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2003 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix

{{Infobox Grand Prix motorcycle race report

| flag = POR

| Grand Prix = Portuguese

| Official_Name = Grande Prémio Marlboro de Portugal{{cite web|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2003-portuguese-motogp|title=2003 Portuguese MotoGP|date=13 June 2017|website=Motorsportmagazine.com|access-date=17 May 2018}}

| Location = Autódromo do Estoril

| Image = Estoril track map.svg

| Course_mi = 2.599

| Course_km = 4.182

| Race_No = 11

| Season_No = 16

| Date = 7 September

| Year = 2003

| Pole_Rider_MotoGP = Loris Capirossi

| Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Country = Italy

| Pole_Rider_MotoGP_Bike = Ducati

| Pole_Time_MotoGP = 1:38.412

| Fast_Rider_MotoGP = Valentino Rossi

| Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Country = Italy

| Fast_Rider_MotoGP_Bike = Honda

| Fast_Time_MotoGP = 1:39.189 on lap 3

| First_Rider_MotoGP = Valentino Rossi

| First_Rider_MotoGP_Country = Italy

| First_Rider_MotoGP_Bike = Honda

| Second_Rider_MotoGP = Max Biaggi

| Second_Rider_MotoGP_Country = Italy

| Second_Rider_MotoGP_Bike = Honda

| Third_Rider_MotoGP = Loris Capirossi

| Third_Rider_MotoGP_Country = Italy

| Third_Rider_MotoGP_Bike = Ducati

| Pole_Rider_250 = Toni Elías

| Pole_Rider_250_Country = Spain

| Pole_Time_250 = 1:42.255

| Pole_Rider_250_Bike = Aprilia

| Fast_Rider_250 = Manuel Poggiali

| Fast_Rider_250_Country = San Marino

| Fast_Time_250 = 1:42.215 on lap 5

| Fast_Rider_250_Bike = Aprilia

| First_Rider_250 = Toni Elías

| 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 = Randy de Puniet

| Third_Rider_250_Country = France

| Third_Rider_250_Bike = Aprilia

| Pole_Rider_125 = Alex de Angelis

| Pole_Rider_125_Country = San Marino

| Pole_Time_125 = 1:45.580

| Pole_Rider_125_Bike = Aprilia

| Fast_Rider_125 = Héctor Barberá

| Fast_Rider_125_Country = Spain

| Fast_Time_125 = 1:46.225 on lap 22

| Fast_Rider_125_Bike = Aprilia

| First_Rider_125 = Pablo Nieto

| First_Rider_125_Country = Spain

| First_Rider_125_Bike = Aprilia

| Second_Rider_125 = Héctor Barberá

| Second_Rider_125_Country = Spain

| Second_Rider_125_Bike = Aprilia

| Third_Rider_125 = Alex de Angelis

| Third_Rider_125_Country = San Marino

| Third_Rider_125_Bike = Aprilia

}}

The 2003 Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix was the eleventh round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 5–7 September 2003 at the Autódromo do Estoril.

MotoGP classification

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

! Pos.

! No.

