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2008 United States motorcycle Grand Prix

Field	Value
Grand Prix	United States
flag	United States
Location	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
Official_Name	Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix
Course_mi	2.243
Course_km	3.610
Race_No	11
Season_No	18
Date	July 20,
Year	2008
Image	Laguna Seca.svg
Pole_Rider_MotoGP	Casey Stoner
Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Australia
Pole_Time_MotoGP	1:20.700
Fast_Rider_MotoGP	Casey Stoner
Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Australia
Fast_Time_MotoGP	1:21.488
First_Rider_MotoGP	Valentino Rossi
First_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Italy
Second_Rider_MotoGP	Casey Stoner
Second_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Australia
Third_Rider_MotoGP	Chris Vermeulen
Third_Rider_MotoGP_Country	Australia

The 2008 United States motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 2008 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of July 18–20, 2008, at the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. It was an eventful race between Valentino Rossi and Casey Stoner where the lead was hotly contested between the two. On lap 23, with Rossi leading after a controversial pass down the corkscrew, Stoner entered into the last corner too deep and ended up in the gravel trap. Rossi retained his lead for the remainder of the race while Stoner managed to finish in second place despite his mistake. Rossi won for the first time at Laguna Seca and Stoner set a new lap record with a time of 1:21.488.

As usual, only the MotoGP class was permitted to race at Laguna Seca due to the Californian air pollution law prohibiting two-stroke engines in the state.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid
46	ITA Valentino Rossi	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	32	44:04.311	2	25
1	AUS Casey Stoner	Ducati Team	Ducati	32	+13.001	1	20
7	AUS Chris Vermeulen	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	32	+26.609	8	16
4	ITA Andrea Dovizioso	JiR Team Scot MotoGP	Honda	32	+34.901	9	13
69	USA Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	32	+35.663	3	11
14	FRA Randy de Puniet	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	32	+37.668	6	10
24	ESP Toni Elías	Alice Team	Ducati	32	+41.629	10	9
11	USA Ben Spies	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	32	+41.927	13	8
52	GBR James Toseland	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	32	+43.019	5	7
56	JPN Shinya Nakano	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	32	+44.391	12	6
12	USA Jamie Hacking	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	32	+46.258	17	5
50	FRA Sylvain Guintoli	Alice Team	Ducati	32	+55.273	14	4
15	SMR Alex de Angelis	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	32	+55.521	16	3
5	USA Colin Edwards	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	32	+1:02.380	7	2
65	ITA Loris Capirossi	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	32	+1:08.207	11	1
33	ITA Marco Melandri	Ducati Team	Ducati	32	+1:10.962	15
13	AUS Anthony West	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	31	+1 lap	18
48	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	0	Accident	4
2	ESP Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda		Withdrew

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

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

;Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	ITA Valentino Rossi	212
2	AUS Casey Stoner	187
3	ESP Dani Pedrosa	171
4	ESP Jorge Lorenzo	114
5	ITA Andrea Dovizioso	103

;Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	JPN Yamaha	241
2	JPN Honda	197
3	ITA Ducati	192
4	JPN Suzuki	112
5	JPN Kawasaki	52

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

References

(13 June 2017). "2008 United States MotoGP".
Mitchell, Malcolm. "2008 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
Mitchell, Malcolm. "Laguna Seca Raceway - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project".
(13 June 2017). "2008 United States MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database".
(2008). "Classification".
"motogp.com · RED BULL U.S. GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2008".
(2008). "Standings".

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