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2003 Pacific motorcycle Grand Prix

{{Infobox Grand Prix motorcycle race report

| flag = Tochigi

| Grand Prix = Pacific

| Official Name = Gauloises Pacific Grand Prix of Motegi{{cite web|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2003-pacific-motogp|title=2003 Pacific MotoGP|date=13 June 2017|website=Motorsportmagazine.com|access-date=17 May 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.progcovers.com/motor/motogp2003.html|title=2003 MotoGP Class (FIM Grand Prix World Championship) Programmes | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project|website=www.progcovers.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.progcovers.com/motor/motegi.html|title=Twin Ring Motegi | The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project|website=www.progcovers.com}}

| Location = Twin Ring Motegi

| Image = Twin Ring Motegi map-2.svg

| Course_mi = 2.983

| Course_km = 4.801

| Race_No = 13

| Season_No = 16

| Date = 5 October

| Year = 2003

| Pole_Rider_MotoGP = Max Biaggi

| Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Country = Italy

| Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Bike = Honda

| Pole_Time_MotoGP = 1:47.696

| Fast_Rider_MotoGP = Valentino Rossi

| Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Country = Italy

| Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Bike = Honda

| Fast_Time_MotoGP = 1:48.885 on lap 16

| First_Rider_MotoGP = Max Biaggi

| First_Rider_MotoGP_Country = Italy

| First_Rider_MotoGP_Bike = Honda

| Second_Rider_MotoGP = Valentino Rossi

| Second_Rider_MotoGP_Country = Italy

| Second_Rider_MotoGP_Bike = Honda

| Third_Rider_MotoGP = Nicky Hayden

| Third_Rider_MotoGP_Country = USA

| Third_Rider_MotoGP_Bike = Honda

| Pole_Rider_250 = Toni Elías

| Pole_Rider_250_Country = Spain

| Pole_Rider_250_Bike = Aprilia

| Pole_Time_250 = 1:52.849

| Fast_Rider_250 = Toni Elías

| Fast_Rider_250_Country = Spain

| Fast_Rider_250_Bike = Aprilia

| Fast_Time_250 = 1:53.612 on lap 6

| First_Rider_250 = Toni Elías

| First_Rider_250_Country = Spain

| First_Rider_250_Bike = Aprilia

| Second_Rider_250 = Roberto Rolfo

| Second_Rider_250_Country = Italy

| Second_Rider_250_Bike = Honda

| Third_Rider_250 = Manuel Poggiali

| Third_Rider_250_Country = San Marino

| Third_Rider_250_Bike = Aprilia

| Pole_Rider_125 = Daniel Pedrosa

| Pole_Rider_125_Country = Spain

| Pole_Rider_125_Bike = Honda

| Pole_Time_125 = 1:57.736

| Fast_Rider_125 = Jorge Lorenzo

| Fast_Rider_125_Country = Spain

| Fast_Rider_125_Bike = Derbi

| Fast_Time_125 = 1:58.545 on lap 8

| First_Rider_125 = Héctor Barberá

| First_Rider_125_Country = Spain

| First_Rider_125_Bike = Aprilia

| Second_Rider_125 = Casey Stoner

| Second_Rider_125_Country = Australia

| Second_Rider_125_Bike = Aprilia

| Third_Rider_125 = Andrea Dovizioso

| Third_Rider_125_Country = Italy

| Third_Rider_125_Bike = Honda

}}

The 2003 Pacific motorcycle Grand Prix was the thirteenth round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 3–5 October 2003 at the Twin Ring Motegi 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

