The 2008 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the last round of the 2008 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 24–26 October 2008 at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo.
MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 30 46:46.114 1 25 2 2 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +3.390 2 20 3 46 Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +12.194 10 16 4 4 Andrea Dovizioso JiR Team Scot MotoGP Honda 30 +24.159 9 13 5 69 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 30 +26.232 3 11 6 5 Colin Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 30 +32.209 4 10 7 56 Shinya Nakano San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 30 +34.571 15 9 8 48 Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +35.661 7 8 9 65 Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 30 +38.228 8 7 10 15 Alex de Angelis San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 30 +47.583 16 6 11 52 James Toseland Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 30 +52.107 5 5 12 50 Sylvain Guintoli Alice Team Ducati 30 +52.350 13 4 13 7 Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 30 +52.833 12 3 14 21 John Hopkins Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 30 +53.227 14 2 15 14 Randy de Puniet LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 30 +53.411 6 1 16 33 Marco Melandri Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 30 +1:08.387 18 17 13 Anthony West Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 30 +1:11.181 17 18 24 Toni Elías Alice Team Ducati 30 +1:37.055 11 Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 58 Marco Simoncelli Gilera 27 43:29.003 1 25 2 72 Yuki Takahashi Honda 27 +5.164 10 20 3 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 27 +8.648 6 16 4 15 Roberto Locatelli Gilera 27 +15.605 8 13 5 4 Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 27 +20.991 5 11 6 55 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 27 +22.212 9 10 7 41 Aleix Espargaró Aprilia 27 +23.199 12 9 8 14 Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 27 +23.321 7 8 9 75 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 27 +37.424 14 7 10 12 Thomas Lüthi Aprilia 27 +38.887 11 6 11 36 Mika Kallio KTM 27 +44.065 4 5 12 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 27 +1:10.999 16 4 13 10 Imre Tóth Aprilia 27 +1:31.950 18 3 14 92 Daniel Arcas Aprilia 27 +1:39.110 22 2 15 35 Simone Grotzkyj Gilera 27 +1:41.209 17 1 16 43 Manuel Hernández Aprilia 26 +1 lap 21 17 17 Karel Abraham Aprilia 26 +1 lap 20 18 90 Federico Sandi Aprilia 26 +1 lap 19 19 45 Doni Tata Pradita Yamaha 26 +1 lap 23 Ret 93 Alen Győrfi Aprilia 24 Accident 24 Ret 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 21 Accident 2 Ret 60 Julián Simón KTM 19 Retirement 3 Ret 32 Fabrizio Lai Gilera 12 Accident 15 Ret 52 Lukáš Pešek Aprilia 11 Accident 13 Ret 94 Toni Wirsing Honda 11 Retirement 25 OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 24 Simone Corsi Aprilia 24 40:45.715 3 25 2 18 Nicolás Terol Aprilia 24 +0.106 4 20 3 63 Mike Di Meglio Derbi 24 +0.223 7 16 4 38 Bradley Smith Aprilia 24 +0.776 5 13 5 11 Sandro Cortese Aprilia 24 +1.333 11 11 6 29 Andrea Iannone Aprilia 24 +21.578 8 10 7 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 24 +29.387 15 9 8 45 Scott Redding Aprilia 24 +29.419 17 8 9 22 Pablo Nieto KTM 24 +38.059 18 7 10 12 Esteve Rabat KTM 24 +38.481 12 6 11 8 Lorenzo Zanetti KTM 24 +38.941 16 5 12 7 Efrén Vázquez Aprilia 24 +48.466 22 4 13 40 Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 24 +48.802 26 3 14 5 Alexis Masbou Loncin 24 +50.340 23 2 15 28 Enrique Jerez KTM 24 +50.575 27 1 16 73 Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 24 +52.220 20 17 34 Randy Krummenacher KTM 24 +55.047 21 18 94 Jonas Folger KTM 24 +55.139 37 19 16 Jules Cluzel Loncin 24 +55.546 25 20 72 Marco Ravaioli Aprilia 24 +1:00.289 31 21 95 Robert Mureșan Aprilia 24 +1:10.142 34 22 48 Bastien Chesaux Aprilia 24 +1:26.165 39 23 69 Louis Rossi Honda 24 +1:26.407 35 24 78 Daniel Sáez Aprilia 24 +1:41.720 33 25 25 Cristian Trabalón Aprilia 23 +1 lap 40 DSQ 23 Julián Miralles Aprilia 22 (+2 laps) 29 Ret 30 Pere Tutusaus Aprilia 23 Retirement 36 Ret 51 Stevie Bonsey Aprilia 15 Accident 6 Ret 6 Joan Olivé Derbi 14 Retirement 14 Ret 26 Adrián Martín Aprilia 11 Accident 24 Ret 35 Raffaele De Rosa KTM 8 Accident 19 Ret 1 Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 6 Accident 1 Ret 99 Danny Webb Aprilia 6 Accident 13 Ret 21 Robin Lässer Aprilia 6 Accident 32 Ret 77 Dominique Aegerter Derbi 3 Retirement 9 Ret 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 2 Accident 2 Ret 17 Stefan Bradl Aprilia 2 Accident 10 Ret 56 Hugo van den Berg Aprilia 0 Accident 38 Ret 75 Ricard Cardús Derbi 0 Accident 28 DNS 44 Pol Espargaró Derbi 0 Not started 30 OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eighteen has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 373 2 Casey Stoner 280 3 Dani Pedrosa 249 4 Jorge Lorenzo 190 5 Andrea Dovizioso 174
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 402 2 Ducati 321 3 Honda 315 4 Suzuki 181 5 Kawasaki 88
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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