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2008 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix

{{Infobox Grand Prix motorcycle race report

| Grand Prix = Valencian Community

| flag = Valencia

| Location = Circuit Ricardo Tormo

| Official_Name = Gran Premio Parts Europe de la Comunitat Valenciana{{cite web|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2008-valencia-motogp|title=2008 Valencia MotoGP|date=13 June 2017|website=Motorpsortmagazine.com|access-date=18 May 2018}}

| Course_mi = 2.489

| Course_km = 4.005

| Race_No = 18

| Season_No = 18

| Date = 26 October

| Year = 2008

| Image = Valencia (Ricardo Tormo) track map.svg

| Pole_Rider_MotoGP = Casey Stoner

| Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Country = Australia

| Pole_Time_MotoGP = 1:31.502

| Fast_Rider_MotoGP = Casey Stoner

| Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Country = Australia

| Fast_Time_MotoGP = 1:32.582

| First_Rider_MotoGP = Casey Stoner

| First_Rider_MotoGP_Country = Australia

| Second_Rider_MotoGP = Dani Pedrosa

| Second_Rider_MotoGP_Country = Spain

| Third_Rider_MotoGP = Valentino Rossi

| Third_Rider_MotoGP_Country = Italy

| Pole_Rider_250 = Marco Simoncelli

| Pole_Rider_250_Country = Italy

| Pole_Time_250 = 1:35.408

| Fast_Rider_250 = Mika Kallio

| Fast_Rider_250_Country = Finland

| Fast_Time_250 = 1:35.890

| First_Rider_250 = Marco Simoncelli

| First_Rider_250_Country = Italy

| Second_Rider_250 = Yuki Takahashi

| Second_Rider_250_Country = Japan

| Third_Rider_250 = Álvaro Bautista

| Third_Rider_250_Country = Spain

| Pole_Rider_125 = Gábor Talmácsi

| Pole_Rider_125_Country = Hungary

| Pole_Time_125 = 1:41.451

| Fast_Rider_125 = Mike Di Meglio

| Fast_Rider_125_Country = France

| Fast_Time_125 = 1:40.901

| First_Rider_125 = Simone Corsi

| First_Rider_125_Country = Italy

| Second_Rider_125 = Nicolás Terol

| Second_Rider_125_Country = Spain

| Third_Rider_125 = Mike Di Meglio

| Third_Rider_125_Country = France

}}

The 2008 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the last round of the 2008 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 24–26 October 2008 at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo.

MotoGP classification

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

! Pos.

! No.

! Rider

! Team

! Manufacturer

! Laps

! Time/Retired

! Grid

! Points

1

| 1

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Casey Stoner

| Ducati Marlboro Team

| Ducati

| 30

| 46:46.114

| 1

| 25

2

| 2

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Dani Pedrosa

| Repsol Honda Team

| Honda

| 30

| +3.390

| 2

| 20

3

| 46

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Valentino Rossi

| Fiat Yamaha Team

| Yamaha

| 30

| +12.194

| 10

| 16

4

| 4

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Dovizioso

| JiR Team Scot MotoGP

| Honda

| 30

| +24.159

| 9

| 13

5

| 69

| {{flagicon|USA}} Nicky Hayden

| Repsol Honda Team

| Honda

| 30

| +26.232

| 3

| 11

6

| 5

| {{flagicon|USA}} Colin Edwards

| Tech 3 Yamaha

| Yamaha

| 30

| +32.209

| 4

| 10

7

| 56

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Shinya Nakano

| San Carlo Honda Gresini

| Honda

| 30

| +34.571

| 15

| 9

8

| 48

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Jorge Lorenzo

| Fiat Yamaha Team

| Yamaha

| 30

| +35.661

| 7

| 8

9

| 65

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Loris Capirossi

| Rizla Suzuki MotoGP

| Suzuki

| 30

| +38.228

| 8

| 7

10

| 15

| {{flagicon|SMR}} Alex de Angelis

| San Carlo Honda Gresini

| Honda

| 30

| +47.583

| 16

| 6

11

| 52

| {{flagicon|GBR}} James Toseland

| Tech 3 Yamaha

| Yamaha

| 30

| +52.107

| 5

| 5

12

| 50

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Sylvain Guintoli

| Alice Team

| Ducati

| 30

| +52.350

| 13

| 4

13

| 7

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Chris Vermeulen

| Rizla Suzuki MotoGP

| Suzuki

| 30

| +52.833

| 12

| 3

14

| 21

| {{flagicon|USA}} John Hopkins

| Kawasaki Racing Team

| Kawasaki

| 30

| +53.227

| 14

| 2

15

| 14

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Randy de Puniet

| LCR Honda MotoGP

| Honda

| 30

| +53.411

| 6

| 1

16

| 33

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Marco Melandri

| Ducati Marlboro Team

| Ducati

| 30

| +1:08.387

| 18

|

17

| 13

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Anthony West

| Kawasaki Racing Team

| Kawasaki

| 30

| +1:11.181

| 17

|

18

| 24

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Toni Elías

| Alice Team

| Ducati

| 30

| +1:37.055

| 11

|

colspan=9| Sources:{{cite web|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2008-valencia-motogp|title=2008 Valencia MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database|date=13 June 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2008/MotoGP/VAL/RAC/classification.pdf|title=Classification |date=2008 |website=resources.motogp.com |format=PDF}}

250 cc classification

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

! Pos.

