Portugal 2008
AFTER A MIX-UP ON THE GRID WHEN THEY HAD FORMED UP, IT TRANSPIRED THAT LORIS CAPIROSSI AND CASEY STONER WERE BOTH IN THE SAME GRID-SLOT AND LORIS REALISED HE HAD INADVERTENTLY PLACED HIMSELF ONE COMPLETE ROW FURTHER UP THE GRID THAN HIS ACTUAL POSITION. NICE TRY, LORIS! DANI PEDROSA TOOK THE LEAD FROM THE START BUT SOON JORGE LORENZO AND VALENTINO ROSSI WERE SWAPPING THE LEAD BETWEEN THEM WITH ANDREA DOVIZIOSO IN 3RD. CASEY STONER WAS STUCK IN MID-FIELD AS BEFITTED HIS LOWLY QUALIFYING POSITION.
DANI FOUGHT BACK AND WITH 19 LAPS TO GO HE HAD OVERTAKEN JORGE BUT SHORTLY AFTERWARDS LORENZO SEEMED TO FIND ANOTHER GEAR BECAUSE, WITH 16 TO GO, HE FIRST GOT BACK PAST PEDROSA AND THEN TOOK THE LEAD FROM ROSSI. DANI ALSO FOUND A WAY PAST THE ITALIAN WITH 12 LAPS LEFT AND THAT IS HOW IT STAYED TO THE END OF THE RACE.
LORENZO HAD TAKEN POLE POSITION AND NOW HE HAD WON HIS FIRST MOTOGP RACE. SUITABLE LORENZO-STYLE CELEBRATIONS FOLLOWED!
STARTING GRID
| | | | | |
| 1.
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Jorge Lorenzo
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| 2.
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Dani Pedrosa
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| 3.
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Valentino Rossi
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| 4.
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Nicky Hayden
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| 5.
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Colin Edwards
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| 6.
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James Toseland
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| 7.
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Andrea Dovizioso
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| 8.
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Randy de Puniet
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| 9.
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Casey Stoner
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| 10.
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John Hopkins
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| 11.
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Shinya Nakano
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| 12.
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Loris Capirossi
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| 13.
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Chris Vermeulen
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| 14.
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Tony Elias
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| 15.
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Anthony West
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| 16.
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Alex de Angelis
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| 17.
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Marco Melandri
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| 18.
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Sylvain Guintoli
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RESULT
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| 1.
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Jorge Lorenzo
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| 2.
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Dani Pedrosa
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| 3.
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Valentino Rossi
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| 4.
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Colin Edwards
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| 5.
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John Hopkins
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| 6.
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Casey Stoner
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| 7.
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James Toseland
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| 8.
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Chris Vermeulen
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| 9.
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Loris Capirossi
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CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
Riders :
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| Jorge Lorenzo
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61
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| =Dani Pedrosa
|
61
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| Valentino Rossi
|
47
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| Casey Stoner
|
40
|
| James Toseland
|
29
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| Loris Capirossi
|
26
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| John Hopkins
|
24
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| Colin Edwards
|
22
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| Andrea Dovizioso
|
21
|
Constructors :
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| Yamaha
|
65
|
| Honda
|
61
|
| Ducati
|
40
|
| Suzuki
|
27
|
| Kawasaki
|
24
|
Race Results posted by
David Little
14th April 2008
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