The 1988 Dutch TT was the eighth round of the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 23–25 June 1988 at the TT Circuit Assen located in Assen, Netherlands.
500 cc race report Christian Sarron on pole, but dropped to the back after a terrible start. Through the first turn it was Eddie Lawson, Pierfrancesco Chili, Ron Haslam, Didier De Radiguès, Wayne Gardner, et al.
Haslam ran wide and rode off into the grass.
Through the chicane at the end of the first lap, it was Lawson, De Radiguès, Chili, Gardner, Kevin Magee, Rob McElnea, Randy Mamola, Patrick Igoa, Sarron and Wayne Rainey.
There was a small gap from Lawson to De Radiguès to Gardner.
Gardner caught De Radiguès and started to bridge up to Lawson.
De Radiguès slid out but remounted. Sarron and Magee fought for 3rd.
Approaching back markers, Gardner passed Lawson.
500 cc classification Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda Team Honda 44:15.490 20 2 Eddie Lawson Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha +11.310 17 3 Christian Sarron Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha +19.730 15 4 Kevin Magee Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha +24.240 13 5 Niall Mackenzie Team HRC Honda +29.430 11 6 Pierfrancesco Chili HB Honda Gallina Team Honda +38.780 10 7 Wayne Rainey Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha +41.640 9 8 Kevin Schwantz Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki +42.310 8 9 Patrick Igoa Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha +48.990 7 10 Rob McElnea Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki +53.280 6 11 Shunji Yatsushiro Rothmans Honda Team Honda +1:22.750 5 12 Didier de Radiguès Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha +1:41.260 4 13 Ron Haslam Team ROC Elf Honda Elf Honda +1:53.410 3 14 Marco Papa Team Greco Honda +1 Lap 2 15 Marco Gentile Fior Marlboro Fior +1 Lap 1 16 Fabio Biliotti Team Amoranto Honda +1 Lap 17 Bruno Kneubühler Romer Racing Suisse Honda +1 Lap 18 Daniel Amatriain Ducados Lotus Guarz Honda +1 Lap 19 Michael Rudroff Honda +1 Lap 20 Eddie Laycock Millar Racing Honda +1 Lap 21 Josef Doppler MRC Grieskirchen Honda +1 Lap 22 Kees van der Endt Autobedrijf Koens Honda +1 Lap 23 Silvio Habat Fego Racing Team Honda +1 Lap Ret Maarten Duyzers HDJ International Honda Retirement Ret Karl Truchsess Honda Retirement Ret Manfred Fischer Team Hein Gericke Honda Retirement Ret Cees Doorakkers Grundig-Daf Racing Team Honda Retirement Ret Koos van Leyen Racepromotion Venhuizen Suzuki Retirement Ret Andreas Leuthe Suzuki Retirement Ret Randy Mamola Cagiva Corse Cagiva Retirement Ret Petr Schleef Schuh Racing Team Honda Retirement Ret Nicholas Schmassman FMS Honda Retirement Ret Alessandro Valesi Team Iberia Honda Retirement Ret Fabio Barchitta Racing Team Katayama Honda Retirement DNS Gustav Reiner Team Hein Gericke Honda Did not start DNS Steve Manley Gateford Motors Suzuki Did not start DNS Vittorio Scatola Team Iberia Paton Did not start DNQ Wolfgang von Muralt Suzuki Did not qualify DNQ Larry Moreno Vacondio Suzuki Did not qualify DNQ Ari Ramo Honda Did not qualify DNQ Ian Pratt Suzuki Did not qualify DNQ Rob Punt Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki Did not qualify DNQ Johan ten Napel Suzuki Did not qualify DNQ Henk de Vries Honda Did not qualify DNQ Claus Wulff Honda Did not qualify DNQ Helmut Schutz Rallye Sport Honda Did not qualify DNQ Massimo Broccoli Cagiva Corse Cagiva Did not qualify Sources:
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