1988 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1988 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 12–14 August 1988 at the Anderstorp circuit.

  1988 Swedish Grand Prix

Race details
Race 13 of 15 races in the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	14 August 1988
Official name	Swedish TT
Location	Scandinavian Raceway
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.031 km (2.505 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Eddie Lawson Yamaha Time 1:34.690 Fastest lap Rider Eddie Lawson Yamaha Time 1:34.430 Podium First Eddie Lawson Yamaha Second Wayne Gardner Honda Third Christian Sarron Yamaha
250 cc
Pole position Rider Luca Cadalora Yamaha Time 1:38.240 Fastest lap Rider Reinhold Roth Honda Time 1:38.380 Podium First Sito Pons Honda Second Juan Garriga Yamaha Third Dominique Sarron Honda
125 cc
Pole position Rider Jorge Martínez Derbi Time 1:45.830 Fastest lap Rider Jorge Martínez Derbi Podium First Jorge Martínez Derbi Second Ezio Gianola Honda Third Julián Miralles Honda
Sidecar (B2A)
Pole position Rider Steve Webster LCR-Krauser Fastest lap Rider Rolf Biland LCR-Krauser Podium First Steve Webster LCR-Krauser Second Rolf Biland LCR-Krauser Third Alain Michel LCR-Krauser

500 cc race report

Eddie Lawson on pole. Wayne Rainey gets the start from Niall Mackenzie and Didier De Radiguès.

At the end of the first lap it's Rainey, Lawson, Wayne Gardner, Christian Sarron, De Radiguès, et al. Lawson passes 3 riders on the straight as if he's angry for his performance at Donington.

Lawson soon through on Rainey and gets a large lead on a group with Gardner, now in 2nd and Rainey in 3rd.

Lawson almost highsides out of first place, but keeps it together to the end. Rainey fades to 5th.

500cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Eddie Lawson	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	47:59.280	20
2	Wayne Gardner	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+18.040	17
3	Christian Sarron	Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	+19.340	15
4	Niall Mackenzie	Team HRC	Honda	+23.450	13
5	Wayne Rainey	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	+30.080	11
6	Kevin Magee	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	+35.450	10
7	Didier de Radiguès	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	+48.620	9
8	Roger Burnett	Racing Team Katayama	Honda	+51.160	8
9	Pierfrancesco Chili	HB Honda Gallina Team	Honda	+53.330	7
10	Randy Mamola	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	+59.520	6
11	Ron Haslam	Team ROC Elf Honda	Elf Honda	+1:00.010	5
12	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki Pepsi Cola	Suzuki	+1:02.740	4
13	Rob McElnea	Suzuki Pepsi Cola	Suzuki	+1:11.590	3
14	Tadahiko Taira	Tech 21	Yamaha	+1:22.990	2
15	Raymond Roche	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	+1 Lap	1
16	Fabio Barchitta	Racing Team Katayama	Honda	+1 Lap
17	Norihiko Fujiwara	Lucky Strike Yamaha	Yamaha	+1 Lap
18	Peter Lindén	Team Honda Sweden	Honda	+1 Lap
19	Marco Gentile	Fior Marlboro	Fior	+1 Lap
20	Bruno Kneubühler	Romer Racing Suisse	Honda	+1 Lap
21	Peter Sköld	Team Honda Sweden	Honda	+1 Lap
22	Wolfgang von Muralt		Suzuki	+1 Lap
23	Simon Buckmaster		Honda	+1 Lap
24	Claus Wulff		Honda	+1 Lap
25	Åke Dahli		Suzuki	+1 Lap
26	Christopher Burki		Honda	+1 Lap
27	Lars Johansson		Suzuki	+1 Lap
Ret	Nicholas Schmassman	FMS	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Maarten Duyzers	HDJ International	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Daniel Amatriain	Ducados Lotus Guarz	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Alessandro Valesi	Team Iberia	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Fabio Biliotti	Team Amoranto	Honda	Retirement
DNS	Patrick Igoa	Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	Did not start
DNS	Thomas Aronsson		Nicco Bakker	Did not start
DNQ	Andreas Leuthe		Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Ari Ramo		Honda	Did not qualify
DNQ	Gunnar Bruhn		Honda	Did not qualify
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