1988 German motorcycle Grand Prix

  1988 German Grand Prix

Race details
Race 6 of 15 races in the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	29 May 1988
Official name	Grosser Preis von Deutschland[1][2][3]
Location	Nürburgring
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.542 km (2.822 mi)
500cc
Pole position Rider Wayne Gardner Honda Time 1:41.310 Fastest lap Rider Kevin Schwantz Suzuki Time 1:59.080 Podium First Kevin Schwantz Suzuki Second Wayne Rainey Yamaha Third Christian Sarron Yamaha
250cc
Pole position Rider Thierry Rapicault Fior-Rotax Time 1:51.940 Fastest lap Rider Juan Garriga Yamaha Time 1:56.620 Podium First Luca Cadalora Yamaha Second Sito Pons Honda Third Juan Garriga Yamaha
125cc
Pole position Rider Hans Spaan Honda Time 1:54.490 Fastest lap Rider Alfred Waibel Honda Time 2:10.092 Podium First Ezio Gianola Honda Second Julián Miralles Honda Third Hans Spaan Honda
80cc
Pole position Rider Jorge Martínez Derbi Time 1:57.720 Fastest lap Rider Jorge Martínez Derbi Podium First Jorge Martínez Derbi Second Àlex Crivillé Derbi Third Manuel Herreros Derbi
Sidecar (B2A)
Pole position Rider Rolf Biland LCR-Krauser Fastest lap Rider Rolf Biland LCR-Krauser Time 1:45.550 Podium First Rolf Biland LCR-Krauser Second Steve Webster LCR-Krauser Third Alfred Zurbrügg LCR-Yamaha

The 1988 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 27–29 May, 1988 at the Nürburgring circuit.^[4]

500 cc Race report

The race was held in wet conditions, with Wayne Gardner starting from the pole position. Wayne Rainey took the first turn from Eddie Lawson, Pierfrancesco Chili, Christian Sarron, Kevin Schwantz (from the second row).

Sarron, considered a good wet rider^{[by whom?]}, took the lead. At the end of lap one it was Sarron, Schwantz, Lawson, Kevin Magee, Rainey, and Chili. Schwantz moved into first, then it was Sarron, Magee, Lawson, and Rainey. Schwantz had a large lead. Magee went down. The track was drying slightly. Heading towards the last lap, Schwantz was looking ragged going through a chicane, but he held it together to the line.

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki Pepsi Cola	Suzuki	1'01:52.270	20
2	Wayne Rainey	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	+25.030	17
3	Christian Sarron	Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	+51.550	15
4	Eddie Lawson	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	+1:08.740	13
5	Kevin Magee	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	+1:12.170	11
6	Pierfrancesco Chili	HB Honda Gallina Team	Honda	+1:12.550	10
7	Didier de Radiguès	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	+1:20.280	9
8	Wayne Gardner	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+1:43.880	8
9	Niall Mackenzie	Team HRC	Honda	+1 Lap	7
10	Shunji Yatsushiro	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+1 Lap	6
11	Rob McElnea	Suzuki Pepsi Cola	Suzuki	+1 Lap	5
12	Patrick Igoa	Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	+1 Lap	4
13	Peter Schleef	Schuh Racing Team	Honda	+2 Laps	3
14	Marco Papa	Team Greco	Honda	+2 Laps	2
15	Michael Rudroff		Honda	+2 Laps	1
16	Alessandro Valesi	Team Iberia	Honda	+2 Laps
17	Marco Gentile	Fior Marlboro	Fior	+2 Laps
18	Wolfgang von Muralt		Suzuki	+2 Laps
19	Maarten Duyzers	HDJ International	Honda	+2 Laps
20	Josef Doppler	MRC Grieskirchen	Honda	+2 Laps
21	Helmut Schutz	Rallye Sport	Honda	+2 Laps
22	Ari Ramo		Honda	+2 Laps
23	Peter Sköld	Team Honda Sweden	Honda	+2 Laps
24	Nicholas Schmassman	FMS	Honda	+2 Laps
25	Bruno Kneubühler	Romer Racing Suisse	Honda	+2 Laps
Ret	Andreas Leuthe		Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Randy Mamola	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	Retirement
Ret	Georg Robert Jung	Weigl Telefix Racing Team	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Manfred Fischer	Team Hein Gericke	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Daniel Amatriain	Ducados Lotus Guarz	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Massimo Broccoli	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	Retirement
Ret	Peter Linden	Team Honda Sweden	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Hans Klingebiel		Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Ron Haslam	Team ROC Elf Honda	Elf Honda	Retirement
Ret	Hansjoerg Butz		Honda	Retirement
Ret	Fabio Barchitta	Racing Team Katayama	Honda	Retirement
DNQ	Gustav Reiner	Team Hein Gericke	Honda	Did not qualify
DNQ	Steve Manley	Gateford Motors	Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Jorg Gammerschalg		Honda	Did not qualify
DNQ	Alois Meyer		Honda	Did not qualify
DNQ	Rachel Nicotte	PVI Racing	Honda	Did not qualify
DNQ	Claus Wulff		Honda	Did not qualify
Sources: [5][6]

References

1. "Alle Grand-Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden, van 1973 (het jaar dat Jack begon met racen) tot heden". Archive.li. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "1988 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
3. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Nürburgring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
4. "Moto GP statistics". Moto GP. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
5. "1988 German MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
6. "WEST GERMANY GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1988". Motogp.com. Retrieved 16 September 2018.

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