2008 Dutch TT

The 2008 Dutch TT was the ninth round of the 2008 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 26–28 June 2008 at the TT Circuit Assen.

Dani Pedrosa, Casey Stoner and Colin Edwards, celebrating on the podium after finishing second, first and third at the MotoGP race.

  2008 Dutch Grand Prix

Race details
Race 9 of 18 races in the 2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	28 June 2008
Official name	A-Style TT Assen[1]
Location	TT Circuit Assen
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.555 km (2.830 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Casey Stoner Time 1:35.520 Fastest lap Rider Casey Stoner Time 1:36.738 Podium First Casey Stoner Second Dani Pedrosa Third Colin Edwards
250cc
Pole position Rider Álvaro Bautista Time 1:39.510 Fastest lap Rider Álvaro Bautista Time 1:40.340 Podium First Álvaro Bautista Second Thomas Lüthi Third Marco Simoncelli
125cc
Pole position Rider Simone Corsi Time 1:45.533 Fastest lap Rider Mike Di Meglio Time 1:46.661 Podium First Gábor Talmácsi Second Joan Olivé Third Simone Corsi

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Casey Stoner	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	26	42:12.337	1	25
2	2	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	26	+11.310	2	20
3	5	Colin Edwards	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	26	+17.125	6	16
4	69	Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	26	+20.477	4	13
5	4	Andrea Dovizioso	JiR Team Scot MotoGP	Honda	26	+27.346	11	11
6	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	26	+28.608	7	10
7	7	Chris Vermeulen	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	26	+32.330	8	9
8	56	Shinya Nakano	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	26	+34.892	9	8
9	52	James Toseland	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	26	+38.566	13	7
10	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Alice Team	Ducati	26	+38.817	10	6
11	46	Valentino Rossi	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	26	+46.025	3	5
12	24	Toni Elías	Alice Team	Ducati	26	+48.213	14	4
13	33	Marco Melandri	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	26	+59.594	16	3
Ret	13	Anthony West	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	7	Accident	15
Ret	14	Randy de Puniet	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	0	Accident	5
Ret	15	Alex de Angelis	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	0	Accident	12
DNS	21	John Hopkins	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki		Did not start
WD	65	Loris Capirossi	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki		Withdrew
Sources: [2][3][4]

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	24	40:54.117	1	25
2	12	Thomas Lüthi	Aprilia	24	+4.597	6	20
3	58	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	24	+6.003	3	16
4	6	Alex Debón	Aprilia	24	+9.034	4	13
5	21	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	24	+9.079	2	11
6	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	KTM	24	+11.515	13	10
7	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	24	+12.874	11	9
8	72	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	24	+13.622	10	8
9	15	Roberto Locatelli	Gilera	24	+21.168	9	7
10	60	Julián Simón	KTM	24	+28.789	7	6
11	55	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	24	+37.607	15	5
12	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	Honda	24	+37.741	17	4
13	32	Fabrizio Lai	Gilera	24	+38.729	12	3
14	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	24	+39.165	19	2
15	52	Lukáš Pešek	Aprilia	24	+43.037	8	1
16	50	Eugene Laverty	Aprilia	24	+54.171	20
17	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	24	+54.334	5
18	64	Frederik Watz	Aprilia	24	+1:24.430	22
19	45	Doni Tata Pradita	Yamaha	23	+1 lap	24
20	10	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	23	+1 lap	21
Ret	54	Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	17	Retirement	16
Ret	75	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	11	Accident	14
Ret	7	Russell Gómez	Aprilia	0	Accident	23
DNS	17	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	0	Did not start	18
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125 cc classification

The 125cc race was stopped after 9 laps due to rain. It was later restarted for 5 additional laps, with the grid determined by the running order before the suspension. The second part of the race determined the final result.

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	5	9:04.520	13	25
2	6	Joan Olivé	Derbi	5	+0.128	3	20
3	24	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	5	+0.255	1	16
4	11	Sandro Cortese	Aprilia	5	+0.340	5	13
5	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	5	+0.425	2	11
6	12	Esteve Rabat	KTM	5	+0.568	15	10
7	63	Mike Di Meglio	Derbi	5	+0.846	4	9
8	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	5	+0.928	23	8
9	18	Nicolás Terol	Aprilia	5	+1.438	8	7
10	35	Raffaele De Rosa	KTM	5	+2.554	7	6
11	27	Stefano Bianco	Aprilia	5	+2.829	14	5
12	17	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia	5	+3.021	10	4
13	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	KTM	5	+3.201	17	3
14	60	Michael Ranseder	Aprilia	5	+3.600	21	2
15	56	Hugo van den Berg	Aprilia	5	+4.547	25	1
16	77	Dominique Aegerter	Derbi	5	+4.592	12
17	51	Stevie Bonsey	Aprilia	5	+4.819	16
18	16	Jules Cluzel	Loncin	5	+10.548	27
19	34	Randy Krummenacher	KTM	5	+10.643	11
20	22	Pablo Nieto	KTM	5	+10.849	20
21	30	Pere Tutusaus	Aprilia	5	+11.094	24
22	21	Robin Lässer	Aprilia	5	+11.854	33
23	5	Alexis Masbou	Loncin	5	+13.716	29
24	69	Louis Rossi	Honda	5	+13.828	34
25	95	Robert Mureșan	Aprilia	5	+16.155	30
26	82	Michael van der Mark	Honda	5	+18.201	32
27	84	Robert Gull	Derbi	5	+25.692	37
28	81	Jasper Iwema	Seel	5	+29.208	36
29	89	Ernst Dubbink	Honda	5	+29.949	35
30	83	Jerry van de Bunt	Aprilia	5	+36.419	38
Ret	73	Takaaki Nakagami	Aprilia	3	Accident	26
Ret	8	Lorenzo Zanetti	KTM	3	Accident	19
Ret	7	Efrén Vázquez	Aprilia	0	Did not start second race	22
Ret	93	Marc Márquez	KTM	0	Did not start second race	18
Ret	45	Scott Redding	Aprilia	0	Did not start second race	6
Ret	19	Roberto Lacalendola	Aprilia	0	Did not start second race	31
Ret	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	0	Did not finish first race	9
Ret	80	Joey Litjens	Seel	0	Did not finish first race	28
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round nine has concluded.^[5]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Dani Pedrosa 171 2 Valentino Rossi 167 3 Casey Stoner 142 4 Jorge Lorenzo 114 5 Colin Edwards 98

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 196 2 Honda 171 3 Ducati 147 4 Suzuki 80 5 Kawasaki 41

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