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2008 French motorcycle Grand Prix

Motorcycle race

Field	Value
Grand Prix	French
flag	France
Official_Name	Alice Grand Prix de France
Location	Bugatti Circuit
Course_mi	2.600
Course_km	4.185
Race_No	5
Season_No	18
Date	18 May
Year	2008
Image	Bugatti Circuit.svg
Pole_Rider_MotoGP	Dani Pedrosa
Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Spain
Pole_Time_MotoGP	1:32.647
Fast_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Fast_Time_MotoGP	1:34.215
First_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
First_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_MotoGP	Jorge Lorenzo
Second_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Spain
Third_Rider_MotoGP	Colin Edwards
Third_Rider_MotoGP_Country	United States
Pole_Rider_250	Alex Debón
Pole_Rider_250_Country	Spain
Pole_Time_250	1:38.478
Fast_Rider_250	Marco Simoncelli
Fast_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Fast_Time_250	1:39.666
First_Rider_250	Alex Debón
First_Rider_250_Country	Spain
Second_Rider_250	Marco Simoncelli
Second_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Third_Rider_250	Mattia Pasini
Third_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Pole_Rider_125	Sergio Gadea
Pole_Rider_125_Country	Spain
Pole_Time_125	1:43.515
Fast_Rider_125	Pol Espargaró
Fast_Rider_125_Country	Spain
Fast_Time_125	1:43.918
First_Rider_125	Mike Di Meglio
First_Rider_125_Country	France
Second_Rider_125	Bradley Smith
Second_Rider_125_Country	United Kingdom
Third_Rider_125	Nicolás Terol
Third_Rider_125_Country	Spain

The 2008 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2008 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 16–18 May 2008 at the Le Mans Bugatti Circuit. It was also the final all-Yamaha podium until the 2014 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	28	44:30.799	4	25
48	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	28	+4.997	5	20
5	USA Colin Edwards	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	28	+6.805	2	16
2	ESP Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	28	+10.157	1	13
7	AUS Chris Vermeulen	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	28	+21.762	8	11
4	ITA Andrea Dovizioso	JiR Team Scot MotoGP	Honda	28	+22.395	10	10
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	28	+27.806	11	9
69	USA Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	28	+27.995	6	8
14	FRA Randy de Puniet	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	28	+29.344	12	7
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	28	+30.822	13	6
24	ESP Toni Elías	Alice Team	Ducati	28	+35.154	14	5
15	SMR Alex de Angelis	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	28	+36.216	15	4
50	FRA Sylvain Guintoli	Alice Team	Ducati	28	+52.038	16	3
13	AUS Anthony West	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	28	+1:29.307	18	2
33	ITA Marco Melandri	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	27	+1 lap	17	1
1	AUS Casey Stoner	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	26	+2 laps	3
21	USA John Hopkins	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	16	Broken Chain	9
52	GBR James Toseland	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	2	Accident	7

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
6	ESP Alex Debón	Aprilia	26	47:27.406	1	25
58	ITA Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	26	+4.816	3	20
75	ITA Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	26	+4.998	6	16
72	JPN Yuki Takahashi	Honda	26	+5.770	12	13
36	FIN Mika Kallio	KTM	26	+6.197	5	11
54	SMR Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	26	+6.474	8	10
4	JPN Hiroshi Aoyama	KTM	26	+14.909	10	9
60	ESP Julián Simón	KTM	26	+17.526	7	8
41	ESP Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	26	+32.925	9	7
55	ESP Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	26	+36.719	13	6
12	CHE Thomas Lüthi	Aprilia	26	+48.968	4	5
21	ESP Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	26	+56.837	11	4
15	ITA Roberto Locatelli	Gilera	26	+57.827	17	3
19	ESP Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	26	+1:05.407	2	2
14	THA Ratthapark Wilairot	Honda	26	+1:24.336	16	1
25	ITA Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	26	+1:24.577	21
90	ITA Federico Sandi	Aprilia	25	+1 lap	20
10	HUN Imre Tóth	Aprilia	25	+1 lap	22
7	ESP Russell Gómez	Aprilia	25	+1 lap	23
17	CZE Karel Abraham	Aprilia	24	Accident	19
45	IDN Doni Tata Pradita	Yamaha	24	Accident	24
52	CZE Lukáš Pešek	Aprilia	21	Retirement	15
32	ITA Fabrizio Lai	Gilera	13	Retirement	14
50	IRL Eugene Laverty	Aprilia	11	Accident	18
89	CHN Ho Wan Chow	Aprilia		Did not qualify

