The 1988 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix was the penultimate round of the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 26–28 August 1988 at the Masaryk Circuit located in Brno, Czechoslovakia.
500 cc race report Wayne Gardner on pole. Wayne Rainey gets a good start, but Tadahiko Taira gets the first turn.
At the end of the first lap, it's Gardner, Taira, Christian Sarron, Rainey, and Eddie Lawson in 7th. Lawson needs to finish behind Gardner to win the championship.
Gardner is getting a gap, but Lawson has moved to 2nd, while Sarron highsides out.
After the race there's a dispute between Lawson and Rainey, Lawson perhaps angry that Team Roberts wasn't playing by the Yamaha team book with Rainey making 2nd place so difficult to get.
Rumors were also that Lawson and team manager Giacomo Agostini were about to split, and Lawson would be going to Rothmans Honda with Gardner.
500 cc classification Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda Team Honda 49:11.060 20 2 Eddie Lawson Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha +1.910 17 3 Wayne Rainey Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha +2.480 15 4 Pierfrancesco Chili HB Honda Gallina Team Honda +15.680 13 5 Tadahiko Taira Tech 21 Yamaha +19.910 11 6 Niall Mackenzie Team HRC Honda +29.440 10 7 Ron Haslam Team ROC Elf Honda Elf Honda +57.440 9 8 Rob McElnea Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki +58.240 8 9 Patrick Igoa Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha +59.360 7 10 Fabio Barchitta Racing Team Katayama Honda +1:45.960 6 11 Marco Gentile Fior Marlboro Fior +1:45.960 5 12 Marco Papa Team Greco Honda +2:00.440 4 13 Alessandro Valesi Team Iberia Honda +2:00.640 3 14 Peter Linden Team Honda Sweden Honda +1 Lap 2 15 Bruno Kneubühler Romer Racing Suisse Honda +1 Lap 1 16 Fabio Biliotti Team Amoranto Honda +1 Lap 17 Wolfgang von Muralt Suzuki +1 Lap 18 Silvo Habat Fego Racing Team Honda +1 Lap 19 Manfred Fischer Team Hein Gericke Honda +1 Lap 20 Rachel Nicotte PVI Racing Honda +1 Lap 21 Karl Truchsess Honda +1 Lap 22 Nicholas Schmassman FMS Honda +1 Lap 23 Claus Wulff Honda +1 Lap 24 Pavol Dekánek Wernberger Konservenfabrik Honda +1 Lap Ret Josef Doppler MRC Grieskirchen Honda Retirement Ret Christian Sarron Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha Retirement Ret Eddie Laycock Millar Racing Honda Retirement Ret Daniel Amatriain Ducados Lotus Guarz Honda Retirement Ret Roger Burnett Racing Team Katayama Honda Retirement Ret Randy Mamola Cagiva Corse Cagiva Retirement Ret Didier de Radiguès Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha Retirement Ret Raymond Roche Cagiva Corse Cagiva Retirement Ret Kevin Magee Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha Retirement Ret Simon Buckmaster Honda Retirement Ret Kevin Schwantz Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki Retirement DNS Andreas Leuthe Suzuki Did not start DNS Rudolf Zeller MRC Kremsmunster Manhattan Did not start DNQ Larry Moreno Vacondio Suzuki Did not qualify DNQ Imrich Majoroš Suzuki Did not qualify DNQ Ian Pratt Suzuki Did not qualify DNQ Franz Schopf Suzuki Did not qualify DNQ Marián Troliga Suzuki Did not qualify DNQ Michael Wild Suzuki Did not qualify DNQ Harry Heutmekers Suzuki Did not qualify DNQ Petr Hlavatka Suzuki Did not qualify Sources:
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