# 2008 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2008 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the penultimate round of the 2008 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 17–19 October 2008 at the Sepang International Circuit.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 21 | 43:06.007 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 2 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 21 | +4.008 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | JiR Team Scot MotoGP | Honda | 21 | +8.536 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 21 | +8.858 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 21 | +10.583 | 15 | 11 |
| 6 | 1 | Casey Stoner | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 21 | +13.640 | 7 | 10 |
| 7 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 21 | +15.936 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Tech 3 Yamaha | Yamaha | 21 | +18.802 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | 7 | Chris Vermeulen | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 21 | +23.174 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 | 14 | Randy de Puniet | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 21 | +25.516 | 9 | 6 |
| 11 | 21 | John Hopkins | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 21 | +27.609 | 10 | 5 |
| 12 | 13 | Anthony West | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 21 | +41.399 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Alice Team | Ducati | 21 | +45.617 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 21 | +49.003 | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | 24 | Toni Elías | Alice Team | Ducati | 21 | +59.139 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 21 | +1:03.328 | 14 | |
| 17 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 21 | +1:48.363 | 18 | |
| Ret | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 12 | Retirement | 3 | |
| Ret | 52 | James Toseland | Tech 3 Yamaha | Yamaha | 2 | Accident | 12 | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 20 | 42:56.428 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 4 | Hiroshi Aoyama | KTM | 20 | +2.586 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Gilera | 20 | +8.343 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 72 | Yuki Takahashi | Honda | 20 | +11.032 | 8 | 13 |
| 5 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia | 20 | +13.846 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | 6 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 20 | +14.274 | 9 | 10 |
| 7 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Gilera | 20 | +15.101 | 15 | 9 |
| 8 | 14 | Ratthapark Wilairot | Honda | 20 | +16.987 | 5 | 8 |
| 9 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Aprilia | 20 | +25.356 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Aprilia | 20 | +26.846 | 13 | 6 |
| 11 | 32 | Fabrizio Lai | Gilera | 20 | +49.907 | 12 | 5 |
| 12 | 17 | Karel Abraham | Aprilia | 20 | +50.088 | 18 | 4 |
| 13 | 25 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 20 | +1:05.816 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 35 | Simone Grotzkyj | Gilera | 20 | +1:15.544 | 19 | 2 |
| 15 | 10 | Imre Tóth | Aprilia | 20 | +1:19.905 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | 43 | Manuel Hernández | Aprilia | 20 | +1:35.890 | 21 | |
| 17 | 92 | Daniel Arcas | Aprilia | 20 | +2:00.717 | 22 | |
| 18 | 45 | Doni Tata Pradita | Yamaha | 20 | +2:28.842 | 20 | |
| Ret | 75 | Mattia Pasini | Aprilia | 15 | Retirement | 11 | |
| Ret | 60 | Julián Simón | KTM | 11 | Retirement | 7 | |
| Ret | 36 | Mika Kallio | KTM | 5 | Retirement | 4 | |
| Ret | 55 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 4 | Accident | 10 | |
| OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT ||||||||

## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Gábor Talmácsi | Aprilia | 19 | 43:00.716 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Aprilia | 19 | +3.416 | 13 | 20 |
| 3 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Aprilia | 19 | +6.896 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Aprilia | 19 | +6.925 | 18 | 13 |
| 5 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Derbi | 19 | +7.115 | 9 | 11 |
| 6 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Derbi | 19 | +15.122 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 6 | Joan Olivé | Derbi | 19 | +21.805 | 6 | 9 |
| 8 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Derbi | 19 | +21.869 | 22 | 8 |
| 9 | 18 | Nicolás Terol | Aprilia | 19 | +21.958 | 12 | 7 |
| 10 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia | 19 | +23.615 | 1 | 6 |
| 11 | 71 | Tomoyoshi Koyama | KTM | 19 | +23.651 | 7 | 5 |
| 12 | 33 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 19 | +35.224 | 5 | 4 |
| 13 | 8 | Lorenzo Zanetti | KTM | 19 | +40.502 | 20 | 3 |
| 14 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | KTM | 19 | +51.404 | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | 26 | Adrián Martín | Aprilia | 19 | +55.726 | 26 | 1 |
| 16 | 16 | Jules Cluzel | Loncin | 19 | +56.537 | 23 | |
| 17 | 94 | Jonas Folger | KTM | 19 | +1:07.140 | 28 | |
| 18 | 72 | Marco Ravaioli | Aprilia | 19 | +1:07.573 | 24 | |
| 19 | 34 | Randy Krummenacher | KTM | 19 | +1:07.741 | 31 | |
| 20 | 21 | Robin Lässer | Aprilia | 19 | +1:08.849 | 27 | |
| 21 | 48 | Bastien Chesaux | Aprilia | 19 | +1:46.609 | 33 | |
| 22 | 95 | Robert Mureșan | Aprilia | 18 | +1 lap | 30 | |
| Ret | 12 | Esteve Rabat | KTM | 17 | Retirement | 25 | |
| Ret | 51 | Stevie Bonsey | Aprilia | 12 | Retirement | 15 | |
| Ret | 17 | Stefan Bradl | Aprilia | 11 | Retirement | 10 | |
| Ret | 45 | Scott Redding | Aprilia | 11 | Retirement | 11 | |
| Ret | 56 | Hugo van den Berg | Aprilia | 11 | Retirement | 29 | |
| Ret | 35 | Raffaele De Rosa | KTM | 8 | Retirement | 19 | |
| Ret | 99 | Danny Webb | Aprilia | 8 | Retirement | 3 | |
| Ret | 28 | Enrique Jerez | KTM | 8 | Retirement | 32 | |
| Ret | 5 | Alexis Masbou | Loncin | 6 | Retirement | 14 | |
| Ret | 73 | Takaaki Nakagami | Aprilia | 3 | Accident | 21 | |
| DNS | 7 | Efrén Vázquez | Aprilia | 0 | Did not start | 16 | |
| DNS | 36 | Cyril Carrillo | Honda | | Did not start | | |
| 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 seventeen has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 357 |
| 2 | Casey Stoner | 255 |
| 3 | Dani Pedrosa | 229 |
| 4 | Jorge Lorenzo | 182 |
| 5 | Andrea Dovizioso | 161 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Yamaha | 386 |
| 2 | Ducati | 296 |
| 3 | Honda | 295 |
| 4 | Suzuki | 174 |
| 5 | Kawasaki | 86 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.