The 1988 British Grand Prix was Round 8 of the 1988 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at Silverstone, United Kingdom on Sunday, 10 July 1988. Gerhard Berger started on pole position for Ferrari and Ayrton Senna was the race winner in the McLaren Honda.
1988 Shell Oils British Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Started | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | Ayrton Senna | Brazil | McLaren Honda | Goodyear | 65 | 1:33:16.367 | 1:33:16.367 | - | - | 1:23.595 | 49 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | 5 | Nigel Mansell | Great Britain | Williams Judd | Goodyear | 65 | +23.344 | 1:33:39.711 | +23.344 | +23.344 | 1:23.308 | 48 | 11 | 6 |
| 3 | 19 | Alessandro Nannini | Italy | Benetton Ford | Goodyear | 65 | +51.214 | 1:34:07.581 | +51.214 | +27.870 | 1:24.176 | 29 | 8 | 4 |
| 4 | 15 | Maurício Gugelmin | Brazil | March Judd | Goodyear | 65 | +1:11.378 | 1:34:27.745 | +1:11.378 | +20.164 | 1:23.823 | 45 | 5 | 3 |
| 5 | 1 | Nelson Piquet | Brazil | Lotus Honda | Goodyear | 65 | +1:20.835 | 1:34:37.202 | +1:20.835 | +9.457 | 1:23.452 | 48 | 7 | 2 |
| 6 | 17 | Derek Warwick | Great Britain | Arrows Megatron | Goodyear | 64 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:23.588 | 48 | 9 | 1 | |
| 7 | 18 | Eddie Cheever | United States | Arrows Megatron | Goodyear | 64 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:23.778 | 48 | 13 | |||
| 8 | 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Italy | Williams Judd | Goodyear | 64 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:23.783 | 48 | 15 | |||
| 9 | 28 | Gerhard Berger | Austria | Ferrari | Goodyear | 64 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:24.242 | 13 | 1 | |||
| 10 | 2 | Satoru Nakajima | Japan | Lotus Honda | Goodyear | 64 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:23.655 | 48 | 10 | |||
| 11 | 36 | Alex Caffi | Italy | Dallara Ford | Goodyear | 64 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:25.319 | 49 | 21 | |||
| 12 | 33 | Stefano Modena | Italy | Euro Brun Ford | Goodyear | 64 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:24.920 | 48 | 20 | |||
| 13 | 29 | Yannick Dalmas | France | Lola Ford | Goodyear | 63 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1 lap | 1:24.780 | 46 | 23 | ||
| 14 | 30 | Philippe Alliot | France | Lola Ford | Goodyear | 63 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1:24.160 | 47 | 22 | |||
| 15 | 23 | Pierluigi Martini | Italy | Minardi Ford | Goodyear | 63 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1:24.370 | 45 | 19 | |||
| 16 | 4 | Julian Bailey | Great Britain | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 63 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1:25.758 | 42 | 24 | |||
| 17 | 27 | Michele Alboreto | Italy | Ferrari | Goodyear | 62 | Out Of Fuel | 3 laps | 1 lap | 1:26.100 | 28 | 2 | ||
| 18 | 25 | René Arnoux | France | Ligier Judd | Goodyear | 62 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 1:27.117 | 45 | 25 | |||
| 19 | 21 | Nicola Larini | Italy | Osella | Goodyear | 60 | Out of Fuel | 5 laps | 2 laps | 1:24.729 | 46 | 26 | ||
| DNF | 20 | Thierry Boutsen | Belgium | Benetton Ford | Goodyear | 38 | Transmission | 27 laps | 22 laps | 1:25.301 | 37 | 12 | ||
| DNF | 16 | Ivan Capelli | Italy | March Judd | Goodyear | 34 | Alternator | 31 laps | 4 laps | 1:26.752 | 27 | 6 | ||
| DNF | 11 | Alain Prost | France | McLaren Honda | Goodyear | 24 | Handling | 41 laps | 10 laps | 1:27.456 | 22 | 4 | ||
| DNF | 3 | Jonathan Palmer | Great Britain | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 14 | Engine | 51 laps | 10 laps | 1:32.972 | 13 | 17 | ||
| DNF | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris | Italy | Rial Ford | Goodyear | 9 | Clutch | 56 laps | 5 laps | 1:31.101 | 7 | 14 | ||
| DNF | 14 | Philippe Streiff | France | AGS Ford | Goodyear | 8 | Broken Wing | 57 laps | 1 lap | 1:31.315 | 8 | 16 | ||
| DNF | 24 | Luis Perez-Sala | Spain | Minardi Ford | Goodyear | Suspension | 65 laps | 8 laps | 18 | |||||
| DNQ | 32 | Oscar Larrauri | Argentina | Euro Brun Ford | Goodyear | 65 laps | ||||||||
| DNQ | 9 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Italy | Zakspeed | Goodyear | 65 laps | ||||||||
| DNQ | 26 | Stefan Johansson | Sweden | Ligier Judd | Goodyear | 65 laps | ||||||||
| DNQ | 10 | Bernd Schneider | Germany | Zakspeed | Goodyear | 65 laps | ||||||||
| DNPQ | 31 | Gabriele Tarquini | Italy | Coloni Ford | Goodyear | 65 laps |