Algo que Valentino iba anunciando a lo largo de la temporada 2008 era que quería ganar el título y empezar muy bien la pretemporada para que sus rivales aspirantes se acordaran de él durante las vacaciones. El primer golpe lo ha dado él. Ha conseguido, aunque sean sólo 18 milésimas, irse de vacaciones siendo el más rápido, por delante de Dani Pedrosa. Rossi y Pedrosa son los únicos que han conseguido rodar por debajo del récord de la pista en Jerez. Destaca también la actuación de Jorge Lorenzo y Toni Elias, que se han acercado por debajo del segundo a Rossi. Sete ha rodado a segundo y medio.
1. Valentino Rossi (Yamaha) 1:39.429
2. Dani Pedrosa (Honda) 1:39.447
3. Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) 1:40.426
4. Toni Elias (Honda) 1:40.448
5. Alex De Angelis (Honda) 1:40.486
Nicky Hayden (Ducati) 1:40.486
7. Mika Kallio (Ducati) 1:40.564
8. Colin Edwards(Yamaha) 1:40.604
9. Sete Gibernau (Ducati) 1:40.856
10. Andrea Dovizioso (Honda) 1:40.966
11. Niccolo Canepa (Ducati) 1:41.077
12. James Toseland (Yamaha) 1:41.740
13. Vitto Guareschi (Ducati) 1:42.906
14. Yuki Takahashi (Honda) 1:42.918
1. Rossi (54 vueltas): 2:00.401, 1:42.648, 1:40.923, 1:40.747, 1:40.336, 9:45.123, 1:55.994, 1:41.790, 1:40.502, 1:40.221, 1:39.803, 12:06.677, 1:52.019, 1:42.087, 1:41.420, 1:40.766, 1:40.771, 9:30.483, 1:51.702, 1:41.903, 1:41.119, 1:41.017, 1:41.044, 16:55.771, 1:59.997, 1:41.604, 1:40.263, 1:39.988, 1:39.947, 1:40.339, 1:40.026, 16:10.402, 1:56.181, 1:41.801, 1:40.403, 1:40.469, 1:40.775, 15:54.496, 1:56.415, 1:43.106, 1:42.226, 1:41.896, 8:42.631, 1:58.473, 1:42.439, 1:40.155, 1:40.462, 1:40.056, 3:03.450, 1:51.646, 1:40.463, 1:39.429, 1:39.807, 1:40.116.
2.Pedrosa (47 vueltas): 2:07.000, 1:46.006, 1:43.530, 1:42.187, 1:41.400, 11:19.450, 2:06.626, 1:45.488, 1:41.631, 1:40.994, 1:40.975, 1:40.642, 14:03.988, 2:01.146, 1:43.905, 1:41.627, 1:41.096, 24:58.176, 1:59.172, 1:43.062, 1:41.348, 1:40.755, 1:40.485, 1:40.431, 1:40.552, 1:40.321, 21:47.033, 1:58.249, 1:42.156, 1:39.915, 1:39.507, 1:39.716, 1:39.902, 1:39.638, 28:11.814, 1:58.029, 1:42.909, 1:41.165, 1:40.099,1:40.480, 1:40.696,1:41.153, 30:02.605,1:56.607,1:41.028, 1:40.155,1:39.447.
3.Lorenzo (58 vueltas): 1:52.739, 1:44.797, 1:42.751, 1:42.083, 1:42.046, 1:41.847, 1:41.999, 14:57.541, 1:49.663, 1:43.062, 1:42.954, 1:42.765, 1:42.882, 1:42.985, 8:29.805, 1:50.437, 1:42.272, 1:41.672, 1:41.460, 1:41.402, 1:41.343, 1:41.417, 1:41.445, 1:41.444, 1:41.348, 1:41.463, 1:41.422, 1:41.628, 12:34.807, 1:56.464, 1:42.467, 1:41.220, 1:41.187, 1:40.982, 1:40.794,9:26.102,2:02.732, 1:42.308, 1:41.406, 1:41.185, 1:41.388, 21:53.766, 1:57.780, 1:41.238, 1:40.930, 1:40.496, 1:40.669, 1:40.426, 1:40.498, 1:41.408, 13:23.325, 1:59.880, 1:42.152, 1:41.338, 1:41.336, 1:41.566, 1:41.510, 18:06.188.
4.Elias (56 vueltas): 2:14.587, 1:51.445, 1:45.914, 1:43.795, 1:42.942, 1:47.210, 1:43.154, 1:42.376, 1:47.831, 1:42.035, 14:50.396, 2:08.085, 1:44.583, 1:43.317, 1:45.657, 1:42.723, 18:16.293, 1:56.352, 1:43.998, 1:43.253, 1:44.148, 1:42.603, 27:48.972, 1:57.186, 1:45.017, 1:42.900, 1:42.614, 15:14.595, 1:59.090, 1:45.539, 1:42.541, 1:41.316, 1:41.382, 1:41.290, 1:41.299, 7:56.325, 1:57.271, 1:42.175, 1:40.660, 1:40.830, 1:40.641, 14:01.529,3:26.002, 1:52.576,1:43.582,1:41.875, 1:41.300, 1:41.796, 42:24.198, 2:00.039, 1:43.133, 1:40.907, 1:40.448, 1:44.114, 1:42.625, 5:58.043.
9.Gibernau (48 vueltas): 2:14.144, 10:27.837, 2:03.842, 1:46.573, 1:44.148, 1:42.831, 1:42.325, 1:42.497, 17:47.698, 2:05.916, 1:43.730, 1:42.582, 1:42.021, 1:41.866, 1:49.714, 1:42.259, 1:41.936, 25:08.397, 2:06.496, 1:45.643, 1:42.948, 1:42.592, 1:42.052, 13:50.077, 2:00.642, 1:43.410,1:43.148, 1:42.601, 1:41.894, 1:42.110,1:48.136, 1:41.904, 31:42.170,1:59.129,1:42.107, 1:41.787, 1:41.075, 19:46.539, 2:00.309, 1:42.397, 1:42.765, 1:41.595, 22:09.699, 2:02.802,1:42.900, 1:41.071,1:41.040, 1:40.856,.