The 1988 Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the

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. It took place on the weekend of 12–14 August 1988 at the

Anderstorp Anderstorp () is a locality situated in Gislaved Municipality, Jönköping County, Sweden with 4,965 inhabitants in 2010. Scandinavian Raceway, which hosted the Swedish Grand Prix Formula One Formula One (F1) is the highest class of world ...

circuit.

500 cc race report

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on pole.

Wayne Rainey Wayne Wesley Rainey (born October 23, 1960) is an American former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He competed in the FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championships in 1984 and from 1988 to 1993. He won the 500cc World Championship th ...

gets the start from

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and Didier De Radiguès. At the end of the first lap it's Rainey, Lawson,

Wayne Gardner Wayne Michael Gardner (born 11 October 1959) is an Australian former professional motorcycle and touring car racer. He competed in the Grand Prix motorcycle racing world championships from to , most prominently as a member of the Honda factor ...

Christian Sarron Christian Sarron (born 27 March 1955 in Clermont-Ferrand, France) is a French former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. __TOC__ Motorcycle racing career He began his career on a Kawasaki when he met French Grand Prix racer Patrick Pons. Pons h ...

, De Radiguès, et al. Lawson passes 3 riders on the straight as if he's angry for his performance at Donington. Lawson soon through on Rainey and gets a large lead on a group with Gardner, now in 2nd and Rainey in 3rd. Lawson almost highsides out of first place, but keeps it together to the end. Rainey fades to 5th.

500cc classification

References

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Swedish Grand Prix The Swedish Grand Prix () was a round of the Formula One World Championship from 1973 to 1978. It took place at the Scandinavian Raceway in Anderstorp ( Gislaved Municipality), about from Jönköping, in Småland, Sweden. The first race to hold ...

, Year_of_race = 1988 , Previous_race_in_season =

1988 British Grand Prix The 1988 British Grand Prix (formally the XLI Shell Oils British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 10 July 1988 at the Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone. It was the eighth race of the 1988 FIA Formula One World Championship. The ...

, Next_race_in_season = 1988 Czechoslovakian Grand Prix , Previous_year's_race = 1987 Swedish Grand Prix , Next_year's_race = 1989 Swedish Grand Prix Swedish motorcycle Grand Prix

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

Motorcycle A motorcycle (motorbike, bike; uni (if one-wheeled); trike (if three-wheeled); quad (if four-wheeled)) is a lightweight private 1-to-2 passenger personal motor vehicle Steering, steered by a Motorcycle handlebar, handlebar from a saddle-style ...

20th century in Jönköping County Gislaved Municipality Sports competitions in Jönköping County