1988 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1988 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 12–14 August 1988 at the Anderstorp circuit.

500 cc race report

Eddie Lawson on pole. Wayne Rainey gets the start from Niall Mackenzie and Didier De Radiguès.

At the end of the first lap it's Rainey, Lawson, Wayne Gardner, Christian Sarron, De Radiguès, et al. Lawson passes 3 riders on the straight as if he's angry for his performance at Donington.

Lawson soon through on Rainey and gets a large lead on a group with Gardner, now in 2nd and Rainey in 3rd.

Lawson almost highsides out of first place, but keeps it together to the end. Rainey fades to 5th.

500cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Eddie Lawson	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	47:59.280	20
2	Template:Flagicon Wayne Gardner	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+18.040	17
3	Template:Flagicon Christian Sarron	Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	+19.340	15
4	Template:Flagicon Niall Mackenzie	Team HRC	Honda	+23.450	13
5	Template:Flagicon Wayne Rainey	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	+30.080	11
6	Template:Flagicon Kevin Magee	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	+35.450	10
7	Template:Flagicon Didier de Radiguès	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	+48.620	9
8	Template:Flagicon Roger Burnett	Racing Team Katayama	Honda	+51.160	8
9	Template:Flagicon Pierfrancesco Chili	HB Honda Gallina Team	Honda	+53.330	7
10	Template:Flagicon Randy Mamola	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	+59.520	6
11	Template:Flagicon Ron Haslam	Team ROC Elf Honda	Elf Honda	+1:00.010	5
12	Template:Flagicon Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki Pepsi Cola	Suzuki	+1:02.740	4
13	Template:Flagicon Rob McElnea	Suzuki Pepsi Cola	Suzuki	+1:11.590	3
14	Template:Flagicon Tadahiko Taira	Tech 21	Yamaha	+1:22.990	2
15	Template:Flagicon Raymond Roche	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	+1 Lap	1
16	Template:Flagicon Fabio Barchitta	Racing Team Katayama	Honda	+1 Lap
17	Template:Flagicon Norihiko Fujiwara	Lucky Strike Yamaha	Yamaha	+1 Lap
18	Template:Flagicon Peter Lindén	Team Honda Sweden	Honda	+1 Lap
19	Template:Flagicon Marco Gentile	Fior Marlboro	Fior	+1 Lap
20	Template:Flagicon Bruno Kneubühler	Romer Racing Suisse	Honda	+1 Lap
21	Template:Flagicon Peter Sköld	Team Honda Sweden	Honda	+1 Lap
22	Template:Flagicon Wolfgang von Muralt		Suzuki	+1 Lap
23	Template:Flagicon Simon Buckmaster		Honda	+1 Lap
24	Template:Flagicon Claus Wulff		Honda	+1 Lap
25	Template:Flagicon Åke Dahli		Suzuki	+1 Lap
26	Template:Flagicon Christopher Burki		Honda	+1 Lap
27	Template:Flagicon Lars Johansson		Suzuki	+1 Lap
Ret	Template:Flagicon Nicholas Schmassman	FMS	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Maarten Duyzers	HDJ International	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Daniel Amatriain	Ducados Lotus Guarz	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Alessandro Valesi	Team Iberia	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Fabio Biliotti	Team Amoranto	Honda	Retirement
DNS	Template:Flagicon Patrick Igoa	Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	Did not start
DNS	Template:Flagicon Thomas Aronsson		Nicco Bakker	Did not start
DNQ	Template:Flagicon Andreas Leuthe		Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Template:Flagicon Ari Ramo		Honda	Did not qualify
DNQ	Template:Flagicon Gunnar Bruhn		Honda	Did not qualify
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