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2008 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	Japanese
flag	Japan
Official_Name	A-Style Grand Prix of Japan
Location	Twin Ring Motegi
Course_mi	2.983
Course_km	4.801
Race_No	15
Season_No	18
Date	28 September
Year	2008
Image	Twin Ring Motegi map-2.svg
Pole_Rider_MotoGP	Jorge Lorenzo
Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Spain
Pole_Time_MotoGP	1:45.543
Fast_Rider_MotoGP	Casey Stoner
Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Australia
Fast_Time_MotoGP	1:47.091
First_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
First_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_MotoGP	Casey Stoner
Second_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Australia
Third_Rider_MotoGP	Dani Pedrosa
Third_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Spain
Pole_Rider_250	Marco Simoncelli
Pole_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Pole_Time_250	1:51.473
Fast_Rider_250	Álvaro Bautista
Fast_Rider_250_Country	Spain
Fast_Time_250	1:51.412
First_Rider_250	Marco Simoncelli
First_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_250	Álvaro Bautista
Second_Rider_250_Country	Spain
Third_Rider_250	Alex Debón
Third_Rider_250_Country	Spain
Pole_Rider_125	Mike Di Meglio
Pole_Rider_125_Country	France
Pole_Time_125	1:58.678
Fast_Rider_125	Gábor Talmácsi
Fast_Rider_125_Country	Hungary
Fast_Time_125	1:58.815
First_Rider_125	Stefan Bradl
First_Rider_125_Country	Germany
Second_Rider_125	Mike Di Meglio
Second_Rider_125_Country	France
Third_Rider_125	Gábor Talmácsi
Third_Rider_125_Country	Hungary

The 2008 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 2008 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 26–28 September 2008 at the Twin Ring Motegi, located in Motegi, Japan.

Marco Simoncelli, waving at the crowd after winning the 250cc race.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	24	43:09.599	4	25
1	AUS Casey Stoner	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	24	+1.943	2	20
2	ESP Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	24	+4.866	5	16
48	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	24	+6.165	1	13
69	USA Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	24	+24.593	3	11
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	24	+25.685	6	10
5	USA Colin Edwards	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	24	+25.918	7	9
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	24	+26.003	9	8
4	ITA Andrea Dovizioso	JiR Team Scot MotoGP	Honda	24	+26.219	13	7
21	USA John Hopkins	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	24	+37.131	11	6
52	GBR James Toseland	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	24	+37.574	10	5
14	FRA Randy de Puniet	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	24	+38.020	8	4
33	ITA Marco Melandri	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	24	+39.768	16	3
50	FRA Sylvain Guintoli	Alice Team	Ducati	24	+45.846	15	2
13	AUS Anthony West	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	24	+55.748	17	1
24	ESP Toni Elías	Alice Team	Ducati	24	+59.320	14
15	SMR Alex de Angelis	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	24	+1:12.398	18
7	AUS Chris Vermeulen	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	16	Retirement	12
64	JPN Kousuke Akiyoshi	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	0	Accident	19

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
58	ITA Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	23	43:09.385	1	25
19	ESP Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	23	+0.348	5	20
6	ESP Alex Debón	Aprilia	23	+8.414	3	16
60	ESP Julián Simón	KTM	23	+9.151	7	13
36	FIN Mika Kallio	KTM	23	+17.041	4	11
72	JPN Yuki Takahashi	Honda	23	+19.632	8	10
41	ESP Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	23	+19.892	9	9
75	ITA Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	23	+20.442	11	8
4	JPN Hiroshi Aoyama	KTM	23	+22.303	2	7
15	ITA Roberto Locatelli	Gilera	23	+22.387	10	6
55	ESP Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	23	+32.851	6	5
52	CZE Lukáš Pešek	Aprilia	23	+48.621	12	4
14	THA Ratthapark Wilairot	Honda	23	+48.803	14	3
66	JPN Shoya Tomizawa	Honda	23	+49.572	13	2
32	ITA Fabrizio Lai	Gilera	23	+58.045	15	1
25	ITA Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	23	+58.362	17
65	JPN Takumi Takahashi	Honda	23	+1:15.062	16
45	IDN Doni Tata Pradita	Yamaha	23	+1:49.930	19
43	ESP Manuel Hernández	Aprilia	23	+1:58.603	20
92	ESP Daniel Arcas	Aprilia	22	+1 lap	21
69	JPN Takumi Endoh	Yamaha	22	+1 lap	24
10	HUN Imre Tóth	Aprilia	22	+1 lap	23
68	JPN Yuuki Ito	Yamaha	20	+3 laps	22
35	ITA Simone Grotzkyj	Gilera	0	Accident	18
21	ESP Héctor Barberá	Aprilia		Did not start
67	JPN Kazuki Watanabe	Yamaha		Did not start
17	CZE Karel Abraham	Aprilia		Did not start

