1988 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix

1988 Swedish Grand Prix
Race details
Race 13 of 15 races in the; 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	14 August 1988
Official name	Swedish TT[1][2][3]
Location	Scandinavian Raceway
Course	Permanent racing facility; 4.031 km (2.505 mi);
500 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Eddie Lawson
Time	1:34.690
Fastest lap
Rider	Eddie Lawson
Time	1:34.430
Podium
First	Eddie Lawson
Second	Wayne Gardner
Third	Christian Sarron
250 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Luca Cadalora
Time	1:38.240
Fastest lap
Rider	Reinhold Roth
Time	1:38.380
Podium
First	Sito Pons
Second	Juan Garriga
Third	Dominique Sarron
125 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Jorge Martínez
Time	1:45.830
Fastest lap
Rider	Jorge Martínez
Podium
First	Jorge Martínez
Second	Ezio Gianola
Third	Julián Miralles
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Steve Webster
Fastest lap
Rider	Rolf Biland
Podium
First	Steve Webster
Second	Rolf Biland
Third	Alain Michel

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

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

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Eddie Lawson	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	47:59.280	20
2	Wayne Gardner	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+18.040	17
3	Christian Sarron	Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	+19.340	15
4	Niall Mackenzie	Team HRC	Honda	+23.450	13
5	Wayne Rainey	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	+30.080	11
6	Kevin Magee	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	+35.450	10
7	Didier de Radiguès	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	+48.620	9
8	Roger Burnett	Racing Team Katayama	Honda	+51.160	8
9	Pierfrancesco Chili	HB Honda Gallina Team	Honda	+53.330	7
10	Randy Mamola	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	+59.520	6
11	Ron Haslam	Team ROC Elf Honda	Elf Honda	+1:00.010	5
12	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki Pepsi Cola	Suzuki	+1:02.740	4
13	Rob McElnea	Suzuki Pepsi Cola	Suzuki	+1:11.590	3
14	Tadahiko Taira	Tech 21	Yamaha	+1:22.990	2
15	Raymond Roche	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	+1 Lap	1
16	Fabio Barchitta	Racing Team Katayama	Honda	+1 Lap
17	Norihiko Fujiwara	Lucky Strike Yamaha	Yamaha	+1 Lap
18	Peter Lindén	Team Honda Sweden	Honda	+1 Lap
19	Marco Gentile	Fior Marlboro	Fior	+1 Lap
20	Bruno Kneubühler	Romer Racing Suisse	Honda	+1 Lap
21	Peter Sköld	Team Honda Sweden	Honda	+1 Lap
22	Wolfgang von Muralt		Suzuki	+1 Lap
23	Simon Buckmaster		Honda	+1 Lap
24	Claus Wulff		Honda	+1 Lap
25	Åke Dahli		Suzuki	+1 Lap
26	Christopher Burki		Honda	+1 Lap
27	Lars Johansson		Suzuki	+1 Lap
Ret	Nicholas Schmassman	FMS	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Maarten Duyzers	HDJ International	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Daniel Amatriain	Ducados Lotus Guarz	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Alessandro Valesi	Team Iberia	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Fabio Biliotti	Team Amoranto	Honda	Retirement
DNS	Patrick Igoa	Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	Did not start
DNS	Thomas Aronsson		Nicco Bakker	Did not start
DNQ	Andreas Leuthe		Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Ari Ramo		Honda	Did not qualify
DNQ	Gunnar Bruhn		Honda	Did not qualify
Sources:[5][6]

References

"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.

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[1] "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1988". Archive.today. 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015.

[2] Mitchell, Malcolm. "1988 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 17 September 2018.

[3] Mitchell, Malcolm. "Anderstorp Raceway - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com.

[4] "Moto GP statistics". Moto GP. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

[5] "1988 Swedish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2018.

[6] "SWEDISH GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1988". Motogp.com. Retrieved 17 September 2018.