1988 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix
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| Race 7 of 15 races in the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 12 June 1988 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Großer Preis von Österreich[1][2][3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Salzburgring | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1988 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 10–12 June 1988 at the Salzburgring.[4]
500 cc race report[edit]
Christian Sarron on pole, then Eddie Lawson, Niall Mackenzie, Kevin Schwantz and Wayne Gardner.
Gardner got the first turn from Lawson, Rainey, Ron Haslam, Schwantz, et al.
Didier De Radiguès moved up to 4th and the field started to get strung out. Schwantz gave Ron Haslam a little bump as he passed and Sarron crashed out.
Lawson and Gardner swapped the lead, allowing Rainey and De Radiguès to close.
De Radiguès put pressure on Lawson his teammate in 2nd, and Rainey seemed to be dropping away.
Lawson and Gardner drop De Radiguès.
Gardner crashes out of 2nd spot.
500cc classification[edit]
| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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| 1 |  Eddie Lawson
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Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | 39:40.630 | 20 | ||
| 2 |  Didier de Radiguès
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Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | +2.790 | 17 | ||
| 3 | Wayne Rainey
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Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha | +12.550 | 15 | ||
| 4 | Kevin Schwantz
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Suzuki Pepsi Cola | Suzuki | +13.590 | 13 | ||
| 5 |  Pierfrancesco Chili
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HB Honda Gallina Team | Honda | +19.310 | 11 | ||
| 6 |  Kevin Magee
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Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha | +22.070 | 10 | ||
| 7 |  Shunji Yatsushiro
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Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | +26.830 | 9 | ||
| 8 |  Ron Haslam
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Team ROC Elf Honda | Elf Honda | +59.450 | 8 | ||
| 9 | Rob McElnea
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Suzuki Pepsi Cola | Suzuki | +1:00.370 | 7 | ||
| 10 |  Patrick Igoa
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Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 | Yamaha | +1:07.660 | 6 | ||
| 11 |  Gustav Reiner
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Team Hein Gericke | Honda | +1 Lap | 5 | ||
| 12 |  Bruno Kneubühler
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Romer Racing Suisse | Honda | +1 Lap | 4 | ||
| 13 | Fabio Biliotti
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Team Amoranto | Honda | +1 Lap | 3 | ||
| 14 | Massimo Broccoli
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Cagiva Corse | Cagiva | +1 Lap | 2 | ||
| 15 | Manfred Fischer
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Team Hein Gericke | Honda | +1 Lap | 1 | ||
| 16 |  Andreas Leuthe
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Suzuki | +1 Lap | ||||
| 17 | Franz Holzmeier
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Honda | +1 Lap | ||||
| 18 |  Josef Doppler
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MRC Grieskirchen | Honda | +1 Lap | |||
| 19 | Nicholas Schmassman
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FMS | Honda | +1 Lap | |||
| 20 | Georg Robert Jung
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Weigl Telefix Racing Team | Honda | +1 Lap | |||
| 21 | Helmut Schutz
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Rallye Sport | Honda | +1 Lap | |||
| Ret | Alessandro Valesi
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Team Iberia | Honda | Retirement | |||
| Ret |  Larry Moreno Vacondio
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Suzuki | Retirement | ||||
| Ret | Randy Mamola
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Cagiva Corse | Cagiva | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Christopher Burki
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Honda | Retirement | ||||
| Ret | Marco Papa
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Team Greco | Honda | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Marco Gentile
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Fior Marlboro | Fior | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Christian Sarron
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Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 | Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret |  Daniel Amatriain
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Ducados Lotus Guarz | Honda | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Wayne Gardner
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Rothmans Honda Team | Fior | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Niall Mackenzie
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Team HRC | Honda | Retirement | |||
| DNS |  Silvo Habat
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Fego Racing Team | Honda | Did not start | |||
| Sources:[5][6] | |||||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Alle Grand-Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden, van 1973 (het jaar dat Jack begon met racen) tot heden". Archived from the original on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2015-07-25.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "1988 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Salzburgring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ^ "Moto GP statistics". Moto GP. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
- ^ "1988 Austrian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
- ^ "AUSTRIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1988". Motogp.com. Retrieved 16 September 2018.