Motorcycle World Championship 2008
MotoGP world champion | |
Driver: | Valentino Rossi |
Team: | Fiat Yamaha team |
Constructor: | Yamaha |
250 cc world champion | |
Driver: | Marco Simoncelli |
Constructor: | Aprilia |
125 cc world champion | |
Driver: | Mike Di Meglio |
Constructor: | Aprilia |
<2007 season |
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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 | |||||||||||||||
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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
- Compared to the 2007 season, the race calendar was the only newly added race, the Indianapolis Grand Prix . The Turkish Grand Prix , however, no longer took place.
- The Qatar Grand Prix was the first time in the history of the motorcycle world championship that a race was held at night and under floodlights .
- The official computer game for the World Cup season is MotoGP 08 .
MotoGP class (800 cm³)
Race results
Teams and drivers
1 Pedrosa switched from Michelin to Bridegestone tires after the San Marino Grand Prix
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3 Aoki started with a wildcard in Malaysia
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4th Spies replaced the injured Loris Capirossi in Great Britain and started with a wildcard in the USA and Indianapolis
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5 Hacking replaced the injured John Hopkins in the United States
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6th Akiyoshi started with a wildcard in Japan
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Driver ranking
World Cup place | driver | motorcycle | QAT |
ESP |
POR |
CHN |
FRA |
ITA |
CAT |
GBR |
NED |
GER |
United States |
CZE |
SMR |
IND |
JPN |
OUT |
TIMES |
VAL |
Points |
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1 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | 11 | 20th | 16 | 25th | 25th | 25th | 20th | 20th | 5 | 20th | 25th | 25th | 25th | 25th | 25th | 20th | 25th | 16 | 373 |
2 | Casey Stoner | Ducati | 25th | 5 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 20th | 16 | 25th | 25th | 25th | 20th | Ret | Ret | 13 | 20th | 25th | 10 | 25th | 280 |
3 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 16 | 25th | 20th | 20th | 13 | 16 | 25th | 16 | 20th | Ret | Inj | 1 | 13 | 8th | 16 | Ret | 20th | 20th | 249 |
4th | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha | 20th | 16 | 25th | 13 | 20th | Ret | Inj | 10 | 10 | Ret | Ret | 6th | 20th | 16 | 13 | 13 | Ret | 8th | 190 |
5 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 13 | 8th | Ret | 5 | 10 | 8th | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 7th | 8th | 11 | 7th | 9 | 16 | 13 | 174 |
6th | Nicky Hayden | Honda | 6th | 13 | Ret | 10 | 8th | 3 | 8th | 9 | 13 | 3 | 11 | Inj | DNS | 20th | 11 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 155 |
7th | Colin Edwards | Yamaha | 9 | Ret | 13 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 16 | Ret | 2 | 2 | 6th | 1 | 9 | 8th | 8th | 10 | 144 |
8th | Chris Vermeulen | Suzuki | 0 | 6th | 8th | Ret | 11 | 6th | 9 | 8th | 9 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 7th | Ret | 1 | 7th | 13 | 128 |
9 | Shin'ya Nakano | Honda | 3 | 7th | 6th | 6th | 6th | 7th | 7th | 7th | 8th | 7th | 6th | 13 | 4th | 0 | 8th | 11 | 11 | 9 | 126 |
10 | Loris Capirossi | Suzuki | 8th | 11 | 7th | 7th | 9 | 9 | Ret | Inj | Inj | 9 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 10 | 6th | 9 | 9 | 118 |
11 | James Toseland | Yamaha | 10 | 10 | 9 | 4th | Ret | 10 | 10 | 0 | 7th | 5 | 7th | 3 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 10 | Ret | 5 | 105 |
