2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

The MotoGP class opened with the historic Qatar Grand Prix, the first night race held in the World Championship history. The race was won by Ducati's Casey Stoner ahead of rookie Jorge Lorenzo, who started on pole in his maiden race in the premier class, and Dani Pedrosa.

In Spain Pedrosa won his first race of the year, ahead of Rossi and Lorenzo, while Stoner struggled with technical problems on his bike and finished 11th after twice going out on the gravel. At the Portugal GP, Lorenzo started on pole and won his first MotoGP race, ahead of Pedrosa and Rossi.

In China Rossi took his first win of the season and the first of three consecutive first places, after a weekend dominated by rain and cold temperatures; he then won in France and in front of his home crowd in Italy.

Stoner won the three consecutive races in Britain, the Netherlands and Germany, also obtaining pole position and the fastest lap in all three.

The United States race at Laguna Seca was the biggest turning point of the season. Before the race Stoner trailed Rossi on the standings by only 20 points. The Australian took pole position and started the race in first position. However, Rossi passed Stoner in the middle on the first lap, and Stoner could never make a decisive pass, and he stayed behind until the 24th lap, where he fell at the last corner. He re-mounted, but finished in second place while Rossi caught the first of five consecutive wins. In the next two races, Czech Republic and San Marino, Stoner fell off while leading from Rossi, who then won both times.

The race at Indianapolis was a particularly difficult due to track conditions: the arrival of Hurricane Ike over Indiana meant cold temperatures, heavy winds and rain for the whole race duration; the race was a battle between Rossi and former World Champion Nicky Hayden, who eventually took his first podium of the season. As Rossi began to pull a gap, heavy winds began to blow and the race was ended early with Rossi leading.

Two weeks later, in Japan, Rossi clinched his sixth premier class title with three races to go, by winning the race ahead of Stoner. The Australian then won his home race and in Valencia, while Rossi won in Malaysia.

2008 MotoGP season was also final season for Michelin tyres, from 2009 until 2015 seasons Bridgestone would take over the single tyre partner and supplier role for MotoGP class.

The first four races of the season showed the early form of KTM and Mika Kallio, with two wins and two other third places, with strong showings by Marco Simoncelli, Alvaro Bautista and Mattia Pasini, who won the season opener in Qatar, his first race in the class. After the initial problems, though, Simoncelli had a run of 7 consecutive races on the podium, from China to Czech Republic. He started the season on a semi-works Aprilia LE (Gilera is a subsidiary of Aprilia, so Gilera racing bikes are rebranded Aprilia bikes), but his performances led Aprilia to give him a works Aprilia RSA, making him a de facto works rider.

After his strong start, Kallio couldn't keep the pace of Simoncelli, his KTM not being able to challenge the more powerful Aprilias in most tracks. Bautista got into shape well into the season, after a series of bad races and retirements due to problems with his bike and rider errors. After that, however, he also began a streak of podiums which lasted from Catalunya to Malaysia, but Simoncelli was too far ahead of him on the standings, and he won his first World Championship with one race to go.

Reigning champion Gábor Talmácsi stayed in the class, unlike other top names from last year who moved into 250cc category. Among the pre-season favourites were also Bradley Smith, Simone Corsi and Mike di Meglio. Talmácsi had dismal start to the season, with reliability problems on his new bike. Corsi won three of first six races and despite few bad results, looked good in the championship. However, Mike di Meglio won also multiple races, and having escaped without retirement until Misano, built up strong lead. He clinched the championship two races before the end. Corsi took second ahead of Talmácsi and Bradl who failed to finish the final race.

The season saw eight riders winning races: Talmácsi, Corsi, di Meglio, Sergio Gadea and four first-time winners: Andrea Iannone, Stefan Bradl, Nicolás Terol and Scott Redding, who became the youngest ever winner in the class. The season was completely dominated by the Piaggio bikes, (Aprilia, Derbi and Gilera), as Spanish Marc Márquez was only other rider to achieve podium place with his 3rd place in Donington.

The following Grands Prix were scheduled to take place in 2008:^[1][2]

The 2008 race schedule was released in July 2007.^[3] The schedule was later revised, with Japan held before Australia, because of the original Australian date had a conflict with the AFL Grand Final. Two other changes were made. Portugal was moved from 20 April to 13 April and the Grand Finale in Valencia was on 26 October instead of 2 November, to avoid clashes with the F1 season finale.^[4]

