1988 Brazilian motorcycle Grand Prix
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| Race 15 of 15 races in the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 17 September 1988 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1988 Brazilian motorcycle Grand Prix was the last round of the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 15–17 September 1988 at the Goiânia circuit.[1]
500 cc race report
Wayne Gardner was on pole, but Eddie Lawson got into the lead at the start, ahead of Wayne Rainey and Kevin Schwantz. Back in 6th place, Gardner was almost cut off by Pierfrancesco Chili, who tried a block pass on him; Gardner shook a fist.
Schwantz got around Lawson for 1st, but Lawson looked like he's not going to let it go. Gardner caught up to make it a trio, while Lawson retook the lead. Randy Mamola was hot-dogging, deliberately sliding the rear. Schwantz and Gardner went at it for 2nd place. Mamola almost highsided trying to impress the crowd, a bit later on a left-hander he looked over his shoulder and immediately slid the bike into a highside. Schwantz will do something similar next year at Phillip Island. Rainey retired with a punctured tire.
500cc classification
| Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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| 1 |  Eddie Lawson
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Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | 47:22.550 | 20 | ||
| 2 |  Wayne Gardner
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Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | +13.360 | 17 | ||
| 3 | Kevin Schwantz
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Suzuki Pepsi Cola | Suzuki | +21.350 | 15 | ||
| 4 |  Niall Mackenzie
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Team HRC | Honda | +24.120 | 13 | ||
| 5 |  Christian Sarron
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Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 | Yamaha | +24.240 | 11 | ||
| 6 | Kevin Magee
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Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha | +24.280 | 10 | ||
| 7 |  Pierfrancesco Chili
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HB Honda Gallina Team | Honda | +1:13.100 | 9 | ||
| 8 | Rob McElnea
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Suzuki Pepsi Cola | Suzuki | +1:14.950 | 8 | ||
| 9 |  Didier de Radiguès
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Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | +1:23.300 | 7 | ||
| 10 | Patrick Igoa
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Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 | Yamaha | +1 Lap | 6 | ||
| 11 |  Fabio Barchitta
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Racing Team Katayama | Honda | +1 Lap | 5 | ||
| 12 |  Francisco Gonzales
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Honda | +1 Lap | 4 | |||
| 13 | Donnie McLeod
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Racing Team Katayama | Honda | +1 Lap | 3 | ||
| Ret | Wayne Rainey
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Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha | Retirement | |||
| Ret |  Marco Gentile
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Fior Marlboro | Fior | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Ron Haslam
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Team ROC Elf Honda | Elf Honda | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Bruno Kneubühler
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Romer Racing Suisse | Honda | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Alessandro Valesi
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Team Iberia | Honda | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Randy Mamola
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Cagiva Corse | Cagiva | Retirement | |||
| Ret | Roger Burnett
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Racing Team Katayama | Honda | Retirement | |||
| Sources: [2][3] | |||||||
References
- ^ "Moto GP statistics". Moto GP. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
- ^ "1988 Brazilian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ "BRASILIAN GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1988". Motogp.com. Retrieved 17 September 2018.