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.
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 Sources:
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