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1988 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix
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Belgian Belgium G.P. of Belgium Gauloises Blondeshttp://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1988_heden.htm https://archive.today/20150725172956/http://www.jumpingjack.nl/GP-races_1988_heden.htm dead Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1988 25 July 2015 25 July 2015http://www.progcovers.com/motor/500cc1988.html 1988 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project Malcolm Mitchell www.progcovers.comhttp://www.progcovers.com/motor/spa.html Info 2018-05-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20180521191624/http://progcovers.com/motor/spa.html 2018-05-21 dead Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 4.312 6.940 9 15 3 July 1988 Circuit Spa.png Christian Sarron France Yamaha 2:27.620 Christian Sarron France Yamaha 2:40.780 Wayne Gardner Australia Honda Eddie Lawson USA Yamaha Randy Mamola USA Cagiva Jacques Cornu Switzerland Honda 2:33.090 Anton Mang BRD Honda 2:32.060 Sito Pons Spain Honda Jacques Cornu Switzerland Honda Anton Mang BRD Honda Jorge Martínez Spain Derbi 2:46.280 Gastone Grassetti Italy Honda 2:50.290 Jorge Martínez Spain Derbi Ezio Gianola Italy Honda Julián Miralles Spain Honda Rolf Biland Switzerland LCR-Krauser Kurt Waltisperg Switzerland Rolf Biland Switzerland LCR-Krauser Kurt Waltisperg Switzerland Rolf Biland Switzerland Kurt Waltisperg Switzerland LCR-Krauser Steve Webster UK Tony Hewitt UK LCR-Krauser Derek Jones UK Peter Brown UK 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.http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1988/BEL/500cc/RAC/Classification Moto GP statistics Moto GP 2018-02-19
500 cc race report
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
Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 AUS Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda Team Honda 46:55.210 20 2 USA Eddie Lawson Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha +30.110 17 3 USA Randy Mamola Cagiva Corse Cagiva +40.780 15 4 BEL Didier de Radiguès Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha +41.610 13 5 USA Wayne Rainey Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha +43.170 11 6 GBR Rob McElnea Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki +1:17.330 10 7 GBR Ron Haslam Team ROC Elf Honda Elf Honda +1:19.100 9 8 ITA Pierfrancesco Chili HB Honda Gallina Team Honda +1:44.230 8 9 JPN Shunji Yatsushiro Rothmans Honda Team Honda +1:49.720 7 10 FRA Patrick Igoa Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha +1:56.070 6 11 GBR Niall Mackenzie Team HRC Honda +2:00.010 5 12 ITA Alessandro Valesi Team Iberia Honda +2:12.060 4 13 GBR Donnie McLeod Racing Team Katayama Honda +1 Lap 3 14 ITA Marco Papa Team Greco Honda +1 Lap 2 15 NLD Cees Doorakkers Grundig-Daf Racing Team Honda +1 Lap 1 16 ITA Fabio Biliotti Team Amoranto Honda +1 Lap 17 IRL Eddie Laycock Millar Racing Honda +1 Lap 18 NLD Kees van der Endt Autobedrijf Koens Honda +1 Lap 19 FRA Rachel Nicotte PVI Racing Honda +1 Lap 20 USA Mike Baldwin Racing Team Katayama Honda +1 Lap 21 AUT Josef Doppler MRC Grieskirchen Honda +1 Lap 22 ESP Daniel Amatriain Ducados Lotus Guarz Honda +1 Lap 23 NLD Johan Ten Napel Suzuki +1 Lap 24 DEU Georg Robert Jung Weigl Telefix Racing Team Honda +1 Lap 25 CHE Bruno Kneubühler Romer Racing Suisse Honda +1 Lap 26 FIN Ari Ramo Honda +1 Lap 27 LUX Andreas Leuthe Suzuki +1 Lap 28 CHE Nicholas Schmassman FMS Honda +1 Lap 29 SMR Fabio Barchitta Racing Team Katayama Honda +2 Laps 30 CHE Marco Gentile Fior Marlboro Fior +2 Laps 31 DNK Claus Wulff Honda +2 Laps Ret NLD Maarten Duyzers HDJ International Honda Retirement Ret FRA Christian Sarron Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha Retirement Ret DEU Manfred Fischer Team Hein Gericke Honda Retirement Ret AUS Kevin Magee Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha Retirement Ret VEN 1930 Larry Moreno Vacondio Suzuki Retirement Ret USA Kevin Schwantz Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki Retirement DNQ CSK Josef Krnac Suzuki Did not qualify DNQ IRE Tony Carey Suzuki Did not qualify DNQ GBR Ian Pratt Suzuki Did not qualify Sources:https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/1988-belgian-motogp 1988 Belgian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database 13 June 2017http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1988/BEL/500cc/RAC/ motogp.com · BELGIUM GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1988 www.motogp.com 2018-02-19 2018-09-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20180917105341/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1988/BEL/500cc/RAC/ dead
References
Belgian Grand Prix 1988 1988 Dutch TT 1988 Yugoslavian Grand Prix 1986 Belgian Grand Prix 1989 Belgian Grand Prix
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