2008 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix

  2008 Portuguese Grand Prix

Race details
Race 3 of 18 races in the 2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	13 April 2008
Location	Autódromo do Estoril
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.182 km (2.598 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider	Jorge Lorenzo
Time	1:35.715
Fastest lap
Rider	Jorge Lorenzo
Time	1:37.404
Podium
First	Jorge Lorenzo
Second	Dani Pedrosa
Third	Valentino Rossi
250 cc
Pole position
Rider	Marco Simoncelli
Time	1:40.257
Fastest lap
Rider	Alvaro Bautista
Time	1:41.425
Podium
First	Alvaro Bautista
Second	Marco Simoncelli
Third	Mika Kallio
125 cc
Pole position
Rider	Simone Corsi
Time	1:45.367
Fastest lap
Rider	Simone Corsi
Time	1:45.557
Podium
First	Simone Corsi
Second	Joan Olive
Third	Nicolas Terol

The 2008 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 2008 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 11–13 April 2008 at the Autódromo do Estoril located in Estoril, Portugal.

MotoGP Classification

Pos	No	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Yamaha	28	45:53.089	1	25
2	2	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	28	+1.817	2	20
3	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	28	+12.723	3	16
4	5	Colin Edwards	Yamaha	28	+17.223	5	13
5	21	John Hopkins	Kawasaki	28	+23.752	10	11
6	1	Casey Stoner	Ducati	28	+26.688	9	10
7	52	James Toseland	Yamaha	28	+32.631	6	9
8	7	Chris Vermeulen	Suzuki	28	+36.382	13	8
9	65	Loris Capirossi	Suzuki	28	+38.268	12	7
10	56	Shinya Nakano	Honda	28	+39.476	11	6
11	15	Alex de Angelis	Honda	28	+1:01.306	16	5
12	24	Toni Elias	Ducati	28	+1:03.867	14	4
13	33	Marco Melandri	Ducati	28	+1:09.525	17	3
14	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Ducati	28	+1:09.634	18	2
15	14	Randy de Puniet	Honda	28	+1:11.542	8	1
16	13	Anthony West	Kawasaki	28	+1:23.629	15
Ret	69	Nicky Hayden	Honda	16	Accident	4
Ret	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	15	Accident	7

250 cc Classification

Pos	No	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	19	Alvaro Bautista	Aprilia	26	44:34.257	2	25
2	58	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	26	+7.050	1	20
3	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	26	+7.063	4	16
4	12	Thomas Luthi	Aprilia	26	+12.998	8	13
5	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	KTM	26	+14.666	6	11
6	72	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	26	+18.498	5	10
7	60	Julián Simón	KTM	26	+26.812	11	9
8	21	Hector Barbera	Aprilia	26	+28.012	9	8
9	55	Hector Faubel	Aprilia	26	+28.288	10	7
10	52	Lukas Pesek	Aprilia	26	+36.966	12	6
11	41	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	26	+38.296	13	5
12	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	26	+52.070	14	4
13	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	Honda	26	+1:13.303	17	3
14	90	Federico Sandi	Aprilia	26	+1:17.592	20	2
15	50	Eugene Laverty	Aprilia	26	+1:21.363	21	1
16	17	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	26	+1:26.355	16
17	54	Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	20	+1:27.438	15
18	10	Imre Toth	Aprilia	25	+1 lap	22
19	45	Doni Tata Pradita	Yamaha	25	+1 lap	23
Ret	15	Roberto Locatelli	Gilera	23	Retirement	19
Ret	75	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	20	Collision	3
Ret	7	Russell Gómez	Aprilia	9	Retirement	24
Ret	32	Fabrizio Lai	Gilera	4	Retirement	18
Ret	6	Alex Debon	Aprilia	3	Accident	7
Ret	89	Ho Wan Chow	Aprilia	1	Accident	25

125 cc Classification

Pos	No	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Grid	Points
1	24	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	23	40:56.168	1	25
2	6	Joan Olivé	Derbi	23	+0.299	6	20
3	18	Nicolás Terol	Aprilia	23	+6.355	3	16
4	51	Steve Bonsey	Aprilia	23	+14.973	2	13
5	99	Danny Webb	Aprilia	23	+15.532	4	11
6	1	Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	23	+15.868	9	10
7	63	Mike Di Meglio	Derbi	23	+15.875	8	9
8	17	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia	23	+17.887	7	8
9	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	23	+18.123	5	7
10	11	Sandro Cortese	Aprilia	23	+22.613	20	6
11	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	23	+27.490	12	5
12	77	Dominique Aegerter	Derbi	23	+27.544	19	4
13	44	Pol Espargaro	Derbi	23	+28.370	21	3
14	60	Michael Ranseder	Aprilia	23	+28.417	22	2
15	7	Efrén Vázquez	Aprilia	23	+32.713	15	1
16	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	KTM	23	+34.002	11
17	27	Stefano Bianco	Aprilia	23	+47.698	17
18	93	Marc Márquez	KTM	23	+51.637	26
19	73	Takaaki Nakagami	Aprilia	23	+51.679	24
20	5	Alexis Masbou	Loncin	23	+51.717	25
21	45	Scott Redding	Aprilia	23	+1:07.908	10
22	30	Pere Tutusaus	Aprilia	23	+1:15.894	23
23	13	Dino Lombardi	Aprilia	23	+1:19.975	33
24	95	Robert Muresan	Aprilia	23	+1:39.194	30
25	36	Cyril Carrillo	Honda	23	+1:39.218	34
26	14	Axel Pons	Aprilia	23	+1:43.956	32
27	76	Ivan Maestro	Aprilia	22	+1 Lap	31
28	37	Karel Pešek	Aprilia	22	+1 Lap	36
Ret	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	12	Accident	13
Ret	8	Lorenzo Zanetti	KTM	12	Retirement	28
Ret	22	Pablo Nieto	KTM	11	Retirement	14
Ret	16	Jules Cluzel	Loncin	8	Retirement	27
Ret	12	Esteve Rabat	KTM	7	Retirement	18
Ret	35	Raffaele de Rosa	KTM	6	Accident	16
Ret	55	Hugo Van Den Berg	Aprilia	0	Accident	29

Notes

• Jorge Lorenzo won his first MotoGp race
• Marc Márquez made his championship debut in this race in 125cc
• Steve Bonsey got his best-ever world championship result with a 4th place in 125cc

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