Detroit Street Circuit · 19 June 1988
Ayrton Senna won the 1988 Detroit Grand Prix for McLaren from 1st on the grid, 38.713s ahead of Alain Prost. Yannick Dalmas gained the most places, from 24th on the grid to 7th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLaren Senna 9 + Prost 6 | Senna 9 + Prost 6 | 15 | |
| 2 | Benetton Boutsen 4 + Nannini 0 | Boutsen 4 + Nannini 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | Rial de Cesaris 3 | de Cesaris 3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Tyrrell Palmer 2 + Bailey 0 | Palmer 2 + Bailey 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | Minardi Martini 1 + Pérez-Sala 0 | Martini 1 + Pérez-Sala 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Lola Dalmas 0 + Alliot 0 | Dalmas 0 + Alliot 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Dallara Caffi 0 | Caffi 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Euro Brun Modena 0 + Larrauri 0 | Modena 0 + Larrauri 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Ferrari Alboreto 0 + Berger 0 | Alboreto 0 + Berger 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Ligier Arnoux 0 + Johansson 0 | Arnoux 0 + Johansson 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | March Gugelmin 0 + Capelli 0 | Gugelmin 0 + Capelli 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Williams Patrese 0 + Mansell 0 | Patrese 0 + Mansell 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Team Lotus Piquet 0 | Piquet 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Arrows Warwick 0 + Cheever 0 | Warwick 0 + Cheever 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | AGS Streiff 0 | Streiff 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | Osella Larini 0 | Larini 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayrton Senna McLaren | McLaren | 1:54:56.035 | 63 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Alain Prost McLaren | McLaren | +38.713s | 63 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Thierry Boutsen Benetton | Benetton | +1 Lap | 62 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Andrea de Cesaris Rial | Rial | +1 Lap | 62 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +1 Lap | 62 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Pierluigi Martini Minardi | Minardi | +1 Lap | 62 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Yannick Dalmas Lola | Lola | +2 Laps | 61 | — | — | |
| 8 | Alex Caffi Dallara | Dallara | +2 Laps | 61 | — | — | |
| 9 | Julian Bailey Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Spun off | 59 | — | — | |
| DNF | Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi | Minardi | DNF Gearbox | 54 | — | — | |
| DNF | Philippe Alliot Lola | Lola | DNF Halfshaft | 46 | — | — | |
| DNF | Stefano Modena Euro Brun | Euro Brun | DNF Spun off | 46 | — | — | |
| DNF | Michele Alboreto Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Collision | 45 | — | — | |
| DNF | René Arnoux Ligier | Ligier | DNF Overheating | 45 | — | — | |
| DNF | Maurício Gugelmin March | March | DNF Engine | 34 | — | — | |
| DNF | Riccardo Patrese Williams | Williams | DNF Electrical | 26 | — | — | |
| DNF | Nelson Piquet Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Spun off | 26 | — | — | |
| DNF | Oscar Larrauri Euro Brun | Euro Brun | DNF Gearbox | 26 | — | — | |
| DNF | Derek Warwick Arrows | Arrows | DNF Spun off | 24 | — | — | |
| DNF | Nigel Mansell Williams | Williams | DNF Engine | 18 | — | — | |
| DNF | Philippe Streiff AGS | AGS | DNF Suspension | 15 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alessandro Nannini Benetton | Benetton | DNF Suspension | 14 | — | — | |
| DNF | Eddie Cheever Arrows | Arrows | DNF Electrical | 14 | — | — | |
| DNF | Nicola Larini Osella | Osella | DNF Engine | 7 | — | — | |
| DNF | Gerhard Berger Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Puncture | 6 | — | — | |
| DNF | Stefan Johansson Ligier | Ligier | DNF Overheating | 2 | — | — | |
| DNS | Ivan Capelli March | March | DNS Injured | 0 | — | — |