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2003 British motorcycle Grand Prix

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{{Infobox Grand Prix motorcycle race report

| flag = UK

| Grand Prix = British

| Location = Donington Park

| Official Name = Cinzano British Grand Prix{{cite web|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2003-british-motogp|title=2003 British MotoGP|date=13 June 2017|website=Motorsportmagazine.com|access-date=16 May 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.progcovers.com/motor/donington.html|title=Donington Park - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project|first=Malcolm|last=Mitchell|website=Progcovers.com|access-date=16 May 2018}}

| Image = Donington as of 2006.svg

| Course_mi = 2.500

| Course_km = 4.023

| Race_No = 8

| Season_No = 16

| Date = July 13

| Year = 2003

| Pole_Rider_MotoGP = Max Biaggi

| Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Country = Italy

| Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Bike = Honda

| Pole_Time_MotoGP = 1:30.740

| Fast_Rider_MotoGP = Valentino Rossi

| Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Country = Italy

| Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Bike = Honda

| Fast_Time_MotoGP = 1:31.023 on lap 2

| First_Rider_MotoGP = Max Biaggi

| First_Rider_MotoGP_Country = Italy

| First_Rider_MotoGP_Bike = Honda

| Second_Rider_MotoGP = Sete Gibernau

| Second_Rider_MotoGP_Country = Spain

| Second_Rider_MotoGP_Bike = Honda

| Third_Rider_MotoGP = Valentino Rossi

| Third_Rider_MotoGP_Country = Italy

| Third_Rider_MotoGP_Bike = Honda

| Pole_Rider_250 = Fonsi Nieto

| Pole_Rider_250_Country = Spain

| Pole_Rider_250_Bike = Aprilia

| Pole_Time_250 = 1:33.859

| Fast_Rider_250 = Manuel Poggiali

| Fast_Rider_250_Country = San Marino

| Fast_Rider_250_Bike = Aprilia

| Fast_Time_250 = 1:34.558 on lap 3

| First_Rider_250 = Fonsi Nieto

| First_Rider_250_Country = Spain

| First_Rider_250_Bike = Aprilia

| Second_Rider_250 = Manuel Poggiali

| Second_Rider_250_Country = San Marino

| Second_Rider_250_Bike = Aprilia

| Third_Rider_250 = Anthony West

| Third_Rider_250_Country = Australia

| Third_Rider_250_Bike = Aprilia

| Pole_Rider_125 = Stefano Perugini

| Pole_Rider_125_Country = Italy

| Pole_Rider_125_Bike = Aprilia

| Pole_Time_125 = 1:37.984

| Fast_Rider_125 = Lucio Cecchinello

| Fast_Rider_125_Country = Italy

| Fast_Rider_125_Bike = Aprilia

| Fast_Time_125 = 1:38.463 on lap 7

| First_Rider_125 = Héctor Barberá

| First_Rider_125_Country = Spain

| First_Rider_125_Bike = Aprilia

| Second_Rider_125 = Andrea Dovizioso

| Second_Rider_125_Country = Italy

| Second_Rider_125_Bike = Honda

| Third_Rider_125 = Stefano Perugini

| Third_Rider_125_Country = Italy

| Third_Rider_125_Bike = Aprilia

}}

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

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

! Pos.

! No.

