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2008 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	Valencian Community
flag	Valencia
Location	Circuit Ricardo Tormo
Official_Name	Gran Premio Parts Europe de la Comunitat Valenciana
Course_mi	2.489
Course_km	4.005
Race_No	18
Season_No	18
Date	26 October
Year	2008
Image	Valencia (Ricardo Tormo) track map.svg
Pole_Rider_MotoGP	Casey Stoner
Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Australia
Pole_Time_MotoGP	1:31.502
Fast_Rider_MotoGP	Casey Stoner
Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Australia
Fast_Time_MotoGP	1:32.582
First_Rider_MotoGP	Casey Stoner
First_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Australia
Second_Rider_MotoGP	Dani Pedrosa
Second_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Spain
Third_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
Third_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Pole_Rider_250	Marco Simoncelli
Pole_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Pole_Time_250	1:35.408
Fast_Rider_250	Mika Kallio
Fast_Rider_250_Country	Finland
Fast_Time_250	1:35.890
First_Rider_250	Marco Simoncelli
First_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_250	Yuki Takahashi
Second_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Third_Rider_250	Álvaro Bautista
Third_Rider_250_Country	Spain
Pole_Rider_125	Gábor Talmácsi
Pole_Rider_125_Country	Hungary
Pole_Time_125	1:41.451
Fast_Rider_125	Mike Di Meglio
Fast_Rider_125_Country	France
Fast_Time_125	1:40.901
First_Rider_125	Simone Corsi
First_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_125	Nicolás Terol
Second_Rider_125_Country	Spain
Third_Rider_125	Mike Di Meglio
Third_Rider_125_Country	France

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
1	AUS Casey Stoner	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	30	46:46.114	1	25
2	ESP Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	30	+3.390	2	20
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	30	+12.194	10	16
4	ITA Andrea Dovizioso	JiR Team Scot MotoGP	Honda	30	+24.159	9	13
69	USA Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	30	+26.232	3	11
5	USA Colin Edwards	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	30	+32.209	4	10
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	30	+34.571	15	9
48	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	30	+35.661	7	8
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	30	+38.228	8	7
15	SMR Alex de Angelis	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	30	+47.583	16	6
52	GBR James Toseland	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	30	+52.107	5	5
50	FRA Sylvain Guintoli	Alice Team	Ducati	30	+52.350	13	4
7	AUS Chris Vermeulen	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	30	+52.833	12	3
21	USA John Hopkins	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	30	+53.227	14	2
14	FRA Randy de Puniet	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	30	+53.411	6	1
33	ITA Marco Melandri	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	30	+1:08.387	18
13	AUS Anthony West	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	30	+1:11.181	17
24	ESP Toni Elías	Alice Team	Ducati	30	+1:37.055	11

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
58	ITA Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	27	43:29.003	1	25
72	JPN Yuki Takahashi	Honda	27	+5.164	10	20
19	ESP Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	27	+8.648	6	16
15	ITA Roberto Locatelli	Gilera	27	+15.605	8	13
4	JPN Hiroshi Aoyama	KTM	27	+20.991	5	11
55	ESP Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	27	+22.212	9	10
41	ESP Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	27	+23.199	12	9
14	THA Ratthapark Wilairot	Honda	27	+23.321	7	8
75	ITA Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	27	+37.424	14	7
12	CHE Thomas Lüthi	Aprilia	27	+38.887	11	6
36	FIN Mika Kallio	KTM	27	+44.065	4	5
25	ITA Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	27	+1:10.999	16	4
10	HUN Imre Tóth	Aprilia	27	+1:31.950	18	3
92	ESP Daniel Arcas	Aprilia	27	+1:39.110	22	2
35	ITA Simone Grotzkyj	Gilera	27	+1:41.209	17	1
43	ESP Manuel Hernández	Aprilia	26	+1 lap	21
17	CZE Karel Abraham	Aprilia	26	+1 lap	20
90	ITA Federico Sandi	Aprilia	26	+1 lap	19
45	IDN Doni Tata Pradita	Yamaha	26	+1 lap	23
93	HUN Alen Győrfi	Aprilia	24	Accident	24
6	ESP Alex Debón	Aprilia	21	Accident	2
60	ESP Julián Simón	KTM	19	Retirement	3
32	ITA Fabrizio Lai	Gilera	12	Accident	15
52	CZE Lukáš Pešek	Aprilia	11	Accident	13
94	DEU Toni Wirsing	Honda	11	Retirement	25

