1988 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix

  1988 Yugoslavian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 10 of 15 races in the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	17 July 1988
Location	Rijeka
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.168 km (2.590 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Christian Sarron	Yamaha
Fastest lap
Rider	Christian Sarron	Yamaha
Podium
First	Wayne Gardner	Honda
Second	Christian Sarron	Yamaha
Third	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Sito Pons	Honda
Fastest lap
Rider	Juan Garriga	Yamaha
Podium
First	Sito Pons	Honda
Second	Juan Garriga	Yamaha
Third	Dominique Sarron	Honda
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Jorge Martínez	Derbi
Fastest lap
Rider	Corrado Catalano	Aprilia
Podium
First	Jorge Martínez	Derbi
Second	Ezio Gianola	Honda
Third	Lucio Pietroniro	Honda
80 cc
Pole position
Rider	Jorge Martínez	Derbi
Fastest lap
Rider	Jorge Martínez	Derbi
Podium
First	Jorge Martínez	Derbi
Second	Peter Öttl	Krauser
Third	Àlex Crivillé	Derbi

The 1988 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 15–17 July 1988 at the Rijeka circuit.

500 cc race report

Eddie Lawson dislocates his shoulder in practice, but starts the race against doctor’s orders. He’s 34 points ahead of Wayne Gardner.

Christian Sarron gets his 4th pole in a row, but Wayne Rainey gets the start from Gardner, Kevin Magee, et al.

Gardner through to 1st, then it’s Rainey, Sarron, Magee and Niall Mackenzie.

Gardner and Sarron get a gap to Rainey and Magee, with Randy Mamola in a close 5th.

Gardner's 3rd win in a row, and he's now 20 points from Lawson.

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Wayne Gardner	Honda	+45:44.146	20
2	Christian Sarron	Yamaha		17
3	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha		15
4	Randy Mamola	Cagiva		13
5	Kevin Magee	Yamaha		11
6	Didier de Radiguès	Yamaha		10
7	Shunji Yatsushiro	Honda		9
8	Rob McElnea	Suzuki		8
9	Ron Haslam	Elf Honda		7
10	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha		6
11	Pierfrancesco Chili	Honda		5
12	Patrick Igoa	Yamaha	+1 Lap	4
13	Donnie McLeod	Honda	+1 Lap	3
14	Mike Baldwin	Honda	+1 Lap	2
15	Bruno Kneubuhler	Honda	+1 Lap	1
16	Fabio Barchitta	Honda	+1 Lap
17	Fabio Biliotti	Honda	+1 Lap
18	Karl Truchsess	Shell	+1 Lap
19	Daniel Amatriain	Honda	+1 Lap
20	Eddie Laycock	Honda	+1 Lap
21	Andreas Leuthe	Suzuki	+1 Lap
22	Silvo Habat	Honda	+2 Laps
23	Wolfgang von Muralt	Suzuki	+2 Laps
24	Jean Luc Demierre	Suzuki	+2 Laps
25	Georg Robert Jung	Honda	+2 Laps
26	Helmut Schutz	Honda	+2 Laps
Ret	Maarten Duyzers	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Marco Gentile	Fior	Retirement
Ret	Niall Mackenzie	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Michael Rudroff	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Alessandro Valesi	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Malcolm Campbell	Elf Honda	Retirement
Ret	Raymond Roche	Cagiva	Retirement
Ret	Ari Ramo	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Pavel Dekanek	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Marco Papa	Honda	Retirement