1988 motorcycle world championship

1988 motorcycle world championship

500 cm³ world champion
Driver:	Eddie Lawson
Constructor:	Yamaha
250 cc world champion
Driver:	Sito Pons
Constructor:	Honda
125 cc world champion
Driver:	Jorge Martínez
Constructor:	Derbi
80 cm³ world champion
Driver:	Jorge Martínez
Constructor:	Derbi
Team (500 cm³) world champions
Driver:	Steve Webster Tony Hewitt or Gavin Simmons
Constructor:	LCR - Krauser
<1987 season	1989 season>

The 1988 motorcycle world championship season was the 40th in the history of the FIM - motorcycle road world championship .

In the classes up to 500 cm³ and up to 250 cm³, 15 races were held , in the class up to 125 cm³ eleven, in the class up to 80 cm³ seven and in the sidecar nine races.

Distribution of points

Scoring
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th
Points	20th	17th	15th	13	11	10	9	8th	7th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

All the results achieved were included in the evaluation.

500 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	27.03.	Japanese GP	Suzuka	Kevin Schwantz	Wayne Gardner	Eddie Lawson	Tadahiko Taira	Kevin Schwantz
2	04/10	US GP	Laguna Seca	Eddie Lawson	Wayne Gardner	Niall Mackenzie	Wayne Rainey	Eddie Lawson
3	04/24	GP of Spain	Jarama	Kevin Magee	Eddie Lawson	Wayne Gardner	Kevin Magee	Kevin Magee
4th	01.05.	GP of the Expo '92	Jerez	Eddie Lawson	Wayne Rainey	Kevin Magee	Eddie Lawson	Eddie Lawson
5	May 22nd	GP of Nations	Imola	Eddie Lawson	Wayne Gardner	Wayne Rainey	Wayne Gardner	Eddie Lawson and Wayne Gardner
6th	05/29	GP of Germany	Nürburgring	Kevin Schwantz	Wayne Rainey	Christian Sarron	Wayne Gardner	Kevin Schwantz
7th	12.06.	Austrian GP	Salzburgring	Eddie Lawson	Didier de Radiguès	Wayne Rainey	Christian Sarron	Didier de Radiguès
8th	26.06.	58. Dutch TT	Aces	Wayne Gardner	Eddie Lawson	Christian Sarron	Christian Sarron	Wayne Gardner
9	03.07.	Belgian GP	Spa Francorchamps	Wayne Gardner	Eddie Lawson	Randy Mamola	Christian Sarron	Christian Sarron
10	07/17	GP of Yugoslavia	Rijeka	Wayne Gardner	Christian Sarron	Wayne Rainey	Christian Sarron	Christian Sarron
11	07/24	French GP	Le Castellet	Eddie Lawson	Christian Sarron	Kevin Schwantz	Christian Sarron	Wayne Gardner
12	07.08.	British GP	Donington	Wayne Rainey	Wayne Gardner	Christian Sarron	Wayne Gardner	Christian Sarron
13	08/14	Swedish GP	Anderstorp	Eddie Lawson	Wayne Gardner	Christian Sarron	Eddie Lawson	Eddie Lawson
14th	08/28	Czechoslovakian GP	Brno	Wayne Gardner	Eddie Lawson	Wayne Rainey	Wayne Gardner	Wayne Gardner
15th	17.09.	Brazilian GP	Goiânia	Eddie Lawson	Wayne Gardner	Kevin Schwantz	Wayne Gardner	Eddie Lawson

Driver ranking

1 Eddie Lawson Yamaha 252 2 Wayne Gardner Honda 229 3 Wayne Rainey Yamaha 189 4th Christian Sarron Yamaha 149 5 Kevin Magee Yamaha 138 6th Niall Mackenzie Honda 125 7th Didier de Radiguès Yamaha 120 8th Kevin Schwantz Suzuki 119 9 Pierfrancesco chili Honda 110 10 Rob McElnea Suzuki 83 11 Ron Haslam eleven -honda 68 12 Randy Mamola Cagiva 58 13 Shunji Yatsushiro Honda 57 14th Patrick Igoa Yamaha 44 15th Tadahiko Taira Yamaha 36 16 Alessandro Valesi Honda 26th 17th Marco dad Honda 17th 18th Roger Burnett Honda 15th 19th Mike Baldwin Honda 14th 20th Raymond Roche Cagiva 13 21st Fabio Barchitta Honda 12

