2008 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix explained

The 2008 San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 2008 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 29–31 August 2008 at the Misano World Circuit.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	28	44:41.884	2	25
2	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	28	+3.163	3	20
3	24	Toni Elías	Alice Team	Ducati	28	+11.705	5	16
4	2	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	28	+17.470	6	13
5	7	Chris Vermeulen	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	28	+23.409	7	11
6	52	James Toseland	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	28	+26.208	9	10
7	65	Loris Capirossi	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	28	+26.824	11	9
8	4	Andrea Dovizioso	JiR Team Scot MotoGP	Honda	28	+27.591	14	8
9	33	Marco Melandri	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	28	+33.169	15	7
10	5	Colin Edwards	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	28	+36.529	10	6
11	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Alice Team	Ducati	28	+42.081	12	5
12	56	Shinya Nakano	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	28	+43.808	8	4
13	13	Anthony West	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	28	+54.874	18	3
14	21	John Hopkins	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	28	+55.154	17	2
Ret	1	Casey Stoner	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	7	Accident	1
Ret	15	Alex de Angelis	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	1	Accident	13
Ret	14	Randy de Puniet	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	0	Accident	4
DNS	69	Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	0	Did not start	16
Sources: [4] [5]

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	26	43:15.831	11	25
2	72	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	26	+2.088	4	20
3	21	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	26	+3.752	1	16
4	15	Roberto Locatelli	Gilera	26	+7.472	14	13
5	60	Julián Simón	KTM	26	+10.862	7	11
6	58	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	26	+21.180	2	10
7	12	Thomas Lüthi	Aprilia	26	+29.440	6	9
8	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	Honda	26	+33.882	15	8
9	52	Lukáš Pešek	Aprilia	26	+35.051	13	7
10	17	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	26	+45.405	18	6
11	32	Fabrizio Lai	Gilera	26	+47.260	16	5
12	90	Federico Sandi	Aprilia	26	+1:10.664	20	4
13	43	Manuel Hernández	Aprilia	26	+1:10.882	21	3
14	94	Toni Wirsing	Honda	26	+1:33.332	22	2
15	35	Simone Grotzkyj	Gilera	25	+1 lap	23	1
16	45	Doni Tata Pradita	Yamaha	25	+1 lap	24
Ret	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	19	Retirement	3
Ret	50	Eugene Laverty	Aprilia	14	Accident	17
Ret	10	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	12	Retirement	25
Ret	75	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	11	Accident	9
Ret	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	KTM	3	Accident	5
Ret	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	3	Accident	10
Ret	55	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	2	Accident	8
Ret	6	Alex Debón	Aprilia	2	Accident	12
Ret	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	1	Accident	19
DNQ	93	Alen Győrfi	Honda		Did not qualify
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	23	40:03.679	1	25
2	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	23	+5.402	2	20
3	24	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	23	+14.388	5	16
4	93	Marc Márquez	KTM	23	+17.058	8	13
5	18	Nicolás Terol	Aprilia	23	+17.321	9	11
6	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	23	+17.482	13	10
7	11	Sandro Cortese	Aprilia	23	+17.485	7	9
8	77	Dominique Aegerter	Derbi	23	+18.657	14	8
9	12	Esteve Rabat	KTM	23	+19.148	19	7
10	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	23	+34.650	12	6
11	7	Efrén Vázquez	Aprilia	23	+34.855	18	5
12	6	Joan Olivé	Derbi	23	+39.394	10	4
13	60	Michael Ranseder	Aprilia	23	+47.304	21	3
14	99	Danny Webb	Aprilia	23	+53.241	20	2
15	94	Jonas Folger	KTM	23	+53.349	28	1
16	16	Jules Cluzel	Loncin	23	+1:01.903	24
17	72	Marco Ravaioli	Aprilia	23	+1:04.165	32
18	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	KTM	23	+1:06.235	22
19	73	Takaaki Nakagami	Aprilia	23	+1:06.260	25
20	21	Robin Lässer	Aprilia	23	+1:07.200	27
21	43	Gabriele Ferro	Honda	23	+1:21.814	31
22	48	Bastien Chesaux	Aprilia	23	+1:22.521	38
23	69	Louis Rossi	Honda	23	+1:35.247	33
24	56	Hugo van den Berg	Aprilia	23	+1:39.723	39
25	42	Luca Vitali	Aprilia	22	+1 lap	36
26	34	Randy Krummenacher	KTM	21	+2 laps	37
Ret	63	Mike Di Meglio	Derbi	14	Accident	6
Ret	17	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia	14	Retirement	11
Ret	8	Lorenzo Zanetti	KTM	14	Retirement	26
Ret	44	Pol Espargaró	Derbi	12	Retirement	3
Ret	40	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia	12	Retirement	23
Ret	35	Raffaele De Rosa	KTM	10	Retirement	15
Ret	5	Alexis Masbou	Loncin	6	Retirement	29
Ret	49	Gennaro Sabatino	Aprilia	6	Retirement	30
Ret	22	Pablo Nieto	KTM	4	Retirement	34
Ret	51	Stevie Bonsey	Aprilia	3	Retirement	17
Ret	45	Scott Redding	Aprilia	1	Accident	4
Ret	26	Adrián Martín	Aprilia	0	Retirement	35
Ret	47	Riccardo Moretti	Honda	0	Accident	16
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

Riders' Championship standings

	Rider	Points
1	Valentino Rossi	262
2	Casey Stoner	187
3	Dani Pedrosa	185
4	Jorge Lorenzo	140
5	Andrea Dovizioso	118

Constructors' Championship standings

	Constructor	Points
1	Yamaha	291
2	Ducati	228
3	Honda	223
4	Suzuki	139
5	Kawasaki	66

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2008 San Marino MotoGP. 13 June 2017. Motorpsortmagazine.com. 18 May 2018.
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: Misano - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project. Malcolm. Mitchell. Progcovers.com. 18 May 2018.
4. Web site: 2008 San Marino MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database. 13 June 2017.
5. Web site: Classification . 2008 . resources.motogp.com . PDF.
6. Web site: Standings . 2008. resources.motogp.com . PDF. 2019-08-23.