# Grand Prix-wegrace van Japan 2008

De Grand Prix-wegrace van Japan 2008 was de vijftiende race van het wereldkampioenschap wegrace-seizoen 2008. De race werd verreden op 28 september 2008 op de Twin Ring Motegi nabij Motegi, Japan.
Met zijn vijfde overwinning op een rij werd Valentino Rossi gekroond tot MotoGP-kampioen. Het was zijn vijfde kampioenschap in deze klasse.

## Uitslag
### MotoGP

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | 24 | 43:09.599 | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | 1 | Casey Stoner | Ducati | 24 | +1.943 | 2 | 20 |
| 3 | 2 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 24 | +4.866 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha | 24 | +6.165 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Honda | 24 | +24.593 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Suzuki | 24 | +25.685 | 6 | 10 |
| 7 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Yamaha | 24 | +25.918 | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Honda | 24 | +26.003 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 24 | +26.219 | 13 | 7 |
| 10 | 21 | John Hopkins | Kawasaki | 24 | +37.131 | 11 | 6 |
| 11 | 52 | James Toseland | Yamaha | 24 | +37.574 | 10 | 5 |
| 12 | 14 | Randy de Puniet | Honda | 24 | +38.020 | 8 | 4 |
| 13 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Ducati | 24 | +39.768 | 16 | 3 |
| 14 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Ducati | 24 | +45.846 | 15 | 2 |
| 15 | 13 | Anthony West | Kawasaki | 24 | +55.748 | 17 | 1 |
| 16 | 24 | Toni Elías | Ducati | 24 | +59.320 | 14 | |
| 17 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Honda | 24 | +1:12.398 | 18 | |
| DNF | 7 | Chris Vermeulen | Suzuki | 16 | Uitgevallen | 12 | |
| DNF | 64 | Kousuke Akiyoshi | Suzuki | 0 | Ongeluk | 19 | |

### 250 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Gilera | 23 | 43:09.385 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 23 | +0.348 | 5 | 20 |
| 3 | 6 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 23 | +8.414 | 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 60 | Julián Simón | KTM | 23 | +9.151 | 7 | 13 |
| 5 | 36 | Mika Kallio | KTM | 23 | +17.041 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | 72 | Yuki Takahashi | Honda | 23 | +19.632 | 8 | 10 |
| 7 | 41 | Aleix Espargaró | Aprilia | 23 | +19.892 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 75 | Mattia Pasini | Aprilia | 23 | +20.442 | 11 | 8 |
| 9 | 4 | Hiroshi Aoyama | KTM | 23 | +22.303 | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | 15 | Roberto Locatelli | Gilera | 23 | +22.387 | 10 | 6 |
| 11 | 55 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 23 | +32.851 | 6 | 5 |
| 12 | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Aprilia | 23 | +48.621 | 13 | 4 |
| 13 | 14 | Ratthapark Wilairot | Honda | 23 | +48.803 | 15 | 3 |
| 14 | 66 | Shoya Tomizawa | Honda | 23 | +49.572 | 14 | 2 |
| 15 | 32 | Fabrizio Lai | Gilera | 23 | +58.045 | 16 | 1 |
| 16 | 25 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 23 | +58.362 | 18 | |
| 17 | 65 | Takumi Takahashi | Honda | 23 | +1:15.062 | 17 | |
| 18 | 45 | Doni Tata Pradita | Yamaha | 23 | +1:49.930 | 20 | |
| 19 | 43 | Manuel Hernández | Aprilia | 23 | +1:58.603 | 21 | |
| 20 | 92 | Daniel Arcas | Honda | 22 | +1 ronde | 22 | |
| 21 | 69 | Takumi Endoh | Yamaha | 22 | +1 ronde | 26 | |
| 22 | 10 | Imre Tóth | Aprilia | 22 | +1 ronde | 25 | |
| 23 | 68 | Yuuki Ito | Yamaha | 20 | +3 ronden | 24 | |
| DNF | 35 | Simone Grotzkyj | Gilera | 0 | Ongeluk | 19 | |
| DNS | 67 | Kazuki Watanabe | Yamaha | 0 | Niet gestart | 23 | |
| DNS | 21 | Héctor Barbera | Aprilia | 0 | Niet gestart | 12 | |
| DNS | 17 | Karel Abraham | Aprilia | 0 | Niet gestart | 27 | |

