Spanish Grand Prix
Circuito de Jerez
Grand Prix starting grid
Race starts
Grid positions from race-result records; not a separately verified pre-race grid.
| POS | DRIVER | TEAM |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayrton Senna | McLaren |
| 2 | Gerhard Berger | Ferrari |
| 3 | Alain Prost | McLaren |
| 4 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi |
| 5 | Philippe Alliot | Larrousse |
| 6 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams |
| 7 | Nelson Piquet | Team Lotus |
| 8 | Martin Brundle | Brabham |
| 9 | Jean Alesi | Tyrrell |
| 10 | Emanuele Pirro | Benetton |
| 11 | Nicola Larini | Osella |
| 12 | Stefano Modena | Brabham |
| 13 | Jonathan Palmer | Tyrrell |
| 14 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton |
| 15 | Andrea de Cesaris | Dallara |
| 16 | Derek Warwick | Arrows |
| 17 | Jyrki Järvilehto | Onyx |
| 18 | Satoru Nakajima | Team Lotus |
| 19 | Ivan Capelli | March |
| 20 | Luis Pérez-Sala | Minardi |
| 21 | Thierry Boutsen | Williams |
| 22 | Eddie Cheever | Arrows |
| 23 | Alex Caffi | Dallara |
| 24 | Olivier Grouillard | Ligier |
| 25 | Piercarlo Ghinzani | Osella |
| 26 | Maurício Gugelmin | March |