1988 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix

  1988 Austrian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 7 of 15 races in the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	12 June 1988
Official name	Großer Preis von Österreich[1][2][3]
Location	Salzburgring
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.246 km (2.638 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Christian Sarron Yamaha Fastest lap Rider Didier de Radiguès Yamaha Podium First Eddie Lawson Yamaha Second Didier de Radiguès Yamaha Third Wayne Rainey Yamaha
250 cc
Pole position Rider Jacques Cornu Honda Fastest lap Rider Jacques Cornu Honda Podium First Jacques Cornu Honda Second Reinhold Roth Honda Third Juan Garriga Yamaha
125 cc
Pole position Rider Jorge Martínez Derbi Fastest lap Rider Hans Spaan Honda Podium First Jorge Martínez Derbi Second Ezio Gianola Honda Third Stefan Prein Honda
Sidecar (B2A)
Pole position Rider Rolf Biland LCR-Krauser Fastest lap Rider Rolf Biland LCR-Krauser Podium First Rolf Biland LCR-Krauser Second Alain Michel LCR-Krauser Third Steve Webster LCR-Krauser

The 1988 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 10–12 June 1988 at the Salzburgring.^[4]

500 cc race report[]

Christian Sarron on pole, then Eddie Lawson, Niall Mackenzie, Kevin Schwantz and Wayne Gardner.

Gardner got the first turn from Lawson, Rainey, Ron Haslam, Schwantz, et al.

Didier De Radiguès moved up to 4th and the field started to get strung out. Schwantz gave Ron Haslam a little bump as he passed and Sarron crashed out.

Lawson and Gardner swapped the lead, allowing Rainey and De Radiguès to close.

De Radiguès put pressure on Lawson his teammate in 2nd, and Rainey seemed to be dropping away.

Lawson and Gardner drop De Radiguès.

Gardner crashes out of 2nd spot.

500cc classification[]

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Eddie Lawson	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	39:40.630	20
2	Didier de Radiguès	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	+2.790	17
3	Wayne Rainey	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	+12.550	15
4	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki Pepsi Cola	Suzuki	+13.590	13
5	Pierfrancesco Chili	HB Honda Gallina Team	Honda	+19.310	11
6	Kevin Magee	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	+22.070	10
7	Shunji Yatsushiro	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+26.830	9
8	Ron Haslam	Team ROC Elf Honda	Elf Honda	+59.450	8
9	Rob McElnea	Suzuki Pepsi Cola	Suzuki	+1:00.370	7
10		Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	+1:07.660	6
11		Team Hein Gericke	Honda	+1 Lap	5
12	Bruno Kneubühler	Romer Racing Suisse	Honda	+1 Lap	4
13		Team Amoranto	Honda	+1 Lap	3
14		Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	+1 Lap	2
15		Team Hein Gericke	Honda	+1 Lap	1
16			Suzuki	+1 Lap
17			Honda	+1 Lap
18		MRC Grieskirchen	Honda	+1 Lap
19		FMS	Honda	+1 Lap
20		Weigl Telefix Racing Team	Honda	+1 Lap
21		Rallye Sport	Honda	+1 Lap
Ret		Team Iberia	Honda	Retirement
Ret			Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Randy Mamola	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	Retirement
Ret			Honda	Retirement
Ret	Marco Papa	Team Greco	Honda	Retirement
Ret		Fior Marlboro	Fior	Retirement
Ret	Christian Sarron	Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret		Ducados Lotus Guarz	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Wayne Gardner	Rothmans Honda Team	Fior	Retirement
Ret	Niall Mackenzie	Team HRC	Honda	Retirement
DNS	Silvo Habat	Fego Racing Team	Honda	Did not start
Sources:[5][6]

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