1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

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This article recaps the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.

Contents 1 Season summary 2 1988 500 cc Season review 2.1 1988 500 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings 3 1988 250 cc Season Review 3.1 1988 250 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings 4 1988 125 cc Season Review 4.1 1988 125 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings 5 1988 80 cc Season Review 5.1 1988 80 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings

[edit] Season summary

Eddie Lawson would recapture the championship from Wayne Gardner in a season that witnessed several fierce duels. Two newcomers joined the Grand Prix circuit with Americans Wayne Rainey and Kevin Schwantz each winning races in their first full year. The V4 machines used by the factories were extremely powerful and in combination with rigid chassis produced power slides that sometimes caused violent highsides, throwing the riders into the air. Cagiva joined the racing with Randy Mamola as their rider. The first United States Grand Prix in 23 years was held in Monterrey, California.

Sito Pons beat out fellow countryman Juan Garriga for the 250 title winning four races to Garriga's three. Spain's Jorge Martinez captured double championships in the 80 and 125 classes for the Spanish firm Derbi.

[edit] 1988 500 cc Season review

Round	Race	Location	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	Report
2	United States Grand Prix	Laguna Seca	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha	Report
3	Spanish Grand Prix	Jarama	Kevin Magee	Yamaha	Report
4	Portuguese Grand Prix	Jerez	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha	Report
5	Nations Grand Prix	Imola	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha	Report
6	West German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	Report
7	Austrian Grand Prix	Salzburgring	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha	Report
8	Dutch TT	Assen	Wayne Gardner	Honda	Report
9	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa	Wayne Gardner	Honda	Report
10	Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Rijeka	Wayne Gardner	Honda	Report
11	French Grand Prix	Paul Ricard	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha	Report
12	British Grand Prix	Donington	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	Report
13	Swedish Grand Prix	Anderstorp	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha	Report
14	Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Brno	Wayne Gardner	Honda	Report
15	Brazilian Grand Prix	Goiania	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha	Report

[edit] 1988 500 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Eddie Lawson	3	United States	Marlboro-Yamaha	252	7
2	Wayne Gardner	1	Australia	Rothmans-Honda	229	4
3	Wayne Rainey	17	United States	Lucky Strike-Yamaha	189	1
4	Christian Sarron	7	France	Gauloises-Yamaha	149	0
5	Kevin Magee	16	Australia	Lucky Strike-Yamaha	138	0
6	Niall Mackenzie	5	United Kingdom	Rothmans-Honda	125	0
7	Didier de Radiguès	12	Belgium	Marlboro-Yamaha	120	0
8	Kevin Schwantz	34	United States	Pepsi-Suzuki	119	2
9	Pier-Francesco Chili	8	Italy	HB-Honda	110	0
10	Rob McElnea	10	United Kingdom	Pepsi-Suzuki	83	0

[edit] 1988 250 cc Season Review

Round	Race	Location	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka	Anton Mang	Honda	Report
2	United States Grand Prix	Laguna Seca	Jim Filice	Yamaha	Report
3	Spanish Grand Prix	Jarama	Sito Pons	Honda	Report
4	Portuguese Grand Prix	Jerez	Juan Garriga	Yamaha	Report
5	Nations Grand Prix	Imola	Dominique Sarron	Honda	Report
6	West German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	Luca Cadalora	Yamaha	Report
7	Austrian Grand Prix	Salzburgring	Jacques Cornu	Honda	Report
8	Dutch TT	Assen	Juan Garriga	Yamaha	Report
9	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa	Sito Pons	Honda	Report
10	Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Rijeka	Sito Pons	Honda	Report
11	French Grand Prix	Paul Ricard	Jacques Cornu	Honda	Report
12	British Grand Prix	Donington	Luca Cadalora	Yamaha	Report
13	Swedish Grand Prix	Anderstorp	Sito Pons	Honda	Report
14	Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Brno	Juan Garriga	Yamaha	Report
15	Brazilian Grand Prix	Goiania	Dominique Sarron	Honda	Report

[edit] 1988 250 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Sito Pons	3	Spain	Honda	231	4
2	Juan Garriga	11	Spain	Honda	221	3
3	Jacques Cornu	9	Switzerland	Honda	166	2
4	Dominique Sarron	4	France	Honda	158	2
5	Reinhold Roth	2	West Germany	Honda	158	0
6	Luca Cadalora	7	Italy	Yamaha	136	2
7	Jean-Philippe Ruggia		France	Yamaha	104	0
8	Anton Mang	1	West Germany	Honda	87	1
9	Carlos Cardus	5	Spain	Honda	71	0
10	Masahiro Shimizu		Japan	Honda	68	0

[edit] 1988 125 cc Season Review

Round	Race	Location	Winning rider	Winning team	Report
1	Spanish Grand Prix	Jarama	Jorge Martinez	Derbi	Report
2	Nations Grand Prix	Imola	Jorge Martinez	Derbi	Report
3	West German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	Ezio Gianola	Honda	Report
4	Austrian Grand Prix	Salzburgring	Jorge Martinez	Derbi	Report
5	Dutch TT	Assen	Jorge Martinez	Derbi	Report
6	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa	Jorge Martinez	Derbi	Report
7	Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Rijeka	Jorge Martinez	Derbi	Report
8	French Grand Prix	Paul Ricard	Jorge Martinez	Derbi	Report
9	British Grand Prix	Donington	Ezio Gianola	Honda	Report
10	Swedish Grand Prix	Anderstorp	Jorge Martinez	Derbi	Report
14	Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Brno	Jorge Martinez	Derbi	Report

[edit] 1988 125 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Jorge Martinez		Spain	Derbi	197	9
2	Ezio Gianola	6	Italy	Honda	168	2
3	Hans Spaan		Netherlands	Honda	110	0
4	Julian Miralles	3	Spain	Honda	104	0
5	Domenico Brigaglia	4	Italy	Rotax	69	0
6	Gastone Grassetti		Italy	Honda	66	0
7	Adi Stadler		Germany	Honda	63	0
8	Stefan Prein		Germany	Honda	59	0
9	Lucio Pietroniro	9	Belgium	Honda	56	0
10	Gerhard Waibel		Germany	Honda	52	0

[edit] 1988 80 cc Season Review

Round	Race	Location	Winning Rider	Winning team	Report
1	Spanish Grand Prix	Jarama	Stefan Dörflinger	Krauser	Report
2	Portuguese Grand Prix	Jerez	Jorge Martinez	Derbi	Report
3	Nations Grand Prix	Imola	Jorge Martinez	Derbi	Report
4	West German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	Jorge Martinez	Derbi	Report
5	Dutch TT	Assen	Jorge Martinez	Derbi	Report
6	Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Rijeka	Jorge Martinez	Derbi	Report
7	Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Brno	Jorge Martinez	Derbi	Report

[edit] 1988 80 cc Roadracing World Championship final standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Jorge Martinez	1	Spain	Derbi	137	6
2	Álex Crivillé		Spain	Derbi	90	0
3	Stefan Dörflinger	4	Switzerland	Krauser	77	1
4	Manuel Herreros	2	Spain	Derbi	69	0
5	Peter Öttl	5	Germany	Krauser	65	0
6	Bogdan Nikolov		Bulgaria	Krauser	55	0
7	Karoly Juhasz		Hungary	Krauser	54	0
8	Jos van Dongen		Netherlands	Casal	47	0
9	Guiseppe Ascareggi		Italy	BBFT	46	0
10	Gabriele Gnani		Italy	Gnani	36	0

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