Sunday 1st May 1988
Ayrton Senna won the San Marino Grand Prix at Imola. Senna and his teammate, Alain Prost, in their McLarens were the class of the field. Senna won in a time of 1:32:41 followed by fastest lap man, Prost 2.32 seconds later. They were the only cars to complete 64 laps. Nelson Piquet was third 1 lap down. they started like they had finished, 1-2-3. Thierry Boutsen had a good drive to come from eighth on the grid to finish 4th, also 1 lap down.