2008 French motorcycle Grand Prix
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Race 5 of 18 races in the 2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | 18 May 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Alice Grand Prix de France[1][2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Bugatti Circuit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2008 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifth round of the 2008 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 16–18 May 2008 at the Le Mans Bugatti Circuit. It was also the final all-Yamaha podium until the 2014 Australian motorcycle Grand Prix.
MotoGP classification[]
Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 46 | ![]() |
Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 28 | 44:30.799 | 4 | 25 |
2 | 48 | ![]() |
Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 28 | +4.997 | 5 | 20 |
3 | 5 | ![]() |
Tech 3 Yamaha | Yamaha | 28 | +6.805 | 2 | 16 |
4 | 2 | ![]() |
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +10.157 | 1 | 13 |
5 | 7 | ![]() |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 28 | +21.762 | 8 | 11 |
6 | 4 | ![]() |
JiR Team Scot MotoGP | Honda | 28 | +22.395 | 10 | 10 |
7 | 65 | ![]() |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 28 | +27.806 | 11 | 9 |
8 | 69 | ![]() |
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 28 | +27.995 | 6 | 8 |
9 | 14 | ![]() |
LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 28 | +29.344 | 12 | 7 |
10 | 56 | ![]() |
San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 28 | +30.822 | 13 | 6 |
11 | 24 | ![]() |
Alice Team | Ducati | 28 | +35.154 | 14 | 5 |
12 | 15 | ![]() |
San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 28 | +36.216 | 15 | 4 |
13 | 50 | ![]() |
Alice Team | Ducati | 28 | +52.038 | 16 | 3 |
14 | 13 | ![]() |
Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 28 | +1:29.307 | 18 | 2 |
15 | 33 | ![]() |
Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 27 | +1 lap | 17 | 1 |
16 | 1 | ![]() |
Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 26 | +2 laps | 3 | |
Ret | 21 | ![]() |
Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 16 | Broken Chain | 9 | |
Ret | 52 | ![]() |
Tech 3 Yamaha | Yamaha | 2 | Accident | 7 | |
Sources: [4][5] |
250 cc classification[]
Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 6 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 26 | 47:27.406 | 1 | 25 |
2 | 58 | ![]() |
Gilera | 26 | +4.816 | 3 | 20 |
3 | 75 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 26 | +4.998 | 6 | 16 |
4 | 72 | ![]() |
Honda | 26 | +5.770 | 12 | 13 |
5 | 36 | ![]() |
KTM | 26 | +6.197 | 5 | 11 |
6 | 54 | ![]() |
Gilera | 26 | +6.474 | 8 | 10 |
7 | 4 | ![]() |
KTM | 26 | +14.909 | 10 | 9 |
8 | 60 | ![]() |
KTM | 26 | +17.526 | 7 | 8 |
9 | 41 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 26 | +32.925 | 9 | 7 |
10 | 55 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 26 | +36.719 | 13 | 6 |
11 | 12 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 26 | +48.968 | 4 | 5 |
12 | 21 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 26 | +56.837 | 11 | 4 |
13 | 15 | ![]() |
Gilera | 26 | +57.827 | 17 | 3 |
14 | 19 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 26 | +1:05.407 | 2 | 2 |
15 | 14 | ![]() |
Honda | 26 | +1:24.336 | 16 | 1 |
16 | 25 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 26 | +1:24.577 | 21 | |
17 | 90 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 25 | +1 lap | 20 | |
18 | 10 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 25 | +1 lap | 22 | |
19 | 7 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 25 | +1 lap | 23 | |
Ret | 17 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 24 | Accident | 19 | |
Ret | 45 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 24 | Accident | 24 | |
Ret | 52 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 21 | Retirement | 15 | |
Ret | 32 | ![]() |
Gilera | 13 | Retirement | 14 | |
Ret | 50 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 11 | Accident | 18 | |
DNQ | 89 | ![]() |
Aprilia | Did not qualify | |||
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT |
125 cc classification[]
The race was stopped after 14 laps due to rain. It was later restarted for 5 additional laps, with the grid determined by the running order before the suspension. The second part of the race determined the final result.
Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 63 | ![]() |
Derbi | 5 | 10:08.574 | 6 | 25 |
2 | 38 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 5 | +0.800 | 2 | 20 |
3 | 18 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 5 | +3.077 | 7 | 16 |
4 | 44 | ![]() |
Derbi | 5 | +10.407 | 10 | 13 |
5 | 29 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 5 | +11.697 | 18 | 11 |
6 | 17 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 5 | +11.881 | 3 | 10 |
7 | 8 | ![]() |
KTM | 5 | +16.372 | 23 | 9 |
8 | 6 | ![]() |
Derbi | 5 | +16.545 | 11 | 8 |
9 | 35 | ![]() |
KTM | 5 | +19.163 | 17 | 7 |
10 | 34 | ![]() |
KTM | 5 | +22.391 | 30 | 6 |
11 | 11 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 5 | +22.847 | 5 | 5 |
12 | 30 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 5 | +23.195 | 29 | 4 |
13 | 24 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 5 | +23.553 | 4 | 3 |
14 | 1 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 5 | +23.695 | 8 | 2 |
15 | 5 | ![]() |
Loncin | 5 | +24.240 | 19 | 1 |
16 | 73 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 5 | +26.196 | 22 | |
17 | 12 | ![]() |
KTM | 5 | +26.411 | 9 | |
18 | 19 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 5 | +26.895 | 36 | |
19 | 69 | ![]() |
Honda | 5 | +27.446 | 34 | |
20 | 33 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 5 | +31.829 | 1 | |
21 | 99 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 5 | +34.810 | 15 | |
22 | 95 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 5 | +35.190 | 28 | |
23 | 77 | ![]() |
Derbi | 5 | +47.840 | 27 | |
Ret | 60 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 4 | Retirement | 16 | |
Ret | 21 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 2 | Accident | 33 | |
Ret | 52 | ![]() |
Honda | 1 | Accident | 31 | |
Ret | 61 | ![]() |
Loncin | 1 | Accident | 35 | |
Ret | 27 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 21 | |
Ret | 41 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 0 | Did not start second race | 37 | |
Ret | 22 | ![]() |
KTM | 0 | Not classified in first race | 25 | |
Ret | 36 | ![]() |
Honda | 0 | Did not finish first race | 32 | |
Ret | 51 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 0 | Did not finish first race | 13 | |
Ret | 7 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 0 | Did not finish first race | 24 | |
Ret | 93 | ![]() |
KTM | 0 | Did not finish first race | 20 | |
Ret | 71 | ![]() |
KTM | 0 | Did not finish first race | 14 | |
Ret | 45 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 0 | Did not finish first race | 12 | |
Ret | 56 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 0 | Did not finish first race | 26 | |
DNS | 53 | ![]() |
KTM | 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 five has concluded.[6]
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References[]
- ^ "2008 French MotoGP". Motorpsortmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "2008 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". www.progcovers.com.
- ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Le Mans - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ "2008 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
- ^ "Classification" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2008.
- ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2008. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
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