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2008 British motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	British
flag	UK
Official_Name	bwin.com British Grand Prix
Location	Donington Park
Course_mi	2.500
Course_km	4.023
Race_No	8
Season_No	18
Date	22 June
Year	2008
Image	Donington as of 2006.svg
Pole_Rider_MotoGP	Casey Stoner
Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Australia
Pole_Time_MotoGP	1:38.232
Fast_Rider_MotoGP	Casey Stoner
Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Australia
Fast_Time_MotoGP	1:28.773
First_Rider_MotoGP	Casey Stoner
First_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Australia
Second_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
Second_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Third_Rider_MotoGP	Dani Pedrosa
Third_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Spain
Pole_Rider_250	Álvaro Bautista
Pole_Rider_250_Country	Spain
Pole_Time_250	1:31.834
Fast_Rider_250	Marco Simoncelli
Fast_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Fast_Time_250	1:32.474
First_Rider_250	Mika Kallio
First_Rider_250_Country	Finland
Second_Rider_250	Marco Simoncelli
Second_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Third_Rider_250	Álvaro Bautista
Third_Rider_250_Country	Spain
Pole_Rider_125	Simone Corsi
Pole_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Pole_Time_125	1:37.488
Fast_Rider_125	Scott Redding
Fast_Rider_125_Country	UK
Fast_Time_125	1:38.704
First_Rider_125	Scott Redding
First_Rider_125_Country	UK
Second_Rider_125	Mike Di Meglio
Second_Rider_125_Country	France
Third_Rider_125	Marc Márquez
Third_Rider_125_Country	Spain

The 2008 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2008 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 20–22 June 2008 at the Donington Park circuit.

Valentino Rossi, trying to close the gap to Casey Stoner on the opening lap. Stoner went on to win the race, with Rossi finishing a distant second in the MotoGP race.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	AUS Casey Stoner	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	30	44:44.982	1	25
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	30	+5.789	2	20
2	ESP Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	30	+8.347	9	16
5	USA Colin Edwards	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	30	+12.678	5	13
4	ITA Andrea Dovizioso	JiR Team Scot MotoGP	Honda	30	+14.801	6	11
48	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	30	+15.690	17	10
69	USA Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	30	+18.196	4	9
7	AUS Chris Vermeulen	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	30	+21.666	3	8
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	30	+29.354	10	7
13	AUS Anthony West	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	30	+41.030	7	6
24	ESP Toni Elías	Alice Team	Ducati	30	+44.426	18	5
14	FRA Randy de Puniet	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	30	+46.199	14	4
50	FRA Sylvain Guintoli	Alice Team	Ducati	30	+48.731	12	3
11	USA Ben Spies	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	30	+49.591	8	2
15	SMR Alex de Angelis	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	30	+1:22.186	13	1
33	ITA Marco Melandri	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	30	+1:30.021	15
52	GBR James Toseland	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	29	+1 lap	16
21	USA John Hopkins	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	16	Retirement	11

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
36	FIN Mika Kallio	KTM	27	42:14.410	14	25
58	ITA Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	27	+0.353	2	20
19	ESP Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	27	+1.237	1	16
21	ESP Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	27	+8.875	3	13
12	CHE Thomas Lüthi	Aprilia	27	+11.359	4	11
4	JPN Hiroshi Aoyama	KTM	27	+16.124	6	10
6	ESP Alex Debón	Aprilia	27	+16.136	11	9
60	ESP Julián Simón	KTM	27	+18.007	7	8
72	JPN Yuki Takahashi	Honda	27	+33.271	5	7
41	ESP Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	27	+49.681	8	6
15	ITA Roberto Locatelli	Gilera	27	+52.534	13	5
17	CZE Karel Abraham	Aprilia	27	+55.311	16	4
52	CZE Lukáš Pešek	Aprilia	27	+57.399	9	3
54	SMR Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	27	+57.641	15	2
55	ESP Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	27	+1:04.329	17	1
14	THA Ratthapark Wilairot	Honda	27	+1:06.156	18
32	ITA Fabrizio Lai	Gilera	27	+1:15.812	10
7	ESP Russell Gómez	Aprilia	26	+1 lap	22
45	IDN Doni Tata Pradita	Yamaha	26	+1 lap	23
50	IRL Eugene Laverty	Aprilia	19	Retirement	20
25	ITA Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	13	Retirement	19
75	ITA Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	12	Retirement	12
10	HUN Imre Tóth	Aprilia	11	Retirement	21
63	GBR Toby Markham	Yamaha		Did not start

