# 2008 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2008 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the second round of the 2008 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 28–30 March 2008 at the Circuito de Jerez located in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. The MotoGP race was won by Dani Pedrosa, who finished ahead of Jorge Lorenzo, who started on pole position. Mika Kallio won the 250cc race after Álvaro Bautista and Marco Simoncelli, the two leaders, collided on the last lap. The 125cc race was won by Simone Corsi, ahead of Nicolás Terol and Bradley Smith, who started the race in pole position.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 2 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 27 | 45:35.121 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 27 | +2.883 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 27 | +4.339 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 27 | +10.142 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 27 | +27.524 | 10 | 11 |
| 6 | 52 | James Toseland | Tech 3 Yamaha | Yamaha | 27 | +27.808 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 21 | John Hopkins | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 27 | +28.296 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | JiR Team Scot MotoGP | Honda | 27 | +28.449 | 13 | 8 |
| 9 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 27 | +32.569 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 7 | Chris Vermeulen | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 27 | +35.091 | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | 1 | Casey Stoner | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 27 | +42.223 | 7 | 5 |
| 12 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 27 | +44.498 | 18 | 4 |
| 13 | 13 | Anthony West | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 27 | +45.807 | 15 | 3 |
| 14 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 27 | +45.871 | 14 | 2 |
| 15 | 24 | Toni Elías | Alice Team | Ducati | 27 | +1:09.558 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Alice Team | Ducati | 27 | +1:14.442 | 17 | |
| Ret | 5 | Colin Edwards | Tech 3 Yamaha | Yamaha | 5 | Retirement | 3 | |
| Ret | 14 | Randy de Puniet | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 2 | Accident | 6 | |
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## 250cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 36 | Mika Kallio | KTM | 26 | 45:27.908 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 75 | Mattia Pasini | Aprilia | 26 | +4.277 | 10 | 20 |
| 3 | 72 | Yuki Takahashi | Honda | 26 | +4.287 | 11 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | Hiroshi Aoyama | KTM | 26 | +4.876 | 6 | 13 |
| 5 | 21 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 26 | +5.968 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 6 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 26 | +13.633 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | 60 | Julián Simón | KTM | 26 | +16.372 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Gilera | 26 | +22.571 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia | 26 | +28.606 | 15 | 7 |
| 10 | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Aprilia | 26 | +32.726 | 17 | 6 |
| 11 | 25 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 26 | +38.602 | 16 | 5 |
| 12 | 14 | Ratthapark Wilairot | Honda | 26 | +43.371 | 19 | 4 |
| 13 | 17 | Karel Abraham | Aprilia | 26 | +54.159 | 14 | 3 |
| 14 | 43 | Manuel Hernández | Aprilia | 26 | +1:21.938 | 21 | 2 |
| 15 | 10 | Imre Tóth | Aprilia | 25 | +1 lap | 22 | 1 |
| 16 | 45 | Doni Tata Pradita | Yamaha | 25 | +1 lap | 23 | |
| Ret | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 25 | Accident | 1 | |
| Ret | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Gilera | 25 | Accident | 9 | |
| Ret | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Aprilia | 22 | Accident | 4 | |
| Ret | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | 20 | Retirement | 18 | |
| Ret | 32 | Fabrizio Lai | Gilera | 17 | Retirement | 12 | |
| Ret | 50 | Eugene Laverty | Aprilia | 8 | Retirement | 20 | |
| Ret | 55 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 2 | Accident | 13 | |
| OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT ||||||||

## 125cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Aprilia | 23 | 41:46.100 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | 18 | Nicolás Terol | Aprilia | 23 | +3.206 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Aprilia | 23 | +4.986 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 17 | Stefan Bradl | Aprilia | 23 | +5.022 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | KTM | 23 | +6.254 | 13 | 11 |
| 6 | 51 | Stevie Bonsey | Aprilia | 23 | +20.563 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 45 | Scott Redding | Aprilia | 23 | +22.517 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Derbi | 23 | +23.002 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Derbi | 23 | +23.928 | 7 | 7 |
| 10 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Aprilia | 23 | +33.541 | 15 | 6 |
| 11 | 35 | Raffaele De Rosa | KTM | 23 | +33.664 | 10 | 5 |
| 12 | 12 | Esteve Rabat | KTM | 23 | +33.987 | 16 | 4 |
| 13 | 71 | Tomoyoshi Koyama | KTM | 23 | +34.426 | 21 | 3 |
| 14 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Derbi | 23 | +40.038 | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | 73 | Takaaki Nakagami | Aprilia | 23 | +44.515 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | 60 | Michael Ranseder | Aprilia | 23 | +45.498 | 24 | |
| 17 | 16 | Jules Cluzel | Loncin | 23 | +49.685 | 27 | |
| 18 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia | 23 | +53.186 | 20 | |
| 19 | 30 | Pere Tutusaus | Aprilia | 23 | +58.037 | 25 | |
| 20 | 19 | Roberto Lacalendola | Aprilia | 23 | +1:03.610 | 28 | |
| 21 | 5 | Alexis Masbou | Loncin | 23 | +1:04.732 | 26 | |
| 22 | 76 | Iván Maestro | Honda | 23 | +1:19.599 | 34 | |
| 23 | 78 | Daniel Sáez | Aprilia | 23 | +1:24.990 | 32 | |
| 24 | 69 | Louis Rossi | Honda | 23 | +1:39.735 | 33 | |
| 25 | 79 | Alberto Moncayo | Derbi | 23 | +1:48.192 | 35 | |
| 26 | 95 | Robert Mureșan | Aprilia | 20 | +3 laps | 29 | |
| Ret | 14 | Axel Pons | Aprilia | 22 | Accident | 23 | |
| Ret | 8 | Lorenzo Zanetti | KTM | 14 | Accident | 31 | |
| Ret | 56 | Hugo van den Berg | Aprilia | 12 | Retirement | 30 | |
| Ret | 6 | Joan Olivé | Derbi | 9 | Accident | 18 | |
| Ret | 99 | Danny Webb | Aprilia | 8 | Accident | 9 | |
| Ret | 27 | Stefano Bianco | Aprilia | 7 | Accident | 14 | |
| Ret | 33 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 6 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret | 7 | Efrén Vázquez | Aprilia | 6 | Accident | 22 | |
| Ret | 1 | Gábor Talmácsi | Aprilia | 3 | Retirement | 4 | |
| DNS | 21 | Robin Lässer | Aprilia | | Did not start | | |
| WD | 34 | Randy Krummenacher | KTM | | Withdrew | | |
| WD | 93 | Marc Márquez | KTM | | Withdrew | | |
| OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT ||||||||

## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round two has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Dani Pedrosa | 41 |
| 2 | Jorge Lorenzo | 36 |
| 3 | Valentino Rossi | 31 |
| 4 | Casey Stoner | 30 |
| 5 | Andrea Dovizioso | 21 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Honda | 41 |
| 2 | Yamaha | 40 |
| 3 | Ducati | 30 |
| 4 | Suzuki | 19 |
| 5 | Kawasaki | 13 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.