2008 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2008 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 2008 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 26–28 September 2008 at the Twin Ring Motegi, located in Motegi, Japan.

Marco Simoncelli, waving at the crowd after winning the 250cc race.

  2008 Japanese Grand Prix

Race details
Race 15 of 18 races in the 2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	28 September 2008
Official name	A-Style Grand Prix of Japan[1][2][3]
Location	Twin Ring Motegi
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.801 km (2.983 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Jorge Lorenzo Time 1:45.543 Fastest lap Rider Casey Stoner Time 1:47.091 Podium First Valentino Rossi Second Casey Stoner Third Dani Pedrosa
250cc
Pole position Rider Marco Simoncelli Time 1:51.473 Fastest lap Rider Álvaro Bautista Time 1:51.412 Podium First Marco Simoncelli Second Álvaro Bautista Third Alex Debón
125cc
Pole position Rider Mike Di Meglio Time 1:58.678 Fastest lap Rider Gábor Talmácsi Time 1:58.815 Podium First Stefan Bradl Second Mike Di Meglio Third Gábor Talmácsi

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	24	43:09.599	4	25
2	1	Casey Stoner	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	24	+1.943	2	20
3	2	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	24	+4.866	5	16
4	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	24	+6.165	1	13
5	69	Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	24	+24.593	3	11
6	65	Loris Capirossi	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	24	+25.685	6	10
7	5	Colin Edwards	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	24	+25.918	7	9
8	56	Shinya Nakano	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	24	+26.003	9	8
9	4	Andrea Dovizioso	JiR Team Scot MotoGP	Honda	24	+26.219	13	7
10	21	John Hopkins	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	24	+37.131	11	6
11	52	James Toseland	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	24	+37.574	10	5
12	14	Randy de Puniet	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	24	+38.020	8	4
13	33	Marco Melandri	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	24	+39.768	16	3
14	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Alice Team	Ducati	24	+45.846	15	2
15	13	Anthony West	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	24	+55.748	17	1
16	24	Toni Elías	Alice Team	Ducati	24	+59.320	14
17	15	Alex de Angelis	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	24	+1:12.398	18
Ret	7	Chris Vermeulen	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	16	Retirement	12
Ret	64	Kousuke Akiyoshi	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	0	Accident	19
Source: [4][5][6]

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	58	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	23	43:09.385	1	25
2	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	23	+0.348	5	20
3	6	Alex Debón	Aprilia	23	+8.414	3	16
4	60	Julián Simón	KTM	23	+9.151	7	13
5	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	23	+17.041	4	11
6	72	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	23	+19.632	8	10
7	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	23	+19.892	9	9
8	75	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	23	+20.442	11	8
9	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	KTM	23	+22.303	2	7
10	15	Roberto Locatelli	Gilera	23	+22.387	10	6
11	55	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	23	+32.851	6	5
12	52	Lukáš Pešek	Aprilia	23	+48.621	12	4
13	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	Honda	23	+48.803	14	3
14	66	Shoya Tomizawa	Honda	23	+49.572	13	2
15	32	Fabrizio Lai	Gilera	23	+58.045	15	1
16	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	23	+58.362	17
17	65	Takumi Takahashi	Honda	23	+1:15.062	16
18	45	Doni Tata Pradita	Yamaha	23	+1:49.930	19
19	43	Manuel Hernández	Aprilia	23	+1:58.603	20
20	92	Daniel Arcas	Aprilia	22	+1 lap	21
21	69	Takumi Endoh	Yamaha	22	+1 lap	24
22	10	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	22	+1 lap	23
23	68	Yuuki Ito	Yamaha	20	+3 laps	22
Ret	35	Simone Grotzkyj	Gilera	0	Accident	18
DNS	21	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia		Did not start
DNS	67	Kazuki Watanabe	Yamaha		Did not start
DNS	17	Karel Abraham	Aprilia		Did not start
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	17	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia	20	39:57.228	2	25
2	63	Mike Di Meglio	Derbi	20	+0.151	1	20
3	1	Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	20	+0.281	5	16
4	6	Joan Olivé	Derbi	20	+5.945	12	13
5	18	Nicolás Terol	Aprilia	20	+6.072	3	11
6	11	Sandro Cortese	Aprilia	20	+6.135	4	10
7	24	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	20	+6.455	15	9
8	45	Scott Redding	Aprilia	20	+25.393	6	8
9	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	20	+25.537	10	7
10	99	Danny Webb	Aprilia	20	+26.192	18	6
11	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	KTM	20	+27.307	11	5
12	35	Raffaele De Rosa	KTM	20	+39.536	19	4
13	73	Takaaki Nakagami	Aprilia	20	+43.745	20	3
14	7	Efrén Vázquez	Aprilia	20	+51.629	16	2
15	5	Alexis Masbou	Loncin	20	+51.899	22	1
16	94	Jonas Folger	KTM	20	+51.931	31
17	8	Lorenzo Zanetti	KTM	20	+51.962	23
18	22	Pablo Nieto	KTM	20	+52.589	28
19	77	Dominique Aegerter	Derbi	20	+56.837	7
20	51	Stevie Bonsey	Aprilia	20	+56.977	17
21	72	Marco Ravaioli	Aprilia	20	+58.626	30
22	58	Yuuichi Yanagisawa	Honda	20	+59.926	32
23	21	Robin Lässer	Aprilia	20	+1:09.782	25
24	59	Hiroki Ono	Honda	20	+1:14.883	35
25	26	Adrián Martín	Aprilia	20	+1:26.120	29
26	36	Cyril Carrillo	Honda	20	+1:29.130	37
Ret	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	16	Retirement	14
Ret	62	Kazuma Watanabe	Honda	16	Retirement	34
Ret	60	Michael Ranseder	Aprilia	14	Retirement	24
Ret	57	Iori Namihira	Honda	11	Retirement	26
Ret	50	Hiroomi Iwata	Honda	10	Retirement	27
Ret	48	Bastien Chesaux	Aprilia	8	Accident	39
Ret	95	Robert Mureșan	Aprilia	6	Accident	33
Ret	12	Esteve Rabat	KTM	0	Accident	21
Ret	16	Jules Cluzel	Loncin	0	Accident	36
Ret	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	0	Accident	9
Ret	44	Pol Espargaró	Derbi	0	Accident	8
Ret	56	Hugo van den Berg	Aprilia	0	Accident	38
Ret	93	Marc Márquez	KTM	0	Accident	13
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fifteen has concluded.^[7]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 312 2 Casey Stoner 220 3 Dani Pedrosa 209 4 Jorge Lorenzo 169 5 Andrea Dovizioso 136

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 341 2 Ducati 261 3 Honda 259 4 Suzuki 159 5 Kawasaki 77

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