2008 Chinese motorcycle Grand Prix explained

Grand Prix:Chinese
Flag:China
Official Name:Pramac Grand Prix of China[1]
Location:Shanghai International Circuit
Course Mi:3.281
Course Km:5.281
Race No:4
Season No:18
Date:4 May
Year:2008
Pole Rider Motogp:Colin Edwards
Pole Rider Motogp Country:USA
Pole Time Motogp:1:58.139
Fast Rider Motogp:Valentino Rossi
Fast Rider Motogp Country:Italy
Fast Time Motogp:1:59.273
First Rider Motogp:Valentino Rossi
First Rider Motogp Country:Italy
Second Rider Motogp:Dani Pedrosa
Second Rider Motogp Country:Spain
Third Rider Motogp:Casey Stoner
Third Rider Motogp Country:Australia
Pole Rider 250:Álvaro Bautista
Pole Rider 250 Country:Spain
Pole Time 250:2:04.882
Fast Rider 250:Mika Kallio
Fast Rider 250 Country:Finland
Fast Time 250:2:15.834
First Rider 250:Mika Kallio
First Rider 250 Country:Finland
Second Rider 250:Hiroshi Aoyama
Second Rider 250 Country:Japan
Third Rider 250:Mattia Pasini
Third Rider 250 Country:Italy
Pole Rider 125:Bradley Smith
Pole Rider 125 Country:UK
Pole Time 125:2:12.364
Fast Rider 125:Michael Ranseder
Fast Rider 125 Country:Austria
Fast Time 125:2:23.432
First Rider 125:Andrea Iannone
First Rider 125 Country:Italy
Second Rider 125:Mike Di Meglio
Second Rider 125 Country:France
Third Rider 125:Gábor Talmácsi
Third Rider 125 Country:Hungary

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.

MotoGP classification

Pos.No.RiderTeamManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
146 Valentino RossiFiat Yamaha TeamYamaha2244:08.061225
22 Dani PedrosaRepsol Honda TeamHonda22+3.890520
31 Casey StonerDucati Marlboro TeamDucati22+15.928316
448 Jorge LorenzoFiat Yamaha TeamYamaha22+22.494413
533 Marco MelandriDucati Marlboro TeamDucati22+26.9571211
669 Nicky HaydenRepsol Honda TeamHonda22+28.3691010
75 Colin EdwardsTech 3 YamahaYamaha22+29.78019
824 Toni ElíasAlice TeamDucati22+30.225158
965 Loris CapirossiRizla Suzuki MotoGPSuzuki22+31.44067
1056 Shinya NakanoSan Carlo Honda GresiniHonda22+35.969136
114 Andrea DoviziosoJiR Team Scot MotoGPHonda22+36.246115
1252 James ToselandTech 3 YamahaYamaha22+43.19174
1314 Randy de PunietLCR Honda MotoGPHonda22+43.44293
1421 John HopkinsKawasaki Racing TeamKawasaki22+45.855142
1550 Sylvain GuintoliAlice TeamDucati22+46.330171
1615 Alex de AngelisSan Carlo Honda GresiniHonda22+50.59316
1713 Anthony WestKawasaki Racing TeamKawasaki22+1:05.59318
Ret7 Chris VermeulenRizla Suzuki MotoGPSuzuki6Retirement8
Sources: [2] [3] [4]

250 cc classification

Pos.No.RiderManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
136 Mika KallioKTM2148:12.217325
24 Hiroshi AoyamaKTM21+3.2381120
375 Mattia PasiniAprilia21+13.811716
458 Marco SimoncelliGilera21+18.474513
56 Alex DebónAprilia21+21.0661211
621 Héctor BarberáAprilia21+25.158210
772 Yuki TakahashiHonda21+29.990109
814 Ratthapark WilairotHonda21+39.871188
941 Aleix EspargaróAprilia21+48.344157
1055 Héctor FaubelAprilia21+55.470136
1115 Roberto LocatelliGilera21+55.83295
1219 Álvaro BautistaAprilia21+1:00.44214
1350 Eugene LavertyAprilia21+1:00.732193
1432 Fabrizio LaiGilera21+1:36.975162
1545 Doni Tata PraditaYamaha21+1:37.080211
1610 Imre TóthAprilia21+1:45.01822
177 Russell GómezAprilia21+2:13.71823
Ret25 Alex BaldoliniAprilia14Retirement20
Ret60 Julián SimónKTM5Retirement4
Ret12 Thomas LüthiAprilia5Retirement6
Ret17 Karel AbrahamAprilia4Retirement17
Ret52 Lukáš PešekAprilia2Retirement14
Ret54 Manuel PoggialiGilera0Accident8
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125 cc classification

Pos.No.RiderManufacturerLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
129 Andrea IannoneAprilia1946:02.275525
263 Mike Di MeglioDerbi19+3.355320
31 Gábor TalmácsiAprilia19+3.451416
444 Pol EspargaróDerbi19+14.028713
517 Stefan BradlAprilia19+23.853811
66 Joan OlivéDerbi19+31.962610
760 Michael RansederAprilia19+33.758189
818 Nicolás TerolAprilia19+34.69628
935 Raffaele De RosaKTM19+34.838147
107 Efrén VázquezAprilia19+41.011196
1112 Esteve RabatKTM19+41.139225
1293 Marc MárquezKTM19+43.677214
1371 Tomoyoshi KoyamaKTM19+53.489243
1451 Stevie BonseyAprilia19+54.462162
1530 Pere TutusausAprilia19+58.706201
1611 Sandro CorteseAprilia19+59.45412
1777 Dominique AegerterDerbi19+1:10.70413
1869 Louis RossiHonda19+1:47.91832
1956 Hugo van den BergAprilia19+1:50.40629
Ret34 Randy KrummenacherKTM16Retirement31
Ret45 Scott ReddingAprilia15Accident23
Ret8 Lorenzo ZanettiKTM11Retirement26
Ret99 Danny WebbAprilia10Accident10
Ret95 Robert MureșanAprilia9Accident30
Ret5 Alexis MasbouLoncin9Retirement25
Ret21 Robin LässerAprilia7Accident27
Ret19 Roberto LacalendolaAprilia7Accident28
Ret38 Bradley SmithAprilia6Accident1
Ret24 Simone CorsiAprilia5Retirement11
Ret73 Takaaki NakagamiAprilia4Retirement17
Ret33 Sergio GadeaAprilia1Retirement9
DNS27 Stefano BiancoAprilia0Did not start15
DNS22 Pablo NietoKTMDid not start
DNS16 Jules CluzelLoncinDid 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]

Riders' Championship standings
RiderPoints
1 Dani Pedrosa81
2 Jorge Lorenzo74
3 Valentino Rossi72
4 Casey Stoner56
5 Loris Capirossi33
Constructors' Championship standings
ConstructorPoints
1 Yamaha90
2 Honda81
3 Ducati56
4 Suzuki34
5 Kawasaki26

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2008 Chinese MotoGP. 13 June 2017. Motorpsortmagazine.com. 18 May 2018.
  2. Web site: 2008 Chinese MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database. 13 June 2017.
  3. Web site: Classification . 2008 . resources.motogp.com . PDF.
  4. Web site: motogp.com · PRAMAC GRAND PRIX OF CHINA · MotoGP Race Classification 2008. www.motogp.com. 2018-09-10. 2018-09-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20180910164630/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2008/CHN/MotoGP/RAC/. dead.
  5. Web site: Standings . 2008. resources.motogp.com . PDF. 2019-08-23.

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