2008 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

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Malaysia  2008 Malaysian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 17 of 18 races in the
2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date19 October 2008
Official namePolini Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix[1][2][3]
LocationSepang International Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.548 km (3.447 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Spain Dani Pedrosa
Time 2:01.548
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi
Time 2:02.249
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi
Second Spain Dani Pedrosa
Third Italy Andrea Dovizioso
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Japan Hiroshi Aoyama
Time 2:06.893
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Álvaro Bautista
Time 2:08.012
Podium
First Spain Álvaro Bautista
Second Japan Hiroshi Aoyama
Third Italy Marco Simoncelli
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Andrea Iannone
Time 2:14.676
Fastest lap
Rider Germany Sandro Cortese
Time 2:14.710
Podium
First Hungary Gábor Talmácsi
Second United Kingdom Bradley Smith
Third Italy Simone Corsi

The 2008 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the penultimate round of the 2008 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 17–19 October 2008 at the Sepang International Circuit.

MotoGP classification[edit]

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 21 43:06.007 2 25
2 2 Spain Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 21 +4.008 1 20
3 4 Italy Andrea Dovizioso JiR Team Scot MotoGP Honda 21 +8.536 6 16
4 69 United States Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 21 +8.858 4 13
5 56 Japan Shinya Nakano San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 21 +10.583 15 11
6 1 Australia Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 21 +13.640 7 10
7 65 Italy Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 21 +15.936 8 9
8 5 United States Colin Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 21 +18.802 5 8
9 7 Australia Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 21 +23.174 11 7
10 14 France Randy de Puniet LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 21 +25.516 9 6
11 21 United States John Hopkins Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 21 +27.609 10 5
12 13 Australia Anthony West Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 21 +41.399 13 4
13 50 France Sylvain Guintoli Alice Team Ducati 21 +45.617 16 3
14 15 San Marino Alex de Angelis San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 21 +49.003 17 2
15 24 Spain Toni Elías Alice Team Ducati 21 +59.139 19 1
16 33 Italy Marco Melandri Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 21 +1:03.328 14
17 9 Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 21 +1:48.363 18
Ret 48 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 12 Retirement 3
Ret 52 United Kingdom James Toseland Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 2 Accident 12
Sources: [4][5][6]

250 cc classification[edit]

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 20 42:56.428 2 25
2 4 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 20 +2.586 1 20
3 58 Italy Marco Simoncelli Gilera 20 +8.343 3 16
4 72 Japan Yuki Takahashi Honda 20 +11.032 8 13
5 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Aprilia 20 +13.846 6 11
6 6 Spain Alex Debón Aprilia 20 +14.274 9 10
7 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Gilera 20 +15.101 15 9
8 14 Thailand Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 20 +16.987 5 8
9 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Aprilia 20 +25.356 14 7
10 52 Czech Republic Lukáš Pešek Aprilia 20 +26.846 13 6
11 32 Italy Fabrizio Lai Gilera 20 +49.907 12 5
12 17 Czech Republic Karel Abraham Aprilia 20 +50.088 18 4
13 25 Italy Alex Baldolini Aprilia 20 +1:05.816 17 3
14 35 Italy Simone Grotzkyj Gilera 20 +1:15.544 19 2
15 10 Hungary Imre Tóth Aprilia 20 +1:19.905 16 1
16 43 Spain Manuel Hernández Aprilia 20 +1:35.890 21
17 92 Spain Daniel Arcas Aprilia 20 +2:00.717 22
18 45 Indonesia Doni Tata Pradita Yamaha 20 +2:28.842 20
Ret 75 Italy Mattia Pasini Aprilia 15 Retirement 11
Ret 60 Spain Julián Simón KTM 11 Retirement 7
Ret 36 Finland Mika Kallio KTM 5 Retirement 4
Ret 55 Spain Héctor Faubel Aprilia 4 Accident 10
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125 cc classification[edit]

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 19 43:00.716 2 25
2 38 United Kingdom Bradley Smith Aprilia 19 +3.416 13 20
3 24 Italy Simone Corsi Aprilia 19 +6.896 8 16
4 11 Germany Sandro Cortese Aprilia 19 +6.925 18 13
5 63 France Mike Di Meglio Derbi 19 +7.115 9 11
6 44 Spain Pol Espargaró Derbi 19 +15.122 4 10
7 6 Spain Joan Olivé Derbi 19 +21.805 6 9
8 77 Switzerland Dominique Aegerter Derbi 19 +21.869 22 8
9 18 Spain Nicolás Terol Aprilia 19 +21.958 12 7
10 29 Italy Andrea Iannone Aprilia 19 +23.615 1 6
11 71 Japan Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 19 +23.651 7 5
12 33 Spain Sergio Gadea Aprilia 19 +35.224 5 4
13 8 Italy Lorenzo Zanetti KTM 19 +40.502 20 3
14 22 Spain Pablo Nieto KTM 19 +51.404 17 2
15 26 Spain Adrián Martín Aprilia 19 +55.726 26 1
16 16 France Jules Cluzel Loncin 19 +56.537 23
17 94 Germany Jonas Folger KTM 19 +1:07.140 28
18 72 Italy Marco Ravaioli Aprilia 19 +1:07.573 24
19 34 Switzerland Randy Krummenacher KTM 19 +1:07.741 31
20 21 Germany Robin Lässer Aprilia 19 +1:08.849 27
21 48 Switzerland Bastien Chesaux Aprilia 19 +1:46.609 33
22 95 Romania Robert Mureșan Aprilia 18 +1 lap 30
Ret 12 Spain Esteve Rabat KTM 17 Retirement 25
Ret 51 United States Stevie Bonsey Aprilia 12 Retirement 15
Ret 17 Germany Stefan Bradl Aprilia 11 Retirement 10
Ret 45 United Kingdom Scott Redding Aprilia 11 Retirement 11
Ret 56 Netherlands Hugo van den Berg Aprilia 11 Retirement 29
Ret 35 Italy Raffaele De Rosa KTM 8 Retirement 19
Ret 99 United Kingdom Danny Webb Aprilia 8 Retirement 3
Ret 28 Spain Enrique Jerez KTM 8 Retirement 32
Ret 5 France Alexis Masbou Loncin 6 Retirement 14
Ret 73 Japan Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 3 Accident 21
DNS 7 Spain Efrén Vázquez Aprilia 0 Did not start 16
DNS 36 France Cyril Carrillo Honda Did not start
WD 93 Spain Marc Márquez KTM Withdrew
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)[edit]

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round seventeen has concluded.[7]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2008 Malaysian MotoGP". Motorpsortmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "2008 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
  3. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Sepang International Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  4. ^ "2008 Malaysian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  5. ^ "Classification" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2008.
  6. ^ "motogp.com · POLINI MALAYSIAN MOTORCYCLE GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2008". www.motogp.com. Archived from the original on 2018-09-11. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
  7. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2008. Retrieved 2019-08-23.


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