Motorcycle World Championship 2008

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Motorcycle World Championship 2008
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MotoGP world champion
Driver: ItalyItaly Valentino Rossi
Team: JapanJapan Fiat Yamaha team
Constructor: JapanJapan Yamaha
250 cc world champion
Driver: ItalyItaly Marco Simoncelli
Constructor: ItalyItaly Aprilia
125 cc world champion
Driver: FranceFrance Mike Di Meglio
Constructor: ItalyItaly Aprilia
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The 2008 motorcycle world championship season was the 60th in the history of the FIM - motorcycle road world championship .

There were 18 races in the MotoGP class, 16 in the up to 250 cm³ class and 17 races in the 125 cm³ class.

Distribution of points

The world champion will be the driver or manufacturer who has accumulated the most points in the world championship by the end of the season. When distributing points, the placements are taken into account in the overall result of the respective race. The top fifteen drivers in each race receive points according to the following scheme:

Distribution of points
space 1 2 3 4th 5 6th 7th 8th 9 10 11 12 13 14th 15th
Points 25th 20th 16 13 11 10 9 8th 7th 6th 5 4th 3 2 1

useful information

MotoGP class (800 cm³)

Race results

date run route 1st place place 2 place 3 Pole position Nice Race lap
1 09.03. QatarQatar Qatar GP Losail Casey Stoner Jorge Lorenzo Dani Pedrosa Jorge Lorenzo Casey Stoner
2 30.03. SpainSpain GP of Spain Jerez Dani Pedrosa Valentino Rossi Jorge Lorenzo Jorge Lorenzo Dani Pedrosa
3 April 13th PortugalPortugal GP of Portugal Estoril Jorge Lorenzo Dani Pedrosa Valentino Rossi Jorge Lorenzo Jorge Lorenzo
4th 04.05. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China GP of China Shanghai Valentino Rossi Dani Pedrosa Casey Stoner Colin Edwards Valentino Rossi
5 May 18 FranceFrance French GP Le Mans Valentino Rossi Jorge Lorenzo Colin Edwards Dani Pedrosa Valentino Rossi
6th 01.06. ItalyItaly Italian GP Mugello Valentino Rossi Casey Stoner Dani Pedrosa Valentino Rossi Casey Stoner
7th 08.06. CataloniaCatalonia Catalonia GP Barcelona Dani Pedrosa Valentino Rossi Casey Stoner Casey Stoner Dani Pedrosa
8th 22.06. United KingdomUnited Kingdom British GP Donington Casey Stoner Valentino Rossi Dani Pedrosa Casey Stoner Casey Stoner
9 28.06. NetherlandsNetherlands 78. Dutch TT Aces Casey Stoner Dani Pedrosa Colin Edwards Casey Stoner Casey Stoner
10 07/13 GermanyGermany 72nd GP of Germany Sachsenring Casey Stoner Valentino Rossi Chris Vermeulen Casey Stoner Casey Stoner
11 07/20 United StatesUnited States US GP Laguna Seca Valentino Rossi Casey Stoner Chris Vermeulen Casey Stoner Casey Stoner
12 08/17 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech GP Brno Valentino Rossi Toni Elías Loris Capirossi Casey Stoner Casey Stoner
13 08/31 San MarinoSan Marino San Marino GP Misano Valentino Rossi Jorge Lorenzo Toni Elías Casey Stoner Valentino Rossi
14th 14.09. IndianapolisIndianapolis Indianapolis GP Indianapolis Valentino Rossi Nicky Hayden Jorge Lorenzo Valentino Rossi Valentino Rossi
15th 28.09. JapanJapan Japanese GP Motegi Valentino Rossi Casey Stoner Dani Pedrosa Jorge Lorenzo Casey Stoner
16 05.10. AustraliaAustralia Australian GP Phillip Island Casey Stoner Valentino Rossi Nicky Hayden Casey Stoner Nicky Hayden
17th 19.10. MalaysiaMalaysia Malaysian GP Sepang Valentino Rossi Dani Pedrosa Andrea Dovizioso Dani Pedrosa Valentino Rossi
18th 10/26 ValenciaValencia Valencia GP Valencia Casey Stoner Dani Pedrosa Valentino Rossi Casey Stoner Casey Stoner