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
17	DEU Stefan Bradl	Aprilia	20	39:57.228	2	25
63	FRA Mike Di Meglio	Derbi	20	+0.151	1	20
1	HUN Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	20	+0.281	5	16
6	ESP Joan Olivé	Derbi	20	+5.945	12	13
18	ESP Nicolás Terol	Aprilia	20	+6.072	3	11
11	DEU Sandro Cortese	Aprilia	20	+6.135	4	10
24	ITA Simone Corsi	Aprilia	20	+6.455	15	9
45	GBR Scott Redding	Aprilia	20	+25.393	6	8
33	ESP Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	20	+25.537	10	7
99	GBR Danny Webb	Aprilia	20	+26.192	18	6
71	JPN Tomoyoshi Koyama	KTM	20	+27.307	11	5
35	ITA Raffaele De Rosa	KTM	20	+39.536	19	4
73	JPN Takaaki Nakagami	Aprilia	20	+43.745	20	3
7	ESP Efrén Vázquez	Aprilia	20	+51.629	16	2
5	FRA Alexis Masbou	Loncin	20	+51.899	22	1
94	DEU Jonas Folger	KTM	20	+51.931	31
8	ITA Lorenzo Zanetti	KTM	20	+51.962	23
22	ESP Pablo Nieto	KTM	20	+52.589	28
77	CHE Dominique Aegerter	Derbi	20	+56.837	7
51	USA Stevie Bonsey	Aprilia	20	+56.977	17
72	ITA Marco Ravaioli	Aprilia	20	+58.626	30
58	JPN Yuuichi Yanagisawa	Honda	20	+59.926	32
21	DEU Robin Lässer	Aprilia	20	+1:09.782	25
59	JPN Hiroki Ono	Honda	20	+1:14.883	35
26	ESP Adrián Martín	Aprilia	20	+1:26.120	29
36	FRA Cyril Carrillo	Honda	20	+1:29.130	37
38	GBR Bradley Smith	Aprilia	16	Retirement	14
62	JPN Kazuma Watanabe	Honda	16	Retirement	34
60	AUT Michael Ranseder	Aprilia	14	Retirement	24
57	JPN Iori Namihira	Honda	11	Retirement	26
50	JPN Hiroomi Iwata	Honda	10	Retirement	27
48	CHE Bastien Chesaux	Aprilia	8	Accident	39
95	ROU Robert Mureșan	Aprilia	6	Accident	33
12	ESP Esteve Rabat	KTM	0	Accident	21
16	FRA Jules Cluzel	Loncin	0	Accident	36
29	ITA Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	0	Accident	9
44	ESP Pol Espargaró	Derbi	0	Accident	8
56	NLD Hugo van den Berg	Aprilia	0	Accident	38
93	ESP Marc Márquez	KTM	0	Accident	13

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	ITA Valentino Rossi	312
2	AUS Casey Stoner	220
3	ESP Dani Pedrosa	209
4	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	169
5	ITA Andrea Dovizioso	136

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Yamaha	341
2	ITA Ducati	261
3	JPN Honda	259
4	JPN Suzuki	159
5	JPN Kawasaki	77

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

References

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

References

(13 June 2017). "2008 Japanese MotoGP".
Mitchell, Malcolm. "2008 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
Mitchell, Malcolm. "Twin Ring Motegi - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
(13 June 2017). "2008 Japanese MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
(2008). "Classification".
"motogp.com · A-STYLE GRAND PRIX OF JAPAN · MotoGP Race Classification 2008".
(2008). "Standings".

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