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit
1	9 March ‡	Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar	Losail International Circuit
2	30 March	Gran Premio bwin.com de España	Circuito de Jerez
3	13 April	bwin.com Grande Prémio de Portugal	Autódromo do Estoril
4	4 May	Pramac Grand Prix of China	Shanghai International Circuit
5	18 May	Alice Grand Prix de France	Bugatti Circuit
6	1 June	Gran Premio d'Italia Alice	Mugello Circuit
7	8 June	Gran Premi Cinzano de Catalunya	Circuit de Catalunya
8	22 June	bwin.com British Grand Prix	Donington Park
9	28 June ††	A-Style TT Assen	TT Circuit Assen
10	13 July	Alice Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland	Sachsenring
11	20 July †	Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix	Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca
12	17 August	Cardion ab Grand Prix České republiky	Brno Circuit
13	31 August	Gran Premio Cinzano di San Marino e Della Riviera di Rimini	Misano World Circuit
14	14 September	Red Bull Indianapolis Grand Prix	Indianapolis Motor Speedway
15	28 September	A-Style Grand Prix of Japan	Twin Ring Motegi
16	5 October	Australian Grand Prix	Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit
17	19 October	Polini Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit
18	26 October	Gran Premio Parts Europe de la Comunitat Valenciana	Circuit Ricardo Tormo

‡ = Night race^[5]

† = MotoGP class only

†† = Saturday race

• The Turkish Grand Prix was taken off the calendar.^[6]
• The Portuguese Grand Prix was moved forward, from 16 September to 13 April to fill the gap of the Turkish Grand Prix.
• Only the MotoGP class raced during the United States Grand Prix because of a Californian law on air pollution, preventing the 125 and 250cc classes from racing.
• The Indianapolis Grand Prix was added to the calendar.^[7]

The following changes are made to the regulation for the 2008 season:^[8][9][10]

• The paddock rules have been updated. When the paddock is occupied, it is mandatory to have sufficient medical and fire fighting service available to all riders, teams, manufacturers, sponsors, officials and so on. The services must be accessible from 08:00 to 18:00 at minimum for two days before the setting up of the teams day and on a 24-hour basis for the rest of the event, ending at 00:00 on the day after race day.
• Restrictions have been put in place for tyre testing during practice. Tyre manufacturers that supply tyres in the MotoGP class are allowed to, before the first event of each year, nominate and inform the Race Direction of one circuit as their testing venue where they can practice during the season, as well as the breaks with MotoGP class bikes during a maximum of four days or a part thereof, but not with riders designated by trams and not before the event that will take place at that track. If it is requested by any tyre manufacturer who supplies tyres to the MotoGP class then a two-day test must be organised, but not with riders who are appointed by the teams, at least four weeks before any event is scheduled for a circuit that was not in the championship of last year or that, in the opinion of the Grand Prix Commission, has been significantly resurfaced since the last event at that venue.
• All MotoGP riders may now use a generator to power tyre warmers on the grid. Only one generator can be used per bike. The generator must be portable by hand and have a maximum output capacity of two Kilowatt. The spare bike may remain inside the pits until it will be used in the race, by any exchange of bike must be done in the pit lane.
• Behaviour during the practice and race has been updated. Riders can enter the pits during the race, but taking the motorcycle inside their pit box is prohibited. In the MotoGP class, in the case of a bike change during a race, if a bike that has been used in the race enters the pit box, it will be deemed as 'retired' and can not be used again in the same race. Refuelling is strictly forbidden and anyone who breaks this rule will be penalised with disqualification.
• If a winning rider wants to parade a flag around, he must rider to the side of the track to collect the flag, then rejoin the circuit when it is safe to do so.
• Any rider, team, manufacturer, official and so on, has the right to protest against a decision taken by the FIM. No protest may be entered against a statement of fact of the Race Direction requiring or not:

- a position change.- a ride through penalty.- a disqualification from the practice sessions or races via a black flag or black flag with orange disc.- a fine for speeding in the pit lane.

It is also forbidden to lodge a protest against a statement of fact of the Race Direction based on a photo finish.

• All protests have to be submitted and signed by the person who is directly concerned with the matter only. Each protest has to refer to a single subject only and must be presented within one hour at the latest after the publication of the official results or a notification from a decision taken by the Race Direction. Any protest must be given to a responsible official, which can be a Clerk of the Course, Race Director or Secretary of the Meeting, together with a security payment of 700 US Dollar or similar. All teams and riders who are contracted to participate in the championship can submit a letter of guarantee from the IRTA in the position of payment.

