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. His best result was a 14th place in the World Championship race at Le Mans. That year he performed well in the European Championships in Donnington and finished 11th place. In 1988, he bought a brand new Honda RS500, and raced in world and European Championships. At the Grand Prix of Yugoslavia in Grobnik, Silvo Habat put Yugoslavian race track record, which amounted to 1.36.0 min. In the race for the European Championship in Misano, he finished in 6th place. In August 1988, he participated in an international race in Schleiz (DDR), where he defeated almost all the competition for more than one lap and set an absolute race track record. His name is still engraved on the memorial stone that stands in the middle of the city Schleiz. In 1988, Silvo Habat retired from competition but, came out of retirement in 1991 when he bought an old

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250cc and began again to compete in the Slovenian national championships and international championships. He again conquered the highest places, and was twice vice-champion of Slovenia. He also had top three finishes in races in Austria, the Czech Republic and Germany. In 1993, he bought a Kawasaki ZXR750 and raced for two seasons in the Slovenian

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championship, finishing in second place in both seasons. Habat retired for good after the 1994 season.

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* 1988 Czechoslovakian motorcycle Grand Prix * 1988 Yugoslavian motorcycle Grand Prix * List of Grand Prix motorcycle racers: H {{DEFAULTSORT:Habat, Silvo Slovenian motorcycle racers 500cc World Championship riders 20th-century births Possibly living people Year of birth missing People from the Municipality of Trzin