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1988 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix

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Belgium  1988 Belgian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 9 of 15 races in the
1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date3 July 1988
Official nameG.P. of Belgium Gauloises Blondes[1][2][3]
LocationCircuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 6.940 km (4.312 mi)
500cc
Pole position
Rider France Christian Sarron Yamaha
Time 2:27.620
Fastest lap
Rider France Christian Sarron Yamaha
Time 2:40.780
Podium
First Australia Wayne Gardner Honda
Second United States Eddie Lawson Yamaha
Third United States Randy Mamola Cagiva
250cc
Pole position
Rider Switzerland Jacques Cornu Honda
Time 2:33.090
Fastest lap
Rider West Germany Anton Mang Honda
Time 2:32.060
Podium
First Spain Sito Pons Honda
Second Switzerland Jacques Cornu Honda
Third West Germany Anton Mang Honda
125cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Jorge Martínez Derbi
Time 2:46.280
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Gastone Grassetti Honda
Time 2:50.290
Podium
First Spain Jorge Martínez Derbi
Second Italy Ezio Gianola Honda
Third Spain Julián Miralles Honda
Sidecar (B2A)
Pole position
Rider Switzerland Rolf Biland LCR-Krauser
Fastest lap
Rider Switzerland Rolf Biland LCR-Krauser
Podium
First Switzerland Rolf Biland LCR-Krauser
Second United Kingdom Steve Webster LCR-Krauser
Third United Kingdom Derek Jones LCR-Yamaha

The 1988 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 1–3 July 1988 at Spa-Francorchamps.[4]

500 cc race report

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Wet track (but it was not raining).

Christian Sarron on pole, and through the first turn it was Wayne Gardner, Kevin Schwantz, Eddie Lawson, et al.

Gardner got a gap from Lawson, Sarron, Schwantz, Wayne Rainey, Pierfrancesco Chili, Didier De Radiguès and Ron Haslam.

Sarron through to 2nd and was catching Gardner.

Randy Mamola moved past Rainey and De Radiguès to get to 4th behind Schwantz.

Sarron touched a white line and slid out of 2nd, putting Lawson behind Gardner. Schwantz crashed out of 4th as De Radiguès and Rainey went by; he tried to get up but looked like he injured his left leg.

500 cc classification

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Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Australia Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda Team Honda 46:55.210 20
2 United States Eddie Lawson Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha +30.110 17
3 United States Randy Mamola Cagiva Corse Cagiva +40.780 15
4 Belgium Didier de Radiguès Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha +41.610 13
5 United States Wayne Rainey Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha +43.170 11
6 United Kingdom Rob McElnea Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki +1:17.330 10
7 United Kingdom Ron Haslam Team ROC Elf Honda Elf Honda +1:19.100 9
8 Italy Pierfrancesco Chili HB Honda Gallina Team Honda +1:44.230 8
9 Japan Shunji Yatsushiro Rothmans Honda Team Honda +1:49.720 7
10 France Patrick Igoa Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha +1:56.070 6
11 United Kingdom Niall Mackenzie Team HRC Honda +2:00.010 5
12 Italy Alessandro Valesi Team Iberia Honda +2:12.060 4
13 United Kingdom Donnie McLeod Racing Team Katayama Honda +1 Lap 3
14 Italy Marco Papa Team Greco Honda +1 Lap 2
15 Netherlands Cees Doorakkers Grundig-Daf Racing Team Honda +1 Lap 1
16 Italy Fabio Biliotti Team Amoranto Honda +1 Lap
17 Republic of Ireland Eddie Laycock Millar Racing Honda +1 Lap
18 Netherlands Kees van der Endt Autobedrijf Koens Honda +1 Lap
19 France Rachel Nicotte PVI Racing Honda +1 Lap
20 United States Mike Baldwin Racing Team Katayama Honda +1 Lap
21 Austria Josef Doppler MRC Grieskirchen Honda +1 Lap
22 Spain Daniel Amatriain Ducados Lotus Guarz Honda +1 Lap
23 Netherlands Johan Ten Napel Suzuki +1 Lap
24 Germany Georg Robert Jung Weigl Telefix Racing Team Honda +1 Lap
25 Switzerland Bruno Kneubühler Romer Racing Suisse Honda +1 Lap
26 Finland Ari Ramo Honda +1 Lap
27 Luxembourg Andreas Leuthe Suzuki +1 Lap
28 Switzerland Nicholas Schmassman FMS Honda +1 Lap
29 San Marino Fabio Barchitta Racing Team Katayama Honda +2 Laps
30 Switzerland Marco Gentile Fior Marlboro Fior +2 Laps
31 Denmark Claus Wulff Honda +2 Laps
Ret Netherlands Maarten Duyzers HDJ International Honda Retirement
Ret France Christian Sarron Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha Retirement
Ret Germany Manfred Fischer Team Hein Gericke Honda Retirement
Ret Australia Kevin Magee Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha Retirement
Ret Venezuela Larry Moreno Vacondio Suzuki Retirement
Ret United States Kevin Schwantz Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki Retirement
DNQ Czechoslovakia Josef Krnac Suzuki Did not qualify
DNQ Republic of Ireland Tony Carey Suzuki Did not qualify
DNQ United Kingdom Ian Pratt Suzuki Did not qualify
Sources:[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1988". 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "1988 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  3. ^ "Info". Archived from the original on 2018-05-21. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  4. ^ "Moto GP statistics". Moto GP. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  5. ^ "1988 Belgian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  6. ^ "motogp.com · BELGIUM GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1988". www.motogp.com.


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