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2008 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	Italian
flag	Italy
Official_Name	Gran Premio d'Italia Alice
Location	Mugello Circuit
Course_mi	3.259
Course_km	5.245
Race_No	6
Season_No	18
Date	1 June
Year	2008
Image	Mugello Racing Circuit track map 15 turns.svg
Pole_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Pole_Time_MotoGP	1:48.130
Fast_Rider_MotoGP	Casey Stoner
Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Australia
Fast_Time_MotoGP	1:50.003
First_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
First_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_MotoGP	Casey Stoner
Second_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Australia
Third_Rider_MotoGP	Dani Pedrosa
Third_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Spain
Pole_Rider_250	Héctor Barberá
Pole_Rider_250_Country	Spain
Pole_Time_250	1:52.675
Fast_Rider_250	Álvaro Bautista
Fast_Rider_250_Country	Spain
Fast_Time_250	1:53.669
First_Rider_250	Marco Simoncelli
First_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_250	Alex Debón
Second_Rider_250_Country	Spain
Third_Rider_250	Thomas Lüthi
Third_Rider_250_Country	Switzerland
Pole_Rider_125	Raffaele De Rosa
Pole_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Pole_Time_125	1:58.302
Fast_Rider_125	Mike Di Meglio
Fast_Rider_125_Country	France
Fast_Time_125	1:58.570
First_Rider_125	Simone Corsi
First_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_125	Gábor Talmácsi
Second_Rider_125_Country	Hungary
Third_Rider_125	Pol Espargaró
Third_Rider_125_Country	Spain

The 2008 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 2008 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 30 May – 1 June 2008 at the Mugello Circuit. It marked Valentino Rossi's seventh consecutive victory at the Italian motorcycle Grand Prix, a run which was to be finally broken the following year by Casey Stoner.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	23	42:31.153	1	25
1	AUS Casey Stoner	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	23	+2.201	4	20
2	ESP Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	23	+4.867	2	16
15	SMR Alex de Angelis	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	23	+6.313	10	13
5	USA Colin Edwards	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	23	+12.530	5	11
52	GBR James Toseland	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	23	+13.806	8	10
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	23	+14.447	3	9
4	ITA Andrea Dovizioso	JiR Team Scot MotoGP	Honda	23	+15.319	13	8
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	23	+15.327	9	7
7	AUS Chris Vermeulen	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	23	+30.785	11	6
50	FRA Sylvain Guintoli	Alice Team	Ducati	23	+39.621	17	5
24	ESP Toni Elías	Alice Team	Ducati	23	+50.021	16	4
69	USA Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	23	+50.440	6	3
8	JPN Tadayuki Okada	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	23	+58.849	15	2
13	AUS Anthony West	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	23	+1:00.736	19	1
48	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	6	Accident	7
21	USA John Hopkins	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	6	Accident	14
14	FRA Randy de Puniet	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	5	Accident	12
33	ITA Marco Melandri	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	5	Accident	18

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
58	ITA Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	21	40:19.910	3	25
6	ESP Alex Debón	Aprilia	21	+0.499	7	20
12	CHE Thomas Lüthi	Aprilia	21	+0.712	8	16
36	FIN Mika Kallio	KTM	21	+7.403	4	13
75	ITA Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	21	+12.542	9	11
15	ITA Roberto Locatelli	Gilera	21	+12.790	18	10
17	CZE Karel Abraham	Aprilia	21	+16.114	16	9
4	JPN Hiroshi Aoyama	KTM	21	+17.316	10	8
41	ESP Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	21	+19.642	14	7
14	THA Ratthapark Wilairot	Honda	21	+19.704	17	6
60	ESP Julián Simón	KTM	21	+19.751	13	5
25	ITA Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	21	+47.360	21	4
50	IRL Eugene Laverty	Aprilia	21	+47.422	20	3
32	ITA Fabrizio Lai	Gilera	21	+1:13.423	15	2
10	HUN Imre Tóth	Aprilia	21	+1:25.891	19	1
7	ESP Russell Gómez	Aprilia	21	+1:36.557	22
45	IDN Doni Tata Pradita	Yamaha	21	+1:48.224	23
21	ESP Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	19	Accident	1
72	JPN Yuki Takahashi	Honda	17	Accident	11
52	CZE Lukáš Pešek	Aprilia	9	Accident	5
55	ESP Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	9	Accident	12
54	SMR Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	9	Accident	6
19	ESP Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	6	Accident	2