Teams and drivers

No. driver team motorcycle tires
1 AustraliaAustralia Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati Desmosedici GP8 B.
2 SpainSpain Dani Pedrosa 1 Repsol Honda Team Honda RC212V M / B
4th ItalyItaly Andrea Dovizioso JiR Team Scot Honda RC212V M.
5 United StatesUnited States Colin Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 M.
7th AustraliaAustralia Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki GSV-R B.
8th JapanJapan Tadayuki Okada 2 Repsol Honda Team Honda RC212V M.
9 JapanJapan Nobuatsu Aoki 3 Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki GSV-R B.
11 United StatesUnited States Ben Spies 4 Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki GSV-R B.
12 United StatesUnited States Jamie Hacking 5 Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR B.
13 AustraliaAustralia Anthony West Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR B.
14th FranceFrance Randy De Puniet Honda LCR Honda RC212V M.
15th San MarinoSan Marino Alex De Angelis San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda RC212V B.
21st United StatesUnited States John Hopkins Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR B.
24 SpainSpain Toni Elías Alice team Ducati Desmosedici GP8 B.
33 ItalyItaly Marco Melandri Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati Desmosedici GP8 B.
46 ItalyItaly Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha team Yamaha YZR-M1 B.
48 SpainSpain Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha team Yamaha YZR-M1 M.
50 FranceFrance Sylvain Guintoli Alice team Ducati Desmosedici GP8 B.
52 United KingdomUnited Kingdom James Toseland Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 M.
56 JapanJapan Shin'ya Nakano San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda RC212V B.
64 JapanJapan Kousuke Akiyoshi 6 Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki GSV-R B.
65 ItalyItaly Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki GSV-R B.
69 United StatesUnited States Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Team Honda RC212V M.
Legend
Regular driver
Wildcard driver
Substitute driver
1 Pedrosa switched from Michelin to Bridegestone tires after the San Marino Grand Prix
2Okada started with a wildcard in Italy
3 Aoki started with a wildcard in Malaysia
4th Spies replaced the injured Loris Capirossi in Great Britain and started with a wildcard in the USA and Indianapolis
5 Hacking replaced the injured John Hopkins in the United States
6th Akiyoshi started with a wildcard in Japan

