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2003 Valencian Community motorcycle Grand Prix

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Valencian Community  2003 Valencian Community Grand Prix
Race details
Race 16 of 16 races in the
2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date2 November 2003
Official nameGran Premio Marlboro de la Comunitat Valenciana[1]
LocationCircuit Ricardo Tormo
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.005 km (2.489 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi Honda
Time 1:32.478
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi Honda
Time 1:33.317 on lap 24
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi Honda
Second Spain Sete Gibernau Honda
Third Italy Loris Capirossi Ducati
250cc
Pole position
Rider France Randy de Puniet Aprilia
Time 1:36.499
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Toni Elías Aprilia
Time 1:36.840 on lap 14
Podium
First France Randy de Puniet Aprilia
Second Spain Toni Elías Aprilia
Third San Marino Manuel Poggiali Aprilia
125cc
Pole position
Rider San Marino Alex de Angelis Aprilia
Time 1:40.440
Fastest lap
Rider Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia
Time 1:40.253 on lap 17
Podium
First Australia Casey Stoner Aprilia
Second Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia
Third Spain Héctor Barberá Aprilia

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.

MotoGP classification

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Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Repsol Honda Honda 30 47:13.078 1 25
2 15 Spain Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Honda Honda 30 +0.681 2 20
3 65 Italy Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 30 +11.227 3 16
4 3 Italy Max Biaggi Camel Pramac Pons Honda 30 +16.293 6 13
5 7 Spain Carlos Checa Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +20.868 5 11
6 4 Brazil Alex Barros Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +30.851 8 10
7 12 Australia Troy Bayliss Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 30 +37.770 10 9
8 45 United States Colin Edwards Alice Aprilia Racing Aprilia 30 +38.922 7 8
9 17 Japan Norifumi Abe Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 30 +40.229 11 7
10 6 Japan Makoto Tamada Pramac Honda Honda 30 +46.500 13 6
11 10 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 30 +1:01.496 18 5
12 99 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Proton Team KR Proton KR 30 +1:04.510 15 4
13 21 United States John Hopkins Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 30 +1:05.191 17 3
14 23 Japan Ryuichi Kiyonari Telefónica Movistar Honda Honda 30 +1:06.012 20 2
15 41 Japan Noriyuki Haga Alice Aprilia Racing Aprilia 30 +1:06.154 22 1
16 69 United States Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Honda 30 +1:11.432 4
17 9 Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 30 +1:26.736 19
18 88 Australia Andrew Pitt Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 30 +1:27.016 16
19 8 Australia Garry McCoy Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 30 +1:27.450 14
20 52 Spain José David de Gea WCM Harris WCM 29 +1 lap 23
Ret 19 France Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 28 Retirement 21
Ret 11 Japan Tohru Ukawa Camel Pramac Pons Honda 4 Accident 9
Ret 56 Japan Shinya Nakano d'Antín Yamaha Team Yamaha 4 Accident 12
WD 35 United Kingdom Chris Burns WCM Harris WCM Withdrew
Sources: [2][3][4]

250 cc classification

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Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 7 France Randy de Puniet Aprilia 27 44:01.924 1 25
2 24 Spain Toni Elías Aprilia 27 +0.072 2 20
3 54 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 27 +12.810 4 16
4 50 France Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 27 +22.496 3 13
5 10 Spain Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 27 +30.731 7 11
6 5 Argentina Sebastián Porto Honda 27 +32.381 9 10
7 3 Italy Roberto Rolfo Honda 27 +35.547 10 9
8 21 Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia 27 +36.987 6 8
9 34 France Eric Bataille Honda 27 +38.672 12 7
10 6 Spain Alex Debón Honda 27 +41.748 5 6
11 8 Japan Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 27 +55.156 8 5
12 28 Germany Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 27 +1:03.117 18 4
13 57 United Kingdom Chaz Davies Aprilia 27 +1:08.018 15 3
14 96 Czech Republic Jakub Smrž Honda 27 +1:18.041 16 2
15 73 Czech Republic Radomil Rous Aprilia 27 +1:24.071 19 1
16 40 Spain Álvaro Molina Aprilia 27 +1:29.994 26
17 16 Sweden Johan Stigefelt Aprilia 27 +1:32.471 21
18 18 Netherlands Henk vd Lagemaat Honda 26 +1 lap 27
19 52 Czech Republic Lukáš Pešek Yamaha 26 +1 lap 25
20 83 Netherlands Patrick Lakerveld Aprilia 25 +2 laps 28
Ret 36 France Erwan Nigon Aprilia 15 Retirement 17
Ret 14 Australia Anthony West Aprilia 14 Retirement 13
Ret 26 Italy Alex Baldolini Aprilia 13 Retirement 24
Ret 9 France Hugo Marchand Aprilia 11 Retirement 23
Ret 15 Germany Christian Gemmel Honda 8 Retirement 20
Ret 13 Czech Republic Jaroslav Huleš Honda 2 Accident 14
Ret 33 Spain Héctor Faubel Aprilia 1 Retirement 11
Ret 11 Spain Joan Olivé Aprilia 1 Retirement 22
DNQ 84 Austria Yves Polzer Honda Did not qualify
DNQ 42 France Grégory Leblanc Honda Did not qualify
Source: [5]

