# 2008 Brands Hatch Superbike World Championship round

The 2008 Brands Hatch Superbike World Championship round was the tenth round of the 2008 Superbike World Championship. It took place on the weekend of August 1–3, 2008, at the Brands Hatch circuit. The round was marred by the death of Craig Jones during the Supersport race.

## Superbike race 1 classification

| Pos | No | Rider | Bike | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 23 | Ryuichi Kiyonari | Honda CBR1000RR | 25 | 36:18.607 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 21 | Troy Bayliss | Ducati 1098 F08 | 25 | +0.137 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Ducati 1098 RS 08 | 25 | +0.180 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 34 | Yukio Kagayama | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | 25 | +5.733 | 9 | 13 |
| 5 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | 25 | +6.499 | 10 | 11 |
| 6 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Honda CBR1000RR | 25 | +6.984 | 11 | 10 |
| 7 | 76 | Max Neukirchner | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | 25 | +8.300 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | 11 | Troy Corser | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 25 | +10.732 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | 96 | Jakub Smrz | Ducati 1098 RS 08 | 25 | +16.547 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Honda CBR1000RR | 25 | +16.569 | 19 | 6 |
| 11 | 57 | Lorenzo Lanzi | Ducati 1098 RS 08 | 25 | +18.366 | 14 | 5 |
| 12 | 84 | Michel Fabrizio | Ducati 1098 F08 | 25 | +22.308 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 54 | Kenan Sofuoğlu | Honda CBR1000RR | 25 | +26.788 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 36 | Gregorio Lavilla | Honda CBR1000RR | 25 | +26.856 | 13 | 2 |
| 15 | 9 | Chris Walker | Honda CBR1000RR | 25 | +32.877 | 23 | 1 |
| 16 | 31 | Karl Muggeridge | Honda CBR1000RR | 25 | +38.329 | 16 | |
| 17 | 94 | David Checa | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 25 | +46.868 | 20 | |
| 18 | 100 | Makoto Tamada | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 25 | +48.417 | 25 | |
| 19 | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 25 | +58.986 | 2 | |
| 20 | 13 | Vittorio Iannuzzo | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 25 | +1:06.028 | 26 | |
| 21 | 22 | Luca Morelli | Honda CBR1000RR | 25 | +1:09.376 | 29 | |
| 22 | 43 | Jason Pridmore | Honda CBR1000RR | 25 | +1:09.475 | 27 | |
| 23 | 73 | Christian Zaiser | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 25 | +1:22.214 | 30 | |
| Ret | 55 | Régis Laconi | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 22 | Accident | 22 | |
| Ret | 86 | Ayrton Badovini | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 16 | Retirement | 21 | |
| Ret | 194 | Sébastien Gimbert | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 12 | Retirement | 18 | |
| Ret | 66 | Tom Sykes | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | 9 | Retirement | 6 | |
| Ret | 17 | Tristan Palmer | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 7 | Retirement | 28 | |
| Ret | 88 | Shuhei Aoyama | Honda CBR1000RR | 3 | Retirement | 24 | |

## Superbike race 2 classification

| Pos | No | Rider | Bike | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 23 | Ryuichi Kiyonari | Honda CBR1000RR | 25 | 36:14.904 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 25 | +1.848 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 11 | Troy Corser | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 25 | +8.883 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 76 | Max Neukirchner | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | 25 | +11.180 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | 25 | +12.928 | 10 | 11 |
| 6 | 84 | Michel Fabrizio | Ducati 1098 F08 | 25 | +13.696 | 12 | 10 |
| 7 | 66 | Tom Sykes | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | 25 | +13.872 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Honda CBR1000RR | 25 | +14.009 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | 96 | Jakub Smrz | Ducati 1098 RS 08 | 25 | +19.065 | 4 | 7 |
| 10 | 57 | Lorenzo Lanzi | Ducati 1098 RS 08 | 25 | +19.864 | 14 | 6 |
| 11 | 21 | Troy Bayliss | Ducati 1098 F08 | 25 | +20.479 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Ducati 1098 RS 08 | 25 | +20.621 | 7 | 4 |
| 13 | 36 | Gregorio Lavilla | Honda CBR1000RR | 25 | +20.722 | 13 | 3 |
| 14 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Honda CBR1000RR | 25 | +24.512 | 19 | 2 |
| 15 | 9 | Chris Walker | Honda CBR1000RR | 25 | +32.090 | 23 | 1 |
| 16 | 55 | Régis Laconi | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 25 | +32.207 | 22 | |
| 17 | 54 | Kenan Sofuoğlu | Honda CBR1000RR | 25 | +32.815 | 17 | |
| 18 | 100 | Makoto Tamada | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 25 | +33.648 | 25 | |
| 19 | 194 | Sébastien Gimbert | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 25 | +35.382 | 18 | |
| 20 | 94 | David Checa | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 25 | +44.866 | 20 | |
| 21 | 86 | Ayrton Badovini | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 25 | +53.969 | 21 | |
| 22 | 88 | Shuhei Aoyama | Honda CBR1000RR | 25 | +1:00.875 | 24 | |
| 23 | 43 | Jason Pridmore | Honda CBR1000RR | 25 | +1:01.104 | 27 | |
| 24 | 22 | Luca Morelli | Honda CBR1000RR | 25 | +1:04.329 | 29 | |
| 25 | 34 | Yukio Kagayama | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | 24 | +1 Lap | 9 | |
| Ret | 31 | Karl Muggeridge | Honda CBR1000RR | 17 | Retirement | 16 | |
| Ret | 13 | Vittorio Iannuzzo | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 15 | Retirement | 26 | |
| Ret | 17 | Tristan Palmer | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 9 | Retirement | 28 | |
| Ret | 73 | Christian Zaiser | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 4 | Retirement | 30 | |

