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Race 14 of 18 races in the 2008 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | September 14 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Indianapolis Motor Speedway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2008 Indianapolis motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 2008 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 12th-14th September, 2008 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the first time the circuit has hosted a major motorcycle racing event. As there was a United States Grand Prix at Laguna Seca earlier in 2008, this marks the championship's second visit to the USA in 2008, the first time this has ever happened. Unlike the Laguna Seca round, the meeting features the supporting 125cc and 250cc classes, marking their first visit to North America since 1994.
The layout of the circuit is similar to the setup used for the Formula One Grand Prix events at the circuit between 2000 and 2007, but not identical. It has been reversed to a counterclockwise layout, with a new Snake Pit complex just after the start-finish line, meaning that the bikes do not use any of the banked oval corners. The double-hairpin at the Hulman Straight was replaced with a traditional esses.
The event was heavily affected by the arrival of Hurricane Ike on Indiana; the race day the weather was overcast and cold, with a 100% chance of rain during the event. The 125cc class started with dry track however, and went on until rain began to fall, with 7 laps to go. However, since two thirds of the scheduled distance had been ran, the race was declared over and full points were given. Rain intensity then led the organizers to postpone the 250cc race after the MotoGP race, hoping the winds and rain would stop.
MotoGP race was started at the scheduled time, with a very wet track but little rain, and it went on until the 21st lap, when strong winds began again to blow. Fearing for the safety of the riders, the stewards red-flagged the race, which was declared over, and full World Championship points were given. The winds did not stop after the race, and safety concerns led to the final cancellation of the 250cc race.
MotoGP classification
Pos | No | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | 20 | 37:20.095 | 1 | 25 |
2 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Honda | 20 | +5.972 | 4 | 20 |
3 | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha | 20 | +7.858 | 3 | 16 |
4 | 1 | Casey Stoner | Ducati | 20 | +28.162 | 2 | 13 |
5 | 4 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 20 | +28.824 | 7 | 11 |
6 | 11 | Ben Spies | Suzuki | 20 | +29.645 | 5 | 10 |
7 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Ducati | 20 | +36.223 | 14 | 9 |
8 | 2 | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 20 | +37.258 | 8 | 8 |
9 | 7 | Chris Vermeulen | Suzuki | 20 | +38.442 | 15 | 7 |
10 | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Honda | 20 | +42.437 | 12 | 6 |
11 | 13 | Anthony West | Kawasaki | 20 | +47.179 | 19 | 5 |
12 | 24 | Toni Elias | Ducati | 20 | +55.962 | 9 | 4 |
13 | 14 | Randy de Puniet | Honda | 20 | +57.366 | 6 | 3 |
14 | 21 | John Hopkins | Kawasaki | 20 | +58.353 | 16 | 2 |
15 | 5 | Colin Edwards | Yamaha | 20 | +1:00.613 | 11 | 1 |
16 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Suzuki | 20 | +1:05.620 | 13 | |
17 | 56 | Shinya Nakano | Honda | 20 | +1:05.854 | 17 | |
18 | 52 | James Toseland | Yamaha | 20 | +1:07.968 | 10 | |
19 | 33 | Marco Melandri | Ducati | 20 | +1:21.023 | 18 |
125cc classification
Pos | No | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time | Grid | Points |
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1 | 18 | Nicolas Terol | Aprilia | 16 | 29:51.350 | 6 | 25 |
2 | 44 | Pol Espargaro | Derbi | 16 | +1.708 | 1 | 20 |
3 | 17 | Stefan Bradl | Aprilia | 16 | +3.984 | 3 | 16 |
4 | 45 | Scott Redding | Aprilia | 16 | +4.277 | 9 | 13 |
5 | 11 | Sandro Cortese | Aprilia | 16 | +4.413 | 10 | 11 |
6 | 93 | Marc Marquez | KTM | 16 | +4.454 | 13 | 10 |
7 | 24 | Simone Corsi | Aprilia | 16 | +6.261 | 7 | 9 |
8 | 38 | Bradley Smith | Aprilia | 16 | +7.782 | 11 | 8 |
9 | 51 | Steve Bonsey | Aprilia | 16 | +12.035 | 15 | 7 |
10 | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Derbi | 16 | +12.251 | 2 | 6 |
11 | 77 | Dominique Aegerter | Derbi | 16 | +15.465 | 8 | 5 |
12 | 6 | Joan Olivé | Derbi | 16 | +18.312 | 12 | 4 |
13 | 35 | Raffaele De Rosa | KTM | 16 | +20.137 | 17 | 3 |
14 | 1 | Gabor Talmacsi | Aprilia | 16 | +24.651 | 16 | 2 |
15 | 99 | Danny Webb | Aprilia | 16 | +27.592 | 4 | 1 |
16 | 16 | Jules Cluzel | Loncin | 16 | +35.432 | 31 | |
17 | 21 | Robin Lasser | Aprilia | 16 | +37.082 | 22 | |
18 | 33 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 16 | +38.549 | 23 | |
19 | 71 | Tomoyoshi Koyama | KTM | 16 | +38.571 | 18 | |
20 | 7 | Efren Vazquez | Aprilia | 16 | +40.991 | 24 | |
21 | 55 | Hugo Van Den Berg | Aprilia | 16 | +1:06.197 | 30 | |
22 | 54 | PJ Jacobsen | Aprilia | 16 | +1:06.327 | 25 | |
23 | 48 | Bastien Chesaux | Aprilia | 16 | +1:07.067 | 34 | |
24 | 94 | Jonas Folger | Aprilia | 16 | +1:14.709 | 29 | |
25 | 95 | Robert Muresan | Aprilia | 16 | +1:20.413 | 32 | |
26 | 5 | Alexis Masbou | Loncin | 16 | +1:21.880 | 27 | |
27 | 74 | Davide Stirpe | KTM | 16 | +1:22.026 | 33 | |
28 | 36 | Cyril Carrillo | Honda | 16 | +1:22.159 | 35 | |
29 | 90 | Kristian Lee Turner | Aprilia | 16 | +2:11.524 | 36 | |
Ret | 8 | Lorenzo Zanetti | KTM | 13 | Retirement | 28 | |
Ret | 72 | Marco Ravaioli | Aprilia | 10 | Acccident | 26 | |
Ret | 22 | Pablo Nieto | KTM | 9 | Retirement | 20 | |
Ret | 60 | Michael Ranseder | Aprilia | 7 | Acccident | 19 | |
Ret | 73 | Takaaki Nakagami | Aprilia | 6 | Acccident | 14 | |
Ret | 29 | Andrea Iannone | Aprilia | 5 | Retirement | 5 | |
Ret | 12 | Esteve Rabat | KTM | 2 | Acccident | 21 |
Notes
- The MotoGP race was stopped with 6 laps still to complete, due to heavy rain and wind. The race was not restarted and full points were given.
- The 125cc race was stopped with 7 laps still to complete, due to heavy rain. The race was not restarted and full points were given.
- The 250cc race was first postponed and then cancelled, due to terrible weather conditions.
References
- "MotoGP official website". Retrieved 2008-09-16.
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