# 2008 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2008 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix was the twelfth round of the 2008 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 8–10 August 2008 at the Brno Circuit located in Brno.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 22 | 43:28.841 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 24 | Toni Elías | Alice Team | Ducati | 22 | +15.004 | 13 | 20 |
| 3 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 22 | +21.689 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 22 | +25.859 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | 13 | Anthony West | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 22 | +29.465 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 7 | Chris Vermeulen | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 22 | +30.608 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 22 | +36.453 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 22 | +36.750 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | JiR Team Scot MotoGP | Honda | 22 | +38.822 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 22 | +39.573 | 17 | 6 |
| 11 | 21 | John Hopkins | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 22 | +39.610 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Alice Team | Ducati | 22 | +40.892 | 10 | 4 |
| 13 | 52 | James Toseland | Tech 3 Yamaha | Yamaha | 22 | +1:11.490 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Tech 3 Yamaha | Yamaha | 22 | +1:21.133 | 15 | 2 |
| 15 | 2 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 22 | +1:37.038 | 12 | 1 |
| 16 | 14 | Randy de Puniet | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 22 | +1:38.407 | 7 | |
| Ret | 1 | Casey Stoner | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 6 | Retirement | 1 | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 6 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 20 | 41:08.168 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 20 | +0.280 | 10 | 20 |
| 3 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Gilera | 20 | +0.325 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 21 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 20 | +0.827 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 36 | Mika Kallio | KTM | 20 | +1.249 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 72 | Yuki Takahashi | Honda | 20 | +13.713 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 75 | Mattia Pasini | Aprilia | 20 | +13.826 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 55 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 20 | +16.026 | 14 | 8 |
| 9 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Gilera | 20 | +19.084 | 17 | 7 |
| 10 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia | 20 | +20.692 | 18 | 6 |
| 11 | 14 | Ratthapark Wilairot | Honda | 20 | +29.495 | 20 | 5 |
| 12 | 60 | Julián Simón | KTM | 20 | +29.772 | 6 | 4 |
| 13 | 4 | Hiroshi Aoyama | KTM | 20 | +31.944 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Aprilia | 20 | +36.314 | 9 | 2 |
| 15 | 25 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 20 | +43.751 | 11 | 1 |
| 16 | 50 | Eugene Laverty | Aprilia | 20 | +46.564 | 12 | |
| 17 | 32 | Fabrizio Lai | Gilera | 20 | +55.591 | 13 | |
| 18 | 90 | Federico Sandi | Aprilia | 20 | +55.704 | 19 | |
| 19 | 45 | Doni Tata Pradita | Yamaha | 20 | +1:24.324 | 22 | |
| 20 | 94 | Toni Wirsing | Honda | 20 | +1:39.423 | 21 | |
| 21 | 7 | Russell Gómez | Aprilia | 20 | +1:59.990 | 23 | |
| Ret | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Aprilia | 3 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 17 | Karel Abraham | Aprilia | 2 | Accident | 15 | |
| DNS | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | 0 | Did not start | 24 | |
| OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT ||||||||

## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 17 | Stefan Bradl | Aprilia | 19 | 41:05.176 | 13 | 25 |
| 2 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Derbi | 19 | +0.881 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 6 | Joan Olivé | Derbi | 19 | +4.070 | 10 | 16 |
| 4 | 1 | Gábor Talmácsi | Aprilia | 19 | +4.118 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | 18 | Nicolás Terol | Aprilia | 19 | +7.048 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Aprilia | 19 | +9.334 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Aprilia | 19 | +12.813 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Derbi | 19 | +16.491 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia | 19 | +17.637 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Aprilia | 19 | +17.855 | 8 | 6 |
| 11 | 45 | Scott Redding | Aprilia | 19 | +18.964 | 17 | 5 |
| 12 | 33 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 19 | +29.920 | 9 | 4 |
| 13 | 12 | Esteve Rabat | KTM | 19 | +38.445 | 15 | 3 |
| 14 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Derbi | 19 | +54.637 | 24 | 2 |
| 15 | 21 | Robin Lässer | Aprilia | 19 | +54.797 | 22 | 1 |
| 16 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | KTM | 19 | +55.723 | 28 | |
| 17 | 96 | Lukáš Šembera | Aprilia | 19 | +56.786 | 36 | |
| 18 | 7 | Efrén Vázquez | Aprilia | 19 | +59.166 | 19 | |
| 19 | 8 | Lorenzo Zanetti | KTM | 19 | +59.330 | 20 | |
| 20 | 30 | Pere Tutusaus | Aprilia | 19 | +59.340 | 30 | |
| 21 | 60 | Michael Ranseder | Aprilia | 19 | +1:00.307 | 25 | |
| 22 | 72 | Marco Ravaioli | Aprilia | 19 | +1:07.401 | 33 | |
| 23 | 34 | Randy Krummenacher | KTM | 19 | +1:11.701 | 26 | |
| 24 | 16 | Jules Cluzel | Loncin | 19 | +1:19.343 | 27 | |
| 25 | 56 | Hugo van den Berg | Aprilia | 19 | +1:30.988 | 35 | |
| 26 | 5 | Alexis Masbou | Loncin | 19 | +1:31.018 | 32 | |
| 27 | 95 | Robert Mureșan | Aprilia | 19 | +1:31.149 | 31 | |
| 28 | 48 | Bastien Chesaux | Aprilia | 19 | +1:33.222 | 34 | |
| 29 | 69 | Louis Rossi | Honda | 19 | +1:33.600 | 37 | |
| 30 | 97 | Michal Prášek | Aprilia | 18 | +1 lap | 38 | |
| 31 | 98 | Andrea Toušková | Honda | 18 | +1 lap | 39 | |
| Ret | 37 | Karel Pešek | Aprilia | 17 | Accident | 29 | |
| Ret | 51 | Stevie Bonsey | Aprilia | 15 | Retirement | 18 | |
| Ret | 93 | Marc Márquez | KTM | 6 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret | 94 | Jonas Folger | KTM | 1 | Retirement | 23 | |
| Ret | 35 | Raffaele De Rosa | KTM | 0 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 71 | Tomoyoshi Koyama | KTM | 0 | Accident | 14 | |
| Ret | 73 | Takaaki Nakagami | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 21 | |
| Ret | 99 | Danny Webb | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 16 | |
| OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT ||||||||

## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round twelve has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 237 |
| 2 | Casey Stoner | 187 |
| 3 | Dani Pedrosa | 172 |
| 4 | Jorge Lorenzo | 120 |
| 5 | Andrea Dovizioso | 110 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Yamaha | 266 |
| 2 | Ducati | 212 |
| 3 | Honda | 210 |
| 4 | Suzuki | 128 |
| 5 | Kawasaki | 63 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.