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1988 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

FieldValue
Grand PrixJapanese
flagJapan
Official_NameGrand Prix of Japan
LocationSuzuka Circuit
Course_mi3.644
Course_km5.864
Race_No1
Season_No15
Date27 March
Year1988
ImageSuzuka circuit map (1987-2002).svg
Pole_Rider_500Tadahiko Taira
Pole_Rider_500_CountryJapan
Pole_Rider_500_BikeYamaha
Pole_Time_5002:32.007
Fast_Rider_500Kevin Schwantz
Fast_Rider_500_CountryUSA
Fast_Rider_500_BikeSuzuki
Fast_Time_5002:15.220
First_Rider_500Kevin Schwantz
First_Rider_500_CountryUSA
First_Rider_500_BikeSuzuki
Second_Rider_500Wayne Gardner
Second_Rider_500_CountryAustralia
Second_Rider_500_BikeHonda
Third_Rider_500Eddie Lawson
Third_Rider_500_CountryUSA
Third_Rider_500_BikeYamaha
Pole_Rider_250Toshihiko Honma
Pole_Rider_250_CountryJapan
Pole_Rider_250_BikeYamaha
Pole_Time_2502:19.790
Fast_Rider_250Sito Pons
Fast_Rider_250_CountrySpain
Fast_Rider_250_BikeHonda
Fast_Time_2502:19.630
First_Rider_250Anton Mang
First_Rider_250_CountryBRD
First_Rider_250_BikeHonda
Second_Rider_250Sito Pons
Second_Rider_250_CountrySpain
Second_Rider_250_BikeHonda
Third_Rider_250Masaru Kobayashi
Third_Rider_250_CountryJapan
Third_Rider_250_BikeHonda

The 1988 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 25–27 March 1988 at the Suzuka Circuit.

500 cc race report

Tadahiko Taira was on pole of the 5-column grid (it became 4-columns in 1990). Wayne Rainey got the start and lead through the first turns, with Kevin Schwantz, Wayne Gardner and Christian Sarron behind. Schwantz took the inside of the hairpin, but Rainey dove back under and got him back on the exit; Schwantz succeeded in taking the lead on Spoon.

At the end of the 1st lap, it was Schwantz and Gardner, then a gap to Toshihiko Honma (riding #46) and Sarron. Gardner and Schwantz swapped the lead many times.

Eddie Lawson and Niall Mackenzie moved through the field to 3rd and 4th. Norihiko Fujiwara lowsided at the hairpin.

On the last lap Gardner ran off the track and stayed on, but lost any chance of winning the race.

500 cc classification

Pos.RiderTeamManufacturerTime/RetiredPoints12345678910111213141516171819RetRetRetRetRetRetRetRetDNSDNQSources:
USA Kevin SchwantzSuzuki Pepsi ColaSuzuki50:03.75020
AUS Wayne GardnerRothmans Honda TeamHonda+8.38417
USA Eddie LawsonMarlboro Yamaha Team AgostiniYamaha+12.72415
GBR Niall MackenzieTeam HRCHonda+15.78513
JPN Tadahiko TairaTech 21Yamaha+36.38311
USA Wayne RaineyTeam Lucky Strike RobertsYamaha+42.07010
AUS Kevin MageeTeam Lucky Strike RobertsYamaha+42.1799
FRA Christian SarronSonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1Yamaha+45.1868
BEL Didier de RadiguèsMarlboro Yamaha Team AgostiniYamaha+1:01.2137
JPN Shunji YatsushiroRothmans Honda TeamHonda+1:10.2286
JPN Hikaru MiyagiTeam HRCHonda+1:16.2015
GBR Ron HaslamTeam ROC Elf HondaElf Honda+1:20.0454
FRA Patrick IgoaSonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1Yamaha+1:29.5353
ITA Pierfrancesco ChiliHB Honda Gallina TeamHonda+1:38.9892
JPN Osamu HiwatashiSuzuki JapanSuzuki+1:42.5451
JPN Shinji KatayamaYamaha+1:43.611
JPN Masaru MizutaniSuzuki+2:04.446
JPN Keiji KinoshitaHonda+1 Lap
ITA Alessandro ValesiTeam IberiaHonda+1 Lap
FRA Raymond RocheCagiva CorseCagivaRetirement
GBR Rob McElneaSuzuki Pepsi ColaSuzukiRetirement
JPN Katunori ShinozakiSuzukiRetirement
JPN Norihiko FujiwaraLucky Strike YamahaYamahaRetirement
USA Randy MamolaCagiva CorseCagivaRetirement
JPN Hisashi YamanaSuzukiRetirement
CHE Marco GentileFior MarlboroFiorRetirement
BRD Manfred FischerTeam Hein GerickeHondaRetirement
ITA Fabio BarchittaRacing Team KatayamaHondaDid not start
JPN Kunio MachiiHondaYamaha

References

| Previous_year's_race = 1987 Japanese Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 1989 Japanese Grand Prix

References

  1. "Alle Grand-Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden, van 1973 (het jaar dat Jack begon met racen) tot heden.".
  2. (13 June 2017). "1988 Japanese MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
  3. "JAPANESE GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1988".
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