Brazilian Grand Prix
Autódromo José Carlos Pace
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 | McLaren |
| 3 | Thierry Boutsen | Williams |
| 4 | Riccardo Patrese | Williams |
| 5 | Nigel Mansell | Ferrari |
| 6 | Alain Prost | Ferrari |
| 7 | Jean Alesi | Tyrrell |
| 8 | Pierluigi Martini | Minardi |
| 9 | Andrea de Cesaris | Dallara |
| 10 | Philippe Alliot | Ligier |
| 11 | Éric Bernard | Larrousse |
| 12 | Stefano Modena | Brabham |
| 13 | Nelson Piquet | Benetton |
| 14 | Martin Donnelly | Team Lotus |
| 15 | Alessandro Nannini | Benetton |
| 16 | Gianni Morbidelli | Dallara |
| 17 | Paolo Barilla | Minardi |
| 18 | Aguri Suzuki | Larrousse |
| 19 | Satoru Nakajima | Tyrrell |
| 20 | Nicola Larini | Ligier |
| 21 | Olivier Grouillard | Osella |
| 22 | Gregor Foitek | Brabham |
| 23 | Michele Alboreto | Arrows |
| 24 | Derek Warwick | Team Lotus |
| 25 | Alex Caffi | Arrows |
| 26 | Yannick Dalmas | AGS |