• All engines in the MotoGP class up to 800cc will now have unlimited cylinders.
• Clarifications have been made regarding the use of engines. Engines may run on the two-stroke or four-stroke principal only. Only four-strokes are allowed in the MotoGP class whilst the 125cc and 250cc classes use the two-stroke engines. The normal section of each engine cylinder and piston in plan must be circular. Circular section cylinders and pistons are defined as 'having less than 5% difference in the diameter measured at any two points'.
• Fuel tank breather pipes have to incorporate a non-return valve. They must also discharge into a suitable container which is one per bike with a maximum capacity of 200cc and a maximum capacity of 250cc.
• The fuel tank capacities for all MotoGP bikes is set at a maximum of 21 litres.
• Refuelling may only be done from an unpressurised container and the fuel tank can not be artificially pressurised above an areal pressure at any time. It is allowed to vent the fuel tank to the atmosphere via the airbox in order to equalise pressure in the airbox and fuel tank.
• Stops must be fitted to make sure that there is a space of at least 30mm between the handlebar and fuel tank frame and/or bodywork when at the extremes of steering lock.
• Bodywork changes have been made. The seat unit must have a maximum height of the (approximate) vertical section behind the riders seating position, which is 150mm. The measurement will be taken at a 90° angle to the upper surface of the flat base at the riders seating position, excluding any seatpad or covering. Any on-board camera or antenna which is mounted on the seat unit is not added in this measurement.
• Mudguards are not required. When adjusted, front mudguards must not expand in front of a line drawn upwards and forwards at 45 degrees from a horizontal line through the front wheel spindle, as well as below a line drawn horizontally and to the rear of the front wheel spindle. The mudguard mounts/brackets and fork-leg covers, which are close to the suspension leg and wheel spindle, as well as the brake disc covers are not considered to be a part of the mudguard.
• In the 125cc and 250cc classes, the main body of the number used on the bike must be of a single colour which is particular and strongly differentiates with the background colour.
• The amount of allowed tyres to use before the start of a race weekend has been increased. Instead of using a maximum of 31 slick tyres (14 front and 17 rear), the amount has been upped to 40 tyres (18 front and 22 rear). Tyre supplier Dunlop will still be excluded from these restrictions due to the fact that the company has not yet won the minimal two MotoGP races required for this rule.

Round	Date	Grand Prix	Circuit	125cc winner	250cc winner	MotoGP winner	Report
1	9 March ‡	Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix	Losail	Sergio Gadea	Mattia Pasini	Casey Stoner	Report
2	30 March	Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix	Jerez	Simone Corsi	Mika Kallio	Dani Pedrosa	Report
3	13 April	Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix	Estoril	Simone Corsi	Álvaro Bautista	Jorge Lorenzo	Report
4	4 May	Chinese motorcycle Grand Prix	Shanghai	Andrea Iannone	Mika Kallio	Valentino Rossi	Report
5	18 May	French motorcycle Grand Prix	Le Mans	Mike di Meglio	Alex Debón	Valentino Rossi	Report
6	1 June	Italian motorcycle Grand Prix	Mugello	Simone Corsi	Marco Simoncelli	Valentino Rossi	Report
7	8 June	Catalan motorcycle Grand Prix	Catalunya	Mike di Meglio	Marco Simoncelli	Dani Pedrosa	Report
8	22 June	British motorcycle Grand Prix	Donington	Scott Redding	Mika Kallio	Casey Stoner	Report
9	28 June ††	Dutch TT	Assen	Gábor Talmácsi	Álvaro Bautista	Casey Stoner	Report
10	13 July	German motorcycle Grand Prix	Sachsenring	Mike di Meglio	Marco Simoncelli	Casey Stoner	Report
11	20 July †	United States motorcycle Grand Prix	Laguna Seca	No 125cc and 250cc race		Valentino Rossi	Report
12	17 August	Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix	Brno	Stefan Bradl	Alex Debón	Valentino Rossi	Report
13	31 August	San Marino and Rimini Riviera motorcycle Grand Prix	Misano	Gábor Talmácsi	Álvaro Bautista	Valentino Rossi	Report
14	14 September	Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix	Indianapolis	Nicolás Terol	Race cancelled[a]	Valentino Rossi	Report
15	28 September	Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix	Motegi	Stefan Bradl	Marco Simoncelli	Valentino Rossi	Report
16	5 October	Australian motorcycle Grand Prix	Phillip Island	Mike di Meglio	Marco Simoncelli	Casey Stoner	Report
17	19 October	Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix	Sepang	Gábor Talmácsi	Álvaro Bautista	Valentino Rossi	Report
18	26 October	Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix	Valencia	Simone Corsi	Marco Simoncelli	Casey Stoner	Report

‡ = Night race^[5]

† = MotoGP class only

†† = Saturday race

Footnotes

Dunlop left MotoGP as tyre manufacturer following the 2007 season.

Team Constructor Motorcycle Tyre No. Rider Rounds Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati Team (rd 11 and 14) Ducati Desmosedici GP8 B 1 Casey Stoner[11] All 33 Marco Melandri[12] All Alice Team 24 Toni Elías[13] All 50 Sylvain Guintoli[14] All Repsol Honda Team Honda RC212V B 2 Dani Pedrosa[15] 14–18 M 1–13 69 Nicky Hayden[11] 1–11, 13–18 8 Tadayuki Okada[16] 6 San Carlo Honda Gresini B 15 Alex de Angelis[17] All 56 Shinya Nakano[18] All JiR Team Scot MotoGP M 4 Andrea Dovizioso[17] All LCR Honda MotoGP 14 Randy de Puniet[19] All Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki Ninja ZX-RR B 13 Anthony West[20] All 21 John Hopkins[21] 1–9, 12–18 12 Jamie Hacking 11 Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Suzuki GSV-R B 7 Chris Vermeulen[22] All 65 Loris Capirossi[23] 1–7, 9–18 11 Ben Spies[24] 8 11 Ben Spies 11, 14 64 Kousuke Akiyoshi 15 9 Nobuatsu Aoki 17 Fiat Yamaha Team Yamaha YZR-M1 B 46 Valentino Rossi[11] All M 48 Jorge Lorenzo[25] All Tech 3 Yamaha 5 Colin Edwards[26] All 52 James Toseland[27] All

