1988 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix

  1988 Austrian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 7 of 15 races in the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	12 June 1988
Location	Salzburgring
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.246 km (2.638 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Christian Sarron	Yamaha
Fastest lap
Rider	Didier de Radiguès	Yamaha
Podium
First	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha
Second	Didier de Radiguès	Yamaha
Third	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Jacques Cornu	Honda
Fastest lap
Rider	Jacques Cornu	Honda
Podium
First	Jacques Cornu	Honda
Second	Reinhold Roth	Honda
Third	Juan Garriga	Yamaha
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Jorge Martínez	Derbi
Fastest lap
Rider	Hans Spaan	Honda
Podium
First	Jorge Martínez	Derbi
Second	Ezio Gianola	Honda
Third	Stefan Prein	Honda
Sidecars
Pole position
Rider	Rolf Biland	LCR-Krauser
Passenger	Kurt Waltisperg
Fastest lap
Rider	Rolf Biland	LCR-Krauser
Passenger	Kurt Waltisperg
Podium
First	Rolf Biland	LCR-Krauser
	Kurt Waltisperg
Second	Alain Michel	LCR-Krauser
	Jean-Marc Fresc
Third	Steve Webster	LCR-Krauser
	Tony Hewitt

The 1988 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 10–12 June 1988 at the Salzburgring.

500 cc race report

Christian Sarron on pole, then Eddie Lawson, Niall Mackenzie, Kevin Schwantz and Wayne Gardner.

Gardner got the first turn from Lawson, Rainey, Ron Haslam, Schwantz, et al.

Didier De Radiguès moved up to 4th and the field started to get strung out. Schwantz gave Ron Haslam a little bump as he passed and Sarron crashed out.

Lawson and Gardner swapped the lead, allowing Rainey and De Radiguès to close.

De Radiguès put pressure on Lawson his teammate in 2nd, and Rainey seemed to be dropping away.

Lawson and Gardner drop De Radiguès.

Gardner crashes out of 2nd spot.

500cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha	39:40.630	20
2	Didier de Radiguès	Yamaha	+5.790	17
3	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	+12.550	15
4	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	+13.590	13
5	Pierfrancesco Chili	Honda	+19.310	11
6	Kevin Magee	Yamaha	+22.070	10
7	Shunji Yatsushiro	Honda	+26.830	9
8	Ron Haslam	Elf Honda	+59.450	8
9	Rob McElnea	Suzuki	+1:00.370	7
10	Patrick Igoa	Yamaha	+1:07.660	6
11	Gustav Reiner	Honda	+1 Lap	5
12	Bruno Kneubuhler	Honda	+1 Lap	4
13	Fabio Biliotti	Honda	+1 Lap	3
14	Massimo Broccoli	Cagiva	+1 Lap	2
15	Manfred Fischer	Honda	+1 Lap	1
16	Andreas Leuthe	Suzuki	+1 Lap
17	Franz Holzmeier	Honda	+1 Lap
18	Josef Doppler	Honda	+1 Lap
19	Nicholas Schmassman	Honda	+1 Lap
20	Georg Robert Jung	Honda	+1 Lap
21	Helmut Schutz	Honda	+1 Lap
Ret	Alessandro Valesi	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Moreno Vacondio	Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Randy Mamola	Cagiva	Retirement
Ret	Chris Buerki	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Marco Papa	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Marco Gentile	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Christian Sarron	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Daniel Amatriain	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Wayne Gardner	Fior	Retirement
Ret	Niall Mackenzie	Honda	Retirement

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