1988 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix

  1988 Swedish Grand Prix

Race details
Race 13 of 15 races in the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	14 August 1988
Location	Scandinavian Raceway
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.031 km (2.505 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha
Fastest lap
Rider	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha
Podium
First	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha
Second	Wayne Gardner	Honda
Third	Christian Sarron	Yamaha
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Luca Cadalora	Yamaha
Fastest lap
Rider	Reinhold Roth	Honda
Podium
First	Sito Pons	Honda
Second	Juan Garriga	Yamaha
Third	Dominique Sarron	Honda
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Jorge Martínez	Derbi
Fastest lap
Rider	Jorge Martínez	Derbi
Podium
First	Jorge Martínez	Derbi
Second	Ezio Gianola	Honda
Third	Julián Miralles	Honda
Sidecars
Pole position
Rider	Steve Webster	LCR-Krauser
Passenger	Tony Hewitt
Fastest lap
Rider	Rolf Biland	LCR-Krauser
Passenger	Kurt Waltisperg
Podium
First	Steve Webster	LCR-Krauser
	Tony Hewitt
Second	Rolf Biland	LCR-Krauser
	Kurt Waltisperg
Third	Alain Michel	LCR-Krauser
	Jean-Marc Fresc

The 1988 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 12–14 August 1988 at the Anderstorp circuit.

500 cc race report

Eddie Lawson on pole. Wayne Rainey gets the start from Niall Mackenzie and Didier De Radiguès.

At the end of the first lap it’s Rainey, Lawson, Wayne Gardner, Christian Sarron, De Radiguès, et al. Lawson passes 3 riders on the straight as if he’s angry for his performance at Donington.

Lawson soon through on Rainey and gets a large lead on a group with Gardner, now in 2nd and Rainey in 3rd.

Lawson almost highsides out of first place, but keeps it together to the end. Rainey fades to 5th.

500cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha	47:59.280	20
2	Wayne Gardner	Honda	+13.040	17
3	Christian Sarron	Yamaha	+19.340	15
4	Niall Mackenzie	Honda	+23.450	13
5	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	+30.080	11
6	Kevin Magee	Yamaha	+35.450	10
7	Didier de Radiguès	Yamaha	+48.620	9
8	Roger Burnett	Honda	+51.160	8
9	Pierfrancesco Chili	Honda	+53.330	7
10	Randy Mamola	Cagiva	+59.520	6
11	Ron Haslam	Elf Honda	+1:00.010	5
12	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	+1:02.740	4
13	Rob McElnea	Suzuki	+1:11.590	3
14	Tadahiko Taira	Yamaha	+1:22.990	2
15	Raymond Roche	Cagiva	+1 Lap	1
16	Fabio Barchitta	Honda	+1 Lap
17	Norihiko Fujiwara	Yamaha	+1 Lap
18	Peter Lindén	Honda	+1 Lap
19	Marco Gentile	Fior	+1 Lap
20	Bruno Kneubuhler	Honda	+1 Lap
21	Peter Sköld	Honda	+1 Lap
22	Wolfgang von Muralt	Suzuki	+1 Lap
23	Damon Buckmaster	Honda	+1 Lap
24	Claus Wulff	Honda	+1 Lap
25	Åke Dahli	Suzuki	+1 Lap
26	Chris Buerki	Honda	+1 Lap
27	Lars Johansson	Suzuki	+1 Lap
Ret	Nicholas Schmassman	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Maarten Duyzers	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Daniel Amatriain	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Patrick Igoa	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Alessandro Valesi	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Thomas Aronsson	Nicco Bakker	Retirement
Ret	Fabio Biliotti	Honda	Retirement