! Rider

! Team

! Manufacturer

! Laps

! Time/Retired

! Grid

! Points

1

| 46

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Valentino Rossi

| Repsol Honda

| Honda

| 28

| 46:48.005

| 3

| 25

2

| 3

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Max Biaggi

| Camel Pramac Pons

| Honda

| 28

| +2.094

| 2

| 20

3

| 65

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Loris Capirossi

| Ducati Marlboro Team

| Ducati

| 28

| +5.254

| 1

| 16

4

| 15

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Sete Gibernau

| Telefónica Movistar Honda

| Honda

| 28

| +5.269

| 4

| 13

5

| 11

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Tohru Ukawa

| Camel Pramac Pons

| Honda

| 28

| +10.581

| 10

| 11

6

| 12

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Troy Bayliss

| Ducati Marlboro Team

| Ducati

| 28

| +14.246

| 8

| 10

7

| 33

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Marco Melandri

| Fortuna Yamaha Team

| Yamaha

| 28

| +16.143

| 11

| 9

8

| 7

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Carlos Checa

| Fortuna Yamaha Team

| Yamaha

| 28

| +18.083

| 7

| 8

9

| 69

| {{flagicon|USA}} Nicky Hayden

| Repsol Honda

| Honda

| 28

| +18.284

| 15

| 7

10

| 6

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Makoto Tamada

| Pramac Honda

| Honda

| 28

| +21.815

| 9

| 6

11

| 4

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Alex Barros

| Gauloises Yamaha Team

| Yamaha

| 28

| +24.059

| 12

| 5

12

| 56

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Shinya Nakano

| d'Antín Yamaha Team

| Yamaha

| 28

| +27.082

| 6

| 4

13

| 19

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Olivier Jacque

| Gauloises Yamaha Team

| Yamaha

| 28

| +27.651

| 5

| 3

14

| 45

| {{flagicon|USA}} Colin Edwards

| Alice Aprilia Racing

| Aprilia

| 28

| +31.505

| 13

| 2

15

| 41

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Noriyuki Haga

| Alice Aprilia Racing

| Aprilia

| 28

| +57.118

| 18

| 1

16

| 23

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Ryuichi Kiyonari

| Telefónica Movistar Honda

| Honda

| 28

| +1:01.412

| 19

|

17

| 10

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

| Suzuki Grand Prix Team

| Suzuki

| 28

| +1:01.542

| 14

|

18

| 21

| {{flagicon|USA}} John Hopkins

| Suzuki Grand Prix Team

| Suzuki

| 28

| +1:06.601

| 17

|

19

| 99

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Jeremy McWilliams

| Proton Team KR

| Proton KR

| 28

| +1:10.958

| 16

|

20

| 9

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Nobuatsu Aoki

| Proton Team KR

| Proton KR

| 28

| +1:11.523

| 23

|

21

| 88

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Andrew Pitt

| Kawasaki Racing Team

| Kawasaki

| 28

| +1:18.550

| 20

|

22

| 52

| {{flagicon|ESP}} José David de Gea

| WCM

| Harris WCM

| 27

| +1 lap

| 21

|

Ret

| 8

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Garry McCoy

| Kawasaki Racing Team

| Kawasaki

| 26

| Retirement

| 22

|

DNS

| 35

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Chris Burns

| WCM

| Harris WCM

| 0

| Did not start

| 24

|

colspan=9| Sources: {{cite web|url=https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2003-portuguese-motogp|title=2003 Portuguese 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/POR/RAC/classification.pdf|title=GP Marlboro de Portugal – MotoGP – Race Classification|website=Motogp.com|publisher=Dorna Sports|date=7 September 2003|access-date=17 May 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.motogp.com/en/Results+Statistics/2003/POR/MotoGP/RAC|title=PORTUGUESE 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