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
45	GBR Scott Redding	Aprilia	25	41:39.472	4	25
63	FRA Mike Di Meglio	Derbi	25	+5.324	20	20
93	ESP Marc Márquez	KTM	25	+5.806	7	16
33	ESP Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	25	+13.990	3	13
24	ITA Simone Corsi	Aprilia	25	+16.855	1	11
71	JPN Tomoyoshi Koyama	KTM	25	+17.181	9	10
6	ESP Joan Olivé	Derbi	25	+18.014	14	9
73	JPN Takaaki Nakagami	Aprilia	25	+18.222	21	8
11	DEU Sandro Cortese	Aprilia	25	+18.404	16	7
38	GBR Bradley Smith	Aprilia	25	+18.891	11	6
12	ESP Esteve Rabat	KTM	25	+18.976	12	5
60	AUT Michael Ranseder	Aprilia	25	+28.269	19	4
34	CHE Randy Krummenacher	KTM	25	+28.347	18	3
35	ITA Raffaele De Rosa	KTM	25	+29.403	10	2
8	ITA Lorenzo Zanetti	KTM	25	+35.763	23	1
16	FRA Jules Cluzel	Loncin	25	+35.868	25
51	USA Stevie Bonsey	Aprilia	25	+38.158	15
18	ESP Nicolás Terol	Aprilia	25	+42.766	6
77	CHE Dominique Aegerter	Derbi	25	+42.924	26
27	ITA Stefano Bianco	Aprilia	25	+1:06.296	22
21	DEU Robin Lässer	Aprilia	25	+1:10.158	29
30	ESP Pere Tutusaus	Aprilia	25	+1:10.905	24
69	FRA Louis Rossi	Honda	25	+1:29.269	31
95	ROU Robert Mureșan	Aprilia	24	+1 lap	30
56	NLD Hugo van den Berg	Aprilia	24	+1 lap	28
67	GBR Lee Costello	Honda	24	+1 lap	36
19	ITA Roberto Lacalendola	Aprilia	24	+1 lap	32
29	ITA Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	19	Accident	5
17	DEU Stefan Bradl	Aprilia	18	Retirement	17
64	GBR Matthew Hoyle	Honda	14	Accident	33
66	GBR Connor Behan	Honda	14	Retirement	34
68	IRL Paul Jordan	Honda	14	Retirement	37
5	FRA Alexis Masbou	Loncin	5	Accident	27
65	GBR Luke Hinton	Honda	4	Accident	35
1	HUN Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	1	Accident	2
22	ESP Pablo Nieto	KTM	0	Accident	8
99	GBR Danny Webb	Aprilia	0	Accident	13
44	ESP Pol Espargaró	Derbi		Did not start
7	ESP Efrén Vázquez	Aprilia		Withdrew

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eight has concluded.

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	ITA Valentino Rossi	162
2	ESP Dani Pedrosa	151
3	AUS Casey Stoner	117
4	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	104
5	USA Colin Edwards	82

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Yamaha	180
2	JPN Honda	151
3	ITA Ducati	122
4	JPN Suzuki	71
5	JPN Kawasaki	41

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

References

| Previous_year's_race = 2007 British Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 2009 British Grand Prix

References

(13 June 2017). "2008 British MotoGP".
(13 June 2017). "2008 British MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
Mitchell, Malcolm. "Donington Park - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
(2008). "Classification".
"motogp.com · bwin.com BRITISH GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2008".
(2008). "Standings".

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