22nd Bruno Kneubühler Honda 9 23 Donnie McLeod Honda 9 24 Marco Gentile Fior -Honda / Fior 8th 25th Daniel Amatriaín Honda 7th 26th Hikaru Miyagi Honda 5 Gustav Reiner Honda 5 28 Steve Manley Suzuki 4th  Malcolm Campbell eleven honda 4th Narihiko Fujiwara Yamaha 4th F. González De Nicolás Honda 4th 32 Fabio Biliotti Honda 4th 33 Rachel Nicotte Chevallier Honda 3 Peter Schleef Honda 3 35 Massimo Broccoli Cagiva 2 Peter Lindén Honda 2 37 Osamu Hiwatashi Suzuki 1 Maarten Duyzers Honda 1 Michael Rudroff Honda 1  Manfred Fischer Honda 1 Cees Doorakkers Honda 1

Constructors' championship

The design engineer title was awarded to Yamaha .

250 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	27.03.	Japanese GP	Suzuka	Toni Mang	Sito Pons	Masaru Kobayashi	Toshihiko Honma	Sito Pons
2	04/10	US GP	Laguna Seca	Jim Filice	Sito Pons	Dominique Sarron	John Kocinski	Bruno Casanova
3	04/24	GP of Spain	Jarama	Sito Pons	Juan Garriga	Jean-Philippe Ruggia	Carlos Cardus	Sito Pons
4th	01.05.	GP of the Expo '92	Jerez	Juan Garriga	Masahiro Shimizu	Jacques Cornu	Carlos Lavado	Juan Garriga
5	May 22nd	GP of Nations	Imola	Dominique Sarron	Sito Pons	Juan Garriga	Dominique Sarron	Dominique Sarron
6th	05/29	GP of Germany	Nürburgring	Luca Cadalora	Sito Pons	Juan Garriga	Thierry Rapicault	Juan Garriga
7th	12.06.	Austrian GP	Salzburgring	Jacques Cornu	Reinhold Roth	Juan Garriga	Jacques Cornu	Jacques Cornu
8th	26.06.	58. Dutch TT	Aces	Juan Garriga	Jacques Cornu	Toni Mang	Dominique Sarron	Toni Mang
9	03.07.	Belgian GP	Spa Francorchamps	Sito Pons	Jacques Cornu	Toni Mang	Jacques Cornu	Toni Mang
10	07/17	GP of Yugoslavia	Rijeka	Sito Pons	Juan Garriga	Dominique Sarron	Sito Pons	Juan Garriga
11	07/24	French GP	Le Castellet	Jacques Cornu	Sito Pons	Dominique Sarron	Dominique Sarron	Juan Garriga
12	07.08.	British GP	Donington	Luca Cadalora	Dominique Sarron	Juan Garriga	Juan Garriga	Juan Garriga
13	08/14	Swedish GP	Anderstorp	Sito Pons	Juan Garriga	Dominique Sarron	Luca Cadalora	Reinhold Roth
14th	08/28	Czechoslovakian GP	Brno	Juan Garriga	Sito Pons	Luca Cadalora	Dominique Sarron	Juan Garriga
15th	17.09.	Brazilian GP	Goiânia	Dominique Sarron	Carlos Lavado	Sito Pons	Dominique Sarron	Luca Cadalora

