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1988 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix

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Sweden  1988 Swedish Grand Prix
Race details
Race 13 of 15 races in the
1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date14 August 1988
Official nameSwedish TT[1][2][3]
LocationScandinavian Raceway
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.031 km (2.505 mi)
500cc
Pole position
Rider United States Eddie Lawson Yamaha
Time 1:34.690
Fastest lap
Rider United States Eddie Lawson Yamaha
Time 1:34.430
Podium
First United States Eddie Lawson Yamaha
Second Australia Wayne Gardner Honda
Third France Christian Sarron Yamaha
250cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Luca Cadalora Yamaha
Time 1:38.240
Fastest lap
Rider West Germany Reinhold Roth Honda
Time 1:38.380
Podium
First Spain Sito Pons Honda
Second Spain Juan Garriga Yamaha
Third France Dominique Sarron Honda
125cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Jorge Martínez Derbi
Time 1:45.830
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Jorge Martínez Derbi
Podium
First Spain Jorge Martínez Derbi
Second Italy Ezio Gianola Honda
Third Spain Julián Miralles Honda
Sidecar (B2A)
Pole position
Rider United Kingdom Steve Webster LCR-Krauser
Fastest lap
Rider Switzerland Rolf Biland LCR-Krauser
Podium
First United Kingdom Steve Webster LCR-Krauser
Second Switzerland Rolf Biland LCR-Krauser
Third France Alain Michel LCR-Krauser

The 1988 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 12–14 August 1988 at the Anderstorp circuit.[4]

500 cc race report

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Eddie Lawson on pole. Wayne Rainey gets the start from Niall Mackenzie and Didier De Radiguès.

At the end of the first lap it's Rainey, Lawson, Wayne Gardner, Christian Sarron, De Radiguès, et al. Lawson passes 3 riders on the straight as if he's angry for his performance at Donington.

Lawson soon through on Rainey and gets a large lead on a group with Gardner, now in 2nd and Rainey in 3rd.

Lawson almost highsides out of first place, but keeps it together to the end. Rainey fades to 5th.

500cc classification

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Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 United States Eddie Lawson Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha 47:59.280 20
2 Australia Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda Team Honda +18.040 17
3 France Christian Sarron Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha +19.340 15
4 United Kingdom Niall Mackenzie Team HRC Honda +23.450 13
5 United States Wayne Rainey Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha +30.080 11
6 Australia Kevin Magee Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha +35.450 10
7 Belgium Didier de Radiguès Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha +48.620 9
8 United Kingdom Roger Burnett Racing Team Katayama Honda +51.160 8
9 Italy Pierfrancesco Chili HB Honda Gallina Team Honda +53.330 7
10 United States Randy Mamola Cagiva Corse Cagiva +59.520 6
11 United Kingdom Ron Haslam Team ROC Elf Honda Elf Honda +1:00.010 5
12 United States Kevin Schwantz Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki +1:02.740 4
13 United Kingdom Rob McElnea Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki +1:11.590 3
14 Japan Tadahiko Taira Tech 21 Yamaha +1:22.990 2
15 France Raymond Roche Cagiva Corse Cagiva +1 Lap 1
16 San Marino Fabio Barchitta Racing Team Katayama Honda +1 Lap
17 Japan Norihiko Fujiwara Lucky Strike Yamaha Yamaha +1 Lap
18 Sweden Peter Lindén Team Honda Sweden Honda +1 Lap
19 Switzerland Marco Gentile Fior Marlboro Fior +1 Lap
20 Switzerland Bruno Kneubühler Romer Racing Suisse Honda +1 Lap
21 Sweden Peter Sköld Team Honda Sweden Honda +1 Lap
22 Switzerland Wolfgang von Muralt Suzuki +1 Lap
23 United Kingdom Simon Buckmaster Honda +1 Lap
24 Denmark Claus Wulff Honda +1 Lap
25 Sweden Åke Dahli Suzuki +1 Lap
26 Switzerland Christopher Burki Honda +1 Lap
27 Sweden Lars Johansson Suzuki +1 Lap
Ret Switzerland Nicholas Schmassman FMS Honda Retirement
Ret Netherlands Maarten Duyzers HDJ International Honda Retirement
Ret Spain Daniel Amatriain Ducados Lotus Guarz Honda Retirement
Ret Italy Alessandro Valesi Team Iberia Honda Retirement
Ret Italy Fabio Biliotti Team Amoranto Honda Retirement
DNS France Patrick Igoa Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha Did not start
DNS Sweden Thomas Aronsson Nicco Bakker Did not start
DNQ Luxembourg Andreas Leuthe Suzuki Did not qualify
DNQ Finland Ari Ramo Honda Did not qualify
DNQ Sweden Gunnar Bruhn Honda Did not qualify
Sources:[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1988". Archive.today. 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". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  3. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Anderstorp Raceway – The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com.
  4. ^ "Moto GP statistics". Moto GP. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  5. ^ "1988 Swedish MotoGP – Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
  6. ^ "SWEDISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1988". Motogp.com. Retrieved 17 September 2018.


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