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. Cagiva joined the racing with Randy Mamola as their rider. The first United States Grand Prix in 23 years was held in Monterrey, California.

Sito Pons beat out fellow countryman Juan Garriga for the 250 title winning four races to Garriga's three. Spain's Jorge Martinez captured double championships in the 80 and 125 classes for the Spanish firm Derbi.

1988 Grand Prix season calendar

The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 1988:^[2]^[3]

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit
1	27 March	Grand Prix of Japan	Suzuka Circuit
2	10 April	United States International Grand Prix	Laguna Seca Raceway
3	24 April	Gran Premio Marlboro de España	Circuito Permanente Del Jarama
4	1 May	Gran Premio Campsa	Circuito Permanente de Jerez
5	22 May	Nations Grand Prix	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari
6	29 May	Großer Preis von Deutschland	Nürburgring
7	12 June	Großer Preis von Österreich	Salzburgring
8	25 June	Dutch-TT	TT Circuit Assen
9	3 July	G.P. of Belgium Gauloises Blondes	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
10	17 July	Yu Grand Prix	Automotodrom Rijeka
11	24 July	Grand Prix de France	Circuit Paul Ricard
12	7 August	Shell Oils British Motorcycle Grand Prix	Donington Park
13	14 August	Swedish TT	Scandinavian Raceway
14	28 August	Grand Prix CSSR-Brno	Brno Circuit
15	17 September	Brazilian Grand Prix	Autódromo Internacional de Goiânia

Calendar changes

The United States Grand Prix was added to the calendar after a 23-year absence.
The Spanish Grand Prix moved from the Jerez to the Jarama circuit.
The Expo 92 Grand Prix was added as a one-off race to replace the Portuguese Grand Prix which was held in Spain at the Jarama circuit. The venue hosting the Grand Prix was the Jerez circuit.
The Nations Grand Prix moved from the Monza to the Imola circuit.
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 French Grand Prix moved from the Bugatti Circuit in Le Mans to the Paul Ricard circuit.
The San Marino Grand Prix was taken off the calendar.
The Argentine Grand Prix was removed from the calendar because of bad organisation and unsafe track conditions.

