2008_Catalunyan_motorcycle_Grand_Prix

2008 Catalan Grand Prix
Race details
Race 7 of 18 races in the; 2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	8 June 2008
Official name	Gran Premi Cinzano de Catalunya
Location	Circuit de Catalunya
Course	Permanent racing facility; 4.727 km (2.937 mi);
MotoGP
Rider
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
Rider
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
Rider
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

2008 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix

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

Dani Pedrosa, lifting his trophy on the podium after winning the MotoGP race.

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Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	25	43:02.175	2	25
2	46	Valentino Rossi	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	25	+2.806	9	20
3	1	Casey Stoner	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	25	+3.343	1	16
4	4	Andrea Dovizioso	JiR Team Scot MotoGP	Honda	25	+10.893	7	13
5	5	Colin Edwards	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	25	+16.426	5	11
6	52	James Toseland	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	25	+21.482	6	10
7	7	Chris Vermeulen	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	25	+21.548	8	9
8	69	Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	25	+22.280	3	8
9	56	Shinya Nakano	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	25	+22.375	11	7
10	21	John Hopkins	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	25	+46.835	14	6
11	33	Marco Melandri	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	25	+57.991	16	5
12	13	Anthony West	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	25	+59.168	17	4
13	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Alice Team	Ducati	25	+1:00.779	15	3
Ret	14	Randy de Puniet	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	11	Accident	11
Ret	15	Alex de Angelis	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	10	Accident	10
Ret	65	Loris Capirossi	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	10	Accident	12
DSQ	24	Toni Elías	Alice Team	Ducati	8	Black flag	13
WD	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha		Withdrew
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Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	58	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	23	41:01.859	4	25
2	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	23	+0.039	1	20
3	21	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	23	+11.291	3	16
4	6	Alex Debón	Aprilia	23	+21.373	2	13
5	12	Thomas Lüthi	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	Julián Simón	KTM	23	+36.964	10	7
10	52	Lukáš Pešek	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	Russell Gómez	Aprilia	22	+1 lap	21
18	45	Doni Tata Pradita	Yamaha	22	+1 lap	24
Ret	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	19	Retirement	9
Ret	10	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	9	Retirement	22
Ret	17	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	7	Accident	15
Ret	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	2	Retirement	13
Ret	92	Daniel Arcas	Honda	2	Accident	23
Ret	15	Roberto Locatelli	Gilera	0	Accident	11
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	63	Mike Di Meglio	Derbi	22	41:08.708	2	25
2	44	Pol Espargaró	Derbi	22	+0.268	1	20
3	1	Gábor Talmácsi	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	Stevie 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	Efrén Vázquez	Aprilia	22	+25.352	15
17	60	Michael Ranseder	Aprilia	22	+25.541	27
18	27	Stefano Bianco	Aprilia	22	+31.365	26
19	30	Pere Tutusaus	Aprilia	22	+42.899	28
20	16	Jules Cluzel	Loncin	22	+43.469	29
21	56	Hugo van den Berg	Aprilia	22	+56.930	31
22	73	Takaaki Nakagami	Aprilia	22	+1:01.318	19
23	19	Roberto Lacalendola	Aprilia	22	+1:02.867	34
24	95	Robert Mureșan	Aprilia	22	+1:17.370	32
25	69	Louis Rossi	Honda	22	+1:18.790	35
26	75	Ricard Cardús	Derbi	22	+1:27.350	33
27	78	Daniel Sáez	Aprilia	22	+1:28.736	37
Ret	14	Axel Pons	Aprilia	21	Accident	30
Ret	18	Nicolás 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 Lässer	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	36
Ret	76	Iván Maestro	Aprilia	10	Accident	38
Ret	22	Pablo Nieto	KTM	1	Retirement	20
DNS	12	Esteve Rabat	KTM		Did not start
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

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2008_Catalunyan_motorcycle_Grand_Prix

2008 Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix

MotoGP classification

250 cc classification

125 cc classification

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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