| «1988-05» | Canada Grand Prix - XXVI Grand Prix du Canada |
| 1988-06-12 | Montréal - Circuit Gilles Villeneuve - 69 laps × 4.39 km : 302.91 km |
| Pos | Grid | Car | Driver | Constructor | Q1 | Q2 | Best | Gap | Interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 12 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren • Honda | 01:22.392 | 01:21.681 | 01:21.681 | 193.484 km/h | |
| 2 | 2 | 11 | Alain Prost | McLaren • Honda | 01:22.499 | 01:21.863 | 01:21.863 | +00.182 (+0.223%) | +00.182 |
| 3 | 3 | 28 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 01:22.719 | 01:22.785 | 01:22.719 | +01.038 (+1.271%) | +00.856 |
| 4 | 4 | 27 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 01:23.976 | 01:23.296 | 01:23.296 | +01.615 (+1.977%) | +00.577 |
| 5 | 5 | 19 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton • Ford Cosworth | 01:25.561 | 01:23.968 | 01:23.968 | +02.287 (+2.800%) | +00.672 |
| 6 | 6 | 1 | Nelson Piquet | Lotus • Honda | 01:24.166 | 01:23.995 | 01:23.995 | +02.314 (+2.833%) | +00.027 |
| 7 | 7 | 20 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton • Ford Cosworth | 01:25.173 | 01:24.115 | 01:24.115 | +02.434 (+2.980%) | +00.120 |
| 8 | 8 | 18 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows • Megatron | 01:24.679 | 01:25.068 | 01:24.679 | +02.998 (+3.670%) | +00.564 |
| 9 | 9 | 5 | Nigel Mansell | Williams • Judd | 01:24.844 | 01:25.251 | 01:24.844 | +03.163 (+3.872%) | +00.165 |
| 10 | 10 | 14 | Philippe Streiff | AGS • Ford Cosworth | 01:25.878 | 01:24.968 | 01:24.968 | +03.287 (+4.024%) | +00.124 |
| 11 | 11 | 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams • Judd | 01:24.971 | 01:25.471 | 01:24.971 | +03.290 (+4.028%) | +00.003 |
| 12 | 12 | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial • Ford Cosworth | 01:26.039 | 01:24.988 | 01:24.988 | +03.307 (+4.049%) | +00.017 |
| 13 | 13 | 2 | Satoru Nakajima | Lotus • Honda | 01:25.373 | 01:26.560 | 01:25.373 | +03.692 (+4.520%) | +00.385 |
| 14 | 14 | 16 | Ivan Capelli | March • Judd | 01:25.609 | 01:26.815 | 01:25.609 | +03.928 (+4.809%) | +00.236 |
| 15 | 15 | 33 | Stefano Modena | Eurobrun • Ford Cosworth | 01:26.652 | 01:25.713 | 01:25.713 | +04.032 (+4.936%) | +00.104 |
| 16 | 16 | 17 | Derek Warwick | Arrows • Megatron | 01:26.052 | 01:25.740 | 01:25.740 | +04.059 (+4.969%) | +00.027 |
| 17 | 17 | 30 | Philippe Alliot | Lola • Ford Cosworth | 01:27.543 | 01:25.765 | 01:25.765 | +04.084 (+5.000%) | +00.025 |
| 18 | 18 | 15 | Mauricio Gugelmin | March • Judd | 01:25.910 | 01:25.982 | 01:25.910 | +04.229 (+5.177%) | +00.145 |
| 19 | 19 | 3 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 01:27.230 | 01:26.092 | 01:26.092 | +04.411 (+5.400%) | +00.182 |
| 20 | 20 | 25 | René Arnoux | Ligier • Judd | 01:26.716 | 01:26.327 | 01:26.327 | +04.646 (+5.688%) | +00.235 |
| 21 | 21 | 24 | Luis Perez-Sala | Minardi • Ford Cosworth | 01:26.822 | 01:26.437 | 01:26.437 | +04.756 (+5.823%) | +00.110 |
| 22 | 22 | 9 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed | 01:28.400 | 01:26.784 | 01:26.784 | +05.103 (+6.247%) | +00.347 |
| 23 | 23 | 4 | Julian Bailey | Tyrrell • Ford Cosworth | 01:28.737 | 01:27.139 | 01:27.139 | +05.458 (+6.682%) | +00.355 |
| 24 | 24 | 32 | Oscar Larrauri | Eurobrun • Ford Cosworth | 01:27.626 | 01:27.321 | 01:27.321 | +05.640 (+6.905%) | +00.182 |
| 25 | 25 | 26 | Stefan Johansson | Ligier • Judd | 01:28.614 | 01:27.637 | 01:27.637 | +05.956 (+7.292%) | +00.316 |
| 26 | 26 | 31 | Gabriele Tarquini | Coloni • Ford Cosworth | 01:27.665 | 01:27.665 | 01:27.665 | +05.984 (+7.326%) | +00.028 |
| 27 | 23 | Adrian Campos | Minardi • Ford Cosworth | 01:27.885 | 01:27.979 | 01:27.885 | +06.204 (+7.595%) | +00.220 | |
| 28 | 21 | Nicola Larini | Osella | 01:39.792 | 01:27.981 | 01:27.981 | +06.300 (+7.713%) | +00.096 | |
| 29 | 29 | Yannick Dalmas | Lola • Ford Cosworth | 01:28.012 | 01:28.012 | 01:28.012 | +06.331 (+7.751%) | +00.031 | |
| 30 | 10 | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | 01:29.110 | 01:28.215 | 01:28.215 | +06.534 (+7.999%) | +00.203 | |
| 31 | 36 | Alex Caffi | Dallara • Ford Cosworth | 01:29.103 |