1988 United States motorcycle Grand Prix

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1988 United States Grand Prix

Race details

Race 2 of 15 races in the
1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

Date

April 10, 1988

Official name

United States International Grand Prix^[1]^[2]^[3]

Location

Laguna Seca Raceway

Course

Permanent racing facility
3.563 km (2.214 mi)

500cc

Pole position
Rider	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha
Time	1:29.210
Fastest lap
Rider	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha
Time	1:29.960
Podium
First	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha
Second	Wayne Gardner	Honda
Third	Niall Mackenzie	Honda

250cc

Pole position
Rider	John Kocinski	Yamaha
Time	1:32.950
Fastest lap
Rider	Bruno Casanova	Aprilia-Rotax
Time	1:32.320
Podium
First	Jim Filice	Honda
Second	Sito Pons	Honda
Third	Dominique Sarron	Honda

The 1988 United States motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of April 8–10, 1988, at the Laguna Seca Raceway.

500 cc race report

The first U.S. GP in 23 years (the Daytona in 1965 was the previous).

Wayne Rainey was on pole. Through the first hairpin it was Wayne Gardner, Niall Mackenzie, Rainey, Kevin Schwantz, et al.

Eddie Lawson was down in 6th place, with Kevin Magee and Gardner up front. Lawson worked his way through the field, and passed both Gardner and Magee on the inside of Turn 2 (hairpin).

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Eddie Lawson	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	1'00:48.075	20
2	Wayne Gardner	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+7.539	17
3	Niall Mackenzie	Team HRC	Honda	+8.048	15
4	Wayne Rainey	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	+14.638	13
5	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki Pepsi Cola	Suzuki	+27.459	11
6	Christian Sarron	Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	+1:19.207	10
7	Ron Haslam	Team ROC Elf Honda	Elf Honda	+1:30.230	9
8	Didier de Radiguès	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	+1 Lap	8
9	Rob McElnea	Suzuki Pepsi Cola	Suzuki	+1 Lap	7
10	Mike Baldwin	Racing Team Katayama	Honda	+1 Lap	6
11	Alessandro Valesi	Team Iberia	Honda	+1 Lap	5
Ret	Shunji Yatsushiro	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Raymond Roche	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	Retirement
Ret	Kevin Magee	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	John Long		Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Marco Gentile	Fior Marlboro	Fior	Retirement
Ret	Pierfrancesco Chili	HB Honda Gallina Team	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Eugene Brown		Suzuki	Retirement
DNS	Patrick Igoa	Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	Did not start
DNS	Randy Mamola	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	Did not start
DNS	William Knott		Suzuki	Did not start
DNS	Russell Bigley		Yamaha	Did not start
DNQ	Larry Moreno Vacondio		Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Tony Carey		Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Jim Poet		Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Fabio Barchitta	Racing Team Katayama	Honda	Did not qualify
DNQ	Vincenzo Cascino		Honda	Did not qualify
DNQ	Scott Gray		Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Freddie Spencer		Honda	Did not qualify
DNQ	David Busby		Suzuki	Did not qualify
Sources:^[4]^[5]

References

^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1988". Archive.li. Archived from the original on July 25, 2015. Retrieved September 15, 2018.
^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "1988 500cc Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com.
^ "Data". Archived from the original on May 21, 2018. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
^ "1988 United States MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. June 13, 2017.
^ "UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1988". Motogp.com. Retrieved September 16, 2018.

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