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
24	ITA Simone Corsi	Aprilia	20	39:59.020	8	25
1	HUN Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	20	+0.019	2	20
44	ESP Pol Espargaró	Derbi	20	+0.036	4	16
63	FRA Mike Di Meglio	Derbi	20	+0.135	3	13
38	GBR Bradley Smith	Aprilia	20	+0.178	7	11
33	ESP Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	20	+0.490	5	10
18	ESP Nicolás Terol	Aprilia	20	+0.832	9	9
11	DEU Sandro Cortese	Aprilia	20	+3.865	6	8
6	ESP Joan Olivé	Derbi	20	+3.928	14	7
17	DEU Stefan Bradl	Aprilia	20	+5.439	11	6
51	USA Stevie Bonsey	Aprilia	20	+10.244	13	5
29	ITA Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	20	+10.447	12	4
35	ITA Raffaele De Rosa	KTM	20	+18.366	1	3
45	GBR Scott Redding	Aprilia	20	+23.201	16	2
60	AUT Michael Ranseder	Aprilia	20	+24.440	18	1
73	JPN Takaaki Nakagami	Aprilia	20	+26.631	15
34	CHE Randy Krummenacher	KTM	20	+30.629	19
7	ESP Efrén Vázquez	Aprilia	20	+30.730	25
93	ESP Marc Márquez	KTM	20	+33.868	23
8	ITA Lorenzo Zanetti	KTM	20	+36.928	31
30	ESP Pere Tutusaus	Aprilia	20	+49.951	32
40	ITA Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia	20	+50.038	22
16	FRA Jules Cluzel	Loncin	20	+50.040	24
77	CHE Dominique Aegerter	Derbi	20	+50.052	26
12	ESP Esteve Rabat	KTM	20	+56.360	20
47	ITA Riccardo Moretti	Honda	20	+1:06.247	35
5	FRA Alexis Masbou	Loncin	20	+1:06.566	38
21	DEU Robin Lässer	Aprilia	20	+1:06.982	33
56	NLD Hugo van den Berg	Aprilia	20	+1:09.266	28
42	ITA Luca Vitali	Aprilia	20	+1:10.551	38
43	ITA Gabriele Ferro	Honda	20	+1:10.567	34
69	FRA Louis Rossi	Honda	20	+1:36.451	37
39	ITA Ferrucio Lamborghini	Aprilia	20	+1:39.883	36
95	ROU Robert Mureșan	Aprilia	18	+2 laps	30
99	GBR Danny Webb	Aprilia	19	Accident	17
71	JPN Tomoyoshi Koyama	KTM	16	Retirement	10
19	ITA Roberto Lacalendola	Aprilia	11	Retirement	29
22	ESP Pablo Nieto	KTM	8	Retirement	27
27	ITA Stefano Bianco	Aprilia	2	Accident	21

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	ITA Valentino Rossi	122
2	ESP Dani Pedrosa	110
3	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	94
4	AUS Casey Stoner	76
5	USA Colin Edwards	58

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Yamaha	140
2	JPN Honda	110
3	ITA Ducati	81
4	JPN Suzuki	54
5	JPN Kawasaki	29

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

References

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

References

(13 June 2017). "2008 Italian MotoGP".
Mitchell, Malcolm. "2008 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
Mitchell, Malcolm. "Mugello - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
(13 June 2017). "2008 Italian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
(2008). "Classification".
"motogp.com · GRAN PREMIO D'ITALIA ALICE · MotoGP Race Classification 2008".
(2008). "Standings".

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