2008 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix

Qatar Qatar Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatarhttps://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2008-qatar-motogp 2008 Qatar MotoGP 13 June 2017 Motorpsortmagazine.com 18 May 2018 Losail International Circuit 3.343 5.380 1 18 9 March 2008 Losail.svg Jorge Lorenzo Spain 1:53.927 Casey Stoner Australia 1:55.153 Casey Stoner Australia Jorge Lorenzo Spain Dani Pedrosa Spain Alex Debón Spain 1:59.470 Alex Debón Spain 1:59.379 Mattia Pasini Italy Héctor Barberá Spain Mika Kallio Finland Bradley Smith Great Britain 2:05.242 Scott Redding Great Britain 2:05.695 Sergio Gadea Spain Joan Olivé Spain Stefan Bradl Germany The 2008 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the opening round of the 2008 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 7–9 March 2008 at the Losail International Circuit located in Doha, Qatar. The race was historic in that it was the first one to be run at night, with the MotoGP race getting underway at 23:00 local time. Rookies Lorenzo and Toseland started their season strong with Lorenzo getting pole position and Toseland in 2nd during qualifying. MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 AUS Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 22 42:36.587 4 25 2 48 ESP Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 22 +5.323 1 20 3 2 ESP Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +10.600 8 16 4 4 ITA Andrea Dovizioso JiR Team Scot MotoGP Honda 22 +13.288 9 13 5 46 ITA Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 22 +13.305 7 11 6 52 GBR James Toseland Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 22 +14.040 2 10 7 5 USA Colin Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 22 +15.150 3 9 8 65 ITA Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 22 +32.505 13 8 9 14 FRA Randy de Puniet LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 22 +33.003 5 7 10 69 USA Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 22 +38.354 6 6 11 33 ITA Marco Melandri Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 22 +44.284 16 5 12 21 USA John Hopkins Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 22 +49.857 10 4 13 56 JPN Shinya Nakano San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 22 +49.871 15 3 14 24 ESP Toni Elías Alice Team Ducati 22 +58.532 14 2 15 50 FRA Sylvain Guintoli Alice Team Ducati 22 +58.930 17 1 16 13 AUS Anthony West Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 22 +1:05.643 18 17 7 AUS Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 21 +1 lap 11 Ret 15 SMR Alex de Angelis San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 16 Accident 12 Sources: https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2008-qatar-motogp 2008 Qatar MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database 13 June 2017http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2008/MotoGP/QAT/RAC/classification.pdf Classification 2008 resources.motogp.com PDFhttp://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2008/QAT/MotoGP/RAC/ motogp.com · Commercialbank GRAND PRIX OF QATAR · MotoGP Race Classification 2008 www.motogp.com 2018-09-10 2018-09-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20180910170126/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2008/QAT/MotoGP/RAC/ dead 250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 75 ITA Mattia Pasini Aprilia 20 40:16.202 5 25 2 21 ESP Héctor Barberá Aprilia 20 +0.557 2 20 3 36 FIN Mika Kallio KTM 20 +1.029 4 16 4 6 ESP Alex Debón Aprilia 20 +1.418 