1988 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix

  1988 Belgian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 9 of 15 races in the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	3 July 1988
Official name	G.P. of Belgium Gauloises Blondes
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Course	Permanent racing facility 6.940 km (4.312 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Christian Sarron Yamaha Time 2:27.620 Fastest lap Rider Christian Sarron Yamaha Time 2:40.780 Podium First Wayne Gardner Honda Second Eddie Lawson Yamaha Third Randy Mamola Cagiva
250 cc
Pole position Rider Jacques Cornu Honda Time 2:33.090 Fastest lap Rider Anton Mang Honda Time 2:32.060 Podium First Sito Pons Honda Second Jacques Cornu Honda Third Anton Mang Honda
125 cc
Pole position Rider Jorge Martínez Derbi Time 2:46.280 Fastest lap Rider Gastone Grassetti Honda Time 2:50.290 Podium First Jorge Martínez Derbi Second Ezio Gianola Honda Third Julián Miralles Honda
Sidecar (B2A)
Pole position Rider Rolf Biland LCR-Krauser Fastest lap Rider Rolf Biland LCR-Krauser Podium First Rolf Biland LCR-Krauser Second Steve Webster LCR-Krauser Third Derek Jones LCR-Yamaha

The 1988 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 1–3 July 1988 at Spa-Francorchamps.

500 cc race report

Wet track (but it was not raining).

Christian Sarron on pole, and through the first turn it was Wayne Gardner, Kevin Schwantz, Eddie Lawson, et al.

Gardner got a gap from Lawson, Sarron, Schwantz, Wayne Rainey, Pierfrancesco Chili, Didier De Radiguès and Ron Haslam.

Sarron through to 2nd and was catching Gardner.

Randy Mamola moved past Rainey and De Radiguès to get to 4th behind Schwantz.

Sarron touched a white line and slid out of 2nd, putting Lawson behind Gardner. Schwantz crashed out of 4th as De Radiguès and Rainey went by; he tried to get up but looked like he injured his left leg.

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Wayne Gardner	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	46:55.210	20
2	Eddie Lawson	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	+30.110	17
3	Randy Mamola	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	+40.780	15
4	Didier de Radiguès	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	+41.610	13
5	Wayne Rainey	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	+43.170	11
6	Rob McElnea	Suzuki Pepsi Cola	Suzuki	+1:17.330	10
7	Ron Haslam	Team ROC Elf Honda	Elf Honda	+1:19.100	9
8	Pierfrancesco Chili	HB Honda Gallina Team	Honda	+1:44.230	8
9	Shunji Yatsushiro	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+1:49.720	7
10	Patrick Igoa	Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	+1:56.070	6
11	Niall Mackenzie	Team HRC	Honda	+2:00.010	5
12	Alessandro Valesi	Team Iberia	Honda	+2:12.060	4
13	Donnie McLeod	Racing Team Katayama	Honda	+1 Lap	3
14	Marco Papa	Team Greco	Honda	+1 Lap	2
15	Cees Doorakkers	Grundig-Daf Racing Team	Honda	+1 Lap	1
16	Fabio Biliotti	Team Amoranto	Honda	+1 Lap
17	Eddie Laycock	Millar Racing	Honda	+1 Lap
18	Kees van der Endt	Autobedrijf Koens	Honda	+1 Lap
19	Rachel Nicotte	PVI Racing	Honda	+1 Lap
20	Mike Baldwin	Racing Team Katayama	Honda	+1 Lap
21	Josef Doppler	MRC Grieskirchen	Honda	+1 Lap
22	Daniel Amatriain	Ducados Lotus Guarz	Honda	+1 Lap
23	Johan Ten Napel		Suzuki	+1 Lap
24	Georg Robert Jung	Weigl Telefix Racing Team	Honda	+1 Lap
25	Bruno Kneubühler	Romer Racing Suisse	Honda	+1 Lap
26	Ari Ramo		Honda	+1 Lap
27	Andreas Leuthe		Suzuki	+1 Lap
28	Nicholas Schmassman	FMS	Honda	+1 Lap
29	Fabio Barchitta	Racing Team Katayama	Honda	+2 Laps
30	Marco Gentile	Fior Marlboro	Fior	+2 Laps
31	Claus Wulff		Honda	+2 Laps
Ret	Maarten Duyzers	HDJ International	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Christian Sarron	Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Manfred Fischer	Team Hein Gericke	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Kevin Magee	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Larry Moreno Vacondio		Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki Pepsi Cola	Suzuki	Retirement
DNQ	Josef Krnac		Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Tony Carey		Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Ian Pratt		Suzuki	Did not qualify
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