1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
The 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 40th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.
Season summary
Eddie Lawson would recapture the championship from Wayne Gardner in a season that witnessed several fierce duels. Two newcomers joined the Grand Prix circuit with Americans Wayne Rainey and Kevin Schwantz each winning races in their first full year. This was Rainey’s debut in the 500s; he had ridden a 250 in 1984 and gotten 1 podium of 12 starts. Alan Cathcart’s pre-season assessment in Cycle News was that “Rainey is a good rider, but he'll never be a great rider. And he'll certainly never be a Randy Mamola.”[1]
The V4 machines used by the factories were extremely powerful and in combination with rigid chassis produced power slides that sometimes caused violent highsides, throwing the riders into the air.
1988 Grand Prix season calendar
The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1988:[2][3]
Round | Date | Grand Prix | Circuit |
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1 | 27 March | ![]() |
Suzuka Circuit
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2 | 10 April | ![]() |
Laguna Seca Raceway
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3 | 24 April | ![]() |
Circuito Permanente Del Jarama
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4 | 1 May | Gran Premio Campsa
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Circuito Permanente de Jerez
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5 | 22 May | ![]() |
Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
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6 | 29 May | ![]() |
Nürburgring |
7 | 12 June | ![]() |
Salzburgring |
8 | 25 June | ![]() |
TT Circuit Assen |
9 | 3 July | ![]() |
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps |
10 | 17 July | Yu Grand Prix
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Automotodrom Rijeka |
11 | 24 July | ![]() |
Circuit Paul Ricard |
12 | 7 August | ![]() |
Donington Park |
13 | 14 August | ![]() |
Scandinavian Raceway
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14 | 28 August | ![]() |
Brno Circuit
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15 | 17 September | ![]() |
Autódromo Internacional de Goiânia |
Calendar changes
- The United States Grand Prix was added to the calendar after a 23-year absence.
- The Jaramacircuit.
- The Jerezcircuit.
- The Imolacircuit.
- The German Grand Prix moved from the Hockenheimring to the Nürburgring.
- The German Grand Prix was moved back, from 17 to 29 May.
- The Belgian Grand Prix returned after a one-year absence.
- The Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans to the Paul Ricardcircuit.
- The San Marino Grand Prixwas taken off the calendar.
- The Argentine Grand Prixwas removed from the calendar because of bad organisation and unsafe track conditions.
Participants
500cc participants
250cc participants
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Results and standings
Grands Prix
Round | Date | Race | Location | 80cc winner | 125cc winner | 250cc winner | 500cc winner | Report |
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1 | 27 March | ![]() |
Suzuka
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Report | ||
2 | 10 April | ![]() |
Laguna Seca
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Report | ||
3 | 24 April | ![]() |
Jarama
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Kevin Magee
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Report |
4 | 1 May | Expo 92 Grand Prix
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Jerez
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Juan Garriga
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Report | |
5 | 22 May | ![]() |
Imola
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Report |
6 | 29 May | ![]() |
Nürburgring | ![]() |
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Report |
7 | 12 June | ![]() |
Salzburgring | ![]() |
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Report | |
8 | 25 June | ![]() |
Assen | ![]() |
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Juan Garriga
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Report |
9 | 3 July | ![]() |
Spa | ![]() |
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Report | |
10 | 17 July | Yugoslavian Grand Prix
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Rijeka | ![]() |
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Report |
11 | 24 July | ![]() |
Paul Ricard | ![]() |
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Report | |
12 | 7 August | ![]() |
Donington | ![]() |
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Report | |
13 | 14 August | ![]() |
Anderstorp
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Report | |
14 | 28 August | ![]() |
Brno
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Juan Garriga
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Report
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15 | 17 September | ![]() |
Goiânia | ![]() |
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Report |
500cc riders' standings
- Scoring system
Points are awarded to the top fifteen finishers. A rider has to finish the race to earn points.
