1988 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

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The 1988 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was held on March 27 at the Suzuka Circuit.

[edit] 500 cc race report

Tadahiko Taira on pole of the 5-column grid (it became 4-columns in 1990). Wayne Rainey got the start and lead through the first turns, with Kevin Schwantz, Wayne Gardner and Christian Sarron behind. Schwantz took the inside of the hairpin, but Rainey dove back under and got him back on the exit; Schwantz succeeded in taking the lead on Spoon.

At the end of the 1st lap, it was Schwantz and Gardner, then a gap to Toshihiko Honma (riding #46) and Sarron. Gardner and Schwantz swapped the lead many times.

Eddie Lawson and Niall Mackenzie moved through the field to 3rd and 4th. Norihiko Fujiwara lowsided at the hairpin.

On the last lap Gardner ran off the track and stayed on, but lost any chance of winning the race.

1	Kevin Schwantz	50:03.750
2	Wayne Gardner	+8.384
3	Eddie Lawson	+12.724
4	Niall Mackenzie	+15.785
5	Tadahiko Taira	+36.383
6	Wayne Rainey	+42.070
7	Kevin Magee	+42.179
8	Christian Sarron	+45.186
9	Didier De Radiguès	+1:01.213
10	S. Yatsushiro	+1:10.228
11	H. Miyagi	+1:16.201
12	Ron Haslam	+1:20.045
13	P. Igoa	+1:29.535
14	Pier-Francesco Chili	+1:38.989
15	O. Hiwatashi	+1:42.545
16	T. Katayama	+1:43.611
17	M. Mizutani	+2:04.446
18	K. Kinoshita	+1 lap
19	A. Valesi	+1 lap
	Raymond Roche	ret.
	Rob McElnea	ret.
	K. Shinozaki	ret.
	N. Fujiwara	ret.
	Randy Mamola	ret.
	H. Yamana	ret.
	M. Gentile	ret.
	M. Fischer	ret.

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1	1988 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix Report
2	1988 United States motorcycle Grand Prix Report
3	1988 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix Report
4	1988 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix Report
5	1988 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix Report
6	1988 German motorcycle Grand Prix Report
7	1988 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix Report
8	1988 Dutch TT Report
9	1988 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix Report
10	1988 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix Report
11	1988 French motorcycle Grand Prix Report
12	1988 British motorcycle Grand Prix Report
13	1988 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix Report
14	1988 Czechoslovakian motorcycle Grand Prix Report
15	1988 Brazilian motorcycle Grand Prix Report

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