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.
MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46 Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 28 44:30.799 4 25 2 48 Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 28 +4.997 5 20 3 5 Colin Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 28 +6.805 2 16 4 2 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 28 +10.157 1 13 5 7 Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 28 +21.762 8 11 6 4 Andrea Dovizioso JiR Team Scot MotoGP Honda 28 +22.395 10 10 7 65 Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 28 +27.806 11 9 8 69 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 28 +27.995 6 8 9 14 Randy de Puniet LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 28 +29.344 12 7 10 56 Shinya Nakano San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 28 +30.822 13 6 11 24 Toni Elías Alice Team Ducati 28 +35.154 14 5 12 15 Alex de Angelis San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 28 +36.216 15 4 13 50 Sylvain Guintoli Alice Team Ducati 28 +52.038 16 3 14 13 Anthony West Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 28 +1:29.307 18 2 15 33 Marco Melandri Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 27 +1 lap 17 1 16 1 Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 26 +2 laps 3 Ret 21 John Hopkins Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 16 Broken Chain 9 Ret 52 James Toseland Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 2 Accident 7 Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 26 47:27.406 1 25 2 58 Marco Simoncelli Gilera 26 +4.816 3 20 3 75 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 26 +4.998 6 16 4 72 Yuki Takahashi Honda 26 +5.770 12 13 5 36 Mika Kallio KTM 26 +6.197 5 11 6 54 Manuel Poggiali Gilera 26 +6.474 8 10 7 4 Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 26 +14.909 10 9 8 60 Julián Simón KTM 26 +17.526 7 8 9 41 Aleix Espargaró Aprilia 26 +32.925 9 7 10 55 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 26 +36.719 13 6 11 12 Thomas Lüthi Aprilia 26 +48.968 4 5 12 21 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 26 +56.837 11 4 13 15 Roberto Locatelli Gilera 26 +57.827 17 3 14 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 26 +1:05.407 2 2 15 14 Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 26 +1:24.336 16 1 16 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 26 +1:24.577 21 17 90 Federico Sandi Aprilia 25 +1 lap 20 18 10 Imre Tóth Aprilia 25 +1 lap 22 19 7 Russell Gómez Aprilia 25 +1 lap 23 Ret 17 Karel Abraham Aprilia 24 Accident 19 Ret 45 Doni Tata Pradita Yamaha 24 Accident 24 Ret 52 Lukáš Pešek Aprilia 21 Retirement 15 Ret 32 Fabrizio Lai Gilera 13 Retirement 14 Ret 50 Eugene Laverty Aprilia 11 Accident 18 DNQ 89 Ho Wan Chow Aprilia Did not qualify OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT
125 cc classification 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.
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
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round five has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings 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 Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 115 2 Honda 94 3 Ducati 61 4 Suzuki 45 5 Kawasaki 28
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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