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.
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:
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.
Riders' Championship standings 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 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.
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