2003 French motorcycle Grand Prix

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Bugatti Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 4.180 km (2.597 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi Honda
Time 1:35.208
Fastest lap
Rider Japan Noriyuki Haga Aprilia
Time 1:36.688 on lap 9 (first part)
Podium
First Spain Sete Gibernau Honda
Second Italy Valentino Rossi Honda
Third Brazil Alex Barros Yamaha
250 cc
Pole position
Rider San Marino Manuel Poggiali Aprilia
Time 1:39.229
Fastest lap
Rider France Randy de Puniet Aprilia
Time 1:40.356 on lap 9
Podium
First Spain Toni Elías Aprilia
Second France Randy de Puniet Aprilia
Third Italy Roberto Rolfo Honda
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Andrea Dovizioso Honda
Time 1:43.565
Fastest lap
Rider
Daniel Pedrosa
 Honda
Time 1:43.837 on lap 8
Podium
First
Daniel Pedrosa
 Honda
Second Italy Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia
Third Italy Andrea Dovizioso Honda

The 2003 French motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth round of the

Bugatti Circuit located in Le Mans, France
.

MotoGP classification

The race was stopped after 15 laps due to rain. It was later restarted for 13 laps with the grid order determined by the running order after the suspension. The second part of the race determined the final result.

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 15 Spain Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Honda Honda 13 24:29.665 7 25
2 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Repsol Honda Honda 13 +0.165 1 20
3 4 Brazil Alex Barros Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 13 +1.793 2 16
4 19 France Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 13 +29.912 16 13
5 3 Italy Max Biaggi Camel Pramac Pons Honda 13 +31.493 5 11
6 99 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Proton Team KR
KR
 		13 +33.946 12 10
7 11 Japan Tohru Ukawa Camel Pramac Pons Honda 13 +35.447 8 9
8 41 Japan Noriyuki Haga Alice Aprilia Racing Aprilia 13 +36.231 18 8
9 8 Australia Garry McCoy Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 13 +51.254 22 7
10 45 United States Colin Edwards Alice Aprilia Racing Aprilia 13 +1:01.802 19 6
11 17 Japan Norifumi Abe Yamaha Racing Team Yamaha 12 +1 lap 10 5
12 69 United States Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Honda 12 +1 lap 13 4
13 23 Japan Ryuichi Kiyonari Telefónica Movistar Honda Honda 12 +1 lap 23 3
14 56 Japan Shinya Nakano d'Antín Yamaha Team Yamaha 11 +2 laps 9 2
15 33 Italy Marco Melandri Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 11 +2 laps 4 1
16 10 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 11 +2 laps 17
Ret 88 Australia Andrew Pitt Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 3 Accident 21
Ret 21 United States John Hopkins Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 2 Accident 11
Ret 6 Japan Makoto Tamada Pramac Honda Honda 1 Accident 15
Ret 12 Australia Troy Bayliss Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 0 Accident in 1st part 14
Ret 65 Italy Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 0 Retirement in 1st part 3
Ret 7 Spain Carlos Checa Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 0 Accident in 1st part 6
Ret 9 Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR
KR
 0 Retirement in 1st part 20
Source: [3][4][5]

250 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 24 Spain Toni Elías Aprilia 26 43:55.538 5 25
2 7 France Randy de Puniet Aprilia 26 +3.740 3 20
3 3 Italy Roberto Rolfo Honda 26 +4.562 9 16
4 10 Spain Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 26 +4.972 4 13
5 8 Japan Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 26 +5.122 8 11
6 50 France Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 26 +6.100 7 10
7 14 Australia Anthony West Aprilia 26 +29.672 10 9
8 6 Spain Alex Debón Honda 26 +34.885 17 8
9 15 Germany Christian Gemmel Honda 26 +35.013 22 7
10 11 Spain Joan Olivé Aprilia 26 +35.559 13 6
11 33 Spain Héctor Faubel Aprilia 26 +45.562 15 5
12 16 Sweden Johan Stigefelt Aprilia 26 +54.955 14 4
13 26 Italy Alex Baldolini Aprilia 26 +55.049 23 3
14 9 France Hugo Marchand Aprilia 26 +55.794 12 2
15 34 France Eric Bataille Honda 26 +56.183 18 1
16 13 Czech Republic Jaroslav Huleš Yamaha 26 +57.386 21
17 36 France Erwan Nigon Aprilia 26 +1:27.351 11
18 21 Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia 26 +1:36.597 2
19 96 Czech Republic Jakub Smrž Honda 25 +1 lap 20
20 18 Netherlands Henk vd Lagemaat Honda 25 +1 lap 24
Ret 57 United Kingdom Chaz Davies Aprilia 22 Retirement 16
Ret 28 Germany Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 9 Retirement 19
Ret 5 Argentina Sebastián Porto Honda 5 Accident 6
Ret 54 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 5 Accident 1
Ret 45 France Samuel Aubry Honda 2 Retirement 25
DNQ 44 France Vincent Eisen Honda Did not qualify
DNQ 98 Germany Katja Poensgen Honda Did not qualify
Source: [6]

