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2008 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	Spanish
flag	Spain
Official_Name	Gran Premio bwin.com de España
Location	Circuito de Jerez
Course_mi	2.748
Course_km	4.423
Race_No	2
Image	Jerez.svg
Season_No	18
Date	30 March
Year	2008
Pole_Rider_MotoGP	Jorge Lorenzo
Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Spain
Pole_Time_MotoGP	1:38.189
Fast_Rider_MotoGP	Dani Pedrosa
Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Spain
Fast_Time_MotoGP	1:40.116
First_Rider_MotoGP	Dani Pedrosa
First_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Spain
Second_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
Second_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Third_Rider_MotoGP	Jorge Lorenzo
Third_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Spain
Pole_Rider_250	Álvaro Bautista
Pole_Rider_250_Country	Spain
Pole_Time_250	1:43.071
Fast_Rider_250	Marco Simoncelli
Fast_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Fast_Time_250	1:43.546
First_Rider_250	Mika Kallio
First_Rider_250_Country	Finland
Second_Rider_250	Mattia Pasini
Second_Rider_250_Country	Italy
Third_Rider_250	Yuki Takahashi
Third_Rider_250_Country	Japan
Pole_Rider_125	Bradley Smith
Pole_Rider_125_Country	UK
Pole_Time_125	1:47.587
Fast_Rider_125	Simone Corsi
Fast_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Fast_Time_125	1:47.999
First_Rider_125	Simone Corsi
First_Rider_125_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_125	Nicolás Terol
Second_Rider_125_Country	Spain
Third_Rider_125	Bradley Smith
Third_Rider_125_Country	UK

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.

MotoGP classification

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

250cc classification

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

125cc classification

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

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	ESP Dani Pedrosa	41
2	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	36
3	ITA Valentino Rossi	31
4	AUS Casey Stoner	30
5	ITA Andrea Dovizioso	21

;Constructors' Championship standings

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

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

References

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

References

(13 June 2017). "2008 Spanish MotoGP".
(13 June 2017). "2008 Spanish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
(2008). "Classification".
"motogp.com · GRAN PREMIO bwin.com DE ESPAÑA · MotoGP Race Classification 2008".
(2008). "Standings".

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