2008 Valencia Superbike World Championship round

2008 Spanish Superbike World Championship round
Round details
	Round 3 of 14 rounds in the ; 2008 Superbike World Championship.; and; Round 3 of 13 rounds in the ; 2008 Supersport World Championship.
	← Previous round; Australia Next round →; Netherlands
Date	April 6, 2008
Location	Valencia
Course	Permanent racing facility; 4.005 km (2.489 mi)
Superbike World Championship
Pole position
	Max Neukirchner
	1:33.805
Noriyuki Haga	Carlos Checa
1:35.131	1:35.322
Supersport World Championship
Pole position
	Andrew Pitt
	1:36.773
Fastest lap
	Broc Parkes
	1:37.590

The 2008 Valencia Superbike World Championship round was the third round of the 2008 Superbike World Championship. It took take place on the weekend of April 4–6, 2008, at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, Spain.

Superbike race 1 classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	57	Lorenzo Lanzi	Ducati 1098 RS 08	23	37:01.894	5	25
2	21	Troy Bayliss	Ducati 1098 F08	23	+2.987	3	20
3	11	Troy Corser	Yamaha YZF-R1	23	+7.287	8	16
4	10	Fonsi Nieto	Suzuki GSX-R1000	23	+11.992	13	13
5	7	Carlos Checa	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+12.824	7	11
6	31	Karl Muggeridge	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+13.125	19	10
7	36	Gregorio Lavilla	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+13.191	17	9
8	55	Régis Laconi	Kawasaki ZX-10R	23	+13.906	15	8
9	100	Makoto Tamada	Kawasaki ZX-10R	23	+17.254	12	7
10	44	Roberto Rolfo	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+18.606	18	6
11	38	Shinichi Nakatomi	Yamaha YZF-R1	23	+19.858	21	5
12	54	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+23.350	24	4
13	83	Russell Holland	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+23.577	20	3
14	96	Jakub Smrž	Ducati 1098 RS 08	23	+24.082	16	2
15	94	David Checa	Yamaha YZF-R1	23	+26.611	14	1
16	3	Max Biaggi	Ducati 1098 RS 08	23	+41.168	9
17	86	Ayrton Badovini	Kawasaki ZX-10R	23	+44.405	27
18	22	Luca Morelli	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+57.045	29
19	37	Diego Lozano Ortiz	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+1:05.173	26
20	77	Loïc Napoleone	Yamaha YZF-R1	18	+5 laps	30
Ret	76	Max Neukirchner	Suzuki GSX-R1000	22	Accident	1
Ret	111	Rubén Xaus	Ducati 1098 RS 08	10	Retirement	4
Ret	23	Ryuichi Kiyonari	Honda CBR1000RR	9	Retirement	6
Ret	84	Michel Fabrizio	Ducati 1098 F08	4	Accident	11
Ret	41	Noriyuki Haga	Yamaha YZF-R1	3	Accident	10
Ret	34	Yukio Kagayama	Suzuki GSX-R1000	3	Accident	2
Ret	131	Carmelo Morales	Yamaha YZF-R1	3	Accident	25
Ret	194	Sébastien Gimbert	Yamaha YZF-R1	1	Accident	22
Ret	16	Sergio Fuertes	Suzuki GSX-R1000	1	Accident	23
Ret	88	Shuhei Aoyama	Honda CBR1000RR	1	Accident	28

