| «1988-12» | Italy Grand Prix - LIX Gran Premio d'Italia |
| 1988-09-11 | Monza - Autodromo Nazionale di Monza - 51 laps × 5.8 km : 295.8 km |
| Pos | Grid | Car | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Best | Gap | Interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 12 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren • Honda | 01:26.160 | 01:25.974 | 01:25.974 | 242.864 km/h | |
| 2 | 2 | 11 | Alain Prost | McLaren • Honda | 01:26.277 | 01:26.428 | 01:26.277 | +00.303 (+0.352%) | +00.303 |
| 3 | 3 | 28 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 01:28.082 | 01:26.654 | 01:26.654 | +00.680 (+0.791%) | +00.377 |
| 4 | 4 | 27 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 01:27.618 | 01:26.988 | 01:26.988 | +01.014 (+1.179%) | +00.334 |
| 5 | 5 | 18 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows • Megatron | 01:28.101 | 01:27.660 | 01:27.660 | +01.686 (+1.961%) | +00.672 |
| 6 | 6 | 17 | Derek Warwick | Arrows • Megatron | 01:28.258 | 01:27.815 | 01:27.815 | +01.841 (+2.141%) | +00.155 |
| 7 | 7 | 1 | Nelson Piquet | Lotus • Honda | 01:28.440 | 01:28.044 | 01:28.044 | +02.070 (+2.408%) | +00.229 |
| 8 | 8 | 20 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton • Ford Cosworth | 01:29.607 | 01:28.870 | 01:28.870 | +02.896 (+3.368%) | +00.826 |
| 9 | 9 | 19 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton • Ford Cosworth | 01:28.969 | 01:28.958 | 01:28.958 | +02.984 (+3.471%) | +00.088 |
| 10 | 10 | 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams • Judd | 01:30.124 | 01:29.435 | 01:29.435 | +03.461 (+4.026%) | +00.477 |
| 11 | 11 | 16 | Ivan Capelli | March • Judd | 01:29.513 | 01:29.696 | 01:29.513 | +03.539 (+4.116%) | +00.078 |
| 12 | 12 | 2 | Satoru Nakajima | Lotus • Honda | 01:29.541 | 01:30.570 | 01:29.541 | +03.567 (+4.149%) | +00.028 |
| 13 | 13 | 15 | Mauricio Gugelmin | March • Judd | 01:30.145 | 01:30.035 | 01:30.035 | +04.061 (+4.724%) | +00.494 |
| 14 | 14 | 23 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi • Ford Cosworth | 01:30.734 | 01:30.125 | 01:30.125 | +04.151 (+4.828%) | +00.090 |
| 15 | 15 | 10 | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | 01:30.773 | 01:30.161 | 01:30.161 | +04.187 (+4.870%) | +00.036 |
| 16 | 16 | 9 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed | 01:31.182 | 01:30.476 | 01:30.476 | +04.502 (+5.236%) | +00.315 |
| 17 | 17 | 21 | Nicola Larini | Osella | 01:31.721 | 01:30.481 | 01:30.481 | +04.507 (+5.242%) | +00.005 |
| 18 | 18 | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial • Ford Cosworth | 01:31.263 | 01:30.560 | 01:30.560 | +04.586 (+5.334%) | +00.079 |
| 19 | 19 | 24 | Luis Perez-Sala | Minardi • Ford Cosworth | 01:30.944 | 01:30.698 | 01:30.698 | +04.724 (+5.495%) | +00.138 |
| 20 | 20 | 30 | Philippe Alliot | Lola • Ford Cosworth | 01:31.168 | 01:30.962 | 01:30.962 | +04.988 (+5.802%) | +00.264 |
| 21 | 21 | 36 | Alex Caffi | Dallara • Ford Cosworth | 01:30.989 | 01:31.009 | 01:30.989 | +05.015 (+5.833%) | +00.027 |
| 22 | 22 | 5 | Jean-Louis Schlesser | Williams • Judd | 01:31.548 | 01:31.620 | 01:31.548 | +05.574 (+6.483%) | +00.559 |
| 23 | 23 | 14 | Philippe Streiff | AGS • Ford Cosworth | 01:31.676 | 01:31.687 | 01:31.676 | +05.702 (+6.632%) | +00.128 |
| 24 | 24 | 25 | René Arnoux | Ligier • Judd | 01:32.049 | 01:32.316 | 01:32.049 | +06.075 (+7.066%) | +00.373 |
| 25 | 25 | 29 | Yannick Dalmas | Lola • Ford Cosworth | 01:32.164 | 01:32.686 | 01:32.164 | +06.190 (+7.200%) | +00.115 |
| 26 | 26 | 4 | Julian Bailey | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 01:32.573 | 01:32.290 | 01:32.290 | +06.316 (+7.346%) | +00.126 |
| 27 | 3 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 01:32.405 | 01:33.067 | 01:32.405 | +06.431 (+7.480%) | +00.115 | |
| 28 | 26 | Stefan Johansson | Ligier • Judd | 01:33.272 | 01:32.438 | 01:32.438 | +06.464 (+7.519%) | +00.033 | |
| 29 | 31 | Gabriele Tarquini | Coloni • Ford Cosworth | 01:32.829 | 01:35.805 | 01:32.829 | +06.855 (+7.973%) | +00.391 | |
| 30 | 33 | Stefano Modena | Eurobrun • Ford Cosworth | 01:34.727 | 01:33.226 | 01:33.226 | +07.252 (+8.435%) | +00.397 | |
| 31 | 32 | Oscar Larrauri | Eurobrun • Ford Cosworth | 01:34.044 |