2003 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix

2003 Spanish Grand Prix
Race details
Race 3 of 16 races in the; 2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	11 May 2003
Official name	Gran Premio Marlboro de España
Location	Circuito de Jerez
Course	Permanent racing facility; 4.423 km (2.748 mi);
MotoGP
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Loris Capirossi
Time	1:41.983
Fastest lap
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:42.788 on lap 5
Podium
First	Valentino Rossi
Second	Max Biaggi
Third	Troy Bayliss
250 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Randy de Puniet
Time	1:44.723
Fastest lap
Rider	Manuel Poggiali
Time	1:45.350 on lap 2
Podium
First	Toni Elías
Second	Roberto Rolfo
Third	Randy de Puniet
125 cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Pablo Nieto
Time	1:47.711
Fastest lap
Rider	Stefano Perugini
Time	1:47.766 on lap 6
Podium
First	Lucio Cecchinello
Second	Steve Jenkner
Third	Alex de Angelis

The 2003 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 9–11 May 2003 at the Circuito de Jerez.

MotoGP classification edit

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	46	Valentino Rossi	Repsol Honda	Honda	27	46:50.345	5	25
2	3	Max Biaggi	Camel Pramac Pons	Honda	27	+6.333	3	20
3	12	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	27	+12.077	2	16
4	11	Tohru Ukawa	Camel Pramac Pons	Honda	27	+16.186	4	13
5	4	Alex Barros	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	+18.630	15	11
6	6	Makoto Tamada	Pramac Honda	Honda	27	+24.153	12	10
7	21	John Hopkins	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	27	+30.959	7	9
8	56	Shinya Nakano	d'Antín Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	+31.218	13	8
9	9	Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	27	+36.002	8	7
10	19	Olivier Jacque	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	+37.566	9	6
11	41	Noriyuki Haga	Alice Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	27	+43.753	18	5
12	99	Jeremy McWilliams	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	27	+43.894	14	4
13	10	Kenny Roberts Jr.	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	27	+48.891	17	3
14	45	Colin Edwards	Alice Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	27	+52.128	11	2
15	88	Andrew Pitt	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	27	+1:08.179	20	1
16	66	Alex Hofmann	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	27	+1:08.372	21
17	33	Marco Melandri	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	27	+1:31.010	16
18	8	Garry McCoy	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	26	+1 lap	22
Ret	65	Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	12	Accident	1
Ret	69	Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda	Honda	8	Accident	19
Ret	15	Sete Gibernau	Telefónica Movistar Honda	Honda	6	Accident	6
Ret	7	Carlos Checa	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	3	Retirement	10
Sources: ^[1]^[2]^[3]

250 cc classification edit

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	24	Toni Elías	Aprilia	26	46:10.793	6	25
2	3	Roberto Rolfo	Honda	26	+0.521	4	20
3	7	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	26	+0.539	1	16
4	54	Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	26	+0.607	2	13
5	14	Anthony West	Aprilia	26	+12.048	7	11
6	5	Sebastián Porto	Honda	26	+14.204	8	10
7	10	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	26	+22.463	5	9
8	8	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	26	+37.840	10	8
9	6	Alex Debón	Honda	26	+42.820	16	7
10	11	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	26	+48.821	19	6
11	21	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	26	+52.185	3	5
12	26	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	26	+54.704	23	4
13	34	Eric Bataille	Honda	26	+56.089	11	3
14	15	Christian Gemmel	Honda	26	+57.708	15	2
15	28	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	26	+1:03.433	20	1
16	13	Jaroslav Huleš	Yamaha	26	+1:08.944	21
17	96	Jakub Smrž	Honda	26	+1:18.200	22
18	57	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	26	+1:18.401	18
19	40	Álvaro Molina	Aprilia	26	+1:25.198	24
20	18	Henk vd Lagemaat	Honda	25	+1 lap	25
21	39	Luis Castro	Yamaha	25	+1 lap	26
Ret	16	Johan Stigefelt	Aprilia	22	Accident	12
Ret	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	14	Accident	9
Ret	9	Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	14	Retirement	13
Ret	33	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	5	Accident	17
Ret	36	Erwan Nigon	Aprilia	2	Retirement	14
DNS	42	Grégory Leblanc	Honda		Did not start
DNQ	98	Katja Poensgen	Honda		Did not qualify
Source: ^[4]

