2008 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix
The 2008 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixteenth round of the 2008 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 3–5 October 2008 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.
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Race 16 of 18 races in the 2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | 5 October 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Australian Grand Prix[1][2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Race report
The premier class MotoGP race was won by Casey Stoner from pole position. Stoner rode a lights to flag victory ahead of a fast and charging Valentino Rossi who started the race from 12th position on the grid. Nicky Hayden rounded out the podium finishing in a respectable third place.
In the early stages of the race, Stoner and Hayden had a battle that lasted many laps with the two pulling away from the chasing pack, trading fast laps between them. Casey Stoner gradually began to pull away as Hayden's tyres appeared to wear out slightly. Meanwhile, Rossi was charging through the midfield, getting up to 8th position after only the first lap. Rossi quickly disposed of a number of riders in the first few laps, but lost vital time while attempting to overtake his teammate Jorge Lorenzo and former SBK champion James Toseland. Rossi was setting fast lap times but his entertaining battle with these two riders meant he was losing time, and all chances of catching Stoner and Hayden who were riding off into the distance were slowly fading.
After losing the front end going in MG Corner just after Lukey Heights, Rossi lost yet more time. After a few laps he managed to get into the tow behind Toseland and past him going into the long sweeping turn 1. Toseland had no reply and Rossi had his eyes firmly set on catching the leaders. Rossi caught Hayden with only 2 laps to go, but Stoner was simply too far already to be challenged for the win. By this stage of the race, Hayden's rear tyre was very worn as he had not conserved it in the early stages of the race. Rossi pulled a textbook move going into turn 1 on the last lap, Hayden lost ground from here and could not get close enough to attempt to retake second place.
MotoGP classification
Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 1 | ![]() |
Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 27 | 40:56.643 | 1 | 25 |
2 | 46 | ![]() |
Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 27 | +6.504 | 12 | 20 |
3 | 69 | ![]() |
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 27 | +7.205 | 3 | 16 |
4 | 48 | ![]() |
Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 27 | +11.500 | 2 | 13 |
5 | 56 | ![]() |
San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 27 | +11.914 | 9 | 11 |
6 | 52 | ![]() |
Tech 3 Yamaha | Yamaha | 27 | +12.243 | 5 | 10 |
7 | 4 | ![]() |
JiR Team Scot MotoGP | Honda | 27 | +12.780 | 8 | 9 |
8 | 5 | ![]() |
Tech 3 Yamaha | Yamaha | 27 | +25.920 | 7 | 8 |
9 | 14 | ![]() |
LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 27 | +26.037 | 4 | 7 |
10 | 65 | ![]() |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 27 | +26.799 | 11 | 6 |
11 | 24 | ![]() |
Alice Team | Ducati | 27 | +27.027 | 13 | 5 |
12 | 13 | ![]() |
Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 27 | +47.808 | 18 | 4 |
13 | 21 | ![]() |
Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 27 | +48.333 | 16 | 3 |
14 | 50 | ![]() |
Alice Team | Ducati | 27 | +48.899 | 14 | 2 |
15 | 7 | ![]() |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 27 | +48.935 | 15 | 1 |
16 | 33 | ![]() |
Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 27 | +1:11.767 | 17 | |
Ret | 15 | ![]() |
San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 0 | Accident | 10 | |
Ret | 2 | ![]() |
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 0 | Accident | 6 | |
Sources: [4][5][6] |
250 cc classification
Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 58 | ![]() |
Gilera | 25 | 39:02.553 | 1 | 25 |
2 | 19 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 25 | +0.223 | 3 | 20 |
3 | 36 | ![]() |
KTM | 25 | +14.450 | 2 | 16 |
4 | 60 | ![]() |
KTM | 25 | +14.478 | 6 | 13 |
5 | 6 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 25 | +26.226 | 8 | 11 |
6 | 15 | ![]() |
Gilera | 25 | +26.392 | 11 | 10 |
7 | 72 | ![]() |
Honda | 25 | +26.434 | 7 | 9 |
8 | 41 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 25 | +40.546 | 9 | 8 |
9 | 14 | ![]() |
Honda | 25 | +1:00.219 | 12 | 7 |
10 | 32 | ![]() |
Gilera | 25 | +1:20.825 | 13 | 6 |
11 | 17 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 25 | +1:22.802 | 17 | 5 |
