2008 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix

  2008 Catalan Grand Prix
Race details
Race 7 of 18 races in the
2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date June 8, 2008
Location Circuit de Catalunya
Course Permanent racing facility
4.655 km (2.875 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Casey Stoner
Time 1:41.186
Fastest lap
Rider Dani Pedrosa
Time 1:42.358
Podium
First Dani Pedrosa
Second Valentino Rossi
Third Casey Stoner
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Álvaro Bautista
Time 1:45.636
Fastest lap
Rider Álvaro Bautista
Time 1:46.143
Podium
First Marco Simoncelli
Second Álvaro Bautista
Third Héctor Barberá
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Pol Espargaró
Time 1:50.557
Fastest lap
Rider Joan Olivé
Time 1:51.271
Podium
First Mike di Meglio
Second Pol Espargaró
Third Gábor Talmácsi

The 2008 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix was the seventh round of the 2008 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 6 -June 8, 2008 at the Circuit de Catalunya.

Contents

MotoGP classification

Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 2 Dani Pedrosa Honda 25 43:02.175 2 25
2 46 Valentino Rossi Yamaha 25 +2.806 9 20
3 1 Casey Stoner Ducati 25 +3.343 1 16
4 4 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 25 +10.893 7 13
5 5 Colin Edwards Yamaha 25 +16.426 5 11
6 52 James Toseland Yamaha 25 +21.482 6 10
7 7 Chris Vermeulen Suzuki 25 +21.548 8 9
8 69 Nicky Hayden Honda 25 +22.280 3 8
9 56 Shinya Nakano Honda 25 +22.375 11 7
10 21 John Hopkins Kawasaki 25 +46.835 14 6
11 33 Marco Melandri Ducati 25 +57.991 16 5
12 13 Anthony West Kawasaki 25 +59.168 17 4
13 50 Sylvain Guintoli Ducati 25 +1:00.779 15 3
Ret 14 Randy de Puniet Honda 11 Accident 11
Ret 15 Alex de Angelis Honda 10 Accident 10
Ret 65 Loris Capirossi Suzuki 10 Accident 12
DSQ 24 Toni Elias Ducati Disqualified 13
DNS 48 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Injured

250cc classification

Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 58 Marco Simoncelli Gilera 23 41:01.859 4 25
2 19 Alvaro Bautista Aprilia 23 +0.039 1 20
3 21 Héctor Barbera Aprilia 23 +11.291 3 16
4 6 Alex Debon Aprilia 23 +21.373 2 13
5 12 Thomas Luthi Aprilia 23 +26.621 12 11
6 75 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 23 +26.720 5 10
7 4 Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 23 +35.818 8 9
8 55 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 23 +36.321 6 8
9 60 Julian Simon KTM 23 +36.964 10 7
10 52 Lukas Pesek Aprilia 23 +41.237 16 6
11 14 Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 23 +52.391 14 5
12 72 Yuki Takahashi Honda 23 +56.656 7 4
13 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 23 +59.282 19 3
14 54 Manuel Poggiali Gilera 23 +1:02.503 17 2
15 32 Fabrizio Lai Gilera 23 +1:02.656 18 1
16 50 Eugene Laverty Aprilia 23 +1:07.418 20
17 7 Russel Gomez Aprilia 23 +1 Lap 21
18 45 Doni Tata Pradita Yamaha 23 +1 Lap 24
Ret 36 Mika Kallio KTM 19 Retirement 9
Ret 10 Imre Toth Aprilia 9 Retirement 22
Ret 17 Karel Abraham Aprilia 7 Accident 15
Ret 41 Aleix Espargaro Aprilia 2 Retirement 13
Ret 92 Daniel Arcas Honda 2 Accident 23
Ret 15 Roberto Locatelli Gilera 0 Accident 11

125cc classification

Pos No Rider Manufacturer Laps Time Grid Points
1 63 Mike Di Meglio Derbi 22 41:08.708 2 25
2 44 Pol Espargaro Derbi 22 +0.268 1 20
3 1 Gabor Talmacsi Aprilia 22 +0.338 7 16
4 17 Stefan Bradl Aprilia 22 +8.765 13 13
5 24 Simone Corsi Aprilia 22 +10.141 5 11
6 45 Scott Redding Aprilia 22 +11.178 4 10
7 51 Steve Bonsey Aprilia 22 +13.671 16 9
8 11 Sandro Cortese Aprilia 22 +13.755 11 8
9 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 22 +15.541 6 7
10 93 Marc Márquez KTM 22 +18.962 14 6
11 99 Danny Webb Aprilia 22 +22.653 21 5
12 77 Dominique Aegerter Derbi 22 +24.928 17 4
13 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 22 +25.013 22 3
14 38 Bradley Smith Aprilia 22 +25.059 8 2
15 34 Randy Krummenacher KTM 22 +25.188 18 1
16 7 Efren Vazquez Aprilia 22 +25.352 15
17 60 Michael Ranseder Aprilia 22 +25.541 28
18 27 Stefano Bianco Aprilia 22 +31.365 26
19 30 Pere Tutusaus Aprilia 22 +42.899 29
20 16 Jules Cluzel Loncin 22 +43.469 30
21 55 Hugo Van Den Berg Aprilia 22 +56.930 32
22 73 Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 22 +1:01.318 19
23 19 Roberto Lacalendola Aprilia 22 +1:02.867 35
24 95 Robert Muresan Aprilia 22 +1:17.370 33
25 69 Louis Rossi Honda 22 +1:18.790 36
26 75 Ricard Cardus Derbi 22 +1:27.350 34
27 78 Daniel Saez Aprilia 22 +1:28.736 38
Ret 14 Axel Pons Aprilia 21 Accident 31
Ret 18 Nicolas Terol Aprilia 20 Accident 3
Ret 35 Raffaele De Rosa KTM 20 Retirement 12
Ret 6 Joan Olivé Derbi 19 Accident 10
Ret 29 Andrea Iannone Aprilia 17 Accident 9
Ret 21 Robin Lasser Aprilia 17 Accident 25
Ret 8 Lorenzo Zanetti KTM 14 Retirement 24
Ret 5 Alexis Masbou Loncin 13 Accident 23
Ret 31 Jordi Dalmau Honda 11 Accident 37
Ret 76 Ivan Maestro Aprilia 10 Accident 39
Ret 22 Pablo Nieto KTM 1 Retirement 20
DNS 12 Esteve Rabat KTM Injured 27
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2008 British Grand Prix
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2009 Catalan Grand Prix

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