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

Team Constructor Motorcycle Tyre No. Rider Rounds Red Bull KTM 250 KTM KTM 250 FRR D 4 Hiroshi Aoyama 1–10, 12–18 36 Mika Kallio 1–10, 12–18 Repsol KTM 250cc 60 Julián Simón 1–10, 12–18 Lotus Aprilia Aprilia Aprilia RSA 250 D 6 Alex Debón[28] 1–10, 12–18 Aprilia RSW 250 LE 41 Aleix Espargaró 1–10, 12–18 Blusens Aprilia Aprilia Aprilia RSW 250 D 7 Russell Gómez 3–10, 12, 18 43 Manuel Hernández 1–2, 13–18 50 Eugene Laverty 1–10, 12–14 92 Daniel Arcas 15–18 Team Toth Aprilia Aprilia Aprilia RSW 250 D 10 Imre Tóth 1–10, 12–15 Aprilia RSA 250 16–18 Aprilia RSA 250 21 Héctor Barberá 1–10, 12–15 Aprilia RSW 250 27 Stefano Bianco 16 93 Alen Győrfi 18 Emmi - Caffe Latte Aprilia Aprilia RSA 250 D 12 Thomas Lüthi 1–10, 12–14, 17–18 Auto Kelly CP Aprilia RSW 250 LE 52 Lukáš Pešek 1–10, 12–18 Thai Honda PTT-SAG Honda Honda RS250RW D 14 Ratthapark Wilairot 1–10, 12–18 Metis Gilera Gilera Gilera RSW 250 LE D 15 Roberto Locatelli 1–10, 12–18 Gilera RSA 250 58 Marco Simoncelli 1–10, 12–18 Cardion AB Motoracing Aprilia Aprilia RSW 250 LE D 17 Karel Abraham 1–10, 12–14, 16–18 Mapfre Aspar Team Aprilia Aprilia RSA 250 D 19 Álvaro Bautista 1–10, 12–18 55 Héctor Faubel 1–10, 12–18 Matteoni Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSW 250 D 25 Alex Baldolini 1–10, 12–18 90 Federico Sandi 12–13 Campetella Racing Gilera Gilera RSW 250 D 27 Stefano Bianco 14 32 Fabrizio Lai 1–10, 12–18 35 Simone Grotzkyj 13–18 Gilera RSW 250 LE 54 Manuel Poggiali 1–10, 12 Yamaha Pertamina Indonesia Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 D 45 Doni Tata Pradita 1–10, 12–18 JiR Team Scot 250 Honda Honda RS250RW D 72 Yuki Takahashi 1–10, 12–18 Polaris World Aprilia Aprilia RSA 250 D 75 Mattia Pasini 1–10, 12–18 Longevity Racing Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 D 29 Barrett Long 14 Team Infinity Replicast Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 D 38 Kyle Ferris 14 BM Groundworks Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 D 63 Toby Markham 8 Jaap Kingma Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSW 250 D 64 Frederik Watz 9 Burning Blood Racing Team Honda Honda RS250R D 65 Takumi Takahashi 15 Project U FRS Honda Honda RS250R D 66 Shoya Tomizawa 15 RT Morinokumasan-Satohjuku Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 B 67 Kazuki Watanabe 15 Dog Fight Racing Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 D 68 Yuuki Ito 15 Ser.Spruce/Pro-Tec Yamaha Yamaha TZ 250 D 69 Takumi Endoh 15 Zongshen Team of China Aprilia Aprilia RSW 250 D 89 Ho Wan Chow 3, 5, 10, 16 90 Federico Sandi 3, 5, 10 Zongshen AOS Racing 16, 18 Paddock Competições Honda Honda RS250R D 91 Sérgio Batista 3 Team Honda Merson Honda Honda RS250R D 92 Daniel Arcas 7 Motorcycle Competition Service Honda Honda RS250R D 93 Alen Győrfi 10, 13 Racing Team Germany Honda Honda RS250R D 94 Toni Wirsing 10, 12–13, 18