! Rider

! Team

! Manufacturer

! Laps

! Time/Retired

! Grid

! Points

1

| 3

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Max Biaggi

| Camel Pramac Pons

| Honda

| 30

| 46:06.688

| 1

| 25

2

| 15

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Sete Gibernau

| Telefónica Movistar Honda

| Honda

| 30

| +7.138

| 2

| 20

3

| 46

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Valentino Rossi

| Repsol Honda

| Honda

| 30

| +8.794{{refn|10-second penalty for overtaking under yellow flags.|group="N"}}

| 4

| 16

4

| 65

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Loris Capirossi

| Ducati Marlboro Team

| Ducati

| 30

| +13.041

| 7

| 13

5

| 12

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Troy Bayliss

| Ducati Marlboro Team

| Ducati

| 30

| +16.269

| 6

| 11

6

| 7

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Carlos Checa

| Fortuna Yamaha Team

| Yamaha

| 30

| +27.085

| 5

| 10

7

| 41

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Noriyuki Haga

| Alice Aprilia Racing

| Aprilia

| 30

| +27.662

| 13

| 9

8

| 69

| {{flagicon|USA}} Nicky Hayden

| Repsol Honda

| Honda

| 30

| +32.012

| 12

| 8

9

| 56

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Shinya Nakano

| d'Antín Yamaha Team

| Yamaha

| 30

| +34.799

| 11

| 7

10

| 45

| {{flagicon|USA}} Colin Edwards

| Alice Aprilia Racing

| Aprilia

| 30

| +35.001

| 9

| 6

11

| 21

| {{flagicon|USA}} John Hopkins

| Suzuki Grand Prix Team

| Suzuki

| 30

| +48.165

| 14

| 5

12

| 71

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yukio Kagayama

| Suzuki Grand Prix Team

| Suzuki

| 30

| +1:00.423

| 16

| 4

13

| 6

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Makoto Tamada

| Pramac Honda

| Honda

| 30

| +1:06.160

| 15

| 3

14

| 23

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Ryuichi Kiyonari

| Telefónica Movistar Honda

| Honda

| 30

| +1:14.866

| 19

| 2

15

| 9

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Nobuatsu Aoki

| Proton Team KR

| Proton KR

| 30

| +1:30.291

| 21

| 1

16

| 8

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Garry McCoy

| Kawasaki Racing Team

| Kawasaki

| 29

| +1 lap

| 17

|

17

| 88

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Andrew Pitt

| Kawasaki Racing Team

| Kawasaki

| 29

| +1 lap

| 20

|

Ret

| 19

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Olivier Jacque

| Gauloises Yamaha Team

| Yamaha

| 18

| Accident

| 8

|

Ret

| 99

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jeremy McWilliams

| Proton Team KR

| Proton KR

| 13

| Retirement

| 18

|

Ret

| 52

| {{flagicon|ESP}} David de Gea

| WCM

| Sabre V4

| 9

| Retirement

| 23

|

Ret

| 33

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Marco Melandri

| Fortuna Yamaha Team

| Yamaha

| 4

| Accident

| 3

|

Ret

| 35

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Chris Burns

| WCM

| ROC Yamaha

| 1

| Accident

| 22

|

Ret

| 11

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Tohru Ukawa

| Camel Pramac Pons

| Honda

| 0

| Accident

| 10

|

DNS

| 4

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Alex Barros

| Gauloises Yamaha Team

| Yamaha

|

| Did not start

|

|

colspan=9| Sources:{{cite web|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2003-british-motogp|title=2003 British MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database|date=13 June 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2003/MotoGP/GBR/RAC/classification.pdf|title=Cinzano British Grand Prix – MotoGP – Race Classification|work=MotoGP.com|publisher=Dorna Sports|date=13 July 2003|access-date=2 May 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2003/GBR/MotoGP/RAC|title=motogp.com · BRITISH GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2003|website=www.motogp.com}}

250 cc classification

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

! Pos.

! No.

