FUJI TELEVISION JAPANESE GRAND PRIX - WARM UP
30 Oct 1988
Suzuka Circuit, Japan
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time / Gap | 
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | Ayrton SennaSEN | McLaren Honda | 1:46.372 | 
| 2 | 5 | Nigel MansellMAN | Williams Judd | +0.373s | 
| 3 | 20 | Thierry BoutsenBOU | Benetton Ford | +0.513s | 
| 4 | 11 | Alain ProstPRO | McLaren Honda | +0.691s | 
| 5 | 16 | Ivan CapelliCAP | March Judd | +0.775s | 
| 6 | 1 | Nelson PiquetPIQ | Lotus Honda | +1.081s | 
| 7 | 19 | Alessandro NanniniNAN | Benetton Ford | +1.177s | 
| 8 | 6 | Riccardo PatresePAT | Williams Judd | +1.219s | 
| 9 | 15 | Mauricio GugelminGUG | March Judd | +1.753s | 
| 10 | 28 | Gerhard BergerBER | Ferrari | +1.827s | 
| 11 | 27 | Michele AlboretoALB | Ferrari | +2.143s | 
| 12 | 2 | Satoru NakajimaNAK | Lotus Honda | +2.477s | 
| 13 | 23 | Pierluigi MartiniMAR | Minardi Ford | +3.202s | 
| 14 | 18 | Eddie CheeverCHE | Arrows Megatron | +3.278s | 
| 15 | 3 | Jonathan PalmerPAL | Tyrrell Ford | +3.340s | 
| 16 | 36 | Alex CaffiCAF | Dallara Ford | +3.493s | 
| 17 | 29 | Aguri SuzukiSUZ | Lola Ford | +4.056s | 
| 18 | 24 | Luis Perez-SalaPER | Minardi Ford | +4.128s | 
| 19 | 14 | Philippe StreiffSTR | AGS Ford | +4.228s | 
| 20 | 22 | Andrea de CesarisDEC | Rial Ford | +4.312s | 
| 21 | 30 | Philippe AlliotALL | Lola Ford | +4.694s | 
| 22 | 4 | Julian BaileyBAI | Tyrrell Ford | +5.027s | 
| 23 | 25 | Rene ArnouxARN | Ligier Judd | +6.466s | 
| 24 | 21 | Nicola LariniLAR | Osella | +8.713s | 
| 25 | 10 | Bernd SchneiderSCH | Zakspeed | +9.229s | 
| 26 | 17 | Derek WarwickWAR | Arrows Megatron | +381.598s |