1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

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1988 F.I.M. Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
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The 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 40th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

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[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. This was Rainey’s debut in the 500s; he had ridden a 250 in 1984 and gotten 1 podium of 12 starts. Alan Cathcart’s pre-season assessment in Cycle News was that “Rainey is a good rider, but he’ll never be a great rider. And he’ll certainly never be a Randy Mamola.”[1]

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] Grands Prix

Round Race Location 80cc winner 125cc winner 250cc winner 500cc winner Report
1 Flag of Japan Japanese Grand Prix Suzuka Flag of Germany Anton Mang Flag of the United States Kevin Schwantz Report
2 Flag of the United States United States Grand Prix Laguna Seca Flag of the United States Jim Filice Flag of the United States Eddie Lawson Report
3 Flag of Spain Spanish Grand Prix Jarama Flag of Switzerland Stefan Dörflinger Flag of Spain Jorge Martínez Flag of Spain Sito Pons Flag of Australia Kevin Magee Report
4 Flag of Europe "Expo 92" Grand Prix Jerez Flag of Spain Jorge Martínez Flag of Spain Juan Garriga Flag of the United States Eddie Lawson Report
5 Flag of Italy Nations Grand Prix Imola Flag of Spain Jorge Martínez Flag of Spain Jorge Martínez Flag of France Dominique Sarron Flag of the United States Eddie Lawson Report
6 Flag of Germany West German Grand Prix Nürburgring Flag of Spain Jorge Martínez Flag of Italy Ezio Gianola Flag of Italy Luca Cadalora Flag of the United States Kevin Schwantz Report
7 Flag of Austria Austrian Grand Prix Salzburgring Flag of Spain Jorge Martínez Flag of Switzerland Jacques Cornu Flag of the United States Eddie Lawson Report
8 Flag of the Netherlands Dutch TT Assen Flag of Spain Jorge Martínez Flag of Spain Jorge Martínez Flag of Spain Juan Garriga Flag of Australia Wayne Gardner Report
9 Flag of Belgium Belgian Grand Prix Spa Flag of Spain Jorge Martínez Flag of Spain Sito Pons Flag of Australia Wayne Gardner Report
10 Flag of Yugoslavia Yugoslavian Grand Prix Rijeka Flag of Spain Jorge Martínez Flag of Spain Jorge Martínez Flag of Spain Sito Pons Flag of Australia Wayne Gardner Report
11 Flag of France French Grand Prix Paul Ricard Flag of Spain Jorge Martínez Flag of Switzerland Jacques Cornu Flag of the United States Eddie Lawson Report
12 Flag of the United Kingdom British Grand Prix Donington Flag of Italy Ezio Gianola Flag of Italy Luca Cadalora Flag of the United States Wayne Rainey Report
13 Flag of Sweden Swedish Grand Prix Anderstorp Flag of Spain Jorge Martínez Flag of Spain Sito Pons Flag of the United States Eddie Lawson Report
14 Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakian Grand Prix Brno Flag of Spain Jorge Martínez Flag of Spain Jorge Martínez Flag of Spain Juan Garriga Flag of Australia Wayne Gardner Report
15 Flag of Brazil Brazilian Grand Prix Goiania Flag of France Dominique Sarron Flag of the United States Eddie Lawson Report

[edit] Final standings

[edit] 500cc standings

Place Rider Number Country Machine Points Wins
1 Flag of the United States Eddie Lawson 3 United States Marlboro Yamaha 252 7
2 Flag of Australia Wayne Gardner 1 Australia Rothmans Honda 229 4
3 Flag of the United States Wayne Rainey 17 United States Lucky Strike Yamaha 189 1
4 Flag of France Christian Sarron 7 France Gauloises Yamaha 149 0
5 Flag of Australia Kevin Magee 16 Australia Lucky Strike Yamaha 138 1
6 Flag of the United Kingdom Niall Mackenzie 5 United Kingdom Rothmans Honda 125 0
7 Flag of Belgium Didier de Radiguès 12 Belgium Marlboro Yamaha 120 0
8 Flag of the United States Kevin Schwantz 34 United States Pepsi Suzuki 119 2
9 Flag of Italy Pier-Francesco Chili 8 Italy HB Honda 110 0
10 Flag of the United Kingdom Rob McElnea 10 United Kingdom Pepsi Suzuki 83 0
11 Flag of the United Kingdom Ron Haslam 4 United Kingdom Elf-ROC Honda 68 0
12 Flag of the United States Randy Mamola 2 United States Cagiva 58 0
13 Flag of Japan Shunji Yatsushiro 9 Japan Rothmans Honda 57 0
14 Flag of France Patrick Igoa 14 France Sonauto-Gauloises Yamaha 44 0
15 Flag of Japan Tadahiko Taira 6 Japan Tech-21 Yamaha 36 0
16 Flag of Italy Alessandro Valesi 27 Italy Iberna Honda 26 0
17 Flag of Italy Marco Papa 22, 30 Italy Greco Honda 17 0
18 Flag of the United Kingdom Roger Burnett 9,11 United Kingdom Katayama Honda 15 0
19 Flag of the United States Mike Baldwin 18 United States Katayama Honda 14 0
20 Flag of France Raymond Roche 21 France Cagiva 13 0

[edit] 250cc standings

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

[edit] 125cc standings

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

[edit] 80cc standings

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

[edit] References

  1. ^ Scott, Michael: "Wayne Rainey", page 95. Haynes Publishing, 1997.
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