2008 German motorcycle Grand Prix

  2008 German Grand Prix

Race details
Race 10 of 18 races in the 2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
File:Sachsenring (Schaltung).svg
Date	13 July 2008
Location	Sachsenring
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.671 km (2.281 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Casey Stoner
Time	1:21.067
Fastest lap
Rider	Casey Stoner
Time	1:32.749
Podium
First	Casey Stoner
Second	Valentino Rossi
Third	Chris Vermeulen
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Marco Simoncelli
Time	1:23.399
Fastest lap
Rider	Héctor Barbera
Time	1:32.551
Podium
First	Marco Simoncelli
Second	Héctor Barbera
Third	Alvaro Bautista
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Gábor Talmácsi
Time	1:27.552
Fastest lap
Rider	Mike Di Meglio
Time	1:27.584
Podium
First	Mike Di Meglio
Second	Stefan Bradl
Third	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

Pos	No	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Casey Stoner	Ducati	30	47:30.057	1	25
2	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	30	+3.708	7	20
3	7	Chris Vermeulen	Suzuki	30	+14.002	14	16
4	15	Alex de Angelis	Honda	30	+14.124	10	13
5	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	30	+42.022	4	11
6	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Ducati	30	+46.648	15	10
7	65	Loris Capirossi	Suzuki	30	+1:04.483	13	9
8	14	Randy de Puniet	Honda	30	+1:04.588	6	8
9	56	Shinya Nakano	Honda	30	+1:16.773	9	7
10	13	Anthony West	Kawasaki	30	+1:29.275	17	6
11	52	James Toseland	Yamaha	29	+1 Lap	11	5
12	24	Toni Elias	Ducati	29	+1 Lap	12	4
13	69	Nicky Hayden	Honda	28	+2 Laps	8	3
Ret	5	Colin Edwards	Yamaha	20	Accident	3
Ret	33	Marco Melandri	Ducati	9	Accident	16
Ret	2	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	5	Accident	2
Ret	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	2	Accident	5

250 cc classification

Pos	No	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	58	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	29	45:36.703	1	25
2	21	Héctor Barbera	Aprilia	29	+2.257	3	20
3	19	Alvaro Bautista	Aprilia	29	+2.423	5	16
4	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	29	+4.150	4	13
5	60	Julian Simon	KTM	29	+4.846	2	11
6	75	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	29	+8.132	13	10
7	12	Thomas Luthi	Aprilia	29	+38.302	14	9
8	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	KTM	29	+48.926	9	8
9	72	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	29	+50.062	10	7
10	15	Roberto Locatelli	Gilera	29	+51.670	8	6
11	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	29	+1:08.796	21	5
12	32	Fabrizio Lai	Gilera	29	+1:08.962	7	4
13	41	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	29	+1:11.351	12	3
14	55	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	29	+1:11.654	11	2
15	50	Eugene Laverty	Aprilia	29	+1:13.856	19	1
16	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	Honda	29	+1:29.976	17
17	10	Imre Toth	Aprilia	28	+1 Lap	22
18	93	Alen Györfi	Honda	28	+1 Lap	26
19	45	Doni Tata Pradita	Yamaha	28	+1 Lap	24
20	94	Toni Wirsing	Honda	27	+2 Laps	25
Ret	90	Federico Sandi	Aprilia	22	Accident	18
Ret	52	Lukas Pesek	Aprilia	18	Accident	15
Ret	17	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	3	Accident	16
Ret	6	Alex Debon	Aprilia	3	Retirement	6
Ret	7	Russel Gomez	Aprilia	0	Accident	23
DNS	54	Manuel Poggiali	Gilera		Not started	20
DNQ	89	Ho Wan Chow	Aprilia

125 cc classification

Pos	No	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	63	Mike Di Meglio	Derbi	27	40:03.710	6	25
2	17	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia	27	+2.010	3	20
3	1	Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	27	+2.733	1	16
4	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	27	+2.847	2	13
5	24	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	27	+9.117	4	11
6	11	Sandro Cortese	Aprilia	27	+9.249	9	10
7	18	Nicolas Terol	Aprilia	27	+9.257	14	9
8	45	Scott Redding	Aprilia	27	+30.778	16	8
9	93	Marc Márquez	KTM	27	+33.034	19	7
10	77	Dominique Aegerter	Derbi	27	+33.121	21	6
11	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	27	+33.134	24	5
12	30	Pere Tutusaus	Aprilia	27	+33.171	31	4
13	87	Marcel Schrötter	Honda	27	+33.208	20	3
14	22	Pablo Nieto	KTM	27	+33.755	18	2
15	7	Efrén Vázquez	Aprilia	27	+34.554	23	1
16	44	Pol Espargaro	Derbi	27	+37.776	15
17	51	Steve Bonsey	Aprilia	27	+37.872	13
18	73	Takaaki Nakagami	Aprilia	27	+54.240	25
19	85	Marvin Fritz	Seel	27	+58.249	30
20	5	Alexis Masbou	Loncin	27	+1:14.202	33
21	69	Louis Rossi	Honda	27	+1:15.255	39
22	95	Robert Muresan	Aprilia	27	+1:16.356	32
23	72	Marco Ravaioli	Aprilia	27	+1:16.854	35
24	41	Tobias Siegert	Aprilia	26	+1 Lap	37
Ret	8	Lorenzo Zanetti	KTM	25	Retirement	27
Ret	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	KTM	24	Accident	7
Ret	35	Raffaele De Rosa	KTM	22	Retirement	8
Ret	16	Jules Cluzel	Loncin	19	Retirement	26
Ret	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	15	Retirement	12
Ret	21	Robin Lasser	Aprilia	15	Retirement	28
Ret	6	Joan Olivé	Derbi	14	Retirement	5
Ret	88	Sebastian Kreuziger	Honda	14	Retirement	34
Ret	60	Michael Ranseder	Aprilia	12	Retirement	22
Ret	48	Bastien Chesaux	Aprilia	9	Retirement	38
Ret	99	Danny Webb	Aprilia	5	Retirement	11
Ret	55	Hugo Van Den Berg	Aprilia	4	Retirement	29
Ret	34	Randy Krummenacher	KTM	3	Retirement	17
Ret	86	Eric Hübsch	Aprilia	2	Accident	36
DSQ	12	Esteve Rabat	KTM		Disqualification	10

Notes

• Esteve Rabat finished 9th but was disqualified from the 125cc race for using illegal fuel.

References

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