Driver ranking

World Cup place driver motorcycle QAT
QatarQatar
ESP
SpainSpain
POR
PortugalPortugal
CHN
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China
FRA
FranceFrance
ITA
ItalyItaly
CAT
CataloniaCatalonia
GBR
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
NED
NetherlandsNetherlands
GER
GermanyGermany
United States
United StatesUnited States
CZE
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
SMR
San MarinoSan Marino
IND
IndianapolisIndianapolis
JPN
JapanJapan
OUT
AustraliaAustralia
TIMES
MalaysiaMalaysia
VAL
ValenciaValencia
Points
1 ItalyItaly Valentino Rossi Yamaha 11 20th 16 25th 25th 25th 20th 20th 5 20th 25th 25th 25th 25th 25th 20th 25th 16 373
2 AustraliaAustralia Casey Stoner Ducati 25th 5 10 16 0 20th 16 25th 25th 25th 20th Ret Ret 13 20th 25th 10 25th 280
3 SpainSpain Dani Pedrosa Honda 16 25th 20th 20th 13 16 25th 16 20th Ret Inj 1 13 8th 16 Ret 20th 20th 249
4th SpainSpain Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha 20th 16 25th 13 20th Ret Inj 10 10 Ret Ret 6th 20th 16 13 13 Ret 8th 190
5 ItalyItaly Andrea Dovizioso Honda 13 8th Ret 5 10 8th 13 11 11 11 13 7th 8th 11 7th 9 16 13 174
6th United StatesUnited States Nicky Hayden Honda 6th 13 Ret 10 8th 3 8th 9 13 3 11 Inj DNS 20th 11 16 13 11 155
7th United StatesUnited States Colin Edwards Yamaha 9 Ret 13 9 16 11 11 13 16 Ret 2 2 6th 1 9 8th 8th 10 144
8th AustraliaAustralia Chris Vermeulen Suzuki 0 6th 8th Ret 11 6th 9 8th 9 16 16 10 11 7th Ret 1 7th 13 128
9 JapanJapan Shin'ya Nakano Honda 3 7th 6th 6th 6th 7th 7th 7th 8th 7th 6th 13 4th 0 8th 11 11 9 126
10 ItalyItaly Loris Capirossi Suzuki 8th 11 7th 7th 9 9 Ret Inj Inj 9 1 16 9 0 10 6th 9 9 118
11 United KingdomUnited Kingdom James Toseland Yamaha 10 10 9 4th Ret 10 10 0 7th 5 7th 3 10 0 5 10 Ret 5 105
12 SpainSpain Toni Elías Ducati 2 1 4th 8th 5 4th DQ 5 4th 4th 9 20th 16 4th 0 5 1 0 92
13 FranceFrance Sylvain Guintoli Ducati 1 0 2 1 3 5 3 3 6th 10 4th 4th 5 9 2 2 3 4th 67
14th San MarinoSan Marino Alex De Angelis Honda Ret 2 5 0 4th 13 Ret 1 Ret 13 3 8th Ret 6th 0 Ret 2 6th 63
15th FranceFrance Randy De Puniet Honda 7th Ret 1 3 7th Ret Ret 4th Ret 8th 10 0 Ret 3 4th 7th 6th 1 61
16 United StatesUnited States John Hopkins Kawasaki 4th 9 11 2 Ret Ret 6th Ret DNS Inj Inj 5 2 2 6th 3 5 2 57
17th ItalyItaly Marco Melandri Ducati 5 4th 3 11 1 Ret 5 0 3 Ret 0 9 7th 0 3 0 0 0 51
18th AustraliaAustralia Anthony West Kawasaki 0 3 0 0 2 1 4th 6th Ret 6th 0 11 3 5 1 4th 4th 0 50
19th United StatesUnited States Ben Spies Suzuki 2 8th 10 20th
20th United StatesUnited States Jamie Hacking Kawasaki 5 5
21st JapanJapan Tadayuki Okada Honda 2 2
22nd JapanJapan Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki 0 0
JapanJapan Kousuke Akiyoshi Suzuki Ret 0
World Cup place driver motorcycle QAT
QatarQatar
ESP
SpainSpain
POR
PortugalPortugal
CHN
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China
FRA
FranceFrance
ITA
ItalyItaly
CAT
CataloniaCatalonia
GBR
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
NED
NetherlandsNetherlands
GER
GermanyGermany
United States
United StatesUnited States
CZE
Czech RepublicCzech Republic
SMR
San MarinoSan Marino
IND
IndianapolisIndianapolis
JPN
JapanJapan
OUT
AustraliaAustralia
TIMES
MalaysiaMalaysia
VAL
ValenciaValencia
Points
colour result
gold winner
silver Second
bronze Third
green in the goal with points
blue at the finish without points
violet not in target (Ret)
pink not qualified (DNQ)
black disqualified (DQ)
Azure blue Race
started as a rain race
no not participated
not participated
due to injury (inj)
not started (DNS)
Race was canceled (Ann.)
excluded (EX)

Constructors' championship

1 JapanJapan Yamaha 402
2 ItalyItaly Ducati 321
3 JapanJapan Honda 315
4th JapanJapan Suzuki 181
5 JapanJapan Kawasaki 88

Team evaluation

1 Fiat Yamaha team 563
2 Repsol Honda Team 404
3 Ducati Marlboro Team 331
4th Tech 3 Yamaha 249
5 Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 248
6th San Carlo Honda Gresini 189
7th JiR Team Scot MotoGP 174
8th Alice team 159
9 Kawasaki Racing Team 112
10 LCR Honda MotoGP 61