### 125 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Constructeur | Rondes | Tijd | Grid | Punten |
| 1 | 17 | Stefan Bradl | Aprilia | 20 | 39:57.228 | 2 | 25 |
| 2 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Derbi | 20 | +0.151 | 1 | 20 |
| 3 | 1 | Gábor Talmácsi | Aprilia | 20 | +0.281 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | 6 | Joan Olivé | Derbi | 20 | +5.945 | 12 | 13 |
| 5 | 18 | Nicolás Terol | Aprilia | 20 | +6.072 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Aprilia | 20 | +6.135 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Aprilia | 20 | +6.455 | 15 | 9 |
| 8 | 45 | Scott Redding | Aprilia | 20 | +25.393 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 | 33 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 20 | +25.537 | 10 | 7 |
| 10 | 99 | Danny Webb | Aprilia | 20 | +26.192 | 18 | 6 |
| 11 | 71 | Tomoyoshi Koyama | KTM | 20 | +27.307 | 11 | 5 |
| 12 | 35 | Raffaele De Rosa | KTM | 20 | +39.536 | 19 | 4 |
| 13 | 73 | Takaaki Nakagami | Aprilia | 20 | +43.745 | 20 | 3 |
| 14 | 7 | Efrén Vázquez | Aprilia | 20 | +51.629 | 16 | 2 |
| 15 | 5 | Alexis Masbou | Loncin | 20 | +51.899 | 22 | 1 |
| 16 | 94 | Jonas Folger | Aprilia | 20 | +51.931 | 31 | |
| 17 | 8 | Lorenzo Zanetti | KTM | 20 | +51.962 | 23 | |
| 18 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | KTM | 20 | +52.589 | 28 | |
| 19 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Derbi | 20 | +56.837 | 7 | |
| 20 | 51 | Steve Bonsey | Aprilia | 20 | +56.977 | 17 | |
| 21 | 72 | Marco Ravaioli | Aprilia | 20 | +58.626 | 30 | |
| 22 | 58 | Yuuichi Yanagisawa | Honda | 20 | +59.926 | 32 | |
| 23 | 21 | Robin Lässer | Aprilia | 20 | +1:09.782 | 25 | |
| 24 | 59 | Hiroki Ono | Honda | 20 | +1:14.883 | 35 | |
| 25 | 26 | Adrián Martín | Aprilia | 20 | +1:26.120 | 29 | |
| 26 | 36 | Cyril Carrillo | Honda | 20 | +1:29.130 | 37 | |
| DNF | 38 | Bradley Smith | Aprilia | 16 | Uitgevallen | 14 | |
| DNF | 62 | Kazuma Watanabe | Honda | 16 | Uitgevallen | 34 | |
| DNF | 60 | Michael Ranseder | Aprilia | 14 | Uitgevallen | 24 | |
| DNF | 57 | Iori Namihira | Honda | 11 | Uitgevallen | 26 | |
| DNF | 50 | Hiroomi Iwata | Honda | 10 | Uitgevallen | 27 | |
| DNF | 48 | Bastien Chesaux | Aprilia | 8 | Ongeluk | 39 | |
| DNF | 95 | Robert Mureşan | Aprilia | 6 | Ongeluk | 33 | |
| DNF | 12 | Esteve Rabat | KTM | 0 | Ongeluk | 21 | |
| DNF | 16 | Jules Cluzel | Loncin | 0 | Ongeluk | 36 | |
| DNF | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia | 0 | Ongeluk | 9 | |
| DNF | 44 | Pol Espargaró | Derbi | 0 | Ongeluk | 8 | |
| DNF | 55 | Hugo van den Berg | Aprilia | 0 | Ongeluk | 38 | |
| DNF | 93 | Marc Márquez | KTM | 0 | Ongeluk | 13 | |

## Tussenstand na wedstrijd
### MotoGP

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | 312 |
| 2 | 1 | Casey Stoner | Ducati | 220 |
| 3 | 2 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 209 |
| 4 | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha | 169 |
| 5 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 136 |

### 250 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Gilera | 215 |
| 2 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 183 |
| 3 | 36 | Mika Kallio | KTM | 175 |
| 4 | 6 | Alex Debón | Aprilia | 155 |
| 5 | 21 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 142 |

### 125 cc

| Pos | Nr | Rijder | Team | Punten |
| 1 | 63 | Mike di Meglio | Derbi | 212 |
| 2 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Aprilia | 176 |
| 3 | 17 | Stefan Bradl | Aprilia | 167 |
| 4 | 1 | Gábor Talmácsi | Aprilia | 165 |
| 5 | 18 | Nicolás Terol | Aprilia | 149 |
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