| «1988-04» | Mexico Grand Prix - XII Gran Premio de Mexico |
| 1988-05-29 | Mexico City - Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez - 67 laps × 4.421 km : 296.207 km |
| Pos | Grid | Car | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Best | Gap | Interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 12 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren • Honda | 01:17.468 | 01:17.666 | 01:17.468 | 205.447 km/h | |
| 2 | 2 | 11 | Alain Prost | McLaren • Honda | 01:18.097 | 01:18.301 | 01:18.097 | +00.629 (+0.812%) | +00.629 |
| 3 | 3 | 28 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 01:19.725 | 01:18.120 | 01:18.120 | +00.652 (+0.842%) | +00.023 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Nelson Piquet | Lotus • Honda | 01:20.380 | 01:18.946 | 01:18.946 | +01.478 (+1.908%) | +00.826 |
| 5 | 5 | 27 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 01:20.328 | 01:19.626 | 01:19.626 | +02.158 (+2.786%) | +00.680 |
| 6 | 6 | 2 | Satoru Nakajima | Lotus • Honda | 01:21.694 | 01:20.275 | 01:20.275 | +02.807 (+3.623%) | +00.649 |
| 7 | 7 | 18 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows • Megatron | 01:21.691 | 01:20.451 | 01:20.451 | +02.983 (+3.851%) | +00.176 |
| 8 | 8 | 19 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton • Ford Cosworth | 01:20.740 | 01:21.005 | 01:20.740 | +03.272 (+4.224%) | +00.289 |
| 9 | 9 | 17 | Derek Warwick | Arrows • Megatron | 01:20.775 | 01:21.403 | 01:20.775 | +03.307 (+4.269%) | +00.035 |
| 10 | 10 | 16 | Ivan Capelli | March • Judd | 01:22.335 | 01:21.952 | 01:21.952 | +04.484 (+5.788%) | +01.177 |
| 11 | 11 | 20 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton • Ford Cosworth | 01:22.164 | 01:22.029 | 01:22.029 | +04.561 (+5.888%) | +00.077 |
| 12 | 12 | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial • Ford Cosworth | 01:22.864 | 01:22.245 | 01:22.245 | +04.777 (+6.166%) | +00.216 |
| 13 | 13 | 30 | Philippe Alliot | Lola • Ford Cosworth | 01:22.348 | 01:22.559 | 01:22.348 | +04.880 (+6.299%) | +00.103 |
| 14 | 14 | 5 | Nigel Mansell | Williams • Judd | 01:23.246 | 01:22.363 | 01:22.363 | +04.895 (+6.319%) | +00.015 |
| 15 | 15 | 10 | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | 01:24.335 | 01:22.642 | 01:22.642 | +05.174 (+6.679%) | +00.279 |
| 16 | 16 | 15 | Mauricio Gugelmin | March • Judd | 01:22.801 | 05:30.133 | 01:22.801 | +05.333 (+6.884%) | +00.159 |
| 17 | 17 | 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams • Judd | 01:24.142 | 01:22.972 | 01:22.972 | +05.504 (+7.105%) | +00.171 |
| 18 | 18 | 9 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed | 01:25.375 | 01:23.078 | 01:23.078 | +05.610 (+7.242%) | +00.106 |
| 19 | 19 | 14 | Philippe Streiff | AGS • Ford Cosworth | 01:23.191 | 01:23.750 | 01:23.191 | +05.723 (+7.388%) | +00.113 |
| 20 | 20 | 25 | René Arnoux | Ligier • Judd | 01:24.315 | 01:23.287 | 01:23.287 | +05.819 (+7.511%) | +00.096 |
| 21 | 21 | 31 | Gabriele Tarquini | Coloni • Ford Cosworth | 01:24.662 | 01:23.603 | 01:23.603 | +06.135 (+7.919%) | +00.316 |
| 22 | 22 | 29 | Yannick Dalmas | Lola • Ford Cosworth | 01:24.279 | 01:23.606 | 01:23.606 | +06.138 (+7.923%) | +00.003 |
| 23 | 23 | 36 | Alex Caffi | Dallara • Ford Cosworth | 01:25.564 | 01:23.716 | 01:23.716 | +06.248 (+8.065%) | +00.110 |
| 24 | 24 | 26 | Stefan Johansson | Ligier • Judd | 01:25.277 | 01:23.721 | 01:23.721 | +06.253 (+8.072%) | +00.005 |
| 25 | 25 | 24 | Luis Perez-Sala | Minardi • Ford Cosworth | 01:23.911 | 01:23.857 | 01:23.857 | +06.389 (+8.247%) | +00.136 |
| 26 | 26 | 32 | Oscar Larrauri | Eurobrun • Ford Cosworth | 01:24.364 | 01:24.032 | 01:24.032 | +06.564 (+8.473%) | +00.175 |
| 27 | 3 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 01:24.390 | 01:24.489 | 01:24.390 | +06.922 (+8.935%) | +00.358 | |
| 28 | 21 | Nicola Larini | Osella | 01:24.405 | 01:25.408 | 01:24.405 | +06.937 (+8.955%) | +00.015 | |
| 29 | 4 | Julian Bailey | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 01:25.525 | 01:25.231 | 01:25.231 | +07.763 (+10.021%) | +00.826 | |
| 30 | 23 | Adrian Campos | Minardi • Ford Cosworth | 01:26.696 | 01:26.058 | 01:26.058 | +08.590 (+11.088%) | +00.827 |