The 2008 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the opening round of the 2008 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 7–9 March 2008 at the Losail International Circuit located in Doha, Qatar. The race was historic in that it was the first one to be run at night, with the MotoGP race getting underway at 23:00 local time. Rookies Lorenzo and Toseland started their season strong with Lorenzo getting pole position and Toseland in 2nd during qualifying.
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| Race 1 of 18 races in the 2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 9 March 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Losail International Circuit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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MotoGP classification
edit| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 1 |  Casey Stoner | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 22 | 42:36.587 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 48 |  Jorge Lorenzo | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 22 | +5.323 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 2 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 22 | +10.600 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 |  Andrea Dovizioso | JiR Team Scot MotoGP | Honda | 22 | +13.288 | 9 | 13 |
| 5 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 22 | +13.305 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 52 |  James Toseland | Tech 3 Yamaha | Yamaha | 22 | +14.040 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | 5 |  Colin Edwards | Tech 3 Yamaha | Yamaha | 22 | +15.150 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 22 | +32.505 | 13 | 8 |
| 9 | 14 |  Randy de Puniet | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 22 | +33.003 | 5 | 7 |
| 10 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 22 | +38.354 | 6 | 6 |
| 11 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 22 | +44.284 | 16 | 5 |
| 12 | 21 | John Hopkins | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 22 | +49.857 | 10 | 4 |
| 13 | 56 |  Shinya Nakano | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 22 | +49.871 | 15 | 3 |
| 14 | 24 | Toni Elías | Alice Team | Ducati | 22 | +58.532 | 14 | 2 |
| 15 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Alice Team | Ducati | 22 | +58.930 | 17 | 1 |
| 16 | 13 | Anthony West | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 22 | +1:05.643 | 18 | |
| 17 | 7 | Chris Vermeulen | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 21 | +1 lap | 11 | |
| Ret | 15 |  Alex de Angelis | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 16 | Accident | 12 | |
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250 cc classification
edit| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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| 1 | 75 | Mattia Pasini | Aprilia | 20 | 40:16.202 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | 21 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 20 | +0.557 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 36 |  Mika Kallio | KTM | 20 | +1.029 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 6 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 20 | +1.418 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | 72 | Yuki Takahashi | Honda | 20 | +12.944 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 20 | +14.480 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | 17 |  Karel Abraham | Aprilia | 20 | +16.721 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Gilera | 20 | +18.987 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia | 20 | +32.232 | 8 | 7 |
| 10 | 55 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 20 | +41.102 | 15 | 6 |
| 11 | 60 | Julián Simón | KTM | 20 | +41.457 | 14 | 5 |
| 12 | 32 | Fabrizio Lai | Gilera | 20 | +41.694 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 14 |  Ratthapark Wilairot | Honda | 20 | +43.192 | 19 | 3 |
| 14 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | 20 | +44.228 | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 12 |  Thomas Lüthi | Aprilia | 20 | +48.760 | 10 | 1 |
| 16 | 4 | Hiroshi Aoyama | KTM | 20 | +1:11.031 | 12 | |
| 17 | 45 |  Doni Tata Pradita | Yamaha | 20 | +2:05.461 | 23 | |
| Ret | 25 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 14 | Retirement | 17 | |
| Ret | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Aprilia | 12 | Accident | 16 | |
| Ret | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Gilera | 7 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 10 |  Imre Tóth | Aprilia | 4 | Retirement | 22 | |
| Ret | 43 | Manuel Hernández | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 21 | |
| Ret | 50 |  Eugene Laverty | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 20 | |
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125 cc classification
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Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
editBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round one has concluded.[5]
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
edit- ^ "2008 Qatar MotoGP". Motorpsortmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ "2008 Qatar MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
- ^ "Classification" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2008.
- ^ "motogp.com · Commercialbank GRAND PRIX OF QATAR · MotoGP Race Classification 2008". www.motogp.com.
- ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2008. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
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