2008 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

  2008 Japanese Grand Prix

Race details
Race 15 of 18 races in the 2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
File:Motegi-circuit.jpg
Date	28 September 2008
Location	Twin Ring Motegi
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.801 km (2.983 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Jorge Lorenzo
Time	1:45.543
Fastest lap
Rider	Casey Stoner
Time	1:47.091
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi
Second	Casey Stoner
Third	Dani Pedrosa
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Marco Simoncelli
Time	1:51.473
Fastest lap
Rider	Alvaro Bautista
Time	1:51.412
Podium
First	Marco Simoncelli
Second	Alvaro Bautista
Third	Alex Debon
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Mike di Meglio
Time	1:58.678
Fastest lap
Rider	Gábor Talmácsi
Time	1:58.815
Podium
First	Stefan Bradl
Second	Mike Di Meglio
Third	Gábor Talmácsi

The 2008 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 2008 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 26–28 September 2008 at the Twin Ring Motegi, located in Motegi, Japan.

MotoGP classification

Pos	No	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	24	43:09.599	4	25
2	1	Casey Stoner	Ducati	24	+1.943	2	20
3	2	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	24	+4.866	5	16
4	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	24	+6.165	1	13
5	69	Nicky Hayden	Honda	24	+24.593	3	11
6	65	Loris Capirossi	Suzuki	24	+25.685	6	10
7	5	Colin Edwards	Yamaha	24	+25.918	7	9
8	56	Shinya Nakano	Honda	24	+26.003	9	8
9	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	24	+26.219	13	7
10	21	John Hopkins	Kawasaki	24	+37.131	11	6
11	52	James Toseland	Yamaha	24	+37.574	10	5
12	14	Randy de Puniet	Honda	24	+38.020	8	4
13	33	Marco Melandri	Ducati	24	+39.768	16	3
14	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Ducati	24	+45.846	15	2
15	13	Anthony West	Kawasaki	24	+55.748	17	1
16	24	Toni Elias	Ducati	24	+59.320	14
17	15	Alex de Angelis	Honda	24	+1:12.398	18
Ret	7	Chris Vermeulen	Suzuki	16	Retirement	12
Ret	64	Kousuke Akiyoshi	Suzuki	0	Accident	19

250 cc classification

Pos	No	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	58	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	23	43:09.385	1	25
2	19	Alvaro Bautista	Aprilia	23	+0.348	5	20
3	6	Alex Debon	Aprilia	23	+8.414	3	16
4	60	Julian Simon	KTM	23	+9.151	7	13
5	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	23	+17.041	4	11
6	72	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	23	+19.632	8	10
7	41	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	23	+19.892	9	9
8	75	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	23	+20.442	11	8
9	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	KTM	23	+22.303	2	7
10	15	Roberto Locatelli	Gilera	23	+22.387	10	6
11	55	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	23	+32.851	6	5
12	52	Lukas Pesek	Aprilia	23	+48.621	13	4
13	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	Honda	23	+48.803	15	3
14	66	Shoya Tomizawa	Honda	23	+49.572	14	2
15	32	Fabrizio Lai	Gilera	23	+58.045	16	1
16	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	23	+58.362	18
17	65	Takumi Takahashi	Honda	23	+1:15.062	17
18	45	Doni Tata Pradita	Yamaha	23	+1:49.930	20
19	43	Manuel Hernandez	Aprilia	23	+1:58.603	21
20	92	Daniel Arcas	Honda	22	+1 Lap	22
21	69	Takumi Endoh	Yamaha	22	+1 Lap	26
22	10	Imre Toth	Aprilia	22	+1 Lap	25
23	68	Yuuki Ito	Yamaha	20	+3 Laps	24
Ret	35	Simone Grotzkyj	Gilera	0	Accident	19
DNS	67	Kazuki Watanabe	Yamaha		Not started	23
DNS	21	Héctor Barbera	Aprilia		Not started	12
DNS	17	Karel Abraham	Aprilia		Not started	27

125 cc classification

Pos	No	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	17	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia	20	39:57.228	2	25
2	63	Mike Di Meglio	Derbi	20	+0.151	1	20
3	1	Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	20	+0.281	5	16
4	6	Joan Olivé	Derbi	20	+5.945	12	13
5	18	Nicolas Terol	Aprilia	20	+6.072	3	11
6	11	Sandro Cortese	Aprilia	20	+6.135	4	10
7	24	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	20	+6.455	15	9
8	45	Scott Redding	Aprilia	20	+25.393	6	8
9	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	20	+25.537	10	7
10	99	Danny Webb	Aprilia	20	+26.192	18	6
11	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	KTM	20	+27.307	11	5
12	35	Raffaele De Rosa	KTM	20	+39.536	19	4
13	73	Takaaki Nakagami	Aprilia	20	+43.745	20	3
14	7	Efrén Vázquez	Aprilia	20	+51.629	16	2
15	5	Alexis Masbou	Loncin	20	+51.899	22	1
16	94	Jonas Folger	Aprilia	20	+51.931	31
17	8	Lorenzo Zanetti	KTM	20	+51.962	23
18	22	Pablo Nieto	KTM	20	+52.589	28
19	77	Dominique Aegerter	Derbi	20	+56.837	7
20	51	Steve Bonsey	Aprilia	20	+56.977	17
21	72	Marco Ravaioli	Aprilia	20	+58.626	30
22	58	Yuuichi Yanagisawa	Honda	20	+59.926	32
23	21	Robin Lasser	Aprilia	20	+1:09.782	25
24	59	Hiroki Ono	Honda	20	+1:14.883	35
25	26	Adrián Martín	Aprilia	20	+1:26.120	29
26	36	Cyril Carrillo	Honda	20	+1:29.130	37
Ret	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	16	Retirement	14
Ret	62	Kazuma Watanabe	Honda	16	Retirement	34
Ret	60	Michael Ranseder	Aprilia	14	Retirement	24
Ret	57	Iori Namihira	Honda	11	Retirement	26
Ret	50	Hiroomi Iwata	Honda	10	Retirement	27
Ret	48	Bastien Chesaux	Aprilia	8	Accident	39
Ret	95	Robert Muresan	Aprilia	6	Accident	33
Ret	12	Esteve Rabat	KTM	0	Accident	21
Ret	16	Jules Cluzel	Loncin	0	Accident	36
Ret	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	0	Accident	9
Ret	44	Pol Espargaro	Derbi	0	Accident	8
Ret	55	Hugo Van Den Berg	Aprilia	0	Accident	38
Ret	93	Marc Márquez	KTM	0	Accident	13

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