2008 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2008 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 2008 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 28–30 March 2008 at the Circuito de Jerez located in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. The MotoGP race was won by Dani Pedrosa, who finished ahead of Jorge Lorenzo, who started on pole position. Mika Kallio won the 250cc race after Álvaro Bautista and Marco Simoncelli, the two leaders, collided on the last lap. The 125cc race was won by Simone Corsi, ahead of Nicolás Terol and Bradley Smith, who started the race in pole position.

  2008 Spanish Grand Prix

Race details
Race 2 of 18 races in the 2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	30 March 2008
Official name	Gran Premio bwin.com de España
Location	Circuito de Jerez
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.423 km (2.748 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Jorge Lorenzo Time 1:38.189 Fastest lap Rider Dani Pedrosa Time 1:40.116 Podium First Dani Pedrosa Second Valentino Rossi Third Jorge Lorenzo
250 cc
Pole position Rider Álvaro Bautista Time 1:43.071 Fastest lap Rider Marco Simoncelli Time 1:43.546 Podium First Mika Kallio Second Mattia Pasini Third Yuki Takahashi
125 cc
Pole position Rider Bradley Smith Time 1:47.587 Fastest lap Rider Simone Corsi Time 1:47.999 Podium First Simone Corsi Second Nicolás Terol Third Bradley Smith

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	27	45:35.121	2	25
2	46	Valentino Rossi	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	+2.883	5	20
3	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	+4.339	1	16
4	69	Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	27	+10.142	4	13
5	65	Loris Capirossi	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	27	+27.524	10	11
6	52	James Toseland	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	27	+27.808	8	10
7	21	John Hopkins	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	27	+28.296	9	9
8	4	Andrea Dovizioso	JiR Team Scot MotoGP	Honda	27	+28.449	13	8
9	56	Shinya Nakano	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	27	+32.569	11	7
10	7	Chris Vermeulen	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	27	+35.091	12	6
11	1	Casey Stoner	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	27	+42.223	7	5
12	33	Marco Melandri	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	27	+44.498	18	4
13	13	Anthony West	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	27	+45.807	15	3
14	15	Alex de Angelis	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	27	+45.871	14	2
15	24	Toni Elías	Alice Team	Ducati	27	+1:09.558	16	1
16	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Alice Team	Ducati	27	+1:14.442	17
Ret	5	Colin Edwards	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	5	Retirement	3
Ret	14	Randy de Puniet	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	2	Accident	6
Sources:

250cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	26	45:27.908	2	25
2	75	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	26	+4.277	10	20
3	72	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	26	+4.287	11	16
4	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	KTM	26	+4.876	6	13
5	21	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	26	+5.968	7	11
6	6	Alex Debón	Aprilia	26	+13.633	3	10
7	60	Julián Simón	KTM	26	+16.372	5	9
8	15	Roberto Locatelli	Gilera	26	+22.571	8	8
9	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	26	+28.606	15	7
10	52	Lukáš Pešek	Aprilia	26	+32.726	17	6
11	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	26	+38.602	16	5
12	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	Honda	26	+43.371	19	4
13	17	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	26	+54.159	14	3
14	43	Manuel Hernández	Aprilia	26	+1:21.938	21	2
15	10	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	25	+1 lap	22	1
16	45	Doni Tata Pradita	Yamaha	25	+1 lap	23
Ret	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	25	Accident	1
Ret	58	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	25	Accident	9
Ret	12	Thomas Lüthi	Aprilia	22	Accident	4
Ret	54	Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	20	Retirement	18
Ret	32	Fabrizio Lai	Gilera	17	Retirement	12
Ret	50	Eugene Laverty	Aprilia	8	Retirement	20
Ret	55	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	2	Accident	13
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	24	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	23	41:46.100	5	25
2	18	Nicolás Terol	Aprilia	23	+3.206	2	20
3	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	23	+4.986	1	16
4	17	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia	23	+5.022	3	13
5	22	Pablo Nieto	KTM	23	+6.254	13	11
6	51	Stevie Bonsey	Aprilia	23	+20.563	6	10
7	45	Scott Redding	Aprilia	23	+22.517	8	9
8	77	Dominique Aegerter	Derbi	23	+23.002	11	8
9	63	Mike Di Meglio	Derbi	23	+23.928	7	7
10	11	Sandro Cortese	Aprilia	23	+33.541	15	6
11	35	Raffaele De Rosa	KTM	23	+33.664	10	5
12	12	Esteve Rabat	KTM	23	+33.987	16	4
13	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	KTM	23	+34.426	21	3
14	44	Pol Espargaró	Derbi	23	+40.038	17	2
15	73	Takaaki Nakagami	Aprilia	23	+44.515	19	1
16	60	Michael Ranseder	Aprilia	23	+45.498	24
17	16	Jules Cluzel	Loncin	23	+49.685	27
18	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	23	+53.186	20
19	30	Pere Tutusaus	Aprilia	23	+58.037	25
20	19	Roberto Lacalendola	Aprilia	23	+1:03.610	28
21	5	Alexis Masbou	Loncin	23	+1:04.732	26
22	76	Iván Maestro	Honda	23	+1:19.599	34
23	78	Daniel Sáez	Aprilia	23	+1:24.990	32
24	69	Louis Rossi	Honda	23	+1:39.735	33
25	79	Alberto Moncayo	Derbi	23	+1:48.192	35
26	95	Robert Mureșan	Aprilia	20	+3 laps	29
Ret	14	Axel Pons	Aprilia	22	Accident	23
Ret	8	Lorenzo Zanetti	KTM	14	Accident	31
Ret	56	Hugo van den Berg	Aprilia	12	Retirement	30
Ret	6	Joan Olivé	Derbi	9	Accident	18
Ret	99	Danny Webb	Aprilia	8	Accident	9
Ret	27	Stefano Bianco	Aprilia	7	Accident	14
Ret	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	6	Accident	12
Ret	7	Efrén Vázquez	Aprilia	6	Accident	22
Ret	1	Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	3	Retirement	4
DNS	21	Robin Lässer	Aprilia		Did not start
WD	34	Randy Krummenacher	KTM		Withdrew
WD	93	Marc Márquez	KTM		Withdrew
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round two has concluded.

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Dani Pedrosa	41
2	Jorge Lorenzo	36
3	Valentino Rossi	31
4	Casey Stoner	30
5	Andrea Dovizioso	21

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Honda	41
2	Yamaha	40
3	Ducati	30
4	Suzuki	19
5	Kawasaki	13

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