BRAZILIAN GRAND PRIX - QUALIFYING 1
03 Apr 1988
Autódromo Internacional do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | Ayrton SennaSEN | McLaren Honda | 1:30.218 | 
| 2 | 5 | Nigel MansellMAN | Williams Judd | 1:30.928 | 
| 3 | 19 | Alessandro NanniniNAN | Benetton Ford | 1:31.772 | 
| 4 | 11 | Alain ProstPRO | McLaren Honda | 1:31.975 | 
| 5 | 20 | Thierry BoutsenBOU | Benetton Ford | 1:32.060 | 
| 6 | 28 | Gerhard BergerBER | Ferrari | 1:32.123 | 
| 7 | 27 | Michele AlboretoALB | Ferrari | 1:32.523 | 
| 8 | 1 | Nelson PiquetPIQ | Lotus Honda | 1:32.888 | 
| 9 | 2 | Satoru NakajimaNAK | Lotus Honda | 1:33.293 | 
| 10 | 16 | Ivan CapelliCAP | March Judd | 1:33.546 | 
| 11 | 18 | Eddie CheeverCHE | Arrows Megatron | 1:33.787 | 
| 12 | 15 | Mauricio GugelminGUG | March Judd | 1:34.037 | 
| 13 | 6 | Riccardo PatresePAT | Williams Judd | 1:34.070 | 
| 14 | 17 | Derek WarwickWAR | Arrows Megatron | 1:34.323 | 
| 15 | 22 | Andrea de CesarisDEC | Rial Ford | 1:34.988 | 
| 16 | 30 | Philippe AlliotALL | Lola Ford | 1:35.930 | 
| 17 | 29 | Yannick DalmasDAL | Lola Ford | 1:36.382 | 
| 18 | 24 | Luis Perez-SalaPER | Minardi Ford | 1:36.593 | 
| 19 | 23 | Adrian CamposCAM | Minardi Ford | 1:37.164 | 
| 20 | 25 | Rene ArnouxARN | Ligier Judd | 1:37.274 | 
| 21 | 26 | Stefan JohanssonJOH | Ligier Judd | 1:37.454 | 
| 22 | 33 | Stefano ModenaMOD | Euro Brun Ford | 1:37.506 | 
| 23 | 14 | Philippe StreiffSTR | AGS Ford | 1:37.601 | 
| 24 | 32 | Oscar LarrauriLAR | Euro Brun Ford | 1:38.347 | 
| 25 | 3 | Jonathan PalmerPAL | Tyrrell Ford | 1:38.628 | 
| 26 | 21 | Nicola LariniLAR | Osella | 1:38.927 | 
| 27 | 4 | Julian BaileyBAI | Tyrrell Ford | 1:39.771 | 
| 28 | 9 | Piercarlo GhinzaniGHI | Zakspeed | 1:40.431 | 
| 29 | 31 | Gabriele TarquiniTAR | Coloni Ford | 1:41.149 | 
| 30 | 10 | Bernd SchneiderSCH | Zakspeed | 1:45.540 |