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.

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:

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.

Riders' Championship standings 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 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.

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