Participants

500cc participants

Team	Constructor	Motorcycle	No.	Rider	Rounds
Rothmans Honda/HRC	Honda	Honda NSR500	1	Wayne Gardner	All
			9	Shunji Yatsushiro	1–11
			9 11	Roger Burnett	12–15
Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	Cagiva C588	2	Randy Mamola	1, 5–15
			21	Raymond Roche	1–5, 10, 12–14
			29 36	Massimo Broccoli	5–7
Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	Yamaha YZR500	3	Eddie Lawson	All
Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	Yamaha YZR500	12	Didier de Radiguès	All
Team Elf-ROC	Elf 5-Honda	Honda NSR500	4	Ron Haslam	All
Team Elf-ROC	Elf 5-Honda	Honda NSR500	60	Malcolm Campbell	10–11
HB-Honda Racing Corporation	Honda	Honda NSR500	5	Niall Mackenzie	All
Yamaha Racing Team Lucky Strike Yamaha	Yamaha	Yamaha YZR500	6	Tadahiko Taira	1, 5, 12–14
Yamaha Racing Team Lucky Strike Yamaha	Yamaha	Yamaha YZR500	35 54	Norihiko Fujiwara	1, 12–13
UCC	Yamaha	Yamaha YZR500	37	Shinji Katayama	1
Team Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	Yamaha YZR500	7	Christian Sarron	All
Team Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	Yamaha YZR500	14	Patrick Igoa	1, 5–12, 14–15
HB Honda Gallina Team	Honda	Honda NSR500	8	Pierfrancesco Chili	1–3, 5–15
Racing Team Katayama Samurai-Katayama American Built - Katayama	Honda	Honda RS500	11	Roger Burnett	5, 15
			18	Mike Baldwin	9–12
			18	Mike Baldwin	2–3
			31 28 46	Fabio Barchitta	3–6, 8–15
			51 49	Donnie McLeod	9–11, 15
			??	Francisco Gonzáles de Nicolás	??
Team Pepsi Suzuki	Suzuki	Suzuki RGV500	10	Rob McElnea	All
Team Pepsi Suzuki	Suzuki	Suzuki RGV500	34	Kevin Schwantz	1–9, 11–15
Team Suzuki	Suzuki	Suzuki RGV500	38	Masaru Mizutani	1
Schick Advantage Suzuki	Suzuki	Suzuki RGV500	47	Osamu Hiwatashi	1
Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	Yamaha YZR500	16	Kevin Magee	All
Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	Yamaha YZR500	17	Wayne Rainey	All
Team Hein Gericke	Honda	Honda RS500	20	Manfred Fischer	1, 5–9, 11, 14
Team Hein Gericke	Honda	Honda RS500	26	Gustav Reiner	3, 7
Team Greco	Honda	Honda RS500	22 30	Marco Papa	3–11, 14
Ducados	Honda	Honda RS500	23 28	Daniel Amatriaín	3–14
Marlboro Fior Team	Fior C88-Yamaha	Yamaha TZ 500	25	Marco Gentile	All
Team Iberna	Honda	Honda RS500	27	Alessandro Valesi	1–11, 13–15
Team Amaranto	Paton Honda	Paton V115 500 Honda RS500	28 48 55 67	Fabio Biliotti	3, 5, 7–14
			31	Vittorio Scattola	8
			38	Rene Zanatta	12
Römer Racing Suisse	Honda	Honda RS500	24 29 36	Bruno Kneubühler	3–15
FMS	Honda	Honda RS500	30	Niggi Schmassman	3–9, 11–14
Gateford Motors	Suzuki	Suzuki RG 500G	31 37	Steve Manley	3–5
Frankonia	Suzuki	Suzuki RG 500G	29 38 39	Wolfgang von Muralt	3, 6, 10–14
		Suzuki RGB500	32 50	Jean Luc Demierre	5
		Suzuki RGB500	32 50	Jean Luc Demierre	11
Andy Leuthe Racing	Suzuki	Suzuki RGB500	40	Andy Leuthe	3–4, 6–10, 12
Rox	Suzuki	Suzuki RGB500	42 56	Larry Moreno Vacondio	2–5, 7–11, 14
Rukka Oy	Honda	Honda RS500	44	Ari Rämö	10
HRC	Honda	Honda NSR500	45	Hikaru Miyagi	1
Uvex	Honda	Honda RS500	32 40 45	Josef Doppler	4, 6–9, 11, 14
Seed	Honda	Honda NSR500	46	Shinichi Ito	1
HDJ International	Honda	Honda RS500	50 33 32	Maarten Duyzers	3–6, 8–13
PVI Racing / Jacadi	Chevallier-Honda	Honda RS500	51 32 37	Rachel Nicotte	3–5, 9, 11–12, 14
Millar Racing	Honda	Honda RS500	52	Eddie Laycock	3–4, 8–12, 14
Rarou Tasuku	Honda	Honda NS500	36	Keiji Kinoshita	1
Kyoei	Suzuki	Suzuki RG 500G	39	Hisashi Yamana	1
John Long Racing	Yamaha	Yamaha TZ 500	42	John Long	2
Eugene Brown Racing	Suzuki	Suzuki RG 500G	57	Eugene Brown	2
Team Italia	Honda	Honda RS500	35	Romolo Balbi	5
Rallye Sport	Honda	Honda RS500	45	Helmut Schutz	6–8, 10
FE-GO	Honda	Honda RS500	48	Silvo Habat	3, 7, 10, 14
Shell	Honda	Honda RS500	31	Karl Truchsess	10, 14
Arciero Racing	Honda	Honda RS500	61	Claude Arciero	11
Docshop	Suzuki	Suzuki RGB500	44	Rob Punt	8
Grundig - DAF	Honda	Honda RS500	52	Cees Doorakkers	8–9
Ten Napel Racing	Suzuki	Suzuki RGB500	55 58	Johan Ten Napel	8–9, 12
Simon Buckmaster Racing	Honda	Honda RS500	56	Simon Buckmaster	12–14
Padgett's	Suzuki	Suzuki RG 500G	47	Dave Leach	12
Padgett's	Suzuki	Suzuki RG 500G	48	Darren Dixon	12
Source: ^[4]