| 26

| 44:37.770

| 1

| 25

2

| 54

| {{flagicon|SMR}} Manuel Poggiali

| Aprilia

| 26

| +4.731

| 4

| 20

3

| 7

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Randy de Puniet

| Aprilia

| 26

| +5.987

| 2

| 16

4

| 3

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Roberto Rolfo

| Honda

| 26

| +6.470

| 7

| 13

5

| 5

| {{flagicon|ARG}} Sebastián Porto

| Honda

| 26

| +25.023

| 5

| 11

6

| 21

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Franco Battaini

| Aprilia

| 26

| +25.273

| 6

| 10

7

| 50

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Sylvain Guintoli

| Aprilia

| 26

| +27.791

| 3

| 9

8

| 8

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Naoki Matsudo

| Yamaha

| 26

| +27.913

| 9

| 8

9

| 10

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Fonsi Nieto

| Aprilia

| 26

| +43.047

| 8

| 7

10

| 14

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Anthony West

| Aprilia

| 26

| +43.112

| 11

| 6

11

| 6

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Alex Debón

| Honda

| 26

| +44.796

| 10

| 5

12

| 34

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Eric Bataille

| Honda

| 26

| +1:10.765

| 12

| 4

13

| 33

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Héctor Faubel

| Aprilia

| 26

| +1:11.702

| 21

| 3

14

| 26

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Alex Baldolini

| Aprilia

| 26

| +1:11.714

| 16

| 2

15

| 15

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Christian Gemmel

| Honda

| 26

| +1:13.983

| 15

| 1

16

| 36

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Erwan Nigon

| Aprilia

| 26

| +1:19.238

| 20

|

17

| 28

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Dirk Heidolf

| Aprilia

| 26

| +1:36.515

| 18

|

18

| 66

| {{flagicon|FIN}} Vesa Kallio

| Yamaha

| 25

| +1 lap

| 25

|

19

| 40

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Álvaro Molina

| Aprilia

| 25

| +1 lap

| 26

|

20

| 57

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Chaz Davies

| Aprilia

| 25

| +1 lap

| 14

|

21

| 51

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Frederik Watz

| Yamaha

| 25

| +1 lap

| 24

|

22

| 41

| {{flagicon|PRT}} Miguel Praia

| Yamaha

| 25

| +1 lap

| 27

|

23

| 18

| {{flagicon|NLD}} Henk vd Lagemaat

| Honda

| 25

| +1 lap

| 28

|

Ret

| 9

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Hugo Marchand

| Aprilia

| 10

| Retirement

| 13

|

Ret

| 11

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Joan Olivé

| Aprilia

| 5

| Accident

| 17

|

Ret

| 96

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Jakub Smrž

| Honda

| 5

| Accident

| 22

|

Ret

| 52

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Lukáš Pešek

| Yamaha

| 2

| Accident

| 23

|

Ret

| 98

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Katja Poensgen

| Honda

| 0

| Accident

| 29

|

DNS

| 16

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Johan Stigefelt

| Aprilia

| 0

| Did not start

| 19

|

colspan=8| Source: {{cite web|url=http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2003/250cc/POR/RAC/classification.pdf|title=GP Marlboro de Portugal – 250cc – Race Classification|work=MotoGP.com|publisher=Dorna Sports|date=7 September 2003|access-date=17 May 2018}}

125 cc classification

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

! Pos.

! No.

