1988 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix

  1988 Czechoslovak Grand Prix

Race details
Race 14 of 15 races in the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	28 August 1988
Location	Masaryk Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.403 km (3.357 mi)
500 cc
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
250 cc
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
125 cc
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
80 cc
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
Sidecars
Pole position
Rider	Rolf Biland	LCR-Krauser
Passenger	Kurt Waltisperg
Fastest lap
Rider	Egbert Streuer	LCR-Yamaha
Passenger	Bernard Schnieders
Podium
First	Steve Webster	LCR-Krauser
	Gavin Simmons
Second	Egbert Streuer	LCR-Yamaha
	Bernard Schnieders
Third	Markus Egloff	LCR-ADM
	Urs Egloff

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.

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	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Wayne Gardner	Honda	49:11.060	20
2	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha	+1.910	17
3	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	+2.480	15
4	Pierfrancesco Chili	Honda	+15.680	13
5	Tadahiko Taira	Yamaha	+19.910	11
6	Niall Mackenzie	Honda	+29.440	10
7	Ron Haslam	Elf Honda	+57.440	9
8	Rob McElnea	Suzuki	+58.240	8
9	Patrick Igoa	Yamaha	+59.360	7
10	Fabio Barchitta	Honda	+1:45.960	6
11	Marco Gentile	Fior	+1:45.960	5
12	Marco Papa	Honda	+2:00.440	4
13	Alessandro Valesi	Honda	+2:00.640	3
14	Peter Linden	Honda	+1 Lap	2
15	Bruno Kneubuhler	Honda	+1 Lap	1
16	Fabio Biliotti	Honda	+1 Lap
17	Wolfgang von Muralt	Suzuki	+1 Lap
18	Silvo Habat	Honda	+1 Lap
19	Manfred Fischer	Honda	+1 Lap
20	Rachel Nicotte	Honda	+1 Lap
21	Karl Truchsess	Honda	+1 Lap
22	Nicholas Schmassman	Honda	+1 Lap
23	Claus Wulff	Honda	+1 Lap
24	Pavel Dekanek	Honda	+1 Lap
Ret	Josef Doppler	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Christian Sarron	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Eddie Laycock	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Daniel Amatriain	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Roger Burnett	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Randy Mamola	Cagiva	Retirement
Ret	Didier de Radiguès	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Raymond Roche	Cagiva	Retirement
Ret	Kevin Magee	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Andreas Leuthe	Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Damon Buckmaster	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	Retirement