250 cc class

Race results

date run route 1st place place 2 place 3 Pole position Nice Race lap
1 09.03. QatarQatar Qatar GP Losail Mattia Pasini Héctor Barberá Mika Kallio Alex Debón Alex Debón
2 30.03. SpainSpain GP of Spain Jerez Mika Kallio Mattia Pasini Yūki Takahashi Álvaro Bautista Marco Simoncelli
3 April 13th PortugalPortugal GP of Portugal Estoril Álvaro Bautista Marco Simoncelli Mika Kallio Marco Simoncelli Álvaro Bautista
4th 04.05. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China GP of China Shanghai Mika Kallio Hiroshi Aoyama Mattia Pasini Álvaro Bautista Mika Kallio
5 May 18 FranceFrance French GP Le Mans Alex Debón Marco Simoncelli Mattia Pasini Alex Debón Marco Simoncelli
6th 01.06. ItalyItaly Italian GP Mugello Marco Simoncelli Alex Debón Thomas Lüthi Héctor Barberá Álvaro Bautista
7th 08.06. CataloniaCatalonia Catalonia GP Barcelona Marco Simoncelli Álvaro Bautista Héctor Barberá Álvaro Bautista Álvaro Bautista
8th 22.06. United KingdomUnited Kingdom British GP Donington Mika Kallio Marco Simoncelli Álvaro Bautista Álvaro Bautista Marco Simoncelli
9 28.06. NetherlandsNetherlands 78. Dutch TT Aces Álvaro Bautista Thomas Lüthi Marco Simoncelli Álvaro Bautista Álvaro Bautista
10 07/13 GermanyGermany 72nd GP of Germany Sachsenring Marco Simoncelli Héctor Barberá Álvaro Bautista Marco Simoncelli Héctor Barberá
11 08/17 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech GP Brno Alex Debón Álvaro Bautista Marco Simoncelli Marco Simoncelli Alex Debón
12 08/31 San MarinoSan Marino San Marino GP Misano Álvaro Bautista Yūki Takahashi Héctor Barberá Héctor Barberá Marco Simoncelli
13 14.09. IndianapolisIndianapolis Indianapolis GP Indianapolis Canceled due to bad weather. Marco Simoncelli -
14th 28.09. JapanJapan Japanese GP Motegi Marco Simoncelli Álvaro Bautista Alex Debón Marco Simoncelli Álvaro Bautista
15th 05.10. AustraliaAustralia Australian GP Phillip Island Marco Simoncelli Álvaro Bautista Mika Kallio Marco Simoncelli Álvaro Bautista
16 19.10. MalaysiaMalaysia Malaysian GP Sepang Álvaro Bautista Hiroshi Aoyama Marco Simoncelli Hiroshi Aoyama Álvaro Bautista
17th 10/26 ValenciaValencia Valencia GP Valencia Marco Simoncelli Yūki Takahashi Álvaro Bautista Marco Simoncelli Mika Kallio

Teams and drivers

No. driver team motorcycle tires
4th JapanJapan Hiroshi Aoyama Red Bull KTM 250 KTM D.
6th SpainSpain Alex Debón Lotus Aprilia Aprilia D.
7th SpainSpain Russell Gomez Blusens Aprilia Aprilia D.
10 HungaryHungary Imre Tóth Team Tóth Aprilia Aprilia D.
12 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Thomas Lüthi Emmi - Caffe Latte Aprilia D.
14th ThailandThailand Ratthapark Wilairot Thai Honda PTT SAG Honda D.
15th ItalyItaly Roberto Locatelli Metis Gilera Gilera D.
17th Czech RepublicCzech Republic Karel Abraham Cardion AB Motoracing Aprilia D.
19th SpainSpain Álvaro Bautista Mapfre Aspar team Aprilia D.
21st SpainSpain Héctor Barberá Team Tóth Aprilia Aprilia D.
25th ItalyItaly Alex Baldolini Matteoni Racing Aprilia D.
27 ItalyItaly Stefano Bianco Campetella Racing Gilera D.
Team Tóth Aprilia Aprilia
29 United StatesUnited States Barrett Long Longevity Racing Yamaha D.
32 ItalyItaly Fabrizio Lai Campetella Racing Gilera D.
35 ItalyItaly Simone Grotzkyj Campetella Racing Gilera D.
36 FinlandFinland Mika Kallio Red Bull KTM 250 KTM D.
38 United StatesUnited States Kyle Ferris Team Infinity Replicast Yamaha D.
41 SpainSpain Aleix Espargaró Lotus Aprilia Aprilia D.
43 SpainSpain Manuel Hernández Jr. Blusens Aprilia Aprilia D.
45 IndonesiaIndonesia Doni Tata Pradita Yamaha Pertamina Indonesia Yamaha D.
50 IrelandIreland Eugene Laverty Blusens Aprilia Aprilia D.
52 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Lukáš Pešek Auto Kelly CP Aprilia D.
54 San MarinoSan Marino Manuel Poggiali Campetella Racing Gilera D.
55 SpainSpain Héctor Faubel Mapfre Aspar team Aprilia D.
58 ItalyItaly Marco Simoncelli Metis Gilera Gilera D.
60 SpainSpain Julián Simón Repsol KTM 250cc KTM D.
63 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Toby Markham BM Groundworks Yamaha D.
64 SwedenSweden Frederik Watz Jaap Kingma Racing Aprilia D.
65 JapanJapan Takumi Takahashi Burning Blood Racing Team Honda D.
66 JapanJapan Shōya Tomizawa Project U FRS Honda D.
67 JapanJapan Kazuki Watanabe RT Morinokumasan-Satohjuku Yamaha B.
68 JapanJapan Yuuki Ito Dog Fight Racing Yamaha D.
69 JapanJapan Takumi Endoh Ser.Spruce / Pro-Tec Yamaha D.
72 JapanJapan Yūki Takahashi JiR Team Scot 250cc Honda D.
75 ItalyItaly Mattia Pasini Polaris World Aprilia D.
89 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Ho Wan Chow Zongshen Team of China Aprilia D.
90 ItalyItaly Federico Sandi Zongshen Team of China Aprilia D.
Matteoni Racing Aprilia
91 PortugalPortugal Sérgio Batista Paddock Competições Honda D.
92 SpainSpain Daniel Arcas Team Honda Merson Honda D.
Blusens Aprilia Aprilia
93 HungaryHungary Alen Györfi Motorcycle Competition Service Honda D.
Team Tóth Aprilia Aprilia
94 GermanyGermany Toni Savoy cabbage Racing Team Germany Honda D.
Legend
Regular driver
Wildcard driver
Substitute driver

