# Grand Prix-wegrace van Qatar 2008

De Grand Prix-wegrace van Qatar 2008 was de eerste race van het wereldkampioenschap wegrace-seizoen 2008. De race werd verreden op 9 maart 2008 op het Losail International Circuit nabij Doha, Qatar. De race was historisch omdat het de eerste nachtrace ooit was in de geschiedenis van het wereldkampioenschap.

## Uitslag
### MotoGP

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 1 | Casey Stoner | Ducati | 22 | 42:36.587 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha | 22 | +5.323 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 2 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 22 | +10.600 | 8 | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 22 | +13.288 | 9 | 13 |
| 5 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | 22 | +13.305 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 52 | James Toseland | Yamaha | 22 | +14.040 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Yamaha | 22 | +15.150 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Suzuki | 22 | +32.505 | 13 | 8 |
| 9 | 14 | Randy de Puniet | Honda | 22 | +33.003 | 5 | 7 |
| 10 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Honda | 22 | +38.354 | 6 | 6 |
| 11 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Ducati | 22 | +44.284 | 16 | 5 |
| 12 | 21 | John Hopkins | Kawasaki | 22 | +49.857 | 10 | 4 |
| 13 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Honda | 22 | +49.871 | 15 | 3 |
| 14 | 24 | Toni Elías | Ducati | 22 | +58.532 | 14 | 2 |
| 15 | 12 | Sylvain Guintoli | Ducati | 22 | +58.930 | 17 | 1 |
| 16 | 13 | Anthony West | Kawasaki | 22 | +1:05.643 | 18 | |
| 17 | 7 | Chris Vermeulen | Suzuki | 21 | +1 ronde | 11 | |
| DNF | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Honda | 16 | Ongeluk | 12 | |

### 250 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 75 | Mattia Pasini | Aprilia | 20 | 40:16.202 | 5 | 25 |
| 2 | 21 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 20 | +0.557 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 36 | Mika Kallio | KTM | 20 | +1.029 | 4 | 16 |
| 4 | 6 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 20 | +1.418 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | 72 | Yuki Takahashi | Honda | 20 | +12.944 | 7 | 11 |
| 6 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 20 | +14.480 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | 17 | Karel Abraham | Aprilia | 20 | +16.721 | 11 | 9 |
| 8 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Gilera | 20 | +18.987 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia | 20 | +32.232 | 8 | 7 |
| 10 | 55 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 20 | +41.102 | 15 | 6 |
| 11 | 60 | Julián Simón | KTM | 20 | +41.457 | 14 | 5 |
| 12 | 32 | Fabrizio Lai | Gilera | 20 | +41.694 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 14 | Ratthapark Wilairot | Honda | 20 | +43.192 | 19 | 3 |
| 14 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Gilera | 20 | +44.228 | 18 | 2 |
| 15 | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Aprilia | 20 | +48.760 | 10 | 1 |
| 16 | 4 | Hiroshi Aoyama | KTM | 20 | +1:11.031 | 12 | |
| 17 | 45 | Doni Tata Pradita | Yamaha | 20 | +2:05.461 | 23 | |
| DNF | 25 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 14 | Uitgevallen | 17 | |
| DNF | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Aprilia | 12 | Uitgevallen | 16 | |
| DNF | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Gilera | 7 | Uitgevallen | 6 | |
| DNF | 10 | Imre Tóth | Aprilia | 4 | Uitgevallen | 22 | |
| DNF | 43 | Manuel Hernández | Aprilia | 0 | Uitgevallen | 21 | |
| DNF | 50 | Eugene Laverty | Aprilia | 0 | Uitgevallen | 20 | |

### 125 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 33 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 18 | 38:09.44 | 8 | 25 |
| 2 | 14 | Joan Olivé | Derbi | 18 | +0.932 | 9 | 20 |
| 3 | 17 | Stefan Bradl | Aprilia | 18 | +1.660 | 15 | 16 |
| 4 | 63 | Mike di Meglio | Derbi | 18 | +1.771 | 3 | 13 |
| 5 | 45 | Scott Redding | Aprilia | 18 | +1.819 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 99 | Danny Webb | Aprilia | 18 | +7.689 | 5 | 10 |
| 7 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Aprilia | 18 | +8.684 | 10 | 9 |
| 8 | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Derbi | 18 | +8.693 | 18 | 8 |
| 9 | 7 | Efrén Vázquez | Aprilia | 18 | +9.054 | 19 | 7 |
| 10 | 18 | Nicolás Terol | Aprilia | 18 | +10.902 | 7 | 6 |
| 11 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Aprilia | 18 | +10.945 | 13 | 5 |
| 12 | 1 | Gábor Talmácsi | Aprilia | 18 | +12.618 | 2 | 4 |
| 13 | 27 | Stefano Bianco | Aprilia | 18 | +12.709 | 12 | 3 |
| 14 | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia | 18 | +20.086 | 17 | 2 |
| 15 | 60 | Michael Ranseder | Aprilia | 18 | +23.575 | 22 | 1 |
| 16 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Aprilia | 18 | +23.890 | 1 | |
| 17 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Derbi | 18 | +29.406 | 20 | |
| 18 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | KTM | 18 | +32.891 | 16 | |
| 19 | 73 | Takaaki Nakagami | Aprilia | 18 | +33.346 | 23 | |
| 20 | 30 | Pere Tutusaus | Aprilia | 18 | +33.649 | 26 | |
| 21 | 8 | Lorenzo Zanetti | KTM | 18 | +36.696 | 24 | |
| 22 | 34 | Randy Krummenacher | KTM | 18 | +36.754 | 25 | |
| 23 | 21 | Robin Lasser | Aprilia | 18 | +45.317 | 27 | |
| 24 | 12 | Esteve Rabat | KTM | 18 | +56.440 | 11 | |
| 25 | 69 | Louis Rossi | Honda | 18 | +1:14.502 | 34 | |
| Ret | 35 | Raffaele De Rosa | KTM | 15 | Ongeluk | 6 | |
| Ret | 13 | Dino Lombardi | Aprilia | 11 | Mechanisch | 32 | |
| Ret | 56 | Hugo van den Berg | Aprilia | 10 | Ongeluk | 29 | |
| Ret | 71 | Tomoyoshi Koyama | KTM | 8 | Ongeluk | 21 | |
| Ret | 51 | Stevie Bonsey | Aprilia | 5 | Ongeluk | 14 | |
| Ret | 16 | Jules Cluzel | Loncin | 4 | Ongeluk | 30 | |
| Ret | 5 | Alexis Masbou | Loncin | 1 | Mechanisch | 28 | |
| Ret | 19 | Roberto Lacalendola | Aprilia | 1 | Mechanisch | 33 | |
| Ret | 95 | Robert Mureşan | Aprilia | 0 | Mechanisch | 31 | |

## Tussenstand na wedstrijd
### MotoGP

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 1 | Casey Stoner | Ducati | 25 |
| 2 | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha | 20 |
| 3 | 2 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 16 |
| 4 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 13 |
| 5 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | 11 |

### 250 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 75 | Mattia Pasini | Aprilia | 25 |
| 2 | 21 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 20 |
| 3 | 36 | Mika Kallio | KTM | 16 |
| 4 | 6 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 13 |
| 5 | 72 | Yuki Takahashi | Honda | 11 |

### 125 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 33 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 25 |
| 2 | 14 | Joan Olivé | Derbi | 20 |
| 3 | 17 | Stefan Bradl | Aprilia | 16 |
| 4 | 63 | Mike di Meglio | Derbi | 13 |
| 5 | 45 | Scott Redding | Aprilia | 11 |
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