2008 French motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2008 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2008 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 16–18 May 2008 at the Le Mans Bugatti Circuit. It was also the final all-Yamaha podium until the 2014 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix.

  2008 French Grand Prix

Race details
Race 5 of 18 races in the 2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	18 May 2008
Official name	Alice Grand Prix de France[1][2][3]
Location	Bugatti Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.185 km (2.600 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Dani Pedrosa Time 1:32.647 Fastest lap Rider Valentino Rossi Time 1:34.215 Podium First Valentino Rossi Second Jorge Lorenzo Third Colin Edwards
250 cc
Pole position Rider Alex Debón Time 1:38.478 Fastest lap Rider Marco Simoncelli Time 1:39.666 Podium First Alex Debón Second Marco Simoncelli Third Mattia Pasini
125 cc
Pole position Rider Sergio Gadea Time 1:43.515 Fastest lap Rider Pol Espargaró Time 1:43.918 Podium First Mike Di Meglio Second Bradley Smith Third Nicolás Terol

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	28	44:30.799	4	25
2	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	28	+4.997	5	20
3	5	Colin Edwards	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	28	+6.805	2	16
4	2	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	28	+10.157	1	13
5	7	Chris Vermeulen	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	28	+21.762	8	11
6	4	Andrea Dovizioso	JiR Team Scot MotoGP	Honda	28	+22.395	10	10
7	65	Loris Capirossi	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	28	+27.806	11	9
8	69	Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	28	+27.995	6	8
9	14	Randy de Puniet	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	28	+29.344	12	7
10	56	Shinya Nakano	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	28	+30.822	13	6
11	24	Toni Elías	Alice Team	Ducati	28	+35.154	14	5
12	15	Alex de Angelis	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	28	+36.216	15	4
13	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Alice Team	Ducati	28	+52.038	16	3
14	13	Anthony West	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	28	+1:29.307	18	2
15	33	Marco Melandri	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	27	+1 lap	17	1
16	1	Casey Stoner	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	26	+2 laps	3
Ret	21	John Hopkins	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	16	Broken Chain	9
Ret	52	James Toseland	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	2	Accident	7
Sources: [4][5]

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6	Alex Debón	Aprilia	26	47:27.406	1	25
2	58	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	26	+4.816	3	20
3	75	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	26	+4.998	6	16
4	72	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	26	+5.770	12	13
5	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	26	+6.197	5	11
6	54	Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	26	+6.474	8	10
7	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	KTM	26	+14.909	10	9
8	60	Julián Simón	KTM	26	+17.526	7	8
9	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	26	+32.925	9	7
10	55	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	26	+36.719	13	6
11	12	Thomas Lüthi	Aprilia	26	+48.968	4	5
12	21	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	26	+56.837	11	4
13	15	Roberto Locatelli	Gilera	26	+57.827	17	3
14	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	26	+1:05.407	2	2
15	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	Honda	26	+1:24.336	16	1
16	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	26	+1:24.577	21
17	90	Federico Sandi	Aprilia	25	+1 lap	20
18	10	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	25	+1 lap	22
19	7	Russell Gómez	Aprilia	25	+1 lap	23
Ret	17	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	24	Accident	19
Ret	45	Doni Tata Pradita	Yamaha	24	Accident	24
Ret	52	Lukáš Pešek	Aprilia	21	Retirement	15
Ret	32	Fabrizio Lai	Gilera	13	Retirement	14
Ret	50	Eugene Laverty	Aprilia	11	Accident	18
DNQ	89	Ho Wan Chow	Aprilia		Did not qualify
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125 cc classification

The race was stopped after 14 laps due to rain. It was later restarted for 5 additional laps, with the grid determined by the running order before the suspension. The second part of the race determined the final result.

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	63	Mike Di Meglio	Derbi	5	10:08.574	6	25
2	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	5	+0.800	2	20
3	18	Nicolás Terol	Aprilia	5	+3.077	7	16
4	44	Pol Espargaró	Derbi	5	+10.407	10	13
5	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	5	+11.697	18	11
6	17	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia	5	+11.881	3	10
7	8	Lorenzo Zanetti	KTM	5	+16.372	23	9
8	6	Joan Olivé	Derbi	5	+16.545	11	8
9	35	Raffaele De Rosa	KTM	5	+19.163	17	7
10	34	Randy Krummenacher	KTM	5	+22.391	30	6
11	11	Sandro Cortese	Aprilia	5	+22.847	5	5
12	30	Pere Tutusaus	Aprilia	5	+23.195	29	4
13	24	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	5	+23.553	4	3
14	1	Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	5	+23.695	8	2
15	5	Alexis Masbou	Loncin	5	+24.240	19	1
16	73	Takaaki Nakagami	Aprilia	5	+26.196	22
17	12	Esteve Rabat	KTM	5	+26.411	9
18	19	Roberto Lacalendola	Aprilia	5	+26.895	36
19	69	Louis Rossi	Honda	5	+27.446	34
20	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	5	+31.829	1
21	99	Danny Webb	Aprilia	5	+34.810	15
22	95	Robert Mureșan	Aprilia	5	+35.190	28
23	77	Dominique Aegerter	Derbi	5	+47.840	27
Ret	60	Michael Ranseder	Aprilia	4	Retirement	16
Ret	21	Robin Lässer	Aprilia	2	Accident	33
Ret	52	Steven Le Coquen	Honda	1	Accident	31
Ret	61	Gioele Pellino	Loncin	1	Accident	35
Ret	27	Stefano Bianco	Aprilia	0	Accident	21
Ret	41	Tobias Siegert	Aprilia	0	Did not start second race	37
Ret	22	Pablo Nieto	KTM	0	Not classified in first race	25
Ret	36	Cyril Carrillo	Honda	0	Did not finish first race	32
Ret	51	Stevie Bonsey	Aprilia	0	Did not finish first race	13
Ret	7	Efrén Vázquez	Aprilia	0	Did not finish first race	24
Ret	93	Marc Márquez	KTM	0	Did not finish first race	20
Ret	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	KTM	0	Did not finish first race	14
Ret	45	Scott Redding	Aprilia	0	Did not finish first race	12
Ret	56	Hugo van den Berg	Aprilia	0	Did not finish first race	26
DNS	53	Valentin Debise	KTM		Did not start
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round five has concluded.[6]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 97 2 Jorge Lorenzo 94 3 Dani Pedrosa 94 4 Casey Stoner 56 5 Colin Edwards 47

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 115 2 Honda 94 3 Ducati 61 4 Suzuki 45 5 Kawasaki 28

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

References

1. "2008 French MotoGP". Motorpsortmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
2. Mitchell, Malcolm. "2008 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
3. Mitchell, Malcolm. "Le Mans - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
4. "2008 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
5. "Classification" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2008.
6. "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2008. Retrieved 2019-08-23.