! No.

! Rider

! Manufacturer

! Laps

! Time/Retired

! Grid

! Points

1

| 58

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Marco Simoncelli

| Gilera

| 27

| 43:29.003

| 1

| 25

2

| 72

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yuki Takahashi

| Honda

| 27

| +5.164

| 10

| 20

3

| 19

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Álvaro Bautista

| Aprilia

| 27

| +8.648

| 6

| 16

4

| 15

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Roberto Locatelli

| Gilera

| 27

| +15.605

| 8

| 13

5

| 4

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Hiroshi Aoyama

| KTM

| 27

| +20.991

| 5

| 11

6

| 55

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Héctor Faubel

| Aprilia

| 27

| +22.212

| 9

| 10

7

| 41

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Aleix Espargaró

| Aprilia

| 27

| +23.199

| 12

| 9

8

| 14

| {{flagicon|THA}} Ratthapark Wilairot

| Honda

| 27

| +23.321

| 7

| 8

9

| 75

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Mattia Pasini

| Aprilia

| 27

| +37.424

| 14

| 7

10

| 12

| {{flagicon|CHE}} Thomas Lüthi

| Aprilia

| 27

| +38.887

| 11

| 6

11

| 36

| {{flagicon|FIN}} Mika Kallio

| KTM

| 27

| +44.065

| 4

| 5

12

| 25

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Alex Baldolini

| Aprilia

| 27

| +1:10.999

| 16

| 4

13

| 10

| {{flagicon|HUN}} Imre Tóth

| Aprilia

| 27

| +1:31.950

| 18

| 3

14

| 92

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Daniel Arcas

| Aprilia

| 27

| +1:39.110

| 22

| 2

15

| 35

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Simone Grotzkyj

| Gilera

| 27

| +1:41.209

| 17

| 1

16

| 43

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Manuel Hernández

| Aprilia

| 26

| +1 lap

| 21

|

17

| 17

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Karel Abraham

| Aprilia

| 26

| +1 lap

| 20

|

18

| 90

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Federico Sandi

| Aprilia

| 26

| +1 lap

| 19

|

19

| 45

| {{flagicon|IDN}} Doni Tata Pradita

| Yamaha

| 26

| +1 lap

| 23

|

Ret

| 93

| {{flagicon|HUN}} Alen Győrfi

| Aprilia

| 24

| Accident

| 24

|

Ret

| 6

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Alex Debón

| Aprilia

| 21

| Accident

| 2

|

Ret

| 60

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Julián Simón

| KTM

| 19

| Retirement

| 3

|

Ret

| 32

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Fabrizio Lai

| Gilera

| 12

| Accident

| 15

|

Ret

| 52

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Lukáš Pešek

| Aprilia

| 11

| Accident

| 13

|

Ret

| 94

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Toni Wirsing

| Honda

| 11

| Retirement

| 25

|

colspan=8| [http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2008/250cc/VAL/RAC/classification.pdf OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT]

125 cc classification

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

! Pos.

! No.