Key
Regular Rider
Wildcard Rider
Replacement Rider

250cc participants

Team	Constructor	Motorcycle	No.	Rider	Rounds
Rothmans-Honda Germany Team	Honda	Honda NSR250	1	Anton Mang	1–10
Team Anton Mang	Honda	Honda NSR250	21	Helmut Bradl	1–3, 5–11, 13–15
Team Anton Mang	Honda	Honda NSR250	22	Jochen Schmid	4, 6–15
HB-Römer Team	Honda	Honda NSR250	2	Reinhold Roth	2–15
Römer-TM Team	Aprilia-Rotax	Aprilia AF1	33	Harald Eckl	2–12, 14–15
Campsa Honda Team	Honda	Honda NSR250	3	Sito Pons	All
Rothmans-Honda France	Honda	Honda NSR250	4	Dominique Sarron	All
Team Ducados Ángel Nieto	Honda	Honda NSR250	5	Carlos Cardús	1–3, 7–15
Team Ducados Ángel Nieto	Honda	Honda RS250R Honda NSR250	32	Alberto Puig	1–6, 13, 15
Team Aprilia	Aprilia	Aprilia AF1 V	6	Loris Reggiani	1–5, 8–15
Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	Yamaha YZR 250	7	Luca Cadalora	All
Team Hein Gericke	Yamaha	Yamaha TZ 250	8	Martin Wimmer	2–9, 11–15
Team Parisienne-Elf	Honda	Honda NSR250	9	Jacques Cornu	All
Team Parisienne-Elf	Honda	Honda RS250R Honda NSR250	25	Urs Lüzi	1–11, 13–15
Venemotos HB Yamaha	Yamaha	Yamaha YZR 250	10	Carlos Lavado	1–9, 12–15
Ducados Yamaha Team	Yamaha	Yamaha YZR 250	11	Joan Garriga	All
Ajinomoto-Honda/HRC	Honda	Honda NSR250	12	Masahiro Shimizu	3–15
Ajinomoto-Honda/HRC	Honda	Honda NSR250	15	Masaru Kobayashi	1
HRC	Honda	Honda NSR250	65	Jim Filice	2
HRC	Honda	Honda NSR250	64	Masumitsu Taguchi	1
Levior	Yamaha	Yamaha TZ 250	14	Manfred Herweh	3–10, 12, 14–15
Hyeres	Défi-Rotax	Defi-Rotax 250GP	16	Jean-François Baldé	1, 3–5, 7–15
Team Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	Yamaha TZ 250 Yamaha YZR 250	17	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	All
Team Italia	Aprilia	Aprilia AF1 V	18	Bruno Casanova	1–8, 10–14
Pileri Corse	Garelli	Garelli 250 GP	19	Paolo Casoli	2–6, 9–14
Marlboro Aprilia Andorra	Aprilia-Rotax	Aprilia AF1	20	Xavier Cardelús	3, 5–11, 14
Eckert Motorradtechnik	Honda	Honda RS250R	22	Jochen Schmid	4, 6–15
Team 7-Up/EMC	EMC-Rotax	EMC-Rotax 250	24	Donnie McLeod	9–11, 15
Team Manoca	Yamaha	Yamaha TZ 250	26	Iván Palazzese	4, 7–8, 12–14
Gazzaniga Rotax	Gazzaniga-Rotax	Gazzaniga 250GP	28	Maurizio Vitali	3–11, 13–14
Atomic Road Racing Team	Honda	Honda RS250R	29	Hans Lindner	4, 6–7, 10, 12–14
??	Aprilia-Rotax	Aprilia AF1	30	August Auinger	All
Racing Team Docshop/Wevamed	Yamaha	Yamaha TZ 250	31 44 82	Jean-Michel Mattioli	1–5, 8–15
			35	Wilco Zeelenberg	8–9
			49	René Deláby	1–2, 4, 6, 10–11, 14
Team San Remo	Honda	Honda RS250R	31 34 41 43	Stefano Caracchi	3–15
St Yrian Motos	Yamaha	Yamaha TZ 250	36	Jean Foray	5–6, 8–9, 11, 13–15
Team Hurst/East West	Honda Yamaha	Honda RS250R Yamaha TZ 250	37 43	Garry Cowan	3–4, 7–12, 14
Schuh Racing Team	Yamaha	Yamaha TZ 250	37	Hans Becker	6–12, 14–15
D Gallacher/Bradgate Containers	Yamaha	Yamaha TZ 250	41	Kevin Mitchell	1, 3–7, 11–12, 14
Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	Yamaha YZR 250 Yamaha TZ 250	44 80 27	John Kocinski	1–2, 5–6
??	Yamaha	Yamaha TZ 250	44	Guy Bertin	3, 7, 9–11, 15
NMC Renzo Pasolini	Yamaha	Yamaha TZ 250	45	Massimo Matteoni	3, 5, 7, 9–11, 14
Kung Racing Team Schweiz	Yamaha	Yamaha TZ 250	47	Urs Jücker	5, 10–14
Assmex	Yamaha	Yamaha TZ 250	52	Wilco Zeelenberg	12–13
Team MacLean Camel	Honda	Honda RS250R	75	Bubba Shobert	2
Ville de Reims	Honda	Honda RS250R	74	Bruno Bonhuil	4, 6, 10–11, 13
??	Fior-Rotax	??	??	Christian Boudinot	6, 8, 10–12
Motoklora - Rallye Sport	Honda	Honda RS250R	21	Helmut Bradl	1–3, 5–11, 13–15
??	Yamaha Honda	Yamaha TZ 250 Honda RS250R	??	Alain Bronec	3–6, 9, 13
??	Honda	Honda RS250R	??	Hervé Duffard	6, 11
Racing Team UCC	Yamaha	Yamaha YZR 250	47	Toshihiko Honma	1
SNCF	Fior-Rotax	??	??	Thierry Rapicault	11
??	Yamaha	Yamaha TZ 250	??	Ivan Troisi	6–7, 9, 15
Source: ^[5]

