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.[5]

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.[6]

500 cc classification

Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points
1 Australia Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda Team Honda 44:15.490 20
2 United States Eddie Lawson Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha +11.310 17
3 France Christian Sarron Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha +19.730 15
4 Australia Kevin Magee Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha +24.240 13
5 United Kingdom Niall Mackenzie Team HRC Honda +29.430 11
6 Italy Pierfrancesco Chili HB Honda Gallina Team Honda +38.780 10
7 United States Wayne Rainey Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha +41.640 9
8 United States Kevin Schwantz Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki +42.310 8
9 France Patrick Igoa Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha +48.990 7
10 United Kingdom Rob McElnea Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki +53.280 6
11 Japan Shunji Yatsushiro Rothmans Honda Team Honda +1:22.750 5
12 Belgium Didier de Radiguès Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha +1:41.260 4
13 United Kingdom Ron Haslam Team ROC Elf Honda Elf Honda +1:53.410 3
14 Italy Marco Papa Team Greco Honda +1 Lap 2
15 Switzerland Marco Gentile Fior Marlboro Fior +1 Lap 1
16 Italy Fabio Biliotti Team Amoranto Honda +1 Lap
17 Switzerland Bruno Kneubühler Romer Racing Suisse Honda +1 Lap
18 Spain Daniel Amatriain Ducados Lotus Guarz Honda +1 Lap
19 West Germany Michael Rudroff Honda +1 Lap
20 Republic of Ireland Eddie Laycock Millar Racing Honda +1 Lap
21 Austria Josef Doppler MRC Grieskirchen Honda +1 Lap
22 Netherlands Kees van der Endt Autobedrijf Koens Honda +1 Lap
23 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Silvio Habat Fego Racing Team Honda +1 Lap
Ret Netherlands Maarten Duyzers HDJ International Honda Retirement
Ret Austria Karl Truchsess Honda Retirement
Ret West Germany Manfred Fischer Team Hein Gericke Honda Retirement
Ret Netherlands Cees Doorakkers Grundig-Daf Racing Team Honda Retirement
Ret Netherlands Koos van Leyen Racepromotion Venhuizen Suzuki Retirement
Ret Luxembourg Andreas Leuthe Suzuki Retirement
Ret United States Randy Mamola Cagiva Corse Cagiva Retirement
Ret West Germany Petr Schleef Schuh Racing Team Honda Retirement
Ret Switzerland Nicholas Schmassman FMS Honda Retirement
Ret Italy Alessandro Valesi Team Iberia Honda Retirement
Ret San Marino Fabio Barchitta Racing Team Katayama Honda Retirement
DNS West Germany Gustav Reiner Team Hein Gericke Honda Did not start
DNS United Kingdom Steve Manley Gateford Motors Suzuki Did not start
DNS Italy Vittorio Scatola Team Iberia Paton Did not start
DNQ Switzerland Wolfgang von Muralt Suzuki Did not qualify
DNQ Venezuela Larry Moreno Vacondio Suzuki Did not qualify
DNQ Finland Ari Ramo Honda Did not qualify
DNQ United Kingdom Ian Pratt Suzuki Did not qualify
DNQ Netherlands Rob Punt Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki Did not qualify
DNQ Netherlands Johan ten Napel Suzuki Did not qualify
DNQ Netherlands Henk de Vries Honda Did not qualify
DNQ Denmark Claus Wulff Honda Did not qualify
DNQ West Germany Helmut Schutz Rallye Sport Honda Did not qualify
DNQ Italy Massimo Broccoli Cagiva Corse Cagiva Did not qualify
Sources:[2][7]

References

  1. ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1988". Archive.today. 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  2. ^ a b "1988 Dutch TT MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  3. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "1988 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  4. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "TT Circuit Assen - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  5. ^ "Moto GP statistics". Moto GP. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  6. ^ Klein, Asse (2023-03-14). "Finishpraat: Deze afloop had niemand verwacht". Racesport.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-08-20.
  7. ^ "DUTCH TT · 500cc Race Classification 1988". Motogp.com. Retrieved 16 September 2018.


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