# 2008 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2008 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 2008 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 30 May – 1 June 2008 at the Mugello Circuit. It marked Valentino Rossi's seventh consecutive victory at the Italian motorcycle Grand Prix, a run which was to be finally broken the following year by Casey Stoner.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 23 | 42:31.153 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 1 | Casey Stoner | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 23 | +2.201 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 2 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 23 | +4.867 | 2 | 16 |
| 4 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 23 | +6.313 | 10 | 13 |
| 5 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Tech 3 Yamaha | Yamaha | 23 | +12.530 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 52 | James Toseland | Tech 3 Yamaha | Yamaha | 23 | +13.806 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 23 | +14.447 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | JiR Team Scot MotoGP | Honda | 23 | +15.319 | 13 | 8 |
| 9 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 23 | +15.327 | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | 7 | Chris Vermeulen | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 23 | +30.785 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Alice Team | Ducati | 23 | +39.621 | 17 | 5 |
| 12 | 24 | Toni Elías | Alice Team | Ducati | 23 | +50.021 | 16 | 4 |
| 13 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 23 | +50.440 | 6 | 3 |
| 14 | 8 | Tadayuki Okada | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 23 | +58.849 | 15 | 2 |
| 15 | 13 | Anthony West | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 23 | +1:00.736 | 19 | 1 |
| Ret | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 6 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret | 21 | John Hopkins | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 6 | Accident | 14 | |
| Ret | 14 | Randy de Puniet | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 5 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret | 33 | Marco Melandri | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 5 | Accident | 18 | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Gilera | 21 | 40:19.910 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 6 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 21 | +0.499 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Aprilia | 21 | +0.712 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 36 | Mika Kallio | KTM | 21 | +7.403 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 75 | Mattia Pasini | Aprilia | 21 | +12.542 | 9 | 11 |
| 6 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Gilera | 21 | +12.790 | 18 | 10 |
| 7 | 17 | Karel Abraham | Aprilia | 21 | +16.114 | 16 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | Hiroshi Aoyama | KTM | 21 | +17.316 | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia | 21 | +19.642 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 14 | Ratthapark Wilairot | Honda | 21 | +19.704 | 17 | 6 |
| 11 | 60 | Julián Simón | KTM | 21 | +19.751 | 13 | 5 |
| 12 | 25 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 21 | +47.360 | 21 | 4 |
| 13 | 50 | Eugene Laverty | Aprilia | 21 | +47.422 | 20 | 3 |
| 14 | 32 | Fabrizio Lai | Gilera | 21 | +1:13.423 | 15 | 2 |
| 15 | 10 | Imre Tóth | Aprilia | 21 | +1:25.891 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | 7 | Russell Gómez | Aprilia | 21 | +1:36.557 | 22 | |
| 17 | 45 | Doni Tata Pradita | Yamaha | 21 | +1:48.224 | 23 | |
| Ret | 21 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 19 | Accident | 1 | |
| Ret | 72 | Yuki Takahashi | Honda | 17 | Accident | 11 | |
| Ret | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Aprilia | 9 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 55 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 9 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | 9 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 6 | Accident | 2 | |
| OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT ||||||||

## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Aprilia | 20 | 39:59.020 | 8 | 25 |
| 2 | 1 | Gábor Talmácsi | Aprilia | 20 | +0.019 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Derbi | 20 | +0.036 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Derbi | 20 | +0.135 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Aprilia | 20 | +0.178 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 33 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 20 | +0.490 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 18 | Nicolás Terol | Aprilia | 20 | +0.832 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Aprilia | 20 | +3.865 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | 6 | Joan Olivé | Derbi | 20 | +3.928 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 17 | Stefan Bradl | Aprilia | 20 | +5.439 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 51 | Stevie Bonsey | Aprilia | 20 | +10.244 | 13 | 5 |
| 12 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia | 20 | +10.447 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 35 | Raffaele De Rosa | KTM | 20 | +18.366 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | 45 | Scott Redding | Aprilia | 20 | +23.201 | 16 | 2 |
| 15 | 60 | Michael Ranseder | Aprilia | 20 | +24.440 | 18 | 1 |
| 16 | 73 | Takaaki Nakagami | Aprilia | 20 | +26.631 | 15 | |
| 17 | 34 | Randy Krummenacher | KTM | 20 | +30.629 | 19 | |
| 18 | 7 | Efrén Vázquez | Aprilia | 20 | +30.730 | 25 | |
| 19 | 93 | Marc Márquez | KTM | 20 | +33.868 | 23 | |
| 20 | 8 | Lorenzo Zanetti | KTM | 20 | +36.928 | 31 | |
| 21 | 30 | Pere Tutusaus | Aprilia | 20 | +49.951 | 32 | |
| 22 | 40 | Lorenzo Savadori | Aprilia | 20 | +50.038 | 22 | |
| 23 | 16 | Jules Cluzel | Loncin | 20 | +50.040 | 24 | |
| 24 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Derbi | 20 | +50.052 | 26 | |
| 25 | 12 | Esteve Rabat | KTM | 20 | +56.360 | 20 | |
| 26 | 47 | Riccardo Moretti | Honda | 20 | +1:06.247 | 35 | |
| 27 | 5 | Alexis Masbou | Loncin | 20 | +1:06.566 | 38 | |
| 28 | 21 | Robin Lässer | Aprilia | 20 | +1:06.982 | 33 | |
| 29 | 56 | Hugo van den Berg | Aprilia | 20 | +1:09.266 | 28 | |
| 30 | 42 | Luca Vitali | Aprilia | 20 | +1:10.551 | 38 | |
| 31 | 43 | Gabriele Ferro | Honda | 20 | +1:10.567 | 34 | |
| 32 | 69 | Louis Rossi | Honda | 20 | +1:36.451 | 37 | |
| 33 | 39 | Ferrucio Lamborghini | Aprilia | 20 | +1:39.883 | 36 | |
| 34 | 95 | Robert Mureșan | Aprilia | 18 | +2 laps | 30 | |
| Ret | 99 | Danny Webb | Aprilia | 19 | Accident | 17 | |
| Ret | 71 | Tomoyoshi Koyama | KTM | 16 | Retirement | 10 | |
| Ret | 19 | Roberto Lacalendola | Aprilia | 11 | Retirement | 29 | |
| Ret | 22 | Pablo Nieto | KTM | 8 | Retirement | 27 | |
| Ret | 27 | Stefano Bianco | Aprilia | 2 | Accident | 21 | |
| OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT ||||||||

## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round six has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 122 |
| 2 | Dani Pedrosa | 110 |
| 3 | Jorge Lorenzo | 94 |
| 4 | Casey Stoner | 76 |
| 5 | Colin Edwards | 58 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Yamaha | 140 |
| 2 | Honda | 110 |
| 3 | Ducati | 81 |
| 4 | Suzuki | 54 |
| 5 | Kawasaki | 29 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.