Key
Regular Rider
Wildcard Rider
Replacement Rider

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Round	Date	Race	Location	80cc winner	125cc winner	250cc winner	500cc winner	Report
1	27 March	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka			Anton Mang	Kevin Schwantz	Report
2	10 April	United States Grand Prix	Laguna Seca			Jim Filice	Eddie Lawson	Report
3	24 April	Spanish Grand Prix	Jarama	Stefan Dörflinger	Jorge Martínez	Sito Pons	Kevin Magee	Report
4	1 May	Expo 92 Grand Prix	Jerez	Jorge Martínez		Juan Garriga	Eddie Lawson	Report
5	22 May	Italian Grand Prix	Imola	Jorge Martínez	Jorge Martínez	Dominique Sarron	Eddie Lawson	Report
6	29 May	German Grand Prix	Nürburgring	Jorge Martínez	Ezio Gianola	Luca Cadalora	Kevin Schwantz	Report
7	12 June	Austrian Grand Prix	Salzburgring		Jorge Martínez	Jacques Cornu	Eddie Lawson	Report
8	25 June	Dutch TT	Assen	Jorge Martínez	Jorge Martínez	Juan Garriga	Wayne Gardner	Report
9	3 July	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa		Jorge Martínez	Sito Pons	Wayne Gardner	Report
10	17 July	Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Rijeka	Jorge Martínez	Jorge Martínez	Sito Pons	Wayne Gardner	Report
11	24 July	French Grand Prix	Paul Ricard		Jorge Martínez	Jacques Cornu	Eddie Lawson	Report
12	7 August	British Grand Prix	Donington		Ezio Gianola	Luca Cadalora	Wayne Rainey	Report
13	14 August	Swedish Grand Prix	Anderstorp		Jorge Martínez	Sito Pons	Eddie Lawson	Report
14	28 August	Czechoslovakian Grand Prix	Brno	Jorge Martínez	Jorge Martínez	Juan Garriga	Wayne Gardner	Report
15	17 September	Brazilian Grand Prix	Goiânia			Dominique Sarron	Eddie Lawson	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
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
1	Eddie Lawson	Marlboro Yamaha-Agostini	YZR500	3	1	2	1	1	4	1	2	2	10	1	6	1	2	1	252
2	Wayne Gardner	Rothmans Honda-HRC	NSR500	2	2	3	5	2	8	Ret	1	1	1	4	2	2	1	2	229
3	Wayne Rainey	Lucky Strike Yamaha-Roberts	YZR500	6	4	6	2	3	2	3	7	5	3	5	1	5	3	Ret	189
4	Christian Sarron	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	Niall Mackenzie	HB-Honda	NSR500	4	3	5	7	11	9	Ret	5	11	Ret	Ret	4	4	6	4	125
7	Didier de Radiguès	Marlboro Yamaha-Agostini	YZR500	9	8	8	6	Ret	7	2	12	4	6	7	7	7	Ret	9	120
8	Kevin Schwantz	Pepsi-Suzuki	RGV500	1	5	Ret	Ret	4	1	4	8	Ret		3	Ret	12	Ret	3	119
9	Pierfrancesco Chili	HB Honda-Gallina	NSR500	14	Ret	7		6	6	5	6	8	11	8	8	9	4	7	110
10	Rob McElnea	Pepsi-Suzuki	RGV500	Ret	9	12	8	12	11	9	10	6	8	11	Ret	13	8	8	83
11	Ron Haslam	Team Elf-ROC	Elf5-RS500	12	7	10	Ret	16	Ret	8	13	7	9	10	14	11	7	Ret	68
12	Randy Mamola	Cagiva	GP500	Ret				7	Ret	Ret	Ret	3	4	6	11	10	Ret	Ret	58
13	Shunji Yatsushiro	Rothmans Honda-HRC	NSR500	10	Ret	9	Ret	8	10	7	11	9	7	Ret					57
14	Patrick Igoa	Sonauto Gauloises-Yamaha	YZR500	13				15	12	10	9	10	12	Ret	16	Ret	9	10	44
15	Tadahiko Taira	Yamaha Japan	YZR500	5				10							10	14	5		36
16	Alessandro Valesi	Team Iberna	RS500	19	11	13	10	13	16	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	19
17	Marco Papa	Team Greco	RS500			Ret	9	24	14	Ret	14	14	Ret	18	Ret		12		17
18	Roger Burnett	Katayama Racing Team	RS500					Ret							9	8	Ret	Ret	15
19	Mike Baldwin	Katayama Racing Team	RS500		10	Ret						20	14	13	13				14
20	Raymond Roche	Cagiva	GP500	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	9					Ret	Ret	Ret	15	Ret		13
21	Fabio Barchitta	Katayama Racing Team	RS500			18		18	Ret		Ret	29	16	15	18	16	10	11	12
22	Bruno Kneubühler	Römer Racing Suisse	RS500			15	14	19	25	12	17	25	15	Ret	Ret	20	15	Ret	9
23	Donnie McLeod	Katayama Racing Team	RS500									13	13	16				13	9
