The 2003 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix was the last round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 31 October – 2 November 2003 at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo.
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Race 16 of 16 races in the 2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | 2 November 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Official name | Gran Premio Marlboro de la Comunitat Valenciana[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Circuit Ricardo Tormo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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MotoGP classification
editPos. | No. | Rider | Team | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 46 | Valentino Rossi | Repsol Honda | Honda | 30 | 47:13.078 | 1 | 25 |
2 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | Telefónica Movistar Honda | Honda | 30 | +0.681 | 2 | 20 |
3 | 65 | Loris Capirossi | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 30 | +11.227 | 3 | 16 |
4 | 3 | Max Biaggi | Camel Pramac Pons | Honda | 30 | +16.293 | 6 | 13 |
5 | 7 | Carlos Checa | Fortuna Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 30 | +20.868 | 5 | 11 |
6 | 4 | Alex Barros | Gauloises Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 30 | +30.851 | 8 | 10 |
7 | 12 | Troy Bayliss | Ducati Marlboro Team | Ducati | 30 | +37.770 | 10 | 9 |
8 | 45 | Colin Edwards | Alice Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 30 | +38.922 | 7 | 8 |
9 | 17 | Norifumi Abe | Fortuna Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 30 | +40.229 | 11 | 7 |
10 | 6 | Makoto Tamada | Pramac Honda | Honda | 30 | +46.500 | 13 | 6 |
11 | 10 | Kenny Roberts Jr. | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 30 | +1:01.496 | 18 | 5 |
12 | 99 | Jeremy McWilliams | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 30 | +1:04.510 | 15 | 4 |
13 | 21 | John Hopkins | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | Suzuki | 30 | +1:05.191 | 17 | 3 |
14 | 23 | Ryuichi Kiyonari | Telefónica Movistar Honda | Honda | 30 | +1:06.012 | 20 | 2 |
15 | 41 | Noriyuki Haga | Alice Aprilia Racing | Aprilia | 30 | +1:06.154 | 22 | 1 |
16 | 69 | Nicky Hayden | Repsol Honda | Honda | 30 | +1:11.432 | 4 | |
17 | 9 | Nobuatsu Aoki | Proton Team KR | Proton KR | 30 | +1:26.736 | 19 | |
18 | 88 | Andrew Pitt | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 30 | +1:27.016 | 16 | |
19 | 8 | Garry McCoy | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki | 30 | +1:27.450 | 14 | |
20 | 52 | José David de Gea | WCM | Harris WCM | 29 | +1 lap | 23 | |
Ret | 19 | Olivier Jacque | Gauloises Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 28 | Retirement | 21 | |
Ret | 11 | Tohru Ukawa | Camel Pramac Pons | Honda | 4 | Accident | 9 | |
Ret | 56 | Shinya Nakano | d'Antín Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 4 | Accident | 12 | |
WD | 35 | Chris Burns | WCM | Harris WCM | Withdrew | |||
Sources: [2][3][4] |
250 cc classification
editPos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 7 | Randy de Puniet | Aprilia | 27 | 44:01.924 | 1 | 25 |
2 | 24 | Toni Elías | Aprilia | 27 | +0.072 | 2 | 20 |
3 | 54 | Manuel Poggiali | Aprilia | 27 | +12.810 | 4 | 16 |
4 | 50 | Sylvain Guintoli | Aprilia | 27 | +22.496 | 3 | 13 |
5 | 10 | Fonsi Nieto | Aprilia | 27 | +30.731 | 7 | 11 |
6 | 5 | Sebastián Porto | Honda | 27 | +32.381 | 9 | 10 |
7 | 3 | Roberto Rolfo | Honda | 27 | +35.547 | 10 | 9 |
8 | 21 | Franco Battaini | Aprilia | 27 | +36.987 | 6 | 8 |
9 | 34 | Eric Bataille | Honda | 27 | +38.672 | 12 | 7 |
10 | 6 | Alex Debón | Honda | 27 | +41.748 | 5 | 6 |
11 | 8 | Naoki Matsudo | Yamaha | 27 | +55.156 | 8 | 5 |
12 | 28 | Dirk Heidolf | Aprilia | 27 | +1:03.117 | 18 | 4 |
13 | 57 | Chaz Davies | Aprilia | 27 | +1:08.018 | 15 | 3 |
14 | 96 | Jakub Smrž | Honda | 27 | +1:18.041 | 16 | 2 |
15 | 73 | Radomil Rous | Aprilia | 27 | +1:24.071 | 19 | 1 |
16 | 40 | Álvaro Molina | Aprilia | 27 | +1:29.994 | 26 | |
17 | 16 | Johan Stigefelt | Aprilia | 27 | +1:32.471 | 21 | |
18 | 18 | Henk vd Lagemaat | Honda | 26 | +1 lap | 27 | |
19 | 52 | Lukáš Pešek | Yamaha | 26 | +1 lap | 25 | |
