1988 Brazilian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 15 of 15 races in the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	17 September 1988
Location	Autódromo Internacional Ayrton Senna
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.835 km (2.383 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Wayne Gardner Honda Time 1:26.930 Fastest lap Rider Eddie Lawson Yamaha Time 1:27.810 Podium First Eddie Lawson Yamaha Second Wayne Gardner Honda Third Kevin Schwantz Suzuki
250 cc
Pole position Rider Dominique Sarron Honda Time 1:29.200 Fastest lap Rider Luca Cadalora Yamaha Time 1:30.090 Podium First Dominique Sarron Honda Second Carlos Lavado Yamaha Third Sito Pons Honda

The 1988 Brazilian motorcycle Grand Prix was the last round of the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 15–17 September 1988 at the Goiânia circuit.^[1]

500 cc race report

Wayne Gardner was on pole, but Eddie Lawson got into the lead at the start, ahead of Wayne Rainey and Kevin Schwantz. Back in 6th place, Gardner was almost cut off by Pierfrancesco Chili, who tried a block pass on him; Gardner shook a fist.

Schwantz got around Lawson for 1st, but Lawson looked like he's not going to let it go. Gardner caught up to make it a trio, while Lawson retook the lead. Randy Mamola was hot-dogging, deliberately sliding the rear. Schwantz and Gardner went at it for 2nd place. Mamola almost highsided trying to impress the crowd, a bit later on a left-hander he looked over his shoulder and immediately slid the bike into a highside. Schwantz will do something similar next year at Phillip Island. Rainey retired with a punctured tire.

500cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Eddie Lawson	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	47:22.550	20
2	Wayne Gardner	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+13.360	17
3	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki Pepsi Cola	Suzuki	+21.350	15
4	Niall Mackenzie	Team HRC	Honda	+24.120	13
5	Christian Sarron	Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	+24.240	11
6	Kevin Magee	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	+24.280	10
7	Pierfrancesco Chili	HB Honda Gallina Team	Honda	+1:13.100	9
8	Rob McElnea	Suzuki Pepsi Cola	Suzuki	+1:14.950	8
9	Didier de Radiguès	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	+1:23.300	7
10	Patrick Igoa	Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	+1 Lap	6
11	Fabio Barchitta	Racing Team Katayama	Honda	+1 Lap	5
12	Francisco Gonzales		Honda	+1 Lap	4
13	Donnie McLeod	Racing Team Katayama	Honda	+1 Lap	3
Ret	Wayne Rainey	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Marco Gentile	Fior Marlboro	Fior	Retirement
Ret	Ron Haslam	Team ROC Elf Honda	Elf Honda	Retirement
Ret	Bruno Kneubühler	Romer Racing Suisse	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Alessandro Valesi	Team Iberia	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Randy Mamola	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	Retirement
Ret	Roger Burnett	Racing Team Katayama	Honda	Retirement
Sources: [2][3]

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