24	Marco Gentile	Marlboro Fior	Fior-RS500	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	14	17	Ret	15	30	Ret	17	20	19	11	Ret	8
25	Daniel Amatriain	Ducados-Honda	RS500			14	11	Ret	Ret	Ret	18	22	19	Ret	19	Ret	Ret		7
26	Hikaru Miyagi	Honda	NSR500	11															5
27	Gustav Reiner	Team Hein Gericke	RS500			Ret				11	Ret								5
28	Steve Manley	Gateford Motors	RG500			16	12	Ret			Ret								4
29	Malcolm Campbell	Team Elf-ROC	Elf5-RS500										Ret	12					4
30	Norihiko Fujiwara	Yamaha Japan	YZR500	Ret											12	17			4
31	Francisco Gonzales	Katayama Racing Team	RS500															12	4
32	Fabio Biliotti	Team Amaranto	Paton-RS500			Ret		Ret		13	16	16	17	19	15	Ret	16		4
33	Rachel Nicotte	PVI Racing / Jacadi	RS500			17	13	23				19		Ret	Ret		20		3
34	Peter Schleef	Schuh Racing Team	RS500						13		Ret								3
35	Massimo Broccoli	Cagiva	GP500					Ret	Ret	14									2
36	Peter Linden	Honda Sweden	RS500						Ret							18	14		2
37	Osamu Hiwatashi	Suzuki Japan	RGV500	15															1
38	Maarten Duyzers	HDJ International	RS500			21	15	25	19		Ret	Ret	Ret	24	22	Ret			1
39	Michael Rudroff		RS500						15		19		Ret						1
40	Manfred Fischer	Team Hein Gericke	RS500	Ret				Ret	Ret	15	Ret	Ret		20			19		1
41	Cees Doorakkers	Grundig-Daf Racing Team	RS500								Ret	15							1
42	Shinji Katayama		YZR500	16															0
43	Nicholas Schmassman	FMS	RS500			19	16	26	24	19	Ret	28		23	25	Ret	22		0
44	Andreas Leuthe		RG500			Ret	Ret		Ret	16	Ret	27	21		Ret		Ret		0
45	Masaru Mizutani		RG500	17															0
46	Josef Doppler	MRC Grieskirchen	RS500				17		20	18	21	21							0
47	Alberto Rota		RS500					17											0
48	Franz Holzmeier		RS500							17									0
49	Eddie Laycock	Millar Racing	RS500			Ret	Ret				20	17	20	21	17		Ret		0
50	Wolfgang van Muralt		RG500			Ret			18				23	Ret	Ret	22	17		0
51	Keiji Kinoshita		RS500	18															0
52	Ian Pratt		RG500			Ret	18												0
53	Kees van der Endt	Autobedrijf Koens	RS500								22	18			24				0
54	Karl Truchsess		RS500								Ret		18				21		0
55	Silvo Habat	Fego Racing Team	RS500								23		22				18		0
56	Jean Luc Demierre		RG500			20		Ret					24	Ret					0
57	Romolo Balbi		RS500					20											0
58	Georg Jung		RS500						Ret	20		24	25						0
59	Ari Ramo		RS500					21	22			26	Ret						0
60	Helmut Schutz		RS500						21	21			26						0
61	Dave Leach		RG500												21				0
62	Peter Skold		RS500					22	23							21			0
63	Chris Buerki		RS500			22				Ret						26			0
64	Claude Arciero		RS500											22					0
65	Johann Ten Napel		RG500									23							0
66	Simon Buckmaster		RS500												23	23	Ret		0
67	Claus Wulff		RS500									31				24	23		0
68	Pavel Dekanek		RS500										Ret				24		0
69	Ake Dahli		RG500													25			0
70	Lars Johansson		RG500													27			0
71	Hisashi Yamana		RG500	Ret															0
72	Katunori Shinozaki		RG500	Ret															0
73	John Long		YZR500		Ret														0
74	Claude Albert		RG500			Ret													0
75	Vincenzo Cascino		RS500			Ret		Ret											0
76	Larry Moreno Vacondio		RS500				Ret			Ret		Ret							0
77	Tony Carey		RG500				Ret												0
78	Hans Klingbiel		RG500						Ret										0
79	Hansjörg Butz		RS500						Ret										0
80	Koos van Leyen		RG500								Ret								0
81	Vittorio Scatola	Team Amaranto	Paton-RS500								Ret			Ret					0
82	Eric Sabatier		RS500											Ret					0
83	Thierry Rapicault	Marlboro Fior	Fior-RS500											Ret					0
84	Darren Dixon		RG500												Ret				0
85	Steve Spray		RG500												Ret				0
86	Thomas Aronsson		Nicco Bakker-RS500													Ret			0

