1988 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1988 Nations motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth race of the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 20–22 May 1988, at the Autodromo Dino Ferrari.

500 cc race report

Wayne Gardner on pole. Through the first turn, it was Eddie Lawson, Kevin Schwantz, Didier De Radiguès, Pierfrancesco Chili and Gardner.

At the end of the first lap, it was Lawson, De Radiguès, Schwantz, Gardner, Chili and Wayne Rainey.

Another few laps and it was Lawson, Gardner, De Radiguès, then a small gap to Rainey and Schwantz.

Lawson got a gap from a re-formed quartet behind. Christian Sarron went down at a chicane, forcing Kevin Magee and Niall Mackenzie off the track.

On the cool down lap there was a collision between Tadahiko Taira and Raymond Roche.

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Eddie Lawson	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	48:17.160	20
2	Template:Flagicon Wayne Gardner	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+15.510	17
3	Template:Flagicon Wayne Rainey	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	+26.740	15
4	Template:Flagicon Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki Pepsi Cola	Suzuki	+32.860	13
5	Template:Flagicon Kevin Magee	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	+48.490	11
6	Template:Flagicon Pierfrancesco Chili	HB Honda Gallina Team	Honda	+53.120	10
7	Template:Flagicon Randy Mamola	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	+1:15.110	9
8	Template:Flagicon Shunji Yatsushiro	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+1:16.770	8
9	Template:Flagicon Raymond Roche	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	+1:17.210	7
10	Template:Flagicon Tadahiko Taira	Tech 21	Yamaha	+1:18.010	6
11	Template:Flagicon Niall Mackenzie	Team HRC	Honda	+1 Lap	5
12	Template:Flagicon Rob McElnea	Suzuki Pepsi Cola	Suzuki	+1 Lap	4
13	Template:Flagicon Alessandro Valesi	Team Iberia	Honda	+1 Lap	3
14	Template:Flagicon Marco Gentile	Fior Marlboro	Fior	+1 Lap	2
15	Template:Flagicon Patrick Igoa	Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	+1 Lap	1
16	Template:Flagicon Ron Haslam	Team ROC Elf Honda	Elf Honda	+1 Lap
17	Template:Flagicon Alberto Rota		Honda	+1 Lap
18	Template:Flagicon Fabio Barchitta	Racing Team Katayama	Honda	+1 Lap
19	Template:Flagicon Bruno Kneubühler	Romer Racing Suisse	Honda	+1 Lap
20	Template:Flagicon Romolo Balbi		Honda	+1 Lap
21	Template:Flagicon Ari Ramo		Honda	+1 Lap
22	Template:Flagicon Peter Sköld	Team Honda Sweden	Honda	+1 Lap
23	Template:Flagicon Rachel Nicotte	PVI Racing	Honda	+1 Lap
24	Template:Flagicon Marco Papa	Team Greco	Honda	+1 Lap
25	Template:Flagicon Maarten Duyzers	HDJ International	Honda	+1 Lap
26	Template:Flagicon Nicholas Schmassman	FMS	Honda	+1 Lap
Ret	Template:Flagicon Steve Manley	Gateford Motors	Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Manfred Fischer	Team Hein Gericke	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Daniel Amatriain	Ducados Lotus Guarz	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Christian Sarron	Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Massimo Broccoli	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Roger Burnett	Racing Team Katayama	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Didier de Radiguès	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Jean Luc Demierre		Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Vittorio Scatola	Road Racing Team Avia	Paton	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Fabio Biliotti	Team Amoranto	Honda	Retirement
DNQ	Template:Flagicon Andreas Leuthe		Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Template:Flagicon Larry Moreno Vacondio		Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Template:Flagicon Leandro Becheroni		Honda	Did not qualify
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