1988 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1988 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth race of the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 20–22 May 1988, at the Autodromo Dino Ferrari.

  1988 Nations Grand Prix

Race details
Race 5 of 15 races in the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	22 May 1988
Official name	Gran Premio d'Italia
Location	Autodromo Dino Ferrari
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.040 km (3.132 mi)
500cc
Pole position Rider Wayne Gardner Honda Time 1:55.030 Fastest lap Rider Eddie Lawson Yamaha Time 1:54.410 Podium First Eddie Lawson Yamaha Second Wayne Gardner Honda Third Wayne Rainey Yamaha
250cc
Pole position Rider Dominique Sarron Honda Time 1:59.990 Fastest lap Rider Dominique Sarron Honda Podium First Dominique Sarron Honda Second Sito Pons Honda Third Juan Garriga Yamaha
125cc
Pole position Rider Jorge Martínez Derbi Time 2:08.140 Fastest lap Rider Jorge Martínez Derbi Podium First Jorge Martínez Derbi Second Manuel Herreros Derbi Third Ezio Gianola Honda
80cc
Pole position Rider Jorge Martínez Derbi Time 2:12.000 Fastest lap Rider Jorge Martínez Derbi Podium First Jorge Martínez Derbi Second Stefan Dörflinger Krauser Third Manuel Herreros Derbi

500 cc race report

Wayne Gardner on pole. Through the first turn, it was Eddie Lawson, Kevin Schwantz, Didier De Radiguès, Pierfrancesco Chili and Gardner.

At the end of the first lap, it was Lawson, De Radiguès, Schwantz, Gardner, Chili and Wayne Rainey.

Another few laps and it was Lawson, Gardner, De Radiguès, then a small gap to Rainey and Schwantz.

Lawson got a gap from a re-formed quartet behind. Christian Sarron went down at a chicane, forcing Kevin Magee and Niall Mackenzie off the track.

On the cool down lap there was a collision between Tadahiko Taira and Raymond Roche.

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Eddie Lawson	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	48:17.160	20
2	Wayne Gardner	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+15.510	17
3	Wayne Rainey	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	+26.740	15
4	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki Pepsi Cola	Suzuki	+32.860	13
5	Kevin Magee	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	+48.490	11
6	Pierfrancesco Chili	HB Honda Gallina Team	Honda	+53.120	10
7	Randy Mamola	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	+1:15.110	9
8	Shunji Yatsushiro	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+1:16.770	8
9	Raymond Roche	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	+1:17.210	7
10	Tadahiko Taira	Tech 21	Yamaha	+1:18.010	6
11	Niall Mackenzie	Team HRC	Honda	+1 Lap	5
12	Rob McElnea	Suzuki Pepsi Cola	Suzuki	+1 Lap	4
13	Alessandro Valesi	Team Iberia	Honda	+1 Lap	3
14	Marco Gentile	Fior Marlboro	Fior	+1 Lap	2
15	Patrick Igoa	Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	+1 Lap	1
16	Ron Haslam	Team ROC Elf Honda	Elf Honda	+1 Lap
17	Alberto Rota		Honda	+1 Lap
18	Fabio Barchitta	Racing Team Katayama	Honda	+1 Lap
19	Bruno Kneubühler	Romer Racing Suisse	Honda	+1 Lap
20	Romolo Balbi		Honda	+1 Lap
21	Ari Ramo		Honda	+1 Lap
22	Peter Sköld	Team Honda Sweden	Honda	+1 Lap
23	Rachel Nicotte	PVI Racing	Honda	+1 Lap
24	Marco Papa	Team Greco	Honda	+1 Lap
25	Maarten Duyzers	HDJ International	Honda	+1 Lap
26	Nicholas Schmassman	FMS	Honda	+1 Lap
Ret	Steve Manley	Gateford Motors	Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Manfred Fischer	Team Hein Gericke	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Daniel Amatriain	Ducados Lotus Guarz	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Christian Sarron	Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Massimo Broccoli	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	Retirement
Ret	Roger Burnett	Racing Team Katayama	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Didier de Radiguès	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Jean Luc Demierre		Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Vittorio Scatola	Road Racing Team Avia	Paton	Retirement
Ret	Fabio Biliotti	Team Amoranto	Honda	Retirement
DNQ	Andreas Leuthe		Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Larry Moreno Vacondio		Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Leandro Becheroni		Honda	Did not qualify
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