2008 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix explained

Grand Prix:Catalan
Flag:Catalonia
Official Name:Gran Premi Cinzano de Catalunya[1] [2] [3]
Location:Circuit de Catalunya
Course Mi:2.937
Course Km:4.727
Race No:7
Season No:18
Date:8 June
Year:2008
Pole Rider Motogp:Casey Stoner
Pole Rider Motogp Country:Australia
Pole Time Motogp:1:41.186
Fast Rider Motogp:Dani Pedrosa
Fast Rider Motogp Country:Spain
Fast Time Motogp:1:42.358
First Rider Motogp:Dani Pedrosa
First Rider Motogp Country:Spain
Second Rider Motogp:Valentino Rossi
Second Rider Motogp Country:Italy
Third Rider Motogp:Casey Stoner
Third Rider Motogp Country:Australia
Pole Rider 250:Álvaro Bautista
Pole Rider 250 Country:Spain
Pole Time 250:1:45.636
Fast Rider 250:Álvaro Bautista
Fast Rider 250 Country:Spain
Fast Time 250:1:46.143
First Rider 250:Marco Simoncelli
First Rider 250 Country:Italy
Second Rider 250:Álvaro Bautista
Second Rider 250 Country:Spain
Third Rider 250:Héctor Barberá
Third Rider 250 Country:Spain
Pole Rider 125:Pol Espargaró
Pole Rider 125 Country:Spain
Pole Time 125:1:50.557
Fast Rider 125:Joan Olivé
Fast Rider 125 Country:Spain
Fast Time 125:1:51.271
First Rider 125:Mike Di Meglio
First Rider 125 Country:France
Second Rider 125:Pol Espargaró
Second Rider 125 Country:Spain
Third Rider 125:Gábor Talmácsi
Third Rider 125 Country:Hungary

The 2008 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 2008 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 6–8 June 2008 at the Circuit de Catalunya.

MotoGP classification

Pos.No.RiderTeamManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
12 Dani PedrosaRepsol Honda TeamHonda2543:02.175225
246 Valentino RossiFiat Yamaha TeamYamaha25+2.806920
31 Casey StonerDucati Marlboro TeamDucati25+3.343116
44 Andrea DoviziosoJiR Team Scot MotoGPHonda25+10.893713
55 Colin EdwardsTech 3 YamahaYamaha25+16.426511
652 James ToselandTech 3 YamahaYamaha25+21.482610
77 Chris VermeulenRizla Suzuki MotoGPSuzuki25+21.54889
869 Nicky HaydenRepsol Honda TeamHonda25+22.28038
956 Shinya NakanoSan Carlo Honda GresiniHonda25+22.375117
1021 John HopkinsKawasaki Racing TeamKawasaki25+46.835146
1133 Marco MelandriDucati Marlboro TeamDucati25+57.991165
1213 Anthony WestKawasaki Racing TeamKawasaki25+59.168174
1350 Sylvain GuintoliAlice TeamDucati25+1:00.779153
Ret14 Randy de PunietLCR Honda MotoGPHonda11Accident11
Ret15 Alex de AngelisSan Carlo Honda GresiniHonda10Accident10
Ret65 Loris CapirossiRizla Suzuki MotoGPSuzuki10Accident12
DSQ24 Toni ElíasAlice TeamDucati8Black flag13
WD48 Jorge LorenzoFiat Yamaha TeamYamahaWithdrew
Sources: [4] [5]

