1988 Czechoslovak motorcycle Grand Prix

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	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Wayne Gardner	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	49:11.060	20
2	Template:Flagicon Eddie Lawson	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	+1.910	17
3	Template:Flagicon Wayne Rainey	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	+2.480	15
4	Template:Flagicon Pierfrancesco Chili	HB Honda Gallina Team	Honda	+15.680	13
5	Template:Flagicon Tadahiko Taira	Tech 21	Yamaha	+19.910	11
6	Template:Flagicon Niall Mackenzie	Team HRC	Honda	+29.440	10
7	Template:Flagicon Ron Haslam	Team ROC Elf Honda	Elf Honda	+57.440	9
8	Template:Flagicon Rob McElnea	Suzuki Pepsi Cola	Suzuki	+58.240	8
9	Template:Flagicon Patrick Igoa	Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	+59.360	7
10	Template:Flagicon Fabio Barchitta	Racing Team Katayama	Honda	+1:45.960	6
11	Template:Flagicon Marco Gentile	Fior Marlboro	Fior	+1:45.960	5
12	Template:Flagicon Marco Papa	Team Greco	Honda	+2:00.440	4
13	Template:Flagicon Alessandro Valesi	Team Iberia	Honda	+2:00.640	3
14	Template:Flagicon Peter Linden	Team Honda Sweden	Honda	+1 Lap	2
15	Template:Flagicon Bruno Kneubühler	Romer Racing Suisse	Honda	+1 Lap	1
16	Template:Flagicon Fabio Biliotti	Team Amoranto	Honda	+1 Lap
17	Template:Flagicon Wolfgang von Muralt		Suzuki	+1 Lap
18	Template:Flagicon Silvo Habat	Fego Racing Team	Honda	+1 Lap
19	Template:Flagicon Manfred Fischer	Team Hein Gericke	Honda	+1 Lap
20	Template:Flagicon Rachel Nicotte	PVI Racing	Honda	+1 Lap
21	Template:Flagicon Karl Truchsess		Honda	+1 Lap
22	Template:Flagicon Nicholas Schmassman	FMS	Honda	+1 Lap
23	Template:Flagicon Claus Wulff		Honda	+1 Lap
24	Template:Flagicon Pavel Dekanek	Wernberger Konservenfabrik	Honda	+1 Lap
Ret	Template:Flagicon Josef Doppler	MRC Grieskirchen	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Christian Sarron	Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Eddie Laycock	Millar Racing	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Daniel Amatriain	Ducados Lotus Guarz	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Roger Burnett	Racing Team Katayama	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Randy Mamola	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Didier de Radiguès	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Raymond Roche	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Kevin Magee	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Simon Buckmaster		Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki Pepsi Cola	Suzuki	Retirement
DNS	Template:Flagicon Andreas Leuthe		Suzuki	Did not start
DNS	Template:Flagicon Rudolf Zeller	MRC Kremsmunster	Manhattan	Did not start
DNQ	Template:Flagicon Larry Moreno Vacondio		Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Template:Flagicon Imrich Majoros		Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Template:Flagicon Ian Pratt		Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Template:Flagicon Franz Schopf		Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Template:Flagicon Marian Troliga		Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Template:Flagicon Michael Wild		Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Template:Flagicon Harry Heutmekers		Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Template:Flagicon Petr Hlavatka		Suzuki	Did not qualify
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