! Rider

! Manufacturer

! Laps

! Time/Retired

! Grid

! Points

1

| 24

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Simone Corsi

| Aprilia

| 24

| 40:45.715

| 3

| 25

2

| 18

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Nicolás Terol

| Aprilia

| 24

| +0.106

| 4

| 20

3

| 63

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Mike Di Meglio

| Derbi

| 24

| +0.223

| 7

| 16

4

| 38

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Bradley Smith

| Aprilia

| 24

| +0.776

| 5

| 13

5

| 11

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Sandro Cortese

| Aprilia

| 24

| +1.333

| 11

| 11

6

| 29

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Iannone

| Aprilia

| 24

| +21.578

| 8

| 10

7

| 71

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Tomoyoshi Koyama

| KTM

| 24

| +29.387

| 15

| 9

8

| 45

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Scott Redding

| Aprilia

| 24

| +29.419

| 17

| 8

9

| 22

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Pablo Nieto

| KTM

| 24

| +38.059

| 18

| 7

10

| 12

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Esteve Rabat

| KTM

| 24

| +38.481

| 12

| 6

11

| 8

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Lorenzo Zanetti

| KTM

| 24

| +38.941

| 16

| 5

12

| 7

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Efrén Vázquez

| Aprilia

| 24

| +48.466

| 22

| 4

13

| 40

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Lorenzo Savadori

| Aprilia

| 24

| +48.802

| 26

| 3

14

| 5

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Alexis Masbou

| Loncin

| 24

| +50.340

| 23

| 2

15

| 28

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Enrique Jerez

| KTM

| 24

| +50.575

| 27

| 1

16

| 73

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Takaaki Nakagami

| Aprilia

| 24

| +52.220

| 20

|

17

| 34

| {{flagicon|CHE}} Randy Krummenacher

| KTM

| 24

| +55.047

| 21

|

18

| 94

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Jonas Folger

| KTM

| 24

| +55.139

| 37

|

19

| 16

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Jules Cluzel

| Loncin

| 24

| +55.546

| 25

|

20

| 72

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Marco Ravaioli

| Aprilia

| 24

| +1:00.289

| 31

|

21

| 95

| {{flagicon|ROU}} Robert Mureșan

| Aprilia

| 24

| +1:10.142

| 34

|

22

| 48

| {{flagicon|CHE}} Bastien Chesaux

| Aprilia

| 24

| +1:26.165

| 39

|

23

| 69

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Louis Rossi

| Honda

| 24

| +1:26.407

| 35

|

24

| 78

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Daniel Sáez

| Aprilia

| 24

| +1:41.720

| 33

|

25

| 25

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Cristian Trabalón

| Aprilia

| 23

| +1 lap

| 40

|

DSQ

| 23

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Julián Miralles

| Aprilia

| 22

| (+2 laps)

| 29

|

Ret

| 30

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Pere Tutusaus

| Aprilia

| 23

| Retirement

| 36

|

Ret

| 51

| {{flagicon|USA}} Stevie Bonsey

| Aprilia

| 15

| Accident

| 6

|

Ret

| 6

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Joan Olivé

| Derbi

| 14

| Retirement

| 14

|

Ret

| 26

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Adrián Martín

| Aprilia

| 11

| Accident

| 24

|

Ret

| 35

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Raffaele De Rosa

| KTM

| 8

| Accident

| 19

|

Ret

| 1

| {{flagicon|HUN}} Gábor Talmácsi

| Aprilia

| 6

| Accident

| 1

|

Ret

| 99

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Danny Webb

| Aprilia

| 6

| Accident

| 13

|

Ret

| 21

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Robin Lässer

| Aprilia

| 6

| Accident

| 32

|

Ret

| 77

| {{flagicon|CHE}} Dominique Aegerter

| Derbi

| 3

| Retirement

| 9

|

Ret

| 33

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Sergio Gadea

| Aprilia

| 2

| Accident

| 2

|

Ret

| 17

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Stefan Bradl

| Aprilia

| 2

| Accident

| 10

|

Ret

| 56

| {{flagicon|NLD}} Hugo van den Berg

| Aprilia

| 0

| Accident

| 38

|

Ret

| 75

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Ricard Cardús

| Derbi

| 0

| Accident

| 28

|

DNS

| 44

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Pol Espargaró

| Derbi

| 0

| Not started

| 30

|

colspan=8| [http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2008/125cc/VAL/RAC/classification.pdf OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eighteen has concluded.{{cite web |url=https://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2008/MotoGP/VAL/world%2bstanding.pdf?|title=Standings |date=2008|website=resources.motogp.com |format=PDF|access-date=2019-08-23}}

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;Riders' Championship standings

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

! Rider

! Points

align=center| 1

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Valentino Rossi

|align=right| 373

align=center| 2

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Casey Stoner

|align=right| 280

align=center| 3

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Dani Pedrosa

|align=right| 249

align=center| 4

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Jorge Lorenzo

|align=right| 190

align=center| 5

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Dovizioso

|align=right| 174

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;Constructors' Championship standings

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

! Constructor

! Points

align=center| 1

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yamaha

|align=right| 402

align=center| 2

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Ducati

|align=right| 321

align=center| 3

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Honda

|align=right| 315

align=center| 4

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Suzuki

|align=right| 181

align=center| 5

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Kawasaki

|align=right| 88

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

References

{{Reflist}}

{{MotoGP_race_report

| Name_of_race = Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix

| Year_of_race = 2008

| Previous_race_in_season = 2008 Malaysian Grand Prix

| Next_race_in_season = 2009 Qatar Grand Prix

| Previous_year's_race = 2007 Valencian Grand Prix

| Next_year's_race = 2009 Valencian Grand Prix

}}

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