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1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Sports season

500cc – Eddie Lawson (Yamaha) 250cc – Sito Pons (Honda) 125cc – Jorge Martínez (Derbi) 80cc – Jorge Martínez (Derbi) The 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 40th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

Season summary

Eddie Lawson would recapture the championship from Wayne Gardner in a season that witnessed several fierce duels. Two newcomers joined the Grand Prix circuit with Americans Wayne Rainey and Kevin Schwantz each winning races in their first full year. This was Rainey's debut in the 500s; he had ridden a 250 in 1984 and gotten 1 podium of 12 starts. Alan Cathcart's pre-season assessment in Cycle News was that “Rainey is a good rider, but he'll never be a great rider. And he'll certainly never be a Randy Mamola.”

The V4 machines used by the factories were extremely powerful and in combination with rigid chassis produced power slides that sometimes caused violent highsides, throwing the riders into the air. Cagiva joined the racing with Randy Mamola as their rider. The first United States Grand Prix in 23 years was held in Monterrey, California.

Sito Pons beat out fellow countryman Juan Garriga for the 250 title winning four races to Garriga's three. Spain's Jorge Martinez captured double championships in the 80 and 125 classes for the Spanish firm Derbi.

1988 Grand Prix season calendar

The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1988:

Round	Date	Grand Prix
27 March	Japan Grand Prix of Japan	Suzuka Circuit
10 April	United States United States International Grand Prix	Laguna Seca Raceway
24 April	Spain Gran Premio Marlboro de España	Circuito Permanente Del Jarama
1 May	Andalucia Gran Premio Campsa	Circuito Permanente de Jerez
22 May	Italy Nations Grand Prix	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
29 May	Germany Großer Preis von Deutschland	Nürburgring
12 June	Austria Großer Preis von Österreich	Salzburgring
25 June	Netherlands Dutch-TT	TT Circuit Assen
3 July	Belgium G.P. of Belgium Gauloises Blondes	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
17 July	Yugoslavia Yu Grand Prix	Automotodrom Rijeka
24 July	France Grand Prix de France	Circuit Paul Ricard
7 August	UK Shell Oils British Motorcycle Grand Prix	Donington Park
14 August	Sweden Swedish TT	Scandinavian Raceway
28 August	Czechoslovakia Grand Prix CSSR-Brno	Brno Circuit
17 September	Brazil Brazilian Grand Prix	Autódromo Internacional de Goiânia

Calendar changes

The United States Grand Prix was added to the calendar after a 23-year absence.
The Spanish Grand Prix moved from the Jerez to the Jarama circuit.
The Expo 92 Grand Prix was added as a one-off race to replace the Portuguese Grand Prix which was held in Spain at the Jarama circuit. The venue hosting the Grand Prix was the Jerez circuit.
The Nations Grand Prix moved from the Monza to the Imola circuit.
The German Grand Prix moved from the Hockenheimring to the Nürburgring.
The German Grand Prix was moved back, from 17 to 29 May.
The Belgian Grand Prix returned after a one-year absence.
The French Grand Prix moved from the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans to the Paul Ricard circuit.
The San Marino Grand Prix was taken off the calendar.
The Argentine Grand Prix was removed from the calendar because of bad organisation and unsafe track conditions.

