Circuito de Jerez · 2 October 1988
Alain Prost won the 1988 Spanish Grand Prix for McLaren from 2nd on the grid, 26.232s ahead of Nigel Mansell. Stefano Modena gained the most places, from 26th on the grid to 13th.
| Pos | Team | Points Breakdown | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLaren Prost 9 + Senna 3 | Prost 9 + Senna 3 | 12 | |
| 2 | Williams Mansell 6 + Patrese 2 | Mansell 6 + Patrese 2 | 8 | |
| 3 | Benetton Nannini 4 + Boutsen 0 | Nannini 4 + Boutsen 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Ferrari Berger 1 + Alboreto 0 | Berger 1 + Alboreto 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | March Gugelmin 0 + Capelli 0 | Gugelmin 0 + Capelli 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Team Lotus Piquet 0 + Nakajima 0 | Piquet 0 + Nakajima 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Dallara Caffi 0 | Caffi 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Lola Dalmas 0 + Alliot 0 | Dalmas 0 + Alliot 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Minardi Pérez-Sala 0 + Martini 0 | Pérez-Sala 0 + Martini 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Euro Brun Modena 0 | Modena 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Ligier Johansson 0 + Arnoux 0 | Johansson 0 + Arnoux 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Arrows Cheever 0 + Warwick 0 | Cheever 0 + Warwick 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Rial de Cesaris 0 | de Cesaris 0 | 0 | |
| 14 | AGS Streiff 0 | Streiff 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Osella Larini 0 | Larini 0 | 0 | |
| 16 | Tyrrell Palmer 0 | Palmer 0 | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | Team | Race time / Gap | Laps | Stops | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost McLaren | McLaren | 1:48:43.851 | 72 | — | 9 | |
| 2 | Nigel Mansell Williams | Williams | +26.232s | 72 | — | 6 | |
| 3 | Alessandro Nannini Benetton | Benetton | +35.446s | 72 | — | 4 | |
| 4 | Ayrton Senna McLaren | McLaren | +46.710s | 72 | — | 3 | |
| 5 | Riccardo Patrese Williams | Williams | +47.430s | 72 | — | 2 | |
| 6 | Gerhard Berger Ferrari | Ferrari | +51.813s | 72 | — | 1 | |
| 7 | Maurício Gugelmin March | March | +1:15.964 | 72 | — | — | |
| 8 | Nelson Piquet Team Lotus | Team Lotus | +1:17.309 | 72 | — | — | |
| 9 | Thierry Boutsen Benetton | Benetton | +1:17.655 | 72 | — | — | |
| 10 | Alex Caffi Dallara | Dallara | +1 Lap | 71 | — | — | |
| 11 | Yannick Dalmas Lola | Lola | +1 Lap | 71 | — | — | |
| 12 | Luis Pérez-Sala Minardi | Minardi | +2 Laps | 70 | — | — | |
| 13 | Stefano Modena Euro Brun | Euro Brun | +2 Laps | 70 | — | — | |
| 14 | Philippe Alliot Lola | Lola | +3 Laps | 69 | — | — | |
| DNF | Stefan Johansson Ligier | Ligier | DNF Wheel | 62 | — | — | |
| DNF | Eddie Cheever Arrows | Arrows | DNF Chassis | 60 | — | — | |
| DNF | Ivan Capelli March | March | DNF Engine | 45 | — | — | |
| DNF | Derek Warwick Arrows | Arrows | DNF Chassis | 41 | — | — | |
| DNF | Andrea de Cesaris Rial | Rial | DNF Engine | 37 | — | — | |
| DNF | Philippe Streiff AGS | AGS | DNF Engine | 16 | — | — | |
| DNF | Michele Alboreto Ferrari | Ferrari | DNF Engine | 15 | — | — | |
| DNF | Pierluigi Martini Minardi | Minardi | DNF Gearbox | 15 | — | — | |
| DNF | Satoru Nakajima Team Lotus | Team Lotus | DNF Spun off | 14 | — | — | |
| DNF | Nicola Larini Osella | Osella | DNF Suspension | 9 | — | — | |
| DNF | Jonathan Palmer Tyrrell | Tyrrell | DNF Chassis | 4 | — | — | |
| DNF | René Arnoux Ligier | Ligier | DNF Throttle | 0 | — | — |