! Rider

! Manufacturer

! Laps

! Time/Retired

! Grid

! Points

1

| 22

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Pablo Nieto

| Aprilia

| 23

| 41:08.307

| 5

| 25

2

| 80

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Héctor Barberá

| Aprilia

| 23

| +0.022

| 22

| 20

3

| 15

| {{flagicon|SMR}} Alex de Angelis

| Aprilia

| 23

| +0.308

| 1

| 16

4

| 3

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Daniel Pedrosa

| Honda

| 23

| +0.560

| 2

| 13

5

| 1

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Arnaud Vincent

| Aprilia

| 23

| +3.326

| 13

| 11

6

| 48

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Jorge Lorenzo

| Derbi

| 23

| +8.143

| 3

| 10

7

| 79

| {{flagicon|HUN}} Gábor Talmácsi

| Aprilia

| 23

| +8.287

| 10

| 9

8

| 34

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Dovizioso

| Honda

| 23

| +13.353

| 8

| 8

9

| 24

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Simone Corsi

| Honda

| 23

| +13.574

| 18

| 7

10

| 6

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Mirko Giansanti

| Aprilia

| 23

| +13.869

| 16

| 6

11

| 10

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Roberto Locatelli

| KTM

| 23

| +24.879

| 23

| 5

12

| 32

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Fabrizio Lai

| Malaguti

| 23

| +39.570

| 25

| 4

13

| 8

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Masao Azuma

| Honda

| 23

| +46.623

| 15

| 3

14

| 33

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Stefano Bianco

| Gilera

| 23

| +46.983

| 17

| 2

15

| 19

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Álvaro Bautista

| Aprilia

| 23

| +47.176

| 21

| 1

16

| 60

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Mattia Angeloni

| Honda

| 23

| +47.278

| 24

|

17

| 93

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Manuel Manna

| Aprilia

| 23

| +47.614

| 28

|

18

| 70

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Sergio Gadea

| Aprilia

| 23

| +1:22.395

| 30

|

19

| 26

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Emilio Alzamora

| Derbi

| 23

| +1:25.014

| 34

|

20

| 81

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Ismael Ortega

| Aprilia

| 23

| +1:25.533

| 36

|

21

| 11

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Max Sabbatani

| Aprilia

| 23

| +1:26.476

| 35

|

Ret

| 7

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Stefano Perugini

| Aprilia

| 13

| Accident

| 4

|

Ret

| 50

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Andrea Ballerini

| Honda

| 13

| Retirement

| 27

|

Ret

| 17

| {{flagicon|DEU}} Steve Jenkner

| Aprilia

| 10

| Retirement

| 9

|

Ret

| 78

| {{flagicon|HUN}} Péter Lénárt

| Honda

| 7

| Retirement

| 32

|

Ret

| 12

| {{flagicon|CHE}} Thomas Lüthi

| Honda

| 6

| Accident

| 14

|

Ret

| 88

| {{flagicon|DNK}} Robbin Harms

| Aprilia

| 5

| Retirement

| 29

|

Ret

| 42

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Gioele Pellino

| Aprilia

| 4

| Accident

| 26

|

Ret

| 31

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Julián Simón

| Malaguti

| 4

| Retirement

| 20

|

Ret

| 25

| {{flagicon|HUN}} Imre Tóth

| Honda

| 1

| Retirement

| 33

|

Ret

| 23

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Gino Borsoi

| Aprilia

| 0

| Accident

| 7

|

Ret

| 4

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Lucio Cecchinello

| Aprilia

| 0

| Accident

| 11

|

Ret

| 69

| {{flagicon|ESP}} David Bonache

| Honda

| 0

| Accident

| 31

|

DNS

| 41

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Youichi Ui

| Gilera

| 0

| Did not start

| 12

|

DNS

| 58

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Marco Simoncelli

| Aprilia

| 0

| Did not start

| 6

|

DSQ

| 36

| {{flagicon|FIN}} Mika Kallio

| KTM

| 23

| (+46.646){{refn|Disqualified due to a weight-related technical infringement.|group="N"}}

| 19

|

DNS

| 27

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Casey Stoner

| Aprilia

|

| Did not start

|

|

colspan=8| Source: {{cite web|url=http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2003/125cc/POR/RAC/classification.pdf|title=GP Marlboro de Portugal – 125cc – Race Classification|work=MotoGP.com|publisher=Dorna Sports|date=7 September 2003|access-date=17 May 2018}}

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round eleven has concluded.{{Cite web|url=https://www.crash.net/motogp/news/73025/1/world-championship-standings|title=World championship standings.|date=September 7, 2003|website=Crash}}{{cite web |url=https://resources.motogp.com/files/results/2003/MotoGP/POR/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| 237

align=center| 2

| {{flagicon|SPA}} Sete Gibernau

|align=right| 191

align=center| 3

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Max Biaggi

|align=right| 161

align=center| 4

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Loris Capirossi

|align=right| 113

align=center| 5

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Troy Bayliss

|align=right| 106

{{col-2}}

;Constructors' Championship standings

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

! Constructor

! Points

align=center| 1

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Honda

|align=right| 270

align=center| 2

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Ducati

|align=right| 161

align=center| 3

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yamaha

|align=right| 124

align=center| 4

| {{flagicon|ITA}} Aprilia

|align=right| 60

align=center| 5

| {{flagicon|MYS}}/{{flagicon|USA}} Proton KR

|align=right| 27

{{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 = Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix

| Year_of_race = 2003

| Previous_race_in_season = 2003 Czech Republic Grand Prix

| Next_race_in_season = 2003 Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix

| Previous_year's_race = 2002 Portuguese Grand Prix

| Next_year's_race = 2004 Portuguese Grand Prix

}}

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