The 1988 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth race of the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 20–22 May 1988, at the Autodromo Dino Ferrari.
500 cc race report Wayne Gardner on pole. Through the first turn, it was Eddie Lawson, Kevin Schwantz, Didier De Radiguès, Pierfrancesco Chili and Gardner.
At the end of the first lap, it was Lawson, De Radiguès, Schwantz, Gardner, Chili and Wayne Rainey.
Another few laps and it was Lawson, Gardner, De Radiguès, then a small gap to Rainey and Schwantz.
Lawson got a gap from a re-formed quartet behind. Christian Sarron went down at a chicane, forcing Kevin Magee and Niall Mackenzie off the track.
On the cool down lap there was a collision between Tadahiko Taira and Raymond Roche.
500 cc classification Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Eddie Lawson Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha 48:17.160 20 2 Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda Team Honda +15.510 17 3 Wayne Rainey Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha +26.740 15 4 Kevin Schwantz Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki +32.860 13 5 Kevin Magee Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha +48.490 11 6 Pierfrancesco Chili HB Honda Gallina Team Honda +53.120 10 7 Randy Mamola Cagiva Corse Cagiva +1:15.110 9 8 Shunji Yatsushiro Rothmans Honda Team Honda +1:16.770 8 9 Raymond Roche Cagiva Corse Cagiva +1:17.210 7 10 Tadahiko Taira Tech 21 Yamaha +1:18.010 6 11 Niall Mackenzie Team HRC Honda +1 Lap 5 12 Rob McElnea Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki +1 Lap 4 13 Alessandro Valesi Team Iberia Honda +1 Lap 3 14 Marco Gentile Fior Marlboro Fior +1 Lap 2 15 Patrick Igoa Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha +1 Lap 1 16 Ron Haslam Team ROC Elf Honda Elf Honda +1 Lap 17 Alberto Rota Honda +1 Lap 18 Fabio Barchitta Racing Team Katayama Honda +1 Lap 19 Bruno Kneubühler Romer Racing Suisse Honda +1 Lap 20 Romolo Balbi Honda +1 Lap 21 Ari Ramo Honda +1 Lap 22 Peter Sköld Team Honda Sweden Honda +1 Lap 23 Rachel Nicotte PVI Racing Honda +1 Lap 24 Marco Papa Team Greco Honda +1 Lap 25 Maarten Duyzers HDJ International Honda +1 Lap 26 Nicholas Schmassman FMS Honda +1 Lap Ret Steve Manley Gateford Motors Suzuki Retirement Ret Manfred Fischer Team Hein Gericke Honda Retirement Ret Daniel Amatriain Ducados Lotus Guarz Honda Retirement Ret Christian Sarron Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha Retirement Ret Massimo Broccoli Cagiva Corse Cagiva Retirement Ret Roger Burnett Racing Team Katayama Honda Retirement Ret Didier de Radiguès Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha Retirement Ret Jean Luc Demierre Suzuki Retirement Ret Vittorio Scatola Road Racing Team Avia Paton Retirement Ret Fabio Biliotti Team Amoranto Honda Retirement DNQ Andreas Leuthe Suzuki Did not qualify DNQ Larry Moreno Vacondio Suzuki Did not qualify DNQ Leandro Becheroni Honda Did not qualify Sources:
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