Participants

500cc participants

Team	Constructor	Motorcycle	No.	Rider	Rounds	Honda	Cagiva	Yamaha	Elf 5-Honda	Honda	Yamaha	Yamaha	Yamaha	Honda	Honda	Suzuki	Suzuki	Suzuki	Yamaha	Honda	Honda	Honda	Fior C88-Yamaha	Honda	Paton
Honda	Honda	Honda	Suzuki	Suzuki	Suzuki	Suzuki	Honda	Honda	Honda	Honda	Honda	Chevallier-Honda	Honda	Honda	Suzuki	Yamaha	Suzuki	Honda	Honda	Honda	Honda	Honda	Suzuki	Honda	Suzuki	Honda	Suzuki	Source:
Rothmans Honda/HRC	Honda NSR500	1	AUS Wayne Gardner	All
9	JPN Shunji Yatsushiro	1–11
9
11	GBR Roger Burnett	12–15
Cagiva Corse	Cagiva C588	2	USA Randy Mamola	1, 5–15
21	FRA Raymond Roche	1–5, 10, 12–14
29
36	ITA Massimo Broccoli	5–7
Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha YZR500	3	USA Eddie Lawson	All
12	BEL Didier de Radiguès	All
Team Elf-ROC	Honda NSR500	4	GBR Ron Haslam	All
60	AUS Malcolm Campbell	10–11
HB-Honda Racing Corporation	Honda NSR500	5	GBR Niall Mackenzie	All
Yamaha Racing Team
Lucky Strike Yamaha	Yamaha YZR500	6	JPN Tadahiko Taira	1, 5, 12–14
35
54	JPN Norihiko Fujiwara	1, 12–13
UCC	Yamaha YZR500	37	JPN Shinji Katayama	1
Team Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha YZR500	7	FRA Christian Sarron	All
14	FRA Patrick Igoa	1, 5–12, 14–15
HB Honda Gallina Team	Honda NSR500	8	ITA Pierfrancesco Chili	1–3, 5–15
Racing Team Katayama
Samurai-Katayama
American Built - Katayama	Honda RS500	11	GBR Roger Burnett	5, 15
18	USA Mike Baldwin	9–12
2–3
31
28
46	ITA Fabio Barchitta	3–6, 8–15
51
49	GBR Donnie McLeod	9–11, 15
??	SPA Fernando González de Nicolás	??
Team Pepsi Suzuki	Suzuki RGV500	10	GBR Rob McElnea	All
34	USA Kevin Schwantz	1–9, 11–15
Team Suzuki	Suzuki RGV500	38	JPN Masaru Mizutani	1
Schick Advantage Suzuki	Suzuki RGV500	47	JPN Osamu Hiwatashi	1
Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha YZR500	16	AUS Kevin Magee	All
17	USA Wayne Rainey	All
Team Hein Gericke	Honda RS500	20	BRD Manfred Fischer	1, 5–9, 11, 14
26	BRD Gustav Reiner	3, 7
Team Greco	Honda RS500	22
30	ITA Marco Papa	3–11, 14
Ducados	Honda RS500	23
28	SPA Daniel Amatriaín	3–14
Marlboro Fior Team	Yamaha TZ 500	25	CHE Marco Gentile	All
Team Iberna	Honda RS500	27	ITA Alessandro Valesi	1–11, 13–15
Team Amaranto	Paton V115 500
Honda RS500	28
48
55
67	ITA Fabio Biliotti	3, 5, 7–14
31	ITA Vittorio Scattola	8
38	ARG Rene Zanatta	12
Römer Racing Suisse	Honda RS500	24
29
36	CHE Bruno Kneubühler	3–15
FMS	Honda RS500	30	CHE Niggi Schmassman	3–9, 11–14
Gateford Motors	Suzuki RG 500G	31
37	GBR Steve Manley	3–5
Frankonia	Suzuki RG 500G	29
38
39	CHE Wolfgang von Muralt	3, 6, 10–14
Suzuki RGB500	32
50	FRA Jean Luc Demierre	5
11
Andy Leuthe Racing	Suzuki RGB500	40	LUX Andy Leuthe	3–4, 6–10, 12
Rox	Suzuki RGB500	42
56	VEN Larry Moreno Vacondio	2–5, 7–11, 14
Rukka Oy	Honda RS500	44	FIN Ari Rämö	10
HRC	Honda NSR500	45	JPN Hikaru Miyagi	1
Uvex	Honda RS500	32
40
45	AUT Josef Doppler	4, 6–9, 11, 14
Seed	Honda NSR500	46	JPN Shinichi Ito	1
HDJ International	Honda RS500	50
33
32	NED Maarten Duyzers	3–6, 8–13
PVI Racing / Jacadi	Honda RS500	51
32
37	FRA Rachel Nicotte	3–5, 9, 11–12, 14
Millar Racing	Honda RS500	52	IRL Eddie Laycock	3–4, 8–12, 14
Rarou Tasuku	Honda NS500	36	JPN Keiji Kinoshita	1
Kyoei	Suzuki RG 500G	39	JPN Hisashi Yamana	1
John Long Racing	Yamaha TZ 500	42	USA John Long	2
Eugene Brown Racing	Suzuki RG 500G	57	USA Eugene Brown	2
Team Italia	Honda RS500	35	ITA Romolo Balbi	5
Rallye Sport	Honda RS500	45	GER Helmut Schutz	6–8, 10
FE-GO	Honda RS500	48	YUG Silvo Habat	3, 7, 10, 14
Shell	Honda RS500	31	AUT Karl Truchsess	10, 14
Arciero Racing	Honda RS500	61	FRA Claude Arciero	11
Docshop	Suzuki RGB500	44	NED Rob Punt	8
Grundig - DAF	Honda RS500	52	NED Cees Doorakkers	8–9
Ten Napel Racing	Suzuki RGB500	55
58	NED Johan Ten Napel	8–9, 12
Simon Buckmaster Racing	Honda RS500	56	GBR Simon Buckmaster	12–14
Padgett's	Suzuki RG 500G	47	GBR Dave Leach	12
48	GBR Darren Dixon	12

