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 Kevin Magee Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha 54:52.476 20 2 Eddie Lawson Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha +0.526 17 3 Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda Team Honda +11.625 15 4 Christian Sarron Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha +17.452 13 5 Niall Mackenzie Team HRC Honda +26.990 11 6 Wayne Rainey Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha +39.743 10 7 Pierfrancesco Chili HB Honda Gallina Team Honda +1:12.080 9 8 Didier de Radiguès Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha +1:12.903 8 9 Shunji Yatsushiro Rothmans Honda Team Honda +1 Lap 7 10 Ron Haslam Team ROC Elf Honda Elf Honda +1 Lap 6 11 Raymond Roche Cagiva Corse Cagiva +1 Lap 5 12 Rob McElnea Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki +1 Lap 4 13 Alessandro Valesi Team Iberia Honda +1 Lap 3 14 Daniel Amatriain Ducados Lotus Guarz Honda +1 Lap 2 15 Bruno Kneubühler Romer Racing Suisse Honda +1 Lap 1 16 Steve Manley Gateford Motors Suzuki +1 Lap 17 Rachel Nicotte PVI Racing Honda +1 Lap 18 Fabio Barchitta Racing Team Katayama Honda +2 Laps 19 Nicholas Schmassman FMS Honda +2 Laps 20 Jean Luc Demierre Suzuki +2 Laps 21 Maarten Duyzers HDJ International Honda +2 Laps 22 Christopher Burki Honda +1 Lap Ret Ian Pratt Suzuki Retirement Ret Kevin Schwantz Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki Retirement Ret Eddie Laycock Millar Racing Honda Retirement Ret Marco Gentile Fior Marlboro Fior Retirement Ret Marco Papa Team Greco Honda Retirement Ret Andreas Leuthe Suzuki Retirement Ret Fabio Biliotti Team Amoranto Paton Retirement Ret Wolfgang von Muralt Suzuki Retirement Ret Gustav Reiner Team Hein Gericke Honda Retirement Ret Vincenzo Cascino Honda Retirement Ret Claude Albert Suzuki Retirement Ret Mike Baldwin Racing Team Katayama Honda Retirement DNS Tadahiko Taira Tech 21 Yamaha Did not start DNS Silvo Habat Fego Racing Team Honda Did not start DNQ Larry Moreno Vacondio Suzuki Did not qualify DNQ Josef Doppler MRC Grieskirchen Honda Did not qualify DNQ Tony Carey Suzuki Did not qualify Sources:
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