2008 British motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2008 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2008 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 20–22 June 2008 at the Donington Park circuit.

Valentino Rossi, trying to close the gap to Casey Stoner on the opening lap. Stoner went on to win the race, with Rossi finishing a distant second in the MotoGP race.

  2008 British Grand Prix
Race details
Race 8 of 18 races in the
2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date22 June 2008
Official namebwin.com British Grand Prix[1][2][3]
LocationDonington Park
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.023 km (2.500 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Casey Stoner
Time 1:38.232
Fastest lap
Rider Casey Stoner
Time 1:28.773
Podium
First Casey Stoner
Second Valentino Rossi
Third Dani Pedrosa
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Álvaro Bautista
Time 1:31.834
Fastest lap
Rider Marco Simoncelli
Time 1:32.474
Podium
First Mika Kallio
Second Marco Simoncelli
Third Álvaro Bautista
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Simone Corsi
Time 1:37.488
Fastest lap
Rider Scott Redding
Time 1:38.704
Podium
First Scott Redding
Second Mike Di Meglio
Third Marc Márquez

MotoGP classification
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1 Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 30 44:44.982 1 25
2 46 Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +5.789 2 20
3 2 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +8.347 9 16
4 5 Colin Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 30 +12.678 5 13
5 4 Andrea Dovizioso JiR Team Scot MotoGP Honda 30 +14.801 6 11
6 48 Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +15.690 17 10
7 69 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +18.196 4 9
8 7 Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 30 +21.666 3 8
9 56 Shinya Nakano San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 30 +29.354 10 7
10 13 Anthony West Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 30 +41.030 7 6
11 24 Toni Elías Alice Team Ducati 30 +44.426 18 5
12 14 Randy de Puniet LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 30 +46.199 14 4
13 50 Sylvain Guintoli Alice Team Ducati 30 +48.731 12 3
14 11 Ben Spies Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 30 +49.591 8 2
15 15 Alex de Angelis San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 30 +1:22.186 13 1
16 33 Marco Melandri Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 30 +1:30.021 15
17 52 James Toseland Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 29 +1 lap 16
Ret 21 John Hopkins Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 16 Retirement 11
Sources: [2][4][5]

250 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 36 Mika Kallio KTM 27 42:14.410 14 25
2 58 Marco Simoncelli Gilera 27 +0.353 2 20
3 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 27 +1.237 1 16
4 21 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 27 +8.875 3 13
5 12 Thomas Lüthi Aprilia 27 +11.359 4 11
6 4 Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 27 +16.124 6 10
7 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 27 +16.136 11 9
8 60 Julián Simón KTM 27 +18.007 7 8
9 72 Yuki Takahashi Honda 27 +33.271 5 7
10 41 Aleix Espargaró Aprilia 27 +49.681 8 6
11 15 Roberto Locatelli Gilera 27 +52.534 13 5
12 17 Karel Abraham Aprilia 27 +55.311 16 4
13 52 Lukáš Pešek Aprilia 27 +57.399 9 3
14 54 Manuel Poggiali Gilera 27 +57.641 15 2
15 55 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 27 +1:04.329 17 1
16 14 Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 27 +1:06.156 18
17 32 Fabrizio Lai Gilera 27 +1:15.812 10
18 7 Russell Gómez Aprilia 26 +1 lap 22
19 45 Doni Tata Pradita Yamaha 26 +1 lap 23
Ret 50 Eugene Laverty Aprilia 19 Retirement 20
Ret 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 13 Retirement 19
Ret 75 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 12 Retirement 12
Ret 10 Imre Tóth Aprilia 11 Retirement 21
DNS 63 Toby Markham Yamaha Did not start
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 45 Scott Redding Aprilia 25 41:39.472 4 25
2 63 Mike Di Meglio Derbi 25 +5.324 20 20
3 93 Marc Márquez KTM 25 +5.806 7 16
4 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 25 +13.990 3 13
5 24 Simone Corsi Aprilia 25 +16.855 1 11
6 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 25 +17.181 9 10
7 6 Joan Olivé Derbi 25 +18.014 14 9
8 73 Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 25 +18.222 21 8
9 11 Sandro Cortese Aprilia 25 +18.404 16 7
10 38 Bradley Smith Aprilia 25 +18.891 11 6
11 12 Esteve Rabat KTM 25 +18.976 12 5
12 60 Michael Ranseder Aprilia 25 +28.269 19 4
13 34 Randy Krummenacher KTM 25 +28.347 18 3
14 35 Raffaele De Rosa KTM 25 +29.403 10 2
15 8 Lorenzo Zanetti KTM 25 +35.763 23 1
16 16 Jules Cluzel Loncin 25 +35.868 25
17 51 Stevie Bonsey Aprilia 25 +38.158 15
18 18 Nicolás Terol Aprilia 25 +42.766 6
19 77 Dominique Aegerter Derbi 25 +42.924 26
20 27 Stefano Bianco Aprilia 25 +1:06.296 22
21 21 Robin Lässer Aprilia 25 +1:10.158 29
22 30 Pere Tutusaus Aprilia 25 +1:10.905 24
23 69 Louis Rossi Honda 25 +1:29.269 31
24 95 Robert Mureșan Aprilia 24 +1 lap 30
25 56 Hugo van den Berg Aprilia 24 +1 lap 28
26 67 Lee Costello Honda 24 +1 lap 36
27 19 Roberto Lacalendola Aprilia 24 +1 lap 32
Ret 29 Andrea Iannone Aprilia 19 Accident 5
Ret 17 Stefan Bradl Aprilia 18 Retirement 17
Ret 64 Matthew Hoyle Honda 14 Accident 33
Ret 66 Connor Behan Honda 14 Retirement 34
Ret 68 Paul Jordan Honda 14 Retirement 37
Ret 5 Alexis Masbou Loncin 5 Accident 27
Ret 65 Luke Hinton Honda 4 Accident 35
Ret 1 Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 1 Accident 2
Ret 22 Pablo Nieto KTM 0 Accident 8
Ret 99 Danny Webb Aprilia 0 Accident 13
DNS 44 Pol Espargaró Derbi Did not start
WD 7 Efrén Vázquez Aprilia Withdrew
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eight has concluded.[6]

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References
  1. "2008 British MotoGP". Motorpsortmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  2. "2008 British MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  3. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Donington Park - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  4. "Classification" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2008.
  5. "motogp.com · bwin.com BRITISH GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2008". www.motogp.com.
  6. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2008. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
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