| 24

| 43:57.590

| 1

| 25

2

| 46

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Valentino Rossi

| Repsol Honda

| Honda

| 24

| +3.754

| 3

| 20

3

| 69

| {{flagicon|USA}} Nicky Hayden

| Repsol Honda

| Honda

| 24

| +5.641

| 5

| 16

4

| 15

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Sete Gibernau

| Telefónica Movistar Honda

| Honda

| 24

| +19.456

| 4

| 13

5

| 33

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Marco Melandri

| Fortuna Yamaha Team

| Yamaha

| 24

| +19.909

| 9

| 11

6

| 4

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Alex Barros

| Gauloises Yamaha Team

| Yamaha

| 24

| +20.938

| 8

| 10

7

| 11

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Tohru Ukawa

| Camel Pramac Pons

| Honda

| 24

| +22.307

| 11

| 9

8

| 65

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Loris Capirossi

| Ducati Marlboro Team

| Ducati

| 24

| +27.887

| 6

| 8

9

| 56

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Shinya Nakano

| d'antin Yamaha Team

| Yamaha

| 24

| +41.731

| 12

| 7

10

| 43

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Akira Ryō

| Team Suzuki

| Suzuki

| 24

| +50.106

| 14

| 6

11

| 23

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Ryuichi Kiyonari

| Telefónica Movistar Honda

| Honda

| 24

| +53.214

| 20

| 5

12

| 41

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Noriyuki Haga

| Alice Aprilia Racing

| Aprilia

| 24

| +53.589

| 25

| 4

13

| 19

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Olivier Jacque

| Gauloises Yamaha Team

| Yamaha

| 24

| +1:05.620

| 15

| 3

14

| 9

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Nobuatsu Aoki

| Proton Team KR

| Proton KR

| 24

| +1:07.535

| 18

| 2

15

| 10

| {{flagicon|USA}} Kenny Roberts Jr.

| Suzuki Grand Prix Team

| Suzuki

| 24

| +1:09.055

| 19

| 1

16

| 88

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Andrew Pitt

| Kawasaki Racing Team

| Kawasaki

| 24

| +1:11.533

| 22

|

17

| 45

| {{flagicon|USA}} Colin Edwards

| Alice Aprilia Racing

| Aprilia

| 24

| +1:27.583

| 13

|

18

| 25

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Tamaki Serizawa

| Moriwaki Racing

| Moriwaki

| 24

| +1:33.001

| 23

|

19

| 52

| {{flagicon|ESP}} José David de Gea

| WCM

| Harris WCM

| 23

| +1 lap

| 24

|

Ret

| 8

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Garry McCoy

| Kawasaki Racing Team

| Kawasaki

| 10

| Retirement

| 21

|

Ret

| 99

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jeremy McWilliams

| Proton Team KR

| Proton KR

| 2

| Accident

| 17

|

Ret

| 35

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Chris Burns

| WCM

| Harris WCM

| 1

| Retirement

| 26

|

Ret

| 12

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Troy Bayliss

| Ducati Marlboro Team

| Ducati

| 0

| Accident

| 10

|

Ret

| 21

| {{flagicon|USA}} John Hopkins

| Suzuki Grand Prix Team

| Suzuki

| 0

| Accident

| 16

|

Ret

| 7

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Carlos Checa

| Fortuna Yamaha Team

| Yamaha

| 0

| Accident

| 7

|

DSQ

| 6

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Makoto Tamada

| Pramac Honda

| Honda

| 24

| (+4.864){{refn|Disqualified for riding in an irresponsible manner.|group="N"}}

| 2

|

colspan=9| Sources: {{cite web|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2003-pacific-motogp|title=2003 Pacific MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database|date=13 June 2017|website=Motorsportmagazine.com|access-date=6 August 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2003/MotoGP/MOT/RAC/classification.pdf|title=Gauloises Pacific GP of Motegi – MotoGP – Race Classification|website=Motogp.com|publisher=Dorna Sports|date=5 October 2003|access-date=18 May 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2003/PAC/MotoGP/RAC|title=PACIFIC GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2003|website=Motogp.com|access-date=6 August 2018}}

250 cc classification

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

! Pos.

! No.

