1988 Dutch TT

1988 Dutch TT
Race details
Race 8 of 15 races in the; 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	25 June 1988
Official name	Dutch-TT
Location	TT Circuit Assen
Course	Permanent racing facility; 6.049 km (3.759 mi);
500 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Christian Sarron
Time	2:10.940
Fastest lap
Rider	Wayne Gardner
Time	2:11.280
Podium
First	Wayne Gardner
Second	Eddie Lawson
Third	Christian Sarron
250 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Dominique Sarron
Time	2:16.460
Fastest lap
Rider	Anton Mang
Time	2:16.000
Podium
First	Juan Garriga
Second	Jacques Cornu
Third	Anton Mang
125 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Hans Spaan
Time	2:27.500
Fastest lap
Rider	Jorge Martínez
Time	2:26.520
Podium
First	Jorge Martínez
Second	Ezio Gianola
Third	Hans Spaan
80 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Jorge Martínez
Time	2:32.160
Fastest lap
Rider	Peter Öttl
Time	2:33.980
Podium
First	Jorge Martínez
Second	Peter Öttl
Third	Bert Smit
Sidecar (B2A)
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Rolf Biland
Fastest lap
Rider	Rolf Biland
Time	2:17.350
Podium
First	Rolf Biland
Second	Egbert Streuer
Third	Steve Webster

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.

500 cc classification

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

References

↑ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1988". Archive.today. 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
1 2 "1988 Dutch TT MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
↑ Mitchell, Malcolm. "1988 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
↑ Mitchell, Malcolm. "TT Circuit Assen - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
↑ "Moto GP statistics". Moto GP. Retrieved 2018-02-19.
↑ "DUTCH TT · 500cc Race Classification 1988". Motogp.com. Retrieved 16 September 2018.

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[1] "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1988". Archive.today. 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 21 May 2018.

[motorsportmagazine.com-2] 1 2 "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] "DUTCH TT · 500cc Race Classification 1988". Motogp.com. Retrieved 16 September 2018.

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