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

Team Constructor Motorcycle Tyre No. Rider Rounds Bancaja Aspar Team Aprilia Aprilia RSA 125 D 1 Gábor Talmácsi 1–10, 12–18 Aprilia RS 125 R 26 Adrián Martín 13, 15–18 30 Pere Tutusaus 1–10, 12 Aprilia RSA 125 33 Sergio Gadea 1–10, 12–18 Aprilia RS 125 R 54 PJ Jacobsen 14 Loncin Racing Loncin Loncin D 5 Alexis Masbou 1–10, 12–18 16 Jules Cluzel 1–4, 6–10, 12–18 61 Gioele Pellino 5 Belson Derbi Derbi Derbi RSA 125 D 6 Joan Olivé 1–10, 12–18 44 Pol Espargaró 1–7, 10, 12–18 Blusens Aprilia Junior Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 7 Efrén Vázquez 1–10, 12–18 45 Scott Redding 1–10, 12–18 BQR Blusens 13 Dino Lombardi 1, 3 ISPA KTM Aran KTM KTM 125 FRR D 8 Lorenzo Zanetti 1–10, 12–18 28 Enrique Jerez 16–18 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama 1–10, 12–15 74 Davide Stirpe 14 Emmi - Caffe Latte Aprilia Aprilia RSA 125 D 11 Sandro Cortese 1–10, 12–18 Repsol KTM 125 KTM KTM 125 FRR D 12 Esteve Rabat 1–10, 12–18 93 Marc Márquez 2–10, 12–17 Red Bull KTM 125 34 Randy Krummenacher 1–2, 4–10, 12–13, 16–18 94 Jonas Folger 14–15, 18 71 Tomoyoshi Koyama 17–18 Red Bull MotoGP Academy 94 Jonas Folger 12–13, 17 Grizzly Gas Kiefer Racing Aprilia Aprilia RSA 125 D 17 Stefan Bradl 1–10, 12–18 Aprilia RS 125 R 21 Robin Lässer 1–2, 4–10, 12–18 95 Robert Mureșan 1–10, 12, 14–18 42 Luca Vitali 13 Jack & Jones WRB Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 18 Nicolás Terol 1–10, 12–18 Aprilia RSA 125 24 Simone Corsi 1–10, 12–18 Aprilia RS 125 R 14 Axel Pons 2, 3, 7 Matteoni Racing Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 19 Roberto Lacalendola 1–9 72 Marco Ravaioli 10, 12–18 96 Lukáš Šembera 12 Onde 2000 KTM KTM KTM 125 FRR D 22 Pablo Nieto 1–10, 12–18 35 Raffaele De Rosa 1–10, 12–18 S3+ WTR San Marino Team Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 27 Stefano Bianco 1–6, 8–9 48 Bastien Chesaux 10, 12–18 I.C. Team Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 29 Andrea Iannone 1–10, 12–18 40 Lorenzo Savadori 18 60 Michael Ranseder 1–10, 12–18 73 Takaaki Nakagami 1–10, 12–18 Polaris World Aprilia Aprilia RSA 125 D 38 Bradley Smith 1–10, 12–18 Degraaf Grand Prix Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 51 Stevie Bonsey 1–10, 12–18 56 Hugo van den Berg 1–10, 12–18 83 Jerry van de Bunt 9 99 Danny Webb 1–8, 10, 12–18 Ajo Motorsport Derbi Derbi RSA 125 D 63 Mike Di Meglio 1–10, 12–18 Derbi RS 125 R 77 Dominique Aegerter 1–10, 12–18 Ajo Motorsports Jnr. Project 84 Robert Gull 9 FFM Honda GP 125 Honda Honda RS125R D 69 Louis Rossi 1–2, 4–10, 12–13, 18 36 Cyril Carrillo 3, 5, 14–17 Bancaja Mir CEV Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 23 Julián Miralles 18 Alpo Atlético de Madrid Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 25 Cristian Trabalón 18 30 Pere Tutusaus 18 Honda Honda RS125R 76 Iván Maestro 2 SAG Castrol Honda Honda RS125R D 31 Jordi Dalmau 7 Leigh-Smith Racing Honda Honda RS125R D 32 Blake Leigh-Smith 16 Czech Road Racing JNR. Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 37 Karel Pešek 3, 12 Junior GP Racing Dream Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 39 Ferruccio Lamborghini 6 49 Gennaro Sabatino 13 RCGM Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 40 Lorenzo Savadori 6, 13 42 Luca Vitali 6 ADAC Nordbayern e.V. Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 41 Tobias Siegert 5, 10 Metasystem RS Honda Honda RS125R D 43 Gabriele Ferro 6, 14 Gross Racing Yamaha Yamaha TZ125 D 46 Brad Gross 16 CRP Racing Honda Honda RS125R D 47 Riccardo Moretti 6, 13 DYDO Miu Racing Honda Honda RS125R B 50 Hiroomi Iwata 15 Villiers Team Competition Honda Honda RS125R D 52 Steven Le Coquen 5 Racing Motoclub Circuit D'Albi KTM KTM 125 FRR D 53 Valentin Debise 5 Honda Suzuka Racing Honda Honda RS125R B 57 Iori Namihira 15 18 Garage Racing Honda Honda RS125R D 58 Yuuichi Yanagisawa 15 Battle Factory Honda Honda RS125R D 59 Hiroki Ono 15 Team Plus One Honda Honda RS125R B 62 Kazuma Watanabe 15 SP 125 Racing/Mackrory Demolition Honda Honda RS125R D 64 Matthew Hoyle 8 Buildbase/Knotts Honda Honda RS125R D 65 Luke Hinton 8 Connor Behan Racing Honda Honda RS125R D 66 Connor Behan 8 Vent-Axia Honda Honda RS125R D 67 Lee Costello 8 KRP Honda Honda RS125R D 68 Paul Jordan 8 Rhys Moller Racing Honda Honda RS125R D 70 Rhys Moller 16 Andalucía Derbi Derbi Derbi RS 125 R D 75 Ricard Cardús 7, 18 79 Alberto Moncayo 2 Hune Matteoni Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 76 Iván Maestro 3, 7 Gaviota Prosolia Racing Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 78 Daniel Sáez 2, 7, 18 Abbink Bos Racing Seel Seel B 80 Joey Litjens 9 81 Jasper Iwema 9 Dutch Racing Team Honda Honda RS125R D 82 Michael van der Mark 9 Kiefer Bos Sotin Jnr. Team Seel Seel D 85 Marvin Fritz 10 Team Sachsenring Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 86 Eric Hübsch 10 Toni Mang Team Honda Honda RS125R D 87 Marcel Schrötter 10 RZT-Racing Honda Honda RS125R D 88 Sebastian Kreuziger 10 RV Racing Team Honda Honda RS125R D 89 Ernst Dubbink 9 Veloce Racing Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 90 Kristian Lee Turner 14 Angelo's Aluminium Racing Honda Honda RS125R D 91 Jed Metcher 16 Team Anchor Yamaha Honda Honda RS125R D 92 Jake Horne 16 Roha'c & Fetja Motoracing Aprilia Aprilia RS 125 R D 97 Michal Prášek 12 Eurowag Junior Racing Honda Honda RS125R D 98 Andrea Toušková 12