! Rider

! Manufacturer

! Laps

! Time/Retired

! Grid

! Points

1

| 24

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Toni Elías

| Aprilia

| 23

| 43:57.125

| 1

| 25

2

| 3

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Roberto Rolfo

| Honda

| 23

| +1.483

| 11

| 20

3

| 54

| {{flagicon|SMR}} Manuel Poggiali

| Aprilia

| 23

| +2.159

| 7

| 16

4

| 55

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yuki Takahashi

| Honda

| 23

| +6.018

| 10

| 13

5

| 92

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Hiroshi Aoyama

| Honda

| 23

| +6.163

| 6

| 11

6

| 7

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Randy de Puniet

| Aprilia

| 23

| +20.407

| 3

| 10

7

| 8

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Naoki Matsudo

| Yamaha

| 23

| +25.938

| 8

| 9

8

| 10

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Fonsi Nieto

| Aprilia

| 23

| +28.417

| 15

| 8

9

| 6

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Alex Debón

| Honda

| 23

| +39.804

| 13

| 7

10

| 70

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Choujun Kameya

| Honda

| 23

| +39.919

| 14

| 6

11

| 57

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Chaz Davies

| Aprilia

| 23

| +49.703

| 12

| 5

12

| 15

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Christian Gemmel

| Honda

| 23

| +55.921

| 18

| 4

13

| 26

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Alex Baldolini

| Aprilia

| 23

| +1:01.015

| 22

| 3

14

| 28

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Dirk Heidolf

| Aprilia

| 23

| +1:03.387

| 24

| 2

15

| 69

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Masaki Tokudome

| Yamaha

| 23

| +1:03.530

| 20

| 1

16

| 9

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Hugo Marchand

| Aprilia

| 23

| +1:04.299

| 19

|

17

| 36

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Erwan Nigon

| Aprilia

| 23

| +1:04.621

| 16

|

18

| 96

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Jakub Smrž

| Honda

| 23

| +1:21.680

| 26

|

19

| 11

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Joan Olivé

| Aprilia

| 23

| +1:44.192

| 28

|

20

| 18

| {{flagicon|NLD}} Henk vd Lagemaat

| Honda

| 22

| +1 lap

| 30

|

Ret

| 5

| {{flagicon|ARG}} Sebastián Porto

| Honda

| 18

| Accident

| 4

|

Ret

| 67

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Tomoyoshi Koyama

| Yamaha

| 11

| Retirement

| 9

|

Ret

| 50

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Sylvain Guintoli

| Aprilia

| 9

| Accident

| 5

|

Ret

| 13

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Jaroslav Huleš

| Honda

| 9

| Retirement

| 29

|

Ret

| 14

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Anthony West

| Aprilia

| 8

| Retirement

| 23

|

Ret

| 34

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Eric Bataille

| Honda

| 6

| Retirement

| 21

|

Ret

| 33

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Héctor Faubel

| Aprilia

| 5

| Retirement

| 17

|

Ret

| 16

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Johan Stigefelt

| Aprilia

| 3

| Retirement

| 27

|

Ret

| 21

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Franco Battaini

| Aprilia

| 2

| Accident

| 2

|

Ret

| 52

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Lukáš Pešek

| Yamaha

| 1

| Retirement

| 25

|

colspan=8| Source: {{cite web|url=http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2003/250cc/MOT/RAC/classification.pdf|title=Gauloises Pacific GP of Motegi – 250cc – Race Classification|work=MotoGP.com|publisher=Dorna Sports|date=5 October 2003|access-date=18 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

