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Race 2 of 15 races in the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | April 10, 1988 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | United States International Grand Prix[1][2][3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Laguna Seca Raceway | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1988 United States motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of April 8–10, 1988, at the Laguna Seca Raceway.
The first U.S. GP in 23 years (the Daytona in 1965 was the previous).
Wayne Rainey was on pole. Through the first hairpin it was Wayne Gardner, Niall Mackenzie, Rainey, Kevin Schwantz, et al.
Eddie Lawson was down in 6th place, with Kevin Magee and Gardner up front. Lawson worked his way through the field, and passed both Gardner and Magee on the inside of Turn 2 (hairpin).
Pos. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Time/Retired | Points | ||
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Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | 1'00:48.075 | 20 | ||
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Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | +7.539 | 17 | ||
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Team HRC | Honda | +8.048 | 15 | ||
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Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha | +14.638 | 13 | ||
5 | ![]() |
Suzuki Pepsi Cola | Suzuki | +27.459 | 11 | ||
6 | ![]() |
Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 | Yamaha | +1:19.207 | 10 | ||
7 | ![]() |
Team ROC Elf Honda | Elf Honda | +1:30.230 | 9 | ||
8 | ![]() |
Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini | Yamaha | +1 Lap | 8 | ||
9 | ![]() |
Suzuki Pepsi Cola | Suzuki | +1 Lap | 7 | ||
10 | ![]() |
Racing Team Katayama | Honda | +1 Lap | 6 | ||
11 | ![]() |
Team Iberia | Honda | +1 Lap | 5 | ||
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Rothmans Honda Team | Honda | Retirement | |||
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Cagiva Corse | Cagiva | Retirement | |||
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Team Lucky Strike Roberts | Yamaha | Retirement | |||
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Yamaha | Retirement | ||||
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Fior Marlboro | Fior | Retirement | |||
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HB Honda Gallina Team | Honda | Retirement | |||
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Suzuki | Retirement | ||||
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Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 | Yamaha | Did not start | |||
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Cagiva Corse | Cagiva | Did not start | |||
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Suzuki | Did not start | ||||
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Yamaha | Did not start | ||||
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Suzuki | Did not qualify | ||||
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Suzuki | Did not qualify | ||||
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Suzuki | Did not qualify | ||||
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Racing Team Katayama | Honda | Did not qualify | |||
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Honda | Did not qualify | ||||
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Suzuki | Did not qualify | ||||
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Honda | Did not qualify | ||||
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Suzuki | Did not qualify | ||||
Sources:[4][5] |