# 2008 Phillip Island Superbike World Championship round

The 2008 Phillip Island Superbike World Championship round was the 2nd round of the 2008 Superbike World Championship season. It took place on the weekend of 29 February – 2 March 2008, at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit near Cowes, Victoria, Australia.

## Superbike race 1 classification

| Pos | No | Rider | Bike | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 21 | Troy Bayliss | Ducati 1098 F08 | 22 | 34:22.933 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 11 | Troy Corser | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 22 | +4.221 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 84 | Michel Fabrizio | Ducati 1098 F08 | 22 | +4.738 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 111 | Rubén Xaus | Ducati 1098 RS 08 | 22 | +5.171 | 11 | 13 |
| 5 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | 22 | +5.543 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Honda CBR1000RR | 22 | +5.895 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 76 | Max Neukirchner | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | 22 | +5.964 | 8 | 9 |
| 8 | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 22 | +14.826 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | 23 | Ryuichi Kiyonari | Honda CBR1000RR | 22 | +18.899 | 19 | 7 |
| 10 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Honda CBR1000RR | 22 | +20.633 | 13 | 6 |
| 11 | 36 | Gregorio Lavilla | Honda CBR1000RR | 22 | +21.601 | 14 | 5 |
| 12 | 31 | Karl Muggeridge | Honda CBR1000RR | 22 | +29.281 | 12 | 4 |
| 13 | 57 | Lorenzo Lanzi | Ducati 1098 RS 08 | 22 | +29.500 | 17 | 3 |
| 14 | 54 | Kenan Sofuoğlu | Honda CBR1000RR | 22 | +30.030 | 21 | 2 |
| 15 | 38 | Shinichi Nakatomi | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 22 | +30.223 | 22 | 1 |
| 16 | 194 | Sébastien Gimbert | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 22 | +30.800 | 20 | |
| 17 | 83 | Russell Holland | Honda CBR1000RR | 22 | +50.107 | 9 | |
| 18 | 88 | Shuhei Aoyama | Honda CBR1000RR | 22 | +1:07.385 | 24 | |
| Ret | 3 | Max Biaggi | Ducati 1098 RS 08 | 15 | Accident | 16 | |
| Ret | 100 | Makoto Tamada | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 12 | Retirement | 18 | |
| Ret | 86 | Ayrton Badovini | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 9 | Retirement | 25 | |
| Ret | 77 | Loïc Napoleone | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 7 | Retirement | 27 | |
| Ret | 55 | Régis Laconi | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 6 | Retirement | 10 | |
| Ret | 96 | Jakub Smrž | Ducati 1098 RS 08 | 2 | Accident | 6 | |
| Ret | 94 | David Checa | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 0 | Retirement | 15 | |
| DNS | 22 | Luca Morelli | Honda CBR1000RR | | Not started | 26 | |
| DNS | 13 | Vittorio Iannuzzo | Kawasaki ZX-10R | | Not started | 23 | |
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## Superbike race 2 classification

| Pos | No | Rider | Bike | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 21 | Troy Bayliss | Ducati 1098 F08 | 22 | 34:35.284 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Honda CBR1000RR | 22 | +1.127 | 4 | 20 |
| 3 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | 22 | +4.395 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 111 | Rubén Xaus | Ducati 1098 RS 08 | 22 | +6.621 | 11 | 13 |
| 5 | 76 | Max Neukirchner | Suzuki GSX-R1000 | 22 | +11.550 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | 23 | Ryuichi Kiyonari | Honda CBR1000RR | 22 | +11.620 | 19 | 10 |
| 7 | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 22 | +12.049 | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | 36 | Gregorio Lavilla | Honda CBR1000RR | 22 | +12.134 | 14 | 8 |
| 9 | 83 | Russell Holland | Honda CBR1000RR | 22 | +13.462 | 9 | 7 |
| 10 | 31 | Karl Muggeridge | Honda CBR1000RR | 22 | +15.519 | 12 | 6 |
| 11 | 54 | Kenan Sofuoğlu | Honda CBR1000RR | 22 | +16.225 | 21 | 5 |
| 12 | 94 | David Checa | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 22 | +21.959 | 15 | 4 |
| 13 | 194 | Sébastien Gimbert | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 22 | +21.989 | 20 | 3 |
| 14 | 100 | Makoto Tamada | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 22 | +29.106 | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 38 | Shinichi Nakatomi | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 22 | +29.219 | 22 | 1 |
| 16 | 44 | Roberto Rolfo | Honda CBR1000RR | 22 | +32.994 | 13 | |
| 17 | 55 | Régis Laconi | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 22 | +34.380 | 10 | |
| 18 | 96 | Jakub Smrž | Ducati 1098 RS 08 | 22 | +42.537 | 6 | |
| 19 | 84 | Michel Fabrizio | Ducati 1098 F08 | 22 | +46.623 | 3 | |
| 20 | 57 | Lorenzo Lanzi | Ducati 1098 RS 08 | 22 | +47.030 | 17 | |
| 21 | 86 | Ayrton Badovini | Kawasaki ZX-10R | 22 | +1:08.601 | 25 | |
| Ret | 3 | Max Biaggi | Ducati 1098 RS 08 | 6 | Accident | 16 | |
| Ret | 11 | Troy Corser | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 4 | Accident | 2 | |
| Ret | 88 | Shuhei Aoyama | Honda CBR1000RR | 3 | Retirement | 24 | |
| Ret | 77 | Loïc Napoleone | Yamaha YZF-R1 | 3 | Retirement | 27 | |
| DNS | 22 | Luca Morelli | Honda CBR1000RR | | Not started | 26 | |
| DNS | 13 | Vittorio Iannuzzo | Kawasaki ZX-10R | | Not started | 23 | |
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## Supersport race classification

