1988 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1988 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 22–24 April 1988 at the Circuito Permanente Del Jarama.

  1988 Spanish Grand Prix

Race details
Race 3 of 15 races in the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	24 April 1988
Official name	Gran Premio Marlboro de España
Standort	Circuito Permanente del Jarama
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.404 km (2.115 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Kevin Magee Zeit 1:27.140 Fastest lap Rider Kevin Magee Zeit 1:28.090 Podium First Kevin Magee Yamaha Second Eddie Lawson Yamaha Third Wayne Gardner Honda
250 cc
Pole position Rider Carlos Cardús Zeit 1:29.500 Fastest lap Rider Sito Pons Zeit 1:30.120 Podium First Sito Pons Honda Second Juan Garriga Yamaha Third Jean-Philippe Ruggia Yamaha
125 cc
Pole position Rider Jorge Martínez Zeit 1:35.550 Fastest lap Rider Jorge Martínez Zeit 1:35.670 Podium First Jorge Martínez Derbi Second Julián Miralles Honda Third Gaston Grassetti Honda
80 cc
Pole position Rider Jorge Martínez Derbi Fastest lap Rider Àlex Crivillé Derbi Podium First Stefan Dörflinger Krauser Second Jorge Martínez Derbi Third Àlex Crivillé Derbi

This was the first and only victory of the Australian Kevin Magee.

500 cc race report

Kevin Magee was on pole. Eddie Lawson got the lead at the first turn from Raymond Roche, Pierfrancesco Chili, et al. At the end of the first lap, Lawson had a gap from Christian Sarron, Wayne Gardner and Magee. Magee moved into 2nd and started to close the gap to Lawson; he managed to pass and took the win by a few lengths.

After 21 years, this would be the last Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix on the Jarama circuit. The event would move back to Jerez, where it has stayed permanently ever since.

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Kevin Magee	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	54:52.476	20
2	Eddie Lawson	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	+0.526	17
3	Wayne Gardner	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+11.625	15
4	Christian Sarron	Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	+17.452	13
5	Niall Mackenzie	Team HRC	Honda	+26.990	11
6	Wayne Rainey	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	+39.743	10
7	Pierfrancesco Chili	HB Honda Gallina Team	Honda	+1:12.080	9
8	Didier de Radiguès	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	+1:12.903	8
9	Shunji Yatsushiro	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+1 Lap	7
10	Ron Haslam	Team ROC Elf Honda	Elf Honda	+1 Lap	6
11	Raymond Roche	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	+1 Lap	5
12	Rob McElnea	Suzuki Pepsi Cola	Suzuki	+1 Lap	4
13	Alessandro Valesi	Team Iberia	Honda	+1 Lap	3
14	Daniel Amatriain	Ducados Lotus Guarz	Honda	+1 Lap	2
15	Bruno Kneubühler	Romer Racing Suisse	Honda	+1 Lap	1
16	Steve Manley	Gateford Motors	Suzuki	+1 Lap
17	Rachel Nicotte	PVI Racing	Honda	+1 Lap
18	Fabio Barchitta	Racing Team Katayama	Honda	+2 Laps
19	Nicholas Schmassman	FMS	Honda	+2 Laps
20	Jean Luc Demierre		Suzuki	+2 Laps
21	Maarten Duyzers	HDJ International	Honda	+2 Laps
22	Christopher Burki		Honda	+1 Lap
Ret	Ian Pratt		Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki Pepsi Cola	Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Eddie Laycock	Millar Racing	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Marco Gentile	Fior Marlboro	Fior	Retirement
Ret	Marco Papa	Team Greco	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Andreas Leuthe		Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Fabio Biliotti	Team Amoranto	Paton	Retirement
Ret	Wolfgang von Muralt		Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Gustav Reiner	Team Hein Gericke	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Vincenzo Cascino		Honda	Retirement
Ret	Claude Albert		Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Mike Baldwin	Racing Team Katayama	Honda	Retirement
DNS	Tadahiko Taira	Tech 21	Yamaha	Did not start
DNS	Silvo Habat	Fego Racing Team	Honda	Did not start
DNQ	Larry Moreno Vacondio		Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Josef Doppler	MRC Grieskirchen	Honda	Did not qualify
DNQ	Tony Carey		Suzuki	Did not qualify
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