1988 German motorcycle Grand Prix

  1988 German Grand Prix

Race details
Race 6 of 15 races in the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	29 May 1988
Location	Nürburgring
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.542 km (2.822 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Wayne Gardner	Honda
Fastest lap
Rider	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki
Podium
First	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki
Second	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha
Third	Christian Sarron	Yamaha
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Thierry Rapicault	Fior-Rotax
Fastest lap
Rider	Juan Garriga	Yamaha
Podium
First	Luca Cadalora	Yamaha
Second	Sito Pons	Honda
Third	Juan Garriga	Yamaha
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Hans Spaan	Honda
Fastest lap
Rider	Alfred Waibel	Honda
Podium
First	Ezio Gianola	Honda
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	Àlex Crivillé	Derbi
Third	Manuel Herreros	Derbi
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	Alfred Zurbrügg	LCR-Yamaha
	Martin Zurbrügg

The 1988 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 27–29 May 1988 at the Nürburgring circuit.

500 cc race report

Wet race. Wayne Gardner on pole. Wayne Rainey took the first turn from Eddie Lawson, Pierfrancesco Chili, Christian Sarron, Kevin Schwantz (from the second row).

Sarron, considered a good wet rider, took the lead. At the end of lap one it was Sarron, Schwantz, Lawson, Kevin Magee, Rainey, and Chili. Schwantz moved into first, then it was Sarron, Magee, Lawson, and Rainey. Schwantz had a large lead. Magee went down. The track was drying slightly. Heading towards the last lap, Schwantz was looking ragged going through a chicane, but he held it together to the line.

500 cc classification

Pos	Rider	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	1'01:52.270	20
2	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	+25.030	17
3	Christian Sarron	Yamaha	+51.550	15
4	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha	+1:08.740	13
5	Kevin Magee	Yamaha	+1:12.170	11
6	Pierfrancesco Chili	Honda	+1:12.550	10
7	Didier de Radiguès	Yamaha	+1:20.280	9
8	Wayne Gardner	Honda	+1:43.880	8
9	Niall Mackenzie	Honda	+1 Lap	7
10	Shunji Yatsushiro	Honda	+1 Lap	6
11	Rob McElnea	Suzuki	+1 Lap	5
12	Patrick Igoa	Yamaha	+1 Lap	4
13	Peter Schleef	Honda	+2 Laps	3
14	Marco Papa	Honda	+2 Laps	2
15	Michael Rudroff	Honda	+2 Laps	1
16	Alessandro Valesi	Honda	+2 Laps
17	Marco Gentile	Fior	+2 Laps
18	Wolfgang von Muralt	Suzuki	+2 Laps
19	Maarten Duyzers	Honda	+2 Laps
20	Josef Doppler	Honda	+2 Laps
21	Helmut Schutz	Honda	+2 Laps
22	Ari Ramo	Honda	+2 Laps
23	Peter Skold	Honda	+2 Laps
24	Nicholas Schmassman	Honda	+2 Laps
25	Bruno Kneubuhler	Honda	+2 Laps
Ret	Andreas Leuthe	Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Randy Mamola	Cagiva	Retirement
Ret	Georg Robert Jung	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Manfred Fischer	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Daniel Amatriain	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Massimo Broccoli	Cagiva	Retirement
Ret	Peter Linden	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Hans Klingebiel	Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Ron Haslam	Elf Honda	Retirement
Ret	Hansjoerg Butz	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Fabio Barchitta	Honda	Retirement