2008 Brands Hatch Superbike World Championship round

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  2008 Brands Hatch Superbike World Championship round

Round details
Round 10 of 14 rounds in the 2008 Superbike World Championship. and Round 9 of 13 rounds in the 2008 Supersport World Championship.
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Date	August 3, 2008
Location	Brands Hatch
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.702 km (2.300 mi)
Superbike World Championship
Pole position Troy Bayliss 1:25.656 Fastest lap race 1 Fastest lap race 2 Ryuichi Kiyonari Michel Fabrizio 1:26.560 1:26.362
Supersport World Championship
Pole position Matthieu Lagrive 1:28.003 Fastest lap Andrew Pitt 1:28.399

The 2008 Brands Hatch Superbike World Championship round was the tenth round of the 2008 Superbike World Championship. It took place on the weekend of August 1–3, 2008, at the Brands Hatch circuit. The round was marred by the death of Craig Jones during the Supersport race.

Superbike race 1 classification[]

Pos	No	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	23	Ryuichi Kiyonari	Honda CBR1000RR	25	36:18.607	3	25
2	21	Troy Bayliss	Ducati 1098 F08	25	+0.137	1	20
3	3	Max Biaggi	Ducati 1098 RS 08	25	+0.180	7	16
4	34	Yukio Kagayama	Suzuki GSX-R1000	25	+5.733	9	13
5	10	Fonsi Nieto	Suzuki GSX-R1000	25	+6.499	10	11
6	7	Carlos Checa	Honda CBR1000RR	25	+6.984	11	10
7	76	Max Neukirchner	Suzuki GSX-R1000	25	+8.300	8	9
8	11	Troy Corser	Yamaha YZF-R1	25	+10.732	5	8
9	96	Jakub Smrz	Ducati 1098 RS 08	25	+16.547	4	7
10	44	Roberto Rolfo	Honda CBR1000RR	25	+16.569	19	6
11	57	Lorenzo Lanzi	Ducati 1098 RS 08	25	+18.366	14	5
12	84	Michel Fabrizio	Ducati 1098 F08	25	+22.308	12	4
13	54	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Honda CBR1000RR	25	+26.788	17	3
14	36	Gregorio Lavilla	Honda CBR1000RR	25	+26.856	13	2
15	9	Chris Walker	Honda CBR1000RR	25	+32.877	23	1
16	31	Karl Muggeridge	Honda CBR1000RR	25	+38.329	16
17	94	David Checa	Yamaha YZF-R1	25	+46.868	20
18	100	Makoto Tamada	Kawasaki ZX-10R	25	+48.417	25
19	41	Noriyuki Haga	Yamaha YZF-R1	25	+58.986	2
20	13	Vittorio Iannuzzo	Kawasaki ZX-10R	25	+1:06.028	26
21	22	Luca Morelli	Honda CBR1000RR	25	+1:09.376	29
22	43	Jason Pridmore	Honda CBR1000RR	25	+1:09.475	27
23	73		Yamaha YZF-R1	25	+1:22.214	30
Ret	55	Régis Laconi	Kawasaki ZX-10R	22	Accident	22
Ret	86	Ayrton Badovini	Kawasaki ZX-10R	16	Retirement	21
Ret	194	Sébastien Gimbert	Yamaha YZF-R1	12	Retirement	18
Ret	66	Tom Sykes	Suzuki GSX-R1000	9	Retirement	6
Ret	17		Yamaha YZF-R1	7	Retirement	28
Ret	88	Shuhei Aoyama	Honda CBR1000RR	3	Retirement	24

Superbike race 2 classification[]

