Suzuka Circuit · 30 October 1988
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLaren Senna 9 + Prost 6 | Senna 9 + Prost 6 | 15 | |
| 2 | Benetton Boutsen 4 + Nannini 2 | Boutsen 4 + Nannini 2 | 6 | |
| 3 | Ferrari Berger 3 + Alboreto 0 | Berger 3 + Alboreto 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Williams Patrese 1 + Mansell 0 | Patrese 1 + Mansell 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | Team Lotus Nakajima 0 + Piquet 0 | Nakajima 0 + Piquet 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | AGS Streiff 0 | Streiff 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Larrousse Alliot 0 + Suzuki 0 | Alliot 0 + Suzuki 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | March Gugelmin 0 + Capelli 0 | Gugelmin 0 + Capelli 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Tyrrell Palmer 0 + Bailey 0 | Palmer 0 + Bailey 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Minardi Martini 0 + Pérez-Sala 0 | Martini 0 + Pérez-Sala 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Ligier Arnoux 0 | Arnoux 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Rial Cesaris 0 | Cesaris 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Arrows Cheever 0 + Warwick 0 | Cheever 0 + Warwick 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Osella Larini 0 | Larini 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Dallara Caffi 0 | Caffi 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | Zakspeed Schneider 0 | Schneider 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayrton Senna McLaren | McLaren | 1:33:26.173 | 51 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Alain Prost McLaren | McLaren | +13.363s | 51 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Thierry Boutsen Benetton | Benetton | +36.109s | 51 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Gerhard Berger Ferrari | Ferrari | +1:26.714 | 51 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Alessandro Nannini Benetton | Benetton | +1:30.603 | 51 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Riccardo Patrese Williams | Williams | +1:37.615 | 51 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus | Team Lotus | — | 50 | — | — | |
| 8 | Philippe Streiff AGS | AGS | — | 50 | — | — | |
| 9 | Philippe Alliot Larrousse | Larrousse | — | 50 | — | — | |
| 10 | Maurício Gugelmin March | March | — | 50 | — | — | |
| 11 | Michele Alboreto Ferrari | Ferrari | — | 50 | — | — | |
| 12 | Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell | Tyrrell | — | 50 | — | — | |
| 13 | Pierluigi Martini Minardi | Minardi | — | 49 | — | — | |
| 14 | Julian Bailey Tyrrell | Tyrrell | — | 49 | — | — | |
| 15 | Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi | Minardi | — | 49 | — | — | |
| 16 | Aguri Suzuki Larrousse | Larrousse | — | 48 | — | — | |
| 17 | René Arnoux Ligier | Ligier | — | 48 | — | — | |
| 18 | Andrea de Cesaris Rial | Rial | — | 36 | — | — | |
| 19 | Eddie Cheever Arrows | Arrows | — | 35 | — | — | |
| 20 | Nicola Larini Osella | Osella | — | 34 | — | — | |
| 21 | Nelson Piquet Team Lotus | Team Lotus | — | 34 | — | — | |
| 22 | Nigel Mansell Williams | Williams | — | 24 | — | — | |
| 23 | Alex Caffi Dallara | Dallara | — | 22 | — | — | |
| 24 | Ivan Capelli March | March | — | 19 | — | — | |
| 25 | Derek Warwick Arrows | Arrows | — | 16 | — | — | |
| 26 | Bernd Schneider Zakspeed | Zakspeed | — | 14 | — | — |