## Supersport race classification

| Pos | No | Rider | Bike | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 65 | Jonathan Rea | Honda CBR600RR | 15 | 22:29.935 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 18 | Craig Jones | Honda CBR600RR | 15 | +0.209/Fatal accident | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 88 | Andrew Pitt | Honda CBR600RR | 15 | +0.664 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | 23 | Broc Parkes | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 15 | +2.816 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 25 | Josh Brookes | Honda CBR600RR | 15 | +6.789 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 77 | Barry Veneman | Suzuki GSX-R600 | 15 | +9.094 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 69 | Gianluca Nannelli | Honda CBR600RR | 15 | +15.048 | 17 | 9 |
| 8 | 55 | Massimo Roccoli | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 15 | +15.623 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 27 | Rob Frost | Triumph 675 | 15 | +18.393 | 30 | 7 |
| 10 | 33 | Hudson Kennaugh | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 15 | +19.528 | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | 22 | Steve Plater | Triumph 675 | 15 | +20.034 | 11 | 5 |
| 12 | 105 | Gianluca Vizziello | Honda CBR600RR | 15 | +22.696 | 14 | 4 |
| 13 | 31 | Vesa Kallio | Honda CBR600RR | 15 | +25.049 | 19 | 3 |
| 14 | 26 | Joan Lascorz | Honda CBR600RR | 15 | +27.102 | 13 | 2 |
| 15 | 81 | Graeme Gowland | Honda CBR600RR | 15 | +35.504 | 27 | 1 |
| 16 | 199 | Danilo dell'Omo | Honda CBR600RR | 15 | +39.023 | 24 | |
| 17 | 53 | Midge Smart | Honda CBR600RR | 15 | +40.820 | 29 | |
| 18 | 19 | Pawel Szkopek | Triumph 675 | 15 | +43.635 | 23 | |
| 19 | 14 | Matthieu Lagrive | Honda CBR600RR | 15 | +46.776 | 1 | |
| 20 | 30 | Jesco Gunther | Honda CBR600RR | 15 | +47.298 | 32 | |
| 21 | 44 | David Salom | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 15 | +47.353 | 18 | |
| 22 | 117 | Denis Sacchetti | Honda CBR600RR | 15 | +48.191 | 33 | |
| 23 | 34 | Balázs Németh | Honda CBR600RR | 15 | +49.480 | 35 | |
| 24 | 12 | Javier Hidalgo | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 15 | +54.083 | 28 | |
| 25 | 37 | William de Angelis | Honda CBR600RR | 15 | +59.436 | 34 | |
| 26 | 28 | Ruggero Scambia | Triumph 675 | 15 | +1:20.165 | 36 | |
| 27 | 4 | Lorenzo Alfonsi | Honda CBR600RR | 15 | +1:44.305 | 25 | |
| 28 | 51 | Santiago Barragán | Honda CBR600RR | 15 | +1:55.509 | 37 | |
| Ret | 5 | Karl Harris | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 14 | Retirement | 5 | |
| Ret | 21 | Katsuaki Fujiwara | Kawasaki ZX-6R | 12 | Retirement | 26 | |
| Ret | 8 | Mark Aitchison | Triumph 675 | 12 | Retirement | 16 | |
| Ret | 126 | Chris Martin | Kawasaki ZX-6R | 11 | Retirement | 21 | |
| Ret | 127 | Robbin Harms | Honda CBR600RR | 8 | Retirement | 7 | |
| Ret | 11 | Russell Holland | Honda CBR600RR | 8 | Retirement | 15 | |
| Ret | 83 | Didier van Keymeulen | Suzuki GSX-R600 | 7 | Retirement | 20 | |
| Ret | 17 | Miguel Praia | Honda CBR600RR | 6 | Retirement | 31 | |