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2008 German motorcycle Grand Prix

Coordinates: 50°47′29.3″N 12°41′19.4″E / 50.791472°N 12.688722°E / 50.791472; 12.688722
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Germany  2008 German Grand Prix
Race details
Race 10 of 18 races in the
2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date13 July 2008
Official nameAlice Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland[1][2][3]
LocationSachsenring
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 3.671 km (2.281 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Australia Casey Stoner
Time 1:21.067
Fastest lap
Rider Australia Casey Stoner
Time 1:32.749
Podium
First Australia Casey Stoner
Second Italy Valentino Rossi
Third Australia Chris Vermeulen
250cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Marco Simoncelli
Time 1:23.399
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Héctor Barberá
Time 1:32.551
Podium
First Italy Marco Simoncelli
Second Spain Héctor Barberá
Third Spain Álvaro Bautista
125cc
Pole position
Rider Hungary Gábor Talmácsi
Time 1:27.552
Fastest lap
Rider France Mike Di Meglio
Time 1:27.584
Podium
First France Mike Di Meglio
Second Germany Stefan Bradl
Third Hungary Gábor Talmácsi

The 2008 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 2008 MotoGP season. It took place on the weekend of 11–13 July 2008 at the Sachsenring, located in Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Germany.

MotoGP classification

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Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1 Australia Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 30 47:30.057 1 25
2 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +3.708 7 20
3 7 Australia Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 30 +14.002 14 16
4 15 San Marino Alex de Angelis San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 30 +14.124 10 13
5 4 Italy Andrea Dovizioso JiR Team Scot MotoGP Honda 30 +42.022 4 11
6 50 France Sylvain Guintoli Alice Team Ducati 30 +46.648 15 10
7 65 Italy Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 30 +1:04.483 13 9
8 14 France Randy de Puniet LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 30 +1:04.588 6 8
9 56 Japan Shinya Nakano San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 30 +1:16.773 9 7
10 13 Australia Anthony West Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 30 +1:29.275 17 6
11 52 United Kingdom James Toseland Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 29 +1 lap 11 5
12 24 Spain Toni Elías Alice Team Ducati 29 +1 lap 12 4
13 69 United States Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 28 +2 laps 8 3
Ret 5 United States Colin Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 20 Accident 3
Ret 33 Italy Marco Melandri Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 9 Accident 16
Ret 2 Spain Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 5 Accident 2
Ret 48 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 2 Accident 5
Sources:[4][5]

250 cc classification

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Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 58 Italy Marco Simoncelli Gilera 29 45:36.703 1 25
2 21 Spain Héctor Barberá Aprilia 29 +2.257 3 20
3 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 29 +2.423 5 16
4 36 Finland Mika Kallio KTM 29 +4.150 4 13
5 60 Spain Julián Simón KTM 29 +4.846 2 11
6 75 Italy Mattia Pasini Aprilia 29 +8.132 13 10
7 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Aprilia 29 +38.302 14 9
8 4 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 29 +48.926 9 8
9 72 Japan Yuki Takahashi Honda 29 +50.062 10 7
10 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Gilera 29 +51.670 8 6
11 25 Italy Alex Baldolini Aprilia 29 +1:08.796 21 5
12 32 Italy Fabrizio Lai Gilera 29 +1:08.962 7 4
13 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Aprilia 29 +1:11.351 12 3
14 55 Spain Héctor Faubel Aprilia 29 +1:11.654 11 2
15 50 Republic of Ireland Eugene Laverty Aprilia 29 +1:13.856 19 1
16 14 Thailand Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 29 +1:29.976 17
17 10 Hungary Imre Tóth Aprilia 28 +1 lap 22
18 93 Hungary Alen Győrfi Honda 28 +1 lap 26
19 45 Indonesia Doni Tata Pradita Yamaha 28 +1 lap 24
20 94 Germany Toni Wirsing Honda 27 +2 laps 25
Ret 90 Italy Federico Sandi Aprilia 22 Accident 18
Ret 52 Czech Republic Lukáš Pešek Aprilia 18 Accident 15
Ret 17 Czech Republic Karel Abraham Aprilia 3 Accident 16
Ret 6 Spain Alex Debón Aprilia 3 Retirement 6
Ret 7 Spain Russell Gómez Aprilia 0 Accident 23
DNS 54 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Gilera 0 Did not start 20
DNQ 89 China Ho Wan Chow Aprilia Did not qualify
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125 cc classification

