# 2008 Chinese motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2008 Chinese motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2008 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 2–4 May 2008 at the Shanghai International Circuit.

## MotoGP classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 22 | 44:08.061 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 2 | Dani Pedrosa | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 22 | +3.890 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 1 | Casey Stoner | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 22 | +15.928 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 22 | +22.494 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 22 | +26.957 | 12 | 11 |
| 6 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 22 | +28.369 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Tech 3 Yamaha | Yamaha | 22 | +29.780 | 1 | 9 |
| 8 | 24 | Toni Elías | Alice Team | Ducati | 22 | +30.225 | 15 | 8 |
| 9 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 22 | +31.440 | 6 | 7 |
| 10 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 22 | +35.969 | 13 | 6 |
| 11 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | JiR Team Scot MotoGP | Honda | 22 | +36.246 | 11 | 5 |
| 12 | 52 | James Toseland | Tech 3 Yamaha | Yamaha | 22 | +43.191 | 7 | 4 |
| 13 | 14 | Randy de Puniet | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 22 | +43.442 | 9 | 3 |
| 14 | 21 | John Hopkins | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 22 | +45.855 | 14 | 2 |
| 15 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Alice Team | Ducati | 22 | +46.330 | 17 | 1 |
| 16 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 22 | +50.593 | 16 | |
| 17 | 13 | Anthony West | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 22 | +1:05.593 | 18 | |
| Ret | 7 | Chris Vermeulen | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 6 | Retirement | 8 | |
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## 250 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 36 | Mika Kallio | KTM | 21 | 48:12.217 | 3 | 25 |
| 2 | 4 | Hiroshi Aoyama | KTM | 21 | +3.238 | 11 | 20 |
| 3 | 75 | Mattia Pasini | Aprilia | 21 | +13.811 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Gilera | 21 | +18.474 | 5 | 13 |
| 5 | 6 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 21 | +21.066 | 12 | 11 |
| 6 | 21 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 21 | +25.158 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | 72 | Yuki Takahashi | Honda | 21 | +29.990 | 10 | 9 |
| 8 | 14 | Ratthapark Wilairot | Honda | 21 | +39.871 | 18 | 8 |
| 9 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia | 21 | +48.344 | 15 | 7 |
| 10 | 55 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 21 | +55.470 | 13 | 6 |
| 11 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Gilera | 21 | +55.832 | 9 | 5 |
| 12 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 21 | +1:00.442 | 1 | 4 |
| 13 | 50 | Eugene Laverty | Aprilia | 21 | +1:00.732 | 19 | 3 |
| 14 | 32 | Fabrizio Lai | Gilera | 21 | +1:36.975 | 16 | 2 |
| 15 | 45 | Doni Tata Pradita | Yamaha | 21 | +1:37.080 | 21 | 1 |
| 16 | 10 | Imre Tóth | Aprilia | 21 | +1:45.018 | 22 | |
| 17 | 7 | Russell Gómez | Aprilia | 21 | +2:13.718 | 23 | |
| Ret | 25 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 14 | Retirement | 20 | |
| Ret | 60 | Julián Simón | KTM | 5 | Retirement | 4 | |
| Ret | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Aprilia | 5 | Retirement | 6 | |
| Ret | 17 | Karel Abraham | Aprilia | 4 | Retirement | 17 | |
| Ret | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Aprilia | 2 | Retirement | 14 | |
| Ret | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | 0 | Accident | 8 | |
| OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT ||||||||

## 125 cc classification

| Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia | 19 | 46:02.275 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Derbi | 19 | +3.355 | 3 | 20 |
| 3 | 1 | Gábor Talmácsi | Aprilia | 19 | +3.451 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Derbi | 19 | +14.028 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 17 | Stefan Bradl | Aprilia | 19 | +23.853 | 8 | 11 |
| 6 | 6 | Joan Olivé | Derbi | 19 | +31.962 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 60 | Michael Ranseder | Aprilia | 19 | +33.758 | 18 | 9 |
| 8 | 18 | Nicolás Terol | Aprilia | 19 | +34.696 | 2 | 8 |
| 9 | 35 | Raffaele De Rosa | KTM | 19 | +34.838 | 14 | 7 |
| 10 | 7 | Efrén Vázquez | Aprilia | 19 | +41.011 | 19 | 6 |
| 11 | 12 | Esteve Rabat | KTM | 19 | +41.139 | 22 | 5 |
| 12 | 93 | Marc Márquez | KTM | 19 | +43.677 | 21 | 4 |
| 13 | 71 | Tomoyoshi Koyama | KTM | 19 | +53.489 | 24 | 3 |
| 14 | 51 | Stevie Bonsey | Aprilia | 19 | +54.462 | 16 | 2 |
| 15 | 30 | Pere Tutusaus | Aprilia | 19 | +58.706 | 20 | 1 |
| 16 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Aprilia | 19 | +59.454 | 12 | |
| 17 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Derbi | 19 | +1:10.704 | 13 | |
| 18 | 69 | Louis Rossi | Honda | 19 | +1:47.918 | 32 | |
| 19 | 56 | Hugo van den Berg | Aprilia | 19 | +1:50.406 | 29 | |
| Ret | 34 | Randy Krummenacher | KTM | 16 | Retirement | 31 | |
| Ret | 45 | Scott Redding | Aprilia | 15 | Accident | 23 | |
| Ret | 8 | Lorenzo Zanetti | KTM | 11 | Retirement | 26 | |
| Ret | 99 | Danny Webb | Aprilia | 10 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 95 | Robert Mureșan | Aprilia | 9 | Accident | 30 | |
| Ret | 5 | Alexis Masbou | Loncin | 9 | Retirement | 25 | |
| Ret | 21 | Robin Lässer | Aprilia | 7 | Accident | 27 | |
| Ret | 19 | Roberto Lacalendola | Aprilia | 7 | Accident | 28 | |
| Ret | 38 | Bradley Smith | Aprilia | 6 | Accident | 1 | |
| Ret | 24 | Simone Corsi | Aprilia | 5 | Retirement | 11 | |
| Ret | 73 | Takaaki Nakagami | Aprilia | 4 | Retirement | 17 | |
| Ret | 33 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 1 | Retirement | 9 | |
| DNS | 27 | Stefano Bianco | Aprilia | 0 | Did not start | 15 | |
| DNS | 22 | Pablo Nieto | KTM | | Did not start | | |
| DNS | 16 | Jules Cluzel | Loncin | | Did not start | | |
| OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT ||||||||

## Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round four has concluded.
| Pos. | Rider | Points |
| 1 | Dani Pedrosa | 81 |
| 2 | Jorge Lorenzo | 74 |
| 3 | Valentino Rossi | 72 |
| 4 | Casey Stoner | 56 |
| 5 | Loris Capirossi | 33 |
| Pos. | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | Yamaha | 90 |
| 2 | Honda | 81 |
| 3 | Ducati | 56 |
| 4 | Suzuki | 34 |
| 5 | Kawasaki | 26 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.