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