The 1988 Spanish Grand Prix was Round 14 of the 1988 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held in Jerez, Spain on Sunday, 2 October 1988. Ayrton Senna started on pole position in the McLaren Honda and his team-mate Alain Prost was the race winner.
1988 Tio Pepe Spanish Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Time/Retired | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Started | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | Alain Prost | France | McLaren Honda | Goodyear | 72 | 1:48:43.851 | 1:48:43.851 | - | - | 1:27.845 | 60 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | 5 | Nigel Mansell | Great Britain | Williams Judd | Goodyear | 72 | +26.232 | 1:49:10.083 | +26.232 | +26.232 | 1:27.999 | 57 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 19 | Alessandro Nannini | Italy | Benetton Ford | Goodyear | 72 | +35.446 | 1:49:19.297 | +35.446 | +9.214 | 1:28.576 | 31 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | 12 | Ayrton Senna | Brazil | McLaren Honda | Goodyear | 72 | +46.71 | 1:49:30.561 | +46.710 | +11.264 | 1:28.273 | 60 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Italy | Williams Judd | Goodyear | 72 | +47.43 | 1:49:31.281 | +47.430 | +0.720 | 1:28.861 | 71 | 7 | 2 |
| 6 | 28 | Gerhard Berger | Austria | Ferrari | Goodyear | 72 | +51.813 | 1:49:35.664 | +51.813 | +4.383 | 1:28.716 | 70 | 8 | 1 |
| 7 | 15 | Maurício Gugelmin | Brazil | March Judd | Goodyear | 72 | +1:15.964 | 1:49:59.815 | +1:15.964 | +24.151 | 1:29.890 | 40 | 11 | |
| 8 | 1 | Nelson Piquet | Brazil | Lotus Honda | Goodyear | 72 | +1:17.309 | 1:50:01.160 | +1:17.309 | +1.345 | 1:29.304 | 67 | 9 | |
| 9 | 20 | Thierry Boutsen | Belgium | Benetton Ford | Goodyear | 72 | +1:17.655 | 1:50:01.506 | +1:17.655 | +0.346 | 1:28.711 | 54 | 4 | |
| 10 | 36 | Alex Caffi | Italy | Dallara Ford | Goodyear | 71 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:30.039 | 54 | 18 | ||
| 11 | 29 | Yannick Dalmas | France | Lola Ford | Goodyear | 71 | +1 lap | 1 lap | 1:31.063 | 29 | 16 | |||
| 12 | 24 | Luis Perez-Sala | Spain | Minardi Ford | Goodyear | 70 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1 lap | 1:31.246 | 41 | 24 | ||
| 13 | 33 | Stefano Modena | Italy | Euro Brun Ford | Goodyear | 70 | +2 laps | 2 laps | 1:32.263 | 36 | 26 | |||
| 14 | 30 | Philippe Alliot | France | Lola Ford | Goodyear | 69 | +3 laps | 3 laps | 1 lap | 1:30.366 | 63 | 12 | ||
| DNF | 26 | Stefan Johansson | Sweden | Ligier Judd | Goodyear | 62 | Wheel | 10 laps | 7 laps | 1:31.511 | 48 | 21 | ||
| DNF | 18 | Eddie Cheever | United States | Arrows Megatron | Goodyear | 60 | Chassis | 12 laps | 2 laps | 1:30.186 | 45 | 25 | ||
| DNF | 16 | Ivan Capelli | Italy | March Judd | Goodyear | 45 | Engine | 27 laps | 15 laps | 1:29.197 | 40 | 6 | ||
| DNF | 17 | Derek Warwick | Great Britain | Arrows Megatron | Goodyear | 41 | Chassis | 31 laps | 4 laps | 1:30.390 | 29 | 17 | ||
| DNF | 22 | Andrea de Cesaris | Italy | Rial Ford | Goodyear | 37 | Engine | 35 laps | 4 laps | 1:30.363 | 21 | 23 | ||
| DNF | 14 | Philippe Streiff | France | AGS Ford | Goodyear | 16 | Engine | 56 laps | 21 laps | 1:31.853 | 15 | 13 | ||
| DNF | 27 | Michele Alboreto | Italy | Ferrari | Goodyear | 15 | Engine | 57 laps | 1 lap | 1:31.310 | 10 | 10 | ||
| DNF | 23 | Pierluigi Martini | Italy | Minardi Ford | Goodyear | 15 | Gearbox | 57 laps | 1:32.017 | 14 | 20 | |||
| DNF | 2 | Satoru Nakajima | Japan | Lotus Honda | Goodyear | 14 | Spun Off | 58 laps | 1 lap | 1:32.296 | 13 | 15 | ||
| DNF | 21 | Nicola Larini | Italy | Osella | Goodyear | 9 | Suspension | 63 laps | 5 laps | 1:32.303 | 4 | 14 | ||
| DNF | 3 | Jonathan Palmer | Great Britain | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 4 | Chassis | 68 laps | 5 laps | 1:32.315 | 2 | 22 | ||
| DNF | 25 | Rene Arnoux | France | Ligier Judd | Goodyear | Throttle | 72 laps | 4 laps | 19 | |||||
| DNQ | 10 | Bernd Schneider | Germany | Zakspeed | Goodyear | 72 laps | ||||||||
| DNQ | 32 | Oscar Larrauri | Argentina | Euro Brun Ford | Goodyear | 72 laps | ||||||||
| DNQ | 4 | Julian Bailey | Great Britain | Tyrrell Ford | Goodyear | 72 laps | ||||||||
| DNQ | 9 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Italy | Zakspeed | Goodyear | 72 laps | ||||||||
| DNPQ | 31 | Gabriele Tarquini | Italy | Coloni Ford | Goodyear | 72 laps |