# 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.

## 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 | |
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## 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.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 97 |
| 2 | Jorge Lorenzo | 94 |
| 3 | Dani Pedrosa | 94 |
| 4 | Casey Stoner | 56 |
| 5 | Colin Edwards | 47 |
| 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.