Gridpedia1988 Australian Grand Prix
- Date
- 13 Nov 1988
- Circuit
- Adelaide Street Circuit, Adelaide, Australia
- Round
- 16 of 16
- Winner
- Alain Prost (McLaren)
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Race classification
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Grid | Laps | Time / status | FL | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 2 | 82 | 1:53:14.676 | 1:21.216 | 9 |
| 2 | 12 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 1 | 82 | +36.387 | 6 | |
| 3 | 1 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 5 | 82 | +47.546 | 4 | |
| 4 | 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 6 | 82 | +1:20.088 | 3 | |
| 5 | 20 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 10 | 81 | +1 Lap | 2 | |
| 6 | 16 | Ivan Capelli | March | 9 | 81 | +1 Lap | 1 | |
| 7 | 23 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi | 14 | 80 | +2 Laps | 0 | |
| 8 | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | 15 | 77 | Out of fuel | 0 | |
| 9 | 26 | Stefan Johansson | Ligier | 22 | 76 | Out of fuel | 0 | |
| 10 | 30 | Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | 24 | 75 | Out of fuel | 0 | |
| 11 | 14 | Philippe Streiff | AGS | 16 | 73 | Electrical | 0 | |
| R | 9 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed | 26 | 69 | Fuel system | 0 | |
| R | 5 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 3 | 65 | Spun off | 0 | |
| R | 19 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 8 | 63 | Spun off | 0 | |
| R | 33 | Stefano Modena | Euro Brun | 20 | 63 | Halfshaft | 0 | |
| R | 17 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 7 | 52 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 18 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 18 | 51 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 15 | Maurício Gugelmin | March | 19 | 46 | Collision | 0 | |
| R | 2 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 13 | 45 | Collision | 0 | |
| R | 24 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | 21 | 41 | Engine | 0 | |
| R | 36 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 11 | 32 | Clutch | 0 | |
| R | 28 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 4 | 25 | Collision | 0 | |
| R | 25 | René Arnoux | Ligier | 23 | 24 | Collision | 0 | |
| R | 3 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell | 17 | 16 | Transmission | 0 | |
| R | 32 | Oscar Larrauri | Euro Brun | 25 | 12 | Halfshaft | 0 | |
| R | 27 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 12 | 0 | Collision | 0 | |
| F | 31 | Gabriele Tarquini | Coloni | PL | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 | |
| F | 4 | Julian Bailey | Tyrrell | PL | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 | |
| F | 29 | Pierre-Henri Raphanel | Larrousse | PL | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 | |
| F | 10 | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | PL | 0 | Did not qualify | 0 | |
| F | 21 | Nicola Larini | Osella | PL | 0 | Did not prequalify | 0 |
Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.
Standings after this race
Drivers
| Pos | Driver | Team | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 8 | 90 |
| 2 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 7 | 87 |
| 3 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 1 | 41 |
| 4 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 0 | 27 |
| 5 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 0 | 24 |
| 6 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 0 | 22 |
| 7 | Ivan Capelli | March | 0 | 17 |
| 8 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 0 | 17 |
| 9 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 0 | 12 |