← 1988 Season
Round 15 · GP · 1988
Japanese Grand Prix
30 Oct 1988Suzuka CircuitJapanfinished
Race Results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Gap / Status | Points | FL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P1 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 1 | 51 | Finished | 9 | — |
| P2 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 2 | 51 | Finished | 6 | — |
| P3 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 10 | 51 | Finished | 4 | — |
| P4 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 3 | 51 | Finished | 3 | — |
| P5 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 12 | 51 | Finished | 2 | — |
| P6 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 11 | 51 | Finished | 1 | — |
| P7 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 6 | 50 | +1 Lap | 0 | — |
| P8 | Philippe Streiff | AGS | 18 | 50 | +1 Lap | 0 | — |
| P9 | Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | 19 | 50 | +1 Lap | 0 | — |
| P10 | Maurício Gugelmin | March | 13 | 50 | +1 Lap | 0 | — |
| P11 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 9 | 50 | +1 Lap | 0 | — |
| P12 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 16 | 50 | +1 Lap | 0 | — |
| P13 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 17 | 49 | +2 Laps | 0 | — |
| P14 | Julian Bailey | Tyrrell | 26 | 49 | +2 Laps | 0 | — |
| P15 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | 22 | 49 | +2 Laps | 0 | — |
| P16 | Aguri Suzuki | Larrousse | 20 | 48 | +3 Laps | 0 | — |
| P17 | René Arnoux | Ligier | 23 | 48 | +3 Laps | 0 | — |
| P18 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | 14 | 36 | Overheating | 0 | — |
| P19 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 15 | 35 | Ignition | 0 | — |
| P20 | Nicola Larini | Osella | 24 | 34 | Brakes | 0 | — |
| P21 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 5 | 34 | Driver unwell | 0 | — |
| P22 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 8 | 24 | Collision | 0 | — |
| P23 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 21 | 22 | Spun off | 0 | — |
| P24 | Ivan Capelli | March | 4 | 19 | Electrical | 0 | — |
| P25 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 7 | 16 | Spun off | 0 | — |
| P26 | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | 25 | 14 | Driver unwell | 0 | — |
Qualifying Results
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P1 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | — | — | — |
| P2 | Alain Prost | McLaren | — | — | — |
| P3 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | — | — | — |
| P4 | Ivan Capelli | March | — | — | — |
| P5 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | — | — | — |
| P6 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | — | — | — |
| P7 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | — | — | — |
| P8 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | — | — | — |
| P9 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | — | — | — |
| P10 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | — | — | — |
| P11 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | — | — | — |
| P12 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | — | — | — |
| P13 | Maurício Gugelmin | March | — | — | — |
| P14 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | — | — | — |
| P15 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | — | — | — |
| P16 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | — | — | — |
| P17 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | — | — | — |
| P18 | Philippe Streiff | AGS | — | — | — |
| P19 | Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | — | — | — |
| P20 | Aguri Suzuki | Larrousse | — | — | — |
| P21 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | — | — | — |
| P22 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | — | — | — |
| P23 | René Arnoux | Ligier | — | — | — |
| P24 | Nicola Larini | Osella | — | — | — |
| P25 | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | — | — | — |
| P26 | Julian Bailey | Tyrrell | — | — | — |