2008 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix

  2008 Malaysian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 17 of 18 races in the 2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	19 October 2008
Official name	Polini Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix
Location	Sepang International Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.548 km (3.447 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Dani Pedrosa
Time	2:01.548
Fastest lap
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	2:02.249
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi
Second	Dani Pedrosa
Third	Andrea Dovizioso
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Hiroshi Aoyama
Time	2:06.893
Fastest lap
Rider	Álvaro Bautista
Time	2:08.012
Podium
First	Álvaro Bautista
Second	Hiroshi Aoyama
Third	Marco Simoncelli
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Andrea Iannone
Time	2:14.676
Fastest lap
Rider	Sandro Cortese
Time	2:14.710
Podium
First	Gábor Talmácsi
Second	Bradley Smith
Third	Simone Corsi

The 2008 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the penultimate round of the 2008 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 17–19 October 2008 at the Sepang International Circuit.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	21	43:06.007	2	25
2	2	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	21	+4.008	1	20
3	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	21	+8.536	6	16
4	69	Nicky Hayden	Honda	21	+8.858	4	13
5	56	Shinya Nakano	Honda	21	+10.583	15	11
6	1	Casey Stoner	Ducati	21	+13.640	7	10
7	65	Loris Capirossi	Suzuki	21	+15.936	8	9
8	5	Colin Edwards	Yamaha	21	+18.802	5	8
9	7	Chris Vermeulen	Suzuki	21	+23.174	11	7
10	14	Randy de Puniet	Honda	21	+25.516	9	6
11	21	John Hopkins	Kawasaki	21	+27.609	10	5
12	13	Anthony West	Kawasaki	21	+41.399	13	4
13	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Ducati	21	+45.617	16	3
14	15	Alex de Angelis	Honda	21	+49.003	17	2
15	24	Toni Elías	Ducati	21	+59.139	19	1
16	33	Marco Melandri	Ducati	21	+1:03.328	14
17	9	Nobuatsu Aoki	Suzuki	21	+1:48.363	18
Ret	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	12	Retirement	3
Ret	52	James Toseland	Yamaha	2	Accident	12
OFFICIAL MOTOGP REPORT

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	20	42:56.428	2	25
2	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	KTM	20	+2.586	1	20
3	58	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	20	+8.343	3	16
4	72	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	20	+11.032	8	13
5	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	20	+13.846	6	11
6	6	Alex Debón	Aprilia	20	+14.274	9	10
7	15	Roberto Locatelli	Gilera	20	+15.101	15	9
8	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	Honda	20	+16.987	5	8
9	12	Thomas Lüthi	Aprilia	20	+25.356	14	7
10	52	Lukáš Pešek	Aprilia	20	+26.846	13	6
11	32	Fabrizio Lai	Gilera	20	+49.907	12	5
12	17	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	20	+50.088	18	4
13	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	20	+1:05.816	17	3
14	35	Simone Grotzkyj	Gilera	20	+1:15.544	19	2
15	10	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	20	+1:19.905	16	1
16	43	Manuel Hernández	Aprilia	20	+1:35.890	21
17	92	Daniel Arcas	Aprilia	20	+2:00.717	22
18	45	Doni Tata Pradita	Yamaha	20	+2:28.842	20
Ret	75	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	15	Retirement	11
Ret	60	Julián Simón	KTM	11	Retirement	7
Ret	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	5	Retirement	4
Ret	55	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	4	Accident	10
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	19	43:00.716	2	25
2	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	19	+3.416	13	20
3	24	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	19	+6.896	8	16
4	11	Sandro Cortese	Aprilia	19	+6.925	18	13
5	63	Mike Di Meglio	Derbi	19	+7.115	9	11
6	44	Pol Espargaró	Derbi	19	+15.122	4	10
7	6	Joan Olivé	Derbi	19	+21.805	6	9
8	77	Dominique Aegerter	Derbi	19	+21.869	22	8
9	18	Nicolás Terol	Aprilia	19	+21.958	12	7
10	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	19	+23.615	1	6
11	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	KTM	19	+23.651	7	5
12	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	19	+35.224	5	4
13	8	Lorenzo Zanetti	KTM	19	+40.502	20	3
14	22	Pablo Nieto	KTM	19	+51.404	17	2
15	26	Adrián Martín	Aprilia	19	+55.726	26	1
16	16	Jules Cluzel	Loncin	19	+56.537	23
17	94	Jonas Folger	KTM	19	+1:07.140	28
18	72	Marco Ravaioli	Aprilia	19	+1:07.573	24
19	34	Randy Krummenacher	KTM	19	+1:07.741	31
20	21	Robin Lässer	Aprilia	19	+1:08.849	27
21	48	Bastien Chesaux	Aprilia	19	+1:46.609	33
22	95	Robert Mureșan	Aprilia	18	+1 lap	30
Ret	12	Esteve Rabat	KTM	17	Retirement	25
Ret	51	Stevie Bonsey	Aprilia	12	Retirement	15
Ret	17	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia	11	Retirement	10
Ret	45	Scott Redding	Aprilia	11	Retirement	11
Ret	56	Hugo van den Berg	Aprilia	11	Retirement	29
Ret	35	Raffaele De Rosa	KTM	8	Retirement	19
Ret	99	Danny Webb	Aprilia	8	Retirement	3
Ret	28	Enrique Jerez	KTM	8	Retirement	32
Ret	5	Alexis Masbou	Loncin	6	Retirement	14
Ret	73	Takaaki Nakagami	Aprilia	3	Accident	21
DNS	7	Efrén Vázquez	Aprilia	0	Did not start	16
DNS	36	Cyril Carrillo	Honda		Did not start
WD	93	Marc Márquez	KTM		Withdrew
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

References

• "MotoGP official website". Retrieved 2008-10-19.