1988 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

Japanese Japan Grand Prix of Japanhttp://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1988_heden.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20090901054308/http://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1988_heden.htm dead 1 September 2009 Alle Grand-Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden, van 1973 (het jaar dat Jack begon met racen) tot heden. Jumping Jack 15 September 2018 Suzuka Circuit 3.644 5.864 1 15 27 March 1988 Suzuka circuit map (1987-2002).svg Tadahiko Taira Japan Yamaha 2:32.007 Kevin Schwantz USA Suzuki 2:15.220 Kevin Schwantz USA Suzuki Wayne Gardner Australia Honda Eddie Lawson USA Yamaha Toshihiko Honma Japan Yamaha 2:19.790 Sito Pons Spain Honda 2:19.630 Anton Mang BRD Honda Sito Pons Spain Honda Masaru Kobayashi Japan Honda The 1988 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 25–27 March 1988 at the Suzuka Circuit. 500 cc race report Tadahiko Taira was on pole of the 5-column grid (it became 4-columns in 1990). Wayne Rainey got the start and lead through the first turns, with Kevin Schwantz, Wayne Gardner and Christian Sarron behind. Schwantz took the inside of the hairpin, but Rainey dove back under and got him back on the exit; Schwantz succeeded in taking the lead on Spoon. At the end of the 1st lap, it was Schwantz and Gardner, then a gap to Toshihiko Honma (riding #46) and Sarron. Gardner and Schwantz swapped the lead many times. Eddie Lawson and Niall Mackenzie moved through the field to 3rd and 4th. Norihiko Fujiwara lowsided at the hairpin. On the last lap Gardner ran off the track and stayed on, but lost any chance of winning the race. 500 cc classification Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 USA Kevin Schwantz Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki 50:03.750 20 2 AUS Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda Team Honda +8.384 17 3 USA Eddie Lawson Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha +12.724 15 4 GBR Niall Mackenzie Team HRC Honda +15.785 13 5 JPN Tadahiko Taira Tech 21 Yamaha +36.383 11 6 USA Wayne Rainey Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha +42.070 10 7 AUS Kevin Magee Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha +42.179 9 8 FRA Christian Sarron Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha +45.186 8 9 BEL Didier de Radiguès Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha +1:01.213 7 10 JPN Shunji Yatsushiro Rothmans Honda Team Honda +1:10.228 6 11 JPN Hikaru Miyagi Team HRC Honda +1:16.201 5 12 GBR Ron Haslam Team ROC Elf Honda Elf Honda +1:20.045 4 13 FRA Patrick Igoa Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha +1:29.535 3 14 ITA Pierfrancesco Chili HB Honda Gallina Team Honda +1:38.989 2 15 JPN Osamu Hiwatashi Suzuki Japan Suzuki +1:42.545 1 16 JPN Shinji Katayama Yamaha +1:43.611 17 JPN Masaru Mizutani Suzuki +2:04.446 18 JPN Keiji Kinoshita Honda +1 Lap 19 ITA Alessandro Valesi Team Iberia Honda +1 Lap Ret FRA Raymond Roche Cagiva Corse Cagiva Retirement Ret GBR Rob McElnea Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki Retirement Ret JPN Katunori Shinozaki Suzuki Retirement Ret JPN Norihiko Fujiwara Lucky Strike Yamaha Yamaha Retirement Ret USA Randy Mamola Cagiva Corse Cagiva Retirement Ret JPN Hisashi Yamana Suzuki Retirement Ret CHE Marco Gentile Fior Marlboro Fior Retirement Ret BRD Manfred Fischer Team Hein Gericke Honda Retirement DNS ITA Fabio Barchitta Racing Team Katayama Honda Did not start DNQ JPN Kunio Machii Honda Yamaha Sources: https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1988-japanese-motogp 1988 Japanese MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database 13 June 2017 Motorsportmagazine.com 15 September 2018http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1988/JPN/500cc/RAC/ JAPANESE GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1988 Motogp.com 15 September 2018 15 September 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180915192224/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1988/JPN/500cc/RAC/ dead References Japanese Grand Prix 1988 1987 Argentine Grand Prix 1988 United States Grand Prix 1987 Japanese Grand Prix 1989 Japanese Grand Prix Category:Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix Japanese Motorcycle Category:March 1988 sports events in Asia