125 cc classification

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Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 27 Australia Casey Stoner Aprilia 24 40:27.662 8 25
2 17 Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia 24 +0.268 13 20
3 80 Spain Héctor Barberá Aprilia 24 +1.101 4 16
4 58 Italy Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 24 +3.205 3 13
5 6 Italy Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 24 +8.760 11 11
6 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 24 +8.888 7 10
7 22 Spain Pablo Nieto Aprilia 24 +12.265 2 9
8 34 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Honda 24 +16.738 5 8
9 4 Italy Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 24 +21.089 15 7
10 23 Italy Gino Borsoi Aprilia 24 +30.673 9 6
11 48 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 24 +32.847 17 5
12 79 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 24 +32.954 21 4
13 7 Italy Stefano Perugini Aprilia 24 +33.349 6 3
14 88 Denmark Robbin Harms Aprilia 24 +34.889 14 2
15 8 Japan Masao Azuma Honda 24 +34.958 31 1
16 11 Italy Max Sabbatani Aprilia 24 +40.633 24
17 10 Italy Roberto Locatelli KTM 24 +45.678 18
18 32 Italy Fabrizio Lai Malaguti 24 +50.241 19
19 31 Spain Julián Simón Malaguti 24 +50.313 22
20 70 Spain Sergio Gadea Aprilia 24 +58.305 29
21 33 Italy Stefano Bianco Gilera 24 +58.315 23
22 25 Hungary Imre Tóth Aprilia 24 +1:23.309 26
23 81 Spain Ismael Ortega Aprilia 24 +1:33.631 35
24 26 Spain Emilio Alzamora Derbi 24 +1:39.042 28
Ret 90 Germany Dario Giuseppetti Honda 20 Accident 30
Ret 28 Italy Michele Danese Honda 17 Retirement 37
Ret 1 France Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 14 Retirement 12
Ret 42 Italy Gioele Pellino Aprilia 9 Retirement 36
Ret 63 France Mike Di Meglio Honda 7 Retirement 25
Ret 24 Italy Simone Corsi Honda 3 Accident 33
Ret 50 Italy Andrea Ballerini Honda 3 Accident 32
Ret 15 San Marino Alex de Angelis Aprilia 1 Accident 1
Ret 36 Finland Mika Kallio KTM 1 Accident 10
Ret 41 Japan Youichi Ui Gilera 1 Retirement 16
DNS 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Honda 0 Did not start 20
DNS 43 Spain Manuel Hernández Aprilia 0 Did not start 27
DNS 69 Spain David Bonache Honda 0 Did not start 34
Source: [6]

Championship standings after the race (motoGP)

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Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round sixteen has concluded.[7][8]

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

References

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  1. ^ "2003 Valencia MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  2. ^ "2003 Valencia MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  3. ^ "GP Marlboro Comunitat Valenciana – MotoGP – Race Classification" (PDF). Motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 2 November 2003. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  4. ^ "VALENCIA GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2003". Motogp.com. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  5. ^ "GP Marlboro Comunitat Valenciana – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 2 November 2003. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  6. ^ "GP Marlboro Comunitat Valenciana – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 2 November 2003. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  7. ^ "2003 world championship standings". Crash. November 2, 2003.
  8. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2003. Retrieved 2023-04-17.


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