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2008 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix

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Portugal  2008 Portuguese Grand Prix
Race details
Race 3 of 18 races in the
2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date13 April 2008
Official namebwin.com Grande Prémio de Portugal[1]
LocationAutódromo do Estoril
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.182 km (2.599 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Spain Jorge Lorenzo
Time 1:35.715
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Jorge Lorenzo
Time 1:37.404
Podium
First Spain Jorge Lorenzo
Second Spain Dani Pedrosa
Third Italy Valentino Rossi
250cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Marco Simoncelli
Time 1:40.257
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Álvaro Bautista
Time 1:41.425
Podium
First Spain Álvaro Bautista
Second Italy Marco Simoncelli
Third Finland Mika Kallio
125cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Simone Corsi
Time 1:45.367
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Simone Corsi
Time 1:45.557
Podium
First Italy Simone Corsi
Second Spain Joan Olivé
Third Spain Nicolás Terol

The 2008 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 2008 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 11–13 April 2008 at the Autódromo do Estoril located in Estoril, Portugal.

This race would mark the first start in Grand Prix motorcycle racing for future multiple time MotoGP champion Marc Márquez. Márquez had entered the previous round at Jerez, but withdrew before the race began.

MotoGP classification

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Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 48 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 28 45:53.089 1 25
2 2 Spain Dani Pedrosa Repsol Honda Team Honda 28 +1.817 2 20
3 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha 28 +12.723 3 16
4 5 United States Colin Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 28 +17.223 5 13
5 21 United States John Hopkins Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 28 +23.752 10 11
6 1 Australia Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 28 +26.688 9 10
7 52 United Kingdom James Toseland Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha 28 +32.631 6 9
8 7 Australia Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 28 +36.382 13 8
9 65 Italy Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki 28 +38.268 12 7
10 56 Japan Shinya Nakano San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 28 +39.476 11 6
11 15 San Marino Alex de Angelis San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda 28 +1:01.306 16 5
12 24 Spain Toni Elías Alice Team Ducati 28 +1:03.867 14 4
13 33 Italy Marco Melandri Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 28 +1:09.525 17 3
14 50 France Sylvain Guintoli Alice Team Ducati 28 +1:09.634 18 2
15 14 France Randy de Puniet LCR Honda MotoGP Honda 28 +1:11.542 8 1
16 13 Australia Anthony West Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 28 +1:23.629 15
Ret 69 United States Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda 16 Accident 4
Ret 4 Italy Andrea Dovizioso JiR Team Scot MotoGP Honda 15 Accident 7
Sources: [2][3][4]

250 cc classification

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Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 26 44:34.257 2 25
2 58 Italy Marco Simoncelli Gilera 26 +7.050 1 20
3 36 Finland Mika Kallio KTM 26 +7.063 4 16
4 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Aprilia 26 +12.998 8 13
5 4 Japan Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 26 +14.666 6 11
6 72 Japan Yuki Takahashi Honda 26 +18.498 5 10
7 60 Spain Julián Simón KTM 26 +26.812 11 9
8 21 Spain Héctor Barberá Aprilia 26 +28.012 9 8
9 55 Spain Héctor Faubel Aprilia 26 +28.288 10 7
10 52 Czech Republic Lukáš Pešek Aprilia 26 +36.966 12 6
11 41 Spain Aleix Espargaró Aprilia 26 +38.296 13 5
12 25 Italy Alex Baldolini Aprilia 26 +52.070 14 4
13 14 Thailand Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 26 +1:13.303 17 3
14 90 Italy Federico Sandi Aprilia 26 +1:17.592 20 2
15 50 Republic of Ireland Eugene Laverty Aprilia 26 +1:21.363 21 1
16 17 Czech Republic Karel Abraham Aprilia 26 +1:26.355 16
17 54 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Gilera 26 +1:27.438 15
18 10 Hungary Imre Tóth Aprilia 25 +1 lap 22
19 45 Indonesia Doni Tata Pradita Yamaha 25 +1 lap 23
Ret 15 Italy Roberto Locatelli Gilera 23 Retirement 19
Ret 75 Italy Mattia Pasini Aprilia 20 Accident 3
Ret 7 Spain Russell Gómez Aprilia 11 Retirement 24
Ret 32 Italy Fabrizio Lai Gilera 4 Retirement 18
Ret 6 Spain Alex Debón Aprilia 3 Accident 7
Ret 89 China Ho Wan Chow Aprilia 1 Accident 25
DNQ 91 Portugal Sérgio Batista Honda Did not qualify
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125 cc classification

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Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 24 Italy Simone Corsi Aprilia 23 40:56.168 1 25
2 6 Spain Joan Olivé Derbi 23 +0.299 6 20
3 18 Spain Nicolás Terol Aprilia 23 +6.355 3 16
4 51 United States Stevie Bonsey Aprilia 23 +14.973 2 13
5 99 United Kingdom Danny Webb Aprilia 23 +15.532 4 11
6 1 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 23 +15.868 9 10
7 63 France Mike Di Meglio Derbi 23 +15.875 8 9
8 17 Germany Stefan Bradl Aprilia 23 +17.887 7 8
9 33 Spain Sergio Gadea Aprilia 23 +18.123 5 7
10 11 Germany Sandro Cortese Aprilia 23 +22.613 20 6
11 29 Italy Andrea Iannone Aprilia 23 +27.490 12 5
12 77 Switzerland Dominique Aegerter Derbi 23 +27.544 19 4
13 44 Spain Pol Espargaró Derbi 23 +28.370 21 3
14 60 Austria Michael Ranseder Aprilia 23 +28.417 22 2
15 7 Spain Efrén Vázquez Aprilia 23 +32.713 15 1
16 71 Japan Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 23 +34.002 11
17 27 Italy Stefano Bianco Aprilia 23 +47.698 17
18 93 Spain Marc Márquez KTM 23 +51.637 26
19 73 Japan Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 23 +51.679 24
20 5 France Alexis Masbou Loncin 23 +51.717 25
21 45 United Kingdom Scott Redding Aprilia 23 +1:07.908 10
22 30 Spain Pere Tutusaus Aprilia 23 +1:15.894 23
23 13 Italy Dino Lombardi Aprilia 23 +1:19.975 33
24 95 Romania Robert Mureșan Aprilia 23 +1:39.194 30
25 36 France Cyril Carrillo Honda 23 +1:39.218 34
26 14 Spain Axel Pons Aprilia 23 +1:43.956 32
27 76 Spain Iván Maestro Aprilia 22 +1 lap 31
28 37 Czech Republic Karel Pešek Aprilia 22 +1 lap 35
Ret 38 United Kingdom Bradley Smith Aprilia 12 Accident 13
Ret 8 Italy Lorenzo Zanetti KTM 12 Retirement 28
Ret 22 Spain Pablo Nieto KTM 11 Retirement 14
Ret 16 France Jules Cluzel Loncin 8 Retirement 27
Ret 12 Spain Esteve Rabat KTM 7 Retirement 18
Ret 35 Italy Raffaele De Rosa KTM 6 Accident 16
Ret 56 Netherlands Hugo van den Berg Aprilia 0 Accident 29
DNS 19 Italy Roberto Lacalendola Aprilia Did not start
WD 69 France Louis Rossi Honda Withdrew
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round three has concluded.[5]

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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  1. ^ "2008 Portuguese MotoGP". Motorpsortmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  2. ^ "2008 Portuguese MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Classification" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2008.
  4. ^ "motogp.com · bwin.com GRANDE PREMIO DE PORTUGAL · MotoGP Race Classification 2008". www.motogp.com.
  5. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2008. Retrieved 2019-08-23.


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