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 Laguna Seca circuit. 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.
| Race details | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Race 11 of 18 races in the 2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | July 20, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official name | Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix[1][2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Laguna Seca Raceway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Course |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MotoGP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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
edit| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 46 |  Valentino Rossi | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 32 | 44:04.311 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 1 |  Casey Stoner | Ducati Team | Ducati | 32 | +13.001 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 7 | Chris Vermeulen | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 32 | +26.609 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | JiR Team Scot MotoGP | Honda | 32 | +34.901 | 9 | 13 |
| 5 | 69 |  Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 32 | +35.663 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 14 |  Randy de Puniet | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 32 | +37.668 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 24 |  Toni Elías | Alice Team | Ducati | 32 | +41.629 | 10 | 9 |
| 8 | 11 | Ben Spies | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 32 | +41.927 | 13 | 8 |
| 9 | 52 |  James Toseland | Tech 3 Yamaha | Yamaha | 32 | +43.019 | 5 | 7 |
| 10 | 56 |  Shinya Nakano | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 32 | +44.391 | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | 12 | Jamie Hacking | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 32 | +46.258 | 17 | 5 |
| 12 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Alice Team | Ducati | 32 | +55.273 | 14 | 4 |
| 13 | 15 |  Alex de Angelis | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 32 | +55.521 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Tech 3 Yamaha | Yamaha | 32 | +1:02.380 | 7 | 2 |
| 15 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 32 | +1:08.207 | 11 | 1 |
| 16 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Ducati Team | Ducati | 32 | +1:10.962 | 15 | |
| 17 | 13 | Anthony West | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 31 | +1 lap | 18 | |
| Ret | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 0 | Accident | 4 | |
| WD | 2 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | Withdrew | |||
| Sources:[4][5][6] | ||||||||
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
editBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eleven has concluded.[7]
|
|
- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
edit- ^ "2008 United States MotoGP". Motorpsortmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "2008 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Laguna Seca Raceway - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ "2008 United States MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
- ^ "Classification" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2008.
- ^ "motogp.com · RED BULL U.S. GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2008". www.motogp.com. Archived from the original on 2018-09-10. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
- ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2008. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
External links
edit- "Eurosport American GP 2008 Results". Archived from the original on 2008-07-30. Retrieved 2008-07-22.