2008 British motorcycle Grand Prix

  2008 British Grand Prix

Race details
Race 8 of 18 races in the 2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	22 June 2008
Location	Donington Park
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.023 km (2.500 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Casey Stoner
Time	1:38.232
Fastest lap
Rider	Casey Stoner
Time	1:28.773
Podium
First	Casey Stoner
Second	Valentino Rossi
Third	Dani Pedrosa
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Álvaro Bautista
Time	1:31.834
Fastest lap
Rider	Marco Simoncelli
Time	1:32.474
Podium
First	Mika Kallio
Second	Marco Simoncelli
Third	Álvaro Bautista
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Simone Corsi
Time	1:37.488
Fastest lap
Rider	Scott Redding
Time	1:38.704
Podium
First	Scott Redding
Second	Mike Di Meglio
Third	Marc Márquez

The 2008 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2008 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 20–22 June 2008 at the Donington Park circuit.

MotoGP classification

Pos	No	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	1	Casey Stoner	Ducati	30	44:44.982	1	25
2	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	30	+5.789	2	20
3	2	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	30	+8.347	9	16
4	5	Colin Edwards	Yamaha	30	+12.678	5	13
5	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	30	+14.801	6	11
6	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	30	+15.690	17	10
7	69	Nicky Hayden	Honda	30	+18.196	4	9
8	7	Chris Vermeulen	Suzuki	30	+21.666	3	8
9	56	Shinya Nakano	Honda	30	+29.354	10	7
10	13	Anthony West	Kawasaki	30	+41.030	7	6
11	24	Toni Elias	Ducati	30	+44.426	18	5
12	14	Randy de Puniet	Honda	30	+46.199	14	4
13	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Ducati	30	+48.731	12	3
14	11	Ben Spies	Suzuki	30	+49.591	8	2
15	15	Alex de Angelis	Honda	30	+1:22.186	13	1
16	33	Marco Melandri	Ducati	30	+1:30.021	15
17	52	James Toseland	Yamaha	29	+1 Lap	16
Ret	21	John Hopkins	Kawasaki	16	Retirement	11

250 cc classification

Pos	No	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	27	42:14.410	14	25
2	58	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	27	+0.353	2	20
3	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	27	+1.237	1	16
4	21	Héctor Barbera	Aprilia	27	+8.875	3	13
5	12	Thomas Luthi	Aprilia	27	+11.359	4	11
6	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	KTM	27	+16.124	6	10
7	6	Alex Debon	Aprilia	27	+16.136	11	9
8	60	Julian Simon	KTM	27	+18.007	7	8
9	72	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	27	+33.271	5	7
10	41	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	27	+49.681	8	6
11	15	Roberto Locatelli	Gilera	27	+52.534	13	5
12	17	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	27	+55.311	16	4
13	52	Lukas Pesek	Aprilia	27	+57.399	9	3
14	54	Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	27	+57.641	15	2
15	55	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	27	+1:04.329	17	1
16	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	Honda	27	+1:06.156	18
17	32	Fabrizio Lai	Gilera	27	+1:15.812	10
18	7	Russel Gomez	Aprilia	26	+1 Lap	22
19	45	Doni Tata Pradita	Yamaha	26	+1 Lap	24
Ret	50	Eugene Laverty	Aprilia	19	Retirement	20
Ret	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	13	Retirement	19
Ret	75	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	12	Retirement	12
Ret	10	Imre Toth	Aprilia	11	Retirement	21
DNS	63	Toby Markham	Yamaha		Not started	23

125 cc classification

Pos	No	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	45	Scott Redding	Aprilia	25	41:39.472	4	25
2	63	Mike Di Meglio	Derbi	25	+5.324	21	20
3	93	Marc Márquez	KTM	25	+5.806	8	16
4	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	25	+13.990	3	13
5	24	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	25	+16.855	1	11
6	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	KTM	25	+17.181	10	10
7	6	Joan Olivé	Derbi	25	+18.014	15	9
8	73	Takaaki Nakagami	Aprilia	25	+18.222	22	8
9	11	Sandro Cortese	Aprilia	25	+18.404	17	7
10	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	25	+18.891	12	6
11	12	Esteve Rabat	KTM	25	+18.976	13	5
12	60	Michael Ranseder	Aprilia	25	+28.269	20	4
13	34	Randy Krummenacher	KTM	25	+28.347	19	3
14	35	Raffaele De Rosa	KTM	25	+29.403	11	2
15	8	Lorenzo Zanetti	KTM	25	+35.763	24	1
16	16	Jules Cluzel	Loncin	25	+35.868	26
17	51	Steve Bonsey	Aprilia	25	+38.158	16
18	18	Nicolas Terol	Aprilia	25	+42.766	7
19	77	Dominique Aegerter	Derbi	25	+42.924	27
20	27	Stefano Bianco	Aprilia	25	+1:06.296	23
21	21	Robin Lasser	Aprilia	25	+1:10.158	30
22	30	Pere Tutusaus	Aprilia	25	+1:10.905	25
23	69	Louis Rossi	Honda	25	+1:29.269	32
24	95	Robert Muresan	Aprilia	24	+1 Lap	31
25	55	Hugo Van Den Berg	Aprilia	24	+1 Lap	29
26	67	Lee Costello	Honda	24	+1 Lap	37
27	19	Roberto Lacalendola	Aprilia	24	+1 Lap	33
Ret	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	19	Accident	6
Ret	17	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia	18	Retirement	18
Ret	64	Matthew Hoyle	Honda	14	Accident	34
Ret	66	Connor Behan	Honda	14	Retirement	35
Ret	68	Paul Jordan	Honda	14	Retirement	38
Ret	5	Alexis Masbou	Loncin	5	Accident	28
Ret	65	Luke Hinton	Honda	4	Accident	36
Ret	1	Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	1	Accident	2
Ret	99	Danny Webb	Aprilia	0	Accident	14
Ret	22	Pablo Nieto	KTM	0	Accident	9
DNS	44	Pol Espargaro	Derbi	0	Not started	5
DNS	7	Efrén Vázquez	Aprilia		Injured

Notes

Scott Redding became the youngest ever rider to win a race

Marc Márquez became the youngest Spanish rider to finish in the podium

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