250cc standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Team	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Sito Pons	3	Spain	Campsa-Honda	NSR250	231	4
2	Juan Garriga	11	Spain	Ducados-Yamaha	YZR250	221	3
3	Jacques Cornu	9	Switzerland	Parisienne Elf-Honda	NSR250	166	2
4	Dominique Sarron	4	France	Rothmans-Honda France	NSR250	158	2
5	Reinhold Roth	2	West Germany	HB Römer-Honda	NSR250	158	0
6	Luca Cadalora	7	Italy	Marlboro-Yamaha	YZR250	136	2
7	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	17	France	Gauloises Blondes-Yamaha	YZR250	104	0
8	Anton Mang	1	West Germany	Rothmans-Honda Germany	NSR250	87	1
9	Carlos Cardús	5	Spain	Ducados-Honda	NSR250	71	0
10	Masahiro Shimizu	12	Japan	Ajinomoto-Honda	NSR250	68	0
11	Carlos Lavado		Venezuela			55
12	Donnie McLeod		usa			47
13	Loris Reggiani		Usa			44
14	Martin Wimmer		usa			40
15	Manfred Herweh		Spa			35
16	August Auinger		spa			31
17	Helmut Bradl		spa			27
18	Ivan Palazzese		Venezuela			25
19	John Kocinski		United States			24
20	Harald Eckl		fra			22
21	Jim Filice		fra			20
22	Stefano Caracchi		Fra			20
23	Bruno Casanova		ita			17
24	Masaru Kobayashi		ita			15
25	Jean Michel Mattioli		Ita			12
26	Maurizio Vitali		Irl			12
27	Bubba Shobert		irl			11
28	Harald Becker		Irl			11
29	Jean Foray		aus			10
30	Alberto Puig		aus			10
31	Jean-François Baldé		Aus			10
32	Toshihiko Honma		nze			8
33	Masumitsu Taguchi		Nze			6
34	Jochen Schmid		nze			6
35	Hiroyuki Kikuchi		Can			5
36	Erich Neumair		Can			5
37	Guy Bertin		Can			5
38	Wilco Zeelenberg		Mex
39	Hermann Holder		Mex			4
40	Urs Jücker		Mex			4
41	Kyoji Nanba		rus			4
42	Garry Cowan		rus			3
43	Urs Lüzi		rus			3
44	Paolo Casoli		gbr			3
45	Takehiro Yamamoto		gbr			2
46	Massimo Matteoni		jpn			2
47	Keiji Tamura		jpn			1
48	Alan Carter		jpn			1