125 cc classification edit

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	23	41:52.177	2	25
2	17	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	23	+0.088	5	20
3	15	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	23	+0.378	3	16
4	3	Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	23	+1.385	4	13
5	7	Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	23	+1.507	12	11
6	27	Casey Stoner	Aprilia	23	+11.402	11	10
7	80	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	23	+11.496	7	9
8	41	Youichi Ui	Aprilia	23	+15.577	6	8
9	34	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	23	+18.604	8	7
10	6	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	23	+18.897	9	6
11	8	Masao Azuma	Honda	23	+23.532	17	5
12	12	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	23	+23.600	20	4
13	23	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	23	+23.810	15	3
14	58	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	23	+24.208	10	2
15	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	23	+25.139	22	1
16	36	Mika Kallio	Honda	23	+25.230	14
17	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	23	+27.742	16
18	26	Emilio Alzamora	Derbi	23	+28.511	23
19	79	Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	23	+29.036	13
20	42	Gioele Pellino	Aprilia	23	+59.993	25
21	24	Simone Corsi	Honda	23	+1:02.499	21
22	1	Arnaud Vincent	KTM	23	+1:02.545	19
23	32	Fabrizio Lai	Malaguti	23	+1:02.841	26
24	11	Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	23	+1:03.046	18
25	70	Sergio Gadea	Aprilia	23	+1:11.364	33
26	25	Imre Tóth	Honda	23	+1:11.453	28
27	81	Ismael Ortega	Aprilia	23	+1:11.693	31
28	63	Mike Di Meglio	Aprilia	23	+1:20.298	32
29	71	Rubén Catalán	Aprilia	23	+1:34.875	34
30	21	Leon Camier	Honda	23	+1:34.935	36
Ret	10	Roberto Locatelli	KTM	12	Retirement	30
Ret	22	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	9	Retirement	1
Ret	33	Stefano Bianco	Gilera	3	Accident	24
Ret	14	Chris Martin	Aprilia	1	Accident	27
Ret	69	David Bonache	TSR	1	Retirement	35
Ret	31	Julián Simón	Malaguti	1	Accident	29
Ret	78	Péter Lénárt	Honda	0	Retirement	37
Source: ^[5]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP) edit

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round three has concluded.^[6]^[7]

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Valentino Rossi	70
2	Max Biaggi	56
3	Troy Bayliss	40
4	Sete Gibernau	38
5	Alex Barros	30

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Honda	75
2	Ducati	45
3	Yamaha	30
4	Aprilia	15
5	Suzuki	15

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References edit

^ ^a ^b "2003 Spanish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
^ "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – MotoGP – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 11 May 2003. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
^ "SPANISH GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2003". Motogp.com. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
^ "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 11 May 2003. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
^ "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 11 May 2003. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
^ "MotoGP championship standings". Crash. May 11, 2003.
^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2003. Retrieved 2019-08-22.

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[motorsportmagazine.com-1] "2003 Spanish MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2018.

[2] "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – MotoGP – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 11 May 2003. Retrieved 27 November 2016.

[3] "SPANISH GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2003". Motogp.com. Retrieved 30 July 2018.

[4] "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 11 May 2003. Retrieved 27 November 2016.

[5] "Gran Premio Marlboro de España – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 11 May 2003. Retrieved 27 November 2016.

[6] "MotoGP championship standings". Crash. May 11, 2003.

[7] "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2003. Retrieved 2019-08-22.

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