Pos	No	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	23	Ryuichi Kiyonari	Honda CBR1000RR	25	36:14.904	3	25
2	41	Noriyuki Haga	Yamaha YZF-R1	25	+1.848	2	20
3	11	Troy Corser	Yamaha YZF-R1	25	+8.883	5	16
4	76	Max Neukirchner	Suzuki GSX-R1000	25	+11.180	8	13
5	10	Fonsi Nieto	Suzuki GSX-R1000	25	+12.928	10	11
6	84	Michel Fabrizio	Ducati 1098 F08	25	+13.696	12	10
7	66	Tom Sykes	Suzuki GSX-R1000	25	+13.872	6	9
8	7	Carlos Checa	Honda CBR1000RR	25	+14.009	11	8
9	96	Jakub Smrz	Ducati 1098 RS 08	25	+19.065	4	7
10	57	Lorenzo Lanzi	Ducati 1098 RS 08	25	+19.864	14	6
11	21	Troy Bayliss	Ducati 1098 F08	25	+20.479	1	5
12	3	Max Biaggi	Ducati 1098 RS 08	25	+20.621	7	4
13	36	Gregorio Lavilla	Honda CBR1000RR	25	+20.722	13	3
14	44	Roberto Rolfo	Honda CBR1000RR	25	+24.512	19	2
15	9	Chris Walker	Honda CBR1000RR	25	+32.090	23	1
16	55	Régis Laconi	Kawasaki ZX-10R	25	+32.207	22
17	54	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Honda CBR1000RR	25	+32.815	17
18	100	Makoto Tamada	Kawasaki ZX-10R	25	+33.648	25
19	194	Sébastien Gimbert	Yamaha YZF-R1	25	+35.382	18
20	94	David Checa	Yamaha YZF-R1	25	+44.866	20
21	86	Ayrton Badovini	Kawasaki ZX-10R	25	+53.969	21
22	88	Shuhei Aoyama	Honda CBR1000RR	25	+1:00.875	24
23	43	Jason Pridmore	Honda CBR1000RR	25	+1:01.104	27
24	22	Luca Morelli	Honda CBR1000RR	25	+1:04.329	29
25	34	Yukio Kagayama	Suzuki GSX-R1000	24	+1 Lap	9
Ret	31	Karl Muggeridge	Honda CBR1000RR	17	Retirement	16
Ret	13	Vittorio Iannuzzo	Kawasaki ZX-10R	15	Retirement	26
Ret	17		Yamaha YZF-R1	9	Retirement	28
Ret	73		Yamaha YZF-R1	4	Retirement	30

Supersport race classification[]

Pos	No	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	65	Jonathan Rea	Honda CBR600RR	15	22:29.935	2	25
2	18	Craig Jones	Honda CBR600RR	15	+0.209	3	20
3	88	Andrew Pitt	Honda CBR600RR	15	+0.664	9	16
4	23	Broc Parkes	Yamaha YZF-R6	15	+2.816	4	13
5	25	Josh Brookes	Honda CBR600RR	15	+6.789	6	11
6	77	Barry Veneman	Suzuki GSX-R600	15	+9.094	8	10
7	69		Honda CBR600RR	15	+15.048	17	9
8	55	Massimo Roccoli	Yamaha YZF-R6	15	+15.623	10	8
9	27		Triumph 675	15	+18.393	30	7
10	33	Hudson Kennaugh	Yamaha YZF-R6	15	+19.528	12	6
11	22	Steve Plater	Triumph 675	15	+20.034	11	5
12	105	Gianluca Vizziello	Honda CBR600RR	15	+22.696	14	4
13	31	Vesa Kallio	Honda CBR600RR	15	+25.049	19	3
14	26	Joan Lascorz	Honda CBR600RR	15	+27.102	13	2
15	81		Honda CBR600RR	15	+35.504	27	1
16	199		Honda CBR600RR	15	+39.023	24
17	53		Honda CBR600RR	15	+40.820	29
18	19		Triumph 675	15	+43.635	23
19	14	Matthieu Lagrive	Honda CBR600RR	15	+46.776	1
20	30		Honda CBR600RR	15	+47.298	32
21	44	David Salom	Yamaha YZF-R6	15	+47.353	18
22	117		Honda CBR600RR	15	+48.191	33
23	34	Balázs Németh	Honda CBR600RR	15	+49.480	35
24	12		Yamaha YZF-R6	15	+54.083	28
25	37		Honda CBR600RR	15	+59.436	34
26	28		Triumph 675	15	+1:20.165	36
27	4		Honda CBR600RR	15	+1:44.305	25
28	51	Santiago Barragán	Honda CBR600RR	15	+1:55.509	37
Ret	5	Karl Harris	Yamaha YZF-R6	14	Retirement	5
Ret	21	Katsuaki Fujiwara	Kawasaki ZX-6R	12	Retirement	26
Ret	8		Triumph 675	12	Retirement	16
Ret	126	Chris Martin	Kawasaki ZX-6R	11	Retirement	21
Ret	127	Robbin Harms	Honda CBR600RR	8	Retirement	7
Ret	11	Russell Holland	Honda CBR600RR	8	Retirement	15
Ret	83		Suzuki GSX-R600	7	Retirement	20
Ret	17	Miguel Praia	Honda CBR600RR	6	Retirement	31