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125cc standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Jorge Martinez	5	Spain	Derbi	197	9
2	Ezio Gianola	6	Italy	Honda	168	2
3	Hans Spaan	27	Netherlands	Honda	110	0
4	Julián Miralles	3	Spain	Honda	104	0
5	Domenico Brigaglia	4	Italy	Rotax	69	0
6	Gastone Grassetti	12	Italy	Honda	66	0
7	Adi Stadler		West Germany	Honda	63	0
8	Stefan Prein	35	West Germany	Honda	59	0
9	Lucio Pietroniro	9	Belgium	Honda	56	0
10	Gerhard Waibel	6	West Germany	Honda	52	0
11	Hisashi Unemoto		usa		43
12	Alan Scott		usa		38
13	Corrado Catalano		usa		36
14	Luis Miguel Reyes		spa		34
15	Manuel Herreros		spa		30
16	Heinz Lüthi		spa		30
17	Koji Takada		fra		29
18	Johnny Wickstroem		fra		25
19	Pierpaolo Bianchi		fra		24
20	Alfred Waibel		ita		24
21	Fausto Gresini		ita		22
22	Josef Fischer		ita		19
23	Kris Galatowicz		can		19
24	Hubert Abold		can		18
25	Bady Hassaine		Can		14
26	Robin Milton		mex		13
27	Mike Leitner		mex		11
28	Ian McConnachie		mex		10
29	Alex Bedford		aus		8
30	Jussi Hautaniemi		aus		8
31	Flemming Kistrup		aus		7
32	Àlex Crivillé		Nze		7
33	Esa Kytölä		nze		6
34	Robin Appleyard		nze		6
35	Thierry Feuz		ina		6
36	Manuel Hernandez		phi		4
37	Stefan Dörflinger		kor		2
38	Taru Rinne		jpn		2
39	Paul Bordes		jpn		1
40	Emilio Cuppini		jpn		1

80cc standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Jorge Martínez	1	Spain	Derbi	137	6
2	Àlex Crivillé		Spain	Derbi	90	0
3	Stefan Dörflinger	4	Switzerland	Krauser	77	1
4	Manuel Herreros	2	Spain	Derbi	69	0
5	Peter Öttl	5	West Germany	Krauser	65	0
6	Bogdan Nikolov		Bulgaria	Krauser	55	0
7	Károly Juhász		Hungary	Krauser	54	0
8	Jos van Dongen		Netherlands	Casal	47	0
9	Giuseppe Ascareggi		Italy	BBFT	46	0
10	Gabriele Gnani		Italy	Gnani	36	0
11	Herri Torrontegui		usa		28
12	Jörg Seel		usa		27
13	Andrie Nijenhuis		usa		27
14	Günter Schirnhofer		spa		27
15	Bert Smit		spa		25
16	René Dünki		spa		22
17	Reiner Koster		spa		11
18	Heinz Paschen		fra		10
19	Hans Koopman		fra		10
20	Serge Julin		fra		8
21	Jacques Bernard		fra		8
22	Paolo Priori		ita		6
23	Ian McConnachie		ita		6
24	Rudolf Kunz		ita		5
25	Janos Szabo		aus		5
26	Janez Pintar		aus		4
27	Stefan Bragger		aus		3
28	Xavier Arumi		ina		3
29	Hagen Klein		kor		2
30	Hubert Abold		jpn		2
31	Alojz Pavlic		jpn		1
32	Jaime Mariano		jpn		1

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

[1] Scott, Michael: "Wayne Rainey", page 95. Haynes Publishing, 1997.

[2] "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1988". Archive.li. Archived from the original on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2018-06-12.

[3] "1988 World Motorcycle Championship". 12 June 2017.

[4] "Motorcycle Racing Online - 500cc Grand Prix entry list for 1988".

[5] "Motorcycle Racing Online - 250cc Grand Prix entry list for 1988".

[6] 1988 250cc Final Standings at MotoGP.com

[7] 1988 250cc Entries List at www.f1network.net

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