1988 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix
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| Race 13 of 15 races in the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 14 August 1988 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Swedish TT[1][2][3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Scandinavian Raceway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1988 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 12–14 August 1988 at the Anderstorp circuit.[4]
500 cc race report
[edit]Eddie Lawson on pole. Wayne Rainey gets the start from Niall Mackenzie and Didier De Radiguès.
At the end of the first lap it's Rainey, Lawson, Wayne Gardner, Christian Sarron, De Radiguès, et al. Lawson passes 3 riders on the straight as if he's angry for his performance at Donington.
Lawson soon through on Rainey and gets a large lead on a group with Gardner, now in 2nd and Rainey in 3rd.
Lawson almost highsides out of first place, but keeps it together to the end. Rainey fades to 5th.
500cc classification
[edit]| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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| 1 |  Eddie Lawson
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Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | 47:59.280 | 20 | ||
| 2 |  Wayne Gardner
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Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | +18.040 | 17 | ||
| 3 |  Christian Sarron
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Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 | Yamaha | +19.340 | 15 | ||
| 4 |  Niall Mackenzie
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Team HRC | Honda | +23.450 | 13 | ||
| 5 | Wayne Rainey
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Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha | +30.080 | 11 | ||
| 6 | Kevin Magee
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Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha | +35.450 | 10 | ||
| 7 |  Didier de Radiguès
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Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | +48.620 | 9 | ||
| 8 | Roger Burnett
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Racing Team Katayama | Honda | +51.160 | 8 | ||
| 9 |  Pierfrancesco Chili
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HB Honda Gallina Team | Honda | +53.330 | 7 | ||
| 10 | Randy Mamola
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Cagiva Corse | Cagiva | +59.520 | 6 | ||
| 11 | Ron Haslam
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Team ROC Elf Honda | Elf Honda | +1:00.010 | 5 | ||
| 12 | Kevin Schwantz
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Suzuki Pepsi Cola | Suzuki | +1:02.740 | 4 | ||
| 13 | Rob McElnea
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Suzuki Pepsi Cola | Suzuki | +1:11.590 | 3 | ||
| 14 |  Tadahiko Taira
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Tech 21 | Yamaha | +1:22.990 | 2 | ||
| 15 | Raymond Roche
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Cagiva Corse | Cagiva | +1 Lap | 1 | ||
| 16 |  Fabio Barchitta
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Racing Team Katayama | Honda | +1 Lap | |||
| 17 | Norihiko Fujiwara
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Lucky Strike Yamaha | Yamaha | +1 Lap | |||
| 18 |  Peter Lindén
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Team Honda Sweden | Honda | +1 Lap | |||
| 19 |  Marco Gentile
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Fior Marlboro | Fior | +1 Lap | |||
| 20 | Bruno Kneubühler
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Romer Racing Suisse | Honda | +1 Lap | |||
| 21 | Peter Sköld
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Team Honda Sweden | Honda | +1 Lap | |||
| 22 | Wolfgang von Muralt
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Suzuki | +1 Lap | ||||
| 23 | Simon Buckmaster
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Honda | +1 Lap | ||||
| 24 |  Claus Wulff
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Honda | +1 Lap | ||||
| 25 | Åke Dahli
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Suzuki | +1 Lap | ||||
| 26 | Christopher Burki
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Honda | +1 Lap | ||||
| 27 | Lars Johansson
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Suzuki | +1 Lap | ||||
| Ret | Nicholas Schmassman
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FMS | Honda | Retirement | |||
| Ret |  Maarten Duyzers
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HDJ International | Honda | Retirement | |||
| Ret |  Daniel Amatriain
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Ducados Lotus Guarz | Honda | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Alessandro Valesi
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Team Iberia | Honda | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Fabio Biliotti
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Team Amoranto | Honda | Retirement | |||
| DNS | Patrick Igoa
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Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 | Yamaha | Did not start | |||
| DNS | Thomas Aronsson
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Nicco Bakker | Did not start | ||||
| DNQ |  Andreas Leuthe
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Suzuki | Did not qualify | ||||
| DNQ |  Ari Ramo
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Honda | Did not qualify | ||||
| DNQ | Gunnar Bruhn
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Honda | Did not qualify | ||||
| Sources:[5][6] | |||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1988". Archive.today. 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". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Anderstorp Raceway – The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com.
- ^ "Moto GP statistics". Moto GP. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- ^ "1988 Swedish MotoGP – Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ "SWEDISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1988". Motogp.com. Retrieved 17 September 2018.