2003 British motorcycle Grand Prix

2003 British Grand Prix
Race details
Race 8 of 16 races in the; 2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date	July 13 2003
Official name	Cinzano British Grand Prix
Location	Donington Park
Course	Permanent racing facility; 4.023 km (2.500 mi);
MotoGP
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Max Biaggi
Time	1:30.740
Fastest lap
Rider	Valentino Rossi
Time	1:31.023 on lap 2
Podium
First	Max Biaggi
Second	Sete Gibernau
Third	Valentino Rossi
250cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Fonsi Nieto
Time	1:33.859
Fastest lap
Rider	Manuel Poggiali
Time	1:34.558 on lap 3
Podium
First	Fonsi Nieto
Second	Manuel Poggiali
Third	Anthony West
125cc
Rider
Pole position
Rider	Stefano Perugini
Time	1:37.984
Fastest lap
Rider	Lucio Cecchinello
Time	1:38.463 on lap 7
Podium
First	Héctor Barberá
Second	Andrea Dovizioso
Third	Stefano Perugini

The 2003 British motorcycle Grand Prix was the eighth round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 11–13 July 2003 at the Donington Park circuit.

MotoGP classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Max Biaggi	Camel Pramac Pons	Honda	30	46:06.688	1	25
2	15	Sete Gibernau	Telefónica Movistar Honda	Honda	30	+7.138	2	20
3	46	Valentino Rossi	Repsol Honda	Honda	30	+8.794^{[N 1]}	4	16
4	65	Loris Capirossi	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	30	+13.041	7	13
5	12	Troy Bayliss	Ducati Marlboro Team	Ducati	30	+16.269	6	11
6	7	Carlos Checa	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	30	+27.085	5	10
7	41	Noriyuki Haga	Alice Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	30	+27.662	13	9
8	69	Nicky Hayden	Repsol Honda	Honda	30	+32.012	12	8
9	56	Shinya Nakano	d'Antín Yamaha Team	Yamaha	30	+34.799	11	7
10	45	Colin Edwards	Alice Aprilia Racing	Aprilia	30	+35.001	9	6
11	21	John Hopkins	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	30	+48.165	14	5
12	71	Yukio Kagayama	Suzuki Grand Prix Team	Suzuki	30	+1:00.423	16	4
13	6	Makoto Tamada	Pramac Honda	Honda	30	+1:06.160	15	3
14	23	Ryuichi Kiyonari	Telefónica Movistar Honda	Honda	30	+1:14.866	19	2
15	9	Nobuatsu Aoki	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	30	+1:30.291	21	1
16	8	Garry McCoy	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	29	+1 lap	17
17	88	Andrew Pitt	Kawasaki Racing Team	Kawasaki	29	+1 lap	20
Ret	19	Olivier Jacque	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha	18	Accident	8
Ret	99	Jeremy McWilliams	Proton Team KR	Proton KR	13	Retirement	18
Ret	52	David de Gea	WCM	Sabre V4	9	Retirement	23
Ret	33	Marco Melandri	Fortuna Yamaha Team	Yamaha	4	Accident	3
Ret	35	Chris Burns	WCM	ROC Yamaha	1	Accident	22
Ret	11	Tohru Ukawa	Camel Pramac Pons	Honda	0	Accident	10
DNS	4	Alex Barros	Gauloises Yamaha Team	Yamaha		Did not start
Sources:^[3]^[4]^[5]

250 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	10	Fonsi Nieto	Aprilia	27	42:58.011	1	25
2	54	Manuel Poggiali	Aprilia	27	+0.269	2	20
3	14	Anthony West	Aprilia	27	+2.558	10	16
4	24	Toni Elías	Aprilia	27	+2.933	3	13
5	3	Roberto Rolfo	Honda	27	+2.934	7	11
6	5	Sebastián Porto	Honda	27	+25.030	8	10
7	21	Franco Battaini	Aprilia	27	+27.663	6	9
8	7	Randy de Puniet	Aprilia	27	+31.591	5	8
9	8	Naoki Matsudo	Yamaha	27	+50.348	4	7
10	6	Alex Debón	Honda	27	+53.337	12	6
11	23	Jay Vincent	Aprilia	27	+58.098	11	5
12	33	Héctor Faubel	Aprilia	27	+1:00.050	16	4
13	57	Chaz Davies	Aprilia	27	+1:00.250	17	3
14	96	Jakub Smrž	Honda	27	+1:10.355	21	2
15	28	Dirk Heidolf	Aprilia	27	+1:11.666	23	1
16	9	Hugo Marchand	Aprilia	27	+1:15.036	19
17	26	Alex Baldolini	Aprilia	27	+1:23.682	20
18	18	Henk vd Lagemaat	Honda	26	+1 lap	24
19	98	Katja Poensgen	Honda	26	+1 lap	27
Ret	11	Joan Olivé	Aprilia	19	Accident	18
Ret	36	Erwan Nigon	Aprilia	19	Retirement	15
Ret	58	Lee Dickinson	Yamaha	12	Retirement	26
Ret	16	Johan Stigefelt	Aprilia	8	Retirement	14
Ret	60	Phillip Desborough	Yamaha	5	Accident	25
Ret	34	Eric Bataille	Honda	4	Accident	13
Ret	15	Christian Gemmel	Honda	4	Accident	22
Ret	50	Sylvain Guintoli	Aprilia	1	Accident	9
DNQ	59	Andrew Sawford	Honda		Did not qualify
EX	53	Teresio Isola	Yamaha		Excluded^{[N 2]}
Source:^[7]