Superbike race 2 classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	41	Noriyuki Haga	Yamaha YZF-R1	23	37:03.759	9	25
2	21	Troy Bayliss	Ducati 1098 F08	23	+1.551	2	20
3	7	Carlos Checa	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+2.903	6	16
4	23	Ryuichi Kiyonari	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+7.277	5	13
5	11	Troy Corser	Yamaha YZF-R1	23	+8.051	7	11
6	34	Yukio Kagayama	Suzuki GSX-R1000	23	+9.223	1	10
7	111	Rubén Xaus	Ducati 1098 RS 08	23	+10.164	3	9
8	3	Max Biaggi	Ducati 1098 RS 08	23	+10.614	8	8
9	55	Régis Laconi	Kawasaki ZX-10R	23	+17.234	14	7
10	10	Fonsi Nieto	Suzuki GSX-R1000	23	+18.100	12	6
11	36	Gregorio Lavilla	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+18.288	16	5
12	57	Lorenzo Lanzi	Ducati 1098 RS 08	23	+18.826	4	4
13	84	Michel Fabrizio	Ducati 1098 F08	23	+21.770	10	3
14	96	Jakub Smrž	Ducati 1098 RS 08	23	+22.872	15	2
15	54	Kenan Sofuoğlu	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+25.224	21	1
16	38	Shinichi Nakatomi	Yamaha YZF-R1	23	+25.301	20
17	44	Roberto Rolfo	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+25.509	17
18	94	David Checa	Yamaha YZF-R1	23	+25.615	13
19	83	Russell Holland	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+26.503	19
20	31	Karl Muggeridge	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+35.171	18
21	86	Ayrton Badovini	Kawasaki ZX-10R	23	+53.624	24
22	37	Diego Lozano Ortiz	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+54.672	23
23	22	Luca Morelli	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+1:00.537	26
24	88	Shuhei Aoyama	Honda CBR1000RR	23	+1:24.952	25
25	131	Carmelo Morales	Yamaha YZF-R1	22	+1 lap	22
Ret	100	Makoto Tamada	Kawasaki ZX-10R	7	Accident	11
Ret	77	Loïc Napoleone	Yamaha YZF-R1	6	Retirement	27
DNS	76	Max Neukirchner	Suzuki GSX-R1000		Did not start
DNS	194	Sébastien Gimbert	Yamaha YZF-R1		Did not start
DNS	16	Sergio Fuertes	Suzuki GSX-R1000		Did not start

Supersport race classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Bike	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	26	Joan Lascorz	Honda CBR600RR	23	37:58.607	2	25
2	99	Fabien Foret	Yamaha YZF-R6	23	+1.125	9	20
3	18	Craig Jones	Honda CBR600RR	23	+1.530	3	16
4	23	Broc Parkes	Yamaha YZF-R6	23	+10.514	4	13
5	69	Gianluca Nannelli	Honda CBR600RR	23	+17.492	17	11
6	65	Jonathan Rea	Honda CBR600RR	23	+17.602	6	10
7	55	Massimo Roccoli	Yamaha YZF-R6	23	+19.636	7	9
8	147	Ángel Rodríguez	Yamaha YZF-R6	23	+19.694	23	8
9	9	Chris Walker	Kawasaki ZX-6R	23	+25.230	14	7
10	8	Mark Aitchison	Triumph 675	23	+25.702	21	6
11	21	Katsuaki Fujiwara	Kawasaki ZX-6R	23	+32.370	5	5
12	105	Gianluca Vizziello	Honda CBR600RR	23	+33.591	15	4
13	14	Matthieu Lagrive	Honda CBR600RR	23	+34.706	11	3
14	31	Vesa Kallio	Honda CBR600RR	23	+39.956	24	2
15	17	Miguel Praia	Honda CBR600RR	23	+40.227	25	1
16	44	David Salom	Yamaha YZF-R6	23	+40.357	16
17	37	William De Angelis	Honda CBR600RR	23	+41.411	26
18	121	Arnaud Vincent	Kawasaki ZX-6R	23	+53.810	27
19	88	Andrew Pitt	Honda CBR600RR	23	+56.968	1
20	83	Didier Van Keymeulen	Suzuki GSX-R600	23	+59.575	30
21	15	Gergő Talmácsi	Honda CBR600RR	23	+1:13.069	29
22	75	Luka Nedog	Honda CBR600RR	23	+1:27.385	35
23	72	Attila Magda	Honda CBR600RR	23	+1:29.031	36
Ret	51	Santiago Barragán	Honda CBR600RR	14	Retirement	34
Ret	32	Mirko Giansanti	Honda CBR600RR	14	Retirement	28
Ret	77	Barry Veneman	Suzuki GSX-R600	13	Retirement	13
Ret	38	Grégory Leblanc	Honda CBR600RR	11	Accident	20
Ret	82	Adrián Bonastre	Honda CBR600RR	11	Retirement	31
Ret	47	Ivan Clementi	Triumph 675	9	Retirement	10
Ret	81	Graeme Gowland	Honda CBR600RR	8	Accident	12
Ret	127	Robbin Harms	Honda CBR600RR	5	Accident	19
Ret	25	Josh Brookes	Honda CBR600RR	4	Retirement	8
Ret	24	Garry McCoy	Triumph 675	4	Retirement	22
Ret	57	Ilario Dionisi	Triumph 675	1	Accident	18
Ret	4	Lorenzo Alfonsi	Honda CBR600RR	1	Accident	32
Ret	199	Danilo Dell'Omo	Honda CBR600RR	1	Accident	33
WD	52	José David de Gea	Yamaha YZF-R6		Withdrew

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