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Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 63 France Mike Di Meglio Derbi 27 40:03.710 6 25
2 17 Germany Stefan Bradl Aprilia 27 +2.010 3 20
3 1 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 27 +2.733 1 16
4 38 United Kingdom Bradley Smith Aprilia 27 +2.847 2 13
5 24 Italy Simone Corsi Aprilia 27 +9.117 4 11
6 11 Germany Sandro Cortese Aprilia 27 +9.249 9 10
7 18 Spain Nicolás Terol Aprilia 27 +9.257 14 9
8 45 United Kingdom Scott Redding Aprilia 27 +30.778 16 8
9 93 Spain Marc Márquez KTM 27 +33.034 19 7
10 77 Switzerland Dominique Aegerter Derbi 27 +33.121 21 6
11 29 Italy Andrea Iannone Aprilia 27 +33.134 24 5
12 30 Spain Pere Tutusaus Aprilia 27 +33.171 31 4
13 87 Germany Marcel Schrötter Honda 27 +33.208 20 3
14 22 Spain Pablo Nieto KTM 27 +33.755 18 2
15 7 Spain Efrén Vázquez Aprilia 27 +34.554 23 1
16 44 Spain Pol Espargaró Derbi 27 +37.776 15
17 51 United States Stevie Bonsey Aprilia 27 +37.872 13
18 73 Japan Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 27 +54.240 25
19 85 Germany Marvin Fritz Seel 27 +58.249 30
20 5 France Alexis Masbou Loncin 27 +1:14.202 33
21 69 France Louis Rossi Honda 27 +1:15.255 39
22 95 Romania Robert Mureșan Aprilia 27 +1:16.356 32
23 72 Italy Marco Ravaioli Aprilia 27 +1:16.854 35
24 41 Germany Tobias Siegert Aprilia 26 +1 lap 37
DSQ 12 Spain Esteve Rabat KTM 27 (+32.311) 10
Ret 8 Italy Lorenzo Zanetti KTM 25 Retirement 27
Ret 71 Japan Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 24 Accident 7
Ret 35 Italy Raffaele De Rosa KTM 22 Retirement 8
Ret 16 France Jules Cluzel Loncin 19 Retirement 26
Ret 33 Spain Sergio Gadea Aprilia 15 Retirement 12
Ret 21 Germany Robin Lässer Aprilia 15 Retirement 28
Ret 6 Spain Joan Olivé Derbi 14 Retirement 5
Ret 88 Germany Sebastian Kreuziger Honda 14 Retirement 34
Ret 60 Austria Michael Ranseder Aprilia 12 Retirement 22
Ret 48 Switzerland Bastien Chesaux Aprilia 9 Retirement 38
Ret 99 United Kingdom Danny Webb Aprilia 5 Retirement 11
Ret 56 Netherlands Hugo van den Berg Aprilia 4 Retirement 29
Ret 34 Switzerland Randy Krummenacher KTM 3 Retirement 17
Ret 86 Germany Eric Hübsch Aprilia 2 Accident 36
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

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

References

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  1. ^ "2008 German MotoGP". Motorpsortmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  2. ^ "2008 MotoGP (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | the Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
  3. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Sachsenring - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  4. ^ "2008 German MotoGP | Motorsport Database".
  5. ^ "Classification" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2008.
  6. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2008. Retrieved 2019-08-23.


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