Ferrari F1/87-88C | Ferrari 156/88 | Goodyear | 60 | 1.000000.413 | +4.000000.556 | 6 | 0.000 | 2 | 3.000000.193 | (39) |
| 6 | 1 | 2 | Satoru Nakajima (JPN) | Team Lotus 100T | Honda RA168-E | Goodyear | 59 | 8.000000.821 | +1 lap | 10 | 1.000000.280 | 5 | 3.000000.903 | (47) |
| 7 | 20 | Thierry Boutsen (BEL) | Benetton B188 | Ford Cosworth DFR | Goodyear | 59 | 5.000000.321 | +1 lap | 7 | 0.000 | 7 | 4.000000.457 | (31) | |
| 8 | 18 | Eddie Cheever (USA) | Arrows A10B | Megatron | Goodyear | 59 | 2.000000.987 | +1 lap | 15 | 2.000000.843 | 8 | 4.000000.632 | (46) | |
| 9 | 26 | Stefan Johansson (SWE) | Ligier JS31 | Judd CV | Goodyear | 57 | 0.000 | +3 laps | 21 | 4.000000.579 | 12 | 6.000000.429 | (44) | |
| Retirement | ||||||||||||||
| engine | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris (ITA) | Rial ARC-01 | Ford Cosworth DFZ | Goodyear | 53 | 6.000000.147 | 14 | 2.000000.275 | 6 | 4.000000.440 | (44) | ||
| transmission | 3 | Jonathan Palmer (GBR) | Tyrrell 017 | Ford Cosworth DFZ | Goodyear | 47 | 0.000 | 22 | 4.000000.686 | 16 | 6.000000.758 | (38) | ||
| chassis | 24 | Luis Perez-Sala (ESP) | Minardi M188 | Ford Cosworth DFZ | Goodyear | 46 | 6.000000.412 | 20 | 4.000000.532 | 17 | 6.000000.929 | (43) | ||
| suspension | 30 | Philippe Alliot (FRA) | Lola LC88 | Ford Cosworth DFZ | Goodyear | 40 | 5.000000.695 | 16 | 2.000000.933 | 14 | 6.000000.613 | (31) | ||
| suspension | 31 | Gabriele Tarquini (ITA) | Coloni FC-188 | Ford Cosworth DFZ | Goodyear | 35 | 8.000000.090 | 25 | 5.000000.407 | 20 | 7.000000.112 | (34) | ||
| brakes | 14 | Philippe Streiff (FRA) | AGS JH23 | Ford Cosworth DFZ | Goodyear | 35 | 7.000000.003 | 19 | 4.000000.481 | 13 | 6.000000.451 | (34) | ||
| engine | 29 | Yannick Dalmas (FRA) | Lola LC88 | Ford Cosworth DFZ | Goodyear | 32 | 2.000000.315 | 17 | 3.000000.408 | 9 | 5.000000.003 | (32) | ||
| clutch | 25 | René Arnoux (FRA) | Ligier JS31 | Judd CV | Goodyear | 23 | 6.000000.225 | 18 | 4.000000.474 | 22 | 8.000000.556 | (21) | ||
| engine | 33 | Stefano Modena (ITA) | Euro Brun ER-188 | Ford Cosworth DFZ | Goodyear | 20 | 9.000000.031 | 24 | 4.000000.910 | 21 | 8.000000.401 | (15) | ||
| engine | 5 | Nigel Mansell (GBR) | Williams FW12 | Judd CV | Goodyear | 18 | 1.000000.824 | 2 | 8.000000.632 | 11 | 5.000000.346 | (10) | ||
| engine | 19 | Alessandro Nannini (ITA) | Benetton B188 | Ford Cosworth DFR | Goodyear | 7 | 2.000000.496 | 12 | 1.000000.772 | 15 | 6.000000.616 | (3) | ||
| engine | 6 | Riccardo Patrese (ITA) | Williams FW12 | Judd CV | Goodyear | 6 | 3.000000.043 | 8 | 0.000 | 18 | 7.000000.003 | (3) | ||
| engine | 16 | Ivan Capelli (ITA) | March 881 | Judd CV | Goodyear | 6 | 5.000000.095 | 9 | 0.000 | 19 | 7.000000.024 | (6) | ||
| chassis | 23 | Adrián Campos (ESP) | Minardi M188 | Ford Cosworth DFZ | Goodyear | 5 | 3.000000.009 | 23 | 4.000000.886 | 23 | 1.000000.641 | (3) | ||
| gearbox | 15 | Mauricio Gugelmin (BRA) | March 881 | Judd CV | Goodyear | 0 | 13 | 1.000000.833 | ||||||
| Disqualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 12 | Ayrton Senna (BRA) | McLaren MP4-4 | Honda RA168-E | Goodyear | 31 | 1.000000.169 | 1 | 8.000000.096 | 4.000000.657 | (13) | |||
| Not started | ||||||||||||||
| electrical | 32 | Oscar Larrauri (ARG) | Euro Brun ER-188 | Ford Cosworth DFZ | Goodyear | 26 | 5.000000.711 | |||||||
| Not qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 4 | Julian Bailey (GBR) | Tyrrell 017 | Ford Cosworth DFZ | Goodyear | 6.000000.137 | ||||||||
| -- | 9 | Piercarlo Ghinzani (ITA) | Zakspeed 881 | Zakspeed 881 | Goodyear | 7.000000.621 | ||||||||
| -- | 21 | Nicola Larini (ITA) | Osella FA1I | Osella 890T | Goodyear | 8.000000.371 | ||||||||
| -- | 10 | Bernd Schneider (GER) | Zakspeed 881 | Zakspeed 881 | Goodyear | 8.000000.614 | ||||||||
| Not pre-qualified | ||||||||||||||
| -- | 36 | Alex Caffi (ITA) | Dallara 3087 | Ford Cosworth DFV | Goodyear | 6.000000.442 | ||||||||
