1988 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix

  1988 Czechoslovak Grand Prix

Race details
Race 14 of 15 races in the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	28 August 1988
Location	Masaryk Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.403 km (3.357 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Wayne Gardner Honda Fastest lap Rider Wayne Gardner Honda Podium First Wayne Gardner Honda Second Eddie Lawson Yamaha Third Wayne Rainey Yamaha
250 cc
Pole position Rider Dominique Sarron Honda Fastest lap Rider Juan Garriga Yamaha Podium First Juan Garriga Yamaha Second Sito Pons Honda Third Luca Cadalora Yamaha
125 cc
Pole position Rider Hans Spaan Honda Fastest lap Rider Jorge Martínez Derbi Podium First Jorge Martínez Derbi Second Julián Miralles Honda Third Hans Spaan Honda
80 cc
Pole position Rider Jorge Martínez Derbi Fastest lap Rider Jorge Martínez Derbi Podium First Jorge Martínez Derbi Second Stefan Dörflinger Krauser Third Àlex Crivillé Derbi
Sidecar (B2A)
Pole position Rider Rolf Biland LCR-Krauser Fastest lap Rider Egbert Streuer LCR-Yamaha Podium First Steve Webster LCR-Krauser Second Egbert Streuer LCR-Yamaha Third Markus Egloff LCR-ADM

The 1988 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix was the penultimate round of the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 26–28 August 1988 at the Masaryk Circuit located in Brno, Czechoslovakia.

500 cc race report

Wayne Gardner on pole. Wayne Rainey gets a good start, but Tadahiko Taira gets the first turn.

At the end of the first lap, it’s Gardner, Taira, Christian Sarron, Rainey, and Eddie Lawson in 7th. Lawson needs to finish behind Gardner to win the championship.

Gardner is getting a gap, but Lawson has moved to 2nd, while Sarron highsides out.

After the race there's a dispute between Lawson and Rainey, Lawson perhaps angry that Team Roberts wasn’t playing by the Yamaha team book with Rainey making 2nd place so difficult to get.

Rumors were also that Lawson and team manager Giacomo Agostini were about to split, and Lawson would be going to Rothmans Honda with Gardner.

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Wayne Gardner	Honda	49:11.060	20
2	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha	+1.910	17
3	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	+2.480	15
4	Pierfrancesco Chili	Honda	+15.680	13
5	Tadahiko Taira	Yamaha	+19.910	11
6	Niall Mackenzie	Honda	+29.440	10
7	Ron Haslam	Elf Honda	+57.440	9
8	Rob McElnea	Suzuki	+58.240	8
9	Patrick Igoa	Yamaha	+59.360	7
10	Fabio Barchitta	Honda	+1:45.960	6
11	Marco Gentile	Fior	+1:45.960	5
12	Marco Papa	Honda	+2:00.440	4
13	Alessandro Valesi	Honda	+2:00.640	3
14	Peter Linden	Honda	+1 Lap	2
15	Bruno Kneubuhler	Honda	+1 Lap	1
16	Fabio Biliotti	Honda	+1 Lap
17	Wolfgang von Muralt	Suzuki	+1 Lap
18	Silvo Habat	Honda	+1 Lap
19	Manfred Fischer	Honda	+1 Lap
20	Rachel Nicotte	Honda	+1 Lap
21	Karl Truchsess	Honda	+1 Lap
22	Nicholas Schmassman	Honda	+1 Lap
23	Claus Wulff	Honda	+1 Lap
24	Pavel Dekanek	Honda	+1 Lap
Ret	Josef Doppler	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Christian Sarron	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Eddie Laycock	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Daniel Amatriain	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Roger Burnett	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Randy Mamola	Cagiva	Retirement
Ret	Didier de Radiguès	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Raymond Roche	Cagiva	Retirement
Ret	Kevin Magee	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Andreas Leuthe	Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Damon Buckmaster	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	Retirement