125 cc classification

The race was stopped after 14 laps due to rain. It was later restarted for 5 additional laps, with the grid determined by the running order before the suspension. The second part of the race determined the final result.

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
63	FRA Mike Di Meglio	Derbi	5	10:08.574	6	25
38	GBR Bradley Smith	Aprilia	5	+0.800	2	20
18	ESP Nicolás Terol	Aprilia	5	+3.077	7	16
44	ESP Pol Espargaró	Derbi	5	+10.407	10	13
29	ITA Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	5	+11.697	18	11
17	DEU Stefan Bradl	Aprilia	5	+11.881	3	10
8	ITA Lorenzo Zanetti	KTM	5	+16.372	23	9
6	ESP Joan Olivé	Derbi	5	+16.545	11	8
35	ITA Raffaele De Rosa	KTM	5	+19.163	17	7
34	CHE Randy Krummenacher	KTM	5	+22.391	30	6
11	DEU Sandro Cortese	Aprilia	5	+22.847	5	5
30	ESP Pere Tutusaus	Aprilia	5	+23.195	29	4
24	ITA Simone Corsi	Aprilia	5	+23.553	4	3
1	HUN Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	5	+23.695	8	2
5	FRA Alexis Masbou	Loncin	5	+24.240	19	1
73	JPN Takaaki Nakagami	Aprilia	5	+26.196	22
12	ESP Esteve Rabat	KTM	5	+26.411	9
19	ITA Roberto Lacalendola	Aprilia	5	+26.895	36
69	FRA Louis Rossi	Honda	5	+27.446	34
33	ESP Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	5	+31.829	1
99	GBR Danny Webb	Aprilia	5	+34.810	15
95	ROU Robert Mureșan	Aprilia	5	+35.190	28
77	CHE Dominique Aegerter	Derbi	5	+47.840	27
60	AUT Michael Ranseder	Aprilia	4	Retirement	16
21	DEU Robin Lässer	Aprilia	2	Accident	33
52	FRA Steven Le Coquen	Honda	1	Accident	31
61	ITA Gioele Pellino	Loncin	1	Accident	35
27	ITA Stefano Bianco	Aprilia	0	Accident	21
41	DEU Tobias Siegert	Aprilia	0	Did not start second race	37
22	ESP Pablo Nieto	KTM	0	Not classified in first race	25
36	FRA Cyril Carrillo	Honda	0	Did not finish first race	32
51	USA Stevie Bonsey	Aprilia	0	Did not finish first race	13
7	ESP Efrén Vázquez	Aprilia	0	Did not finish first race	24
93	ESP Marc Márquez	KTM	0	Did not finish first race	20
71	JPN Tomoyoshi Koyama	KTM	0	Did not finish first race	14
45	GBR Scott Redding	Aprilia	0	Did not finish first race	12
56	NLD Hugo van den Berg	Aprilia	0	Did not finish first race	26
53	FRA Valentin Debise	KTM		Did not start

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	ITA Valentino Rossi	97
2	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	94
3	ESP Dani Pedrosa	94
4	AUS Casey Stoner	56
5	USA Colin Edwards	47

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Yamaha	115
2	JPN Honda	94
3	ITA Ducati	61
4	JPN Suzuki	45
5	JPN Kawasaki	28

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

References

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

References

(13 June 2017). "2008 French MotoGP".
Mitchell, Malcolm. "2008 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
Mitchell, Malcolm. "Le Mans - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
(13 June 2017). "2008 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
(2008). "Classification".
(2008). "Standings".

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