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
Date	1 June 2008
Official name	Gran Premio d'Italia Alice[1][2][3]
Location	Mugello 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]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 122 2 Dani Pedrosa 110 3 Jorge Lorenzo 94 4 Casey Stoner 76 5 Colin Edwards 58

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 140 2 Honda 110 3 Ducati 81 4 Suzuki 54 5 Kawasaki 29

• 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.

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