Race Result
| GP n. 468 - 13/11/1988 - Grand Prix of Australia Adelaide Street Circuit |
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| Winner: | Alain Prost / McLaren-Honda - 1:53'14.676 | ||||||
| Pole Position: | Ayrton Senna / McLaren-Honda - 1:17.748 | ||||||
| Fastest Lap: | Alain Prost / McLaren-Honda - 1:21.216 | ||||||
| Pos | Nš | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 11 |  Alain Prost |
McLaren-Honda | 82 | 1:53'14.676 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | 12 |  Ayrton Senna |
McLaren-Honda | 82 | +36.787 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | Nelson Piquet |
Lotus-Honda | 82 | +47.546 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | 6 |  Riccardo Patrese |
Williams-Judd | 82 | + 1'20.088 | 6 | 3 |
| 5 | 20 |  Thierry Boutsen |
Benetton-Ford | 81 | + 1 lap | 10 | 2 |
| 6 | 16 | Ivan Capelli |
March-Judd | 81 | + 1 lap | 9 | 1 |
| 7 | 23 | Pierluigi Martini |
Minardi-Ford | 80 | + 2 laps | 14 | 0 |
| 8 | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris |
Rial-Ford | 77 | out of fuel | 15 | 0 |
| 9 | 26 |  Stefan Johansson |
Ligier-Judd | 76 | out of fuel | 22 | 0 |
| 10 | 30 | Philippe Alliot |
Lola-Ford | 75 | out of fuel | 24 | 0 |
| 11 | 14 | Philippe Streiff |
AGS-Ford | 73 | electrical | 16 | 0 |
| Ret | 9 | Piercarlo Ghinzani |
Zakspeed | 69 | fuel system | 26 | 0 |
| Ret | 5 |  Nigel Mansell |
Williams-Judd | 65 | spun off | 3 | 0 |
| Ret | 19 | Alessandro Nannini |
Benetton-Ford | 63 | spun off | 8 | 0 |
| Ret | 33 | Stefano Modena |
Euro Brun-Ford | 63 | halfshaft | 20 | 0 |
| Ret | 17 | Derek Warwick |
Arrows-Megatron | 52 | engine | 7 | 0 |
| Ret | 18 |  Eddie Cheever |
Arrows-Megatron | 51 | engine | 18 | 0 |
| Ret | 15 | Mauricio Gugelmin |
March-Judd | 46 | collision | 19 | 0 |
| Ret | 2 |  Satoru Nakajima |
Lotus-Honda | 45 | collision | 13 | 0 |
| Ret | 24 |  Luis Perez-Sala |
Minardi-Ford | 41 | engine | 21 | 0 |
| Ret | 36 | Alex Caffi |
Dallara-Ford | 32 | clutch | 11 | 0 |
| Ret | 28 |  Gerhard Berger |
Ferrari | 25 | collision | 4 | 0 |
| Ret | 25 | Rene Arnoux |
Ligier-Judd | 24 | collision | 23 | 0 |
| Ret | 3 | Jonathan Palmer |
Tyrrell-Ford | 16 | transmission | 17 | 0 |
| Ret | 32 |  Oscar Larrauri |
Euro Brun-Ford | 12 | halfshaft | 25 | 0 |
| Ret | 27 | Michele Alboreto |
Ferrari | 0 | collision | 12 | 0 |
| Dnq | 31 | Gabriele Tarquini |
Coloni-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 29 | Pierre Henri Raphanel |
Lola-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 21 | Nicola Larini |
Osella | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 4 | Julian Bailey |
Tyrrell-Ford | did not qualify | 0 | ||
| Dnq | 10 |  Bernd Schneider |
Zakspeed | did not qualify | 0 | ||