1988 Grande Prêmio do Brasil
Nelson Piquet · · Formula 1
Race summary
| Winner | Grid | Cars | Margin | Laps | km | Fastest lap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alain Prost | 3 | 26 | 9.873 | 60 | 301.9 | Gerhard Berger |
Finishing order
Interval is the deficit to the winner: seconds where official timing recorded them, laps where a car finished down. ★ marks the fastest lap.
| Fin | Grid | No. | Driver | Constructor | Engine | Laps | FL | Interval | Status | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 11 | Alain Prost | McLaren | Honda | 60 | Finished | 9 | ||
| 2 | 4 | 28 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | Ferrari | 60 | ★ | +9.873s | Finished | 6 |
| 3 | 5 | 1 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | Honda | 60 | +68.581s | Finished | 4 | |
| 4 | 11 | 17 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | Megatron | 60 | +73.348s | Finished | 3 | |
| 5 | 6 | 27 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | Ferrari | 60 | +74.556s | Finished | 2 | |
| 6 | 10 | 2 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | Honda | 59 | +1 lap | Finished | 1 | |
| 7 | 7 | 20 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | Ford | 59 | +1 lap | Finished | ||
| 8 | 15 | 18 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | Megatron | 59 | +1 lap | Finished | ||
| 9 | 21 | 26 | Stefan Johansson | Ligier | Judd | 57 | +3 laps | Finished | ||
| — | 14 | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | Ford | 53 | — | Engine | ||
| — | 22 | 3 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | Ford | 47 | — | Transmission | ||
| — | 20 | 24 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | Ford | 46 | — | Chassis | ||
| — | 16 | 30 | Philippe Alliot | Lola | Ford | 40 | — | Suspension | ||
| — | 25 | 31 | Gabriele Tarquini | Coloni | Ford | 35 | — | Suspension | ||
| — | 19 | 14 | Philippe Streiff | AGS | Ford | 35 | — | Brakes | ||
| — | 17 | 29 | Yannick Dalmas | Lola | Ford | 32 | — | Engine | ||
| — | 18 | 25 | René Arnoux | Ligier | Judd | 23 | — | Clutch | ||
| — | 24 | 33 | Stefano Modena | EuroBrun | Ford | 20 | — | Engine | ||
| — | 2 | 5 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | Judd | 18 | — | Engine | ||
| — | 12 | 19 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | Ford | 7 | — | Engine | ||
| — | 8 | 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | Judd | 6 | — | Engine | ||
| — | 9 | 16 | Ivan Capelli | March | Judd | 6 | — | Engine | ||
| — | 23 | 23 | Adrián Campos | Minardi | Ford | 5 | — | Chassis | ||
| — | 13 | 15 | Maurício Gugelmin | March | Judd | 0 | — | Gearbox | ||
| — | 26 | 32 | Oscar Larrauri | EuroBrun | Ford | 0 | — | Electrical | ||
| — | 1 | 12 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | Honda | 31 | — | Illegal car change | ||
| — | — | 4 | Julian Bailey | Tyrrell | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 9 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed | Zakspeed | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 21 | Nicola Larini | Osella | Osella | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 10 | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | Zakspeed | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 36 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | Ford | — | Not classified |