12 | 25 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 25 | +1:22.864 | 18 | 4 |
13 | 10 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 25 | +1:23.995 | 16 | 3 |
14 | 52 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 25 | +1:39.740 | 14 | 2 |
15 | 35 | ![]() |
Gilera | 24 | +1 lap | 21 | 1 |
16 | 92 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 24 | +1 lap | 20 | |
17 | 45 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 24 | +1 lap | 22 | |
Ret | 4 | ![]() |
KTM | 15 | Retirement | 4 | |
Ret | 75 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 15 | Accident | 10 | |
Ret | 55 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 4 | Accident | 5 | |
Ret | 90 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 1 | Accident | 15 | |
Ret | 43 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 1 | Retirement | 19 | |
DNQ | 89 | ![]() |
Aprilia | Did not qualify | |||
DNQ | 27 | ![]() |
Aprilia | Did not qualify | |||
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT |
125 cc classification
Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 63 | ![]() |
Derbi | 23 | 37:55.589 | 1 | 25 |
2 | 17 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 23 | +10.255 | 3 | 20 |
3 | 1 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 23 | +13.106 | 9 | 16 |
4 | 29 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 23 | +13.149 | 5 | 13 |
5 | 44 | ![]() |
Derbi | 23 | +26.796 | 15 | 11 |
6 | 11 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 23 | +27.123 | 6 | 10 |
7 | 12 | ![]() |
KTM | 23 | +27.181 | 17 | 9 |
8 | 24 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 23 | +27.871 | 8 | 8 |
9 | 93 | ![]() |
KTM | 23 | +28.287[N 1] | 12 | 7 |
10 | 45 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 23 | +35.087 | 11 | 6 |
11 | 7 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 23 | +57.392 | 25 | 5 |
12 | 8 | ![]() |
KTM | 23 | +57.413 | 19 | 4 |
13 | 22 | ![]() |
KTM | 23 | +57.451 | 16 | 3 |
14 | 6 | ![]() |
Derbi | 23 | +57.539 | 18 | 2 |
15 | 21 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 23 | +1:06.318 | 23 | 1 |
16 | 72 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 23 | +1:06.320 | 29 | |
17 | 26 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 23 | +1:42.441 | 30 | |
18 | 36 | ![]() |
Honda | 23 | +1:42.455 | 31 | |
19 | 28 | ![]() |
KTM | 23 | +1:43.792 | 32 | |
20 | 91 | ![]() |
Honda | 22 | +1 lap | 33 | |
21 | 34 | ![]() |
KTM | 21 | +2 laps | 20 | |
Ret | 38 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 21 | Accident | 2 | |
Ret | 48 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 14 | Retirement | 28 | |
Ret | 33 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 13 | Retirement | 14 | |
Ret | 51 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 12 | Retirement | 13 | |
Ret | 70 | ![]() |
Honda | 10 | Accident | 34 | |
Ret | 16 | ![]() |
Loncin | 8 | Accident | 27 | |
Ret | 46 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 8 | Retirement | 35 | |
Ret | 56 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 7 | Accident | 21 | |
Ret | 95 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 2 | Accident | 24 | |
Ret | 35 | ![]() |
KTM | 2 | Accident | 7 | |
Ret | 5 | ![]() |
Loncin | 1 | Retirement | 22 | |
Ret | 18 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 1 | Retirement | 4 | |
Ret | 73 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 0 | Retirement | 26 | |
Ret | 77 | ![]() |
Derbi | 0 | Accident | 10 | |
DNS | 99 | ![]() |
Aprilia | Did not start | |||
DNQ | 32 | ![]() |
Honda | Did not qualify | |||
DNQ | 92 | ![]() |
Honda | Did not qualify | |||
DNQ | 60 | ![]() |
Aprilia | Did not qualify | |||
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT |
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round sixteen has concluded.[7]
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Notes
- Marc Márquez received a 1-second penalty.
References
- "2008 Australian MotoGP". Motorpsortmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- Mitchell, Malcolm. "2008 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- Mitchell, Malcolm. "Phillip Island Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- "2008 Australian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
- "Classification" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2008.
- "motogp.com · AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2008". www.motogp.com.
- "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2008. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
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