1988 Dutch TT

  1988 Dutch TT

Race details
Race 8 of 15 races in the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	25 June 1988
Location	TT Circuit Assen
Course	Permanent racing facility 6.049 km (3.759 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Christian Sarron	Yamaha
Fastest lap
Rider	Wayne Gardner	Honda
Podium
First	Wayne Gardner	Honda
Second	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha
Third	Christian Sarron	Yamaha
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Dominique Sarron	Honda
Fastest lap
Rider	Anton Mang	Honda
Podium
First	Juan Garriga	Yamaha
Second	Jacques Cornu	Honda
Third	Anton Mang	Honda
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Hans Spaan	Honda
Fastest lap
Rider	Jorge Martínez	Derbi
Podium
First	Jorge Martínez	Derbi
Second	Ezio Gianola	Honda
Third	Hans Spaan	Honda
80 cc
Pole position
Rider	Jorge Martínez	Derbi
Fastest lap
Rider	Peter Öttl	Krauser
Podium
First	Jorge Martínez	Derbi
Second	Peter Öttl	Krauser
Third	Bert Smit	Krauser
Sidecars
Pole position
Rider	Rolf Biland	LCR-Krauser
Passenger	Kurt Waltisperg
Fastest lap
Rider	Rolf Biland	LCR-Krauser
Passenger	Kurt Waltisperg
Podium
First	Rolf Biland	LCR-Krauser
	Kurt Waltisperg
Second	Egbert Streuer	LCR-Yamaha
	Bernard Schnieders
Third	Steve Webster	LCR-Krauser
	Tony Hewitt

The 1988 Dutch TT was the eighth round of the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 23–25 June 1988 at the TT Circuit Assen located in Assen, Netherlands.

500 cc race report

Christian Sarron on pole, but dropped to the back after a terrible start. Through the first turn it was Eddie Lawson, Pierfrancesco Chili, Ron Haslam, Didier De Radiguès, Wayne Gardner, et al.

Haslam ran wide and rode off into the grass.

Through the chicane at the end of the first lap, it was Lawson, De Radiguès, Chili, Gardner, Kevin Magee, Rob McElnea, Randy Mamola, Patrick Igoa, Sarron and Wayne Rainey.

There was a small gap from Lawson to De Radiguès to Gardner.

Gardner caught De Radiguès and started to bridge up to Lawson.

De Radiguès slid out but remounted. Sarron and Magee fought for 3rd.

Approaching back markers, Gardner passed Lawson.

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Wayne Gardner	Honda	44:15.490	20
2	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha	+11.310	17
3	Christian Sarron	Yamaha	+19.730	15
4	Kevin Magee	Yamaha	+24.240	13
5	Niall Mackenzie	Honda	+29.430	11
6	Pierfrancesco Chili	Honda	+38.780	10
7	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	+41.640	9
8	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	+42.310	8
9	Patrick Igoa	Yamaha	+48.990	7
10	Rob McElnea	Suzuki	+53.280	6
11	Shunji Yatsushiro	Honda	+1:22.750	5
12	Didier de Radiguès	Yamaha	+1:41.260	4
13	Ron Haslam	Elf Honda	+1:53.410	3
14	Marco Papa	Honda	+1 Lap	2
15	Marco Gentile	Fior	+1 Lap	1
16	Fabio Biliotti	Honda	+1 Lap
17	Bruno Kneubuhler	Honda	+1 Lap
18	Daniel Amatriain	Honda	+1 Lap
19	Michael Rudroff	Honda	+1 Lap
20	Eddie Laycock	Honda	+1 Lap
21	Josef Doppler	Honda	+1 Lap
22	Kees vd Endt	Honda	+1 Lap
23	Silvio Habat	Honda	+1 Lap
Ret	Maarten Duyzers	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Karl Truchsess	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Manfred Fischer	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Cees Doorakkers	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Gustav Reiner	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Koos van Leyen	Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Andreas Leuthe	Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Randy Mamola	Cagiva	Retirement
Ret	Petr Schleef	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Nicholas Schmassman	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Alessandro Valesi	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Vittorio Scatola	Paton	Retirement
Ret	Steve Manley	Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Fabio Barchitta	Honda	Retirement