2008 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix

2008 Czech Republic Grand Prix
Race details
Race 12 of 18 races in the; 2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	10 August 2008
Official name	Cardion AB Grand Prix České republiky
Location	Brno Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility; 5.403 km (3.357 mi);
MotoGP
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Casey Stoner
Time	2:11.657
Fastest lap
Rider	Casey Stoner
Time	1:57.199
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi
Second	Toni Elías
Third	Loris Capirossi
250 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Marco Simoncelli
Time	2:10.723
Fastest lap
Rider	Alex Debón
Time	2:02.354
Podium
First	Alex Debón
Second	Álvaro Bautista
Third	Marco Simoncelli
125 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Gábor Talmácsi
Time	2:09.870
Fastest lap
Rider	Mike Di Meglio
Time	2:08.391
Podium
First	Stefan Bradl
Second	Mike Di Meglio
Third	Joan Olivé

The 2008 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2008 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 8–10 August 2008 at the Brno Circuit located in Brno.

MotoGP classification edit

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	22	43:28.841	2	25
2	24	Toni Elías	Alice Team	Ducati	22	+15.004	13	20
3	65	Loris Capirossi	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	22	+21.689	9	16
4	56	Shinya Nakano	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	22	+25.859	8	13
5	13	Anthony West	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	22	+29.465	6	11
6	7	Chris Vermeulen	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	22	+30.608	4	10
7	33	Marco Melandri	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	22	+36.453	11	9
8	15	Alex de Angelis	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	22	+36.750	5	8
9	4	Andrea Dovizioso	JiR Team Scot MotoGP	Honda	22	+38.822	14	7
10	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	22	+39.573	17	6
11	21	John Hopkins	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	22	+39.610	3	5
12	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Alice Team	Ducati	22	+40.892	10	4
13	52	James Toseland	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	22	+1:11.490	16	3
14	5	Colin Edwards	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	22	+1:21.133	15	2
15	2	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	22	+1:37.038	12	1
16	14	Randy de Puniet	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	22	+1:38.407	7
Ret	1	Casey Stoner	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	6	Retirement	1
Sources: ^[3]^[4]^[5]

250 cc classification edit

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Alex Debón	Aprilia	20	41:08.168	2	25
2	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	20	+0.280	10	20
3	58	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	20	+0.325	1	16
4	21	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	20	+0.827	3	13
5	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	20	+1.249	7	11
6	72	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	20	+13.713	8	10
7	75	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	20	+13.826	4	9
8	55	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	20	+16.026	14	8
9	15	Roberto Locatelli	Gilera	20	+19.084	17	7
10	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	20	+20.692	18	6
11	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	Honda	20	+29.495	20	5
12	60	Julián Simón	KTM	20	+29.772	6	4
13	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	KTM	20	+31.944	16	3
14	52	Lukáš Pešek	Aprilia	20	+36.314	9	2
15	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	20	+43.751	11	1
16	50	Eugene Laverty	Aprilia	20	+46.564	12
17	32	Fabrizio Lai	Gilera	20	+55.591	13
18	90	Federico Sandi	Aprilia	20	+55.704	19
19	45	Doni Tata Pradita	Yamaha	20	+1:24.324	22
20	94	Toni Wirsing	Honda	20	+1:39.423	21
21	7	Russell Gómez	Aprilia	20	+1:59.990	23
Ret	12	Thomas Lüthi	Aprilia	3	Accident	5
Ret	17	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	2	Accident	15
DNS	54	Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	0	Did not start	24
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125 cc classification edit

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	17	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia	19	41:05.176	13	25
2	63	Mike Di Meglio	Derbi	19	+0.881	5	20
3	6	Joan Olivé	Derbi	19	+4.070	10	16
4	1	Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	19	+4.118	1	13
5	18	Nicolás Terol	Aprilia	19	+7.048	2	11
6	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	19	+9.334	4	10
7	11	Sandro Cortese	Aprilia	19	+12.813	6	9
8	44	Pol Espargaró	Derbi	19	+16.491	7	8
9	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	19	+17.637	3	7
10	24	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	19	+17.855	8	6
11	45	Scott Redding	Aprilia	19	+18.964	17	5
12	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	19	+29.920	9	4
13	12	Esteve Rabat	KTM	19	+38.445	15	3
14	77	Dominique Aegerter	Derbi	19	+54.637	24	2
15	21	Robin Lässer	Aprilia	19	+54.797	22	1
16	22	Pablo Nieto	KTM	19	+55.723	28
17	96	Lukáš Šembera	Aprilia	19	+56.786	36
18	7	Efrén Vázquez	Aprilia	19	+59.166	19
19	8	Lorenzo Zanetti	KTM	19	+59.330	20
20	30	Pere Tutusaus	Aprilia	19	+59.340	30
21	60	Michael Ranseder	Aprilia	19	+1:00.307	25
22	72	Marco Ravaioli	Aprilia	19	+1:07.401	33
23	34	Randy Krummenacher	KTM	19	+1:11.701	26
24	16	Jules Cluzel	Loncin	19	+1:19.343	27
25	56	Hugo van den Berg	Aprilia	19	+1:30.988	35
26	5	Alexis Masbou	Loncin	19	+1:31.018	32
27	95	Robert Mureșan	Aprilia	19	+1:31.149	31
28	48	Bastien Chesaux	Aprilia	19	+1:33.222	34
29	69	Louis Rossi	Honda	19	+1:33.600	37
30	97	Michal Prášek	Aprilia	18	+1 lap	38
31	98	Andrea Toušková	Honda	18	+1 lap	39
Ret	37	Karel Pešek	Aprilia	17	Accident	29
Ret	51	Stevie Bonsey	Aprilia	15	Retirement	18
Ret	93	Marc Márquez	KTM	6	Accident	12
Ret	94	Jonas Folger	KTM	1	Retirement	23
Ret	35	Raffaele De Rosa	KTM	0	Accident	11
Ret	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	KTM	0	Accident	14
Ret	73	Takaaki Nakagami	Aprilia	0	Accident	21
Ret	99	Danny Webb	Aprilia	0	Accident	16
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) edit

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

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Valentino Rossi	237
2	Casey Stoner	187
3	Dani Pedrosa	172
4	Jorge Lorenzo	120
5	Andrea Dovizioso	110

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Yamaha	266
2	Ducati	212
3	Honda	210
4	Suzuki	128
5	Kawasaki	63

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

References edit

^ "2008 Czech MotoGP". Motorpsortmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Brno Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
^ "2008 Czech MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
^ "Classification" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2008.
^ "motogp.com · CARDION AB GRAND PRIX CESKE REPUBLIKY · MotoGP Race Classification 2008". www.motogp.com. Archived from the original on 2020-12-01. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2008. Retrieved 2019-08-23.

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Previous race: 2007 Czech Republic Grand Prix	Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix	Next race: 2009 Czech Republic Grand Prix

[1] "2008 Czech MotoGP". Motorpsortmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.

[2] Mitchell, Malcolm. "Brno Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 18 May 2018.

[3] "2008 Czech MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.

[4] "Classification" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2008.

[5] "motogp.com · CARDION AB GRAND PRIX CESKE REPUBLIKY · MotoGP Race Classification 2008". www.motogp.com. Archived from the original on 2020-12-01. Retrieved 2018-09-10.

[6] "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2008. Retrieved 2019-08-23.

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