1988 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix

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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 1st-3rd July, 1988 at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit.

[edit] 500 cc race report

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.

[edit] 500cc classification

Pos Rider Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Flag of Australia Wayne Gardner Honda 46:55.210 20
2 Flag of the United States Eddie Lawson Yamaha +30.110 17
3 Flag of the United States Randy Mamola Cagiva +40.780 15
4 Flag of Belgium Didier de Radiguès Yamaha +41.610 13
5 Flag of the United States Wayne Rainey Yamaha +43.170 11
6 Flag of the United Kingdom Rob McElnea Suzuki +1:17.330 10
7 Flag of the United Kingdom Ron Haslam Elf Honda +1:19.100 9
8 Flag of Italy Pierfrancesco Chili Honda +1:44.230 8
9 Flag of Japan Shunji Yatsushiro Honda +1:49.720 7
10 Flag of France Patrick Igoa Yamaha +1:56.070 6
11 Flag of the United Kingdom Niall Mackenzie Honda +2:00.010 5
12 Flag of Italy Alessandro Valesi Honda +2:12.060 4
13 Flag of the United Kingdom Donnie McLeod Honda +1 Lap 3
14 Flag of Italy Marco Papa Honda +1 Lap 2
15 Flag of the Netherlands Cees Doorakkers Honda +1 Lap 1
16 Flag of Italy Fabio Biliotti Honda +1 Lap
17 Flag of Ireland Eddie Laycock Honda +1 Lap
18 Flag of the Netherlands Kees vd Endt Honda +1 Lap
19 Flag of France Rachel Nicotte Honda +1 Lap
20 Flag of the United States Mike Baldwin Honda +1 Lap
21 Flag of Austria Josef Doppler Honda +1 Lap
22 Flag of Spain Daniel Amatriain Honda +1 Lap
23 Flag of the Netherlands Johann Ten Napel Suzuki +1 Lap
24 Flag of Germany Georg Robert Jung Honda +1 Lap
25 Flag of Switzerland Bruno Kneubuhler Honda +1 Lap
26 Flag of Finland Ari Ramo Honda +1 Lap
27 Flag of Luxembourg Andreas Leuthe Suzuki +1 Lap
28 Flag of Switzerland Nicholas Schmassman Honda +1 Lap
29 Flag of San Marino Fabio Barchitta Honda +2 Laps
30 Flag of Switzerland Marco Gentile Fior +2 Laps
31 Flag of Denmark Claus Wulff Honda +2 Laps
Ret Flag of the Netherlands Maarten Duyzers Honda Retirement
Ret Flag of France Christian Sarron Yamaha Retirement
Ret Flag of Germany Manfred Fischer Honda Retirement
Ret Flag of Australia Kevin Magee Yamaha Retirement
Ret Flag of Italy Moreno Vacondio Suzuki Retirement
Ret Flag of the United States Kevin Schwantz Suzuki Retirement


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