1988 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix
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The 1988 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the [[1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 22nd-24th April, 1988 at the Jarama circuit.
[edit] 500 cc race report
Kevin Magee on pole. Eddie Lawson got the first turn from Raymond Roche, Pierfrancesco Chili, et al.
At the end of the first lap, Lawson had a gap from Christian Sarron, Wayne Gardner and Magee.
Magee moved into 2nd and started to close the gap to Lawson; Magee passed and took the win by a few lengths.
[edit] 500cc classification
Pos | Rider | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kevin Magee | Yamaha | 54:52.476 | 20 |
2 | Eddie Lawson | Yamaha | +0.526 | 17 |
3 | Wayne Gardner | Honda | +11.625 | 15 |
4 | Christian Sarron | Yamaha | +17.452 | 13 |
5 | Niall Mackenzie | Honda | +26.990 | 11 |
6 | Wayne Rainey | Yamaha | +39.743 | 10 |
7 | Pierfrancesco Chili | Honda | +1:12.080 | 9 |
8 | Didier de Radiguès | Yamaha | +1:12.903 | 8 |
9 | Shunji Yatsushiro | Honda | +1 Lap | 7 |
10 | Ron Haslam | Elf Honda | +1 Lap | 6 |
11 | Raymond Roche | Cagiva | +1 Lap | 5 |
12 | Rob McElnea | Suzuki | +1 Lap | 4 |
13 | Alessandro Valesi | Honda | +1 Lap | 3 |
14 | Daniel Amatriain | Honda | +1 Lap | 2 |
15 | Bruno Kneubuhler | Honda | +1 Lap | 1 |
16 | Steve Manley | Suzuki | +1 Lap | |
17 | Rachel Nicotte | Honda | +1 Lap | |
18 | Fabio Barchitta | Honda | +2 Laps | |
19 | Nicholas Schmassman | Honda | +2 Laps | |
20 | Jean Luc Demierre | Suzuki | +2 Laps | |
21 | Maarten Duyzers | Honda | +2 Laps | |
22 | Chris Buerki | Honda | +1 Lap | |
Ret | Ian Pratt | Suzuki | Retirement | |
Ret | Kevin Schwantz | Suzuki | Retirement | |
Ret | Eddie Laycock | Honda | Retirement | |
Ret | Marco Gentile | Fior | Retirement | |
Ret | Marco Papa | Honda | Retirement | |
Ret | Andreas Leuthe | Suzuki | Retirement | |
Ret | Fabio Biliotti | Paton | Retirement | |
Ret | Wolfgang von Muralt | Suzuki | Retirement | |
Ret | Gustav Reiner | Honda | Retirement | |
Ret | Vincenzo Cascino | Honda | Retirement | |
Ret | Claude Albert | Suzuki | Retirement | |
Ret | Mike Baldwin | Honda | Retirement |
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