! Rider

! Manufacturer

! Laps

! Time/Retired

! Grid

! Points

1

| 10

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Fonsi Nieto

| Aprilia

| 27

| 42:58.011

| 1

| 25

2

| 54

| {{flagicon|SMR}} Manuel Poggiali

| Aprilia

| 27

| +0.269

| 2

| 20

3

| 14

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Anthony West

| Aprilia

| 27

| +2.558

| 10

| 16

4

| 24

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Toni Elías

| Aprilia

| 27

| +2.933

| 3

| 13

5

| 3

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Roberto Rolfo

| Honda

| 27

| +2.934

| 7

| 11

6

| 5

| {{flagicon|ARG}} Sebastián Porto

| Honda

| 27

| +25.030

| 8

| 10

7

| 21

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Franco Battaini

| Aprilia

| 27

| +27.663

| 6

| 9

8

| 7

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Randy de Puniet

| Aprilia

| 27

| +31.591

| 5

| 8

9

| 8

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Naoki Matsudo

| Yamaha

| 27

| +50.348

| 4

| 7

10

| 6

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Alex Debón

| Honda

| 27

| +53.337

| 12

| 6

11

| 23

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jay Vincent

| Aprilia

| 27

| +58.098

| 11

| 5

12

| 33

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Héctor Faubel

| Aprilia

| 27

| +1:00.050

| 16

| 4

13

| 57

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Chaz Davies

| Aprilia

| 27

| +1:00.250

| 17

| 3

14

| 96

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Jakub Smrž

| Honda

| 27

| +1:10.355

| 21

| 2

15

| 28

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Dirk Heidolf

| Aprilia

| 27

| +1:11.666

| 23

| 1

16

| 9

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Hugo Marchand

| Aprilia

| 27

| +1:15.036

| 19

|

17

| 26

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Alex Baldolini

| Aprilia

| 27

| +1:23.682

| 20

|

18

| 18

| {{flagicon|NLD}} Henk vd Lagemaat

| Honda

| 26

| +1 lap

| 24

|

19

| 98

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Katja Poensgen

| Honda

| 26

| +1 lap

| 27

|

Ret

| 11

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Joan Olivé

| Aprilia

| 19

| Accident

| 18

|

Ret

| 36

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Erwan Nigon

| Aprilia

| 19

| Retirement

| 15

|

Ret

| 58

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Lee Dickinson

| Yamaha

| 12

| Retirement

| 26

|

Ret

| 16

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Johan Stigefelt

| Aprilia

| 8

| Retirement

| 14

|

Ret

| 60

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Phillip Desborough

| Yamaha

| 5

| Accident

| 25

|

Ret

| 34

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Eric Bataille

| Honda

| 4

| Accident

| 13

|

Ret

| 15

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Christian Gemmel

| Honda

| 4

| Accident

| 22

|

Ret

| 50

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Sylvain Guintoli

| Aprilia

| 1

| Accident

| 9

|

DNQ

| 59

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Andrew Sawford

| Honda

|

| Did not qualify

|

|

EX

| 53

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Teresio Isola

| Yamaha

|

| Excluded{{refn|Black-flagged and excluded from the remainder of the event after the first qualifying session.{{cite web|url=http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2003/250cc/GBR/QP1/classification.pdf|title=Cinzano British Grand Prix – 250cc – Qualifying Practice Nr. 1 Classification|work=MotoGP.com|publisher=Dorna Sports|date=13 July 2003|access-date=2 May 2018}}|group="N"}}

|

|

colspan=8| Source:{{cite web|url=http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2003/250cc/GBR/RAC/classification.pdf|title=Cinzano British Grand Prix – 250cc – Race Classification|work=MotoGP.com|publisher=Dorna Sports|date=13 July 2003|access-date=2 May 2018}}

125 cc classification

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

! Pos.

! No.

