- Winner
- Alain Prost
- Team
- McLaren
- Top listed
- Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna, and Nelson Piquet
- Race date
- November 13, 1988
- Pole
- Ayrton Senna
- Fastest lap
- Alain Prost
- Classified drivers
- 31
- Circuit
- Adelaide Street Circuit
The decisive result
Alain Prost finished first for McLaren. Ayrton Senna is listed 2 for McLaren, with Nelson Piquet 3 for Team Lotus.
Grid to finish
Philippe Alliot from P24 to P10 (+14), Stefan Johansson from P22 to P9 (+13), and Pierluigi Martini from P14 to P7 (+7) recorded the largest positive grid-to-finish changes in the classification. Ayrton Senna started from the listed P1 grid position.
Status and fastest lap
The classification lists 5 Collision, 4 DNQ, 4 Finished, 3 Engine, and 3 Out of fuel. Alain Prost holds the fastest-lap entry at 1:21.216 on lap 59. It records the result without speculating about incidents or strategy.
This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Jul 26, 2026.