| Pos. |
Num. |
Rider |
Nation |
Team |
Motorcycle |
Lap time |
Km/h |
Gap |
| 1 |
46 |
Valentino ROSSI |
ITA |
Fiat Yamaha Team |
Yamaha |
1'59.690 |
318.772 |
|
| 2 |
2 |
Dani PEDROSA |
SPA |
Repsol Honda Team |
Honda |
1'59.738 |
316.622 |
0.048 |
| 3 |
1 |
Casey STONER |
AUS |
Ducati Marlboro Team |
Ducati |
1'59.908 |
325.791 |
0.218 |
| 4 |
5 |
Colin EDWARDS |
USA |
Tech 3 Yamaha |
Yamaha |
2'00.102 |
320.950 |
0.412 |
| 5 |
56 |
Shinya NAKANO |
JPN |
San Carlo Honda Gresini |
Honda |
2'00.141 |
312.409 |
0.451 |
| 6 |
69 |
Nicky HAYDEN |
USA |
Repsol Honda Team |
Honda |
2'00.339 |
317.087 |
0.649 |
| 7 |
65 |
Loris CAPIROSSI |
ITA |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP |
Suzuki |
2'00.350 |
322.099 |
0.660 |
| 8 |
21 |
John HOPKINS |
USA |
Kawasaki Racing Team |
Kawasaki |
2'00.553 |
314.227 |
0.863 |
| 9 |
4 |
Andrea DOVIZIOSO |
ITA |
JiR Team Scot MotoGP |
Honda |
2'00.621 |
315.789 |
0.931 |
| 10 |
7 |
Chris VERMEULEN |
AUS |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP |
Suzuki |
2'00.692 |
314.044 |
1.002 |
| 11 |
24 |
Toni ELIAS |
SPA |
Alice Team |
Ducati |
2'00.715 |
326.086 |
1.025 |
| 12 |
14 |
Randy DE PUNIET |
FRA |
LCR Honda MotoGP |
Honda |
2'00.731 |
317.740 |
1.041 |
| 13 |
15 |
Alex DE ANGELIS |
RSM |
San Carlo Honda Gresini |
Honda |
2'00.751 |
318.678 |
1.061 |
| 14 |
48 |
Jorge LORENZO |
SPA |
Fiat Yamaha Team |
Yamaha |
2'00.799 |
318.208 |
1.109 |
| 15 |
52 |
James TOSELAND |
GBR |
Tech 3 Yamaha |
Yamaha |
2'01.081 |
315.420 |
1.391 |
| 16 |
33 |
Marco MELANDRI |
ITA |
Ducati Marlboro Team |
Ducati |
2'01.476 |
324.519 |
1.786 |
| 17 |
13 |
Anthony WEST |
AUS |
Kawasaki Racing Team |
Kawasaki |
2'01.487 |
316.715 |
1.797 |
| 18 |
50 |
Sylvain GUINTOLI |
FRA |
Alice Team |
Ducati |
2'01.502 |
324.324 |
1.812 |
Global 2008 results by event:
