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[1][2][3]
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	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	21	43:06.007	2	25
2	2	Dani Pedrosa	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	21	+4.008	1	20
3	4	Andrea Dovizioso	JiR Team Scot MotoGP	Honda	21	+8.536	6	16
4	69	Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda Team	Honda	21	+8.858	4	13
5	56	Shinya Nakano	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	21	+10.583	15	11
6	1	Casey Stoner	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	21	+13.640	7	10
7	65	Loris Capirossi	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	21	+15.936	8	9
8	5	Colin Edwards	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	21	+18.802	5	8
9	7	Chris Vermeulen	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	21	+23.174	11	7
10	14	Randy de Puniet	LCR Honda MotoGP	Honda	21	+25.516	9	6
11	21	John Hopkins	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	21	+27.609	10	5
12	13	Anthony West	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	21	+41.399	13	4
13	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Alice Team	Ducati	21	+45.617	16	3
14	15	Alex de Angelis	San Carlo Honda Gresini	Honda	21	+49.003	17	2
15	24	Toni Elías	Alice Team	Ducati	21	+59.139	19	1
16	33	Marco Melandri	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	21	+1:03.328	14
17	9	Nobuatsu Aoki	Rizla Suzuki MotoGP	Suzuki	21	+1:48.363	18
Ret	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Fiat Yamaha Team	Yamaha	12	Retirement	3
Ret	52	James Toseland	Tech 3 Yamaha	Yamaha	2	Accident	12
Sources: [4][5][6]

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

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round seventeen has concluded.^[7]

Riders' Championship standings Pos. Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 357 2 Casey Stoner 255 3 Dani Pedrosa 229 4 Jorge Lorenzo 182 5 Andrea Dovizioso 161

Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Yamaha 386 2 Ducati 296 3 Honda 295 4 Suzuki 174 5 Kawasaki 86

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