Key
Regular Rider
Wildcard Rider
Replacement Rider

250cc participants

Team	Constructor	Motorcycle	No.	Rider	Rounds	Honda	Honda	Honda	Aprilia-Rotax	Honda	Honda	Honda
Yamaha	Yamaha	Yamaha	Yamaha	Yamaha	Yamaha	Yamaha	Yamaha	Honda	Honda	Fior-Rotax	Honda	Yamaha
Honda	Honda	Yamaha	Fior-Rotax	Yamaha	Source:
Rothmans-Honda Germany Team	Honda NSR250	1	BRD Anton Mang	1–10
Team Anton Mang	Honda NSR250	21	BRD Helmut Bradl	1–3, 5–11, 13–15
22	BRD Jochen Schmid	4, 6–15
HB-Römer Team	Honda NSR250	2	BRD Reinhold Roth	2–15
Römer-TM Team	Aprilia AF1	33	BRD Harald Eckl	2–12, 14–15
Campsa Honda Team	Honda NSR250	3	SPA Sito Pons	All
Rothmans-Honda France	Honda NSR250	4	FRA Dominique Sarron	All
Team Ducados Ángel Nieto	Honda NSR250	5	SPA Carlos Cardús	1–3, 7–15
Honda RS250R
Honda NSR250	32	SPA Alberto Puig	1–6, 13, 15
Team Aprilia	Aprilia AF1 V	6	ITA Loris Reggiani	1–5, 8–15
Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha YZR 250	7	ITA Luca Cadalora	All
Team Hein Gericke	Yamaha TZ 250	8	BRD Martin Wimmer	2–9, 11–15
Team Parisienne-Elf	Honda NSR250	9	CHE Jacques Cornu	All
Honda RS250R
Honda NSR250	25	CHE Urs Lüzi	1–11, 13–15
Venemotos HB Yamaha	Yamaha YZR 250	10	VEN Carlos Lavado	1–9, 12–15
Ducados Yamaha Team	Yamaha YZR 250	11	SPA Joan Garriga	All
Ajinomoto-Honda/HRC	Honda NSR250	12	JPN Masahiro Shimizu	3–15
15	JPN Masaru Kobayashi	1
HRC	Honda NSR250	65	USA Jim Filice	2
64	JPN Masumitsu Taguchi	1
Levior	Yamaha TZ 250	14	BRD Manfred Herweh	3–10, 12, 14–15
Hyeres	Defi-Rotax 250GP	16	FRA Jean-François Baldé	1, 3–5, 7–15
Team Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha TZ 250
Yamaha YZR 250	17	FRA Jean-Philippe Ruggia	All
Team Italia	Aprilia AF1 V	18	ITA Bruno Casanova	1–8, 10–14
Pileri Corse	Garelli 250 GP	19	ITA Paolo Casoli	2–6, 9–14
Marlboro Aprilia Andorra	Aprilia AF1	20	AND Xavier Cardelús	3, 5–11, 14
Eckert Motorradtechnik	Honda RS250R	22	BRD Jochen Schmid	4, 6–15
Team 7-Up/EMC	EMC-Rotax 250	24	GBR Donnie McLeod	9–11, 15
Team Manoca	Yamaha TZ 250	26	VEN Iván Palazzese	4, 7–8, 12–14
Gazzaniga Rotax	Gazzaniga 250GP	28	ITA Maurizio Vitali	3–11, 13–14
Atomic Road Racing Team	Honda RS250R	29	AUT Hans Lindner	4, 6–7, 10, 12–14
??	Aprilia AF1	30	AUT August Auinger	All
Racing Team Docshop/Wevamed	Yamaha TZ 250	31 44 82	FRA Jean-Michel Mattioli	1–5, 8–15
35	NED Wilco Zeelenberg	8–9
49	BEL René Deláby	1–2, 4, 6, 10–11, 14
Team San Remo	Honda RS250R	31 34 41 43	ITA Stefano Caracchi	3–15
St Yrian Motos	Yamaha TZ 250	36	FRA Jean Foray	5–6, 8–9, 11, 13–15
Team Hurst/East West	Honda RS250R
Yamaha TZ 250	37
43	IRL Garry Cowan	3–4, 7–12, 14
Schuh Racing Team	Yamaha TZ 250	37	BRD Hans Becker	6–12, 14–15
D Gallacher/Bradgate Containers	Yamaha TZ 250	41	GBR Kevin Mitchell	1, 3–7, 11–12, 14
Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha YZR 250
Yamaha TZ 250	44
80
27	USA John Kocinski	1–2, 5–6
??	Yamaha TZ 250	44	FRA Guy Bertin	3, 7, 9–11, 15
NMC Renzo Pasolini	Yamaha TZ 250	45	ITA Massimo Matteoni	3, 5, 7, 9–11, 14
Kung Racing Team Schweiz	Yamaha TZ 250	47	CHE Urs Jücker	5, 10–14
Assmex	Yamaha TZ 250	52	NED Wilco Zeelenberg	12–13
Team MacLean Camel	Honda RS250R	75	USA Bubba Shobert	2
Ville de Reims	Honda RS250R	74	FRA Bruno Bonhuil	4, 6, 10–11, 13
??	??	??	FRA Christian Boudinot	6, 8, 10–12
Motoklora - Rallye Sport	Honda RS250R	21	BRD Helmut Bradl	1–3, 5–11, 13–15
??	Yamaha TZ 250
Honda RS250R	??	FRA Alain Bronec	3–6, 9, 13
??	Honda RS250R	??	BRD Hervé Duffard	6, 11
Racing Team UCC	Yamaha YZR 250	47	JPN Toshihiko Honma	1
SNCF	??	??	FRA Thierry Rapicault	11
??	Yamaha TZ 250	??	VEN Ivan Troisi	6–7, 9, 15