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th |
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Points | 20 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Pos | Rider | Team | Machine | JPN![]() |
USA![]() |
ESP![]() |
AND![]() |
NAT![]() |
GER![]() |
AUT![]() |
NED![]() |
BEL![]() |
YUG![]() |
FRA![]() |
GBR![]() |
SWE![]() |
CZE![]() |
BRA![]() |
Pts |
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1 | ![]() |
YZR500 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 252 | |
2 | ![]() |
Rothmans Honda-HRC | NSR500 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 8 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 229 |
3 | ![]() |
Lucky Strike Yamaha-Roberts | YZR500 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 | Ret | 189 |
4 | ![]() |
Sonauto Gauloises-Yamaha | YZR500 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Ret | 5 | 149 |
5 | Kevin Magee |
Lucky Strike Yamaha-Roberts | YZR500 | 7 | Ret | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4 | Ret | 5 | 9 | 5 | 6 | Ret | 6 | 138 |
6 | ![]() |
HB-Honda | NSR500 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 9 | Ret | 5 | 11 | Ret | Ret | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 125 |
7 | ![]() |
Marlboro Yamaha-Agostini | YZR500 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | Ret | 7 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | Ret | 9 | 120 |
8 | ![]() |
Pepsi-Suzuki | RGV500 | 1 | 5 | Ret | Ret | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | Ret | 3 | Ret | 12 | Ret | 3 | 119 | |
9 | ![]() |
HB Honda-Gallina | NSR500 | 14 | Ret | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 110 | |
10 | ![]() |
Pepsi-Suzuki | RGV500 | Ret | 9 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 11 | Ret | 13 | 8 | 8 | 83 |
11 | ![]() |
Team Elf-ROC | Elf5-RS500 | 12 | 7 | 10 | Ret | 16 | Ret | 8 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 7 | Ret | 68 |
12 | ![]() |
Cagiva | GP500 | Ret | 7 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 58 | |||
13 | ![]() |
Rothmans Honda-HRC | NSR500 | 10 | Ret | 9 | Ret | 8 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 7 | Ret | 57 | ||||
14 | ![]() |
Sonauto Gauloises-Yamaha | YZR500 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 12 | Ret | 16 | Ret | 9 | 10 | 44 | |||
15 | ![]() |
Yamaha Japan | YZR500 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 5 | 36 | ||||||||||
16 | ![]() |
Team Iberna | RS500 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 16 | Ret | Ret | 12 | Ret | 14 | Ret | Ret | 13 | Ret | 19 |
17 | ![]() |
Team Greco | RS500 | Ret | 9 | 24 | 14 | Ret | 14 | 14 | Ret | 18 | Ret | 12 | 17 | ||||
18 | ![]() |
Katayama Racing Team | RS500 | Ret | 9 | 8 | Ret | Ret | 15 | ||||||||||
19 | ![]() |
Katayama Racing Team | RS500 | 10 | Ret | 20 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | |||||||||
20 | ![]() |
Cagiva | GP500 | Ret | Ret | 11 | Ret | 9 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 15 | Ret | 13 | |||||
21 | ![]() |
Katayama Racing Team | RS500 | 18 | 18 | Ret | Ret | 29 | 16 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
22 | ![]() |
Römer Racing Suisse | RS500 | 15 | 14 | 19 | 25 | 12 | 17 | 25 | 15 | Ret | Ret | 20 | 15 | Ret | 9 | ||
23 | ![]() |
Katayama Racing Team | RS500 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 9 | |||||||||||
24 | ![]() |
Marlboro Fior | Fior-RS500 | Ret | Ret | Ret | Ret | 14 | 17 | Ret | 15 | 30 | Ret | 17 | 20 | 19 | 11 | Ret | 8 |
25 | ![]() |
