1988 Expo 92 motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

  1988 Expo 92 Grand Prix

Race details
Race 4 of 15 races in the 1988 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	1 May 1988
Official name	Gran Premio Campsa^[1]
Location	Circuito Permanente de Jerez
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.218 km (2.621 mi)
500 cc
Pole position Rider Eddie Lawson Yamaha Time 1:50.120 Fastest lap Rider Eddie Lawson Yamaha Time 1:49.029 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 Time 1:51.650 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 Time 2:03.410 Podium First Jorge Martínez Derbi Second Manuel Herreros Derbi Third Àlex Crivillé Derbi
Sidecar (B2A)
Pole position Rider Rolf Biland LCR-Krauser Time 1:49.370 Fastest lap Rider Steve Webster LCR-Krauser Time 1:56.870 Podium First Rolf Biland LCR-Krauser Second Egbert Streuer LCR-Yamaha Third Steve Webster LCR-Krauser

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:^[2]^[3]

References

1. "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1988". Archive.today. 25 July 2015. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
2. "1988 Portuguese MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
3. "PORTUGUESE GRAND PRIX · 500cc Race Classification 1988". Motogp.com. Retrieved 16 September 2018.

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