Key Regular rider Wildcard rider Replacement rider

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. Rider had to finish the race to earn points.

• Rounds marked with a light blue background were under wet race conditions or stopped by rain.
• Riders marked with light blue background were eligible for Rookie of the Year awards.

Pos Rider Bike Team QAT SPA POR CHN FRA ITA CAT GBR NED GER USA CZE SMR INP JPN AUS MAL VAL Pts 1 Valentino Rossi Yamaha Fiat Yamaha Team 5 2 3 1 1 1 2 2 11 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 373 2 Casey Stoner Ducati Ducati Marlboro Team 1 11 6 3 16 2 3 1 1 1 2 Ret Ret 4 2 1 6 1 280 3 Dani Pedrosa Honda Repsol Honda Team 3 1 2 2 4 3 1 3 2 Ret WD 15 4 8 3 Ret 2 2 249 4 Jorge Lorenzo Yamaha Fiat Yamaha Team 2 3 1 4 2 Ret WD 6 6 Ret Ret 10 2 3 4 4 Ret 8 190 5 Andrea Dovizioso Honda JiR Team Scot MotoGP 4 8 Ret 11 6 8 4 5 5 5 4 9 8 5 9 7 3 4 174 6 Nicky Hayden Honda Repsol Honda Team 10 4 Ret 6 8 13 8 7 4 13 5 DNS 2 5 3 4 5 155 7 Colin Edwards Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 7 Ret 4 7 3 5 5 4 3 Ret 14 14 10 15 7 8 8 6 144 8 Chris Vermeulen Suzuki Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 17 10 8 Ret 5 10 7 8 7 3 3 6 5 9 Ret 15 9 13 128 9 Shinya Nakano Honda San Carlo Honda Gresini 13 9 10 10 10 9 9 9 8 9 10 4 12 17 8 5 5 7 126 10 Loris Capirossi Suzuki Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 8 5 9 9 7 7 Ret WD 7 15 3 7 16 6 10 7 9 118 11 James Toseland Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 6 6 7 12 Ret 6 6 17 9 11 9 13 6 18 11 6 Ret 11 105 12 Toni Elías Ducati Alice Team 14 15 12 8 11 12 DSQ 11 12 12 7 2 3 12 16 11 15 18 92 13 Sylvain Guintoli Ducati Alice Team 15 16 14 15 13 11 13 13 10 6 12 12 11 7 14 14 13 12 67 14 Alex de Angelis Honda San Carlo Honda Gresini Ret 14 11 16 12 4 Ret 15 Ret 4 13 8 Ret 10 17 Ret 14 10 63 15 Randy de Puniet Honda LCR Honda MotoGP 9 Ret 15 13 9 Ret Ret 12 Ret 8 6 16 Ret 13 12 9 10 15 61 16 John Hopkins Kawasaki Kawasaki Racing Team 12 7 5 14 Ret Ret 10 Ret DNS 11 14 14 10 13 11 14 57 17 Marco Melandri Ducati Ducati Marlboro Team 11 12 13 5 15 Ret 11 16 13 Ret 16 7 9 19 13 16 16 16 51 18 Anthony West Kawasaki Kawasaki Racing Team 16 13 16 17 14 15 12 10 Ret 10 17 5 13 11 15 12 12 17 50 19 Ben Spies Suzuki Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 14 8 6 20 20 Jamie Hacking Kawasaki Kawasaki Racing Team 11 5 21 Tadayuki Okada Honda Repsol Honda Team 14 2 Nobuatsu Aoki Suzuki Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 17 0 Kousuke Akiyoshi Suzuki Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Ret 0 Pos Rider Bike Team QAT SPA POR CHN FRA ITA CAT GBR NED GER USA CZE SMR INP JPN AUS MAL VAL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

