Malaysia  2003 Malaysian Grand Prix
Race details
Race 14 of 16 races in the
2003 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date12 October 2003
Official nameMarlboro Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix[1]
LocationSepang International Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 5.548 km (3.447 mi)
MotoGP
Pole position
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi Honda
Time 2:02.480
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Valentino Rossi Honda
Time 2:03.822 on lap 3
Podium
First Italy Valentino Rossi Honda
Second Spain Sete Gibernau Honda
Third Italy Max Biaggi Honda
250 cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Toni Elías Aprilia
Time 2:07.535
Fastest lap
Rider Spain Toni Elías Aprilia
Time 2:08.566 on lap 6
Podium
First Spain Toni Elías Aprilia
Second San Marino Manuel Poggiali Aprilia
Third Spain Fonsi Nieto Aprilia
125 cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Jorge Lorenzo Derbi
Time 2:14.403
Fastest lap
Rider Australia Casey Stoner Aprilia
Time 2:14.932 on lap 12
Podium
First Spain Daniel Pedrosa Honda
Second Finland Mika Kallio KTM
Third Spain Jorge Lorenzo Derbi

The 2003 Malaysian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 10–12 October 2003 at the Sepang International Circuit.

MotoGP classification

Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 46 Italy Valentino Rossi Repsol Honda Honda 21 43:41.457 1 25
2 15 Spain Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Honda Honda 21 +2.042 7 20
3 3 Italy Max Biaggi Camel Pramac Pons Honda 21 +7.644 4 16
4 69 United States Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Honda 21 +13.733 9 13
5 7 Spain Carlos Checa Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 21 +13.789 2 11
6 65 Italy Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 21 +20.567 6 10
7 11 Japan Tohru Ukawa Camel Pramac Pons Honda 21 +23.449 8 9
8 56 Japan Shinya Nakano d'Antín Yamaha Team Yamaha 21 +26.740 5 8
9 12 Australia Troy Bayliss Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 21 +32.149 11 7
10 6 Japan Makoto Tamada Pramac Honda Honda 21 +40.556 3 6
11 33 Italy Marco Melandri Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 21 +43.863 14 5
12 41 Japan Noriyuki Haga Alice Aprilia Racing Aprilia 21 +44.613 17 4
13 45 United States Colin Edwards Alice Aprilia Racing Aprilia 21 +54.667 13 3
14 10 United States Kenny Roberts Jr. Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 21 +1:02.687 10 2
15 4 Brazil Alex Barros Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 21 +1:03.006 12 1
16 88 Australia Andrew Pitt Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 21 +1:06.128 20
17 99 United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams Proton Team KR Proton KR 21 +1:10.916 18
18 9 Japan Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 21 +1:11.344 19
19 8 Australia Garry McCoy Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 21 +1:17.205 16
20 43 Japan Akira Ryō Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 21 +1:41.315 15
21 23 Japan Ryuichi Kiyonari Telefónica Movistar Honda Honda 21 +1:49.094 21
Ret 52 Spain José David de Gea WCM Harris WCM 18 Retirement 22
Ret 35 United Kingdom Chris Burns WCM Harris WCM 12 Retirement 24
DNS 19 France Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 0 Did not start 23
Sources: [2][3][4]

250 cc classification

Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 24 Spain Toni Elías Aprilia 20 43:15.925 1 25
2 54 San Marino Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 20 +9.931 2 20
3 10 Spain Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 20 +9.942 3 16
4 3 Italy Roberto Rolfo Honda 20 +25.839 10 13
5 7 France Randy de Puniet Aprilia 20 +34.060 5 11
6 21 Italy Franco Battaini Aprilia 20 +36.004 6 10
7 8 Japan Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 20 +49.445 4 9
8 5 Argentina Sebastián Porto Honda 20 +53.955 7 8
9 14 Australia Anthony West Aprilia 20 +57.165 9 7
10 26 Italy Alex Baldolini Aprilia 20 +1:03.700 12 6
11 28 Germany Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 20 +1:04.419 17 5
12 57 United Kingdom Chaz Davies Aprilia 20 +1:06.349 20 4
13 9 France Hugo Marchand Aprilia 20 +1:07.487 14 3
14 11 Spain Joan Olivé Aprilia 20 +1:08.008 18 2
15 13 Czech Republic Jaroslav Huleš Honda 20 +1:18.180 21 1
16 15 Germany Christian Gemmel Honda 20 +1:21.642 19
17 98 Germany Katja Poensgen Honda 20 +2:08.210 24
18 18 Netherlands Henk vd Lagemaat Honda 20 +2:13.493 26
19 81 China Shi Zhao Huang Yamaha 19 +1 lap 25
Ret 33 Spain Héctor Faubel Aprilia 8 Retirement 15
Ret 16 Sweden Johan Stigefelt Aprilia 8 Retirement 23
Ret 6 Spain Alex Debón Honda 8 Retirement 11
Ret 52 Czech Republic Lukáš Pešek Yamaha 3 Retirement 22
Ret 34 France Eric Bataille Honda 1 Accident 16
Ret 36 France Erwan Nigon Aprilia 0 Accident 13
DNS 50 France Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 0 Did not start 8
DNQ 82 China Zi Xian He Yamaha Did not qualify
Source: [5]

