2008 United States motorcycle Grand Prix

February 2025 United States United States Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Red Bull U.S. Grand Prixhttps://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2008-united-states-motogp 2008 United States 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/laguna.html Laguna Seca Raceway - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project Malcolm Mitchell www.progcovers.com 2.243 3.610 11 18 July 20, 2008 Laguna Seca.svg Casey Stoner Australia 1:20.700 Casey Stoner Australia 1:21.488 Valentino Rossi Italy Casey Stoner Australia Chris Vermeulen Australia The 2008 United States motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 2008 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of July 18–20, 2008, at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. It was an eventful race between Valentino Rossi and Casey Stoner where the lead was hotly contested between the two. On lap 23, with Rossi leading after a controversial pass down the corkscrew, Stoner entered into the last corner too deep and ended up in the gravel trap. Rossi retained his lead for the remainder of the race while Stoner managed to finish in second place despite his mistake. Rossi won for the first time at Laguna Seca and Stoner set a new lap record with a time of 1:21.488. As usual, only the MotoGP class was permitted to race at Laguna Seca due to the Californian air pollution law prohibiting two-stroke engines in the state. MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46 ITA Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 32 44:04.311 2 25 2 1 AUS Casey Stoner Ducati Team Ducati 32 +13.001 1 20 3 7 AUS Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 32 +26.609 8 16 4 4 ITA Andrea Dovizioso JiR Team Scot MotoGP Honda 32 +34.901 9 13 5 69 USA Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 32 +35.663 3 11 6 14 FRA Randy de Puniet LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 32 +37.668 6 10 7 24 ESP Toni Elías Alice Team Ducati 32 +41.629 10 9 8 11 USA Ben Spies Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 32 +41.927 13 8 9 52 GBR James Toseland Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 32 +43.019 5 7 10 56 JPN Shinya Nakano San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 32 +44.391 12 6 11 12 USA Jamie Hacking Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 32 +46.258 17 5 12 50 FRA Sylvain Guintoli Alice Team Ducati 32 +55.273 14 4 13 15 SMR Alex de Angelis San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 32 +55.521 16 3 14 5 USA Colin Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 32 +1:02.380 7 2 15 65 ITA Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 32 +1:08.207 11 1 16 33 ITA Marco Melandri Ducati Team Ducati 32 +1:10.962 15 17 13 AUS Anthony West Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 31 +1 lap 18 Ret 48 ESP Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 0 Accident 4 WD 2 ESP Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda Withdrew Sources:https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2008-united-states-motogp 2008 United States MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database 13 June 2017https://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2008/MotoGP/USA/RAC/classification.pdf Classification 2008 resources.motogp.com http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2008/USA/MotoGP/RAC/ motogp.com · RED BULL U.S. GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2008 www.motogp.com 2018-09-10 2018-09-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20180910164931/http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2008/USA/MotoGP/RAC/ dead Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eleven has concluded.https://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2008/MotoGP/USA/world%2bstanding.pdf? Standings 2008 resources.motogp.com PDF 2019-08-23 Riders' Championship standings Pos. Position Rider Points 1 ITA Valentino Rossi 212 2 AUS Casey Stoner 187 3 ESP Dani Pedrosa 171 4 ESP Jorge Lorenzo 114 5 ITA Andrea Dovizioso 103 Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Position Constructor Points 1 JPN Yamaha 241 2 JPN Honda 197 3 ITA Ducati 192 4 JPN Suzuki 112 5 JPN Kawasaki 52 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References External links Eurosport American GP 2008 Results http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/motorsport/moto-gp/american-gp/2008/race.html 2008-07-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20080730023719/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/motorsport/moto-gp/american-gp/2008/race.html 2008-07-30 live United States motorcycle Grand Prix 2008 2008 German Grand Prix 2008 Czech Republic Grand Prix 2007 United States Grand Prix 2009 United States Grand Prix 36 35 3.4 N 121 45 11.8 W title Category:United States motorcycle Grand Prix United States United States Motorcycle Grand Prix United States Motorcycle Grand Prix