2008 French motorcycle Grand Prix

Motorcycle race French France Alice Grand Prix de Francehttps://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2008-french-motogp 2008 French MotoGP 13 June 2017 Motorpsortmagazine.com 18 May 2018https://www.progcovers.com/motor/motogp2008.html 2008 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project Malcolm Mitchell www.progcovers.comhttps://www.progcovers.com/motor/lemans.html Le Mans - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project Malcolm Mitchell Progcovers.com 18 May 2018 Bugatti Circuit 2.600 4.185 5 18 18 May 2008 Bugatti Circuit.svg Dani Pedrosa Spain 1:32.647 Valentino Rossi Italy 1:34.215 Valentino Rossi Italy Jorge Lorenzo Spain Colin Edwards United States Alex Debón Spain 1:38.478 Marco Simoncelli Italy 1:39.666 Alex Debón Spain Marco Simoncelli Italy Mattia Pasini Italy Sergio Gadea Spain 1:43.515 Pol Espargaró Spain 1:43.918 Mike Di Meglio France Bradley Smith United Kingdom Nicolás Terol Spain The 2008 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2008 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 16–18 May 2008 at the Le Mans Bugatti Circuit. It was also the final all-Yamaha podium until the 2014 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix. MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46 ITA Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 28 44:30.799 4 25 2 48 ESP Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 28 +4.997 5 20 3 5 USA Colin Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 28 +6.805 2 16 4 2 ESP Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 28 +10.157 1 13 5 7 AUS Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 28 +21.762 8 11 6 4 ITA Andrea Dovizioso JiR Team Scot MotoGP Honda 28 +22.395 10 10 7 65 ITA Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 28 +27.806 11 9 8 69 USA Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 28 +27.995 6 8 9 14 FRA Randy de Puniet LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 28 +29.344 12 7 10 56 JPN Shinya Nakano San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 28 +30.822 13 6 11 24 ESP Toni Elías Alice Team Ducati 28 +35.154 14 5 12 15 SMR Alex de Angelis San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 28 +36.216 15 4 13 50 FRA Sylvain Guintoli Alice Team Ducati 28 +52.038 16 3 14 13 AUS Anthony West Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 28 +1:29.307 18 2 15 33 ITA Marco Melandri Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 27 +1 lap 17 1 16 1 AUS Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 26 +2 laps 3 Ret 21 USA John Hopkins Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 16 Broken Chain 9 Ret 52 GBR James Toseland Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 2 Accident 7 Sources: https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2008-french-motogp 2008 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database 13 June 2017https://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2008/MotoGP/FRA/RAC/classification.pdf Classification 2008 resources.motogp.com PDF 250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 6 ESP Alex Debón Aprilia 26 47:27.406 1 25 2 58 ITA Marco Simoncelli Gilera 26 +4.816 3 20 3 75 ITA Mattia Pasini Aprilia 26 +4.998 6 16 4 72 JPN Yuki Takahashi Honda 26 +5.770 12 13 5 36 FIN Mika Kallio KTM 26 +6.197 5 11 6 54 SMR Manuel Poggiali Gilera 26 +6.474 8 10 7 4 JPN Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 26 +14.909 10 9 8 60 ESP Julián Simón KTM 26 +17.526 7 8 9 41 ESP Aleix Espargaró Aprilia 26 +32.925 9 7 10 55 ESP Héctor Faubel Aprilia 26 +36.719 13 6 11 12 CHE Thomas Lüthi Aprilia 26 +48.968 4 5 12 21 