Ducados-Honda | RS500 | 14 | 11 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 18 | 22 | 19 | Ret | 19 | Ret | Ret | 7 | |||
26 | ![]() |
Honda | NSR500 | 11 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
27 | ![]() |
Team Hein Gericke | RS500 | Ret | 11 | Ret | 5 | ||||||||||||
28 | ![]() |
Gateford Motors | RG500 | 16 | 12 | Ret | Ret | 4 | |||||||||||
29 | ![]() |
Team Elf-ROC | Elf5-RS500 | Ret | 12 | 4 | |||||||||||||
30 | ![]() |
Yamaha Japan | YZR500 | Ret | 12 | 17 | 4 | ||||||||||||
31 | ![]() |
Katayama Racing Team | RS500 | 12 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
32 | ![]() |
Team Amaranto | Paton-RS500 | Ret | Ret | 13 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 19 | 15 | Ret | 16 | 4 | |||||
33 | ![]() |
PVI Racing / Jacadi | RS500 | 17 | 13 | 23 | 19 | Ret | Ret | 20 | 3 | ||||||||
34 | ![]() |
Schuh Racing Team | RS500 | 13 | Ret | 3 | |||||||||||||
35 | ![]() |
Cagiva | GP500 | Ret | Ret | 14 | 2 | ||||||||||||
36 | ![]() |
Honda Sweden | RS500 | Ret | 18 | 14 | 2 | ||||||||||||
37 | ![]() |
Suzuki Japan | RGV500 | 15 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
38 | ![]() |
HDJ International | RS500 | 21 | 15 | 25 | 19 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 24 | 22 | Ret | 1 | |||||
39 | ![]() |
RS500 | 15 | 19 | Ret | 1 | |||||||||||||
40 | ![]() |
Team Hein Gericke | RS500 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 15 | Ret | Ret | 20 | 19 | 1 | |||||||
41 | ![]() |
Grundig-Daf Racing Team | RS500 | Ret | 15 | 1 | |||||||||||||
42 | ![]() |
YZR500 | 16 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
43 | ![]() |
FMS | RS500 | 19 | 16 | 26 | 24 | 19 | Ret | 28 | 23 | 25 | Ret | 22 | 0 | ||||
44 | ![]() |
RG500 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 16 | Ret | 27 | 21 | Ret | Ret | 0 | |||||||
45 | ![]() |
RG500 | 17 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
46 | ![]() |
MRC Grieskirchen | RS500 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 0 | ||||||||||
47 | ![]() |
RS500 | 17 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
48 | ![]() |
RS500 | 17 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
49 | ![]() |
Millar Racing | RS500 | Ret | Ret | 20 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 17 | Ret | 0 | |||||||
50 | ![]() |
RG500 | Ret | 18 | 23 | Ret | Ret | 22 | 17 | 0 | |||||||||
51 | ![]() |
RS500 | 18 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
52 | ![]() |
RG500 | Ret | 18 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
53 | ![]() |
Autobedrijf Koens | RS500 | 22 | 18 | 24 | 0 | ||||||||||||
54 | ![]() |
RS500 | Ret | 18 | 21 | 0 | |||||||||||||
55 | ![]() |
Fego Racing Team | RS500 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 0 | ||||||||||||
56 | ![]() |
RG500 | 20 | Ret | 24 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||||
57 | ![]() |
RS500 | 20 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
58 | ![]() |
RS500 | Ret | 20 | 24 | 25 | 0 | ||||||||||||
59 | ![]() |
RS500 | 21 | 22 | 26 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||||
60 | ![]() |
RS500 | 21 | 21 | 26 | 0 | |||||||||||||
61 | ![]() |
RG500 | 21 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
62 | ![]() |
RS500 | 22 | 23 | 21 | 0 | |||||||||||||
63 | ![]() |
RS500 | 22 | Ret | 26 | 0 | |||||||||||||
64 | ![]() |
RS500 | 22 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
65 | ![]() |
RG500 | 23 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
66 | ![]() |
RS500 | 23 | 23 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||
67 | ![]() |
RS500 | 31 | 24 | 23 | 0 | |||||||||||||