125 cc classification

Daniel Pedrosa, celebrating with the Spanish flag after winning the 125cc race.
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 3 Spain Daniel Pedrosa Honda 19 43:07.647 2 25
2 36 Finland Mika Kallio KTM 19 +2.658 3 20
3 48 Spain Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 19 +2.750 1 16
4 12 Switzerland Thomas Lüthi Honda 19 +3.006 6 13
5 8 Japan Masao Azuma Honda 19 +5.032 12 11
6 15 San Marino Alex de Angelis Aprilia 19 +7.242 16 10
7 6 Italy Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 19 +9.549 11 9
8 80 Spain Héctor Barberá Aprilia 19 +10.908 14 8
9 22 Spain Pablo Nieto Aprilia 19 +11.197 7 7
10 10 Italy Roberto Locatelli KTM 19 +12.874 19 6
11 58 Italy Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 19 +14.926 15 5
12 33 Italy Stefano Bianco Gilera 19 +15.443 10 4
13 34 Italy Andrea Dovizioso Honda 19 +15.576 8 3
14 79 Hungary Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 19 +22.889 17 2
15 19 Spain Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 19 +24.161 21 1
16 1 France Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 19 +24.266 18
17 32 Italy Fabrizio Lai Malaguti 19 +24.860 13
18 41 Japan Youichi Ui Gilera 19 +27.972 23
19 50 Italy Andrea Ballerini Honda 19 +47.813 24
20 23 Italy Gino Borsoi Aprilia 19 +48.612 20
21 88 Denmark Robbin Harms Aprilia 19 +58.448 27
22 63 France Mike Di Meglio Honda 19 +58.474 26
23 26 Spain Emilio Alzamora Derbi 19 +1:25.522 29
24 25 Hungary Imre Tóth Honda 19 +1:25.560 28
25 31 Spain Julián Simón Malaguti 19 +1:25.881 30
26 28 Italy Michele Danese Honda 19 +2:10.497 32
Ret 4 Italy Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 15 Accident 22
Ret 27 Australia Casey Stoner Aprilia 12 Accident 4
Ret 17 Germany Steve Jenkner Aprilia 12 Retirement 5
Ret 11 Italy Max Sabbatani Aprilia 4 Retirement 31
Ret 7 Italy Stefano Perugini Aprilia 3 Retirement 9
Ret 42 Italy Gioele Pellino Aprilia 3 Retirement 25
DNS 24 Italy Simone Corsi Honda Did not start
Source: [6]

Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)

Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fourteen has concluded.[7][8]

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

References

  1. ↑ "2003 Malaysian MotoGP". Motorsportmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "2003 Malaysian MotoGP - Motor Sport Magazine Database". Motorpsortmagazine.com. 13 June 2017. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Marlboro Malaysian Motorcycle GP – MotoGP – Race Classification" (PDF). Motogp.com. Dorna Sports. 12 October 2003. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX · MotoGP Race Classification 2003". Motogp.com. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  5. ↑ "Marlboro Malaysian Motorcycle GP – 250cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 12 October 2003. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Marlboro Malaysian Motorcycle GP – 125cc – Race Classification" (PDF). MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 12 October 2003. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "World championship standings". Crash. October 12, 2003.
  8. ↑ "Standings" (PDF). resources.motogp.com. 2003. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
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