The 1988 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 1–3 July 1988 at Spa-Francorchamps.
500 cc race report Wet track (but it was not raining).
Christian Sarron on pole, and through the first turn it was Wayne Gardner, Kevin Schwantz, Eddie Lawson, et al.
Gardner got a gap from Lawson, Sarron, Schwantz, Wayne Rainey, Pierfrancesco Chili, Didier De Radiguès and Ron Haslam.
Sarron through to 2nd and was catching Gardner.
Randy Mamola moved past Rainey and De Radiguès to get to 4th behind Schwantz.
Sarron touched a white line and slid out of 2nd, putting Lawson behind Gardner. Schwantz crashed out of 4th as De Radiguès and Rainey went by; he tried to get up but looked like he injured his left leg.
500 cc classification Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda Team Honda 46:55.210 20 2 Eddie Lawson Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha +30.110 17 3 Randy Mamola Cagiva Corse Cagiva +40.780 15 4 Didier de Radiguès Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha +41.610 13 5 Wayne Rainey Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha +43.170 11 6 Rob McElnea Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki +1:17.330 10 7 Ron Haslam Team ROC Elf Honda Elf Honda +1:19.100 9 8 Pierfrancesco Chili HB Honda Gallina Team Honda +1:44.230 8 9 Shunji Yatsushiro Rothmans Honda Team Honda +1:49.720 7 10 Patrick Igoa Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha +1:56.070 6 11 Niall Mackenzie Team HRC Honda +2:00.010 5 12 Alessandro Valesi Team Iberia Honda +2:12.060 4 13 Donnie McLeod Racing Team Katayama Honda +1 Lap 3 14 Marco Papa Team Greco Honda +1 Lap 2 15 Cees Doorakkers Grundig-Daf Racing Team Honda +1 Lap 1 16 Fabio Biliotti Team Amoranto Honda +1 Lap 17 Eddie Laycock Millar Racing Honda +1 Lap 18 Kees van der Endt Autobedrijf Koens Honda +1 Lap 19 Rachel Nicotte PVI Racing Honda +1 Lap 20 Mike Baldwin Racing Team Katayama Honda +1 Lap 21 Josef Doppler MRC Grieskirchen Honda +1 Lap 22 Daniel Amatriain Ducados Lotus Guarz Honda +1 Lap 23 Johan Ten Napel Suzuki +1 Lap 24 Georg Robert Jung Weigl Telefix Racing Team Honda +1 Lap 25 Bruno Kneubühler Romer Racing Suisse Honda +1 Lap 26 Ari Ramo Honda +1 Lap 27 Andreas Leuthe Suzuki +1 Lap 28 Nicholas Schmassman FMS Honda +1 Lap 29 Fabio Barchitta Racing Team Katayama Honda +2 Laps 30 Marco Gentile Fior Marlboro Fior +2 Laps 31 Claus Wulff Honda +2 Laps Ret Maarten Duyzers HDJ International Honda Retirement Ret Christian Sarron Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha Retirement Ret Manfred Fischer Team Hein Gericke Honda Retirement Ret Kevin Magee Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha Retirement Ret Larry Moreno Vacondio Suzuki Retirement Ret Kevin Schwantz Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki Retirement DNQ Josef Krnac Suzuki Did not qualify DNQ Tony Carey Suzuki Did not qualify DNQ Ian Pratt Suzuki Did not qualify Sources:
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