Driver ranking

1 ItalyItaly Marco Simoncelli Gilera 281
2 SpainSpain Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 244
3 FinlandFinland Mika Kallio KTM 196
4th SpainSpain Alex Debón Aprilia 176
5 JapanJapan Yūki Takahashi Honda 167
6th SpainSpain Héctor Barberá Aprilia 142
7th JapanJapan Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 139
8th ItalyItaly Mattia Pasini Aprilia 132
9 ItalyItaly Roberto Locatelli Gilera 110
10 SpainSpain Julián Simón KTM 109
11 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Thomas Lüthi Aprilia 108
12 SpainSpain Aleix Espargaró Aprilia 92
13 ThailandThailand Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 73
14th SpainSpain Héctor Faubel Aprilia 64
15th Czech RepublicCzech Republic Lukáš Pešek Aprilia 42
16 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Karel Abraham Aprilia 40
17th ItalyItaly Alex Baldolini Aprilia 35
18th ItalyItaly Fabrizio Lai Gilera 33
19th San MarinoSan Marino Manuel Poggiali Gilera 16
20th HungaryHungary Imre Tóth Aprilia 9
21st Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Eugene Laverty Aprilia 8th
22nd ItalyItaly Federico Sandi Aprilia 6th
23 SpainSpain Manuel Hernández Jr. Aprilia 5
24 ItalyItaly Simone Grotzkyj Gilera 5
25th GermanyGermany Toni Savoy cabbage Honda 2
JapanJapan Shōya Tomizawa Honda 2
SpainSpain Daniel Arcas Honda /
Aprilia
2
28 IndonesiaIndonesia Doni Tata Pradita Yamaha 1

