# 2008 British motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2008 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2008 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 20–22 June 2008 at the Donington Park circuit.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Casey Stoner | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 30 | 44:44.982 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 30 | +5.789 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 2 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 30 | +8.347 | 9 | 16 |
| 4 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Tech 3 Yamaha | Yamaha | 30 | +12.678 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | JiR Team Scot MotoGP | Honda | 30 | +14.801 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 30 | +15.690 | 17 | 10 |
| 7 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 30 | +18.196 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | 7 | Chris Vermeulen | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 30 | +21.666 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 30 | +29.354 | 10 | 7 |
| 10 | 13 | Anthony West | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 30 | +41.030 | 7 | 6 |
| 11 | 24 | Toni Elías | Alice Team | Ducati | 30 | +44.426 | 18 | 5 |
| 12 | 14 | Randy de Puniet | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 30 | +46.199 | 14 | 4 |
| 13 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Alice Team | Ducati | 30 | +48.731 | 12 | 3 |
| 14 | 11 | Ben Spies | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 30 | +49.591 | 8 | 2 |
| 15 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 30 | +1:22.186 | 13 | 1 |
| 16 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 30 | +1:30.021 | 15 | |
| 17 | 52 | James Toseland | Tech 3 Yamaha | Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | 16 | |
| Ret | 21 | John Hopkins | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 16 | Retirement | 11 | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 36 | Mika Kallio | KTM | 27 | 42:14.410 | 14 | 25 |
| 2 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Gilera | 27 | +0.353 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 27 | +1.237 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 21 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 27 | +8.875 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Aprilia | 27 | +11.359 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 4 | Hiroshi Aoyama | KTM | 27 | +16.124 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 6 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 27 | +16.136 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 60 | Julián Simón | KTM | 27 | +18.007 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 72 | Yuki Takahashi | Honda | 27 | +33.271 | 5 | 7 |
| 10 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia | 27 | +49.681 | 8 | 6 |
| 11 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Gilera | 27 | +52.534 | 13 | 5 |
| 12 | 17 | Karel Abraham | Aprilia | 27 | +55.311 | 16 | 4 |
| 13 | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Aprilia | 27 | +57.399 | 9 | 3 |
| 14 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | 27 | +57.641 | 15 | 2 |
| 15 | 55 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 27 | +1:04.329 | 17 | 1 |
| 16 | 14 | Ratthapark Wilairot | Honda | 27 | +1:06.156 | 18 | |
| 17 | 32 | Fabrizio Lai | Gilera | 27 | +1:15.812 | 10 | |
| 18 | 7 | Russell Gómez | Aprilia | 26 | +1 lap | 22 | |
| 19 | 45 | Doni Tata Pradita | Yamaha | 26 | +1 lap | 23 | |
| Ret | 50 | Eugene Laverty | Aprilia | 19 | Retirement | 20 | |
| Ret | 25 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 13 | Retirement | 19 | |
| Ret | 75 | Mattia Pasini | Aprilia | 12 | Retirement | 12 | |
| Ret | 10 | Imre Tóth | Aprilia | 11 | Retirement | 21 | |
| DNS | 63 | Toby Markham | Yamaha | | Did not start | | |
| OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT ||||||||

## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 45 | Scott Redding | Aprilia | 25 | 41:39.472 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Derbi | 25 | +5.324 | 20 | 20 |
| 3 | 93 | Marc Márquez | KTM | 25 | +5.806 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 33 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 25 | +13.990 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Aprilia | 25 | +16.855 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | 71 | Tomoyoshi Koyama | KTM | 25 | +17.181 | 9 | 10 |
| 7 | 6 | Joan Olivé | Derbi | 25 | +18.014 | 14 | 9 |
| 8 | 73 | Takaaki Nakagami | Aprilia | 25 | +18.222 | 21 | 8 |
| 9 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Aprilia | 25 | +18.404 | 16 | 7 |
| 10 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Aprilia | 25 | +18.891 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 12 | Esteve Rabat | KTM | 25 | +18.976 | 12 | 5 |
| 12 | 60 | Michael Ranseder | Aprilia | 25 | +28.269 | 19 | 4 |
| 13 | 34 | Randy Krummenacher | KTM | 25 | +28.347 | 18 | 3 |
| 14 | 35 | Raffaele De Rosa | KTM | 25 | +29.403 | 10 | 2 |
| 15 | 8 | Lorenzo Zanetti | KTM | 25 | +35.763 | 23 | 1 |
| 16 | 16 | Jules Cluzel | Loncin | 25 | +35.868 | 25 | |
| 17 | 51 | Stevie Bonsey | Aprilia | 25 | +38.158 | 15 | |
| 18 | 18 | Nicolás Terol | Aprilia | 25 | +42.766 | 6 | |
| 19 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Derbi | 25 | +42.924 | 26 | |
| 20 | 27 | Stefano Bianco | Aprilia | 25 | +1:06.296 | 22 | |
| 21 | 21 | Robin Lässer | Aprilia | 25 | +1:10.158 | 29 | |
| 22 | 30 | Pere Tutusaus | Aprilia | 25 | +1:10.905 | 24 | |
| 23 | 69 | Louis Rossi | Honda | 25 | +1:29.269 | 31 | |
| 24 | 95 | Robert Mureșan | Aprilia | 24 | +1 lap | 30 | |
| 25 | 56 | Hugo van den Berg | Aprilia | 24 | +1 lap | 28 | |
| 26 | 67 | Lee Costello | Honda | 24 | +1 lap | 36 | |
| 27 | 19 | Roberto Lacalendola | Aprilia | 24 | +1 lap | 32 | |
| Ret | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia | 19 | Accident | 5 | |
| Ret | 17 | Stefan Bradl | Aprilia | 18 | Retirement | 17 | |
| Ret | 64 | Matthew Hoyle | Honda | 14 | Accident | 33 | |
| Ret | 66 | Connor Behan | Honda | 14 | Retirement | 34 | |
| Ret | 68 | Paul Jordan | Honda | 14 | Retirement | 37 | |
| Ret | 5 | Alexis Masbou | Loncin | 5 | Accident | 27 | |
| Ret | 65 | Luke Hinton | Honda | 4 | Accident | 35 | |
| Ret | 1 | Gábor Talmácsi | Aprilia | 1 | Accident | 2 | |
| Ret | 22 | Pablo Nieto | KTM | 0 | Accident | 8 | |
| Ret | 99 | Danny Webb | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 13 | |
| DNS | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Derbi | | Did not start | | |
| WD | 7 | Efrén Vázquez | Aprilia | | Withdrew | | |
| OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT ||||||||

## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eight has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 162 |
| 2 | Dani Pedrosa | 151 |
| 3 | Casey Stoner | 117 |
| 4 | Jorge Lorenzo | 104 |
| 5 | Colin Edwards | 82 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Yamaha | 180 |
| 2 | Honda | 151 |
| 3 | Ducati | 122 |
| 4 | Suzuki | 71 |
| 5 | Kawasaki | 41 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.