• Each constructor got the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.
• Rounds marked with a light blue background were under wet race conditions or stopped by rain.

Pos	Constructor	QAT	SPA	POR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	USA	CZE	SMR	INP	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	Pts
1	Yamaha	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	402
2	Ducati	1	11	6	3	11	2	3	1	1	1	2	2	3	4	2	1	6	1	321
3	Honda	3	1	2	2	4	3	1	3	2	4	4	4	4	2	3	3	2	2	315
4	Suzuki	8	5	8	9	5	7	7	8	7	3	3	3	5	6	6	10	7	9	181
5	Kawasaki	12	7	5	14	14	15	10	10	Ret	10	11	5	13	11	10	12	11	14	88
Pos	Constructor	QAT	SPA	POR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	USA	CZE	SMR	INP	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	Pts

• Each team got the total points scored by their two riders, including replacement riders. In one rider team, only the points scored by that rider was counted. Wildcard riders did not score points.
• Rounds marked with a light blue background were under wet race conditions or stopped by rain.

Pos	Team	Bike No.	QAT	SPA	POR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	USA	CZE	SMR	INP	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	Pts
1	Fiat Yamaha Team	46	5	2	3	1	1	1	2	2	11	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	563
		48	2	3	1	4	2	Ret	WD	6	6	Ret	Ret	10	2	3	4	4	Ret	8
2	Repsol Honda Team	2	3	1	2	2	4	3	1	3	2	Ret	WD	15	4	8	3	Ret	2	2	404
		69	10	4	Ret	6	8	13	8	7	4	13	5		DNS	2	5	3	4	5
3	Ducati Marlboro Team	1	1	11	6	3	16	2	3	1	1	1	2	Ret	Ret	4	2	1	6	1	331
		33	11	12	13	5	15	Ret	11	16	13	Ret	16	7	9	19	13	16	16	16
4	Tech 3 Yamaha	5	7	Ret	4	7	3	5	5	4	3	Ret	14	14	10	15	7	8	8	6	249
		52	6	6	7	12	Ret	6	6	17	9	11	9	13	6	18	11	6	Ret	11
5	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	7	17	10	8	Ret	5	10	7	8	7	3	3	6	5	9	Ret	15	9	13	248
		11								14
		65	8	5	9	9	7	7	Ret		WD	7	15	3	7	16	6	10	7	9
6	San Carlo Honda Gresini	15	Ret	14	11	16	12	4	Ret	15	Ret	4	13	8	Ret	10	17	Ret	14	10	189
		56	13	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	9	10	4	12	17	8	5	5	7
7	JiR Team Scot MotoGP	4	4	8	Ret	11	6	8	4	5	5	5	4	9	8	5	9	7	3	4	174
8	Alice Team	24	14	15	12	8	11	12	DSQ	11	12	12	7	2	3	12	16	11	15	18	159
		50	15	16	14	15	13	11	13	13	10	6	12	12	11	7	14	14	13	12
9	Kawasaki Racing Team	12											11								112
		13	16	13	16	17	14	15	12	10	Ret	10	17	5	13	11	15	12	12	17
		21	12	7	5	14	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	DNS			11	14	14	10	13	11	14
10	LCR Honda MotoGP	14	9	Ret	15	13	9	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	8	6	16	Ret	13	12	9	10	15	61
Pos	Team	Bike No.	QAT	SPA	POR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	USA	CZE	SMR	INP	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	Pts

Scoring system

Points were awarded to the top fifteen finishers. Rider had to finish the race to earn points.

• Rounds marked with a light blue background were under wet race conditions or stopped by rain.
• Riders marked with light blue background were eligible for Rookie of the Year awards.