20 | 83 | Patrick Lakerveld | Aprilia | 25 | +2 laps | 28 | |
Ret | 36 | Erwan Nigon | Aprilia | 15 | Retirement | 17 | |
Ret | 14 | Anthony West | Aprilia | 14 | Retirement | 13 | |
Ret | 26 | Alex Baldolini | Aprilia | 13 | Retirement | 24 | |
Ret | 9 | Hugo Marchand | Aprilia | 11 | Retirement | 23 | |
Ret | 15 | Christian Gemmel | Honda | 8 | Retirement | 20 | |
Ret | 13 | Jaroslav Huleš | Honda | 2 | Accident | 14 | |
Ret | 33 | Héctor Faubel | Aprilia | 1 | Retirement | 11 | |
Ret | 11 | Joan Olivé | Aprilia | 1 | Retirement | 22 | |
DNQ | 84 | Yves Polzer | Honda | Did not qualify | |||
DNQ | 42 | Grégory Leblanc | Honda | Did not qualify | |||
Source: [5] |
125 cc classification
editPos. | No. | Rider | Manufacturer | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
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1 | 27 | Casey Stoner | Aprilia | 24 | 40:27.662 | 8 | 25 |
2 | 17 | Steve Jenkner | Aprilia | 24 | +0.268 | 13 | 20 |
3 | 80 | Héctor Barberá | Aprilia | 24 | +1.101 | 4 | 16 |
4 | 58 | Marco Simoncelli | Aprilia | 24 | +3.205 | 3 | 13 |
5 | 6 | Mirko Giansanti | Aprilia | 24 | +8.760 | 11 | 11 |
6 | 19 | Álvaro Bautista | Aprilia | 24 | +8.888 | 7 | 10 |
7 | 22 | Pablo Nieto | Aprilia | 24 | +12.265 | 2 | 9 |
8 | 34 | Andrea Dovizioso | Honda | 24 | +16.738 | 5 | 8 |
9 | 4 | Lucio Cecchinello | Aprilia | 24 | +21.089 | 15 | 7 |
10 | 23 | Gino Borsoi | Aprilia | 24 | +30.673 | 9 | 6 |
11 | 48 | Jorge Lorenzo | Derbi | 24 | +32.847 | 17 | 5 |
12 | 79 | Gábor Talmácsi | Aprilia | 24 | +32.954 | 21 | 4 |
13 | 7 | Stefano Perugini | Aprilia | 24 | +33.349 | 6 | 3 |
14 | 88 | Robbin Harms | Aprilia | 24 | +34.889 | 14 | 2 |
15 | 8 | Masao Azuma | Honda | 24 | +34.958 | 31 | 1 |
16 | 11 | Max Sabbatani | Aprilia | 24 | +40.633 | 24 | |
17 | 10 | Roberto Locatelli | KTM | 24 | +45.678 | 18 | |
18 | 32 | Fabrizio Lai | Malaguti | 24 | +50.241 | 19 | |
19 | 31 | Julián Simón | Malaguti | 24 | +50.313 | 22 | |
20 | 70 | Sergio Gadea | Aprilia | 24 | +58.305 | 29 | |
21 | 33 | Stefano Bianco | Gilera | 24 | +58.315 | 23 | |
22 | 25 | Imre Tóth | Aprilia | 24 | +1:23.309 | 26 | |
23 | 81 | Ismael Ortega | Aprilia | 24 | +1:33.631 | 35 | |
24 | 26 | Emilio Alzamora | Derbi | 24 | +1:39.042 | 28 | |
Ret | 90 | Dario Giuseppetti | Honda | 20 | Accident | 30 | |
Ret | 28 | Michele Danese | Honda | 17 | Retirement | 37 | |
Ret | 1 | Arnaud Vincent | Aprilia | 14 | Retirement | 12 | |
Ret | 42 | Gioele Pellino | Aprilia | 9 | Retirement | 36 | |
Ret | 63 | Mike Di Meglio | Honda | 7 | Retirement | 25 | |
Ret | 24 | Simone Corsi | Honda | 3 | Accident | 33 | |
Ret | 50 | Andrea Ballerini | Honda | 3 | Accident | 32 | |
Ret | 15 | Alex de Angelis | Aprilia | 1 | Accident | 1 | |
Ret | 36 | Mika Kallio | KTM | 1 | Accident | 10 | |
Ret | 41 | Youichi Ui | Gilera | 1 | Retirement | 16 | |
DNS | 12 | Thomas Lüthi | Honda | 0 | Did not start | 20 | |
DNS | 43 | Manuel Hernández | Aprilia | 0 | Did not start | 27 | |
DNS | 69 | David Bonache | Honda | 0 | Did not start | 34 | |
Source: [6] |
Championship standings after the race (motoGP)
editBelow are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round sixteen has concluded.[7][8]
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
edit- ^ "2003 Valencia MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
- ^ "2003 Valencia MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ^ "GP Marlboro Comunitat Valenciana – MotoGP – Race Classification" (PDF). Motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 2 November 2003. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- ^ "VALENCIA GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2003". Motogp.com. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
- ^ "GP Marlboro Comunitat Valenciana – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 2 November 2003. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- ^ "GP Marlboro Comunitat Valenciana – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 2 November 2003. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
- ^ "2003 world championship standings". Crash. November 2, 2003.
- ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2003. Retrieved 2023-04-17.