Key
Regular Rider
Wildcard Rider
Replacement Rider

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Round	Date	Race	Location	80cc winner	125cc winner	250cc winner	500cc winner
27 March	Japan Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka			Germany Anton Mang	United States Kevin Schwantz	[Report](1988-japanese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
10 April	United States United States Grand Prix	Laguna Seca			United States Jim Filice	United States Eddie Lawson	[Report](1988-united-states-motorcycle-grand-prix)
24 April	Spain Spanish Grand Prix	Jarama	Switzerland Stefan Dörflinger	Spain Jorge Martínez	Spain Sito Pons	Australia Kevin Magee	[Report](1988-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
1 May	Andalucia Expo 92 Grand Prix	Jerez	Spain Jorge Martínez		Spain Juan Garriga	United States Eddie Lawson	[Report](1988-expo-92-motorcycle-grand-prix)
22 May	Italy Italian Grand Prix	Imola	Spain Jorge Martínez	Spain Jorge Martínez	France Dominique Sarron	United States Eddie Lawson	[Report](1988-nations-motorcycle-grand-prix)
29 May	Germany German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	Spain Jorge Martínez	Italy Ezio Gianola	Italy Luca Cadalora	United States Kevin Schwantz	[Report](1988-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
12 June	Austria Austrian Grand Prix	Salzburgring		Spain Jorge Martínez	Switzerland Jacques Cornu	United States Eddie Lawson	[Report](1988-austrian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
25 June	Netherlands Dutch TT	Assen	Spain Jorge Martínez	Spain Jorge Martínez	Spain Juan Garriga	Australia Wayne Gardner	[Report](1988-dutch-tt)
3 July	Belgium Belgian Grand Prix	Spa		Spain Jorge Martínez	Spain Sito Pons	Australia Wayne Gardner	[Report](1988-belgian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
17 July	Yugoslavia Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Rijeka	Spain Jorge Martínez	Spain Jorge Martínez	Spain Sito Pons	Australia Wayne Gardner	[Report](1988-yugoslavian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
24 July	France French Grand Prix	Paul Ricard		Spain Jorge Martínez	Switzerland Jacques Cornu	United States Eddie Lawson	[Report](1988-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
7 August	UK British Grand Prix	Donington		Italy Ezio Gianola	Italy Luca Cadalora	United States Wayne Rainey	[Report](1988-british-motorcycle-grand-prix)
14 August	Sweden Swedish Grand Prix	Anderstorp		Spain Jorge Martínez	Spain Sito Pons	United States Eddie Lawson	[Report](1988-swedish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
28 August	Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Brno	Spain Jorge Martínez	Spain Jorge Martínez	Spain Juan Garriga	Australia Wayne Gardner	[Report](1988-czechoslovakian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
17 September	Brazil Brazilian Grand Prix	Goiânia			France Dominique Sarron	United States Eddie Lawson	[Report](1988-brazilian-motorcycle-grand-prix)