68 | ![]() |
RS500 | Ret | 24 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
69 | ![]() |
RG500 | 25 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
70 | ![]() |
RG500 | 27 | 0 | |||||||||||||||
71 | ![]() |
RG500 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||
72 | ![]() |
RG500 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||
73 | ![]() |
YZR500 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||
74 | ![]() |
RG500 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||
75 | ![]() |
RS500 | Ret | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||||||
76 | ![]() |
RS500 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||
77 | ![]() |
RG500 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||
78 | ![]() |
RG500 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||
79 | ![]() |
RS500 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||
80 | ![]() |
RG500 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||
81 | ![]() |
Team Amaranto | Paton-RS500 | Ret | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||
82 | ![]() |
RS500 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||
83 | ![]() |
Marlboro Fior | Fior-RS500 | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||||||
84 | ![]() |
RG500 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||
85 | ![]() |
RG500 | Ret | 0 | |||||||||||||||
86 | ![]() |
Nicco Bakker-RS500 | Ret | 0 |
250cc standings
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Team | Machine | Points | Wins |
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1 | ![]() |
3 | Spain | Campsa-Honda | NSR250 | 231 | 4 |
2 | Juan Garriga
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11 | Spain | Ducados-Yamaha | YZR250 | 221 | 3 |
3 | ![]() |
9 | Switzerland | Parisienne Elf-Honda | NSR250 | 166 | 2 |
4 | ![]() |
4 | France | Rothmans-Honda France | NSR250 | 158 | 2 |
5 | ![]() |
2 | West Germany | HB Römer-Honda | NSR250 | 158 | 0 |
6 | ![]() |
7 | Italy | Marlboro-Yamaha | YZR250 | 136 | 2 |
7 | ![]() |
17 | France | Gauloises Blondes-Yamaha | YZR250 | 104 | 0 |
8 | ![]() |
1 | West Germany | Rothmans-Honda Germany | NSR250 | 87 | 1 |
9 | ![]() |
5 | Spain | Ducados-Honda | NSR250 | 71 | 0 |
10 | ![]() |
12 | Japan | Ajinomoto-Honda | NSR250 | 68 | 0 |
11 | ![]() |
Venezuela | 55 | ||||
12 | Donnie McLeod | 47 | |||||
13 | Loris Reggiani | 44 | |||||
14 | Martin Wimmer | 40 | |||||
15 | Manfred Herweh | 35 | |||||
16 | August Auinger | 31 | |||||
17 | Helmut Bradl | 27 | |||||
18 | Ivan Palazzese
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Venezuela | 25 | ||||
19 | ![]() |
United States | 24 | ||||
20 | Harald Eckl | 22 | |||||
21 | Jim Filice | 20 | |||||
22 | Stefano Caracchi | 20 | |||||
23 | Bruno Casanova | 17 | |||||
24 | Masaru Kobayashi | 15 | |||||
25 | Jean Michel Mattioli | 12 | |||||
26 | Maurizio Vitali | 12 | |||||
27 | Bubba Shobert | 11 | |||||
28 | Harald Becker | 11 | |||||
29 | Jean Foray | 10 | |||||
30 | Alberto Puig | 10 | |||||
31 | Jean-François Baldé | 10 | |||||
32 | Toshihiko Honma | 8 | |||||
33 | Masumitsu Taguchi | 6 | |||||
34 | Jochen Schmid | 6 | |||||
35 | Hiroyuki Kikuchi | 5 | |||||
36 | Erich Neumair | 5 | |||||
37 | Guy Bertin | 5 | |||||
38 | Wilco Zeelenberg | ||||||
39 | Hermann Holder | 4 | |||||
40 | Urs Jücker | 4 | |||||
41 | Kyoji Nanba | 4 | |||||
42 | Garry Cowan | 3 | |||||
43 | Urs Lüzi | 3 | |||||
44 | Paolo Casoli | 3 | |||||
45 | Takehiro Yamamoto | 2 | |||||
46 | Massimo Matteoni | 2 | |||||
47 | Keiji Tamura | 1 | |||||
48 | Alan Carter | 1 |
