2008 Chinese motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2008 Chinese motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the 2008 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 2–4 May 2008 at the Shanghai International Circuit.

  2008 Chinese Grand Prix

Race details
Race 4 of 18 races in the 2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	4 May 2008
Official name	Pramac Grand Prix of China
Location	Shanghai International Circuit
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.281 km (3.281 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position Rider Colin Edwards Time 1:58.139 Fastest lap Rider Valentino Rossi Time 1:59.273 Podium First Valentino Rossi Second Dani Pedrosa Third Casey Stoner
250cc
Pole position Rider Álvaro Bautista Time 2:04.882 Fastest lap Rider Mika Kallio Time 2:15.834 Podium First Mika Kallio Second Hiroshi Aoyama Third Mattia Pasini
125cc
Pole position Rider Bradley Smith Time 2:12.364 Fastest lap Rider Michael Ranseder Time 2:23.432 Podium First Andrea Iannone Second Mike Di Meglio Third Gábor Talmácsi

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	22	44:08.061	2	25
2	2	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	22	+3.890	5	20
3	1	Casey Stoner	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	22	+15.928	3	16
4	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	22	+22.494	4	13
5	33	Marco Melandri	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	22	+26.957	12	11
6	69	Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	22	+28.369	10	10
7	5	Colin Edwards	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	22	+29.780	1	9
8	24	Toni Elías	Alice Team	Ducati	22	+30.225	15	8
9	65	Loris Capirossi	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	22	+31.440	6	7
10	56	Shinya Nakano	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	22	+35.969	13	6
11	4	Andrea Dovizioso	JiR Team Scot MotoGP	Honda	22	+36.246	11	5
12	52	James Toseland	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	22	+43.191	7	4
13	14	Randy de Puniet	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	22	+43.442	9	3
14	21	John Hopkins	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	22	+45.855	14	2
15	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Alice Team	Ducati	22	+46.330	17	1
16	15	Alex de Angelis	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	22	+50.593	16
17	13	Anthony West	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	22	+1:05.593	18
Ret	7	Chris Vermeulen	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	6	Retirement	8
Sources:

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	21	48:12.217	3	25
2	4	Hiroshi Aoyama	KTM	21	+3.238	11	20
3	75	Mattia Pasini	Aprilia	21	+13.811	7	16
4	58	Marco Simoncelli	Gilera	21	+18.474	5	13
5	6	Alex Debón	Aprilia	21	+21.066	12	11
6	21	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	21	+25.158	2	10
7	72	Yuki Takahashi	Honda	21	+29.990	10	9
8	14	Ratthapark Wilairot	Honda	21	+39.871	18	8
9	41	Aleix Espargaró	Aprilia	21	+48.344	15	7
10	55	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	21	+55.470	13	6
11	15	Roberto Locatelli	Gilera	21	+55.832	9	5
12	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	21	+1:00.442	1	4
13	50	Eugene Laverty	Aprilia	21	+1:00.732	19	3
14	32	Fabrizio Lai	Gilera	21	+1:36.975	16	2
15	45	Doni Tata Pradita	Yamaha	21	+1:37.080	21	1
16	10	Imre Tóth	Aprilia	21	+1:45.018	22
17	7	Russell Gómez	Aprilia	21	+2:13.718	23
Ret	25	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	14	Retirement	20
Ret	60	Julián Simón	KTM	5	Retirement	4
Ret	12	Thomas Lüthi	Aprilia	5	Retirement	6
Ret	17	Karel Abraham	Aprilia	4	Retirement	17
Ret	52	Lukáš Pešek	Aprilia	2	Retirement	14
Ret	54	Manuel Poggiali	Gilera	0	Accident	8
OFFICIAL 250cc REPORT

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	29	Andrea Iannone	Aprilia	19	46:02.275	5	25
2	63	Mike Di Meglio	Derbi	19	+3.355	3	20
3	1	Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	19	+3.451	4	16
4	44	Pol Espargaró	Derbi	19	+14.028	7	13
5	17	Stefan Bradl	Aprilia	19	+23.853	8	11
6	6	Joan Olivé	Derbi	19	+31.962	6	10
7	60	Michael Ranseder	Aprilia	19	+33.758	18	9
8	18	Nicolás Terol	Aprilia	19	+34.696	2	8
9	35	Raffaele De Rosa	KTM	19	+34.838	14	7
10	7	Efrén Vázquez	Aprilia	19	+41.011	19	6
11	12	Esteve Rabat	KTM	19	+41.139	22	5
12	93	Marc Márquez	KTM	19	+43.677	21	4
13	71	Tomoyoshi Koyama	KTM	19	+53.489	24	3
14	51	Stevie Bonsey	Aprilia	19	+54.462	16	2
15	30	Pere Tutusaus	Aprilia	19	+58.706	20	1
16	11	Sandro Cortese	Aprilia	19	+59.454	12
17	77	Dominique Aegerter	Derbi	19	+1:10.704	13
18	69	Louis Rossi	Honda	19	+1:47.918	32
19	56	Hugo van den Berg	Aprilia	19	+1:50.406	29
Ret	34	Randy Krummenacher	KTM	16	Retirement	31
Ret	45	Scott Redding	Aprilia	15	Accident	23
Ret	8	Lorenzo Zanetti	KTM	11	Retirement	26
Ret	99	Danny Webb	Aprilia	10	Accident	10
Ret	95	Robert Mureșan	Aprilia	9	Accident	30
Ret	5	Alexis Masbou	Loncin	9	Retirement	25
Ret	21	Robin Lässer	Aprilia	7	Accident	27
Ret	19	Roberto Lacalendola	Aprilia	7	Accident	28
Ret	38	Bradley Smith	Aprilia	6	Accident	1
Ret	24	Simone Corsi	Aprilia	5	Retirement	11
Ret	73	Takaaki Nakagami	Aprilia	4	Retirement	17
Ret	33	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	1	Retirement	9
DNS	27	Stefano Bianco	Aprilia	0	Did not start	15
DNS	22	Pablo Nieto	KTM		Did not start
DNS	16	Jules Cluzel	Loncin		Did not start
OFFICIAL 125cc REPORT

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round four has concluded.

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Dani Pedrosa	81
2	Jorge Lorenzo	74
3	Valentino Rossi	72
4	Casey Stoner	56
5	Loris Capirossi	33

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Yamaha	90
2	Honda	81
3	Ducati	56
4	Suzuki	34
5	Kawasaki	26

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