Circuit de Monaco · 15 May 1988
Alain Prost won the 1988 Monaco Grand Prix for McLaren from 2nd on the grid, 20.453s ahead of Gerhard Berger. Nicola Larini gained the most places, from 25th on the grid to 9th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferrari Berger 6 + Alboreto 4 | Berger 6 + Alboreto 4 | 10 | |
| 2 | McLaren Prost 9 + Senna 0 | Prost 9 + Senna 0 | 9 | |
| 3 | Arrows Warwick 3 + Cheever 0 | Warwick 3 + Cheever 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Tyrrell Palmer 2 | Palmer 2 | 2 | |
| 5 | Williams Patrese 1 + Mansell 0 | Patrese 1 + Mansell 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Lola Dalmas 0 + Alliot 0 | Dalmas 0 + Alliot 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Benetton Boutsen 0 + Nannini 0 | Boutsen 0 + Nannini 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Osella Larini 0 | Larini 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | March Capelli 0 + Gugelmin 0 | Capelli 0 + Gugelmin 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Zakspeed Ghinzani 0 | Ghinzani 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Minardi Pérez-Sala 0 | Pérez-Sala 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Rial de Cesaris 0 | de Cesaris 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Ligier Arnoux 0 + Johansson 0 | Arnoux 0 + Johansson 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | Euro Brun Larrauri 0 + Modena 0 | Larrauri 0 + Modena 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Coloni Tarquini 0 | Tarquini 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | Team Lotus Piquet 0 | Piquet 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | Dallara Caffi 0 | Caffi 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | AGS Streiff 0 | Streiff 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost McLaren | McLaren | 1:57:17.077 | 78 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Gerhard Berger Ferrari | Ferrari | +20.453s | 78 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Michele Alboreto Ferrari | Ferrari | +41.229s | 78 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Derek Warwick Arrows | Arrows | +1 Lap | 77 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell | Tyrrell | +1 Lap | 77 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Riccardo Patrese Williams | Williams | +1 Lap | 77 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Yannick Dalmas Lola | Lola | +1 Lap | 77 | — | — | |
| 8 | Thierry Boutsen Benetton | Benetton | +2 Laps | 76 | — | — | |
| 9 | Nicola Larini Osella | Osella | +3 Laps | 75 | — | — | |
| 10 | Ivan Capelli March | March | +6 Laps | 72 | — | — | |
| DNF | Ayrton Senna McLaren | McLaren | DNF Spun off | 66 | — | — | |
| DNF | Philippe Alliot Lola | Lola | DNF Collision | 50 | — | — | |
| DNF | Maurício Gugelmin March | March | DNF Fuel system | 45 | — | — | |
| DNF | Piercarlo Ghinzani Zakspeed | Zakspeed | DNF Gearbox | 43 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alessandro Nannini Benetton | Benetton | DNF Gearbox | 38 | — | — | |
| DNF | Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi | Minardi | DNF Halfshaft | 36 | — | — | |
| DNF | Nigel Mansell Williams | Williams | DNF Collision | 32 | — | — | |
| DNF | Andrea de Cesaris Rial | Rial | DNF Engine | 28 | — | — | |
| DNF | René Arnoux Ligier | Ligier | DNF Engine | 17 | — | — | |
| DNF | Oscar Larrauri Euro Brun | Euro Brun | DNF Brakes | 14 | — | — | |
| DNF | Eddie Cheever Arrows | Arrows | DNF Engine | 8 | — | — | |
| DNF | Stefan Johansson Ligier | Ligier | DNF Engine | 6 | — | — | |
| DNF | Gabriele Tarquini Coloni | Coloni | DNF Suspension | 5 | — | — | |
| DNF | Nelson Piquet Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Collision | 1 | — | — | |
| DNF | Alex Caffi Dallara | Dallara | DNF Spun off | 0 | — | — | |
| DNF | Philippe Streiff AGS | AGS | DNF Throttle | 0 | — | — | |
| DNS | Stefano Modena Euro Brun | Euro Brun | DNS Excluded | 0 | — | — |