Constructors' championship

1 ItalyItaly Aprilia 343
2 ItalyItaly Gilera 300
3 AustriaAustria KTM 245
4th JapanJapan Honda 174
5 JapanJapan Yamaha 1

125 cc class

Race results

date run route 1st place place 2 place 3 Pole position Nice Race lap
1 09.03. QatarQatar Qatar GP Losail Sergio Gadea Joan Olivé Stefan Bradl Bradley Smith Scott Redding
2 30.03. SpainSpain GP of Spain Jerez Simone Corsi Nicolás Terol Bradley Smith Bradley Smith Simone Corsi
3 April 13th PortugalPortugal GP of Portugal Estoril Simone Corsi Joan Olivé Nicolás Terol Simone Corsi Simone Corsi
4th 04.05. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China GP of China Shanghai Andrea Iannone Mike Di Meglio Gábor Talmácsi Bradley Smith Michael Ranseder
5 May 18 FranceFrance French GP Le Mans Mike Di Meglio Bradley Smith Nicolás Terol Sergio Gadea Mike Di Meglio
6th 01.06. ItalyItaly Italian GP Mugello Simone Corsi Gábor Talmácsi Pol Espargaró Raffaele De Rosa Mike Di Meglio
7th 08.06. CataloniaCatalonia Catalonia GP Barcelona Mike Di Meglio Pol Espargaró Gábor Talmácsi Pol Espargaró Joan Olivé
8th 22.06. United KingdomUnited Kingdom British GP Donington Scott Redding Mike Di Meglio Marc Marquez Simone Corsi Scott Redding
9 28.06. NetherlandsNetherlands 78. Dutch TT Aces Gábor Talmácsi Joan Olivé Simone Corsi Simone Corsi Efrén Vázquez
10 07/13 GermanyGermany 72nd GP of Germany Sachsenring Mike Di Meglio Stefan Bradl Gábor Talmácsi Gábor Talmácsi Mike Di Meglio
11 08/17 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech GP Brno Stefan Bradl Mike Di Meglio Joan Olivé Gábor Talmácsi Mike Di Meglio
12 08/31 San MarinoSan Marino San Marino GP Misano Gábor Talmácsi Bradley Smith Simone Corsi Gábor Talmácsi Gábor Talmácsi
13 14.09. IndianapolisIndianapolis Indianapolis GP Indianapolis Nicolás Terol Pol Espargaró Stefan Bradl Pol Espargaró Stefan Bradl
14th 28.09. JapanJapan Japanese GP Motegi Stefan Bradl Mike Di Meglio Gábor Talmácsi Mike Di Meglio Gábor Talmácsi
15th 05.10. AustraliaAustralia Australian GP Phillip Island Mike Di Meglio Stefan Bradl Gábor Talmácsi Mike Di Meglio Stefan Bradl
16 19.10. MalaysiaMalaysia Malaysian GP Sepang Gábor Talmácsi Bradley Smith Simone Corsi Andrea Iannone Sandro Cortese
17th 10/26 ValenciaValencia Valencia GP Valencia Simone Corsi Nicolás Terol Mike Di Meglio Gábor Talmácsi Mike Di Meglio