Driver ranking

1 Sito Pons Honda 231 2 Juan Garriga Yamaha 221 3 Jacques Cornu Honda 166 4th Dominique Sarron Honda 158 5 Reinhold Roth Honda 158 6th Luca Cadalora Yamaha 136 7th Jean-Philippe Ruggia Yamaha 104 8th Toni Mang Honda 87 9 Carlos Cardus Honda 71 10 Masahiro Shimizu Honda 68 11 Carlos Lavado Yamaha 55 12 Donnie McLeod EMC - Rotax 47 13 Loris Reggiani Aprilia -Rotax 44 14th Martin Wimmer Yamaha 40 15th Manfred Herweh Yamaha 35 16 August Auinger Aprilia Rotax 31 17th Helmut Bradl Honda 27 18th Iván Palazzese Yamaha 25th 19th John Kocinski Yamaha 24 20th Harald Eckl Aprilia Rotax 22nd 21st Jim Filice Honda 20th 22nd Stefano Caracchi Honda 20th 23 Bruno Casanova Aprilia Rotax 17th 24 Masaru Kobayashi Honda 15th 25th Jean-Michel Mattioli Yamaha / Défi-Rotax 12

26th Maurizio Vitali Yamaha / Gazzaniga -Rotax 12 27 Bubba Shobert Honda 11 28 Hans Becker Yamaha 11 29 Jean Foray Yamaha 10 30th Alberto Puig Honda 10 31 Jean-François Baldé Défi-Rotax 10 32 Toshihiko Honma Yamaha 8th 33 Masumitsu Taguchi Honda 6th Jochen Schmid Honda 6th 35 Seigo Kikuchi Honda 5 Engelbert Neumair Aprilia Rotax 5 Guy Bertin Yamaha 5 38 Wilco Zeelenberg Yamaha 5 39 Kyoji Nanba Yamaha 4th Hermann Holder Yamaha 4th Urs Jücker Yamaha 4th 42 Urs Lüzi Honda 3 Gary Cowan Yamaha 3 44 Paolo Casoli Garelli 3 45 Youichi Yamamoto Honda 2 Massimo Matteoni Yamaha 2 47 Keiji Tamura Yamaha 1 Alan Carter Yamaha 1

Constructors' championship

The design engineer title was awarded to Honda .

125 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	04/24	GP of Spain	Jarama	Jorge Martínez	Julián Miralles	Gastone Grassetti	Jorge Martínez	Jorge Martínez
2	May 22nd	GP of Nations	Imola	Jorge Martínez	Manuel Herreros	Ezio Gianola	Jorge Martínez	Jorge Martínez
3	05/29	GP of Germany	Nürburgring	Ezio Gianola	Julián Miralles	Hans Spaan	Hans Spaan	Alfred Waibel
4th	12.06.	Austrian GP	Salzburgring	Jorge Martínez	Ezio Gianola	Stefan Prein	Jorge Martínez	Hans Spaan
5	26.06.	58. Dutch TT	Aces	Jorge Martínez	Ezio Gianola	Hans Spaan	Hans Spaan	Jorge Martínez
6th	03.07.	Belgian GP	Spa Francorchamps	Jorge Martínez	Ezio Gianola	Julián Miralles	Jorge Martínez	Gastone Grassetti
7th	07/17	GP of Yugoslavia	Rijeka	Jorge Martínez	Ezio Gianola	Lucio Pietroniro	Jorge Martínez	Corrado Catalano
8th	07/24	French GP	Le Castellet	Jorge Martínez	Ezio Gianola	Corrado Catalano	Ezio Gianola	Jorge Martínez
9	07.08.	British GP	Donington	Ezio Gianola	Jorge Martínez	Domenico Brigaglia	Ezio Gianola	Ezio Gianola
10	08/14	Swedish GP	Anderstorp	Jorge Martínez	Ezio Gianola	Julián Miralles	Jorge Martínez	Jorge Martínez
11	08/28	Czechoslovakian GP	Brno	Jorge Martínez	Julián Miralles	Hans Spaan	Hans Spaan	Jorge Martínez

Driver ranking

1 Jorge Martínez Derbi 197 2 Ezio Gianola Honda 168 3 Hans Spaan Honda 110 4th Julián Miralles Honda 104 5 Domenico Brigaglia Gazzaniga - Rotax 69 6th Gastone Grassetti Honda 66 7th Adi Stadler Honda 63 8th Stefan Prein Honda 59 9 Lucio Pietroniro Honda 56 10 Gerhard Waibel Honda 52 11 Hisashi Unemoto Honda 43 12 Allan Scott Honda 38 13 Corrado Catalano Aprilia 36 14th Luis Miguel Reyes Garelli 34 15th Manuel Herreros Derbi 30th 16 Heinz Lüthi Honda 30th 17th Kohji Takada Honda 29 18th Johnny Wickström Honda 25th 19th Pier Paolo Bianchi Cagiva 24 20th Alfred Waibel Honda 24

