1988 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1988 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix was the penultimate round of the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 26–28 August 1988 at the Masaryk Circuit located in Brno, Czechoslovakia.^[4]

  1988 Czechoslovak Grand Prix

Race details
Race 14 of 15 races in the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	28 August 1988
Official name	Grand Prix ČSSR-Brno[1][2][3]
Location	Masaryk Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.403 km (3.357 mi)
500cc
Pole position Rider Wayne Gardner Honda Fastest lap Rider Wayne Gardner Honda Podium First Wayne Gardner Honda Second Eddie Lawson Yamaha Third Wayne Rainey Yamaha
250cc
Pole position Rider Dominique Sarron Honda Fastest lap Rider Juan Garriga Yamaha Podium First Juan Garriga Yamaha Second Sito Pons Honda Third Luca Cadalora Yamaha
125cc
Pole position Rider Hans Spaan Honda Fastest lap Rider Jorge Martínez Derbi Podium First Jorge Martínez Derbi Second Julián Miralles Honda Third Hans Spaan Honda
80cc
Pole position Rider Jorge Martínez Derbi Fastest lap Rider Jorge Martínez Derbi Podium First Jorge Martínez Derbi Second Stefan Dörflinger Krauser Third Àlex Crivillé Derbi
Sidecar (B2A)
Pole position Rider Rolf Biland LCR-Krauser Fastest lap Rider Egbert Streuer LCR-Yamaha Podium First Steve Webster LCR-Krauser Second Egbert Streuer LCR-Yamaha Third Markus Egloff LCR-ADM

500 cc race report

Wayne Gardner on pole. Wayne Rainey gets a good start, but Tadahiko Taira gets the first turn.

At the end of the first lap, it's Gardner, Taira, Christian Sarron, Rainey, and Eddie Lawson in 7th. Lawson needs to finish behind Gardner to win the championship.

Gardner is getting a gap, but Lawson has moved to 2nd, while Sarron highsides out.

After the race there's a dispute between Lawson and Rainey, Lawson perhaps angry that Team Roberts wasn't playing by the Yamaha team book with Rainey making 2nd place so difficult to get.

Rumors were also that Lawson and team manager Giacomo Agostini were about to split, and Lawson would be going to Rothmans Honda with Gardner.

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Wayne Gardner	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	49:11.060	20
2	Eddie Lawson	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	+1.910	17
3	Wayne Rainey	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	+2.480	15
4	Pierfrancesco Chili	HB Honda Gallina Team	Honda	+15.680	13
5	Tadahiko Taira	Tech 21	Yamaha	+19.910	11
6	Niall Mackenzie	Team HRC	Honda	+29.440	10
7	Ron Haslam	Team ROC Elf Honda	Elf Honda	+57.440	9
8	Rob McElnea	Suzuki Pepsi Cola	Suzuki	+58.240	8
9	Patrick Igoa	Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	+59.360	7
10	Fabio Barchitta	Racing Team Katayama	Honda	+1:45.960	6
11	Marco Gentile	Fior Marlboro	Fior	+1:45.960	5
12	Marco Papa	Team Greco	Honda	+2:00.440	4
13	Alessandro Valesi	Team Iberia	Honda	+2:00.640	3
14	Peter Linden	Team Honda Sweden	Honda	+1 Lap	2
15	Bruno Kneubühler	Romer Racing Suisse	Honda	+1 Lap	1
16	Fabio Biliotti	Team Amoranto	Honda	+1 Lap
17	Wolfgang von Muralt		Suzuki	+1 Lap
18	Silvo Habat	Fego Racing Team	Honda	+1 Lap
19	Manfred Fischer	Team Hein Gericke	Honda	+1 Lap
20	Rachel Nicotte	PVI Racing	Honda	+1 Lap
21	Karl Truchsess		Honda	+1 Lap
22	Nicholas Schmassman	FMS	Honda	+1 Lap
23	Claus Wulff		Honda	+1 Lap
24	Pavel Dekanek	Wernberger Konservenfabrik	Honda	+1 Lap
Ret	Josef Doppler	MRC Grieskirchen	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Christian Sarron	Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Eddie Laycock	Millar Racing	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Daniel Amatriain	Ducados Lotus Guarz	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Roger Burnett	Racing Team Katayama	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Randy Mamola	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	Retirement
Ret	Didier de Radiguès	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Raymond Roche	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	Retirement
Ret	Kevin Magee	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Simon Buckmaster		Honda	Retirement
Ret	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki Pepsi Cola	Suzuki	Retirement
DNS	Andreas Leuthe		Suzuki	Did not start
DNS	Rudolf Zeller	MRC Kremsmunster	Manhattan	Did not start
DNQ	Larry Moreno Vacondio		Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Imrich Majoros		Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Ian Pratt		Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Franz Schopf		Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Marian Troliga		Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Michael Wild		Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Harry Heutmekers		Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Petr Hlavatka		Suzuki	Did not qualify
Sources:[5][6]