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2008 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

Australian motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	Australian
flag	Australia
Official_Name	Australian Grand Prix
Location	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
Course_mi	2.764
Course_km	4.448
Race_No	16
Season_No	18
Date	5 October
Year	2008
Image	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.svg
Pole_Rider_MotoGP	Casey Stoner
Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Australia
Pole_Time_MotoGP	1:28.665
Fast_Rider_MotoGP	Nicky Hayden
Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Country	USA
Fast_Time_MotoGP	1:30.059
First_Rider_MotoGP	Casey Stoner
First_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Australia
Second_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
Second_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Third_Rider_MotoGP	Nicky Hayden
Third_Rider_MotoGP_Country	USA
Pole_Rider_250	Marco Simoncelli
Pole_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Pole_Time_250	1:32.075
Fast_Rider_250	Álvaro Bautista
Fast_Rider_250_Country	Spain
Fast_Time_250	1:32.710
First_Rider_250	Marco Simoncelli
First_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_250	Álvaro Bautista
Second_Rider_250_Country	Spain
Third_Rider_250	Mika Kallio
Third_Rider_250_Country	Finland
Pole_Rider_125	Mike Di Meglio
Pole_Rider_125_Country	France
Pole_Time_125	1:37.553
Fast_Rider_125	Stefan Bradl
Fast_Rider_125_Country	Germany
Fast_Time_125	1:37.908
First_Rider_125	Mike Di Meglio
First_Rider_125_Country	France
Second_Rider_125	Stefan Bradl
Second_Rider_125_Country	Germany
Third_Rider_125	Gábor Talmácsi
Third_Rider_125_Country	Hungary

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The 2008 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixteenth round of the 2008 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 3–5 October 2008 at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit.

Race report

The premier class MotoGP race was won by Casey Stoner from pole position. Stoner rode a lights to flag victory ahead of a fast and charging Valentino Rossi who started the race from 12th position on the grid. Nicky Hayden rounded out the podium finishing in a respectable third place.

In the early stages of the race, Stoner and Hayden had a battle that lasted many laps with the two pulling away from the chasing pack, trading fast laps between them. Casey Stoner gradually began to pull away as Hayden's tyres appeared to wear out slightly. Meanwhile, Rossi was charging through the midfield, getting up to 8th position after only the first lap. Rossi quickly disposed of a number of riders in the first few laps, but lost vital time while attempting to overtake his teammate Jorge Lorenzo and former SBK champion James Toseland. Rossi was setting fast lap times but his entertaining battle with these two riders meant he was losing time, and all chances of catching Stoner and Hayden who were riding off into the distance were slowly fading.

After losing the front end going in MG Corner just after Lukey Heights, Rossi lost yet more time. After a few laps he managed to get into the tow behind Toseland and past him going into the long sweeping turn 1. Toseland had no reply and Rossi had his eyes firmly set on catching the leaders. Rossi caught Hayden with only 2 laps to go, but Stoner was simply too far already to be challenged for the win. By this stage of the race, Hayden's rear tyre was very worn as he had not conserved it in the early stages of the race. Rossi pulled a textbook move going into turn 1 on the last lap, Hayden lost ground from here and could not get close enough to attempt to retake second place.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
1	AUS Casey Stoner	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	27	40:56.643	1	25
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	+6.504	12	20
69	USA Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	27	+7.205	3	16
48	SPA Jorge Lorenzo	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	+11.500	2	13
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	27	+11.914	9	11
52	UK James Toseland	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	27	+12.243	5	10
4	ITA Andrea Dovizioso	JiR Team Scot MotoGP	Honda	27	+12.780	8	9
5	USA Colin Edwards	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	27	+25.920	7	8
14	FRA Randy de Puniet	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	27	+26.037	4	7
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	27	+26.799	11	6
24	SPA Toni Elías	Alice Team	Ducati	27	+27.027	13	5
13	AUS Anthony West	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	27	+47.808	18	4
21	USA John Hopkins	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	27	+48.333	16	3
50	FRA Sylvain Guintoli	Alice Team	Ducati	27	+48.899	14	2
7	AUS Chris Vermeulen	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	27	+48.935	15	1
33	ITA Marco Melandri	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	27	+1:11.767	17
15	SMR Alex de Angelis	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	0	Accident	10
2	SPA Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	0	Accident	6