500cc riders' standings

;Scoring system Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.

Position	Points
1st	2nd
20	17

Pos	Rider	Team	Machine	[JPN](1988-japanese-motorcycle-grand-prix)
JPN	[USA](1988-united-states-motorcycle-grand-prix)
USA	[ESP](1988-spanish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ESP	[AND](1988-expo-92-motorcycle-grand-prix)
Andalucia	[NAT](1988-nations-motorcycle-grand-prix)
ITA	[GER](1988-german-motorcycle-grand-prix)
GER	[AUT](1988-austrian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
AUT	[NED](1988-dutch-tt)
NED	[BEL](1988-belgian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
BEL	[YUG](1988-yugoslavian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
YUG	[FRA](1988-french-motorcycle-grand-prix)
FRA	[GBR](1988-british-motorcycle-grand-prix)
GBR	[SWE](1988-swedish-motorcycle-grand-prix)
SWE	[CZE](1988-czechoslovak-motorcycle-grand-prix)
CZE	[BRA](1988-brazilian-motorcycle-grand-prix)
BRA	Pts
1	USA Eddie Lawson	Marlboro Yamaha-Agostini	YZR500	3	1	2	*1*	1	4	1	2	2	10	1	6	*1*	2	1	252
2	AUS Wayne Gardner	Rothmans Honda-HRC	NSR500	2	2	3	5	*2*	8	Ret	1	1	1	4	2	2	*1*	2	229
3	USA Wayne Rainey	Lucky Strike Yamaha-Roberts	YZR500	6	4	6	2	3	2	3	7	5	3	5	1	5	3	Ret	189
4	FRA Christian Sarron	Sonauto Gauloises-Yamaha	YZR500	8	6	4	4	Ret	3	Ret	3	*Ret*	*2*	2	3	3	Ret	5	149
5	AUS Kevin Magee	Lucky Strike Yamaha-Roberts	YZR500	7	Ret	*1*	3	5	5	6	4	Ret	5	9	5	6	Ret	6	138
6	GBR Niall Mackenzie	HB-Honda	NSR500	4	3	5	7	11	9	Ret	5	11	Ret	Ret	4	4	6	4	125
7	BEL Didier de Radiguès	Marlboro Yamaha-Agostini	YZR500	9	8	8	6	Ret	7	2	12	4	6	7	7	7	Ret	9	120
8	USA Kevin Schwantz	Pepsi-Suzuki	RGV500	1	5	Ret	Ret	4	1	4	8	Ret		3	Ret	12	Ret	3	119
9	ITA Pierfrancesco Chili	HB Honda-Gallina	NSR500	14	Ret	7		6	6	5	6	8	11	8	8	9	4	7	110
10	GBR Rob McElnea	Pepsi-Suzuki	RGV500	Ret	9	12	8	12	11	9	10	6	8	11	Ret	13	8	8	83
11	GBR Ron Haslam	Team Elf-ROC	Elf5-RS500	12	7	10	Ret	16	Ret	8	13	7	9	10	14	11	7	Ret	68
12	USA Randy Mamola	Cagiva	GP500	Ret				7	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	4	6	11	10	Ret	Ret	58
13	JPN Shunji Yatsushiro	Rothmans Honda-HRC	NSR500	10	Ret	9	Ret	8	10	7	11	9	7	Ret					57
14	FRA Patrick Igoa	Sonauto Gauloises-Yamaha	YZR500	13				15	12	10	9	10	12	Ret	16	Ret	9	10	44
15	JPN Tadahiko Taira	Yamaha Japan	YZR500	5				10							10	14	5		36
16	ITA Alessandro Valesi	Team Iberna	RS500	19	11	13	10	13	16	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	19
17	ITA Marco Papa	Team Greco	RS500			Ret	9	24	14	Ret	14	14	Ret	18	Ret		12		17
18	GBR Roger Burnett	Katayama Racing Team	RS500					Ret							9	8	Ret	Ret	15
19	USA Mike Baldwin	Katayama Racing Team	RS500		10	Ret						20	14	13	13				14
20	FRA Raymond Roche	Cagiva	GP500	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	9					Ret	Ret	Ret	15	Ret		13
21	SMR Fabio Barchitta	Katayama Racing Team	RS500			18		18	Ret		Ret	29	16	15	18	16	10	11	12
22	CHE Bruno Kneubühler	Römer Racing Suisse	RS500			15	14	19	25	12	17	25	15	Ret	Ret	20	15	Ret	9
23	GBR Donnie McLeod	Katayama Racing Team	RS500									13	13	16				13	9
24	CHE Marco Gentile	Marlboro Fior	Fior-RS500	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	17	Ret	15	30	Ret	17	20	19	11	Ret	8
25	ESP Daniel Amatriain	Ducados-Honda	RS500			14	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	18	22	19	Ret	19	Ret	Ret		7
26	JPN Hikaru Miyagi	Honda	NSR500	11															5
27	DEU Gustav Reiner	Team Hein Gericke	RS500			Ret				11	Ret								5
