1988 Expo 92 motorcycle Grand Prix

  1988 Expo 92 Grand Prix

Race details
Race 4 of 15 races in the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	1 May 1988
Location	Circuito de Jerez
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.218 km (2.621 mi)
500 cc
Pole position
Rider	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha
Fastest lap
Rider	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha
Podium
First	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha
Second	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha
Third	Kevin Magee	Yamaha
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Carlos Lavado	Yamaha
Fastest lap
Rider	Juan Garriga	Yamaha
Podium
First	Juan Garriga	Yamaha
Second	Masahiro Shimizu	Honda
Third	Jacques Cornu	Honda
80 cc
Pole position
Rider	Jorge Martínez	Derbi
Fastest lap
Rider	Stefan Dörflinger	Krauser
Podium
First	Jorge Martínez	Derbi
Second	Manuel Herreros	Derbi
Third	Àlex Crivillé	Derbi
Sidecars
Pole position
Rider	Rolf Biland	LCR-Krauser
Passenger	Kurt Waltisperg
Fastest lap
Rider	Steve Webster	LCR-Krauser
Passenger	Tony Hewitt
Podium
First	Rolf Biland	LCR-Krauser
	Kurt Waltisperg
Second	Egbert Streuer	LCR-Yamaha
	Bernard Schnieders
Third	Steve Webster	LCR-Krauser
	Tony Hewitt

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 Jerez circuit.

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	Manufacturer	Time/Retired	Points
1	Eddie Lawson	Yamaha	53:47.990	20
2	Wayne Rainey	Yamaha	+1.640	17
3	Kevin Magee	Yamaha	+7.670	15
4	Christian Sarron	Yamaha	+7.790	13
5	Wayne Gardner	Honda	+28.630	11
6	Didier de Radiguès	Yamaha	+30.520	10
7	Niall Mackenzie	Honda	+1:12.030	9
8	Rob McElnea	Suzuki	+1:37.420	8
9	Marco Papa	Honda	+1 Lap	7
10	Alessandro Valesi	Honda	+1 Lap	6
11	Daniel Amatriain	Honda	+1 Lap	5
12	Steve Manley	Suzuki	+1 Lap	4
13	Rachel Nicotte	Honda	+1 Lap	3
14	Bruno Kneubuhler	Honda	+1 Lap	2
15	Maarten Duyzers	Honda	+1 Lap	1
16	Nicholas Schmassman	Honda	+2 Laps
17	Josef Doppler	Honda	+2 Laps
18	Ian Pratt	Suzuki	+2 Laps
Ret	Shunji Yatsushiro	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Ron Haslam	Elf Honda	Retirement
Ret	Moreno Vacondio	Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Tony Carey	Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Raymond Roche	Cagiva	Retirement
Ret	Eddie Laycock	Honda	Retirement
Ret	Andreas Leuthe	Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Kevin Schwantz	Suzuki	Retirement
Ret	Marco Gentile	Fior	Retirement

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