1988 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix

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The 1988 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix was held on August 14 at the Anderstorp circuit.

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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.

1	Eddie Lawson	47:59.280
2	Wayne Gardner	+13.040
3	Christian Sarron	+19.340
4	Niall Mackenzie	+23.450
5	Wayne Rainey	+30.080
6	Kevin Magee	+35.450
7	D. De Radiguès	+48.620
8	R. Burnett	+51.160
9	Pierfrancesco Chili	+53.330
10	Randy Mamola	+59.520
11	Ron Haslam	+1:00.010
12	Kevin Schwantz	+1:02.740
13	Rob McElnea	+1:11.590
14	T. Taira	+1:22.990
15	Raymond Roche	+1 lap
16	F. Barchitta	+1 lap
17	N. Fujiwara	+1 lap
18	P. Linden	+1 lap
19	M. Gentile	+1 lap
20	Bruno Kneubühler	+1 lap
21	P. Skold	+1 lap
22	W. Von Muralt	+1 lap
23	D. Buckmaster	+1 lap
24	C. Wulff	+1 lap
25	A. Dahli	+1 lap
26	C. Buerki	+1 lap
27	L. Johansson	+1 lap
	N. Schmassman	ret.
	M. Duyzers	ret.
	D. Amatriain	ret.
	P. Igoa	ret.
	A. Valesi	ret.
	T. Aronsson	ret.
	F. Biliotti	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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