125 cc classification

Pos.	No.	Rider	Manufacturer	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	80	Héctor Barberá	Aprilia	25	41:25.907	6	25
2	34	Andrea Dovizioso	Honda	25	+0.605	3	20
3	7	Stefano Perugini	Aprilia	25	+2.597	1	16
4	15	Alex de Angelis	Aprilia	25	+9.170	10	13
5	27	Casey Stoner	Aprilia	25	+11.692	9	11
6	22	Pablo Nieto	Aprilia	25	+15.898	11	10
7	36	Mika Kallio	Honda	25	+21.004	5	9
8	1	Arnaud Vincent	KTM	25	+21.756	17	8
9	79	Gábor Talmácsi	Aprilia	25	+22.212	15	7
10	4	Lucio Cecchinello	Aprilia	25	+23.642	8	6
11	6	Mirko Giansanti	Aprilia	25	+23.812	20	5
12	42	Gioele Pellino	Aprilia	25	+34.153	16	4
13	8	Masao Azuma	Honda	25	+35.552	22	3
14	19	Álvaro Bautista	Aprilia	25	+35.873	18	2
15	63	Mike Di Meglio	Aprilia	25	+36.203	26	1
16	58	Marco Simoncelli	Aprilia	25	+44.343	24
17	25	Imre Tóth	Honda	25	+51.520	25
18	31	Julián Simón	Malaguti	25	+1:06.379	30
19	23	Gino Borsoi	Aprilia	25	+1:06.972	12
20	78	Péter Lénárt	Honda	25	+1:11.783	33
21	81	Ismael Ortega	Aprilia	25	+1:12.473	32
22	12	Thomas Lüthi	Honda	25	+1:26.143	13
23	84	Paul Veazey	Honda	24	+1 lap	34
24	50	Midge Smart	Honda	24	+1 lap	36
25	49	Lee Longden	Honda	24	+1 lap	37
26	83	Chester Lusk	Honda	23	+2 laps	38
Ret	3	Daniel Pedrosa	Honda	24	Accident	2
Ret	26	Emilio Alzamora	Derbi	24	Retirement	28
Ret	10	Roberto Locatelli	KTM	22	Retirement	27
Ret	21	Leon Camier	Honda	7	Retirement	31
Ret	41	Youichi Ui	Aprilia	5	Accident	14
Ret	33	Stefano Bianco	Gilera	5	Retirement	29
Ret	11	Max Sabbatani	Aprilia	1	Accident	21
Ret	48	Jorge Lorenzo	Derbi	1	Accident	19
Ret	32	Fabrizio Lai	Malaguti	1	Accident	23
Ret	17	Steve Jenkner	Aprilia	0	Accident	7
Ret	24	Simone Corsi	Honda	0	Accident	4
DNS	51	Kris Weston	Honda	0	Did not start	35
Source:^[8]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eight has concluded.^[9]

Riders' Championship standings

Pos.	Rider	Points
1	Valentino Rossi	167
2	Sete Gibernau	133
3	Max Biaggi	130
4	Loris Capirossi	84
5	Troy Bayliss	64

Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	Points
1	Honda	195
2	Ducati	113
3	Yamaha	93
4	Aprilia	52
5	Suzuki	22

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

Notes

^ 10-second penalty for overtaking under yellow flags.
^ Black-flagged and excluded from the remainder of the event after the first qualifying session.^[6]

References

^ "2003 British MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Donington Park - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
^ "2003 British MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.
^ "Cinzano British Grand Prix – MotoGP – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 13 July 2003. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
^ "motogp.com · BRITISH GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2003". www.motogp.com.
^ "Cinzano British Grand Prix – 250cc – Qualifying Practice Nr. 1 Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 13 July 2003. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
^ "Cinzano British Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 13 July 2003. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
^ "Cinzano British Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 13 July 2003. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2003. Retrieved 22 August 2019.

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[3] 10-second penalty for overtaking under yellow flags.

[8] Black-flagged and excluded from the remainder of the event after the first qualifying session.^[6]

[1] "2003 British MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.

[2] Mitchell, Malcolm. "Donington Park - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 16 May 2018.

[4] "2003 British MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". 13 June 2017.

[5] "Cinzano British Grand Prix – MotoGP – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 13 July 2003. Retrieved 2 May 2018.

[6] "motogp.com · BRITISH GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2003". www.motogp.com.

[7] "Cinzano British Grand Prix – 250cc – Qualifying Practice Nr. 1 Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 13 July 2003. Retrieved 2 May 2018.

[9] "Cinzano British Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 13 July 2003. Retrieved 2 May 2018.

[10] "Cinzano British Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 13 July 2003. Retrieved 2 May 2018.

[11] "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2003. Retrieved 22 August 2019.

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