The 2003 Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix was the third round of the 2003 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 9–11 May 2003 at the Circuito de Jerez.
MotoGP classification Pos. No. Rider Team Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 46 Valentino Rossi Repsol Honda Honda 27 46:50.345 5 25 2 3 Max Biaggi Camel Pramac Pons Honda 27 +6.333 3 20 3 12 Troy Bayliss Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 27 +12.077 2 16 4 11 Tohru Ukawa Camel Pramac Pons Honda 27 +16.186 4 13 5 4 Alex Barros Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 27 +18.630 15 11 6 6 Makoto Tamada Pramac Honda Honda 27 +24.153 12 10 7 21 John Hopkins Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 27 +30.959 7 9 8 56 Shinya Nakano d'Antín Yamaha Team Yamaha 27 +31.218 13 8 9 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 27 +36.002 8 7 10 19 Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 27 +37.566 9 6 11 41 Noriyuki Haga Alice Aprilia Racing Aprilia 27 +43.753 18 5 12 99 Jeremy McWilliams Proton Team KR Proton KR 27 +43.894 14 4 13 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 27 +48.891 17 3 14 45 Colin Edwards Alice Aprilia Racing Aprilia 27 +52.128 11 2 15 88 Andrew Pitt Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 27 +1:08.179 20 1 16 66 Alex Hofmann Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 27 +1:08.372 21 17 33 Marco Melandri Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 27 +1:31.010 16 18 8 Garry McCoy Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 26 +1 lap 22 Ret 65 Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 12 Accident 1 Ret 69 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Honda 8 Accident 19 Ret 15 Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Honda Honda 6 Accident 6 Ret 7 Carlos Checa Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 3 Retirement 10 Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 24 Toni Elías Aprilia 26 46:10.793 6 25 2 3 Roberto Rolfo Honda 26 +0.521 4 20 3 7 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 26 +0.539 1 16 4 54 Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 26 +0.607 2 13 5 14 Anthony West Aprilia 26 +12.048 7 11 6 5 Sebastián Porto Honda 26 +14.204 8 10 7 10 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 26 +22.463 5 9 8 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 26 +37.840 10 8 9 6 Alex Debón Honda 26 +42.820 16 7 10 11 Joan Olivé Aprilia 26 +48.821 19 6 11 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 26 +52.185 3 5 12 26 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 26 +54.704 23 4 13 34 Eric Bataille Honda 26 +56.089 11 3 14 15 Christian Gemmel Honda 26 +57.708 15 2 15 28 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 26 +1:03.433 20 1 16 13 Jaroslav Huleš Yamaha 26 +1:08.944 21 17 96 Jakub Smrž Honda 26 +1:18.200 22 18 57 Chaz Davies Aprilia 26 +1:18.401 18 19 40 Álvaro Molina Aprilia 26 +1:25.198 24 20 18 Henk vd Lagemaat Honda 25 +1 lap 25 21 39 Luis Castro Yamaha 25 +1 lap 26 Ret 16 Johan Stigefelt Aprilia 22 Accident 12 Ret 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 14 Accident 9 Ret 9 Hugo Marchand Aprilia 14 Retirement 13 Ret 33 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 5 Accident 17 Ret 36 Erwan Nigon Aprilia 2 Retirement 14 DNS 42 Grégory Leblanc Honda Did not start DNQ 98 Katja Poensgen Honda Did not qualify Source:
125 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 4 Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 23 41:52.177 2 25 2 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 23 +0.088 5 20 3 15 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 23 +0.378 3 16 4 3 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 23 +1.385 4 13 5 7 Stefano Perugini Aprilia 23 +1.507 12 11 6 27 Casey Stoner Aprilia 23 +11.402 11 10 7 80 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 23 +11.496 7 9 8 41 Youichi Ui Aprilia 23 +15.577 6 8 9 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 23 +18.604 8 7 10 6 Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 23 +18.897 9 6 11 8 Masao Azuma Honda 23 +23.532 17 5 12 12 Thomas Lüthi Honda 23 +23.600 20 4 13 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 23 +23.810 15 3 14 58 Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 23 +24.208 10 2 15 48 Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 23 +25.139 22 1 16 36 Mika Kallio Honda 23 +25.230 14 17 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 23 +27.742 16 18 26 Emilio Alzamora Derbi 23 +28.511 23 19 79 Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 23 +29.036 13 20 42 Gioele Pellino Aprilia 23 +59.993 25 21 24 Simone Corsi Honda 23 +1:02.499 21 22 1 Arnaud Vincent KTM 23 +1:02.545 19 23 32 Fabrizio Lai Malaguti 23 +1:02.841 26 24 11 Max Sabbatani Aprilia 23 +1:03.046 18 25 70 Sergio Gadea Aprilia 23 +1:11.364 33 26 25 Imre Tóth Honda 23 +1:11.453 28 27 81 Ismael Ortega Aprilia 23 +1:11.693 31 28 63 Mike Di Meglio Aprilia 23 +1:20.298 32 29 71 Rubén Catalán Aprilia 23 +1:34.875 34 30 21 Leon Camier Honda 23 +1:34.935 36 Ret 10 Roberto Locatelli KTM 12 Retirement 30 Ret 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 9 Retirement 1 Ret 33 Stefano Bianco Gilera 3 Accident 24 Ret 14 Chris Martin Aprilia 1 Accident 27 Ret 69 David Bonache TSR 1 Retirement 35 Ret 31 Julián Simón Malaguti 1 Accident 29 Ret 78 Péter Lénárt Honda 0 Retirement 37 Source:
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round three has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 70 2 Max Biaggi 56 3 Troy Bayliss 40 4 Sete Gibernau 38 5 Alex Barros 30
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 75 2 Ducati 45 3 Yamaha 30 4 Aprilia 15 5 Suzuki 15
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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