The 2008 Chinese motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2008 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 2–4 May 2008 at the Shanghai International Circuit.
MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46 Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 22 44:08.061 2 25 2 2 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +3.890 5 20 3 1 Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 22 +15.928 3 16 4 48 Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 22 +22.494 4 13 5 33 Marco Melandri Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 22 +26.957 12 11 6 69 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +28.369 10 10 7 5 Colin Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 22 +29.780 1 9 8 24 Toni Elías Alice Team Ducati 22 +30.225 15 8 9 65 Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 22 +31.440 6 7 10 56 Shinya Nakano San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 22 +35.969 13 6 11 4 Andrea Dovizioso JiR Team Scot MotoGP Honda 22 +36.246 11 5 12 52 James Toseland Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 22 +43.191 7 4 13 14 Randy de Puniet LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 22 +43.442 9 3 14 21 John Hopkins Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 22 +45.855 14 2 15 50 Sylvain Guintoli Alice Team Ducati 22 +46.330 17 1 16 15 Alex de Angelis San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 22 +50.593 16 17 13 Anthony West Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 22 +1:05.593 18 Ret 7 Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 6 Retirement 8 Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 36 Mika Kallio KTM 21 48:12.217 3 25 2 4 Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 21 +3.238 11 20 3 75 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 21 +13.811 7 16 4 58 Marco Simoncelli Gilera 21 +18.474 5 13 5 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 21 +21.066 12 11 6 21 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 21 +25.158 2 10 7 72 Yuki Takahashi Honda 21 +29.990 10 9 8 14 Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 21 +39.871 18 8 9 41 Aleix Espargaró Aprilia 21 +48.344 15 7 10 55 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 21 +55.470 13 6 11 15 Roberto Locatelli Gilera 21 +55.832 9 5 12 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 21 +1:00.442 1 4 13 50 Eugene Laverty Aprilia 21 +1:00.732 19 3 14 32 Fabrizio Lai Gilera 21 +1:36.975 16 2 15 45 Doni Tata Pradita Yamaha 21 +1:37.080 21 1 16 10 Imre Tóth Aprilia 21 +1:45.018 22 17 7 Russell Gómez Aprilia 21 +2:13.718 23 Ret 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 14 Retirement 20 Ret 60 Julián Simón KTM 5 Retirement 4 Ret 12 Thomas Lüthi Aprilia 5 Retirement 6 Ret 17 Karel Abraham Aprilia 4 Retirement 17 Ret 52 Lukáš Pešek Aprilia 2 Retirement 14 Ret 54 Manuel Poggiali Gilera 0 Accident 8 OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 29 Andrea Iannone Aprilia 19 46:02.275 5 25 2 63 Mike Di Meglio Derbi 19 +3.355 3 20 3 1 Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 19 +3.451 4 16 4 44 Pol Espargaró Derbi 19 +14.028 7 13 5 17 Stefan Bradl Aprilia 19 +23.853 8 11 6 6 Joan Olivé Derbi 19 +31.962 6 10 7 60 Michael Ranseder Aprilia 19 +33.758 18 9 8 18 Nicolás Terol Aprilia 19 +34.696 2 8 9 35 Raffaele De Rosa KTM 19 +34.838 14 7 10 7 Efrén Vázquez Aprilia 19 +41.011 19 6 11 12 Esteve Rabat KTM 19 +41.139 22 5 12 93 Marc Márquez KTM 19 +43.677 21 4 13 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 19 +53.489 24 3 14 51 Stevie Bonsey Aprilia 19 +54.462 16 2 15 30 Pere Tutusaus Aprilia 19 +58.706 20 1 16 11 Sandro Cortese Aprilia 19 +59.454 12 17 77 Dominique Aegerter Derbi 19 +1:10.704 13 18 69 Louis Rossi Honda 19 +1:47.918 32 19 56 Hugo van den Berg Aprilia 19 +1:50.406 29 Ret 34 Randy Krummenacher KTM 16 Retirement 31 Ret 45 Scott Redding Aprilia 15 Accident 23 Ret 8 Lorenzo Zanetti KTM 11 Retirement 26 Ret 99 Danny Webb Aprilia 10 Accident 10 Ret 95 Robert Mureșan Aprilia 9 Accident 30 Ret 5 Alexis Masbou Loncin 9 Retirement 25 Ret 21 Robin Lässer Aprilia 7 Accident 27 Ret 19 Roberto Lacalendola Aprilia 7 Accident 28 Ret 38 Bradley Smith Aprilia 6 Accident 1 Ret 24 Simone Corsi Aprilia 5 Retirement 11 Ret 73 Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 4 Retirement 17 Ret 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 1 Retirement 9 DNS 27 Stefano Bianco Aprilia 0 Did not start 15 DNS 22 Pablo Nieto KTM Did not start DNS 16 Jules Cluzel Loncin Did not start OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round four has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Dani Pedrosa 81 2 Jorge Lorenzo 74 3 Valentino Rossi 72 4 Casey Stoner 56 5 Loris Capirossi 33
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 90 2 Honda 81 3 Ducati 56 4 Suzuki 34 5 Kawasaki 26
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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