2008 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix

Italy  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 Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 1:48.130
Fastest lap
Rider Australia Casey Stoner
Time 1:50.003
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi
Second Australia Casey Stoner
Third Spain Dani Pedrosa
250cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Héctor Barberá
Time 1:52.675
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Álvaro Bautista
Time 1:53.669
Podium
First Italy Marco Simoncelli
Second Spain Alex Debón
Third Switzerland Thomas Lüthi
125cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Raffaele De Rosa
Time 1:58.302
Fastest lap
Rider France Mike Di Meglio
Time 1:58.570
Podium
First Italy Simone Corsi
Second Hungary Gábor Talmácsi
Third Spain Pol Espargaró

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.

MotoGP classification

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

250 cc classification

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

125 cc classification

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

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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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

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  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.


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