ESP Héctor Barberá Aprilia 26 +56.837 11 4 13 15 ITA Roberto Locatelli Gilera 26 +57.827 17 3 14 19 ESP Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 26 +1:05.407 2 2 15 14 THA Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 26 +1:24.336 16 1 16 25 ITA Alex Baldolini Aprilia 26 +1:24.577 21 17 90 ITA Federico Sandi Aprilia 25 +1 lap 20 18 10 HUN Imre Tóth Aprilia 25 +1 lap 22 19 7 ESP Russell Gómez Aprilia 25 +1 lap 23 Ret 17 CZE Karel Abraham Aprilia 24 Accident 19 Ret 45 IDN Doni Tata Pradita Yamaha 24 Accident 24 Ret 52 CZE Lukáš Pešek Aprilia 21 Retirement 15 Ret 32 ITA Fabrizio Lai Gilera 13 Retirement 14 Ret 50 IRL Eugene Laverty Aprilia 11 Accident 18 DNQ 89 CHN Ho Wan Chow Aprilia Did not qualify OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT 125 cc classification The race was stopped after 14 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 63 FRA Mike Di Meglio Derbi 5 10:08.574 6 25 2 38 GBR Bradley Smith Aprilia 5 +0.800 2 20 3 18 ESP Nicolás Terol Aprilia 5 +3.077 7 16 4 44 ESP Pol Espargaró Derbi 5 +10.407 10 13 5 29 ITA Andrea Iannone Aprilia 5 +11.697 18 11 6 17 DEU Stefan Bradl Aprilia 5 +11.881 3 10 7 8 ITA Lorenzo Zanetti KTM 5 +16.372 23 9 8 6 ESP Joan Olivé Derbi 5 +16.545 11 8 9 35 ITA Raffaele De Rosa KTM 5 +19.163 17 7 10 34 CHE Randy Krummenacher KTM 5 +22.391 30 6 11 11 DEU Sandro Cortese Aprilia 5 +22.847 5 5 12 30 ESP Pere Tutusaus Aprilia 5 +23.195 29 4 13 24 ITA Simone Corsi Aprilia 5 +23.553 4 3 14 1 HUN Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 5 +23.695 8 2 15 5 FRA Alexis Masbou Loncin 5 +24.240 19 1 16 73 JPN Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 5 +26.196 22 17 12 ESP Esteve Rabat KTM 5 +26.411 9 18 19 ITA Roberto Lacalendola Aprilia 5 +26.895 36 19 69 FRA Louis Rossi Honda 5 +27.446 34 20 33 ESP Sergio Gadea Aprilia 5 +31.829 1 21 99 GBR Danny Webb Aprilia 5 +34.810 15 22 95 ROU Robert Mureșan Aprilia 5 +35.190 28 23 77 CHE Dominique Aegerter Derbi 5 +47.840 27 Ret 60 AUT Michael Ranseder Aprilia 4 Retirement 16 Ret 21 DEU Robin Lässer Aprilia 2 Accident 33 Ret 52 FRA Steven Le Coquen Honda 1 Accident 31 Ret 61 ITA Gioele Pellino Loncin 1 Accident 35 Ret 27 ITA Stefano Bianco Aprilia 0 Accident 21 Ret 41 DEU Tobias Siegert Aprilia 0 Did not start second race 37 Ret 22 ESP Pablo Nieto KTM 0 Not classified in first race 25 Ret 36 FRA Cyril Carrillo Honda 0 Did not finish first race 32 Ret 51 USA Stevie Bonsey Aprilia 0 Did not finish first race 13 Ret 7 ESP Efrén Vázquez Aprilia 0 Did not finish first race 24 Ret 93 ESP Marc Márquez KTM 0 Did not finish first race 20 Ret 71 JPN Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 0 Did not finish first race 14 Ret 45 GBR Scott Redding Aprilia 0 Did not finish first race 12 Ret 56 NLD Hugo van den Berg Aprilia 0 Did not finish first race 26 DNS 53 FRA Valentin Debise KTM Did not start OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round five has concluded.https://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2008/MotoGP/FRA/world%2bstanding.pdf? Standings 2008 resources.motogp.com PDF 2019-08-23 Riders' Championship standings Pos. Position Rider Points 1 ITA Valentino Rossi 97 2 ESP Jorge Lorenzo 94 3 ESP Dani Pedrosa 94 4 AUS Casey Stoner 56 5 USA Colin Edwards 47 Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Position Constructor Points 1 JPN Yamaha 115 2 JPN Honda 94 3 ITA Ducati 61 4 JPN Suzuki 45 5 JPN Kawasaki 28 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References French motorcycle Grand Prix 2008 2008 Chinese Grand Prix 2008 Italian Grand Prix 2007 French Grand Prix 2009 French Grand Prix Category:French motorcycle Grand Prix French Motorcycle Grand Prix