Motorcycle World Championship 2008

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	2009 season>

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

• 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

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

Teams and drivers

No. driver team motorcycle tires 1 Casey Stoner Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati Desmosedici GP8 B. 2 Dani Pedrosa 1 Repsol Honda Team Honda RC212V M / B 4th Andrea Dovizioso JiR Team Scot Honda RC212V M. 5 Colin Edwards Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 M. 7th Chris Vermeulen Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki GSV-R B. 8th Tadayuki Okada 2 Repsol Honda Team Honda RC212V M. 9 Nobuatsu Aoki 3 Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki GSV-R B. 11 Ben Spies 4 Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki GSV-R B. 12 Jamie Hacking 5 Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR B. 13 Anthony West Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR B. 14th Randy De Puniet Honda LCR Honda RC212V M. 15th Alex De Angelis San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda RC212V B. 21st John Hopkins Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR B. 24 Toni Elías Alice team Ducati Desmosedici GP8 B. 33 Marco Melandri Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati Desmosedici GP8 B. 46 Valentino Rossi Fiat Yamaha team Yamaha YZR-M1 B. 48 Jorge Lorenzo Fiat Yamaha team Yamaha YZR-M1 M. 50 Sylvain Guintoli Alice team Ducati Desmosedici GP8 B. 52 James Toseland Tech 3 Yamaha Yamaha YZR-M1 M. 56 Shin'ya Nakano San Carlo Honda Gresini Honda RC212V B. 64 Kousuke Akiyoshi 6 Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki GSV-R B. 65 Loris Capirossi Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki GSV-R B. 69 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	ESP	POR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	United States	CZE	SMR	IND	JPN	OUT	TIMES	VAL	Points
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
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	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
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

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

Legend Regular driver Wildcard driver Substitute driver

Driver ranking

1 Marco Simoncelli Gilera 281 2 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 244 3 Mika Kallio KTM 196 4th Alex Debón Aprilia 176 5 Yūki Takahashi Honda 167 6th Héctor Barberá Aprilia 142 7th Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 139 8th Mattia Pasini Aprilia 132 9 Roberto Locatelli Gilera 110 10 Julián Simón KTM 109 11 Thomas Lüthi Aprilia 108 12 Aleix Espargaró Aprilia 92 13 Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 73 14th Héctor Faubel Aprilia 64 15th Lukáš Pešek Aprilia 42

16 Karel Abraham Aprilia 40 17th Alex Baldolini Aprilia 35 18th Fabrizio Lai Gilera 33 19th Manuel Poggiali Gilera 16 20th  Imre Tóth Aprilia 9 21st Eugene Laverty Aprilia 8th 22nd Federico Sandi Aprilia 6th 23  Manuel Hernández Jr. Aprilia 5 24 Simone Grotzkyj Gilera 5 25th Toni Savoy cabbage Honda 2 Shōya Tomizawa Honda 2 Daniel Arcas Honda / Aprilia 2 28 Doni Tata Pradita Yamaha 1

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
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

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

Legend Regular driver Wildcard driver Substitute driver

Driver ranking

1 Mike Di Meglio Derbi 264 2 Simone Corsi Aprilia 225 3 Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 206 4th Stefan Bradl Aprilia 187 5 Nicolás Terol Aprilia 176 6th  Bradley Smith Aprilia 150 7th Joan Olivé Derbi 142 8th Sandro Cortese Aprilia 141 9 Pol Espargaró Derbi 124 10 Andrea Iannone Aprilia 106 11 Scott Redding Aprilia 105 12 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 83 13 Marc Marquez KTM 63 14th Esteve Rabat KTM 49 15th Stevie Bonsey Aprilia 46 16 Dominique Aegerter Derbi 45 17th Tomoyoshi Koyama KTM 41 18th Raffaele De Rosa KTM 37

19th  Danny Webb Aprilia 35 20th Efrén Vázquez Aprilia 31 21st Pablo Nieto KTM 25th 22nd Lorenzo Zanetti KTM 22nd 23. Michael Ranseder Aprilia 22nd 24. Takaaki Nakagami Aprilia 12 25th Randy Krummenacher KTM 10 26th Pere Tutusaus Aprilia 9 27. Stefano Bianco Aprilia 8th 28. Alexis Masbou Loncin 4th 29 Marcel Schrötter Honda 3 Lorenzo Savadori Aprilia 3 31. Robin Lässer Aprilia 2 32. Hugo van den Berg Aprilia 1 Jonas Folger KTM 1  Adrián Martín Aprilia 1 Enrique Jerez KTM 1

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

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 .