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 Valentino Rossi Repsol Honda Honda 21 43:41.457 1 25 2 15 Sete Gibernau Telefónica Movistar Honda Honda 21 +2.042 7 20 3 3 Max Biaggi Camel Pramac Pons Honda 21 +7.644 4 16 4 69 Nicky Hayden Repsol Honda Honda 21 +13.733 9 13 5 7 Carlos Checa Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 21 +13.789 2 11 6 65 Loris Capirossi Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 21 +20.567 6 10 7 11 Tohru Ukawa Camel Pramac Pons Honda 21 +23.449 8 9 8 56 Shinya Nakano d'Antín Yamaha Team Yamaha 21 +26.740 5 8 9 12 Troy Bayliss Ducati Marlboro Team Ducati 21 +32.149 11 7 10 6 Makoto Tamada Pramac Honda Honda 21 +40.556 3 6 11 33 Marco Melandri Fortuna Yamaha Team Yamaha 21 +43.863 14 5 12 41 Noriyuki Haga Alice Aprilia Racing Aprilia 21 +44.613 17 4 13 45 Colin Edwards Alice Aprilia Racing Aprilia 21 +54.667 13 3 14 10 Kenny Roberts Jr. Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 21 +1:02.687 10 2 15 4 Alex Barros Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 21 +1:03.006 12 1 16 88 Andrew Pitt Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 21 +1:06.128 20 17 99 Jeremy McWilliams Proton Team KR Proton KR 21 +1:10.916 18 18 9 Nobuatsu Aoki Proton Team KR Proton KR 21 +1:11.344 19 19 8 Garry McCoy Kawasaki Racing Team Kawasaki 21 +1:17.205 16 20 43 Akira Ryō Suzuki Grand Prix Team Suzuki 21 +1:41.315 15 21 23 Ryuichi Kiyonari Telefónica Movistar Honda Honda 21 +1:49.094 21 Ret 52 José David de Gea WCM Harris WCM 18 Retirement 22 Ret 35 Chris Burns WCM Harris WCM 12 Retirement 24 DNS 19 Olivier Jacque Gauloises Yamaha Team Yamaha 0 Did not start 23 Sources:
250 cc classification Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 24 Toni Elías Aprilia 20 43:15.925 1 25 2 54 Manuel Poggiali Aprilia 20 +9.931 2 20 3 10 Fonsi Nieto Aprilia 20 +9.942 3 16 4 3 Roberto Rolfo Honda 20 +25.839 10 13 5 7 Randy de Puniet Aprilia 20 +34.060 5 11 6 21 Franco Battaini Aprilia 20 +36.004 6 10 7 8 Naoki Matsudo Yamaha 20 +49.445 4 9 8 5 Sebastián Porto Honda 20 +53.955 7 8 9 14 Anthony West Aprilia 20 +57.165 9 7 10 26 Alex Baldolini Aprilia 20 +1:03.700 12 6 11 28 Dirk Heidolf Aprilia 20 +1:04.419 17 5 12 57 Chaz Davies Aprilia 20 +1:06.349 20 4 13 9 Hugo Marchand Aprilia 20 +1:07.487 14 3 14 11 Joan Olivé Aprilia 20 +1:08.008 18 2 15 13 Jaroslav Huleš Honda 20 +1:18.180 21 1 16 15 Christian Gemmel Honda 20 +1:21.642 19 17 98 Katja Poensgen Honda 20 +2:08.210 24 18 18 Henk vd Lagemaat Honda 20 +2:13.493 26 19 81 Shi Zhao Huang Yamaha 19 +1 lap 25 Ret 33 Héctor Faubel Aprilia 8 Retirement 15 Ret 16 Johan Stigefelt Aprilia 8 Retirement 23 Ret 6 Alex Debón Honda 8 Retirement 11 Ret 52 Lukáš Pešek Yamaha 3 Retirement 22 Ret 34 Eric Bataille Honda 1 Accident 16 Ret 36 Erwan Nigon Aprilia 0 Accident 13 DNS 50 Sylvain Guintoli Aprilia 0 Did not start 8 DNQ 82 Zi Xian He Yamaha Did not qualify Source:
125 cc classification
Pos. No. Rider Manufacturer Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Daniel Pedrosa Honda 19 43:07.647 2 25 2 36 Mika Kallio KTM 19 +2.658 3 20 3 48 Jorge Lorenzo Derbi 19 +2.750 1 16 4 12 Thomas Lüthi Honda 19 +3.006 6 13 5 8 Masao Azuma Honda 19 +5.032 12 11 6 15 Alex de Angelis Aprilia 19 +7.242 16 10 7 6 Mirko Giansanti Aprilia 19 +9.549 11 9 8 80 Héctor Barberá Aprilia 19 +10.908 14 8 9 22 Pablo Nieto Aprilia 19 +11.197 7 7 10 10 Roberto Locatelli KTM 19 +12.874 19 6 11 58 Marco Simoncelli Aprilia 19 +14.926 15 5 12 33 Stefano Bianco Gilera 19 +15.443 10 4 13 34 Andrea Dovizioso Honda 19 +15.576 8 3 14 79 Gábor Talmácsi Aprilia 19 +22.889 17 2 15 19 Álvaro Bautista Aprilia 19 +24.161 21 1 16 1 Arnaud Vincent Aprilia 19 +24.266 18 17 32 Fabrizio Lai Malaguti 19 +24.860 13 18 41 Youichi Ui Gilera 19 +27.972 23 19 50 Andrea Ballerini Honda 19 +47.813 24 20 23 Gino Borsoi Aprilia 19 +48.612 20 21 88 Robbin Harms Aprilia 19 +58.448 27 22 63 Mike Di Meglio Honda 19 +58.474 26 23 26 Emilio Alzamora Derbi 19 +1:25.522 29 24 25 Imre Tóth Honda 19 +1:25.560 28 25 31 Julián Simón Malaguti 19 +1:25.881 30 26 28 Michele Danese Honda 19 +2:10.497 32 Ret 4 Lucio Cecchinello Aprilia 15 Accident 22 Ret 27 Casey Stoner Aprilia 12 Accident 4 Ret 17 Steve Jenkner Aprilia 12 Retirement 5 Ret 11 Max Sabbatani Aprilia 4 Retirement 31 Ret 7 Stefano Perugini Aprilia 3 Retirement 9 Ret 42 Gioele Pellino Aprilia 3 Retirement 25 DNS 24 Simone Corsi Honda Did not start Source:
Championship standings after the race (MotoGP)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round fourteen has concluded.
Riders' Championship standings Rider Points 1 Valentino Rossi 307 2 Sete Gibernau 244 3 Max Biaggi 215 4 Loris Capirossi 141 5 Troy Bayliss 119
Constructors' Championship standings Constructor Points 1 Honda 345 2 Ducati 189 3 Yamaha 154 4 Aprilia 71 5 Suzuki 31
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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