2008 Valencia Superbike World Championship round

  2008 Spanish Superbike World Championship round

Round details
Round 3 of 14 rounds in the 2008 Superbike World Championship. and Round 3 of 13 rounds in the 2008 Supersport World Championship.
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Date	April 6, 2008
Location	Valencia
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.005 km (2.489 mi)
Superbike World Championship
Pole position Max Neukirchner 1:33.805 Fastest lap race 1 Fastest lap race 2 Noriyuki Haga Carlos Checa 1:35.131 1:35.322
Supersport World Championship
Pole position Andrew Pitt 1:36.773 Fastest lap Broc Parkes 1:37.590

The 2008 Valencia Superbike World Championship round was the third round of the 2008 Superbike World Championship. It took take place on the weekend of April 4-6, 2008, at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, Spain.

Superbike race 1 classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	57	Lorenzo Lanzi	Ducati 1098 RS 08	23	37:01.894	5	25
2	21	Troy Bayliss	Ducati 1098 F08	23	+2.987	3	20
3	11	Troy Corser	Yamaha YZF-R1	23	+7.287	8	16
4	10	Fonsi Nieto	Suzuki GSX-R1000	23	+11.992	13	13
5	7	Carlos Checa	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+12.824	7	11
6	31	Karl Muggeridge	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+13.125	19	10
7	36	Gregorio Lavilla	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+13.191	17	9
8	55	Régis Laconi	Kawasaki ZX-10R	23	+13.906	15	8
9	100	Makoto Tamada	Kawasaki ZX-10R	23	+17.254	12	7
10	44	Roberto Rolfo	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+18.606	18	6
11	38	Shinichi Nakatomi	Yamaha YZF-R1	23	+19.858	21	5
12	54	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+23.350	24	4
13	83	Russell Holland	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+23.577	20	3
14	96	Jakub Smrž	Ducati 1098 RS 08	23	+24.082	16	2
15	94	David Checa	Yamaha YZF-R1	23	+26.611	14	1
16	3	Max Biaggi	Ducati 1098 RS 08	23	+41.168	9
17	86	Ayrton Badovini	Kawasaki ZX-10R	23	+44.405	27
18	22	Luca Morelli	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+57.045	29
19	37	Diego Lozano Ortiz	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+1:05.173	26
20	77	Loïc Napoleone	Yamaha YZF-R1	18	+5 laps	30
Ret	76	Max Neukirchner	Suzuki GSX-R1000	22	Accident	1
Ret	111	Rubén Xaus	Ducati 1098 RS 08	10	Retirement	4
Ret	23	Ryuichi Kiyonari	Honda CBR1000RR	9	Retirement	6
Ret	84	Michel Fabrizio	Ducati 1098 F08	4	Accident	11
Ret	41	Noriyuki Haga	Yamaha YZF-R1	3	Accident	10
Ret	34	Yukio Kagayama	Suzuki GSX-R1000	3	Accident	2
Ret	131	Carmelo Morales	Yamaha YZF-R1	3	Accident	25
Ret	194	Sébastien Gimbert	Yamaha YZF-R1	1	Accident	22
Ret	16	Sergio Fuertes	Suzuki GSX-R1000	1	Accident	23
Ret	88	Shuhei Aoyama	Honda CBR1000RR	1	Accident	28