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
24	ITA Simone Corsi	Aprilia	24	40:45.715	3	25
18	ESP Nicolás Terol	Aprilia	24	+0.106	4	20
63	FRA Mike Di Meglio	Derbi	24	+0.223	7	16
38	GBR Bradley Smith	Aprilia	24	+0.776	5	13
11	DEU Sandro Cortese	Aprilia	24	+1.333	11	11
29	ITA Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	24	+21.578	8	10
71	JPN Tomoyoshi Koyama	KTM	24	+29.387	15	9
45	GBR Scott Redding	Aprilia	24	+29.419	17	8
22	ESP Pablo Nieto	KTM	24	+38.059	18	7
12	ESP Esteve Rabat	KTM	24	+38.481	12	6
8	ITA Lorenzo Zanetti	KTM	24	+38.941	16	5
7	ESP Efrén Vázquez	Aprilia	24	+48.466	22	4
40	ITA Lorenzo Savadori	Aprilia	24	+48.802	26	3
5	FRA Alexis Masbou	Loncin	24	+50.340	23	2
28	ESP Enrique Jerez	KTM	24	+50.575	27	1
73	JPN Takaaki Nakagami	Aprilia	24	+52.220	20
34	CHE Randy Krummenacher	KTM	24	+55.047	21
94	DEU Jonas Folger	KTM	24	+55.139	37
16	FRA Jules Cluzel	Loncin	24	+55.546	25
72	ITA Marco Ravaioli	Aprilia	24	+1:00.289	31
95	ROU Robert Mureșan	Aprilia	24	+1:10.142	34
48	CHE Bastien Chesaux	Aprilia	24	+1:26.165	39
69	FRA Louis Rossi	Honda	24	+1:26.407	35
78	ESP Daniel Sáez	Aprilia	24	+1:41.720	33
25	ESP Cristian Trabalón	Aprilia	23	+1 lap	40
23	ESP Julián Miralles	Aprilia	22	(+2 laps)	29
30	ESP Pere Tutusaus	Aprilia	23	Retirement	36
51	USA Stevie Bonsey	Aprilia	15	Accident	6
6	ESP Joan Olivé	Derbi	14	Retirement	14
26	ESP Adrián Martín	Aprilia	11	Accident	24
35	ITA Raffaele De Rosa	KTM	8	Accident	19
1	HUN Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	6	Accident	1
99	GBR Danny Webb	Aprilia	6	Accident	13
21	DEU Robin Lässer	Aprilia	6	Accident	32
77	CHE Dominique Aegerter	Derbi	3	Retirement	9
33	ESP Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	2	Accident	2
17	DEU Stefan Bradl	Aprilia	2	Accident	10
56	NLD Hugo van den Berg	Aprilia	0	Accident	38
75	ESP Ricard Cardús	Derbi	0	Accident	28
44	ESP Pol Espargaró	Derbi	0	Not started	30

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

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	ITA Valentino Rossi	373
2	AUS Casey Stoner	280
3	ESP Dani Pedrosa	249
4	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	190
5	ITA Andrea Dovizioso	174

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Yamaha	402
2	ITA Ducati	321
3	JPN Honda	315
4	JPN Suzuki	181
5	JPN Kawasaki	88

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

References

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

References

(13 June 2017). "2008 Valencia MotoGP".
(13 June 2017). "2008 Valencia MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
(2008). "Classification".
(2008). "Standings".

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