2008 Chinese motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2008 Chinese motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2008 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 2–4 May 2008 at the Shanghai International Circuit.

China  2008 Chinese Grand Prix
Race details
Race 4 of 18 races in the
2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date4 May 2008
Official namePramac Grand Prix of China[1]
LocationShanghai International Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.281 km (3.281 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider United States Colin Edwards
Time 1:58.139
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 1:59.273
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi
Second Spain Dani Pedrosa
Third Australia Casey Stoner
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Álvaro Bautista
Time 2:04.882
Fastest lap
Rider Finland Mika Kallio
Time 2:15.834
Podium
First Finland Mika Kallio
Second Japan Hiroshi Aoyama
Third Italy Mattia Pasini
125 cc
Pole position
Rider United Kingdom Bradley Smith
Time 2:12.364
Fastest lap
Rider Austria Michael Ranseder
Time 2:23.432
Podium
First Italy Andrea Iannone
Second France Mike Di Meglio
Third Hungary Gábor Talmácsi

MotoGP classification
Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 22 44:08.061 2 25
2 2 Spain Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +3.890 5 20
3 1 Australia Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 22 +15.928 3 16
4 48 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 22 +22.494 4 13
5 33 Italy Marco Melandri Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 22 +26.957 12 11
6 69 United States Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +28.369 10 10
7 5 United States Colin Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 22 +29.780 1 9
8 24 Spain Toni Elías Alice Team Ducati 22 +30.225 15 8
9 65 Italy Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 22 +31.440 6 7
10 56 Japan Shinya Nakano San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 22 +35.969 13 6
11 4 Italy Andrea Dovizioso JiR Team Scot MotoGP Honda 22 +36.246 11 5
12 52 United Kingdom James Toseland Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 22 +43.191 7 4
13 14 France Randy de Puniet LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 22 +43.442 9 3
14 21 United States John Hopkins Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 22 +45.855 14 2
15 50 France Sylvain Guintoli Alice Team Ducati 22 +46.330 17 1
16 15 San Marino Alex de Angelis San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 22 +50.593 16
17 13 Australia Anthony West Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 22 +1:05.593 18
Ret 7 Australia Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 6 Retirement 8
Sources: [2][3][4]

250 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 36 Finland Mika Kallio KTM 21 48:12.217 3 25
2 4 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 21 +3.238 11 20
3 75 Italy Mattia Pasini Aprilia 21 +13.811 7 16
4 58 Italy Marco Simoncelli Gilera 21 +18.474 5 13
5 6 Spain Alex Debón Aprilia 21 +21.066 12 11
6 21 Spain Héctor Barberá Aprilia 21 +25.158 2 10
7 72 Japan Yuki Takahashi Honda 21 +29.990 10 9
8 14 Thailand Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 21 +39.871 18 8
9 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Aprilia 21 +48.344 15 7
10 55 Spain Héctor Faubel Aprilia 21 +55.470 13 6
11 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Gilera 21 +55.832 9 5
12 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 21 +1:00.442 1 4
13 50 Republic of Ireland Eugene Laverty Aprilia 21 +1:00.732 19 3
14 32 Italy Fabrizio Lai Gilera 21 +1:36.975 16 2
15 45 Indonesia Doni Tata Pradita Yamaha 21 +1:37.080 21 1
16 10 Hungary Imre Tóth Aprilia 21 +1:45.018 22
17 7 Spain Russell Gómez Aprilia 21 +2:13.718 23
Ret 25 Italy Alex Baldolini Aprilia 14 Retirement 20
Ret 60 Spain Julián Simón KTM 5 Retirement 4
Ret 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Aprilia 5 Retirement 6
Ret 17 Czech Republic Karel Abraham Aprilia 4 Retirement 17
Ret 52 Czech Republic Lukáš Pešek Aprilia 2 Retirement 14
Ret 54 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Gilera 0 Accident 8
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 29 Italy Andrea Iannone Aprilia 19 46:02.275 5 25
2 63 France Mike Di Meglio Derbi 19 +3.355 3 20
3 1 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 19 +3.451 4 16
4 44 Spain Pol Espargaró Derbi 19 +14.028 7 13
5 17 Germany Stefan Bradl Aprilia 19 +23.853 8 11
6 6 Spain Joan Olivé Derbi 19 +31.962 6 10
7 60 Austria Michael Ranseder Aprilia 19 +33.758 18 9
8 18 Spain Nicolás Terol Aprilia 19 +34.696 2 8
9 35 Italy Raffaele De Rosa KTM 19 +34.838 14 7
10 7 Spain Efrén Vázquez Aprilia 19 +41.011 19 6
11 12 Spain Esteve Rabat KTM 19 +41.139 22 5
12 93 Spain Marc Márquez KTM 19 +43.677 21 4
13 71 Japan Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 19 +53.489 24 3
14 51 United States Stevie Bonsey Aprilia 19 +54.462 16 2
15 30 Spain Pere Tutusaus Aprilia 19 +58.706 20 1
16 11 Germany Sandro Cortese Aprilia 19 +59.454 12
17 77 Switzerland Dominique Aegerter Derbi 19 +1:10.704 13
18 69 France Louis Rossi Honda 19 +1:47.918 32
19 56 Netherlands Hugo van den Berg Aprilia 19 +1:50.406 29
Ret 34 Switzerland Randy Krummenacher KTM 16 Retirement 31
Ret 45 United Kingdom Scott Redding Aprilia 15 Accident 23
Ret 8 Italy Lorenzo Zanetti KTM 11 Retirement 26
Ret 99 United Kingdom Danny Webb Aprilia 10 Accident 10
Ret 95 Romania Robert Mureșan Aprilia 9 Accident 30
Ret 5 France Alexis Masbou Loncin 9 Retirement 25
Ret 21 Germany Robin Lässer Aprilia 7 Accident 27
Ret 19 Italy Roberto Lacalendola Aprilia 7 Accident 28
Ret 38 United Kingdom Bradley Smith Aprilia 6 Accident 1
Ret 24 Italy Simone Corsi Aprilia 5 Retirement 11
Ret 73 Japan Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 4 Retirement 17
Ret 33 Spain Sergio Gadea Aprilia 1 Retirement 9
DNS 27 Italy Stefano Bianco Aprilia 0 Did not start 15
DNS 22 Spain Pablo Nieto KTM Did not start
DNS 16 France Jules Cluzel Loncin Did not start
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round four has concluded.[5]

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

References
  1. "2008 Chinese MotoGP". Motorpsortmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  2. "2008 Chinese MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  3. "Classification" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2008.
  4. "motogp.com · PRAMAC GRAND PRIX OF CHINA · MotoGP Race Classification 2008". www.motogp.com. Archived from the original on 2018-09-10. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
  5. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2008. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
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