2008 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix

2008 Portuguese Grand Prix
Race details
Race 3 of 18 races in the; 2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	13 April 2008
Official name	bwin.com Grande Prémio de Portugal
Location	Autódromo do Estoril
Course	Permanent racing facility; 4.182 km (2.599 mi);
MotoGP
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Jorge Lorenzo
Time	1:35.715
Fastest lap
Rider	Jorge Lorenzo
Time	1:37.404
Podium
First	Jorge Lorenzo
Second	Dani Pedrosa
Third	Valentino Rossi
250 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Marco Simoncelli
Time	1:40.257
Fastest lap
Rider	Álvaro Bautista
Time	1:41.425
Podium
First	Álvaro Bautista
Second	Marco Simoncelli
Third	Mika Kallio
125 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Simone Corsi
Time	1:45.367
Fastest lap
Rider	Simone Corsi
Time	1:45.557
Podium
First	Simone Corsi
Second	Joan Olivé
Third	Nicolás Terol

The 2008 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 2008 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 11–13 April 2008 at the Autódromo do Estoril located in Estoril, Portugal.

This race would mark the first start in Grand Prix motorcycle racing for future multiple time MotoGP champion Marc Márquez. Márquez had entered the previous round at Jerez, but withdrew before the race began.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	28	45:53.089	1	25
2	2	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	28	+1.817	2	20
3	46	Valentino Rossi	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	28	+12.723	3	16
4	5	Colin Edwards	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	28	+17.223	5	13
5	21	John Hopkins	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	28	+23.752	10	11
6	1	Casey Stoner	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	28	+26.688	9	10
7	52	James Toseland	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	28	+32.631	6	9
8	7	Chris Vermeulen	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	28	+36.382	13	8
9	65	Loris Capirossi	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	28	+38.268	12	7
10	56	Shinya Nakano	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	28	+39.476	11	6
11	15	Alex de Angelis	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	28	+1:01.306	16	5
12	24	Toni Elías	Alice Team	Ducati	28	+1:03.867	14	4
13	33	Marco Melandri	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	28	+1:09.525	17	3
14	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Alice Team	Ducati	28	+1:09.634	18	2
15	14	Randy de Puniet	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	28	+1:11.542	8	1
16	13	Anthony West	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	28	+1:23.629	15
Ret	69	Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	16	Accident	4
Ret	4	Andrea Dovizioso	JiR Team Scot MotoGP	Honda	15	Accident	7
Sources: ^[2]^[3]^[4]

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	26	44:34.257	2	25
2	58	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	26	+7.050	1	20
3	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	26	+7.063	4	16
4	12	Thomas Lüthi	Aprilia	26	+12.998	8	13
5	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	KTM	26	+14.666	6	11
6	72	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	26	+18.498	5	10
7	60	Julián Simón	KTM	26	+26.812	11	9
8	21	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	26	+28.012	9	8
9	55	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	26	+28.288	10	7
10	52	Lukáš Pešek	Aprilia	26	+36.966	12	6
11	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	26	+38.296	13	5
12	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	26	+52.070	14	4
13	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	Honda	26	+1:13.303	17	3
14	90	Federico Sandi	Aprilia	26	+1:17.592	20	2
15	50	Eugene Laverty	Aprilia	26	+1:21.363	21	1
16	17	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	26	+1:26.355	16
17	54	Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	26	+1:27.438	15
18	10	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	25	+1 lap	22
19	45	Doni Tata Pradita	Yamaha	25	+1 lap	23
Ret	15	Roberto Locatelli	Gilera	23	Retirement	19
Ret	75	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	20	Accident	3
Ret	7	Russell Gómez	Aprilia	11	Retirement	24
Ret	32	Fabrizio Lai	Gilera	4	Retirement	18
Ret	6	Alex Debón	Aprilia	3	Accident	7
Ret	89	Ho Wan Chow	Aprilia	1	Accident	25
DNQ	91	Sérgio Batista	Honda		Did not qualify
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	24	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	23	40:56.168	1	25
2	6	Joan Olivé	Derbi	23	+0.299	6	20
3	18	Nicolás Terol	Aprilia	23	+6.355	3	16
4	51	Stevie Bonsey	Aprilia	23	+14.973	2	13
5	99	Danny Webb	Aprilia	23	+15.532	4	11
6	1	Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	23	+15.868	9	10
7	63	Mike Di Meglio	Derbi	23	+15.875	8	9
8	17	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia	23	+17.887	7	8
9	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	23	+18.123	5	7
10	11	Sandro Cortese	Aprilia	23	+22.613	20	6
11	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	23	+27.490	12	5
12	77	Dominique Aegerter	Derbi	23	+27.544	19	4
13	44	Pol Espargaró	Derbi	23	+28.370	21	3
14	60	Michael Ranseder	Aprilia	23	+28.417	22	2
15	7	Efrén Vázquez	Aprilia	23	+32.713	15	1
16	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	KTM	23	+34.002	11
17	27	Stefano Bianco	Aprilia	23	+47.698	17
18	93	Marc Márquez	KTM	23	+51.637	26
19	73	Takaaki Nakagami	Aprilia	23	+51.679	24
20	5	Alexis Masbou	Loncin	23	+51.717	25
21	45	Scott Redding	Aprilia	23	+1:07.908	10
22	30	Pere Tutusaus	Aprilia	23	+1:15.894	23
23	13	Dino Lombardi	Aprilia	23	+1:19.975	33
24	95	Robert Mureșan	Aprilia	23	+1:39.194	30
25	36	Cyril Carrillo	Honda	23	+1:39.218	34
26	14	Axel Pons	Aprilia	23	+1:43.956	32
27	76	Iván Maestro	Aprilia	22	+1 lap	31
28	37	Karel Pešek	Aprilia	22	+1 lap	35
Ret	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	12	Accident	13
Ret	8	Lorenzo Zanetti	KTM	12	Retirement	28
Ret	22	Pablo Nieto	KTM	11	Retirement	14
Ret	16	Jules Cluzel	Loncin	8	Retirement	27
Ret	12	Esteve Rabat	KTM	7	Retirement	18
Ret	35	Raffaele De Rosa	KTM	6	Accident	16
Ret	56	Hugo van den Berg	Aprilia	0	Accident	29
DNS	19	Roberto Lacalendola	Aprilia		Did not start
WD	69	Louis Rossi	Honda		Withdrew
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round three has concluded.^[5]

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Jorge Lorenzo	61
2	Dani Pedrosa	61
3	Valentino Rossi	47
4	Casey Stoner	40
5	James Toseland	29

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Yamaha	65
2	Honda	61
3	Ducati	40
4	Suzuki	27
5	Kawasaki	24

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

^ "2008 Portuguese MotoGP". Motorpsortmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
^ "2008 Portuguese MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
^ "Classification" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2008.
^ "motogp.com · bwin.com GRANDE PREMIO DE PORTUGAL · MotoGP Race Classification 2008". www.motogp.com.
^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2008. Retrieved 2019-08-23.

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