12 | Toni Elías | Ducati | 2 | 1 | 4th | 8th | 5 | 4th | DQ | 5 | 4th | 4th | 9 | 20th | 16 | 4th | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 92 |
13 | Sylvain Guintoli | Ducati | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6th | 10 | 4th | 4th | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 67 |
14th | Alex De Angelis | Honda | Ret | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4th | 13 | Ret | 1 | Ret | 13 | 3 | 8th | Ret | 6th | 0 | Ret | 2 | 6th | 63 |
15th | Randy De Puniet | Honda | 7th | Ret | 1 | 3 | 7th | Ret | Ret | 4th | Ret | 8th | 10 | 0 | Ret | 3 | 4th | 7th | 6th | 1 | 61 |
16 | John Hopkins | Kawasaki | 4th | 9 | 11 | 2 | Ret | Ret | 6th | Ret | DNS | Inj | Inj | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6th | 3 | 5 | 2 | 57 |
17th | Marco Melandri | Ducati | 5 | 4th | 3 | 11 | 1 | Ret | 5 | 0 | 3 | Ret | 0 | 9 | 7th | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
18th | Anthony West | Kawasaki | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4th | 6th | Ret | 6th | 0 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4th | 4th | 0 | 50 |
19th | Ben Spies | Suzuki | 2 | 8th | 10 | 20th | |||||||||||||||
20th | Jamie Hacking | Kawasaki | 5 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
21st | Tadayuki Okada | Honda | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
22nd | Nobuatsu Aoki | Suzuki | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
Kousuke Akiyoshi | Suzuki | Ret | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
World Cup place | driver | motorcycle | QAT |
ESP |
POR |
CHN |
FRA |
ITA |
CAT |
GBR |
NED |
GER |
United States |
CZE |
SMR |
IND |
JPN |
OUT |
TIMES |
VAL |
Points |
colour | result |
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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) |
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not started (DNS) | |
Race was canceled (Ann.) | |
excluded (EX) |
Constructors' championship
1 | Yamaha | 402 |
2 | Ducati | 321 |
3 | Honda | 315 |
4th | Suzuki | 181 |
5 | 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 | |
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1 | 09.03. | Qatar GP | Losail | Mattia Pasini | Héctor Barberá | Mika Kallio | Alex Debón | Alex Debón |
2 | 30.03. | GP of Spain | Jerez | Mika Kallio | Mattia Pasini | Yūki Takahashi | Álvaro Bautista | Marco Simoncelli |
3 | April 13th | GP of Portugal | Estoril | Álvaro Bautista | Marco Simoncelli | Mika Kallio | Marco Simoncelli | Álvaro Bautista |
4th | 04.05. | GP of China | Shanghai | Mika Kallio | Hiroshi Aoyama | Mattia Pasini | Álvaro Bautista | Mika Kallio |
5 | May 18 | French GP | Le Mans | Alex Debón | Marco Simoncelli | Mattia Pasini | Alex Debón | Marco Simoncelli |
6th | 01.06. | Italian GP | Mugello | Marco Simoncelli | Alex Debón | Thomas Lüthi | Héctor Barberá | Álvaro Bautista |
7th | 08.06. | Catalonia GP | Barcelona | Marco Simoncelli | Álvaro Bautista | Héctor Barberá | Álvaro Bautista | Álvaro Bautista |
8th | 22.06. | British GP | Donington | Mika Kallio | Marco Simoncelli | Álvaro Bautista | Álvaro Bautista | Marco Simoncelli |
9 | 28.06. | 78. Dutch TT | Aces | Álvaro Bautista | Thomas Lüthi | Marco Simoncelli | Álvaro Bautista | Álvaro Bautista |
10 | 07/13 | 72nd GP of Germany | Sachsenring | Marco Simoncelli | Héctor Barberá | Álvaro Bautista | Marco Simoncelli | Héctor Barberá |
11 | 08/17 | Czech GP | Brno | Alex Debón | Álvaro Bautista | Marco Simoncelli | Marco Simoncelli | Alex Debón |
12 | 08/31 | San Marino GP | Misano | Álvaro Bautista | Yūki Takahashi | Héctor Barberá | Héctor Barberá | Marco Simoncelli |
13 | 14.09. | Indianapolis GP | Indianapolis | Canceled due to bad weather. | Marco Simoncelli | - | ||
