1988 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix
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Race 9 of 15 races in the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]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
[edit]Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | 46:55.210 | 20 | ||
2 | ![]() |
Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | +30.110 | 17 | ||
3 | ![]() |
Cagiva Corse | Cagiva | +40.780 | 15 | ||
4 | ![]() |
Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | +41.610 | 13 | ||
5 | ![]() |
Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha | +43.170 | 11 | ||
6 | ![]() |
Suzuki Pepsi Cola | Suzuki | +1:17.330 | 10 | ||
7 | ![]() |
Team ROC Elf Honda | Elf Honda | +1:19.100 | 9 | ||
8 | ![]() |
HB Honda Gallina Team | Honda | +1:44.230 | 8 | ||
9 | ![]() |
Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | +1:49.720 | 7 | ||
10 | ![]() |
Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 | Yamaha | +1:56.070 | 6 | ||
11 | ![]() |
Team HRC | Honda | +2:00.010 | 5 | ||
12 | ![]() |
Team Iberia | Honda | +2:12.060 | 4 | ||
13 | ![]() |
Racing Team Katayama | Honda | +1 Lap | 3 | ||
14 | ![]() |
Team Greco | Honda | +1 Lap | 2 | ||
15 | ![]() |
Grundig-Daf Racing Team | Honda | +1 Lap | 1 | ||
16 | ![]() |
Team Amoranto | Honda | +1 Lap | |||
17 | ![]() |
Millar Racing | Honda | +1 Lap | |||
18 | ![]() |
Autobedrijf Koens | Honda | +1 Lap | |||
19 | ![]() |
PVI Racing | Honda | +1 Lap | |||
20 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 | Yamaha | Retirement | |||
Ret | ![]() |
Team Hein Gericke | Honda | Retirement | |||
Ret | ![]() |
Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha | Retirement | |||
Ret | ![]() |
Suzuki | Retirement | ||||
Ret | ![]() |
Suzuki Pepsi Cola | Suzuki | Retirement | |||
DNQ | ![]() |
Suzuki | Did not qualify | ||||
DNQ | ![]() |
Suzuki | Did not qualify | ||||
DNQ | ![]() |
Suzuki | Did not qualify | ||||
Sources:[5][6] |
References
[edit]- ^ "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.