2008 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2008 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 2008 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 30 May-1 June 2008 at the Mugello Circuit. It marked Valentino Rossi's seventh consecutive victory at the Italian motorcycle Grand Prix, a run which was to be finally broken the following year by Casey Stoner.

  2008 Italian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 6 of 18 races in the
2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date1 June 2008
Official nameGran Premio d'Italia Alice[1][2][3]
LocationMugello Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.245 km (3.259 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Valentino Rossi
Time 1:48.130
Fastest lap
Rider Casey Stoner
Time 1:50.003
Podium
First Valentino Rossi
Second Casey Stoner
Third Dani Pedrosa
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Héctor Barberá
Time 1:52.675
Fastest lap
Rider Álvaro Bautista
Time 1:53.669
Podium
First Marco Simoncelli
Second Alex Debón
Third Thomas Lüthi
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Raffaele De Rosa
Time 1:58.302
Fastest lap
Rider Mike Di Meglio
Time 1:58.570
Podium
First Simone Corsi
Second Gábor Talmácsi
Third Pol Espargaró

MotoGP classification
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 46 Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 23 42:31.153 1 25
2 1 Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 23 +2.201 4 20
3 2 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 23 +4.867 2 16
4 15 Alex de Angelis San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 23 +6.313 10 13
5 5 Colin Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 23 +12.530 5 11
6 52 James Toseland Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 23 +13.806 8 10
7 65 Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 23 +14.447 3 9
8 4 Andrea Dovizioso JiR Team Scot MotoGP Honda 23 +15.319 13 8
9 56 Shinya Nakano San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 23 +15.327 9 7
10 7 Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 23 +30.785 11 6
11 50 Sylvain Guintoli Alice Team Ducati 23 +39.621 17 5
12 24 Toni Elías Alice Team Ducati 23 +50.021 16 4
13 69 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 23 +50.440 6 3
14 8 Tadayuki Okada Repsol Honda Team Honda 23 +58.849 15 2
15 13 Anthony West Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 23 +1:00.736 19 1
Ret 48 Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 6 Accident 7
Ret 21 John Hopkins Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 6 Accident 14
Ret 14 Randy de Puniet LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 5 Accident 12
Ret 33 Marco Melandri Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 5 Accident 18
Sources: [4][5][6]

250 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 58 Marco Simoncelli Gilera 21 40:19.910 3 25
2 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 21 +0.499 7 20
3 12 Thomas Lüthi Aprilia 21 +0.712 8 16
4 36 Mika Kallio KTM 21 +7.403 4 13
5 75 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 21 +12.542 9 11
6 15 Roberto Locatelli Gilera 21 +12.790 18 10
7 17 Karel Abraham Aprilia 21 +16.114 16 9
8 4 Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 21 +17.316 10 8
9 41 Aleix Espargaró Aprilia 21 +19.642 14 7
10 14 Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 21 +19.704 17 6
11 60 Julián Simón KTM 21 +19.751 13 5
12 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 21 +47.360 21 4
13 50 Eugene Laverty Aprilia 21 +47.422 20 3
14 32 Fabrizio Lai Gilera 21 +1:13.423 15 2
15 10 Imre Tóth Aprilia 21 +1:25.891 19 1
16 7 Russell Gómez Aprilia 21 +1:36.557 22
17 45 Doni Tata Pradita Yamaha 21 +1:48.224 23
Ret 21 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 19 Accident 1
Ret 72 Yuki Takahashi Honda 17 Accident 11
Ret 52 Lukáš Pešek Aprilia 9 Accident 5
Ret 55 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 9 Accident 12
Ret 54 Manuel Poggiali Gilera 9 Accident 6
Ret 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 6 Accident 2
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 24 Simone Corsi Aprilia 20 39:59.020 8 25
2 1 Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 20 +0.019 2 20
3 44 Pol Espargaró Derbi 20 +0.036 4 16
4 63 Mike Di Meglio Derbi 20 +0.135 3 13
5 38 Bradley Smith Aprilia 20 +0.178 7 11
6 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 20 +0.490 5 10
7 18 Nicolás Terol Aprilia 20 +0.832 9 9
8 11 Sandro Cortese Aprilia 20 +3.865 6 8
9 6 Joan Olivé Derbi 20 +3.928 14 7
10 17 Stefan Bradl Aprilia 20 +5.439 11 6
11 51 Stevie Bonsey Aprilia 20 +10.244 13 5
12 29 Andrea Iannone Aprilia 20 +10.447 12 4
13 35 Raffaele De Rosa KTM 20 +18.366 1 3
14 45 Scott Redding Aprilia 20 +23.201 16 2
15 60 Michael Ranseder Aprilia 20 +24.440 18 1
16 73 Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 20 +26.631 15
17 34 Randy Krummenacher KTM 20 +30.629 19
18 7 Efrén Vázquez Aprilia 20 +30.730 25
19 93 Marc Márquez KTM 20 +33.868 23
20 8 Lorenzo Zanetti KTM 20 +36.928 31
21 30 Pere Tutusaus Aprilia 20 +49.951 32
22 40 Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 20 +50.038 22
23 16 Jules Cluzel Loncin 20 +50.040 24
24 77 Dominique Aegerter Derbi 20 +50.052 26
25 12 Esteve Rabat KTM 20 +56.360 20
26 47 Riccardo Moretti Honda 20 +1:06.247 35
27 5 Alexis Masbou Loncin 20 +1:06.566 38
28 21 Robin Lässer Aprilia 20 +1:06.982 33
29 56 Hugo van den Berg Aprilia 20 +1:09.266 28
30 42 Luca Vitali Aprilia 20 +1:10.551 38
31 43 Gabriele Ferro Honda 20 +1:10.567 34
32 69 Louis Rossi Honda 20 +1:36.451 37
33 39 Ferrucio Lamborghini Aprilia 20 +1:39.883 36
34 95 Robert Mureșan Aprilia 18 +2 laps 30
Ret 99 Danny Webb Aprilia 19 Accident 17
Ret 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 16 Retirement 10
Ret 19 Roberto Lacalendola Aprilia 11 Retirement 29
Ret 22 Pablo Nieto KTM 8 Retirement 27
Ret 27 Stefano Bianco Aprilia 2 Accident 21
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round six has concluded.[7]

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

References
  1. "2008 Italian MotoGP". Motorpsortmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "2008 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  3. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Mugello - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  4. "2008 Italian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  5. "Classification" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2008.
  6. "motogp.com · GRAN PREMIO D'ITALIA ALICE · MotoGP Race Classification 2008". www.motogp.com.
  7. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2008. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
Previous race:
2008 French Grand Prix		 FIM Grand Prix World Championship
2008 season		 Next race:
2008 Catalan Grand Prix
Previous race:
2007 Italian Grand Prix		 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix Next race:
2009 Italian Grand Prix

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.