2008 British motorcycle Grand Prix

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.

  2008 British Grand Prix

Race details
Race 8 of 18 races in the 2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	22 June 2008
Official name	bwin.com British Grand Prix[1][2][3]
Location	Donington Park
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.023 km (2.500 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Casey Stoner Time 1:38.232 Fastest lap Rider Casey Stoner Time 1:28.773 Podium First Casey Stoner Second Valentino Rossi Third Dani Pedrosa
250cc
Pole position Rider Álvaro Bautista Time 1:31.834 Fastest lap Rider Marco Simoncelli Time 1:32.474 Podium First Mika Kallio Second Marco Simoncelli Third Álvaro Bautista
125cc
Pole position Rider Simone Corsi Time 1:37.488 Fastest lap Rider Scott Redding Time 1:38.704 Podium First Scott Redding Second Mike Di Meglio Third Marc Márquez

MotoGP classification

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

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	27	42:14.410	14	25
2	58	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	27	+0.353	2	20
3	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	27	+1.237	1	16
4	21	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	27	+8.875	3	13
5	12	Thomas Lüthi	Aprilia	27	+11.359	4	11
6	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	KTM	27	+16.124	6	10
7	6	Alex Debón	Aprilia	27	+16.136	11	9
8	60	Julián Simón	KTM	27	+18.007	7	8
9	72	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	27	+33.271	5	7
10	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	27	+49.681	8	6
11	15	Roberto Locatelli	Gilera	27	+52.534	13	5
12	17	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	27	+55.311	16	4
13	52	Lukáš Pešek	Aprilia	27	+57.399	9	3
14	54	Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	27	+57.641	15	2
15	55	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	27	+1:04.329	17	1
16	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	Honda	27	+1:06.156	18
17	32	Fabrizio Lai	Gilera	27	+1:15.812	10
18	7	Russell Gómez	Aprilia	26	+1 lap	22
19	45	Doni Tata Pradita	Yamaha	26	+1 lap	23
Ret	50	Eugene Laverty	Aprilia	19	Retirement	20
Ret	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	13	Retirement	19
Ret	75	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	12	Retirement	12
Ret	10	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	11	Retirement	21
DNS	63	Toby Markham	Yamaha		Did not start
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	45	Scott Redding	Aprilia	25	41:39.472	4	25
2	63	Mike Di Meglio	Derbi	25	+5.324	20	20
3	93	Marc Márquez	KTM	25	+5.806	7	16
4	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	25	+13.990	3	13
5	24	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	25	+16.855	1	11
6	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	KTM	25	+17.181	9	10
7	6	Joan Olivé	Derbi	25	+18.014	14	9
8	73	Takaaki Nakagami	Aprilia	25	+18.222	21	8
9	11	Sandro Cortese	Aprilia	25	+18.404	16	7
10	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	25	+18.891	11	6
11	12	Esteve Rabat	KTM	25	+18.976	12	5
12	60	Michael Ranseder	Aprilia	25	+28.269	19	4
13	34	Randy Krummenacher	KTM	25	+28.347	18	3
14	35	Raffaele De Rosa	KTM	25	+29.403	10	2
15	8	Lorenzo Zanetti	KTM	25	+35.763	23	1
16	16	Jules Cluzel	Loncin	25	+35.868	25
17	51	Stevie Bonsey	Aprilia	25	+38.158	15
18	18	Nicolás Terol	Aprilia	25	+42.766	6
19	77	Dominique Aegerter	Derbi	25	+42.924	26
20	27	Stefano Bianco	Aprilia	25	+1:06.296	22
21	21	Robin Lässer	Aprilia	25	+1:10.158	29
22	30	Pere Tutusaus	Aprilia	25	+1:10.905	24
23	69	Louis Rossi	Honda	25	+1:29.269	31
24	95	Robert Mureșan	Aprilia	24	+1 lap	30
25	56	Hugo van den Berg	Aprilia	24	+1 lap	28
26	67	Lee Costello	Honda	24	+1 lap	36
27	19	Roberto Lacalendola	Aprilia	24	+1 lap	32
Ret	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	19	Accident	5
Ret	17	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia	18	Retirement	17
Ret	64	Matthew Hoyle	Honda	14	Accident	33
Ret	66	Connor Behan	Honda	14	Retirement	34
Ret	68	Paul Jordan	Honda	14	Retirement	37
Ret	5	Alexis Masbou	Loncin	5	Accident	27
Ret	65	Luke Hinton	Honda	4	Accident	35
Ret	1	Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	1	Accident	2
Ret	22	Pablo Nieto	KTM	0	Accident	8
Ret	99	Danny Webb	Aprilia	0	Accident	13
DNS	44	Pol Espargaró	Derbi		Did not start
WD	7	Efrén Vázquez	Aprilia		Withdrew
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eight has concluded.^[6]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 162 2 Dani Pedrosa 151 3 Casey Stoner 117 4 Jorge Lorenzo 104 5 Colin Edwards 82

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 180 2 Honda 151 3 Ducati 122 4 Suzuki 71 5 Kawasaki 41

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