2008 United States motorcycle Grand Prix

The 2008 United States motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 2008 MotoGP championship. It took place on the weekend of July 18-20, 2008, at the Laguna Seca circuit. It was an eventful race between Valentino Rossi and Casey Stoner where the leading rider was constantly changing between the two. On lap 23 with Rossi leading Stoner entered into the last corner too deep ending up in the gravel on the outside of the track. Rossi retained his position for the remaining of the laps while Stoner managed to stay in the second place despite the mistake. Rossi won for the first time at Laguna Seca and Stoner set a new circuit record lap time of 1:21.915.

As usual, only the MotoGP class was permitted to race at Laguna Seca due to the Californian air pollution law prohibiting two-stroke engines in the state.

MotoGP classification

References

*cite web | title = MotoGP official website | url = http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2008/USA/ | accessdate = 2008-07-21 | rel="nofollow"
*cite web | title = Eurosport American GP 2008 Results | url = http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/motorsport/moto-gp/american-gp/2008/race.html | accessdate = 2008-07-22 | rel="nofollow"

MotoGP_race_report
Name_of_race = United States motorcycle Grand Prix
Year_of_race = 2008
Previous_race_in_season = 2008 German Grand Prix
Next_race_in_season = 2008 Czech Republic Grand Prix
Previous_year's_race = 2007 United States Grand Prix
Next_year's_race = 2009 United States Grand Prix