Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps · 28 August 1988
Ayrton Senna won the 1988 Belgian Grand Prix for McLaren from 1st on the grid, 30.47s ahead of Alain Prost. Ivan Capelli gained the most places, from 14th on the grid to 3rd.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLaren Senna 9 + Prost 6 | Senna 9 + Prost 6 | 15 | |
| 2 | March Capelli 4 + Gugelmin 0 | Capelli 4 + Gugelmin 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Team Lotus Piquet 3 + Nakajima 0 | Piquet 3 + Nakajima 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Arrows Warwick 2 + Cheever 1 | Warwick 2 + Cheever 1 | 3 | |
| 5 | Williams Brundle 0 + Patrese 0 | Brundle 0 + Patrese 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Dallara Caffi 0 | Caffi 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Lola Alliot 0 + Dalmas 0 | Alliot 0 + Dalmas 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | AGS Streiff 0 | Streiff 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Ligier Johansson 0 + Arnoux 0 | Johansson 0 + Arnoux 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Tyrrell Palmer 0 | Palmer 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Zakspeed Schneider 0 + Ghinzani 0 | Schneider 0 + Ghinzani 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Benetton Boutsen 0 + Nannini 0 | Boutsen 0 + Nannini 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Coloni Tarquini 0 | Tarquini 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Ferrari Alboreto 0 + Berger 0 | Alboreto 0 + Berger 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Osella Larini 0 | Larini 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | Rial de Cesaris 0 | de Cesaris 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayrton Senna McLaren | McLaren | 1:28:00.549 | 43 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Alain Prost McLaren | McLaren | +30.470s | 43 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Ivan Capelli March | March | +1:15.768 | 43 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Nelson Piquet Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +1:23.628 | 43 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Derek Warwick Arrows | Arrows | +1:25.355 | 43 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Eddie Cheever Arrows | Arrows | +1 Lap | 42 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Martin Brundle Williams | Williams | +1 Lap | 42 | — | — | |
| 8 | Alex Caffi Dallara | Dallara | +1 Lap | 42 | — | — | |
| 9 | Philippe Alliot Lola | Lola | +1 Lap | 42 | — | — | |
| 10 | Philippe Streiff AGS | AGS | +1 Lap | 42 | — | — | |
| 11 | Stefan Johansson Ligier | Ligier | DNF Engine | 39 | — | — | |
| 12 | Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Throttle | 39 | — | — | |
| 13 | Bernd Schneider Zakspeed | Zakspeed | DNF Gearbox | 38 | — | — | |
| DSQ | Thierry Boutsen Benetton | Benetton | DSQ | 43 | — | — | |
| DSQ | Alessandro Nannini Benetton | Benetton | DSQ | 43 | — | — | |
| DNF | Gabriele Tarquini Coloni | Coloni | DNF Steering | 36 | — | — | |
| DNF | Michele Alboreto Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Engine | 35 | — | — | |
| DNF | Riccardo Patrese Williams | Williams | DNF Engine | 30 | — | — | |
| DNF | Maurício Gugelmin March | March | DNF Spun off | 29 | — | — | |
| DNF | Piercarlo Ghinzani Zakspeed | Zakspeed | DNF Oil leak | 25 | — | — | |
| DNF | Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Engine | 22 | — | — | |
| DNF | Nicola Larini Osella | Osella | DNF Fuel system | 14 | — | — | |
| DNF | Gerhard Berger Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Injection | 11 | — | — | |
| DNF | Yannick Dalmas Lola | Lola | DNF Engine | 9 | — | — | |
| DNF | Andrea de Cesaris Rial | Rial | DNF Accident | 2 | — | — | |
| DNF | René Arnoux Ligier | Ligier | DNF Accident | 2 | — | — |