# 2008 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2008 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 2008 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 26–28 September 2008 at the Twin Ring Motegi, located in Motegi, Japan.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 24 | 43:09.599 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 1 | Casey Stoner | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 24 | +1.943 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 2 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 24 | +4.866 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 24 | +6.165 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 24 | +24.593 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 24 | +25.685 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Tech 3 Yamaha | Yamaha | 24 | +25.918 | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 24 | +26.003 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | JiR Team Scot MotoGP | Honda | 24 | +26.219 | 13 | 7 |
| 10 | 21 | John Hopkins | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 24 | +37.131 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 52 | James Toseland | Tech 3 Yamaha | Yamaha | 24 | +37.574 | 10 | 5 |
| 12 | 14 | Randy de Puniet | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 24 | +38.020 | 8 | 4 |
| 13 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 24 | +39.768 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Alice Team | Ducati | 24 | +45.846 | 15 | 2 |
| 15 | 13 | Anthony West | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 24 | +55.748 | 17 | 1 |
| 16 | 24 | Toni Elías | Alice Team | Ducati | 24 | +59.320 | 14 | |
| 17 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 24 | +1:12.398 | 18 | |
| Ret | 7 | Chris Vermeulen | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 16 | Retirement | 12 | |
| Ret | 64 | Kousuke Akiyoshi | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 0 | Accident | 19 | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Gilera | 23 | 43:09.385 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 23 | +0.348 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 6 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 23 | +8.414 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 60 | Julián Simón | KTM | 23 | +9.151 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 36 | Mika Kallio | KTM | 23 | +17.041 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 72 | Yuki Takahashi | Honda | 23 | +19.632 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia | 23 | +19.892 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 75 | Mattia Pasini | Aprilia | 23 | +20.442 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | Hiroshi Aoyama | KTM | 23 | +22.303 | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Gilera | 23 | +22.387 | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | 55 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 23 | +32.851 | 6 | 5 |
| 12 | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Aprilia | 23 | +48.621 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 14 | Ratthapark Wilairot | Honda | 23 | +48.803 | 14 | 3 |
| 14 | 66 | Shoya Tomizawa | Honda | 23 | +49.572 | 13 | 2 |
| 15 | 32 | Fabrizio Lai | Gilera | 23 | +58.045 | 15 | 1 |
| 16 | 25 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 23 | +58.362 | 17 | |
| 17 | 65 | Takumi Takahashi | Honda | 23 | +1:15.062 | 16 | |
| 18 | 45 | Doni Tata Pradita | Yamaha | 23 | +1:49.930 | 19 | |
| 19 | 43 | Manuel Hernández | Aprilia | 23 | +1:58.603 | 20 | |
| 20 | 92 | Daniel Arcas | Aprilia | 22 | +1 lap | 21 | |
| 21 | 69 | Takumi Endoh | Yamaha | 22 | +1 lap | 24 | |
| 22 | 10 | Imre Tóth | Aprilia | 22 | +1 lap | 23 | |
| 23 | 68 | Yuuki Ito | Yamaha | 20 | +3 laps | 22 | |
| Ret | 35 | Simone Grotzkyj | Gilera | 0 | Accident | 18 | |
| DNS | 21 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | | Did not start | | |
| DNS | 67 | Kazuki Watanabe | Yamaha | | Did not start | | |
| DNS | 17 | Karel Abraham | Aprilia | | Did not start | | |
| OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT ||||||||

## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 17 | Stefan Bradl | Aprilia | 20 | 39:57.228 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Derbi | 20 | +0.151 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 1 | Gábor Talmácsi | Aprilia | 20 | +0.281 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 6 | Joan Olivé | Derbi | 20 | +5.945 | 12 | 13 |
| 5 | 18 | Nicolás Terol | Aprilia | 20 | +6.072 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Aprilia | 20 | +6.135 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Aprilia | 20 | +6.455 | 15 | 9 |
| 8 | 45 | Scott Redding | Aprilia | 20 | +25.393 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | 33 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 20 | +25.537 | 10 | 7 |
| 10 | 99 | Danny Webb | Aprilia | 20 | +26.192 | 18 | 6 |
| 11 | 71 | Tomoyoshi Koyama | KTM | 20 | +27.307 | 11 | 5 |
| 12 | 35 | Raffaele De Rosa | KTM | 20 | +39.536 | 19 | 4 |
| 13 | 73 | Takaaki Nakagami | Aprilia | 20 | +43.745 | 20 | 3 |
| 14 | 7 | Efrén Vázquez | Aprilia | 20 | +51.629 | 16 | 2 |
| 15 | 5 | Alexis Masbou | Loncin | 20 | +51.899 | 22 | 1 |
| 16 | 94 | Jonas Folger | KTM | 20 | +51.931 | 31 | |
| 17 | 8 | Lorenzo Zanetti | KTM | 20 | +51.962 | 23 | |
| 18 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | KTM | 20 | +52.589 | 28 | |
| 19 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Derbi | 20 | +56.837 | 7 | |
| 20 | 51 | Stevie Bonsey | Aprilia | 20 | +56.977 | 17 | |
| 21 | 72 | Marco Ravaioli | Aprilia | 20 | +58.626 | 30 | |
| 22 | 58 | Yuuichi Yanagisawa | Honda | 20 | +59.926 | 32 | |
| 23 | 21 | Robin Lässer | Aprilia | 20 | +1:09.782 | 25 | |
| 24 | 59 | Hiroki Ono | Honda | 20 | +1:14.883 | 35 | |
| 25 | 26 | Adrián Martín | Aprilia | 20 | +1:26.120 | 29 | |
| 26 | 36 | Cyril Carrillo | Honda | 20 | +1:29.130 | 37 | |
| Ret | 38 | Bradley Smith | Aprilia | 16 | Retirement | 14 | |
| Ret | 62 | Kazuma Watanabe | Honda | 16 | Retirement | 34 | |
| Ret | 60 | Michael Ranseder | Aprilia | 14 | Retirement | 24 | |
| Ret | 57 | Iori Namihira | Honda | 11 | Retirement | 26 | |
| Ret | 50 | Hiroomi Iwata | Honda | 10 | Retirement | 27 | |
| Ret | 48 | Bastien Chesaux | Aprilia | 8 | Accident | 39 | |
| Ret | 95 | Robert Mureșan | Aprilia | 6 | Accident | 33 | |
| Ret | 12 | Esteve Rabat | KTM | 0 | Accident | 21 | |
| Ret | 16 | Jules Cluzel | Loncin | 0 | Accident | 36 | |
| Ret | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 9 | |
| Ret | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Derbi | 0 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 56 | Hugo van den Berg | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 38 | |
| Ret | 93 | Marc Márquez | KTM | 0 | Accident | 13 | |
| OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT ||||||||

## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fifteen has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 312 |
| 2 | Casey Stoner | 220 |
| 3 | Dani Pedrosa | 209 |
| 4 | Jorge Lorenzo | 169 |
| 5 | Andrea Dovizioso | 136 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Yamaha | 341 |
| 2 | Ducati | 261 |
| 3 | Honda | 259 |
| 4 | Suzuki | 159 |
| 5 | Kawasaki | 77 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.