San Marino 2008
CASEY STONER IS NOT HAVING MUCH LUCK LATELY. HE RECOVERED FROM THE HEAVY COLD HE WAS SUFFERING FROM AT BRNO ONLY TO RE-OPEN A 5-YEAR OLD FRACTURE IN HIS LEFT WRIST WHILST PULLING HIS LEATHERS ON! PERHAPS THE CRASH AT BRNO MAY HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT.
IN PAIN WHILST RIDING AND NOT SURE IF HE COULD LAST THE FULL RACE DISTANCE, HE NEVER FOUND THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION BECAUSE HE CRASHED OUT AGAIN WHILE LEADING EARLY ON HAVING SECURED HIS 7TH CONSECUTIVE POLE POSITION.
THAT GIFTED THE RACE TO VALENTINO ROSSI AGAIN AND HE NOW LEADS THE CHAMPIONSHIP BY 75 POINTS, HAVING EQUALLED GIACOMO AGOSTINI'S RECORD OF 68 WINS IN THE TOP CLASS OF MOTORBIKE RACING IN THE PROCESS.
IN FACT, IT WAS A YAMAHA 1-2 BECAUSE JORGE LORENZO HAS RE-FOUND HIS CONFIDENCE AND WAS NEVER REALLY TROUBLED. AN HONOURABLE MENTION MUST BE MADE OF TONI ELIAS WHO WAS THIRD AND ON THE PODIUM FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE RACE AND THE LEADING DUCATI ONCE AGAIN.
PROBABLY THE MOST ENTERTAINING BATTLE WAS FOR 5TH PLACE - IT LASTED FOR THE WHOLE RACE AND SAW CHRIS VERMEULEN TAKE IT FROM JAMES TOSELAND, LORIS CAPIROSSI AND ANDREA DOVIZIOSO.
VALENTINO NOW SEEMS TO HAVE THE 2008 TITLE WRAPPED UP BUT HE CAN'T RELAX UNTIL IT IS MATHEMATICALLY CERTAIN.
STARTING GRID
| | | | | |
| 1.
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Casey Stoner
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| 2.
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Valentino Rossi
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| 3.
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Jorge Lorenzo
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| 4.
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Randy de Puniet
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| 5.
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Tony Elias
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| 6.
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Dani Pedrosa
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| 7.
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Chris Vermeulen
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| 8.
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Shinya Nakano
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| 9.
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James Toseland
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| 10.
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Colin Edwards
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| 11.
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Loris Capirossi
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| 12.
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Sylvain Guintoli
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| 13.
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Alex de Angelis
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| 14.
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Andrea Dovizioso
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| 15.
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Marco Melandri
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| 16.
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Nicky Hayden
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| 17.
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John Hopkins
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| 18.
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Anthony West
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RESULT
| |
| 1.
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Valentino Rossi
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| 2.
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Jorge Lorenzo
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| 3.
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Tony Elias
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| 4.
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Dani Pedrosa
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| 5.
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Chris Vermeulen
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| 6.
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James Toseland
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| 7.
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Loris Capirossi
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| 8.
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Andrea Dovizioso
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| 9.
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Marco Melandri
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CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
Riders :
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| Valentino Rossi
|
262
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| Casey Stoner
|
187
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| Dani Pedrosa
|
185
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| Jorge Lorenzo
|
140
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| Andrea Dovizioso
|
118
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| Chris Vermeulen
|
110
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| Colin Edwards
|
108
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| Shinya Nakano
|
87
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| Loris Capirossi
|
86
|
Constructors :
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| Yamaha
|
291
|
| Ducati
|
228
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| Honda
|
223
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| Suzuki
|
139
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| Kawasaki
|
66
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Race Results posted by
David Little
1st September 2008
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