The 2008 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2008 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 16–18 May 2008 at the Le Mans Bugatti Circuit. It was also the final all-Yamaha podium until the 2014 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix.

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  2008 French Grand Prix

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Race 5 of 18 races in the 2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	18 May 2008
Official name	Alice Grand Prix de France[1][2][3]
Location	Bugatti Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.185 km (2.600 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Dani Pedrosa Time 1:32.647 Fastest lap Rider Valentino Rossi Time 1:34.215 Podium First Valentino Rossi Second Jorge Lorenzo Third Colin Edwards
250 cc
Pole position Rider Alex Debón Time 1:38.478 Fastest lap Rider Marco Simoncelli Time 1:39.666 Podium First Alex Debón Second Marco Simoncelli Third Mattia Pasini
125 cc
Pole position Rider Sergio Gadea Time 1:43.515 Fastest lap Rider Pol Espargaró Time 1:43.918 Podium First Mike Di Meglio Second Bradley Smith Third Nicolás Terol

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The race was stopped after 14 laps due to rain. It was later restarted for 5 additional laps, with the grid determined by the running order before the suspension. The second part of the race determined the final result.

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Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	63	Mike Di Meglio	Derbi	5	10:08.574	6	25
2	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	5	+0.800	2	20
3	18	Nicolás Terol	Aprilia	5	+3.077	7	16
4	44	Pol Espargaró	Derbi	5	+10.407	10	13
5	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	5	+11.697	18	11
6	17	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia	5	+11.881	3	10
7	8	Lorenzo Zanetti	KTM	5	+16.372	23	9
8	6	Joan Olivé	Derbi	5	+16.545	11	8
9	35	Raffaele De Rosa	KTM	5	+19.163	17	7
10	34	Randy Krummenacher	KTM	5	+22.391	30	6
11	11	Sandro Cortese	Aprilia	5	+22.847	5	5
12	30	Pere Tutusaus	Aprilia	5	+23.195	29	4
13	24	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	5	+23.553	4	3
14	1	Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	5	+23.695	8	2
15	5	Alexis Masbou	Loncin	5	+24.240	19	1
16	73	Takaaki Nakagami	Aprilia	5	+26.196	22
17	12	Esteve Rabat	KTM	5	+26.411	9
18	19	Roberto Lacalendola	Aprilia	5	+26.895	36
19	69	Louis Rossi	Honda	5	+27.446	34
20	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	5	+31.829	1
21	99	Danny Webb	Aprilia	5	+34.810	15
22	95	Robert Mureșan	Aprilia	5	+35.190	28
23	77	Dominique Aegerter	Derbi	5	+47.840	27
Ret	60	Michael Ranseder	Aprilia	4	Retirement	16
Ret	21	Robin Lässer	Aprilia	2	Accident	33
Ret	52	Steven Le Coquen	Honda	1	Accident	31
Ret	61	Gioele Pellino	Loncin	1	Accident	35
Ret	27	Stefano Bianco	Aprilia	0	Accident	21
Ret	41	Tobias Siegert	Aprilia	0	Did not start second race	37
Ret	22	Pablo Nieto	KTM	0	Not classified in first race	25
Ret	36	Cyril Carrillo	Honda	0	Did not finish first race	32
Ret	51	Stevie Bonsey	Aprilia	0	Did not finish first race	13
Ret	7	Efrén Vázquez	Aprilia	0	Did not finish first race	24
Ret	93	Marc Márquez	KTM	0	Did not finish first race	20
Ret	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	KTM	0	Did not finish first race	14
Ret	45	Scott Redding	Aprilia	0	Did not finish first race	12
Ret	56	Hugo van den Berg	Aprilia	0	Did not finish first race	26
DNS	53	Valentin Debise	KTM		Did not start
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

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Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round five has concluded.^[6]

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Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 97 2 Jorge Lorenzo 94 3 Dani Pedrosa 94 4 Casey Stoner 56 5 Colin Edwards 47

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 115 2 Honda 94 3 Ducati 61 4 Suzuki 45 5 Kawasaki 28

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