The 2008 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the penultimate round of the 2008 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 17–19 October 2008 at the Sepang International Circuit.
MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46 Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 21 43:06.007 2 25 2 2 Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 21 +4.008 1 20 3 4 Andrea Dovizioso JiR Team Scot MotoGP Honda 21 +8.536 6 16 4 69 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 21 +8.858 4 13 5 56 Shinya Nakano San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 21 +10.583 15 11 6 1 Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 21 +13.640 7 10 7 65 Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 21 +15.936 8 9 8 5 Colin Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 21 +18.802 5 8 9 7 Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 21 +23.174 11 7 10 14 Randy de Puniet LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 21 +25.516 9 6 11 21 John Hopkins Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 21 +27.609 10 5 12 13 Anthony West Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 21 +41.399 13 4 13 50 Sylvain Guintoli Alice Team Ducati 21 +45.617 16 3 14 15 Alex de Angelis San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 21 +49.003 17 2 15 24 Toni Elías Alice Team Ducati 21 +59.139 19 1 16 33 Marco Melandri Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 21 +1:03.328 14 17 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 21 +1:48.363 18 Ret 48 Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 12 Retirement 3 Ret 52 James Toseland Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 2 Accident 12 Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 20 42:56.428 2 25 2 4 Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 20 +2.586 1 20 3 58 Marco Simoncelli Gilera 20 +8.343 3 16 4 72 Yuki Takahashi Honda 20 +11.032 8 13 5 41 Aleix Espargaró Aprilia 20 +13.846 6 11 6 6 Alex Debón Aprilia 20 +14.274 9 10 7 15 Roberto Locatelli Gilera 20 +15.101 15 9 8 14 Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 20 +16.987 5 8 9 12 Thomas Lüthi Aprilia 20 +25.356 14 7 10 52 Lukáš Pešek Aprilia 20 +26.846 13 6 11 32 Fabrizio Lai Gilera 20 +49.907 12 5 12 17 Karel Abraham Aprilia 20 +50.088 18 4 13 25 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 20 +1:05.816 17 3 14 35 Simone Grotzkyj Gilera 20 +1:15.544 19 2 15 10 Imre Tóth Aprilia 20 +1:19.905 16 1 16 43 Manuel Hernández Aprilia 20 +1:35.890 21 17 92 Daniel Arcas Aprilia 20 +2:00.717 22 18 45 Doni Tata Pradita Yamaha 20 +2:28.842 20 Ret 75 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 15 Retirement 11 Ret 60 Julián Simón KTM 11 Retirement 7 Ret 36 Mika Kallio KTM 5 Retirement 4 Ret 55 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 4 Accident 10 OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 19 43:00.716 2 25 2 38 Bradley Smith Aprilia 19 +3.416 13 20 3 24 Simone Corsi Aprilia 19 +6.896 8 16 4 11 Sandro Cortese Aprilia 19 +6.925 18 13 5 63 Mike Di Meglio Derbi 19 +7.115 9 11 6 44 Pol Espargaró Derbi 19 +15.122 4 10 7 6 Joan Olivé Derbi 19 +21.805 6 9 8 77 Dominique Aegerter Derbi 19 +21.869 22 8 9 18 Nicolás Terol Aprilia 19 +21.958 12 7 10 29 Andrea Iannone Aprilia 19 +23.615 1 6 11 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 19 +23.651 7 5 12 33 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 19 +35.224 5 4 13 8 Lorenzo Zanetti KTM 19 +40.502 20 3 14 22 Pablo Nieto KTM 19 +51.404 17 2 15 26 Adrián Martín Aprilia 19 +55.726 26 1 16 16 Jules Cluzel Loncin 19 +56.537 23 17 94 Jonas Folger KTM 19 +1:07.140 28 18 72 Marco Ravaioli Aprilia 19 +1:07.573 24 19 34 Randy Krummenacher KTM 19 +1:07.741 31 20 21 Robin Lässer Aprilia 19 +1:08.849 27 21 48 Bastien Chesaux Aprilia 19 +1:46.609 33 22 95 Robert Mureșan Aprilia 18 +1 lap 30 Ret 12 Esteve Rabat KTM 17 Retirement 25 Ret 51 Stevie Bonsey Aprilia 12 Retirement 15 Ret 17 Stefan Bradl Aprilia 11 Retirement 10 Ret 45 Scott Redding Aprilia 11 Retirement 11 Ret 56 Hugo van den Berg Aprilia 11 Retirement 29 Ret 35 Raffaele De Rosa KTM 8 Retirement 19 Ret 99 Danny Webb Aprilia 8 Retirement 3 Ret 28 Enrique Jerez KTM 8 Retirement 32 Ret 5 Alexis Masbou Loncin 6 Retirement 14 Ret 73 Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 3 Accident 21 DNS 7 Efrén Vázquez Aprilia 0 Did not start 16 DNS 36 Cyril Carrillo Honda Did not start DNS 93 Marc Márquez 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 seventeen has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 357 2 Casey Stoner 255 3 Dani Pedrosa 229 4 Jorge Lorenzo 182 5 Andrea Dovizioso 161
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 386 2 Ducati 296 3 Honda 295 4 Suzuki 174 5 Kawasaki 86
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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