21st Fausto Gresini Garelli 22nd 22nd Josef Fischer Noki-Rotax 19th 23 Krysztof Galatowicz Honda 19th 24 Hubert Abold Honda 18th 25th Bady Hassaine Honda 14th 26th Robin Milton Honda 13 27 Mike Leitner LCR -Rotax 11 28 Ian McConnachie Cagiva 10 29 Alex Bedford Honda 8th 30th Jussi Hautaniemi Honda 8th 31 Àlex Crivillé Derbi 7th Flemming Kistrup Honda 7th 33 Esa Kytölä Honda 6th 34 Thierry Feuz Ferac-Rotax 6th 35 Robin Appleyard Honda 6th 36 Manuel Hernández Honda 4th 37 Stefan Dörflinger Honda 2 Taru gutter Honda 2 39 Paul Bordes Honda 1 Emilio Cuppini Honda 1

Constructors' championship

The design engineer title was awarded to Derbi .

80 cc class

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	04/24	GP of Spain	Jarama	Stefan Dörflinger	Jorge Martínez	Àlex Crivillé	Jorge Martínez	Àlex Crivillé
2	01.05.	GP of the Expo '92	Jerez	Jorge Martínez	Manuel Herreros	Àlex Crivillé	Jorge Martínez	Stefan Dörflinger
3	May 22nd	GP of Nations	Imola	Jorge Martínez	Stefan Dörflinger	Manuel Herreros	Jorge Martínez	Jorge Martínez
4th	05/29	GP of Germany	Nürburgring	Jorge Martínez	Àlex Crivillé	Manuel Herreros	Jorge Martínez	Jorge Martínez
5	26.06.	58. Dutch TT	Aces	Jorge Martínez	Peter Öttl	Bert Smit	Jorge Martínez	Peter Öttl
6th	07/17	GP of Yugoslavia	Rijeka	Jorge Martínez	Peter Öttl	Àlex Crivillé	Jorge Martínez	Jorge Martínez
7th	08/28	Czechoslovakian GP	Brno	Jorge Martínez	Stefan Dörflinger	Àlex Crivillé	Jorge Martínez	Jorge Martínez

Driver ranking

1 Jorge Martínez Derbi 137 2 Àlex Crivillé Derbi 90 3 Stefan Dörflinger Krauser 77 4th Manuel Herreros Derbi 69 5 Peter Öttl (Companies) align = "right" | 65 6th Bogdan Nikolov (Companies) align = "right" | 55 7th Juhász Károly (Companies) align = "right" | 54 8th Jos van Dongen Casal 47 9 Giuseppe Ascareggi BBFT 46 10 Gabriele Gnani Gnani 36 11 Herri Torrontegui Autisa 28 12 Jörg Seel Seel 27 13 Andrie Nijenhuis Casal 27 14th Günter Schirnhofer (Companies) align = "right" | 27 15th Bert Smit (Companies) align = "right" | 25th 16 René Dünki (Companies) align = "right" | 22nd

17th Pure Koster LCR 11 18th Heinz Paschen Casal 10 19th Hans Koopman Ziegler 10 20th Serge Julin Casal 8th 21st Jacques Bernard Fantic 8th 22nd Ian McConnachie Autisa 6th Paolo Priori (Companies) align = "right" | 6th 24 Rainer Kunz Ziegler 5 25th János Szabó (Companies) align = "right" | 5 26th Janez Pintar Eberhardt 4th 27 Stefan Brägger Casal 3 28 Javier Arumi (Companies) align = "right" | 3 29 Hubert Abold (Companies) align = "right" | 2 Hagen Klein Ziegler 2 31 Jaime Mariano JJ Cobas 1 Alojz Pavlic Seel 1

Constructors' championship

The design engineer title was awarded to Derbi .

