The 1988 Austrian motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 10–12 June 1988 at the Salzburgring.
500 cc race report Christian Sarron on pole, then Eddie Lawson, Niall Mackenzie, Kevin Schwantz and Wayne Gardner.
Gardner got the first turn from Lawson, Rainey, Ron Haslam, Schwantz, et al.
Didier De Radiguès moved up to 4th and the field started to get strung out. Schwantz gave Ron Haslam a little bump as he passed and Sarron crashed out.
Lawson and Gardner swapped the lead, allowing Rainey and De Radiguès to close.
De Radiguès put pressure on Lawson his teammate in 2nd, and Rainey seemed to be dropping away.
Lawson and Gardner drop De Radiguès.
Gardner crashes out of 2nd spot.
500cc classification Pos. Rider Team Manufacturer Time/Retired Points 1 Eddie Lawson Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha 39:40.630 20 2 Didier de Radiguès Marlboro Yamaha Team Agostini Yamaha +2.790 17 3 Wayne Rainey Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha +12.550 15 4 Kevin Schwantz Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki +13.590 13 5 Pierfrancesco Chili HB Honda Gallina Team Honda +19.310 11 6 Kevin Magee Team Lucky Strike Roberts Yamaha +22.070 10 7 Shunji Yatsushiro Rothmans Honda Team Honda +26.830 9 8 Ron Haslam Team ROC Elf Honda Elf Honda +59.450 8 9 Rob McElnea Suzuki Pepsi Cola Suzuki +1:00.370 7 10 Patrick Igoa Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha +1:07.660 6 11 Gustav Reiner Team Hein Gericke Honda +1 Lap 5 12 Bruno Kneubühler Romer Racing Suisse Honda +1 Lap 4 13 Fabio Biliotti Team Amoranto Honda +1 Lap 3 14 Massimo Broccoli Cagiva Corse Cagiva +1 Lap 2 15 Manfred Fischer Team Hein Gericke Honda +1 Lap 1 16 Andreas Leuthe Suzuki +1 Lap 17 Franz Holzmeier Honda +1 Lap 18 Josef Doppler MRC Grieskirchen Honda +1 Lap 19 Nicholas Schmassman FMS Honda +1 Lap 20 Georg Robert Jung Weigl Telefix Racing Team Honda +1 Lap 21 Helmut Schutz Rallye Sport Honda +1 Lap Ret Alessandro Valesi Team Iberia Honda Retirement Ret Larry Moreno Vacondio Suzuki Retirement Ret Randy Mamola Cagiva Corse Cagiva Retirement Ret Christopher Burki Honda Retirement Ret Marco Papa Team Greco Honda Retirement Ret Marco Gentile Fior Marlboro Fior Retirement Ret Christian Sarron Sonauto Gauloises Blondes Yamaha Mobil 1 Yamaha Retirement Ret Daniel Amatriain Ducados Lotus Guarz Honda Retirement Ret Wayne Gardner Rothmans Honda Team Fior Retirement Ret Niall Mackenzie Team HRC Honda Retirement DNS Silvo Habat Fego Racing Team Honda Did not start Sources:
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