250 cc classification

Pos.No.RiderManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
158 Marco SimoncelliGilera2341:01.859425
219 Álvaro BautistaAprilia23+0.039120
321 Héctor BarberáAprilia23+11.291316
46 Alex DebónAprilia23+21.373213
512 Thomas LüthiAprilia23+26.6211211
675 Mattia PasiniAprilia23+26.720510
74 Hiroshi AoyamaKTM23+35.81889
855 Héctor FaubelAprilia23+36.32168
960 Julián SimónKTM23+36.964107
1052 Lukáš PešekAprilia23+41.237166
1114 Ratthapark WilairotHonda23+52.391145
1272 Yuki TakahashiHonda23+56.65674
1325 Alex BaldoliniAprilia23+59.282193
1454 Manuel PoggialiGilera23+1:02.503172
1532 Fabrizio LaiGilera23+1:02.656181
1650 Eugene LavertyAprilia23+1:07.41820
177 Russell GómezAprilia22+1 lap21
1845 Doni Tata PraditaYamaha22+1 lap24
Ret36 Mika KallioKTM19Retirement9
Ret10 Imre TóthAprilia9Retirement22
Ret17 Karel AbrahamAprilia7Accident15
Ret41 Aleix EspargaróAprilia2Retirement13
Ret92 Daniel ArcasHonda2Accident23
Ret15 Roberto LocatelliGilera0Accident11
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125 cc classification

Pos.No.RiderManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
163 Mike Di MeglioDerbi2241:08.708225
244 Pol EspargaróDerbi22+0.268120
31 Gábor TalmácsiAprilia22+0.338716
417 Stefan BradlAprilia22+8.7651313
524 Simone CorsiAprilia22+10.141511
645 Scott ReddingAprilia22+11.178410
751 Stevie BonseyAprilia22+13.671169
811 Sandro CorteseAprilia22+13.755118
933 Sergio GadeaAprilia22+15.54167
1093 Marc MárquezKTM22+18.962146
1199 Danny WebbAprilia22+22.653215
1277 Dominique AegerterDerbi22+24.928174
1371 Tomoyoshi KoyamaKTM22+25.013223
1438 Bradley SmithAprilia22+25.05982
1534 Randy KrummenacherKTM22+25.188181
167 Efrén VázquezAprilia22+25.35215
1760 Michael RansederAprilia22+25.54127
1827 Stefano BiancoAprilia22+31.36526
1930 Pere TutusausAprilia22+42.89928
2016 Jules CluzelLoncin22+43.46929
2156 Hugo van den BergAprilia22+56.93031
2273 Takaaki NakagamiAprilia22+1:01.31819
2319 Roberto LacalendolaAprilia22+1:02.86734
2495 Robert MureșanAprilia22+1:17.37032
2569 Louis RossiHonda22+1:18.79035
2675 Ricard CardúsDerbi22+1:27.35033
2778 Daniel SáezAprilia22+1:28.73637
Ret14 Axel PonsAprilia21Accident30
Ret18 Nicolás TerolAprilia20Accident3
Ret35 Raffaele De RosaKTM20Retirement12
Ret6 Joan OlivéDerbi19Accident10
Ret29 Andrea IannoneAprilia17Accident9
Ret21 Robin LässerAprilia17Accident25
Ret8 Lorenzo ZanettiKTM14Retirement24
Ret5 Alexis MasbouLoncin13Accident23
Ret31 Jordi DalmauHonda11Accident36
Ret76 Iván MaestroAprilia10Accident38
Ret22 Pablo NietoKTM1Retirement20
DNS12 Esteve RabatKTMDid not start
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round seven has concluded.[6]

Riders' Championship standings
RiderPoints
1 Valentino Rossi142
2 Dani Pedrosa135
3 Jorge Lorenzo94
4 Casey Stoner92
5 Colin Edwards69
Constructors' Championship standings
ConstructorPoints
1 Yamaha160
2 Honda135
3 Ducati97
4 Suzuki63
5 Kawasaki35

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2008 Catalan MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database. 13 June 2017.
  2. Web site: 2008 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project. Malcolm. Mitchell. www.progcovers.com.
  3. Web site: Catalunya - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project. Malcolm. Mitchell. www.progcovers.com.
  4. Web site: Classification . 2008 . resources.motogp.com . PDF.
  5. Web site: motogp.com · GRAN PREMI CINZANO DE CATALUNYA · MotoGP Race Classification 2008. www.motogp.com.
  6. Web site: Standings . 2008. resources.motogp.com . PDF. 2019-08-23.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "2008 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2025, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.