28	GBR Steve Manley	Gateford Motors	RG500			16	12	Ret			Ret								4
29	AUS Malcolm Campbell	Team Elf-ROC	Elf5-RS500										Ret	12					4
30	JPN Norihiko Fujiwara	Yamaha Japan	YZR500	Ret											12	17			4
31	ESP Fernando González de Nicolás	Katayama Racing Team	RS500															12	4
32	ITA Fabio Biliotti	Team Amaranto	Paton-RS500			Ret		Ret		13	16	16	17	19	15	Ret	16		4
33	FRA Rachel Nicotte	PVI Racing / Jacadi	RS500			17	13	23				19		Ret	Ret		20		3
34	DEU Peter Schleef	Schuh Racing Team	RS500						13		Ret								3
35	ITA Massimo Broccoli	Cagiva	GP500					Ret	Ret	14									2
36	SWE Peter Linden	Honda Sweden	RS500						Ret							18	14		2
37	JPN Osamu Hiwatashi	Suzuki Japan	RGV500	15															1
38	NED Maarten Duyzers	HDJ International	RS500			21	15	25	19		Ret	Ret	Ret	24	22	Ret			1
39	DEU Michael Rudroff		RS500						15		19		Ret						1
40	DEU Manfred Fischer	Team Hein Gericke	RS500	Ret				Ret	Ret	15	Ret	Ret		20			19		1
41	NED Cees Doorakkers	Grundig-Daf Racing Team	RS500								Ret	15							1
42	JPN Shinji Katayama		YZR500	16															0
43	CHE Nicholas Schmassman	FMS	RS500			19	16	26	24	19	Ret	28		23	25	Ret	22		0
44	LUX Andreas Leuthe		RG500			Ret	Ret		Ret	16	Ret	27	21		Ret		Ret		0
45	JPN Masaru Mizutani		RG500	17															0
46	AUT Josef Doppler	MRC Grieskirchen	RS500				17		20	18	21	21							0
47	ITA Alberto Rota		RS500					17											0
48	DEU Franz Holzmeier		RS500							17									0
49	IRL Eddie Laycock	Millar Racing	RS500			Ret	Ret				20	17	20	21	17		Ret		0
50	CHE Wolfgang van Muralt		RG500			Ret			18				23	Ret	Ret	22	17		0
51	JPN Keiji Kinoshita		RS500	18															0
52	GBR Ian Pratt		RG500			Ret	18												0
53	NED Kees van der Endt	Autobedrijf Koens	RS500								22	18			24				0
54	AUT Karl Truchsess		RS500								Ret		18				21		0
55	YUG Silvo Habat	Fego Racing Team	RS500								23		22				18		0
56	FRA Jean Luc Demierre		RG500			20		Ret					24	Ret					0
57	ITA Romolo Balbi		RS500					20											0
58	DEU Georg Jung		RS500						Ret	20		24	25						0
59	FIN Ari Ramo		RS500					21	22			26	Ret						0
60	DEU Helmut Schutz		RS500						21	21			26						0
61	GBR Dave Leach		RG500												21				0
62	SWE Peter Skold		RS500					22	23							21			0
63	CHE Chris Buerki		RS500			22				Ret						26			0
64	FRA Claude Arciero		RS500											22					0
65	NED Johann Ten Napel		RG500									23							0
66	GBR Simon Buckmaster		RS500												23	23	Ret		0
67	DNK Claus Wulff		RS500									31				24	23		0
68	CZE Pavel Dekanek		RS500										Ret				24		0
69	SWE Ake Dahli		RG500													25			0
70	SWE Lars Johansson		RG500													27			0
71	JPN Hisashi Yamana		RG500	Ret															0
72	JPN Katunori Shinozaki		RG500	Ret															0
73	USA John Long		YZR500		Ret														0
74	FRA Claude Albert		RG500			Ret													0
75	CHI Vincenzo Cascino		RS500			Ret		Ret											0
76	VEN Larry Moreno Vacondio		RS500				Ret			Ret		Ret							0
77	IRL Tony Carey		RG500				Ret												0
78	DEU Hans Klingbiel		RG500						Ret										0
79	DEU Hansjörg Butz		RS500						Ret										0
80	NED Koos van Leyen		RG500								Ret								0
81	ITA Vittorio Scatola	Team Amaranto	Paton-RS500								Ret			Ret					0
82	FRA Eric Sabatier		RS500											Ret					0
83	FRA Thierry Rapicault	Marlboro Fior	Fior-RS500											Ret					0
84	GBR Darren Dixon		RG500												Ret				0
85	GBR Steve Spray		RG500												Ret				0
86	SWE Thomas Aronsson		Nicco Bakker-RS500													Ret			0