| Pos | No | Rider | Bike | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 88 | Andrew Pitt | Honda CBR600RR | 21 | 33:51.257 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 25 | Josh Brookes | Honda CBR600RR | 21 | +0.062 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 127 | Robbin Harms | Honda CBR600RR | 21 | +0.597 | 6 | 16 |
| 4 | 99 | Fabien Foret | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 21 | +0.780 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 65 | Jonathan Rea | Honda CBR600RR | 21 | +0.976 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | 24 | Garry McCoy | Triumph 675 | 21 | +1.228 | 17 | 10 |
| 7 | 26 | Joan Lascorz | Honda CBR600RR | 21 | +6.590 | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | 105 | Gianluca Vizziello | Honda CBR600RR | 21 | +10.266 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 55 | Massimo Roccoli | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 21 | +10.594 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 69 | Gianluca Nannelli | Honda CBR600RR | 21 | +10.991 | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | 47 | Ivan Clementi | Triumph 675 | 21 | +16.068 | 8 | 5 |
| 12 | 8 | Mark Aitchison | Triumph 675 | 21 | +16.245 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 81 | Graeme Gowland | Honda CBR600RR | 21 | +16.355 | 20 | 3 |
| 14 | 9 | Chris Walker | Kawasaki ZX-6R | 21 | +16.526 | 16 | 2 |
| 15 | 31 | Vesa Kallio | Honda CBR600RR | 21 | +17.270 | 24 | 1 |
| 16 | 18 | Craig Jones | Honda CBR600RR | 21 | +17.480 | 12 | |
| 17 | 14 | Matthieu Lagrive | Honda CBR600RR | 21 | +20.948 | 22 | |
| 18 | 44 | David Salom | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 21 | +36.396 | 11 | |
| 19 | 4 | Lorenzo Alfonsi | Kawasaki ZX-6R | 21 | +45.078 | 28 | |
| 20 | 77 | Barry Veneman | Suzuki GSX-R600 | 21 | +46.640 | 21 | |
| 21 | 17 | Miguel Praia | Honda CBR600RR | 21 | +52.165 | 29 | |
| 22 | 121 | Arnaud Vincent | Kawasaki ZX-6R | 21 | +57.732 | 34 | |
| 23 | 199 | Danilo Dell'Omo | Honda CBR600RR | 21 | +57.879 | 26 | |
| 24 | 15 | Gergő Talmácsi | Honda CBR600RR | 21 | +58.409 | 32 | |
| 25 | 38 | Grégory Leblanc | Honda CBR600RR | 21 | +1:04.267 | 23 | |
| 26 | 75 | Luka Nedog | Honda CBR600RR | 21 | +1:07.943 | 31 | |
| 27 | 72 | Attila Magda | Honda CBR600RR | 21 | +1:08.158 | 35 | |
| 28 | 32 | Mirko Giansanti | Honda CBR600RR | 21 | +1:23.152 | 25 | |
| 29 | 888 | Josep Pedro Subirats | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 20 | +1 lap | 36 | |
| 30 | 51 | Santiago Barragán | Honda CBR600RR | 18 | +3 laps | 33 | |
| Ret | 57 | Ilario Dionisi | Triumph 675 | 7 | Retirement | 27 | |
| Ret | 37 | William de Angelis | Honda CBR600RR | 6 | Retirement | 30 | |
| Ret | 21 | Katsuaki Fujiwara | Kawasaki ZX-6R | 2 | Retirement | 15 | |
| Ret | 23 | Broc Parkes | Yamaha YZF-R6 | 2 | Retirement | 3 | |
| Ret | 61 | Andrea Antonelli | Honda CBR600RR | 1 | Accident | 19 | |
| DNS | 83 | Didier Van Keymeulen | Suzuki GSX-R600 | | Not started | 18 | |
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