1988 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix

  1988 Belgian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 9 of 15 races in the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	3 July 1988
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Course	Permanent racing facility 6.940 km (4.312 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Christian Sarron	Yamaha
Fastest lap
Rider	Christian Sarron	Yamaha
Podium
First	Wayne Gardner	Honda
Second	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha
Third	Randy Mamola	Cagiva
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Jacques Cornu	Honda
Fastest lap
Rider	Anton Mang	Honda
Podium
First	Sito Pons	Honda
Second	Jacques Cornu	Honda
Third	Anton Mang	Honda
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Jorge Martínez	Derbi
Fastest lap
Rider	Gastone Grassetti	Honda
Podium
First	Jorge Martínez	Derbi
Second	Ezio Gianola	Honda
Third	Julián Miralles	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	Steve Webster	LCR-Krauser
	Tony Hewitt
Third	Derek Jones	LCR-Yamaha
	Peter Brown

The 1988 Belgian motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 1–3 July 1988 at Spa-Francorchamps.

500 cc race report

Wet track (but it was not raining).

Christian Sarron on pole, and through the first turn it was Wayne Gardner, Kevin Schwantz, Eddie Lawson, et al.

Gardner got a gap from Lawson, Sarron, Schwantz, Wayne Rainey, Pierfrancesco Chili, Didier De Radiguès and Ron Haslam.

Sarron through to 2nd and was catching Gardner.

Randy Mamola moved past Rainey and De Radiguès to get to 4th behind Schwantz.

Sarron touched a white line and slid out of 2nd, putting Lawson behind Gardner. Schwantz crashed out of 4th as De Radiguès and Rainey went by; he tried to get up but looked like he injured his left leg.

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Wayne Gardner	Honda	46:55.210	20
2	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha	+30.110	17
3	Randy Mamola	Cagiva	+40.780	15
4	Didier de Radiguès	Yamaha	+41.610	13
5	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	+43.170	11
6	Rob McElnea	Suzuki	+1:17.330	10
7	Ron Haslam	Elf Honda	+1:19.100	9
8	Pierfrancesco Chili	Honda	+1:44.230	8
9	Shunji Yatsushiro	Honda	+1:49.720	7
10	Patrick Igoa	Yamaha	+1:56.070	6
11	Niall Mackenzie	Honda	+2:00.010	5
12	Alessandro Valesi	Honda	+2:12.060	4
13	Donnie McLeod	Honda	+1 Lap	3
14	Marco Papa	Honda	+1 Lap	2
15	Cees Doorakkers	Honda	+1 Lap	1
16	Fabio Biliotti	Honda	+1 Lap
17	Eddie Laycock	Honda	+1 Lap
18	Kees vd Endt	Honda	+1 Lap
19	Rachel Nicotte	Honda	+1 Lap
20	Mike Baldwin	Honda	+1 Lap
21	Josef Doppler	Honda	+1 Lap
22	Daniel Amatriain	Honda	+1 Lap
23	Johann Ten Napel	Suzuki	+1 Lap
24	Georg Robert Jung	Honda	+1 Lap
25	Bruno Kneubuhler	Honda	+1 Lap
26	Ari Ramo	Honda	+1 Lap
27	Andreas Leuthe	Suzuki	+1 Lap
28	Nicholas Schmassman	Honda	+1 Lap
29	Fabio Barchitta	Honda	+2 Laps
30	Marco Gentile	Fior	+2 Laps
31	Claus Wulff	Honda	+2 Laps
Ret	Maarten Duyzers	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Christian Sarron	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Manfred Fischer	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Kevin Magee	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Moreno Vacondio	Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	Retirement