14th | 28.09. | Japanese GP | Motegi | Marco Simoncelli | Álvaro Bautista | Alex Debón | Marco Simoncelli | Álvaro Bautista |
15th | 05.10. | Australian GP | Phillip Island | Marco Simoncelli | Álvaro Bautista | Mika Kallio | Marco Simoncelli | Álvaro Bautista |
16 | 19.10. | Malaysian GP | Sepang | Álvaro Bautista | Hiroshi Aoyama | Marco Simoncelli | Hiroshi Aoyama | Álvaro Bautista |
17th | 10/26 | Valencia GP | Valencia | Marco Simoncelli | Yūki Takahashi | Álvaro Bautista | Marco Simoncelli | Mika Kallio |
Teams and drivers
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Driver ranking
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Constructors' championship
1 | Aprilia | 343 |
2 | Gilera | 300 |
3 | KTM | 245 |
4th | Honda | 174 |
5 | Yamaha | 1 |
125 cc class
Race results
date | run | route | 1st place | place 2 | place 3 | Pole position | Nice Race lap | |
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1 | 09.03. | Qatar GP | Losail | Sergio Gadea | Joan Olivé | Stefan Bradl | Bradley Smith | Scott Redding |
2 | 30.03. | GP of Spain | Jerez | Simone Corsi | Nicolás Terol | Bradley Smith | Bradley Smith | Simone Corsi |
3 | April 13th | GP of Portugal | Estoril | Simone Corsi | Joan Olivé | Nicolás Terol | Simone Corsi | Simone Corsi |
4th | 04.05. | GP of China | Shanghai | Andrea Iannone | Mike Di Meglio | Gábor Talmácsi | Bradley Smith | Michael Ranseder |
5 | May 18 | French GP | Le Mans | Mike Di Meglio | Bradley Smith | Nicolás Terol | Sergio Gadea | Mike Di Meglio |
6th | 01.06. | Italian GP | Mugello | Simone Corsi | Gábor Talmácsi | Pol Espargaró | Raffaele De Rosa | Mike Di Meglio |
7th | 08.06. | Catalonia GP | Barcelona | Mike Di Meglio | Pol Espargaró | Gábor Talmácsi | Pol Espargaró | Joan Olivé |
8th | 22.06. | British GP | Donington | Scott Redding | Mike Di Meglio | Marc Marquez | Simone Corsi | Scott Redding |
9 | 28.06. | 78. Dutch TT | Aces | Gábor Talmácsi | Joan Olivé | Simone Corsi | Simone Corsi | Efrén Vázquez |
10 | 07/13 | 72nd GP of Germany | Sachsenring | Mike Di Meglio | Stefan Bradl | Gábor Talmácsi | Gábor Talmácsi | Mike Di Meglio |
11 | 08/17 | Czech GP | Brno | Stefan Bradl | Mike Di Meglio | Joan Olivé | Gábor Talmácsi | Mike Di Meglio |
12 | 08/31 | San Marino GP | Misano | Gábor Talmácsi | Bradley Smith | Simone Corsi | Gábor Talmácsi | Gábor Talmácsi |
13 | 14.09. | Indianapolis GP | Indianapolis | Nicolás Terol | Pol Espargaró | Stefan Bradl | Pol Espargaró | Stefan Bradl |
14th | 28.09. | Japanese GP | Motegi | Stefan Bradl | Mike Di Meglio | Gábor Talmácsi | Mike Di Meglio | Gábor Talmácsi |
15th | 05.10. | Australian GP | Phillip Island | Mike Di Meglio | Stefan Bradl | Gábor Talmácsi | Mike Di Meglio | Stefan Bradl |
16 | 19.10. | Malaysian GP | Sepang | Gábor Talmácsi | Bradley Smith | Simone Corsi | Andrea Iannone | Sandro Cortese |
17th | 10/26 | Valencia GP | Valencia | Simone Corsi | Nicolás Terol | Mike Di Meglio | Gábor Talmácsi | Mike Di Meglio |
Teams and drivers
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Driver ranking
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Constructors' championship
1 | Aprilia | 401 |
2 | Derbi | 319 |
3 | KTM | 123 |
4th | Loncin | 4th |
5 | Honda | 3 |
Web links
Commons : Motorcycle World Cup 2008 season - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Official website of the motorcycle world championship
- Detailed statistics for the 2008 season at racingmemo.free.fr (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ MotoGP - night race in Qatar 15 million for 1200 masts , www.tiscali.de.
- ↑ Christian Nimmervoll: Pedrosa no longer wanted Michelin. www.motorsport-total.com, September 1, 2008, accessed on September 1, 2008 .