! Rider

! Manufacturer

! Laps

! Time/Retired

! Grid

! Points

1

| 80

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Héctor Barberá

| Aprilia

| 25

| 41:25.907

| 6

| 25

2

| 34

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Dovizioso

| Honda

| 25

| +0.605

| 3

| 20

3

| 7

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Stefano Perugini

| Aprilia

| 25

| +2.597

| 1

| 16

4

| 15

| {{flagicon|SMR}} Alex de Angelis

| Aprilia

| 25

| +9.170

| 10

| 13

5

| 27

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Casey Stoner

| Aprilia

| 25

| +11.692

| 9

| 11

6

| 22

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Pablo Nieto

| Aprilia

| 25

| +15.898

| 11

| 10

7

| 36

| {{flagicon|FIN}} Mika Kallio

| Honda

| 25

| +21.004

| 5

| 9

8

| 1

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Arnaud Vincent

| KTM

| 25

| +21.756

| 17

| 8

9

| 79

| {{flagicon|HUN}} Gábor Talmácsi

| Aprilia

| 25

| +22.212

| 15

| 7

10

| 4

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Lucio Cecchinello

| Aprilia

| 25

| +23.642

| 8

| 6

11

| 6

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Mirko Giansanti

| Aprilia

| 25

| +23.812

| 20

| 5

12

| 42

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Gioele Pellino

| Aprilia

| 25

| +34.153

| 16

| 4

13

| 8

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Masao Azuma

| Honda

| 25

| +35.552

| 22

| 3

14

| 19

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Álvaro Bautista

| Aprilia

| 25

| +35.873

| 18

| 2

15

| 63

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Mike Di Meglio

| Aprilia

| 25

| +36.203

| 26

| 1

16

| 58

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Marco Simoncelli

| Aprilia

| 25

| +44.343

| 24

|

17

| 25

| {{flagicon|HUN}} Imre Tóth

| Honda

| 25

| +51.520

| 25

|

18

| 31

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Julián Simón

| Malaguti

| 25

| +1:06.379

| 30

|

19

| 23

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Gino Borsoi

| Aprilia

| 25

| +1:06.972

| 12

|

20

| 78

| {{flagicon|HUN}} Péter Lénárt

| Honda

| 25

| +1:11.783

| 33

|

21

| 81

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Ismael Ortega

| Aprilia

| 25

| +1:12.473

| 32

|

22

| 12

| {{flagicon|CHE}} Thomas Lüthi

| Honda

| 25

| +1:26.143

| 13

|

23

| 84

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Paul Veazey

| Honda

| 24

| +1 lap

| 34

|

24

| 50

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Midge Smart

| Honda

| 24

| +1 lap

| 36

|

25

| 49

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Lee Longden

| Honda

| 24

| +1 lap

| 37

|

26

| 83

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Chester Lusk

| Honda

| 23

| +2 laps

| 38

|

Ret

| 3

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Daniel Pedrosa

| Honda

| 24

| Accident

| 2

|

Ret

| 26

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Emilio Alzamora

| Derbi

| 24

| Retirement

| 28

|

Ret

| 10

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Roberto Locatelli

| KTM

| 22

| Retirement

| 27

|

Ret

| 21

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Leon Camier

| Honda

| 7

| Retirement

| 31

|

Ret

| 41

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Youichi Ui

| Aprilia

| 5

| Accident

| 14

|

Ret

| 33

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Stefano Bianco

| Gilera

| 5

| Retirement

| 29

|

Ret

| 11

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Max Sabbatani

| Aprilia

| 1

| Accident

| 21

|

Ret

| 48

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Jorge Lorenzo

| Derbi

| 1

| Accident

| 19

|

Ret

| 32

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Fabrizio Lai

| Malaguti

| 1

| Accident

| 23

|

Ret

| 17

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Steve Jenkner

| Aprilia

| 0

| Accident

| 7

|

Ret

| 24

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Simone Corsi

| Honda

| 0

| Accident

| 4

|

DNS

| 51

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Kris Weston

| Honda

| 0

| Did not start

| 35

|

colspan=8| Source:{{cite web|url=http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2003/125cc/GBR/RAC/classification.pdf|title=Cinzano British Grand Prix – 125cc – Race Classification|work=MotoGP.com|publisher=Dorna Sports|date=13 July 2003|access-date=2 May 2018}}

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eight has concluded.{{cite web |url=https://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2003/MotoGP/GBR/world+standing.pdf?v1_96143780|title=Standings |date=2003|website=resources.motogp.com |format=PDF|access-date=2019-08-22}}

{{col-start}}

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;Riders' Championship standings

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

! Rider

! Points

align=center| 1

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Valentino Rossi

|align=right| 167

align=center| 2

| {{flagicon|SPA}} Sete Gibernau

|align=right| 133

align=center| 3

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Max Biaggi

|align=right| 130

align=center| 4

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Loris Capirossi

|align=right| 84

align=center| 5

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Troy Bayliss

|align=right| 64

{{col-2}}

;Constructors' Championship standings

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
{{Tooltip|Pos.|Position}}

! Constructor

! Points

align=center| 1

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Honda

|align=right| 195

align=center| 2

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Ducati

|align=right| 113

align=center| 3

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yamaha

|align=right| 93

align=center| 4

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Aprilia

|align=right| 52

align=center| 5

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Suzuki

|align=right| 22

{{col-end}}

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

Notes

{{Reflist|group="N"}}

References

{{Reflist}}

{{MotoGP_race_report

| Name_of_race = British motorcycle Grand Prix

| Year_of_race = 2003

| Previous_race_in_season = 2003 Dutch TT

| Next_race_in_season = 2003 German Grand Prix

| Previous_year's_race = 2002 British Grand Prix

| Next_year's_race = 2004 British Grand Prix

}}

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