1988 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix
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Race 9 of 15 races in the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 3 July 1988 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | G.P. of Belgium Gauloises Blondes[1][2][3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[4]
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 | ||
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1 | Wayne Gardner | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | 46:55.210 | 20 | ||
2 | Eddie Lawson | Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | +30.110 | 17 | ||
3 | Randy Mamola | Cagiva Corse | Cagiva | +40.780 | 15 | ||
4 | Didier de Radiguès | Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | +41.610 | 13 | ||
5 | Wayne Rainey | Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha | +43.170 | 11 | ||
6 | Rob McElnea | Suzuki Pepsi Cola | Suzuki | +1:17.330 | 10 | ||
7 | Ron Haslam | Team ROC Elf Honda | Elf Honda | +1:19.100 | 9 | ||
8 | Pierfrancesco Chili | HB Honda Gallina Team | Honda | +1:44.230 | 8 | ||
9 | Shunji Yatsushiro | Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | +1:49.720 | 7 | ||
10 | Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 | Yamaha | +1:56.070 | 6 | |||
11 | Niall Mackenzie | Team HRC | Honda | +2:00.010 | 5 | ||
12 | Team Iberia | Honda | +2:12.060 | 4 | |||
13 | Racing Team Katayama | Honda | +1 Lap | 3 | |||
14 | Marco Papa | Team Greco | Honda | +1 Lap | 2 | ||
15 | Cees Doorakkers | Grundig-Daf Racing Team | Honda | +1 Lap | 1 | ||
16 | Team Amoranto | Honda | +1 Lap | ||||
17 | Eddie Laycock | Millar Racing | Honda | +1 Lap | |||
18 | Autobedrijf Koens | Honda | +1 Lap | ||||
19 | PVI Racing | Honda | +1 Lap | ||||
20 | Mike Baldwin | Racing Team Katayama | Honda | +1 Lap | |||
21 | MRC Grieskirchen | Honda | +1 Lap | ||||
22 | Ducados Lotus Guarz | Honda | +1 Lap | ||||
23 | Suzuki | +1 Lap | |||||
24 | Weigl Telefix Racing Team | Honda | +1 Lap | ||||
25 | Bruno Kneubühler | Romer Racing Suisse | Honda | +1 Lap | |||
26 | Honda | +1 Lap | |||||
27 | Suzuki | +1 Lap | |||||
28 | FMS | Honda | +1 Lap | ||||
29 | Racing Team Katayama | Honda | +2 Laps | ||||
30 | Fior Marlboro | Fior | +2 Laps | ||||
31 | Honda | +2 Laps | |||||
Ret | HDJ International | Honda | Retirement | ||||
Ret | Christian Sarron | Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 | Yamaha | Retirement | |||
Ret | Team Hein Gericke | Honda | Retirement | ||||
Ret | Kevin Magee | Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha | Retirement | |||
Ret | Suzuki | Retirement | |||||
Ret | Kevin Schwantz | Suzuki Pepsi Cola | Suzuki | Retirement | |||
DNQ | Suzuki | Did not qualify | |||||
DNQ | Tony Carey | Suzuki | Did not qualify | ||||
DNQ | Suzuki | Did not qualify | |||||
Sources:[5][6] |
References[]
- ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1988". 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "1988 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ "Info". Archived from the original on 2018-05-21. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
- ^ "Moto GP statistics". Moto GP. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
- ^ "1988 Belgian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
- ^ "motogp.com · BELGIUM GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1988". www.motogp.com.
- Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix
- 1988 MotoGP race reports
- 1988 in Belgian motorsport
- July 1988 sports events in Europe