The 1988 Italian Grand Prix was Round 12 of the 1988 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held at Monza, Italy on Sunday, 11 September 1988. Ayrton Senna started on pole position in the McLaren Honda and Gerhard Berger was the race winner for Ferrari.
1988 Coca Cola Italian Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Started | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 | Gerhard Berger | Austria | Ferrari | Goodyear | 51 | 1:17:39.744 | 1:17:39.744 | - | - | 1:29.113 | 47 | 3 | 9 |
| 2 | 27 | Michele Alboreto | Italy | Ferrari | Goodyear | 51 | +0.502 | 1:17:40.246 | +0.502 | +0.502 | 1:29.070 | 44 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | 18 | Eddie Cheever | United States | Arrows Megatron | Goodyear | 51 | +35.532 | 1:18:15.276 | +35.532 | +35.030 | 1:30.452 | 42 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | 17 | Derek Warwick | Great Britain | Arrows Megatron | Goodyear | 51 | +36.114 | 1:18:15.858 | +36.114 | +0.582 | 1:30.504 | 43 | 6 | 3 |
| 5 | 16 | Ivan Capelli | Italy | March Judd | Goodyear | 51 | +52.522 | 1:18:32.266 | +52.522 | +16.408 | 1:30.971 | 37 | 11 | 2 |
| 6 | 20 | Thierry Boutsen | Belgium | Benetton Ford | Goodyear | 51 | +59.878 | 1:18:39.622 | +59.878 | +7.356 | 1:31.543 | 34 | 8 | 1 |
| 7 | 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Italy | Williams Judd | Goodyear | 51 | +1:14.743 | 1:18:54.487 | +1:14.743 | +14.865 | 1:31.704 | 26 | 10 | |
| 8 | 15 | Maurício Gugelmin | Brazil | March Judd | Goodyear | 51 | +1:32.566 | 1:19:12.310 | +1:32.566 | +17.823 | 1:31.832 | 27 | 13 | |
| 9 | 19 | Alessandro Nannini | Italy | Benetton Ford | Goodyear | 50 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:30.248 | 33 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 12 | Ayrton Senna | Brazil | McLaren Honda | Goodyear | 49 | Collision | 2 laps | 1 lap | 1:29.569 | 29 | 1 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Jean-Louis Schlesser | France | Williams Judd | Goodyear | 49 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1:33.179 | 39 | 22 | |||
| 12 | 4 | Julian Bailey | Great Britain | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 49 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1:33.203 | 40 | 26 | |||
| 13 | 25 | René Arnoux | France | Ligier Judd | Goodyear | 49 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1:33.486 | 42 | 24 | |||
| DNF | 11 | Alain Prost | France | McLaren Honda | Goodyear | 34 | Engine | 17 laps | 15 laps | 1:29.642 | 27 | 2 | ||
| DNF | 30 | Philippe Alliot | France | Lola Ford | Goodyear | 33 | Engine | 18 laps | 1 lap | 1:33.581 | 28 | 20 | ||
| DNF | 14 | Philippe Streiff | France | AGS Ford | Goodyear | 31 | Clutch | 20 laps | 2 laps | 1:33.898 | 31 | 23 | ||
| DNF | 10 | Bernd Schneider | Germany | Zakspeed | Goodyear | 28 | Engine | 23 laps | 3 laps | 1:32.054 | 24 | 15 | ||
| DNF | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris | Italy | Rial Ford | Goodyear | 27 | Chassis | 24 laps | 1 lap | 1:33.007 | 20 | 18 | ||
| DNF | 9 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Italy | Zakspeed | Goodyear | 25 | Engine | 26 laps | 2 laps | 1:33.476 | 10 | 16 | ||
| DNF | 36 | Alex Caffi | Italy | Dallara Ford | Goodyear | 24 | Engine | 27 laps | 1 lap | 1:32.735 | 19 | 21 | ||
| DNF | 29 | Yannick Dalmas | France | Lola Ford | Goodyear | 17 | Radiator | 34 laps | 7 laps | 1:34.723 | 15 | 25 | ||
| DNF | 23 | Pierluigi Martini | Italy | Minardi Ford | Goodyear | 15 | Engine | 36 laps | 2 laps | 1:34.420 | 8 | 14 | ||
| DNF | 2 | Satoru Nakajima | Japan | Lotus Honda | Goodyear | 14 | Engine | 37 laps | 1 lap | 1:32.804 | 11 | 12 | ||
| DNF | 24 | Luis Perez-Sala | Spain | Minardi Ford | Goodyear | 12 | Gearbox | 39 laps | 2 laps | 1:35.020 | 11 | 19 | ||
| DNF | 1 | Nelson Piquet | Brazil | Lotus Honda | Goodyear | 11 | Clutch | 40 laps | 1 lap | 1:31.803 | 11 | 7 | ||
| DNF | 21 | Nicola Larini | Italy | Osella | Goodyear | 2 | Engine | 49 laps | 9 laps | 1:38.570 | 2 | 17 | ||
| DNQ | 3 | Jonathan Palmer | Great Britain | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 51 laps | 2 laps | |||||||
| DNQ | 26 | Stefan Johansson | Sweden | Ligier Judd | Goodyear | 51 laps | ||||||||
| DNF | 31 | Gabriele Tarquini | Italy | Coloni Ford | Goodyear | 51 laps | ||||||||
| DNQ | 33 | Stefano Modena | Italy | Euro Brun Ford | Goodyear | 51 laps | ||||||||
| DNPQ | 32 | Oscar Larrauri | Argentina | Euro Brun Ford | Goodyear | 51 laps |