Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet · 3 April 1988
Alain Prost won the 1988 Brazilian Grand Prix for McLaren from 3rd on the grid, 9.873s ahead of Gerhard Berger. Stefan Johansson gained the most places, from 21st on the grid to 9th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLaren Prost 9 + Senna 0 | Prost 9 + Senna 0 | 9 | |
| 2 | Ferrari Berger 6 + Alboreto 2 | Berger 6 + Alboreto 2 | 8 | |
| 3 | Team Lotus Piquet 4 + Nakajima 1 | Piquet 4 + Nakajima 1 | 5 | |
| 4 | Arrows Warwick 3 + Cheever 0 | Warwick 3 + Cheever 0 | 3 | |
| 5 | Benetton Boutsen 0 + Nannini 0 | Boutsen 0 + Nannini 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Ligier Johansson 0 + Arnoux 0 | Johansson 0 + Arnoux 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Rial de Cesaris 0 | de Cesaris 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Tyrrell Palmer 0 | Palmer 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Minardi Pérez-Sala 0 + Campos 0 | Pérez-Sala 0 + Campos 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Lola Alliot 0 + Dalmas 0 | Alliot 0 + Dalmas 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Coloni Tarquini 0 | Tarquini 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | AGS Streiff 0 | Streiff 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Euro Brun Modena 0 + Larrauri 0 | Modena 0 + Larrauri 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Williams Mansell 0 + Patrese 0 | Mansell 0 + Patrese 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | March Capelli 0 + Gugelmin 0 | Capelli 0 + Gugelmin 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost McLaren | McLaren | 1:36:06.857 | 60 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Gerhard Berger Ferrari | Ferrari | +9.873s | 60 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Nelson Piquet Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +1:08.591 | 60 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Derek Warwick Arrows | Arrows | +1:13.348 | 60 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Michele Alboreto Ferrari | Ferrari | +1:14.556 | 60 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +1 Lap | 59 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Thierry Boutsen Benetton | Benetton | +1 Lap | 59 | — | — | |
| 8 | Eddie Cheever Arrows | Arrows | +1 Lap | 59 | — | — | |
| 9 | Stefan Johansson Ligier | Ligier | +3 Laps | 57 | — | — | |
| DNF | Andrea de Cesaris Rial | Rial | DNF Engine | 53 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Transmission | 47 | — | — | |
| DNF | Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi | Minardi | DNF Chassis | 46 | — | — | |
| DNF | Philippe Alliot Lola | Lola | DNF Suspension | 40 | — | — | |
| DNF | Gabriele Tarquini Coloni | Coloni | DNF Suspension | 35 | — | — | |
| DNF | Philippe Streiff AGS | AGS | DNF Brakes | 35 | — | — | |
| DNF | Yannick Dalmas Lola | Lola | DNF Engine | 32 | — | — | |
| DSQ | Ayrton Senna McLaren | McLaren | DSQ | 31 | — | — | |
| DNF | René Arnoux Ligier | Ligier | DNF Clutch | 23 | — | — | |
| DNF | Stefano Modena Euro Brun | Euro Brun | DNF Engine | 20 | — | — | |
| DNF | Nigel Mansell Williams | Williams | DNF Engine | 18 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alessandro Nannini Benetton | Benetton | DNF Engine | 7 | — | — | |
| DNF | Riccardo Patrese Williams | Williams | DNF Engine | 6 | — | — | |
| DNF | Ivan Capelli March | March | DNF Engine | 6 | — | — | |
| DNF | Adrián Campos Minardi | Minardi | DNF Chassis | 5 | — | — | |
| DNF | Maurício Gugelmin March | March | DNF Gearbox | 0 | — | — | |
| DNF | Oscar Larrauri Euro Brun | Euro Brun | DNF Electrical | 0 | — | — |