Pos Rider Bike QAT SPA POR CHN FRA ITA CAT GBR NED GER CZE SMR INP JPN AUS MAL VAL Pts 1 Marco Simoncelli Gilera Ret Ret 2 4 2 1 1 2 3 1 3 6 C 1 1 3 1 281 2 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 6 Ret 1 12 14 Ret 2 3 1 3 2 1 C 2 2 1 3 244 3 Mika Kallio KTM 3 1 3 1 5 4 Ret 1 7 4 5 Ret C 5 3 Ret 11 196 4 Alex Debón Aprilia 4 6 Ret 5 1 2 4 7 4 Ret 1 Ret C 3 5 6 Ret 176 5 Yuki Takahashi Honda 5 3 6 7 4 Ret 12 9 8 9 6 2 C 6 7 4 2 167 6 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 2 5 8 6 12 Ret 3 4 5 2 4 3 C DNS 142 7 Hiroshi Aoyama KTM 16 4 5 2 7 8 7 6 6 8 13 Ret C 9 Ret 2 5 139 8 Mattia Pasini Aprilia 1 2 Ret 3 3 5 6 Ret Ret 6 7 Ret C 8 Ret Ret 9 132 9 Roberto Locatelli Gilera 8 8 Ret 11 13 6 Ret 11 9 10 9 4 C 10 6 7 4 110 10 Julián Simón KTM 11 7 7 Ret 8 11 9 8 10 5 12 5 C 4 4 Ret Ret 109 11 Thomas Lüthi Aprilia 15 Ret 4 Ret 11 3 5 5 2 7 Ret 7 C 9 10 108 12 Aleix Espargaró Aprilia 9 9 11 9 9 9 Ret 10 17 13 10 Ret C 7 8 5 7 92 13 Ratthapark Wilairot Honda 13 12 13 8 15 10 11 16 12 16 11 8 C 13 9 8 8 73 14 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 10 Ret 9 10 10 Ret 8 15 11 14 8 Ret C 11 Ret Ret 6 64 15 Lukáš Pešek Aprilia Ret 10 10 Ret Ret Ret 10 13 15 Ret 14 9 C 12 14 10 Ret 43 16 Karel Abraham Aprilia 7 13 16 Ret Ret 7 Ret 12 DNS Ret Ret 10 C DNS 11 12 17 40 17 Alex Baldolini Aprilia Ret 11 12 Ret 16 12 13 Ret 14 11 15 Ret C 16 12 13 12 35 18 Fabrizio Lai Gilera 12 Ret Ret 14 Ret 14 15 17 13 12 17 11 15 10 11 Ret 33 19 Manuel Poggiali Gilera 14 Ret 17 Ret 6 Ret 14 14 Ret DNS DNS 16 20 Imre Tóth Aprilia Ret 15 18 16 18 15 Ret Ret 20 17 Ret Ret C 22 13 15 13 9 21 Eugene Laverty Aprilia Ret Ret 15 13 Ret 13 Ret Ret 16 15 16 Ret C 8 22 Federico Sandi Aprilia 14 17 Ret 18 12 Ret 18 6 23 Manuel Hernández Aprilia Ret 14 13 C 19 Ret 16 16 5 24 Simone Grotzkyj Gilera 15 C Ret 15 14 15 4 25 Daniel Arcas Honda Ret 2 Aprilia 20 16 17 14 26 Shoya Tomizawa Honda 14 2 27 Toni Wirsing Honda 20 20 14 Ret 2 28 Doni Tata Pradita Yamaha 17 16 19 15 Ret 17 18 19 19 19 19 16 C 18 17 18 19 1 Russell Gómez Aprilia Ret 17 19 16 17 18 Ret Ret 21 0 Takumi Takahashi Honda 17 0 Alen Győrfi Honda 18 DNQ 0 Aprilia Ret Frederik Watz Aprilia 18 0 Takumi Endoh Yamaha 21 0 Yuuki Ito Yamaha 23 0 Ho Wan Chow Aprilia Ret DNQ DNQ DNQ 0 Kazuki Watanabe Yamaha DNS 0 Toby Markham Yamaha DNS 0 Stefano Bianco Gilera C 0 Aprilia DNQ Barrett Long Yamaha C 0 Kyle Ferris Yamaha DNQ 0 Sérgio Batista Honda DNQ 0 Pos Rider Bike QAT SPA POR CHN FRA ITA CAT GBR NED GER CZE SMR INP JPN AUS MAL VAL Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver Second place Bronze Third place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Did not arrive (DNA) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole position Italics – Fastest lap

• Each constructor got the same number of points as their best placed rider in each race.
• Rounds marked with a light blue background were under wet race conditions or stopped by rain.

Pos	Constructor	QAT	SPA	POR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	CZE	SMR	INP	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	Pts
1	Aprilia	1	2	1	3	1	2	2	3	1	2	1	1	C	2	2	1	3	343
2	Gilera	8	8	2	4	2	1	1	2	3	1	3	4	C	1	1	3	1	300
3	KTM	3	1	3	1	5	4	7	1	6	4	5	5	C	4	3	2	5	245
4	Honda	5	3	6	7	4	10	11	9	8	9	6	2	C	6	7	4	2	174
5	Yamaha	17	16	19	15	Ret	17	18	19	19	19	19	16	C	18	17	18	19	1
Pos	Constructor	QAT	SPA	POR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	GBR	NED	GER	CZE	SMR	INP	JPN	AUS	MAL	VAL	Pts