Teams and drivers

No. driver team motorcycle tires
1 HungaryHungary Gábor Talmácsi Bancaja Aspar team Aprilia D.
5 FranceFrance Alexis Masbou Loncin Racing Loncin D.
6th SpainSpain Joan Olivé Belson Derbi Derbi D.
7th SpainSpain Efrén Vázquez Blusens Aprilia Junior Aprilia D.
8th ItalyItaly Lorenzo Zanetti ISPA KTM Aran KTM D.
11 GermanyGermany Sandro Cortese Emmi - Caffe Latte Aprilia D.
12 SpainSpain Esteve Rabat Repsol KTM 125 KTM D.
13 ItalyItaly Dino Lombardi Blusens Aprilia Junior Aprilia D.
14th SpainSpain Axel Pons Jack & Jones WRB Aprilia D.
16 FranceFrance Jules Cluzel Loncin Racing Loncin D.
17th GermanyGermany Stefan Bradl Grizzly Gas Pine Racing Aprilia D.
18th SpainSpain Nicolás Terol Jack & Jones WRB Aprilia D.
19th ItalyItaly Roberto Lacalendola Matteoni Racing Aprilia D.
21st GermanyGermany Robin Lässer Grizzly Gas Pine Racing Aprilia D.
22nd SpainSpain Pablo Nieto Onde 2000 KTM KTM D.
23 SpainSpain Julián Miralles Rodríguez Bancaja Mir CEV Aprilia D.
24 ItalyItaly Simone Corsi Jack & Jones WRB Aprilia D.
25th SpainSpain Cristian Trabalón Alpo Atlético de Madrid Aprilia D.
26th SpainSpain Adrián Martín Bancaja Aspar team Aprilia D.
27 ItalyItaly Stefano Bianco S3 + WTR San Marino team Aprilia D.
28 SpainSpain Enrique Jerez ISPA KTM Aran KTM D.
29 ItalyItaly Andrea Iannone IC team Aprilia D.
30th SpainSpain Pere Tutusaus Bancaja Aspar team Aprilia D.
Alpo Atlético de Madrid Aprilia
31 SpainSpain Jordi Dalmau SAG Castrol Honda D.
32 AustraliaAustralia Blake Leigh-Smith Leigh-Smith Racing Honda D.
33 SpainSpain Sergio Gadea Bancaja Aspar team Aprilia D.
34 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Randy Krummenacher Red Bull KTM 125 KTM D.
35 ItalyItaly Raffaele De Rosa Onde 2000 KTM KTM D.
36 FranceFrance Cyril Carrillo FFM Honda GP 125 Honda D.
37 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Karel Pešek Czech Road Racing JNR. Aprilia D.
38 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bradley Smith Polaris World Aprilia D.
39 ItalyItaly Ferruccio Lamborghini Junior GP Racing Dream Aprilia D.
40 ItalyItaly Lorenzo Savadori RCGM Aprilia D.
IC team Aprilia
41 GermanyGermany Tobias Siegert ADAC Nordbayern e. V. Aprilia D.
42 ItalyItaly Luca Vitali RCGM Aprilia D.
Grizzly Gas Pine Racing Aprilia
43 ItalyItaly Gabriele Ferro Metasystem RS Honda D.
44 SpainSpain Pol Espargaró Belson Derbi Derbi D.
45 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Scott Redding Blusens Aprilia Junior Aprilia D.
46 AustraliaAustralia Brad Gross Gross Racing Yamaha D.
47 ItalyItaly Riccardo Moretti CRP Racing Honda D.
48 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Bastien Chesaux S3 + WTR San Marino team Aprilia D.
49 ItalyItaly Gennaro Sabatino Junior GP Racing Dream Aprilia D.
50 JapanJapan Hiroomi Iwata DYDO Miu Racing Honda D.
51 United StatesUnited States Stevie Bonsey Degraaf Grand Prix Aprilia D.
52 FranceFrance Steven Le Coquen Villiers Team Competition Honda D.
53 FranceFrance Valentin Debise Racing Motoclub Circuit D'Albi KTM D.
54 United StatesUnited States PJ Jacobsen Bancaja Aspar team Aprilia D.
56 NetherlandsNetherlands Hugo van den Berg Degraaf Grand Prix Aprilia D.
57 JapanJapan Iori Namihira Honda Suzuka Racing Honda D.
58 JapanJapan Yuuchi Yanagisawa 18 garage racing Honda D.
59 JapanJapan Hiroki Ono Battle Factory Honda D.
60 AustriaAustria Michael Ranseder IC team Aprilia D.
61 ItalyItaly Gioele Pellino Loncin Racing Loncin D.
62 JapanJapan Kazuma Watanabe Team Plus One Honda D.
63 FranceFrance Mike Di Meglio Ajo Motorsport Derbi D.
64 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Matthew Hoyle SP 125 Racing / Mackrory Demolition Honda D.
65 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Luke Hinton Buildbase / Knotts Honda D.
66 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Connor Behan Connor Behan Racing Honda D.
67 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Lee Costello Vent-Axia Honda D.
68 IrelandIreland Paul Jordan KRP Honda D.
69 FranceFrance Louis Rossi FFM Honda GP 125 Honda D.
70 AustraliaAustralia Rhys Moller Rhys Moller Racing Honda D.
71 JapanJapan Tomoyoshi Koyama ISPA KTM Aran KTM D.
Red Bull KTM 125 KTM
72 ItalyItaly Marco Ravaioli Matteoni Racing Aprilia D.
73 JapanJapan Takaaki Nakagami IC team Aprilia D.
74 ItalyItaly Davide Stirpe ISPA KTM Aran KTM D.
75 SpainSpain Ricard Cardus Andalucía Derbi Derbi D.
76 SpainSpain Ivan Maestro Alpo Atlético de Madrid Honda D.
Hune Matteoni Aprilia
77 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Dominique Aegerter Ajo Motorsport Derbi D.
78 SpainSpain Daniel Saez Gaviota Prosolia Racing Aprilia D.
79 SpainSpain Alberto Moncayo Andalucía Derbi Derbi D.
80 NetherlandsNetherlands Joey Litjens Abbink Bos Racing Seel D.
81 NetherlandsNetherlands Jasper Iwema Abbink Bos Racing Seel D.
82 NetherlandsNetherlands Michael van der Mark Dutch Racing Team Honda D.
83 NetherlandsNetherlands Jerry van de Bunt Degraaf Grand Prix Aprilia D.
84 SwedenSweden Robert Gull Ajo Motorsports Jnr. Project Derbi D.
85 GermanyGermany Marvin Fritz Pine Bos Sotin Jnr. team Seel D.
86 GermanyGermany Eric Pretty Team Sachsenring Aprilia D.
87 GermanyGermany Marcel Schrötter Toni Mang team Honda D.
88 GermanyGermany Sebastian Kreuziger RZT racing Honda D.
89 NetherlandsNetherlands Ernst Dubbink RV Racing Team Honda D.
90 United StatesUnited States Kristian Lee Turner Veloce Racing Aprilia D.
91 AustraliaAustralia Jed Metcher Angelo's Aluminum Racing Honda D.
92 AustraliaAustralia Jake Horne Team Anchor Yamaha Honda D.
93 SpainSpain Marc Marquez Repsol KTM 125cc KTM D.
94 GermanyGermany Jonas Folger Red Bull MotoGP Academy KTM D.
Red Bull KTM 125 KTM
95 RomaniaRomania Robert Muresan Grizzly Gas Pine Racing Aprilia D.
96 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Lukáš Šembera Matteoni Racing Aprilia D.
97 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Michal Prašek Roha'c & Fetja Motoracing Aprilia D.
98 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Andrea Toušková Eurowag Junior Racing Honda D.
99 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Danny Webb Degraaf Grand Prix Aprilia D.
Legend
Regular driver
Wildcard driver
Substitute driver

