1988 Expo 92 motorcycle Grand Prix

The 1988 "Expo 92" Grand Prix was the fourth race of the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 29 April–1 May 1988 at the Circuito Permanente de Jerez.

While the race is called the EXPO 92 Grand Prix, the race is classified as the "Portuguese Grand Prix", despite the fact that it is not called that.

500 cc race report

Eddie Lawson on pole. Wayne Rainey got the start from Lawson and Kevin Schwantz.

Schwantz passed Lawson at the final hairpin, and after the first lap, the order was Rainey, Schwantz, Lawson, Christian Sarron and Kevin Magee.

Schwantz tried to close the gap to Rainey, but started to look behind him more than usual, and it seemed his Suzuki was having problems. Magee 3rd ahead of Lawson. Schwantz quickly dropped to 4th and looked at his rear wheel; he soon headed into the pits.

Lawson fought back and swapped the lead with Magee and then went after Rainey.

Catching up to Rainey who had led for 27 laps, Lawson had a very hard time getting past, but finally managed it.

500 cc classification

Pos.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Template:Flagicon Eddie Lawson	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	53:47.990	20
2	Template:Flagicon Wayne Rainey	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	+1.640	17
3	Template:Flagicon Kevin Magee	Team Lucky Strike Roberts	Yamaha	+7.670	15
4	Template:Flagicon Christian Sarron	Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1	Yamaha	+7.790	13
5	Template:Flagicon Wayne Gardner	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	+28.630	11
6	Template:Flagicon Didier de Radiguès	Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini	Yamaha	+30.520	10
7	Template:Flagicon Niall Mackenzie	Team HRC	Honda	+1:12.030	9
8	Template:Flagicon Rob McElnea	Suzuki Pepsi Cola	Suzuki	+1:37.420	8
9	Template:Flagicon Marco Papa	Team Greco	Honda	+1 Lap	7
10	Template:Flagicon Alessandro Valesi	Team Iberia	Honda	+1 Lap	6
11	Template:Flagicon Daniel Amatriain	Ducados Lotus Guarz	Honda	+1 Lap	5
12	Template:Flagicon Steve Manley	Gateford Motors	Suzuki	+1 Lap	4
13	Template:Flagicon Rachel Nicotte	PVI Racing	Honda	+1 Lap	3
14	Template:Flagicon Bruno Kneubühler	Romer Racing Suisse	Honda	+1 Lap	2
15	Template:Flagicon Maarten Duyzers	HDJ International	Honda	+1 Lap	1
16	Template:Flagicon Nicholas Schmassman	FMS	Honda	+2 Laps
17	Template:Flagicon Josef Doppler	MRC Grieskirchen	Honda	+2 Laps
18	Template:Flagicon Ian Pratt		Suzuki	+2 Laps
Ret	Template:Flagicon Shunji Yatsushiro	Rothmans Honda Team	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Ron Haslam	Team ROC Elf Honda	Elf Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Larry Moreno Vacondio		Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Tony Carey		Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Raymond Roche	Cagiva Corse	Cagiva	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Eddie Laycock	Millar Racing	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Andreas Leuthe		Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki Pepsi Cola	Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Template:Flagicon Marco Gentile	Fior Marlboro	Fior	Retirement
DNS	Template:Flagicon Pierfrancesco Chili	HB Honda Gallina Team	Honda	Did not start
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