| «1988-16» | Australia Grand Prix - LIII Australian Grand Prix |
| 1988-11-13 | Adelaide - Adelaide Street Circuit - 82 laps × 3.78 km : 309.96 km |
| Pos | Grid | Car | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time / Gap | Interval | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 11 | Alain Prost | McLaren • Honda | 82 | 1:53:14.676 | 164.225 km/h | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 12 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren • Honda | 82 | +36.787 | +36.787 | 6 |
| 3 | 5 | 1 | Nelson Piquet | Lotus • Honda | 82 | +47.546 | +10.759 | 4 |
| 4 | 6 | 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams • Judd | 82 | +01:20.088 | +32.542 | 3 |
| 5 | 10 | 20 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton • Ford Cosworth | 81 | +1 lap | 2 | |
| 6 | 9 | 16 | Ivan Capelli | March • Judd | 81 | +1 lap | 1 | |
| 7 | 14 | 23 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi • Ford Cosworth | 80 | +2 laps | ||
| 8 | 15 | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial • Ford Cosworth | 77 | out of fuel | ||
| 9 | 22 | 26 | Stefan Johansson | Ligier • Judd | 76 | out of fuel | ||
| 10 | 24 | 30 | Philippe Alliot | Lola • Ford Cosworth | 75 | out of fuel | ||
| 11 | 16 | 14 | Philippe Streiff | AGS • Ford Cosworth | 73 | ignition | ||
| 26 | 9 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed | 69 | fuel pump | |||
| 3 | 5 | Nigel Mansell | Williams • Judd | 65 | accident | |||
| 8 | 19 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton • Ford Cosworth | 63 | spin | |||
| 20 | 33 | Stefano Modena | Eurobrun • Ford Cosworth | 63 | drive shaft | |||
| 7 | 17 | Derek Warwick | Arrows • Megatron | 52 | fuel injection | |||
| 18 | 18 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows • Megatron | 51 | engine | |||
| 19 | 15 | Mauricio Gugelmin | March • Judd | 46 | collision | |||
| 13 | 2 | Satoru Nakajima | Lotus • Honda | 45 | collision | |||
| 21 | 24 | Luis Perez-Sala | Minardi • Ford Cosworth | 41 | engine | |||
| 11 | 36 | Alex Caffi | Dallara • Ford Cosworth | 32 | clutch | |||
| 4 | 28 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 25 | collision | |||
| 23 | 25 | René Arnoux | Ligier • Judd | 24 | collision | |||
| 17 | 3 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 16 | transmission | |||
| 25 | 32 | Oscar Larrauri | Eurobrun • Ford Cosworth | 12 | drive shaft | |||
| 12 | 27 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 0 | collision | |||
| DNQ | 31 | Gabriele Tarquini | Coloni • Ford Cosworth | |||||
| DNQ | 4 | Julian Bailey | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | |||||
| DNQ | 29 | Pierre-Henri Raphanel | Lola • Ford Cosworth | |||||
| DNQ | 10 | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | |||||
| DNP | 21 | Nicola Larini | Osella |
Fastest lap - 01:21.216 - 167.553 km/h - Alain Prost (lap 59)