Driver ranking

1 FranceFrance Mike Di Meglio Derbi 264
2 ItalyItaly Simone Corsi Aprilia 225
3 HungaryHungary Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 206
4th GermanyGermany Stefan Bradl Aprilia 187
5 SpainSpain Nicolás Terol Aprilia 176
6th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bradley Smith Aprilia 150
7th SpainSpain Joan Olivé Derbi 142
8th GermanyGermany Sandro Cortese Aprilia 141
9 SpainSpain Pol Espargaró Derbi 124
10 ItalyItaly Andrea Iannone Aprilia 106
11 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Scott Redding Aprilia 105
12 SpainSpain Sergio Gadea Aprilia 83
13 SpainSpain Marc Marquez KTM 63
14th SpainSpain Esteve Rabat KTM 49
15th United StatesUnited States Stevie Bonsey Aprilia 46
16 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Dominique Aegerter Derbi 45
17th JapanJapan Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 41
18th ItalyItaly Raffaele De Rosa KTM 37
19th United KingdomUnited Kingdom Danny Webb Aprilia 35
20th SpainSpain Efrén Vázquez Aprilia 31
21st SpainSpain Pablo Nieto KTM 25th
22nd ItalyItaly Lorenzo Zanetti KTM 22nd
23. AustriaAustria Michael Ranseder Aprilia 22nd
24. JapanJapan Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 12
25th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Randy Krummenacher KTM 10
26th SpainSpain Pere Tutusaus Aprilia 9
27. ItalyItaly Stefano Bianco Aprilia 8th
28. FranceFrance Alexis Masbou Loncin 4th
29 GermanyGermany Marcel Schrötter Honda 3
ItalyItaly Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 3
31. GermanyGermany Robin Lässer Aprilia 2
32. NetherlandsNetherlands Hugo van den Berg Aprilia 1
GermanyGermany Jonas Folger KTM 1
SpainSpain Adrián Martín Aprilia 1
SpainSpain Enrique Jerez KTM 1

Constructors' championship

1 ItalyItaly Aprilia 401
2 SpainSpain Derbi 319
3 AustriaAustria KTM 123
4th ChileChile Loncin 4th
5 JapanJapan Honda 3

Web links

Commons : Motorcycle World Cup 2008 season  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. MotoGP - night race in Qatar 15 million for 1200 masts , www.tiscali.de. 
  2. Christian Nimmervoll: Pedrosa no longer wanted Michelin. www.motorsport-total.com, September 1, 2008, accessed on September 1, 2008 .