125 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 3
Daniel Pedrosa
 Honda 24 41:58.500 6 25
2 4 Italy Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 24 +2.337 7 20
3 34 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Honda 24 +2.427 1 16
4 27 Australia Casey Stoner Aprilia 24 +11.278 4 13
5 22 Spain Pablo Nieto Aprilia 24 +11.814 17 11
6 41 Japan Youichi Ui Aprilia 24 +12.592 2 10
7 7 Italy Stefano Perugini Aprilia 24 +18.930 15 9
8 17 Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia 24 +25.206 18 8
9 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Honda 24 +29.471 10 7
10 8 Japan Masao Azuma Honda 24 +33.910 14 6
11 80 Spain Héctor Barberá Aprilia 24 +44.379 9 5
12 6 Italy Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 24 +44.537 11 4
13 23 Italy Gino Borsoi Aprilia 24 +55.218 12 3
14 24 Italy Simone Corsi Honda 24 +58.773 19 2
15 10 Italy Roberto Locatelli KTM 24 +58.962 28 1
16 79 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 24 +1:07.803 16
17 63 France Mike Di Meglio Aprilia 24 +1:17.604 27
18 11 Italy Max Sabbatani Aprilia 24 +1:20.140 20
19 26 Spain Emilio Alzamora Derbi 24 +1:40.757 21
20 31 Spain Julián Simón Malaguti 24 +1:43.908 26
21 14 United Kingdom Chris Martin Aprilia 24 +1:49.778 33
22 78 Hungary Péter Lénárt Honda 23 +1 lap 35
23 25 Hungary Imre Tóth Honda 23 +1 lap 31
24 21 United Kingdom Leon Camier Honda 23 +1 lap 37
25 74 France Jimmy Petit Honda 23 +1 lap 30
Ret 15 San Marino Alex de Angelis Aprilia 23 Accident 5
Ret 32 Italy Fabrizio Lai Malaguti 18 Retirement 22
Ret 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 16 Accident 23
Ret 73 France William Gautier Honda 13 Retirement 32
Ret 86 France Grégory Lefort Aprilia 11 Retirement 34
Ret 85 France Xavier Herouin Honda 10 Retirement 36
Ret 72 France Alexis Masbou Honda 9 Accident 29
Ret 58 Italy Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 4 Retirement 25
Ret 42 Italy Gioele Pellino Aprilia 3 Retirement 24
Ret 1 France Arnaud Vincent KTM 0 Accident 8
Ret 36 Finland Mika Kallio Honda 0 Retirement 13
Ret 48 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 0 Accident 3
DNS 33 Italy Stefano Bianco Gilera Did not start
Source: [7]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round four has concluded.[8][9]

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

References

  1. ^ "2003 French MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Malcolm. "Le Mans - The Motor Racing Programme Covers Project". Progcovers.com. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  3. ^ "2003 French MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Grand Prix Polini de France – MotoGP – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 25 May 2003. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  5. ^ "FRENCH GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2003". Motogp.com. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
  6. ^ "Grand Prix Polini de France – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 25 May 2003. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Grand Prix Polini de France – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 25 May 2003. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  8. ^ "World Championship standings". Crash. May 25, 2003.
  9. ^ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2003. Retrieved 2019-08-22.


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