1988 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix
Suzuka · · Formula 1
Race summary
| Winner | Grid | Cars | Margin | Laps | km | Fastest lap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ayrton Senna | 1 | 26 | 13.363 | 51 | 298.9 | Ayrton Senna |
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 | 1 | 12 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | Honda | 51 | ★ | Finished | 9 | |
| 2 | 2 | 11 | Alain Prost | McLaren | Honda | 51 | +13.363s | Finished | 6 | |
| 3 | 10 | 20 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | Ford | 51 | +36.109s | Finished | 4 | |
| 4 | 3 | 28 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | Ferrari | 51 | +86.714s | Finished | 3 | |
| 5 | 12 | 19 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | Ford | 51 | +90.603s | Finished | 2 | |
| 6 | 11 | 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | Judd | 51 | +97.615s | Finished | 1 | |
| 7 | 6 | 2 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | Honda | 50 | +1 lap | Finished | ||
| 8 | 18 | 14 | Philippe Streiff | AGS | Ford | 50 | +1 lap | Finished | ||
| 9 | 19 | 30 | Philippe Alliot | Lola | Ford | 50 | +1 lap | Finished | ||
| 10 | 13 | 15 | Maurício Gugelmin | March | Judd | 50 | +1 lap | Finished | ||
| 11 | 9 | 27 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | Ferrari | 50 | +1 lap | Finished | ||
| 12 | 16 | 3 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | Ford | 50 | +1 lap | Finished | ||
| 13 | 17 | 23 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | Ford | 49 | +2 laps | Finished | ||
| 14 | 26 | 4 | Julian Bailey | Tyrrell | Ford | 49 | +2 laps | Finished | ||
| 15 | 22 | 24 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | Ford | 49 | +2 laps | Finished | ||
| 16 | 20 | 29 | Aguri Suzuki | Lola | Ford | 48 | +3 laps | Finished | ||
| 17 | 23 | 25 | René Arnoux | Ligier | Judd | 48 | +3 laps | Finished | ||
| — | 14 | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | Ford | 36 | — | Overheating | ||
| — | 15 | 18 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | Megatron | 35 | — | Ignition | ||
| — | 24 | 21 | Nicola Larini | Osella | Osella | 34 | — | Brakes | ||
| — | 5 | 1 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | Honda | 34 | — | Unwell | ||
| — | 8 | 5 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | Judd | 24 | — | Collision | ||
| — | 21 | 36 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | Ford | 22 | — | Spun off | ||
| — | 4 | 16 | Ivan Capelli | March | Judd | 19 | — | Electrical | ||
| — | 7 | 17 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | Megatron | 16 | — | Spun off | ||
| — | 25 | 10 | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | Zakspeed | 14 | — | Unfit | ||
| — | — | 26 | Stefan Johansson | Ligier | Judd | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 32 | Oscar Larrauri | EuroBrun | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 9 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed | Zakspeed | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 33 | Stefano Modena | EuroBrun | Ford | — | Not classified | |||
| — | — | 31 | Gabriele Tarquini | Coloni | Ford | — | Not classified |