125cc standings
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
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1 | Jorge Martinez
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5 | Spain | Derbi | 197 | 9 |
2 | ![]() |
6 | Italy | Honda | 168 | 2 |
3 | ![]() |
27 | Netherlands | Honda | 110 | 0 |
4 | ![]() |
3 | Spain | Honda | 104 | 0 |
5 | ![]() |
4 | Italy | Rotax | 69 | 0 |
6 | ![]() |
12 | Italy | Honda | 66 | 0 |
7 | ![]() |
West Germany | Honda | 63 | 0 | |
8 | ![]() |
35 | West Germany | Honda | 59 | 0 |
9 | ![]() |
9 | Belgium | Honda | 56 | 0 |
10 | ![]() |
6 | West Germany | Honda | 52 | 0 |
11 | Hisashi Unemoto | 43 | ||||
12 | Alan Scott | 38 | ||||
13 | Corrado Catalano | 36 | ||||
14 | Luis Miguel Reyes | 34 | ||||
15 | Manuel Herreros | 30 | ||||
16 | Heinz Lüthi | 30 | ||||
17 | Koji Takada | 29 | ||||
18 | Johnny Wickstroem | 25 | ||||
19 | Pierpaolo Bianchi
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24 | ||||
20 | Alfred Waibel | 24 | ||||
21 | Fausto Gresini | 22 | ||||
22 | Josef Fischer | 19 | ||||
23 | Kris Galatowicz | 19 | ||||
24 | ![]() |
18 | ||||
25 | ![]() |
14 | ||||
26 | Robin Milton | 13 | ||||
27 | Mike Leitner | 11 | ||||
28 | Ian McConnachie | 10 | ||||
29 | Alex Bedford | 8 | ||||
30 | Jussi Hautaniemi | 8 | ||||
31 | Flemming Kistrup | 7 | ||||
32 | Àlex Crivillé | 7 | ||||
33 | Esa Kytölä | 6 | ||||
34 | Robin Appleyard | 6 | ||||
35 | Thierry Feuz | 6 | ||||
36 | Manuel Hernandez
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4 | ||||
37 | Stefan Dörflinger | 2 | ||||
38 | Taru Rinne | 2 | ||||
39 | Paul Bordes | 1 | ||||
40 | Emilio Cuppini | 1 |
80cc standings
Place | Rider | Number | Country | Machine | Points | Wins |
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1 | ![]() |
1 | Spain | Derbi | 137 | 6 |
2 | ![]() |
Spain | Derbi | 90 | 0 | |
3 | ![]() |
4 | Switzerland | Krauser | 77 | 1 |
4 | ![]() |
2 | Spain | Derbi | 69 | 0 |
5 | ![]() |
5 | West Germany | Krauser | 65 | 0 |
6 | ![]() |
Bulgaria | Krauser | 55 | 0 | |
7 | ![]() |
Hungary | Krauser | 54 | 0 | |
8 | ![]() |
Netherlands | Casal | 47 | 0 | |
9 | ![]() |
Italy | BBFT | 46 | 0 | |
10 | ![]() |
Italy | Gnani | 36 | 0 | |
11 | Herri Torrontegui | 28 | ||||
12 | Jörg Seel | 27 | ||||
13 | Andrie Nijenhuis | 27 | ||||
14 | Günter Schirnhofer | 27 | ||||
15 | Bert Smit | 25 | ||||
16 | René Dünki | 22 | ||||
17 | Reiner Koster | 11 | ||||
18 | Heinz Paschen | 10 | ||||
19 | Hans Koopman | 10 | ||||
20 | Serge Julin | 8 | ||||
21 | Jacques Bernard | 8 | ||||
22 | Paolo Priori | 6 | ||||
23 | Ian McConnachie | 6 | ||||
24 | Rudolf Kunz | 5 | ||||
25 | Janos Szabo | 5 | ||||
26 | Janez Pintar | 4 | ||||
27 | Stefan Bragger | 3 | ||||
28 | Xavier Arumi | 3 | ||||
29 | Hagen Klein | 2 | ||||
30 | Hubert Abold | 2 | ||||
31 | Alojz Pavlic | 1 | ||||
32 | Jaime Mariano
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References
- Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A. ISBN 2-940125-32-5
- "The Official MotoGP website". Retrieved 2010-07-06.
- ^ Scott, Michael: "Wayne Rainey", page 95. Haynes Publishing, 1997.
- ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1988". Archive.li. Archived from the original on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
- ^ "1988 World Motorcycle Championship". 12 June 2017.
- ^ "Motorcycle Racing Online - 500cc Grand Prix entry list for 1988".
- ^ "Motorcycle Racing Online - 250cc Grand Prix entry list for 1988".
- ^ 1988 250cc Final Standings at MotoGP.com
- ^ 1988 250cc Entries List at www.f1network.net