2008 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix

  2008 Valencian Community Grand Prix

Race details
Race 18 of 18 races in the 2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	26 October 2008
Official name	GP Parts Europe de la Comunitat Valenciana
Location	Circuit de Valencia
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.005 km (2.489 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Casey Stoner
Time	1:31.502
Fastest lap
Rider	Casey Stoner
Time	1:32.582
Podium
First	Casey Stoner
Second	Dani Pedrosa
Third	Valentino Rossi
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Marco Simoncelli
Time	1:35.408
Fastest lap
Rider	Mika Kallio
Time	1:35.890
Podium
First	Marco Simoncelli
Second	Yuki Takahashi
Third	Álvaro Bautista
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Gábor Talmácsi
Time	1:41.451
Fastest lap
Rider	Mike di Meglio
Time	1:40.901
Podium
First	Simone Corsi
Second	Nicolas Terol
Third	Mike di Meglio

The 2008 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the last round of the 2008 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 24–26 October 2008 at the Circuit de Valencia.

MotoGP classification

Pos	No	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Casey Stoner	Ducati	30	46:46.114	1	25
2	2	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	30	+3.390	2	20
3	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	30	+12.194	10	16
4	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	30	+24.159	9	13
5	69	Nicky Hayden	Honda	30	+26.232	3	11
6	5	Colin Edwards	Yamaha	30	+32.209	4	10
7	56	Shinya Nakano	Honda	30	+34.571	15	9
8	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	30	+35.661	7	8
9	65	Loris Capirossi	Suzuki	30	+38.228	8	7
10	15	Alex de Angelis	Honda	30	+47.583	16	6
11	52	James Toseland	Yamaha	30	+52.107	5	5
12	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Ducati	30	+52.350	13	4
13	7	Chris Vermeulen	Suzuki	30	+52.833	12	3
14	21	John Hopkins	Kawasaki	30	+53.227	14	2
15	14	Randy de Puniet	Honda	30	+53.411	6	1
16	33	Marco Melandri	Ducati	30	+1:08.387	18
17	13	Anthony West	Kawasaki	30	+1:11.181	17
18	24	Toni Elias	Ducati	30	+1:37.055	11

250 cc classification

Pos	No	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	58	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	27	43:29.003	1	25
2	72	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	27	+5.164	10	20
3	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	27	+8.648	6	16
4	15	Roberto Locatelli	Gilera	27	+15.605	8	13
5	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	KTM	27	+20.991	5	11
6	55	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	27	+22.212	9	10
7	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	27	+23.199	12	9
8	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	Honda	27	+23.321	7	8
9	75	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	27	+37.424	14	7
10	12	Thomas Lüthi	Aprilia	27	+38.887	11	6
11	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	27	+44.065	4	5
12	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	27	+1:10.999	16	4
13	10	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	27	+1:31.950	18	3
14	92	Daniel Arcas	Honda	27	+1:39.110	22	2
15	35	Simone Grotzkyj	Gilera	27	+1:41.209	17	1
16	43	Manuel Hernández	Aprilia	26	+1 Lap	21
17	17	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	26	+1 Lap	20
18	90	Federico Sandi	Aprilia	26	+1 Lap	19
19	45	Doni Tata Pradita	Yamaha	26	+1 Lap	23
Ret	93	Alen Győrfi	Aprilia	24	Accident	24
Ret	6	Alex Debón	Aprilia	21	Accident	2
Ret	60	Julián Simón	KTM	19	Retirement	3
Ret	32	Fabrizio Lai	Gilera	12	Accident	15
Ret	52	Lukáš Pešek	Aprilia	11	Accident	13
Ret	94	Toni Wirsing	Honda	11	Retirement	25

125 cc classification

Pos	No	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	24	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	24	40:45.715	3	25
2	18	Nicolás Terol	Aprilia	24	+0.106	4	20
3	63	Mike Di Meglio	Derbi	24	+0.223	7	16
4	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	24	+0.776	5	13
5	11	Sandro Cortese	Aprilia	24	+1.333	11	11
6	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	24	+21.578	8	10
7	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	KTM	24	+29.387	15	9
8	45	Scott Redding	Aprilia	24	+29.419	17	8
9	22	Pablo Nieto	KTM	24	+38.059	18	7
10	12	Esteve Rabat	KTM	24	+38.481	12	6
11	8	Lorenzo Zanetti	KTM	24	+38.941	16	5
12	7	Efrén Vázquez	Aprilia	24	+48.466	22	4
13	40	Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia	24	+48.802	26	3
14	5	Alexis Masbou	Loncin	24	+50.340	23	2
15	28	Enrique Jerez	KTM	24	+50.575	27	1
16	73	Takaaki Nakagami	Aprilia	24	+52.220	20
17	34	Randy Krummenacher	KTM	24	+55.047	21
18	94	Jonas Folger	Aprilia	24	+55.139	37
19	16	Jules Cluzel	Loncin	24	+55.546	25
20	72	Marco Ravaioli	Aprilia	24	+1:00.289	31
21	95	Robert Mureşan	Aprilia	24	+1:10.142	34
22	48	Bastien Chesaux	Aprilia	24	+1:26.165	39
23	69	Louis Rossi	Honda	24	+1:26.407	35
24	78	Daniel Sáez	Aprilia	24	+1:41.720	33
25	25	Cristian Trabalon	Aprilia	23	+1 Lap	40
Ret	30	Pere Tutusaus	Aprilia	23	Retirement	36
Ret	51	Stevie Bonsey	Aprilia	15	Accident	6
Ret	6	Joan Olivé	Derbi	14	Retirement	14
Ret	26	Adrián Martín	Aprilia	11	Accident	24
Ret	35	Raffaele De Rosa	KTM	8	Accident	19
Ret	1	Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	6	Retirement	1
Ret	99	Danny Webb	Aprilia	6	Accident	13
Ret	21	Robin Lässer	Aprilia	6	Accident	32
Ret	77	Dominique Aegerter	Derbi	3	Retirement	9
Ret	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	2	Collision	2
Ret	17	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia	2	Collision	10
Ret	55	Hugo van den Berg	Aprilia	0	Accident	38
Ret	75	Ricard Cardús	Derbi	0	Accident	28
DNS	44	Pol Espargaró	Derbi		Not started	30
DSQ	23	Julián Miralles	Aprilia		Disqualified	29

Notes

• In the 125cc race Julian Miralles was disqualified for changing bike illegally.

References

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