Carriages (500 cm³)

Race results

	date	run	route	1st place	place 2	place 3	Pole position	Nice Race lap
1	01.05.	GP of the Expo '92	Jerez	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Egbert Streuer / Bernard Schnieders	Steve Webster / Tony Hewitt	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Steve Webster / Tony Hewitt
2	05/29	GP of Germany	Nürburgring	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Steve Webster / Tony Hewitt	Alfred Zurbrügg / Martin Zurbrügg	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg
3	12.06.	Austrian GP	Salzburgring	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Alain Michel / Jean-Marc Fresc	Steve Webster / Tony Hewitt	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg
4th	26.06.	58. Dutch TT	Aces	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Egbert Streuer / Bernard Schnieders	Steve Webster / Tony Hewitt	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg
5	03.07.	Belgian GP	Spa Francorchamps	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Steve Webster / Tony Hewitt	Derek Jones / Peter Brown	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg
6th	07/24	French GP	Le Castellet	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Steve Webster / Tony Hewitt	Markus Egloff / Urs Egloff	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg
7th	07.08.	British GP	Donington	Steve Webster / Tony Hewitt	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Alain Michel / Jean-Marc Fresc	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg
8th	08/14	Swedish GP	Anderstorp	Steve Webster / Tony Hewitt	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Egbert Streuer / Bernard Schnieders	Steve Webster / Tony Hewitt	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg
9	08/28	Czechoslovakian GP	Brno	Steve Webster / Gavin Simmons	Egbert Streuer / Bernard Schnieders	Markus Egloff / Urs Egloff	Rolf Biland / Kurt Waltisperg	Egbert Streuer / Bernard Schnieders

Driver ranking

1	Steve Webster	Tony Hewitt and Gavin Simmons	LCR - Krauser	156
2	Rolf Biland	Kurt Waltisperg	(Companies)	154
3	Egbert Streuer	Bernard Schnieders	LCR- Yamaha	97
4th	Alain Michel	Jean-Marc Fresc	(Companies)	align = "right" | 93
5	Markus Egloff	Urs Egloff	LCR-ADM	79
6th	Derek Jones	Peter Brown	LCR Yamaha	69
7th	Alfred Zurbrügg	Martin Zurbrügg	LCR Yamaha	64
8th	Masato Kumano	Markus Fährni	LCR Yamaha	61
9	Bernd Scherer	Thomas Schröder	(Companies)	align = "right" | 54
10	Steve Abbott	Shaun Smith	Windle -Yamaha	53
11	Barry Brindley	Graham Rose and Gavin Simmons, respectively	LCR Yamaha	50
12	Fritz Stölzle	Hubert Stölzle	(Companies)	align = "right" | 45
13	Yoshisada Kumagaya	Brian Barlow and Peter Lindén	Windle-Yamaha	42
14th	Wolfgang Stropek	Hans-Peter Demling or Geral de Haas or Steve Campbell or Wolfgang Bock	(Companies)	align = "right" | 35
15th	Theo van Kempen	Simon Birchall and Geral de Haas	LCR Yamaha	34
16	Pascal Larratte	Jacques Corbier and Eckart Rösinger	LCR Yamaha	26th
17th	Yvan Nigrowsky	Martial Charpentier	Seymaz -JPX	17th
18th	André Bosman	David Kellett	LCR Yamaha	10
19th	Rolf Steinhausen	Bruno Hiller	Busch-ADM	9
20th	Werner Kraus	Oliver Schuster	bush	6th
21st	Gary Thomas	Geral de Haas and J. Webb and Eckart Rösinger	(Companies)	align = "right" | 6th
22nd	Dennis Bingham	Gary Irlam	LCR Yamaha	4th
	Jean-Louis Millet	Claude Debroux	LCR Yamaha	4th
	Clive Stirrat	Simon Prior	LCR Yamaha	4th
25th	Jos van Stekelenburg	Rinie Bettgens	Windle-Yamaha	3
26th	René Progin	Yvan Hunziker	(Companies)	align = "right" | 1
	Doug Chivas	Håkan Olsson	LCR Yamaha	1

Constructors' championship

The design engineer title was awarded to LCR - Krauser .

Web links

• Official website of the motorcycle world championship
• Detailed statistics for the 1988 season at racingmemo.free.fr (French)