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
58	Italy Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	25	39:02.553	1	25
19	Spain Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	25	+0.223	3	20
36	Finland Mika Kallio	KTM	25	+14.450	2	16
60	Spain Julián Simón	KTM	25	+14.478	6	13
6	Spain Alex Debón	Aprilia	25	+26.226	8	11
15	Italy Roberto Locatelli	Gilera	25	+26.392	11	10
72	Japan Yuki Takahashi	Honda	25	+26.434	7	9
41	Spain Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	25	+40.546	9	8
14	Thailand Ratthapark Wilairot	Honda	25	+1:00.219	12	7
32	Italy Fabrizio Lai	Gilera	25	+1:20.825	13	6
17	Czech Republic Karel Abraham	Aprilia	25	+1:22.802	17	5
25	Italy Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	25	+1:22.864	18	4
10	Hungary Imre Tóth	Aprilia	25	+1:23.995	16	3
52	Czech Republic Lukáš Pešek	Aprilia	25	+1:39.740	14	2
35	Italy Simone Grotzkyj	Gilera	24	+1 lap	21	1
92	Spain Daniel Arcas	Aprilia	24	+1 lap	20
45	Indonesia Doni Tata Pradita	Yamaha	24	+1 lap	22
4	Japan Hiroshi Aoyama	KTM	15	Retirement	4
75	Italy Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	15	Accident	10
55	Spain Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	4	Accident	5
90	Italy Federico Sandi	Aprilia	1	Accident	15
43	Spain Manuel Hernández	Aprilia	1	Retirement	19
89	China Ho Wan Chow	Aprilia		Did not qualify
27	Italy Stefano Bianco	Aprilia		Did not qualify

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
63	France Mike Di Meglio	Derbi	23	37:55.589	1	25
17	Germany Stefan Bradl	Aprilia	23	+10.255	3	20
1	Hungary Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	23	+13.106	9	16
29	Italy Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	23	+13.149	5	13
44	Spain Pol Espargaró	Derbi	23	+26.796	15	11
11	Germany Sandro Cortese	Aprilia	23	+27.123	6	10
12	Spain Esteve Rabat	KTM	23	+27.181	17	9
24	Italy Simone Corsi	Aprilia	23	+27.871	8	8
93	Spain Marc Márquez	KTM	23	+28.287	12	7
45	UK Scott Redding	Aprilia	23	+35.087	11	6
7	Spain Efrén Vázquez	Aprilia	23	+57.392	25	5
8	Italy Lorenzo Zanetti	KTM	23	+57.413	19	4
22	Spain Pablo Nieto	KTM	23	+57.451	16	3
6	Spain Joan Olivé	Derbi	23	+57.539	18	2
21	Germany Robin Lässer	Aprilia	23	+1:06.318	23	1
72	Italy Marco Ravaioli	Aprilia	23	+1:06.320	29
26	Spain Adrián Martín	Aprilia	23	+1:42.441	30
36	France Cyril Carrillo	Honda	23	+1:42.455	31
28	Spain Enrique Jerez	KTM	23	+1:43.792	32
91	Australia Jed Metcher	Honda	22	+1 lap	33
34	Switzerland Randy Krummenacher	KTM	21	+2 laps	20
38	UK Bradley Smith	Aprilia	21	Accident	2
48	Switzerland Bastien Chesaux	Aprilia	14	Retirement	28
33	Spain Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	13	Retirement	14
51	USA Stevie Bonsey	Aprilia	12	Retirement	13
70	Australia Rhys Moller	Honda	10	Accident	34
16	France Jules Cluzel	Loncin	8	Accident	27
46	Australia Brad Gross	Yamaha	8	Retirement	35
56	Netherlands Hugo van den Berg	Aprilia	7	Accident	21
95	Romania Robert Mureșan	Aprilia	2	Accident	24
35	Italy Raffaele De Rosa	KTM	2	Accident	7
5	France Alexis Masbou	Loncin	1	Retirement	22
18	Spain Nicolás Terol	Aprilia	1	Retirement	4
73	Japan Takaaki Nakagami	Aprilia	0	Retirement	26
77	Switzerland Dominique Aegerter	Derbi	0	Accident	10
99	UK Danny Webb	Aprilia		Did not start
32	Australia Blake Leigh-Smith	Honda		Did not qualify
92	Australia Jake Horne	Honda		Did not qualify
60	Austria Michael Ranseder	Aprilia		Did not qualify

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	ITA Valentino Rossi	332
2	AUS Casey Stoner	245
3	ESP Dani Pedrosa	209
4	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	182
5	ITA Andrea Dovizioso	145

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Yamaha	361
2	ITA Ducati	286
3	JPN Honda	275
4	JPN Suzuki	165
5	JPN Kawasaki	81

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

Notes

References

| Previous_year's_race = 2007 Australian Grand Prix | Next_year's_race = 2009 Australian Grand Prix

References

(13 June 2017). "2008 Australian MotoGP".
Mitchell, Malcolm. "2008 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
Mitchell, Malcolm. "Phillip Island Circuit - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
(13 June 2017). "2008 Australian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
(2008). "Classification".
"motogp.com · AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2008".
(2008). "Standings".

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