# 2008 Dutch TT

The 2008 Dutch TT was the ninth round of the 2008 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 26–28 June 2008 at the TT Circuit Assen.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Casey Stoner | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 26 | 42:12.337 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 2 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 26 | +11.310 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Tech 3 Yamaha | Yamaha | 26 | +17.125 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 26 | +20.477 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | JiR Team Scot MotoGP | Honda | 26 | +27.346 | 11 | 11 |
| 6 | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 26 | +28.608 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 7 | Chris Vermeulen | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 26 | +32.330 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 26 | +34.892 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 52 | James Toseland | Tech 3 Yamaha | Yamaha | 26 | +38.566 | 13 | 7 |
| 10 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Alice Team | Ducati | 26 | +38.817 | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 26 | +46.025 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | 24 | Toni Elías | Alice Team | Ducati | 26 | +48.213 | 14 | 4 |
| 13 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 26 | +59.594 | 16 | 3 |
| Ret | 13 | Anthony West | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 7 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 14 | Randy de Puniet | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 0 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 15 | Alex de Angelis | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 0 | Accident | 12 | |
| DNS | 21 | John Hopkins | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | | Did not start | | |
| WD | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | | Withdrew | | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 24 | 40:54.117 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Aprilia | 24 | +4.597 | 6 | 20 |
| 3 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Gilera | 24 | +6.003 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 6 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 24 | +9.034 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 21 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 24 | +9.079 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | 4 | Hiroshi Aoyama | KTM | 24 | +11.515 | 13 | 10 |
| 7 | 36 | Mika Kallio | KTM | 24 | +12.874 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 72 | Yuki Takahashi | Honda | 24 | +13.622 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Gilera | 24 | +21.168 | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | 60 | Julián Simón | KTM | 24 | +28.789 | 7 | 6 |
| 11 | 55 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 24 | +37.607 | 15 | 5 |
| 12 | 14 | Ratthapark Wilairot | Honda | 24 | +37.741 | 17 | 4 |
| 13 | 32 | Fabrizio Lai | Gilera | 24 | +38.729 | 12 | 3 |
| 14 | 25 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 24 | +39.165 | 19 | 2 |
| 15 | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Aprilia | 24 | +43.037 | 8 | 1 |
| 16 | 50 | Eugene Laverty | Aprilia | 24 | +54.171 | 20 | |
| 17 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia | 24 | +54.334 | 5 | |
| 18 | 64 | Frederik Watz | Aprilia | 24 | +1:24.430 | 22 | |
| 19 | 45 | Doni Tata Pradita | Yamaha | 23 | +1 lap | 24 | |
| 20 | 10 | Imre Tóth | Aprilia | 23 | +1 lap | 21 | |
| Ret | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | 17 | Retirement | 16 | |
| Ret | 75 | Mattia Pasini | Aprilia | 11 | Accident | 14 | |
| Ret | 7 | Russell Gómez | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 23 | |
| DNS | 17 | Karel Abraham | Aprilia | 0 | Did not start | 18 | |
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## 125 cc classification

The 125cc race was stopped after 9 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 | 1 | Gábor Talmácsi | Aprilia | 5 | 9:04.520 | 13 | 25 |
| 2 | 6 | Joan Olivé | Derbi | 5 | +0.128 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Aprilia | 5 | +0.255 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Aprilia | 5 | +0.340 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Aprilia | 5 | +0.425 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | 12 | Esteve Rabat | KTM | 5 | +0.568 | 15 | 10 |
| 7 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Derbi | 5 | +0.846 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia | 5 | +0.928 | 23 | 8 |
| 9 | 18 | Nicolás Terol | Aprilia | 5 | +1.438 | 8 | 7 |
| 10 | 35 | Raffaele De Rosa | KTM | 5 | +2.554 | 7 | 6 |
| 11 | 27 | Stefano Bianco | Aprilia | 5 | +2.829 | 14 | 5 |
| 12 | 17 | Stefan Bradl | Aprilia | 5 | +3.021 | 10 | 4 |
| 13 | 71 | Tomoyoshi Koyama | KTM | 5 | +3.201 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 60 | Michael Ranseder | Aprilia | 5 | +3.600 | 21 | 2 |
| 15 | 56 | Hugo van den Berg | Aprilia | 5 | +4.547 | 25 | 1 |
| 16 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Derbi | 5 | +4.592 | 12 | |
| 17 | 51 | Stevie Bonsey | Aprilia | 5 | +4.819 | 16 | |
| 18 | 16 | Jules Cluzel | Loncin | 5 | +10.548 | 27 | |
| 19 | 34 | Randy Krummenacher | KTM | 5 | +10.643 | 11 | |
| 20 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | KTM | 5 | +10.849 | 20 | |
| 21 | 30 | Pere Tutusaus | Aprilia | 5 | +11.094 | 24 | |
| 22 | 21 | Robin Lässer | Aprilia | 5 | +11.854 | 33 | |
| 23 | 5 | Alexis Masbou | Loncin | 5 | +13.716 | 29 | |
| 24 | 69 | Louis Rossi | Honda | 5 | +13.828 | 34 | |
| 25 | 95 | Robert Mureșan | Aprilia | 5 | +16.155 | 30 | |
| 26 | 82 | Michael van der Mark | Honda | 5 | +18.201 | 32 | |
| 27 | 84 | Robert Gull | Derbi | 5 | +25.692 | 37 | |
| 28 | 81 | Jasper Iwema | Seel | 5 | +29.208 | 36 | |
| 29 | 89 | Ernst Dubbink | Honda | 5 | +29.949 | 35 | |
| 30 | 83 | Jerry van de Bunt | Aprilia | 5 | +36.419 | 38 | |
| Ret | 73 | Takaaki Nakagami | Aprilia | 3 | Accident | 26 | |
| Ret | 8 | Lorenzo Zanetti | KTM | 3 | Accident | 19 | |
| Ret | 7 | Efrén Vázquez | Aprilia | 0 | Did not start second race | 22 | |
| Ret | 93 | Marc Márquez | KTM | 0 | Did not start second race | 18 | |
| Ret | 45 | Scott Redding | Aprilia | 0 | Did not start second race | 6 | |
| Ret | 19 | Roberto Lacalendola | Aprilia | 0 | Did not start second race | 31 | |
| Ret | 33 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 0 | Did not finish first race | 9 | |
| Ret | 80 | Joey Litjens | Seel | 0 | Did not finish first race | 28 | |
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## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round nine has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Dani Pedrosa | 171 |
| 2 | Valentino Rossi | 167 |
| 3 | Casey Stoner | 142 |
| 4 | Jorge Lorenzo | 114 |
| 5 | Colin Edwards | 98 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Yamaha | 196 |
| 2 | Honda | 171 |
| 3 | Ducati | 147 |
| 4 | Suzuki | 80 |
| 5 | Kawasaki | 41 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.