1988 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1988 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 15–17 July 1988 at the Rijeka circuit.

500 cc race report

Eddie Lawson dislocates his shoulder in practice, but starts the race against doctor's orders. He's 34 points ahead of Wayne Gardner.

Christian Sarron gets his 4th pole in a row, but Wayne Rainey gets the start from Gardner, Kevin Magee, et al.

Gardner through to 1st, then it's Rainey, Sarron, Magee and Niall Mackenzie.

Gardner and Sarron get a gap to Rainey and Magee, with Randy Mamola in a close 5th.

Gardner's 3rd win in a row, and he's now 20 points from Lawson.

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Wayne Gardner	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+45'44.146	20
2	Template:Flagicon Christian Sarron	Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	+7.740	17
3	Template:Flagicon Wayne Rainey	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	+21.340	15
4	Template:Flagicon Randy Mamola	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	+23.620	13
5	Template:Flagicon Kevin Magee	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	+23.850	11
6	Template:Flagicon Didier de Radiguès	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	+58.290	10
7	Template:Flagicon Shunji Yatsushiro	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+1'02.260	9
8	Template:Flagicon Rob McElnea	Suzuki Pepsi Cola	Suzuki	+1'02.430	8
9	Template:Flagicon Ron Haslam	Team ROC Elf Honda	Elf Honda	+1'05.830	7
10	Template:Flagicon Eddie Lawson	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	+1'19.750	6
11	Template:Flagicon Pierfrancesco Chili	HB Honda Gallina Team	Honda	+1'46.300	5
12	Template:Flagicon Patrick Igoa	Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	+1 Lap	4
13	Template:Flagicon Donnie McLeod	Racing Team Katayama	Honda	+1 Lap	3
14	Template:Flagicon Mike Baldwin	Racing Team Katayama	Honda	+1 Lap	2
15	Template:Flagicon Bruno Kneubühler	Romer Racing Suisse	Honda	+1 Lap	1
16	Template:Flagicon Fabio Barchitta	Racing Team Katayama	Honda	+1 Lap
17	Template:Flagicon Fabio Biliotti	Team Amoranto	Honda	+1 Lap
18	Template:Flagicon Karl Truchsess		Shell	+1 Lap
19	Template:Flagicon Daniel Amatriain	Ducados Lotus Guarz	Honda	+1 Lap
20	Template:Flagicon Eddie Laycock	Millar Racing	Honda	+1 Lap
21	Template:Flagicon Andreas Leuthe		Suzuki	+1 Lap
22	Template:Flagicon Silvo Habat	Fego Racing Team	Honda	+2 Laps
23	Template:Flagicon Wolfgang von Muralt		Suzuki	+2 Laps
24	Template:Flagicon Jean Luc Demierre		Suzuki	+2 Laps
25	Template:Flagicon Georg Robert Jung	Weigl Telefix Racing Team	Honda	+2 Laps
26	Template:Flagicon Helmut Schutz	Rallye Sport	Honda	+2 Laps
Ret	Template:Flagicon Maarten Duyzers	HDJ International	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Marco Gentile	Fior Marlboro	Fior	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Niall Mackenzie	Team HRC	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Michael Rudroff		Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Alessandro Valesi	Team Iberia	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Malcolm Campbell	Team ROC Elf Honda	Elf Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Raymond Roche	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Ari Ramo		Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Marco Papa	Team Greco	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Pavol Dekanek	Wernberger Konservenfabrik	Honda	Retirement
DNQ	Template:Flagicon Nicholas Schmassman	FMS	Honda	Did not qualify
DNQ	Template:Flagicon Steve Manley	Gateford Motors	Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Template:Flagicon Larry Moreno Vacondio		Suzuki	Did not qualify
DNQ	Template:Flagicon Josef Doppler	MRC Grieskirchen	Honda	Did not qualify
DNQ	Template:Flagicon Franz Schopf	MRC Grieskirchen	Honda	Did not qualify
DNQ	Template:Flagicon Vincenzo Cascino		Honda	Did not qualify
DNQ	Template:Flagicon Michael Kaplan		Honda	Did not qualify
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