Round 4 · 29 May 1988
1988 Mexican Grand Prix: results
Alain Prost (McLaren) won the 1988 Mexican Grand Prix, round 4 of the championship, held on 29 May 1988 at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez (Mexico), starting from position 2. Ayrton Senna (McLaren) and Gerhard Berger (Ferrari) completed the podium. Pole position went to Ayrton Senna.
Final classification
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Time / gap | Pts | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alain Prost | McLaren | 2 | 1:30:15.737 | 9 | Finished |
| 2 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren | 1 | +7.104 s | 6 | Finished |
| 3 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari | 3 | +57.314 s | 4 | Finished |
| 4 | Michele Alboreto | Ferrari | 5 | +1 Lap | 3 | +1 Lap |
| 5 | Derek Warwick | Arrows | 9 | +1 Lap | 2 | +1 Lap |
| 6 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows | 7 | +1 Lap | 1 | +1 Lap |
| 7 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton | 8 | +2 Laps | — | +2 Laps |
| 8 | Thierry Boutsen | Benetton | 11 | +3 Laps | — | +3 Laps |
| 9 | Yannick Dalmas | Larrousse | 22 | +3 Laps | — | +3 Laps |
| 10 | Stefan Johansson | Ligier | 24 | +4 Laps | — | +4 Laps |
| 11 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi | 25 | +4 Laps | — | +4 Laps |
| 12 | Philippe Streiff | AGS | 19 | +4 Laps | — | +4 Laps |
| 13 | Oscar Larrauri | Euro Brun | 26 | +4 Laps | — | +4 Laps |
| 14 | Gabriele Tarquini | Coloni | 21 | +5 Laps | — | +5 Laps |
| 15 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Zakspeed | 18 | +6 Laps | — | +6 Laps |
| 16 | Ivan Capelli | March | 10 | +6 Laps | — | +6 Laps |
| 17 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus | 4 | — | — | Engine |
| 18 | Andrea de Cesaris | Rial | 12 | — | — | Gearbox |
| 19 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus | 6 | — | — | Engine |
| 20 | Nigel Mansell | Williams | 14 | — | — | Engine |
| 21 | Bernd Schneider | Zakspeed | 15 | — | — | Engine |
| 22 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams | 17 | — | — | Engine |
| 23 | René Arnoux | Ligier | 20 | — | — | Accident |
| 24 | Alex Caffi | Dallara | 23 | — | — | Brakes |
| 25 | Maurício Gugelmin | March | 16 | — | — | Electrical |
| 26 | Philippe Alliot | Larrousse | 13 | — | — | Suspension |
| 31 | Stefano Modena | Euro Brun | — | — | — | Excluded |