250cc standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Team	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Spain Sito Pons	3	Spain	Campsa-Honda	NSR250	231	4
2	Spain Juan Garriga	11	Spain	Ducados-Yamaha	YZR250	221	3
3	Switzerland Jacques Cornu	9	Switzerland	Parisienne Elf-Honda	NSR250	166	2
4	France Dominique Sarron	4	France	Rothmans-Honda France	NSR250	158	2
5	Germany Reinhold Roth	2	West Germany	HB Römer-Honda	NSR250	158	0
6	Italy Luca Cadalora	7	Italy	Marlboro-Yamaha	YZR250	136	2
7	France Jean-Philippe Ruggia	17	France	Gauloises Blondes-Yamaha	YZR250	104	0
8	Germany Anton Mang	1	West Germany	Rothmans-Honda Germany	NSR250	87	1
9	Spain Carlos Cardús	5	Spain	Ducados-Honda	NSR250	71	0
10	Japan Masahiro Shimizu	12	Japan	Ajinomoto-Honda	NSR250	68	0
11	Venezuela Carlos Lavado		Venezuela			55
12	Donnie McLeod		Usa			47
13	Loris Reggiani		Usa			44
14	Martin Wimmer		Usa			40
15	Manfred Herweh		Spa			35
16	August Auinger		Spa			31
17	Helmut Bradl		Spa			27
18	Venezuela Ivan Palazzese		Venezuela			25
19	United States John Kocinski		United States			24
20	Harald Eckl		Fra			22
21	Jim Filice		Fra			20
22	Stefano Caracchi		Fra			20
23	Bruno Casanova		Ita			17
24	Masaru Kobayashi		Ita			15
25	Jean Michel Mattioli		Ita			12
26	Maurizio Vitali		Irl			12
27	Bubba Shobert		Irl			11
28	Harald Becker		Irl			11
29	Jean Foray		Isl			10
30	Alberto Puig		Isl			10
31	Jean-François Baldé		Isl			10
32	Toshihiko Honma		Gbr			8
33	Masumitsu Taguchi		Gbr			6
34	Jochen Schmid		Gbr			6
35	Hiroyuki Kikuchi		Can			5
36	Erich Neumair		Can			5
37	Guy Bertin		Can			5
38	Wilco Zeelenberg		Mex
39	Hermann Holder		Mex			4
40	Urs Jücker		Mex			4
41	Kyoji Nanba		Rus			4
42	Garry Cowan		Rus			3
43	Urs Lüzi		Rus			3
44	Paolo Casoli		Nze			3
45	Takehiro Yamamoto		Nze			2
46	Massimo Matteoni		Nze			2
47	Keiji Tamura		Bra			1
48	Alan Carter		Jpn			1

