1988 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix

Nations Italy Gran Premio d'ItaliaSeptember 2018 Autodromo Dino Ferrari 3.132 5.040 5 15 22 May 1988 Circuit Imola 1992.png Wayne Gardner Australia Honda 1:55.030 Eddie Lawson USA Yamaha 1:54.410 Eddie Lawson USA Yamaha Wayne Gardner Australia Honda Wayne Rainey USA Yamaha Dominique Sarron France Honda 1:59.990 Dominique Sarron France Honda Dominique Sarron France Honda Sito Pons Spain Honda Juan Garriga Spain Yamaha Jorge Martínez Spain Derbi 2:08.140 Jorge Martínez Spain Derbi Jorge Martínez Spain Derbi Manuel Herreros Spain Derbi Ezio Gianola Italy Honda Jorge Martínez Spain Derbi 2:12.000 Jorge Martínez Spain Derbi Jorge Martínez Spain Derbi Stefan Dörflinger Switzerland Krauser Manuel Herreros Spain Derbi The 1988 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth race of the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 20–22 May 1988, at the Autodromo Dino Ferrari. 500 cc race report Wayne Gardner on pole. Through the first turn, it was Eddie Lawson, Kevin Schwantz, Didier De Radiguès, Pierfrancesco Chili and Gardner. At the end of the first lap, it was Lawson, De Radiguès, Schwantz, Gardner, Chili and Wayne Rainey. Another few laps and it was Lawson, Gardner, De Radiguès, then a small gap to Rainey and Schwantz. Lawson got a gap from a re-formed quartet behind. Christian Sarron went down at a chicane, forcing Kevin Magee and Niall Mackenzie off the track. On the cool down lap there was a collision between Tadahiko Taira and Raymond Roche. 500 cc classification Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 USA Eddie Lawson Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha 48:17.160 20 2 AUS Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda Team Honda +15.510 17 3 USA Wayne Rainey Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha +26.740 15 4 USA Kevin Schwantz Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki +32.860 13 5 AUS Kevin Magee Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha +48.490 11 6 ITA Pierfrancesco Chili HB Honda Gallina Team Honda +53.120 10 7 USA Randy Mamola Cagiva Corse Cagiva +1:15.110 9 8 JPN Shunji Yatsushiro Rothmans Honda Team Honda +1:16.770 8 9 FRA Raymond Roche Cagiva Corse Cagiva +1:17.210 7 10 JPN Tadahiko Taira Tech 21 Yamaha +1:18.010 6 11 GBR Niall Mackenzie Team HRC Honda +1 Lap 5 12 GBR Rob McElnea Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki +1 Lap 4 13 ITA Alessandro Valesi Team Iberia Honda +1 Lap 3 14 CHE Marco Gentile Fior Marlboro Fior +1 Lap 2 15 FRA Patrick Igoa Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha +1 Lap 1 16 GBR Ron Haslam Team ROC Elf Honda Elf Honda +1 Lap 17 ITA Alberto Rota Honda +1 Lap 18 SMR Fabio Barchitta Racing Team Katayama Honda +1 Lap 19 CHE Bruno Kneubühler Romer Racing Suisse Honda +1 Lap 20 ITA Romolo Balbi Honda +1 Lap 21 FIN Ari Ramo Honda +1 Lap 22 SWE Peter Sköld Team Honda Sweden Honda +1 Lap 23 FRA Rachel Nicotte PVI Racing Honda +1 Lap 24 ITA Marco Papa Team Greco Honda +1 Lap 25 NLD Maarten Duyzers HDJ International Honda +1 Lap 26 CHE Nicholas Schmassman FMS Honda +1 Lap Ret GBR Steve Manley Gateford Motors Suzuki Retirement Ret DEU Manfred Fischer Team Hein Gericke Honda Retirement Ret ESP Daniel Amatriain Ducados Lotus Guarz Honda Retirement Ret FRA Christian Sarron Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha Retirement Ret ITA Massimo Broccoli Cagiva Corse Cagiva Retirement Ret GBR Roger Burnett Racing Team Katayama Honda Retirement Ret BEL Didier de Radiguès Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha Retirement Ret FRA Jean Luc Demierre Suzuki Retirement Ret ITA Vittorio Scatola Road Racing Team Avia Paton Retirement Ret ITA Fabio Biliotti Team Amoranto Honda Retirement DNQ LUX Andreas Leuthe Suzuki Did not qualify DNQ VEN 1930 Larry Moreno Vacondio Suzuki Did not qualify DNQ ITA Leandro Becheroni Honda Did not qualify Sources: https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1988-nations-motogp 1988 Nations MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database 13 June 2017 Motorsportmagazine.com 16 September 2018http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1988/NAT/500cc/RAC/ NATIONS GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1988 Motogp.com 16 September 2018 16 September 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180916130353/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1988/NAT/500cc/RAC/ dead References Nations Grand Prix 1988 1988 Expo 92 Grand Prix 1988 German Grand Prix 1987 Nations Grand Prix 1989 Nations Grand Prix Category:Italian motorcycle Grand Prix Nations Nations