title: 2008 Valencia Superbike World Championship round
text: # 2008 Valencia Superbike World Championship round
  
  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 | | |
  