125cc standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Spain Jorge Martinez	5	Spain	Derbi	197	9
2	Italy Ezio Gianola	6	Italy	Honda	168	2
3	Netherlands Hans Spaan	27	Netherlands	Honda	110	0
4	Spain Julián Miralles	3	Spain	Honda	104	0
5	Italy Domenico Brigaglia	4	Italy	Rotax	69	0
6	Italy Gastone Grassetti	12	Italy	Honda	66	0
7	Germany Adi Stadler		West Germany	Honda	63	0
8	Germany Stefan Prein	35	West Germany	Honda	59	0
9	Belgium Lucio Pietroniro	9	Belgium	Honda	56	0
10	Germany Gerhard Waibel	6	West Germany	Honda	52	0
11	Hisashi Unemoto		usa		43
12	Alan Scott		usa		38
13	Corrado Catalano		usa		36
14	Luis Miguel Reyes		spa		34
15	Manuel Herreros		spa		30
16	Heinz Lüthi		spa		30
17	Koji Takada		fra		29
18	Johnny Wickstroem		fra		25
19	Pierpaolo Bianchi		fra		24
20	Alfred Waibel		ita		24
21	Fausto Gresini		ita		22
22	Josef Fischer		ita		19
23	Kris Galatowicz		can		19
24	GermanyHubert Abold		can		18
25	AlgeriaBady Hassaine		Can		14
26	Robin Milton		mex		13
27	Mike Leitner		mex		11
28	Ian McConnachie		mex		10
29	Alex Bedford		aus		8
30	Jussi Hautaniemi		aus		8
31	Flemming Kistrup		aus		7
32	Àlex Crivillé		Nze		7
33	Esa Kytölä		nze		6
34	Robin Appleyard		nze		6
35	Thierry Feuz		ina		6
36	Manuel Hernández		phi		4
37	Stefan Dörflinger		kor		2
38	Taru Rinne		jpn		2
39	Paul Bordes		jpn		1
40	Emilio Cuppini		jpn		1

80cc standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Spain Jorge Martínez	1	Spain	Derbi	137	6
2	Spain Àlex Crivillé		Spain	Derbi	90	0
3	Switzerland Stefan Dörflinger	4	Switzerland	Krauser	77	1
4	Spain Manuel Herreros	2	Spain	Derbi	69	0
5	Germany Peter Öttl	5	West Germany	Krauser	65	0
6	Bulgaria Bogdan Nikolov		Bulgaria	Krauser	55	0
7	Hungary Károly Juhász		Hungary	Krauser	54	0
8	Netherlands Jos van Dongen		Netherlands	Casal	47	0
9	Italy Giuseppe Ascareggi		Italy	BBFT	46	0
10	Italy Gabriele Gnani		Italy	Gnani	36	0
11	Herri Torrontegui		usa		28
12	Jörg Seel		usa		27
13	Andrie Nijenhuis		usa		27
14	Günter Schirnhofer		spa		27
15	Bert Smit		spa		25
16	René Dünki		spa		22
17	Reiner Koster		Fra		11
18	Heinz Paschen		Fra		10
19	Hans Koopman		Fra		10
20	Serge Julin		Ita		8
21	Jacques Bernard		Ita		8
22	Paolo Priori		ita		6
23	Ian McConnachie		Aus		6
24	Rudolf Kunz		Aus		5
25	Janos Szabo		aus		5
26	Janez Pintar		Nze		4
27	Stefan Bragger		Nze		3
28	Xavier Arumi		ina		3
29	Hagen Klein		kor		2
30	Hubert Abold		jpn		2
31	Alojz Pavlic		jpn		1
32	Jaime Mariano		jpn		1

References

Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A.

References

Scott, Michael: "Wayne Rainey", page 95. Haynes Publishing, 1997.
"Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1988". Archive.li.
(12 June 2017). "1988 World Motorcycle Championship".
"Motorcycle Racing Online - 500cc Grand Prix entry list for 1988".
"Motorcycle Racing Online - 250cc Grand Prix entry list for 1988".
[http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/1988/BRA/250cc/World+Standing 1988 250cc Final Standings at MotoGP.com]
[http://www.f1network.net/main/s180/st70956.htm 1988 250cc Entries List at www.f1network.net]

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