1 13 5 72 JPN Yuki Takahashi Honda 20 +12.944 7 11 6 19 ESP Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 20 +14.480 3 10 7 17 CZE Karel Abraham Aprilia 20 +16.721 11 9 8 15 ITA Roberto Locatelli Gilera 20 +18.987 9 8 9 41 ESP Aleix Espargaró Aprilia 20 +32.232 8 7 10 55 ESP Héctor Faubel Aprilia 20 +41.102 15 6 11 60 ESP Julián Simón KTM 20 +41.457 14 5 12 32 ITA Fabrizio Lai Gilera 20 +41.694 13 4 13 14 THA Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 20 +43.192 19 3 14 54 SMR Manuel Poggiali Gilera 20 +44.228 18 2 15 12 CHE Thomas Lüthi Aprilia 20 +48.760 10 1 16 4 JPN Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 20 +1:11.031 12 17 45 IDN Doni Tata Pradita Yamaha 20 +2:05.461 23 Ret 25 ITA Alex Baldolini Aprilia 14 Retirement 17 Ret 52 CZE Lukáš Pešek Aprilia 12 Accident 16 Ret 58 ITA Marco Simoncelli Gilera 7 Accident 6 Ret 10 HUN Imre Tóth Aprilia 4 Retirement 22 Ret 43 ESP Manuel Hernández Aprilia 0 Accident 21 Ret 50 IRL Eugene Laverty Aprilia 0 Accident 20 OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT 125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 33 ESP Sergio Gadea Aprilia 18 38:09.444 8 25 2 6 ESP Joan Olivé Derbi 18 +0.932 9 20 3 17 DEU Stefan Bradl Aprilia 18 +1.660 15 16 4 63 FRA Mike Di Meglio Derbi 18 +1.771 3 13 5 45 GBR Scott Redding Aprilia 18 +1.819 4 11 6 99 GBR Danny Webb Aprilia 18 +7.689 5 10 7 24 ITA Simone Corsi Aprilia 18 +8.684 10 9 8 44 ESP Pol Espargaró Derbi 18 +8.693 18 8 9 7 ESP Efrén Vázquez Aprilia 18 +9.054 19 7 10 18 ESP Nicolás Terol Aprilia 18 +10.902 7 6 11 11 DEU Sandro Cortese Aprilia 18 +10.945 13 5 12 1 HUN Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 18 +12.618 2 4 13 27 ITA Stefano Bianco Aprilia 18 +12.709 12 3 14 29 ITA Andrea Iannone Aprilia 18 +20.086 17 2 15 60 AUT Michael Ranseder Aprilia 18 +23.575 22 1 16 38 GBR Bradley Smith Aprilia 18 +23.890 1 17 77 CHE Dominique Aegerter Derbi 18 +29.406 20 18 22 ESP Pablo Nieto KTM 18 +32.891 16 19 73 JPN Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 18 +33.346 23 20 30 ESP Pere Tutusaus Aprilia 18 +33.649 26 21 8 ITA Lorenzo Zanetti KTM 18 +36.696 24 22 34 CHE Randy Krummenacher KTM 18 +36.754 25 23 21 DEU Robin Lässer Aprilia 18 +45.317 27 24 12 ESP Esteve Rabat KTM 18 +56.440 11 25 69 FRA Louis Rossi Honda 18 +1:14.502 34 Ret 35 ITA Raffaele De Rosa KTM 15 Accident 6 Ret 13 ITA Dino Lombardi Aprilia 11 Retirement 32 Ret 56 NLD Hugo van den Berg Aprilia 10 Accident 29 Ret 71 JPN Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 8 Accident 21 Ret 51 USA Stevie Bonsey Aprilia 5 Accident 14 Ret 16 FRA Jules Cluzel Loncin 4 Accident 30 Ret 5 FRA Alexis Masbou Loncin 1 Retirement 28 Ret 19 ITA Roberto Lacalendola Aprilia 1 Retirement 33 Ret 95 ROU Robert Mureșan Aprilia 0 Retirement 31 OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round one has concluded.https://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2008/MotoGP/QAT/world%2bstanding.pdf? Standings 2008 resources.motogp.com PDF 2019-08-22 Riders' Championship standings Pos. Position Rider Points 1 AUS Casey Stoner 25 2 ESP Jorge Lorenzo 20 3 ESP Dani Pedrosa 16 4 ITA Andrea Dovizioso 13 5 ITA Valentino Rossi 11 Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Position Constructor Points 1 ITA Ducati 25 2 JPN Yamaha 20 3 JPN Honda 16 4 JPN Suzuki 8 5 JPN Kawasaki 4 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix 2008 2007 Valencian Grand Prix 2008 Spanish Grand Prix 2007 Qatar Grand Prix 2009 Qatar Grand Prix Category:Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix Qatar Motorcycle Grand Prix