Superbike race 2 classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	41	Noriyuki Haga	Yamaha YZF-R1	23	37:03.759	9	25
2	21	Troy Bayliss	Ducati 1098 F08	23	+1.551	2	20
3	7	Carlos Checa	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+2.903	6	16
4	23	Ryuichi Kiyonari	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+7.277	5	13
5	11	Troy Corser	Yamaha YZF-R1	23	+8.051	7	11
6	34	Yukio Kagayama	Suzuki GSX-R1000	23	+9.223	1	10
7	111	Rubén Xaus	Ducati 1098 RS 08	23	+10.164	3	9
8	3	Max Biaggi	Ducati 1098 RS 08	23	+10.614	8	8
9	55	Régis Laconi	Kawasaki ZX-10R	23	+17.234	14	7
10	10	Fonsi Nieto	Suzuki GSX-R1000	23	+18.100	12	6
11	36	Gregorio Lavilla	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+18.288	16	5
12	57	Lorenzo Lanzi	Ducati 1098 RS 08	23	+18.826	4	4
13	84	Michel Fabrizio	Ducati 1098 F08	23	+21.770	10	3
14	96	Jakub Smrž	Ducati 1098 RS 08	23	+22.872	15	2
15	54	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+25.224	21	1
16	38	Shinichi Nakatomi	Yamaha YZF-R1	23	+25.301	20
17	44	Roberto Rolfo	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+25.509	17
18	94	David Checa	Yamaha YZF-R1	23	+25.615	13
19	83	Russell Holland	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+26.503	19
20	31	Karl Muggeridge	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+35.171	18
21	86	Ayrton Badovini	Kawasaki ZX-10R	23	+53.624	24
22	37	Diego Lozano Ortiz	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+54.672	23
23	22	Luca Morelli	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+1:00.537	26
24	88	Shuhei Aoyama	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+1:24.952	25
25	131	Carmelo Morales	Yamaha YZF-R1	22	+1 lap	22
Ret	100	Makoto Tamada	Kawasaki ZX-10R	7	Accident	11
Ret	77	Loïc Napoleone	Yamaha YZF-R1	6	Retirement	27
DNS	76	Max Neukirchner	Suzuki GSX-R1000		Did not start
DNS	194	Sébastien Gimbert	Yamaha YZF-R1		Did not start
DNS	16	Sergio Fuertes	Suzuki GSX-R1000		Did not start

Supersport race classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	26	Joan Lascorz	Honda CBR600RR	23	37:58.607	2	25
2	99	Fabien Foret	Yamaha YZF-R6	23	+1.125	9	20
3	18	Craig Jones	Honda CBR600RR	23	+1.530	3	16
4	23	Broc Parkes	Yamaha YZF-R6	23	+10.514	4	13
5	69	Gianluca Nannelli	Honda CBR600RR	23	+17.492	17	11
6	65	Jonathan Rea	Honda CBR600RR	23	+17.602	6	10
7	55	Massimo Roccoli	Yamaha YZF-R6	23	+19.636	7	9
8	147	Ángel Rodríguez	Yamaha YZF-R6	23	+19.694	23	8
9	9	Chris Walker	Kawasaki ZX-6R	23	+25.230	14	7
10	8	Mark Aitchison	Triumph 675	23	+25.702	21	6
11	21	Katsuaki Fujiwara	Kawasaki ZX-6R	23	+32.370	5	5
12	105	Gianluca Vizziello	Honda CBR600RR	23	+33.591	15	4
13	14	Matthieu Lagrive	Honda CBR600RR	23	+34.706	11	3
14	31	Vesa Kallio	Honda CBR600RR	23	+39.956	24	2
15	17	Miguel Praia	Honda CBR600RR	23	+40.227	25	1
16	44	David Salom	Yamaha YZF-R6	23	+40.357	16
17	37	William De Angelis	Honda CBR600RR	23	+41.411	26
18	121	Arnaud Vincent	Kawasaki ZX-6R	23	+53.810	27
19	88	Andrew Pitt	Honda CBR600RR	23	+56.968	1
20	83	Didier Van Keymeulen	Suzuki GSX-R600	23	+59.575	30
21	15	Gergő Talmácsi	Honda CBR600RR	23	+1:13.069	29
22	75	Luka Nedog	Honda CBR600RR	23	+1:27.385	35
23	72	Attila Magda	Honda CBR600RR	23	+1:29.031	36
Ret	51	Santiago Barragán	Honda CBR600RR	14	Retirement	34
Ret	32	Mirko Giansanti	Honda CBR600RR	14	Retirement	28
Ret	77	Barry Veneman	Suzuki GSX-R600	13	Retirement	13
Ret	38	Grégory Leblanc	Honda CBR600RR	11	Accident	20
Ret	82	Adrián Bonastre	Honda CBR600RR	11	Retirement	31
Ret	47	Ivan Clementi	Triumph 675	9	Retirement	10
Ret	81	Graeme Gowland	Honda CBR600RR	8	Accident	12
Ret	127	Robbin Harms	Honda CBR600RR	5	Accident	19
Ret	25	Josh Brookes	Honda CBR600RR	4	Retirement	8
Ret	24	Garry McCoy	Triumph 675	4	Retirement	22
Ret	57	Ilario Dionisi	Triumph 675	1	Accident	18
Ret	4	Lorenzo Alfonsi	Honda CBR600RR	1	Accident	32
Ret	199	Danilo Dell'Omo	Honda CBR600RR	1	Accident	33
WD	52	José David de Gea	Yamaha YZF-R6		Withdrew

External links

• Superbike Race 1 results
• Superbike Race 2 results
• Supersport Race results