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Race 1 of 18 races in the 2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | 9 March 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Losail International Circuit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2008 Qatar motorcycle Grand Prix was the opening round of the 2008 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of 7–9 March 2008 at the Losail International Circuit located in Doha, Qatar. The race was historic in that it was the first one to be run at night, with the MotoGP race getting underway at 23:00 local time. Rookies Lorenzo and Toseland started their season strong with Lorenzo getting pole position and Toseland in 2nd during qualifying.
Pos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 1 | ![]() |
Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 22 | 42:36.587 | 4 | 25 |
2 | 48 | ![]() |
Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 22 | +5.323 | 1 | 20 |
3 | 2 | ![]() |
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 22 | +10.600 | 8 | 16 |
4 | 4 | ![]() |
JiR Team Scot MotoGP | Honda | 22 | +13.288 | 9 | 13 |
5 | 46 | ![]() |
Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 22 | +13.305 | 7 | 11 |
6 | 52 | ![]() |
Tech 3 Yamaha | Yamaha | 22 | +14.040 | 2 | 10 |
7 | 5 | ![]() |
Tech 3 Yamaha | Yamaha | 22 | +15.150 | 3 | 9 |
8 | 65 | ![]() |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 22 | +32.505 | 13 | 8 |
9 | 14 | ![]() |
LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 22 | +33.003 | 5 | 7 |
10 | 69 | ![]() |
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 22 | +38.354 | 6 | 6 |
11 | 33 | ![]() |
Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 22 | +44.284 | 16 | 5 |
12 | 21 | ![]() |
Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 22 | +49.857 | 10 | 4 |
13 | 56 | ![]() |
San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 22 | +49.871 | 15 | 3 |
14 | 24 | ![]() |
Alice Team | Ducati | 22 | +58.532 | 14 | 2 |
15 | 50 | ![]() |
Alice Team | Ducati | 22 | +58.930 | 17 | 1 |
16 | 13 | ![]() |
Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 22 | +1:05.643 | 18 | |
17 | 7 | ![]() |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 21 | +1 lap | 11 | |
Ret | 15 | ![]() |
San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 16 | Accident | 12 | |
Sources: [2][3][4] |
Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 75 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 20 | 40:16.202 | 5 | 25 |
2 | 21 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 20 | +0.557 | 2 | 20 |
3 | 36 | ![]() |
KTM | 20 | +1.029 | 4 | 16 |
4 | 6 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 20 | +1.418 | 1 | 13 |
5 | 72 | ![]() |
Honda | 20 | +12.944 | 7 | 11 |
6 | 19 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 20 | +14.480 | 3 | 10 |
7 | 17 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 20 | +16.721 | 11 | 9 |
8 | 15 | ![]() |
Gilera | 20 | +18.987 | 9 | 8 |
9 | 41 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 20 | +32.232 | 8 | 7 |
10 | 55 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 20 | +41.102 | 15 | 6 |
11 | 60 | ![]() |
KTM | 20 | +41.457 | 14 | 5 |
12 | 32 | ![]() |
Gilera | 20 | +41.694 | 13 | 4 |
13 | 14 | ![]() |
Honda | 20 | +43.192 | 19 | 3 |
14 | 54 | ![]() |
Gilera | 20 | +44.228 | 18 | 2 |
15 | 12 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 20 | +48.760 | 10 | 1 |
16 | 4 | ![]() |
KTM | 20 | +1:11.031 | 12 | |
17 | 45 | ![]() |
Yamaha | 20 | +2:05.461 | 23 | |
Ret | 25 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 14 | Retirement | 17 | |
Ret | 52 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 12 | Accident | 16 | |
Ret | 58 | ![]() |
Gilera | 7 | Accident | 6 | |
Ret | 10 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 4 | Retirement | 22 | |
Ret | 43 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 21 | |
Ret | 50 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 0 | Accident | 20 | |
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT |
Pos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 33 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 18 | 38:09.444 | 8 | 25 |
2 | 6 | ![]() |
Derbi | 18 | +0.932 | 9 | 20 |
3 | 17 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 18 | +1.660 | 15 | 16 |
4 | 63 | ![]() |
Derbi | 18 | +1.771 | 3 | 13 |
5 | 45 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 18 | +1.819 | 4 | 11 |
6 | 99 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 18 | +7.689 | 5 | 10 |
7 | 24 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 18 | +8.684 | 10 | 9 |
8 | 44 | ![]() |
Derbi | 18 | +8.693 | 18 | 8 |
9 | 7 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 18 | +9.054 | 19 | 7 |
10 | 18 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 18 | +10.902 | 7 | 6 |
11 | 11 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 18 | +10.945 | 13 | 5 |
12 | 1 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 18 | +12.618 | 2 | 4 |
13 | 27 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 18 | +12.709 | 12 | 3 |
14 | 29 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 18 | +20.086 | 17 | 2 |
15 | 60 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 18 | +23.575 | 22 | 1 |
16 | 38 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 18 | +23.890 | 1 | |
17 | 77 | ![]() |
Derbi | 18 | +29.406 | 20 | |
18 | 22 | ![]() |
KTM | 18 | +32.891 | 16 | |
19 | 73 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 18 | +33.346 | 23 | |
20 | 30 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 18 | +33.649 | 26 | |
21 | 8 | ![]() |
KTM | 18 | +36.696 | 24 | |
22 | 34 | ![]() |
KTM | 18 | +36.754 | 25 | |
23 | 21 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 18 | +45.317 | 27 | |
24 | 12 | ![]() |
KTM | 18 | +56.440 | 11 | |
25 | 69 | ![]() |
Honda | 18 | +1:14.502 | 34 | |
Ret | 35 | ![]() |
KTM | 15 | Accident | 6 | |
Ret | 13 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 11 | Retirement | 32 | |
Ret | 56 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 10 | Accident | 29 | |
Ret | 71 | ![]() |
KTM | 8 | Accident | 21 | |
Ret | 51 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 5 | Accident | 14 | |
Ret | 16 | ![]() |
Loncin | 4 | Accident | 30 | |
Ret | 5 | ![]() |
Loncin | 1 | Retirement | 28 | |
Ret | 19 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 1 | Retirement | 33 | |
Ret | 95 | ![]() |
Aprilia | 0 | Retirement | 31 | |
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT |
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round one has concluded.[5]
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