| 21

| 41:54.483

| 4

| 25

2

| 27

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Casey Stoner

| Aprilia

| 21

| +0.164

| 10

| 20

3

| 34

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Dovizioso

| Honda

| 21

| +0.304

| 5

| 16

4

| 7

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Stefano Perugini

| Aprilia

| 21

| +2.731

| 2

| 13

5

| 17

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Steve Jenkner

| Aprilia

| 21

| +2.970

| 16

| 11

6

| 3

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Daniel Pedrosa

| Honda

| 21

| +3.215

| 1

| 10

7

| 36

| {{flagicon|FIN}} Mika Kallio

| KTM

| 21

| +3.264

| 13

| 9

8

| 22

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Pablo Nieto

| Aprilia

| 21

| +9.200

| 6

| 8

9

| 15

| {{flagicon|SMR}} Alex de Angelis

| Aprilia

| 21

| +13.016

| 8

| 7

10

| 12

| {{flagicon|CHE}} Thomas Lüthi

| Honda

| 21

| +13.195

| 15

| 6

11

| 6

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Mirko Giansanti

| Aprilia

| 21

| +13.353

| 19

| 5

12

| 19

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Álvaro Bautista

| Aprilia

| 21

| +19.848

| 18

| 4

13

| 8

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Masao Azuma

| Honda

| 21

| +20.107

| 21

| 3

14

| 79

| {{flagicon|HUN}} Gábor Talmácsi

| Aprilia

| 21

| +20.616

| 12

| 2

15

| 24

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Simone Corsi

| Honda

| 21

| +23.402

| 17

| 1

16

| 33

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Stefano Bianco

| Gilera

| 21

| +24.840

| 9

|

17

| 41

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Youichi Ui

| Gilera

| 21

| +30.548

| 24

|

18

| 32

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Fabrizio Lai

| Malaguti

| 21

| +47.008

| 23

|

19

| 1

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Arnaud Vincent

| Aprilia

| 21

| +52.431

| 22

|

20

| 50

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Ballerini

| Honda

| 21

| +52.675

| 30

|

21

| 66

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Shuhei Aoyama

| Honda

| 21

| +57.467

| 29

|

22

| 88

| {{flagicon|DNK}} Robbin Harms

| Aprilia

| 21

| +1:11.694

| 33

|

23

| 59

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Hiroaki Kuzuhara

| Honda

| 21

| +1:11.770

| 36

|

24

| 31

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Julián Simón

| Malaguti

| 21

| +1:13.195

| 25

|

25

| 94

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Sadahito Suma

| Honda

| 21

| +1:16.576

| 31

|

26

| 25

| {{flagicon|HUN}} Imre Tóth

| Honda

| 21

| +1:28.964

| 32

|

Ret

| 10

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Roberto Locatelli

| KTM

| 20

| Retirement

| 20

|

Ret

| 48

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Jorge Lorenzo

| Derbi

| 19

| Accident

| 3

|

Ret

| 23

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Gino Borsoi

| Aprilia

| 14

| Accident

| 11

|

Ret

| 58

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Marco Simoncelli

| Aprilia

| 14

| Retirement

| 14

|

Ret

| 95

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yuki Hatano

| Honda

| 12

| Accident

| 37

|

Ret

| 63

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Mike Di Meglio

| Honda

| 7

| Accident

| 26

|

Ret

| 4

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Lucio Cecchinello

| Aprilia

| 5

| Accident

| 7

|

Ret

| 28

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Michele Danese

| Honda

| 5

| Retirement

| 38

|

Ret

| 65

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Toshihisa Kuzuhara

| Honda

| 4

| Retirement

| 27

|

Ret

| 11

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Max Sabbatani

| Aprilia

| 4

| Retirement

| 35

|

Ret

| 26

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Emilio Alzamora

| Derbi

| 3

| Accident

| 28

|

Ret

| 42

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Gioele Pellino

| Aprilia

| 3

| Accident

| 34

|

colspan=8| Source: {{cite web|url=http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2003/125cc/MOT/RAC/classification.pdf|title=Gauloises Pacific GP of Motegi – 125cc – Race Classification|work=MotoGP.com|publisher=Dorna Sports|date=5 October 2003|access-date=18 May 2018}}

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round thirteen has concluded.{{Cite web|url=https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/73221/1/world-championship-standings|title=World championship standings.|date=October 5, 2003|website=Crash}}{{cite web |url=https://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2003/500cc/MOT/world+standing.pdf?v1_96143780|title=Standings |date=2003|website=resources.motogp.com |format=PDF|access-date=2019-08-22}}

{{col-start}}

{{col-2}}

;Riders' Championship standings

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

! Rider

! Points

align=center| 1

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Valentino Rossi

|align=right| 282

align=center| 2

| {{flagicon|SPA}} Sete Gibernau

|align=right| 224

align=center| 3

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Max Biaggi

|align=right| 199

align=center| 4

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Loris Capirossi

|align=right| 131

align=center| 5

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Troy Bayliss

|align=right| 112

{{col-2}}

;Constructors' Championship standings

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

! Constructor

! Points

align=center| 1

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Honda

|align=right| 320

align=center| 2

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Ducati

|align=right| 179

align=center| 3

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yamaha

|align=right| 143

align=center| 4

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Aprilia

|align=right| 67

align=center| 5

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Suzuki

|align=right| 29

{{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 = Pacific motorcycle Grand Prix

| Year_of_race = 2003

| Previous_race_in_season = 2003 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix

| Next_race_in_season = 2003 Malaysian Grand Prix

| Previous_year's_race = 2002 Pacific Grand Prix

| Next_year's_race = None

}}

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