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.

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