# 2008 German motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2008 German motorcycle Grand Prix was the tenth round of the 2008 MotoGP season. It took place on the weekend of 11–13 July 2008 at the Sachsenring, located in Hohenstein-Ernstthal, Germany.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Casey Stoner | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 30 | 47:30.057 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 30 | +3.708 | 7 | 20 |
| 3 | 7 | Chris Vermeulen | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 30 | +14.002 | 14 | 16 |
| 4 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 30 | +14.124 | 10 | 13 |
| 5 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | JiR Team Scot MotoGP | Honda | 30 | +42.022 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Alice Team | Ducati | 30 | +46.648 | 15 | 10 |
| 7 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 30 | +1:04.483 | 13 | 9 |
| 8 | 14 | Randy de Puniet | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 30 | +1:04.588 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 30 | +1:16.773 | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | 13 | Anthony West | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 30 | +1:29.275 | 17 | 6 |
| 11 | 52 | James Toseland | Tech 3 Yamaha | Yamaha | 29 | +1 lap | 11 | 5 |
| 12 | 24 | Toni Elías | Alice Team | Ducati | 29 | +1 lap | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +2 laps | 8 | 3 |
| Ret | 5 | Colin Edwards | Tech 3 Yamaha | Yamaha | 20 | Accident | 3 | |
| Ret | 33 | Marco Melandri | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 9 | Accident | 16 | |
| Ret | 2 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 5 | Accident | 2 | |
| Ret | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 2 | Accident | 5 | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Gilera | 29 | 45:36.703 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 21 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 29 | +2.257 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 29 | +2.423 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 36 | Mika Kallio | KTM | 29 | +4.150 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 60 | Julián Simón | KTM | 29 | +4.846 | 2 | 11 |
| 6 | 75 | Mattia Pasini | Aprilia | 29 | +8.132 | 13 | 10 |
| 7 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Aprilia | 29 | +38.302 | 14 | 9 |
| 8 | 4 | Hiroshi Aoyama | KTM | 29 | +48.926 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 72 | Yuki Takahashi | Honda | 29 | +50.062 | 10 | 7 |
| 10 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Gilera | 29 | +51.670 | 8 | 6 |
| 11 | 25 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 29 | +1:08.796 | 21 | 5 |
| 12 | 32 | Fabrizio Lai | Gilera | 29 | +1:08.962 | 7 | 4 |
| 13 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia | 29 | +1:11.351 | 12 | 3 |
| 14 | 55 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 29 | +1:11.654 | 11 | 2 |
| 15 | 50 | Eugene Laverty | Aprilia | 29 | +1:13.856 | 19 | 1 |
| 16 | 14 | Ratthapark Wilairot | Honda | 29 | +1:29.976 | 17 | |
| 17 | 10 | Imre Tóth | Aprilia | 28 | +1 lap | 22 | |
| 18 | 93 | Alen Győrfi | Honda | 28 | +1 lap | 26 | |
| 19 | 45 | Doni Tata Pradita | Yamaha | 28 | +1 lap | 24 | |
| 20 | 94 | Toni Wirsing | Honda | 27 | +2 laps | 25 | |
| Ret | 90 | Federico Sandi | Aprilia | 22 | Accident | 18 | |
| Ret | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Aprilia | 18 | Accident | 15 | |
| Ret | 17 | Karel Abraham | Aprilia | 3 | Accident | 16 | |
| Ret | 6 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 3 | Retirement | 6 | |
| Ret | 7 | Russell Gómez | Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 23 | |
| DNS | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | 0 | Did not start | 20 | |
| DNQ | 89 | Ho Wan Chow | Aprilia | | Did not qualify | | |
| OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT ||||||||

## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Derbi | 27 | 40:03.710 | 6 | 25 |
| 2 | 17 | Stefan Bradl | Aprilia | 27 | +2.010 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 1 | Gábor Talmácsi | Aprilia | 27 | +2.733 | 1 | 16 |
| 4 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Aprilia | 27 | +2.847 | 2 | 13 |
| 5 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Aprilia | 27 | +9.117 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Aprilia | 27 | +9.249 | 9 | 10 |
| 7 | 18 | Nicolás Terol | Aprilia | 27 | +9.257 | 14 | 9 |
| 8 | 45 | Scott Redding | Aprilia | 27 | +30.778 | 16 | 8 |
| 9 | 93 | Marc Márquez | KTM | 27 | +33.034 | 19 | 7 |
| 10 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Derbi | 27 | +33.121 | 21 | 6 |
| 11 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia | 27 | +33.134 | 24 | 5 |
| 12 | 30 | Pere Tutusaus | Aprilia | 27 | +33.171 | 31 | 4 |
| 13 | 87 | Marcel Schrötter | Honda | 27 | +33.208 | 20 | 3 |
| 14 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | KTM | 27 | +33.755 | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 7 | Efrén Vázquez | Aprilia | 27 | +34.554 | 23 | 1 |
| 16 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Derbi | 27 | +37.776 | 15 | |
| 17 | 51 | Stevie Bonsey | Aprilia | 27 | +37.872 | 13 | |
| 18 | 73 | Takaaki Nakagami | Aprilia | 27 | +54.240 | 25 | |
| 19 | 85 | Marvin Fritz | Seel | 27 | +58.249 | 30 | |
| 20 | 5 | Alexis Masbou | Loncin | 27 | +1:14.202 | 33 | |
| 21 | 69 | Louis Rossi | Honda | 27 | +1:15.255 | 39 | |
| 22 | 95 | Robert Mureșan | Aprilia | 27 | +1:16.356 | 32 | |
| 23 | 72 | Marco Ravaioli | Aprilia | 27 | +1:16.854 | 35 | |
| 24 | 41 | Tobias Siegert | Aprilia | 26 | +1 lap | 37 | |
| DSQ | 12 | Esteve Rabat | KTM | 27 | (+32.311) | 10 | |
| Ret | 8 | Lorenzo Zanetti | KTM | 25 | Retirement | 27 | |
| Ret | 71 | Tomoyoshi Koyama | KTM | 24 | Accident | 7 | |
| Ret | 35 | Raffaele De Rosa | KTM | 22 | Retirement | 8 | |
| Ret | 16 | Jules Cluzel | Loncin | 19 | Retirement | 26 | |
| Ret | 33 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 15 | Retirement | 12 | |
| Ret | 21 | Robin Lässer | Aprilia | 15 | Retirement | 28 | |
| Ret | 6 | Joan Olivé | Derbi | 14 | Retirement | 5 | |
| Ret | 88 | Sebastian Kreuziger | Honda | 14 | Retirement | 34 | |
| Ret | 60 | Michael Ranseder | Aprilia | 12 | Retirement | 22 | |
| Ret | 48 | Bastien Chesaux | Aprilia | 9 | Retirement | 38 | |
| Ret | 99 | Danny Webb | Aprilia | 5 | Retirement | 11 | |
| Ret | 56 | Hugo van den Berg | Aprilia | 4 | Retirement | 29 | |
| Ret | 34 | Randy Krummenacher | KTM | 3 | Retirement | 17 | |
| Ret | 86 | Eric Hübsch | Aprilia | 2 | Accident | 36 | |
| OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT ||||||||

## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round ten has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Valentino Rossi | 187 |
| 2 | Dani Pedrosa | 171 |
| 3 | Casey Stoner | 167 |
| 4 | Jorge Lorenzo | 114 |
| 5 | Colin Edwards | 98 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Yamaha | 216 |
| 2 | Honda | 184 |
| 3 | Ducati | 172 |
| 4 | Suzuki | 96 |
| 5 | Kawasaki | 47 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.