1988 Dutch TT

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]

  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[1][2][3][4]
Location	TT Circuit Assen
Course	Permanent racing facility 6.049 km (3.759 mi)
500cc
Pole position Rider Christian Sarron Yamaha Time 2:10.940 Fastest lap Rider Wayne Gardner Honda Time 2:11.280 Podium First Wayne Gardner Honda Second Eddie Lawson Yamaha Third Christian Sarron Yamaha
250cc
Pole position Rider Dominique Sarron Honda Time 2:16.460 Fastest lap Rider Anton Mang Honda Time 2:16.000 Podium First Juan Garriga Yamaha Second Jacques Cornu Honda Third Anton Mang Honda
125cc
Pole position Rider Hans Spaan Honda Time 2:27.500 Fastest lap Rider Jorge Martínez Derbi Time 2:26.520 Podium First Jorge Martínez Derbi Second Ezio Gianola Honda Third Hans Spaan Honda
80cc
Pole position Rider Jorge Martínez Derbi Time 2:32.160 Fastest lap Rider Peter Öttl Krauser Time 2:33.980 Podium First Jorge Martínez Derbi Second Peter Öttl Krauser Third Bert Smit Krauser
Sidecar (B2A)
Pole position Rider Rolf Biland LCR-Krauser Fastest lap Rider Rolf Biland LCR-Krauser Time 2:17.350 Podium First Rolf Biland LCR-Krauser Second Egbert Streuer LCR-Yamaha Third Steve Webster LCR-Krauser

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.^[6]

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][7]